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Otrio

Oh, three in a row

A game board has 21 cases, nine middle ones and 12 in four rows along the edges. Each case has three dents for a pin and two rings. There are three trio pawns in four colors of one pin and two concentric rings each, size-wise those pieces represent small -medium - big. Aim of the game is to form an Otrio of three pawn parts of the same color - pin + two rings in one case, or a row of three part pieces of the same size in three adjacent cases, or a row of three part pieces in three sizes in ascending = descending order in adjacent cases.

At the start, all pawns of a color sit in one of the edge rows; in a two-player game game, each player selects colors opposite to each other; in a three- or four-player game, you use one color; in a three-player game, the pawns of the fourth color remain in the edge row.

Placers alternate turns in clockwise direction to place one part of a pawn in one of the nine middle cases; a piece that was placed cannot be relocated; if you cannot place a piece, you pass your turn. To form an Otrio you can only utilize the nine middle cases of the board, the cases in the edge rows are only storage space for the pieces. In a game of two players, you can of course win with each of your colors.

In a variant for a game of two players you can prohibit using the middle case.

Definitely not a new concept or idea, so the rules are rather concise. The components are attractive, colors and sizes are easily and clearly identified due to the fixed positions; however, in a game of four players, the board gets colorful! If you do not own an x-in-a-row game yet, Otrio provides a well-made variant of the principle.

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 10+

Designer: Brady Peterson

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 31 Euro

Publisher: Spin Master / Marbles Brain Workshop 2018

Web: www.spinmaster.com

Genre: Abstract, positioning

Users: For families

Special: 2 players

Version: multi

Rules: en fr + de es

In-game text: no

Comments:

Purely abstract

Good for two players

Spin Master edition

Compares to:

Quarto, other games about x-in-a-row

Other editions:

Marbles: Brain Workshop (en es de fr)

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