Gobblet

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Gobblet
Game data
author Thierry Denoual
publishing company Blue Orange Games (2001),
Gigamic (2003),
HUCH! & friends (2006)
Publishing year 2001, 2003, 2006
Art Strategy game
Teammates 2
Duration 15 minutes
Age from 8 years

Awards

Swiss Games Prize : 3rd place in the family games 2003
Jeu de l'Année : nominated in 2004

Gobblet is a strategic board game for two players by Thierry Denoual. It was released by Blue Orange Games in 2001, Gigamic in 2003 and HUCH in 2006 ! & friends . The goal is to form a row of four of your own stones. The game is shaped by strategy and lasts about 15 minutes.

regulate

The game is played on a 4 × 4 board. Each player receives 12 cup-shaped game pieces (gobblets), three each in four different sizes, in their own color. Larger stones can be put over smaller ones. The stones of each player are set up in three stacks next to the board at the beginning, so that only the three largest are directly playable, the others are hidden underneath.

The players take turns drawing one of their stones that is not covered by another. A stone from outside the board may only be placed on an empty space. A stone that was already on the board can also be put over a smaller stone (of any color). A player wins as soon as four stones of his color form a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row, with hidden stones not counting. If the opponent has already occupied three of four squares in a row with (uncovered) stones, you may also place a stone from outside the board over one of these opposing stones.

The game also has a memory component, as the hidden stones are not visible and the touch-guided rule applies. You can't make a zero move; as soon as you have taken a stone, it must be moved to another space. It can happen that you create an opposing row of four by uncovering and lose. However, this can possibly be averted by placing the stone you have taken over another in the opposing row of four.

If the move is repeated, the game ends in a draw.

variants

In 2003 the company Gigamic and Blue Orange Games developed the Gobblet Junior version , which enables the same game on a 3 × 3 field board for younger participants.

Awards

In 2003 Gobblet came third at the Swiss Games Prize in the family games category and in 2004 the final round of the Jeu de l'Année game prize awarded in France .

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