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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
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How does it play?
ACTOP: Ancient Construct Tower of Philosopher, a.k.a. ??????????
Core mechanisms
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ACTOP: Ancient Construct Tower of Philosopher, a.k.a. ?????????? or KOZO, is a three-dimensional stacking game in which players build chimney-shaped towers out of polycubes placed onto a board. One round is composed of the two actions of placing one of the twelve polycubes and a balance stone within the confines of the 8 square-gridded base. The cubes of the positioned polycubes dictate the points awarded. If a player's tower topples, they lose the game. The game ends when a player's tower topples over or if all the available polycubes have been placed. At the end of the game, the player with the highest score wins. This game is a development of the designer's earlier game Ancient Construct. Since the raw materials were no longer available to make Ancient Construct, the designer revised the game, introducing a strategic element and expanding play to six players. Publisher's summary ??????????????????????????????????????????1??????????????????2???????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????