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2017 Ranked #962

Tak

Two-player abstract strategy game where rivals place stones and build connected roads across the board. Pieces can stack and move as a group, letting a quiet route suddenly become a block, a capture, or a winning connection.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Grid Movement Square Grid Category: Combinatorial

Players

2

Play time

20-60 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.46/5

Rating

7.59

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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"My next several hours were spent learning how to play tak. Even if I had not been nearly mad with idleness, I would have enjoyed it.

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"My next several hours were spent learning how to play tak. Even if I had not been nearly mad with idleness, I would have enjoyed it. Tak is the best sort of game: simple in its rules, complex in its strategy. Bredon beat me handily in all five games we played, but I am proud to say that he never beat me the same way twice." -Kvothe Tak is a two-player abstract strategy game dreamed up by Pat Rothfuss in "The Wise Man's Fear" and made reality by James Ernest. In Tak, players attempt to make a road of their pieces connecting two opposite sides of the board.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
20–60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.5/5
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Credits

Designers

2
James Ernest Patrick Rothfuss

Artists

2
Echo Chernik Sarah Kelly

Publishers

1
Cheapass Games

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