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2004 Ranked #14,457

N-tropy

A balancing game has players place sticks on an evolving structure without toppling it and shed every stick first. A die limits how many existing sticks a new one may touch, constraining each placement.

Family Games Action / Dexterity Stacking and Balancing Dice Rolling

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

5.87

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

The object of the game is to balance all of your wooden sticks on a continually evolving structure without making it topple over. Each player takes a turn to roll the die which will show a 1 or 2.

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The object of the game is to balance all of your wooden sticks on a continually evolving structure without making it topple over. Each player takes a turn to roll the die which will show a 1 or 2. The die roll determines how many other sticks the one that you place may touch. If you make any sticks fall off then you have to pick them up and add them to your own. The winner is the first to have placed all of their sticks or the player preceding the one to make the whole structure fall over.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
1–6
Play time
5 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Paul Wickens

Publishers

5
(Self-Published) GoKids ???? MindWare Re:creation Group Plc Tadpole Games

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