Klask

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Klask
KLASK - Danish game of skill
KLASK - Danish game of skill
Game data
author Mikkel Bertelsen
graphic Mikkel Bertelsen
publishing company Klask ApS,
Game Factory u. a.
Publishing year 2014
Art Skill game
Teammates 2
Duration 10 mins
Age

Awards

Klask , in its own spelling KLASK , is a game of skill by the Danish carpenter Mikkel Bertelsen for two people from 2014. The game was released in 2014 by Klask ApS in Denmark, and in the following years it was published internationally under license by several other publishers. In German-speaking countries, it is produced by Carletto AG in Switzerland under the Game Factory brand.

2017 game by the jury of was game of the year in their list of recommendations received.

Theme and equipment

matchfield
Toy figure and steering magnet

The game is a simple and fast game of skill that is similar to air hockey , tip-kick , table football or similar games. The aim is to bring a game ball into the opponent's goal with the help of magnetically controlled playing pieces and score points with it.

The game material is made entirely of wood and plastic and, in addition to the game instructions, consists of a 30 by 40 centimeter playing field, the magnetic game pieces and their control magnets, three small white magnets, a ball and two game coins, which are used as score markers.

Style of play

Two white magnets on a pawn

At the beginning of the game, the playing field is placed between the two players. The three white magnets are placed on the spaces provided and the two game coins are set to position 0 in the score display on the edge of the field. Each of the players receives a black pawn and the associated control magnet. The playing figure is placed on the playing field and the control magnet is pushed under the playing field so that both parts are magnetically connected.

The starting player gets the ball and starts in one of his two corners of the playing field. Both players now try to play the ball with the help of their pawns into the opposing goal, a circular indentation about three centimeters in diameter in the playing field. Since the two halves of the playing field are separated by a barrier, the players can only move their figure on their own half and play the ball there. The white magnets must not be moved with the control magnet.

A player can achieve points if he

  1. shoots a goal, i.e. when the ball is in the opponent's goal,
  2. at least two white magnets stick to the opponent's piece,
  3. the opponent moves his own pawn into his own goal,
  4. the opponent loses control of his playing figure and cannot get it back with his control magnet (e.g. if it is in the opposing half of the playing field).

The game ends when a player reaches six points and the counter has reached position 6.

Class 4

In 2019, Klask 4 was released, a game for four players who play against each other at the same time. It is played in a round playing field with four goals, all rules correspond to the two-player version.

Development and reception

The KLASK game was developed by the Danish carpenter Mikkel Bertelsen and published in Denmark in 2014 by Klask ApS, a company he founded for this purpose. In the following years it was published internationally under license by several other publishers. It was published in 2015 by Gigamic in France, by Competo / Marektoy in English-speaking countries and by FantasTies in a multilingual version in Dutch, German, English and French. It was launched by G3 for Poland in 2016, and in German-speaking countries it has been produced by Carletto AG in Switzerland under the Game Factory brand as a multilingual version in German, French and Italian since 2017 .

In 2017, the game KLASK was included in the jury of the Game of the Year in their list of recommendations . She describes the game as follows:

“Goal!” This exclamation is heard regularly during this wooden table football game. The goal into which the ball is supposed to roll has neither posts nor crossbars, but rather a hollow. And that's exactly why you often hear not only “goal” but also “clack”. This sound is made when someone maneuvers their figure into the hollow using the guide magnet that is to be moved under the playing surface. The opponent is just as happy about that as about a goal, because for a "Klask", as it is called in the Danish author's country, there is also a point. An additional highlight are three small magnets: if a figure comes too close, they will stick to it. Whoever collects two of them also gives the opponent one point. So what to do React quickly and in a coordinated manner, then use a tricky barrier to lock "Gate!" "

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f game instructions KLASK
  2. ↑ versions of klask in the game database BoardGameGeek (English); accessed on September 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b KLASK on the website of the Spiel des Jahres eV; accessed on September 23, 2017.

Web links

Commons : KLASK  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files