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2008 Ranked #8,390

Robot Master

An abstract placement game has players build rows and columns of robots while avoiding the weakest line. Matching values multiply scoring dramatically, but unseen cards force each player to judge uncertain odds.

Family Games Card Game Industry / Manufacturing Hand Management Tile Placement

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

6.36

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 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A game of strategical placement as players have a deck of 36 robots with six cards each of values 0 to 5, and they want to maximize the value of their rows or columns of robots on a 5x5 grid.

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A game of strategical placement as players have a deck of 36 robots with six cards each of values 0 to 5, and they want to maximize the value of their rows or columns of robots on a 5x5 grid. The value of a row is the sum of the robots in it, except that a pair of identical robots in a row is worth ten times the face value of a single robot (two 3s gives you 30 points, but of course two 0s is still worthless); place three robots of the same type in a row, however, and they're worth 100 points no matter which type they are. The goal isn't to max out your score, but rather to beat your opponent as whoever has the lowest-valued row or column at game's end loses. Since 11 of the cards don't come into play, you have to play the odds on which robots will shuffle your way. Online Play Jijbent.nl (turn-based, Dutch) YourTurnMyTurn.com (English - turn based) Mindgames.com (solitaire version)

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
2
Play time
15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

1
Patrick Cerf

Publishers

2
Cocktail Games Hutter Trade GmbH + Co KG

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