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2008 Ranked #4,278

Big Points

This short abstract game has simple rules and surprising depth. Five colored pieces create a compact puzzle for scoring the biggest points.

Family Games Abstract Strategy Set Collection Series: Easy Play (Schmidt Spiele)

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.35/5

Rating

6.45

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A short game with simple rules but a lot of depth. 5 differently colored playing pieces, that may be used by all players, race along a path of colored wooden disks towards their goal, the "scoring podium".

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A short game with simple rules but a lot of depth. 5 differently colored playing pieces, that may be used by all players, race along a path of colored wooden disks towards their goal, the "scoring podium". During their race players pick up these colored disks. At the end of game the players score their collected disks, depending on the positions of the playing pieces on the "scoring podium". Part of the Schmidt Spiele Easy Play line.

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Brigitte Ditt Wolfgang Ditt

Publishers

1
Schmidt Spiele