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2012 Ranked #12,718

Clocks

Auction and dice-placement game has players bid secretly on dice lots, then place purchased values around personal clocks. Matching the clock numbers wins immediately, so coins and bonus actions must be timed precisely.

Family Games Bluffing Dice Auction/Bidding Dice Rolling

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.79/5

Rating

6.27

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 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Clocks you try to make the hours count, and the clock is ticking... Each player chooses a clock and receives a number of coins.

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In Clocks you try to make the hours count, and the clock is ticking... Each player chooses a clock and receives a number of coins. The start player rolls a number of dice equal to the number of players plus one, then divides them into groups. All players make a simultaneous blind bid on the dice lots, with the highest bid choosing first, and so on. Each player puts the purchased die/dice on his clock in a clockwise direction, gaining money, bonus actions, or both in the process. On each turn, a player may execute one free action, in addition to buying one more action. As soon as the value of all placed dice match the numbers on a player's clock, that player wins!

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Tim De Rycke Sander Vernyns

Artists

1
Dany Stuer

Publishers

1
SandTimer

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