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Cool Am Pool box art
2016 Ranked #17,009

Cool Am Pool

Push your luck for bigger rewards while risk keeps building.

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Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

6.34

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 3.7/5

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?

Despite the relaxing atmosphere, there's a struggle in this holiday paradise as the beach chairs are in high demand: Who will snatch the places close to the pool and with the best view, despite the stern gaze of the lifeguard?

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Despite the relaxing atmosphere, there's a struggle in this holiday paradise as the beach chairs are in high demand: Who will snatch the places close to the pool and with the best view, despite the stern gaze of the lifeguard? In Cool am Pool, the sunbathers need to get up early, with players placing their towels on beach chairs around the pool at the start of the game. Now players need to fill these reserved chairs with bathers of their color during the game. In the end, dice luck and good planning decides who makes the best impression — whether in Bermuda shorts, bikini, or swimsuit...

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
–40 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Hartwig Jakubik

Artists

1
Björn Pertoft

Publishers

1
Piatnik

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