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1982 Ranked #17,258

Spangles

An abstract tile-placement game where players add colored triangles and try to form a larger triangle with their color at its tips. Each tile must touch the growing layout, so placement opens or blocks the necessary geometry.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Pattern Building Tile Placement Category: Combinatorial

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

2.5/5

Rating

6.43

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

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?

Each player has 25 equilateral triangles in his color. After the first tile, players alternate playing a tile adjacent to some existing tile.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Pattern Building

Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Tile Placement

Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Read the full game description

Each player has 25 equilateral triangles in his color. After the first tile, players alternate playing a tile adjacent to some existing tile. The winner is the first player to form a larger, 4-tile triangle with his color on the tips, and either color in the center. Online Play boardspace.net Real time, AI option gamerz.net (play by email) Mobile Apps Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, IOS Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, Android

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Type

1
Abstract

Category

1
Abstract Strategy

Mechanism

2
Pattern Building Tile Placement

Family

3
Category: Combinatorial Digital Implementations: BoardSpace Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Complexity
2.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
David L. Smith

Artists

1
Néstor Romeral Andrés

Publishers

1
nestorgames

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