Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Teachability
2.3/5
Harder to teach
Replay value
4.0/5
High replayability
Interaction
3.7/5
Highly interactive
Player scaling
4.0/5
Scales well
Strategic depth
4.5/5
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Ni-Ju ("20" in japanese) is a tile laying game for 2 players. In Ni-Ju, players compete to create the pattern depicted on at least one of their tiles by surrounding that same tile with other tiles.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Ni-Ju ("20" in japanese) is a tile laying game for 2 players. In Ni-Ju, players compete to create the pattern depicted on at least one of their tiles by surrounding that same tile with other tiles. Each player has 20 tiles and each tile has a different pattern, hence the name of the game (20). There are 70 different patterns if we include rotations.