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RONDO

Discs in Circles

A new abstract family game by Reiner Knizia - two concentric circles are interconnected by paths and thereby connected to a center spot, marked as the starting spot. The spots on paths and circles - some of them with a grey background - show numbers from 1 to 5 in five colors; all numbers are present in all colors. The boards on the front and back side show different number distribution.

All pieces in all five number colors are but in the back and you draw two at the start. Then, in your turn, you can either draw two pieces or place one or more pieces on the board and then draw one piece.

A piece can only be put on a free spot which must show a number in the color of the piece. The first piece you place in a turn must be placed next to any other piece already on the board or next to the starting spot. Should you place more than one piece, you must place them in a row and can only change direction once. Each piece that you place scores the number it covers for points and you can place several pieces of the same color on a spot and earn the corresponding multiple score. You are allowed to cover a number, for which you do not have a corresponding piece, with a face-down piece in order to reach a spot of higher value. There is a limit of five pieces that you can hold at a time. When all pieces are placed or when all grey spots on the board have been covered you win with the highest total score.

Rondo is an abstract game and a very attractive game and offers a lot more tactic than you would suppose at first glance. To pass up on a number and hopefully draw the right pieces for multiple placements is one of the tactics to win.

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 30+

Designer: Reiner Knizia

Art: Eckhard Freytag

Price: ca. 27 Euro

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele 2012

Web: www.schmidtspiele.de

Genre: Placement game

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de fr it

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very attractive design

Simple rules

Two different boards

Compares to:

Placement games to collect points

Other editions:

Currently none

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Interaction (brown): 2

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