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2016 Ranked #15,898

Otto The Octopus

A tile-laying game has players extend and complete an octopus’s arms to score points. Sea-creature tiles add bonuses and effects, giving each placement the potential to advance a player or reshape the shared layout.

Animals Children's Game Tile Placement Animals: Octopuses

Players

1-4

Play time

30-45 min

Age

6+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

7.58

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Otto the Octopus is a tile laying game for 1 to 4 players Players take it in turn to score points by extending and completing Otto's arms, whilst also laying other sea creature tiles for various bonuses and effects. .

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Tile Placement

Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
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Otto the Octopus is a tile laying game for 1 to 4 players Players take it in turn to score points by extending and completing Otto's arms, whilst also laying other sea creature tiles for various bonuses and effects. . This was an entry in the 2016 Children's Game PnP Contest and Otto did very well: 1st place: Best Game for Early Elementary School Children 1st place: Best Matching/Pattern Game 1st place: Best Strategy Game 1st place: Best Solo / Co-operative Game 1st Place: Best Original Artwork and 1st Place: Children's Choice Award

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Category

4
Animals Children's Game Nautical Print & Play

Mechanism

1
Tile Placement

Family

2
Animals: Octopuses Contests: Children's Game PNP Design

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
2
Play time
30–45 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Mark Tuck

Artists

1
Mark Tuck

Publishers

2
(Self-Published) (Web published)

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