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Okiya

Geisha versus Geisha

Power struggle of two Okiyas - Geisha houses - for the favor of the Emperor, fought with with eight red and eight black geishas as well as 16 tiles for the Imperial Garden. Garden tiles comprise sets of four tiles each showing the the same plant - Maple, Cherry, Pine and and another trait - sun, flag, birds and rain. The garden tiles are shuffled and randomly laid out in a 4x4 grid, and each player hold one set of Geishas. The starting player selects a border tile in the grid, takes it, sets it aside open-faced and puts one of his Geishas into the gap, this is then repeated by both players in turn. The tile that is taken from the grid determines the rules according to which the next player must take a tile. He can only take a tile that either shows the same plant or the same trait as the previously taken tile, regardless of the position of the tile in the grid. You You win with a a row of four of your own Geishas in the garden, such a row can be aligned horizontally, vertically or diagonally in the grid. Another winning arrangement is a square of four of your geishas anywhere in the grid. The third way to win the game is blocking of your opponent, so that he cannot take a garden tile in accordance with the rules.

If you want to play several games, you can play for 3 games win or award points to the winner for garden tiles remaining in the grid, you win if you are first to score 10 points.

A new edition of the game first published in 2013 by Jactalea. The graphic design reminds one of the Japanese card game Hanafuda. Okiya offers a beautiful version of the x-in-a-row principle, the mechanisms are familiar, but nicely varied.

Players: 2

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Bruno Cathala

Artist: Cyril Bouquet, Jens Wiese

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: Pegasus Spiele 2017

Web: www.pegasus.de

Genre: Row formation, placement

Users: For families

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de en es fr it nl pt ru

In-game text: no

Comments:

New edition, first edition Jactalea

Row formation as basic mechanism

Marvelous graphics

Simple rules

Compares to:

Row forming games with selection requirements

Other editions:

Blue Orange (en, es fr, it, nl, pt), Lifestyle (ru)

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0