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2001 Ranked #10,664

Nexus

An abstract card-placement game has players weave cards into linked nexuses and mark nodes for control. Closing a nexus scores its open-node strength for the strongest player, creating a race to ten points.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Area Majority / Influence Tile Placement Series: Hip Pocket Games

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.7/5

Rating

6.17

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 3.6/5

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?

Players place cards in a basket-weave pattern to form Nexuses out of the nodes that are printed on the cards. Players also mark nodes in an attempt to control the Nexuses.

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Players place cards in a basket-weave pattern to form Nexuses out of the nodes that are printed on the cards. Players also mark nodes in an attempt to control the Nexuses. When a card is placed which closes a Nexus, the player with the strongest control on that Nexus scores points equal to the strength of all open nodes on the Nexus. First player to 10 points wins. Nexus is part of the Hip Pocket Games series. Awards 2002 Listed in GAMES Magazine's GAMES 100

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
James Ernest

Publishers

1
Cheapass Games

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