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2020 Ranked #21,579

Square Meal

A real-time puzzle race has players flip, rotate, and overlap ingredient cards to match challenge patterns. Completed challenges score points while passes lose them, and the best total when the deck ends wins.

Puzzle Real-time Melding and Splaying Pattern Building

Players

1-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.68

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Square Meal is a quick, puzzle-solving race for 2-8 players. In the game, you will flip, rotate, and overlap your three ingredients cards until they form the pattern on your challenge card.

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Square Meal is a quick, puzzle-solving race for 2-8 players. In the game, you will flip, rotate, and overlap your three ingredients cards until they form the pattern on your challenge card. When you complete a challenge card, you'll add it to your score pile and immediately begin working on a new one. You'll lose a point each time you pass. To win, you'll need to form patterns quickly and have the most points when the deck runs out. The game also includes a solo variant. —description from the publisher

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–8
Best with
2
Play time
15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Philip duBarry

Artists

1
Philip duBarry

Publishers

1
Phantasio Games

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