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Pacal box art
1999 Ranked #13,534

Pacal

Tile puzzle game has players build pyramids by arranging values in ascending order and race to finish first. Every placement must support the required structure, turning simple ordering into a speed challenge.

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Players

2

Play time

20-30 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1.67/5

Rating

6.19

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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King Maya Pacal was born on March 26th 603 A.D. from Mrs.

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King Maya Pacal was born on March 26th 603 A.D. from Mrs. Zuc Kuk. Nobody knows Pacal’s real name. He was called Pacal in many writings in order to show everybody that he was a person because his armor was found after a war and in the Mayan language armor is called Pacal. This king had a throne and he was in charge for over 68 years. Now there has to be a successor, and the players have to build their pyramid. The greatest value has to be upside and the lowest has to be on the base ascendant sorted from left to right. Who’s going to build his pyramid first and will be the new king?

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1

Mechanism

1

Family

1

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
20–30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Günter Burkhardt

Artists

3
Bluguy Anke Pohl Thilo Rick

Publishers

1
Klee