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Kreuz & Quer

Broad, Broad, narrow – all fit, hurrah!

Each player has a set of 28 tiles and his own board showing 24 squares plus one square in the middle marked as starting squares; numbers around the edge are marked with connection possibilities for broad and narrow paths. You try to connect as many numbers as possible to the middle square. Each number that is not connected to it scores its value as negative points.

One player serves as „starter“; he spreads his tiles face-down, others spread them face-up. The starter turns over one tile, announces the symbol on it and places the tile on his board. All other players take the same tile from their own stock and place it on their board. The tile can be turned any way before placement, connections must be continued with the same width, and no path can be cut off. Special rules apply to numbers around the edge, they can be connected by broad or narrow paths or can be cut off by the empty side of a tile voluntarily. A tile that cannot be placed correctly is turned over and placed anywhere, it scores one negative point at the end. When all boards are filled, you win with most points or the lowest negative score.

Kreuz & Quer is an attractive, abstract game where the snags are hidden in the details; one easily forgets that you must work from the middle to the edge, one is always tempted to place a nicely fitting tile at the edge – but this is only possible if it finalizes the connection of the number(s) to the middle square. Sometimes it can be better to sacrifice a low number or two to make sure that one can connect the high ones; simple and all the same a challenge to improve one’s results, in the solo version, too.

Players: 1-4

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Reiner Knizia

Artist: Anja Nolte

Price: ca. 14 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2012

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: Placement game

Users: For families

Special: 1 player

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

New series “Einfach spielen”

Abstract placement game

Good solitaire game

Simple basic rules

Compares to:

Take it easy and other placement games setting up connections

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0