Table feel
Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus.
Typo
Players
2-6
Time
?-?
Age
8+
Weight
1.4
Rating
6.19
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.2
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Typo has a high variability gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The availability of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement in tactics and strategies. The player interaction score is average. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The easiness to learn score is moderate, making it accessible to a wide range of players. Overall, Typo has a strong replayability score of 7.9.
Luck profile
Typo has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
Overview
Players are dealt 12 cards from an alphabetic deck and play them to the table in rows and columns to make words, or the start of words. Players choose their cards simultaneously. When the cards are shown, the lowest in the alphabet goes first and so on. Players add their card to the rows or columns on the table, calling the word or part-word they are forming, so adding E to the start of LAST gives ELAST, for which you can call "elastic." All cards must be placed, so if you cannot form a valid word to call, you must, depending on the game edition: a) pick up the longest line of cards, which will score against you (Cwali first edition), and then in the following rounds, play order is Z-A; or b) pick up half the number of cards in the longest line and add them to your hand (2nd edition). Rules in 4 languages, English, German, French and Dutch. The strong graphic design is styled on an old typewriter font. A typewriter is an early form of word-processor...
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Credits
Designers
1
Corné van Moorsel
Artists
1
Josine van Schijndel
Publishers
2
Cwali
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