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Hau La box art
2009 Ranked #16,044

Hau La

A dexterity stacking game has players add soft, bending pieces to a shared tower and try to finish with the highest piece. A piece cannot touch another as it bends, so each placement demands planning and imagination.

Action / Dexterity Pattern Building

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.13

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 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The objective of Hau La is to be the player with the highest piece in the tower that all the players build together. The rules are very simple.

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The objective of Hau La is to be the player with the highest piece in the tower that all the players build together. The rules are very simple. On your turn, you must add one building piece to the tower. The problem is that the pieces used to construct the tower are made of a soft sponge-like material that bends easily. If your new piece bends and touches another piece it cannot be placed. To win, you will need a plan, and a bit of dexterity and above all else an imagination to figure out the final shape of the tower. The final tower always looks like a modern art sculpture. This game was the most popular self-published game in Game Market 2009 in Tokyo,Japan.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
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Credits

Designers

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team SAIEN

Artists

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team SAIEN

Publishers

2
Japon Brand Saien

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