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2019 Ranked #10,817

Hilo

This grid card game has players replace high values and finish with the lowest total score. Completing a same-color row, column, or diagonal discards it, so a costly card can become a valuable opportunity.

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Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.18/5

Rating

6.14

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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?

HILO is a card game that is inspired by the public domain game, Golf, and other similar concepts.

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HILO is a card game that is inspired by the public domain game, Golf, and other similar concepts. Each player has a grid of 3 x 3 cards, and during the round, you should try to get your total value of cards as low as possible by replacing high-valued cards with low-valued cards. The new thing about HILO is that color matters. If you manage to get a whole row, column or diagonal row of three cards of the same color, you may discard the whole row/column. So, even a high-valued card may be worth to take as long as you believe it will be discarded. This also ensures a high level of interaction between the players. Will you leave a card on top of the discard pile that will help the next player discarding a whole row? The game is played over several rounds until one player has at least 100 points. The player with the least points wins.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Knut Strømfors Eilif Svensson

Artists

2
Jan Richard Hansen Leon Schiffer

Publishers

2
Gigamic Schmidt Spiele

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