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2001 Ranked #13,749

Rambots

Programming game has players arrange instruction sequences to move robots and fire colored energy beams. The first robot to tag goals in the required order wins, rewarding precise planning and anticipation.

Abstract Racing Action Queue Simultaneous Action Selection

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

2.45/5

Rating

6.52

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 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

RAMbots is an Icehouse game for two to four players. Each player controls a single RAMbot, and will lay out strings of instructions which tell the RAMbot how to move and shoot beams of colored energy.

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RAMbots is an Icehouse game for two to four players. Each player controls a single RAMbot, and will lay out strings of instructions which tell the RAMbot how to move and shoot beams of colored energy. The first player to tag four goals in a specified order wins the game. RAMbots requires: a set of Icehouse pieces a chessboard some kind of shield or screen for each player big enough to hide a handful of Icehouse pieces behind. Game System Icehouse Pieces

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Kory Heath Kory Heath

Publishers

4
(Web published) Looney Labs (Web published) Looney Labs

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