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Quarto: every award it has won

As d'Or 1992

Box art for Quarto
As d'Or

1991Blaise Muller

6.9

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8,978 ratings

Players
2
Duration
20 min
Complexity
1.9/5Light
Age
8+
  • Abstract Strategy
  • Children's Game

1 award

All of its awards

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About the game

Quarto has a 4×4 board and 16 pieces. Each piece has four dichotomous attributes — color, height, shape, and consistency — so each piece is either black or white, tall or short, square or round, and hollow or solid. The object is to place the fourth piece in a row in which all four pieces have at least one attribute in common. The twist is that your opponent gets to choose the piece you place on the board each turn.

A winner of the 1985 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société.

Mechanics

  • Open Drafting
  • Pattern Building
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Square Grid