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Red Otter (340 KP) rated Azul in Tabletop Games

Jun 12, 2019

Azul

2017 | Abstract Strategy

8.7

(21 Ratings)

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If I had to pick an abstract to start someone off, I'd pick Azul almost every time. It may appear as a simple tile laying game, but with time you learn how to predict what an opponent needs and how you can change their best laid plans. The game is simple. Every round a selection of tiles ( with five different colors) based on player size is placed on factory tiles in the centre. Players take turn grabbing all of one color of tiles from either a factory tile or the factory floor, with any ungrabbed tiles being placed into the floor. These tiles are then placed into variously sized rows with a catch, only one color can be placed into a row at a time, no mixing and matching allowed! You can partially fill these rows and hope you can grab enough later to fill it up. Any unplaced tiles go into the garbage, forcing you to lose points. The round ends when all tiles have been grabbed. It's possible to make opponents grab tiles that they can't use, forcing them to lose points.

Next is scoring. At the end of every round, every player checks to see if any of their rows are filled, if so, they can empty their row and place one of the tiles on its matching space/row on a 5x5 scoring grid.
Scoring is all about placing contingious tiles, with more points for how many tiles are next to the tile when it's placed. The game ends when someone fills up an entire row, with additional points for having five tiles of a color, a filled row, and filled coloumns.

Azul is very somple and easy to each, but has depth when trying to predict what tiles will be coming out next and what your opponents will be going for. The component quality is excellent, with the tiles providing a great tactile feel to picking them up. I love this game and am never sad when it hits the table

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