Pent-up | All Board Games

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.7

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Pent-Up has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with frequent interaction among players. However, it has a lower emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Pent-Up has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is average. Pent-Up scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It has a moderate easiness to learn, allowing players to grasp the rules and depth of the game within a reasonable time. Overall, Pent-Up has a strong replayability score of 7.92 out of 10.

Luck profile

Pent-Up has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Pent-Up is the brother game of SEVEN, Counterplays and Stack-22 by the same designer. It uses the same rules but different pieces. Pent-Up uses 12 pentominoes per player (black and 'ice'). A pentomino is a piece composed of five congruent squares, connected along their edges. There are 12 different pentominoes. Pentominoes are well known in the board game community and lots of games use them. Players alternate turns placing one of their pentominoes according to some simple rules, trying to get the most of their pieces on the topmost layers when the game ends. The rules also include a variant and some puzzles.

Mechanism

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Tile Placement

Family

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Category: Combinatorial Components: Polyominoes Digital Implementations: Ai Ai Players: Two Player Only Games Series: Pile-Omino (nestorgames)

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Abstract

Media

Pent-up cover image

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Credits

Designers

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Néstor Romeral Andrés

Artists

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Néstor Romeral Andrés

Publishers

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nestorgames

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