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1980 Ranked #10,742

Spiel

This modular dice game system has players choose from dexterity and abstract movement games or devise their own. Its tetrahedral board and colored dice provide a shared framework for many different challenges.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Action / Dexterity Auction/Bidding Cooperative Game

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.67/5

Rating

6.11

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 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Unusual, tetrahedral board with 121 dice in three colors. A series of games, some involving dexterity, other abstract movement.

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Unusual, tetrahedral board with 121 dice in three colors. A series of games, some involving dexterity, other abstract movement. A gaming system in which the inventor encourages players to devise new games. Aesthetically interesting. First published by Edition Perlhuhn in 1980 (301 dice for 57 games), by Kosmos in 1986 (281 dice) and re-issued by Abacus in 2004 with 166 dice and fewer games. In 2011, Abacus revived it yet again, but with only 121 dice. The Kosmos edition shows age range "4-99" on its box, the latest edition shows "6+" instead. Expanded by: "55", published in 2005 by Abacus

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
20 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reinhold Wittig

Artists

2
Guido Hoffmann Reinhold Wittig

Publishers

5
ABACUSSPIELE ABC Toys Edition Perlhuhn (Göttinger Spiele) KOSMOS Pyra-Tern

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