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X-Tiles

Concave or convex

The game features 48 wooden pieces, shaped like a rounded X or like an ellipse with a waistline. One side of the tiles is colored in three colors. The surface is split into four areas, two small ones and two big ones, and on each tile two adjacent areas – a big one and a small one – have the the same color, the other two areas have different colors. Altogether, there are four colors, orange, red, yellow and blue.

The tiles are spread out face down and shuffled; then each player draws seven tiles and sets them out in a way that only he can see the front side of the tiles. The starting player draws two more tiles from stock – the remaining tiles are not in play for the rest of the round.  The starting player places those two tiles with color congruency along one edge. Then he adds one of his own tiles and must “turn” the game, that is, place his tile in a 90-degree angle to the two previously placed tile, he cannot have the three tiles laid out in a row. Then in turn all players place one tile with at least one color congruency along an edge, there are no more rules for orientation of tiles. IF you achieve congruency along more than one edge, you have another turn. If you cannot place a tile, you pass your turn. Whoever places his last tile, wins the round and scores one point for each tile still in the hands of the other players. When someone reaches the pre-set target score after several rounds, he wins the game.

A truly „Scandinavian“ game as we imagine it – wood, clear structures, simple rules, providing lots of fun and the hint, that it would be good manners to applaud someone who achieves congruency along three or more edges.

Players: 2-6

Age: 7+

Time: 20+

Designer: not named

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 30 Euro

Publisher: Tactic / Nelostuote 2016

Web: www.tactic.net

Genre: Tile placement

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: 14 languages

In-game text: no

Comments:

Clear structures

Simple rules

Abstract and good fun

Compares to:

Hex Hopp and other tile placement games with color congruency

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

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