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2014 Ranked #12,888

Build Up

Dexterity tower-building game has players place available blocks while trying to leave the structure unstable for the next turn. Each card limits the pieces in play, turning every placement into a calculated collapse threat.

Action / Dexterity Stacking and Balancing Take That

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

7.17

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

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?

Compete in this tower building game with twenty blocks of various sizes and shapes. The object is to place a block in such a way that it causes the next player to topple the tower. Players use cards to determine which blocks are available.

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Raymond Naseath

Artists

2
Raymond Naseath Alexandr Nikiforov

Publishers

2
(Self-Published) Azure House Games

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