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Spectrix box art
2012 Ranked #22,635

Spectrix

Players form color-based sets and runs in a rummy-style card game, trying to play their entire hands first. Using the complete spectrum creates a valuable white-light bonus, rewarding ambitious combinations over ordinary groups.

Card Game Pattern Building Hand Management

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

5.15

Overview

How it plays

How does it play?

Game play in Spectrix is akin to Rummy, but with colors replacing numbers in combinations like "3-of-a-kind" or a "straight". Mix and match your own and other players’ cards into strategic groups to be the first to play your entire hand.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Pattern Building

Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
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Game play in Spectrix is akin to Rummy, but with colors replacing numbers in combinations like "3-of-a-kind" or a "straight". Mix and match your own and other players’ cards into strategic groups to be the first to play your entire hand. Play a straight using all the colors in the spectrum and you get White Light – and a big bonus!

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Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

2
Hand Management Pattern Building

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
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Publishers

1
Funnybone Toys

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