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Poison Pot box art
2003 Ranked #15,428

Poison Pot

This abstract tile game has players move existing pots, draw new ones, and finish with the largest connected group. Any group beside the poison pot becomes worthless, so expansion must avoid one dangerous adjacency.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Territory Building Pattern Building Point to Point Movement

Players

2-3

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.2/5

Rating

6.37

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 3.7/5

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?

Selection #6 of The Games Collection by Pin International. The box reads: In this 2 or 3 player game, the objective, when the 36 Cauldrons have finally finished being shuffled around, is that you end with the largest connected group.

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Selection #6 of The Games Collection by Pin International. The box reads: In this 2 or 3 player game, the objective, when the 36 Cauldrons have finally finished being shuffled around, is that you end with the largest connected group. But beware! Even one of the group finishing adjacent to the Poison Pot nullifies the whole group. The mechanic is that the board starts empty except for the Poison Pot. Then, on each turn one pot existing is moved, and a new pot is drawn at random, evaluated, and placed on the board.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–3
Best with
2–3
Play time
10 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.2/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Dale Walton

Publishers

1
Pin International

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