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Ingenious

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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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Product Features

  • A challenging game of wits
  • Designed by the legendary Reiner Knizia
  • Age: 10+
  • Number of Players: 1 - 4
  • Playing Time: 45 min

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 3 x 11.8 x 11.8 inches ; 2.5 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: 158994223X
  • Item model number: KN13
  • Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,086 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
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Product Description

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Ingenious is the new abstract placement game from internationally-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia. Players place colored tiles on the hexagonal board, scoring points, blocking opponents' tile placement, and trying to protect themselves from being blocked by their opponents. Marvelously elegant and compulsively replayable, Ingenious is an excellent introduction to German-style abstract board games. It's ingeniously simple, and simply ingenious! Ingenious is suitable for up to four players, as well as for solo play.

Product Description

Ingenious is the new abstract placement game from internationally-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia. Players place colored tiles on the hexagonal board, scoring points, blocking opponents' tile placement, and trying to protect themselves from being blocked by their opponents. Marvelously elegant and compulsively replayable, Ingenious is an excellent introduction to German-style abstract board games. It's ingeniously simple, and simply ingenious!

 

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95 of 97 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Blast to Play, July 30, 2005
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Wisconsin Dad (Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews
= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 
After playing and enjoying Lost Cities by game designer Reiner Knizia, I decided to stop by our local game store and check out Ingenious. Last night my wife and I played it for the first time, and as with Lost Cities, we loved it.

Immediately after playing we wanted to play again. There is no doubt in my mind that we will not tire of the game. The common quality that Lost Cities and Ingenious share are the "addiction" factor; both games will have you saying "let's play again" over and over again at the expense of sleep. I don't believe a greater compliment can be said about a game than this.

Ingenious is incredibly easy to learn, and takes less than 1 minute after setting the game up for you to begin playing. Game play consists of playing hexagonal chips of 6 different colors on a board in turn-based play. The chips are like hexagonal dominoes, have 2 hexes connected, and each hex containing a different color. Once no chips can be placed upon the board, the game is over. The player who has the lowest amount of points for any of the 6 colors loses. Game strategy requires that you score points for each color, and this requires concentration and strategy.

Understand that Ingenious is not a strategy game that will leave you frustrated, overwhelmed and weary. No, ingenious is not like that. Ingenious has just enough strategy to have you scampering to win, and just enough random luck to make it unpredictable. And my favorite part of Ingenious? All players know that when the board is full, the game is over. There is an end in sight, and just like Lost Cities, you play against yourself just as much as you play against your opponent. Your strategies can kill you, or leave you the victor. Spend too much time acquiring points for one color, and you might sacrifice your victory.

Try it, you won't regret it. I paid over $35 at my local gaming store, and it was worth every dollar. The game is of sturdy components, as to assure you will be playing it in 10 years. For 1 to 4 players. Yes! You can even play this addictively fun game solo!
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Played this at a "game night", March 7, 2007
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I went to a well-attended game night (20+ people) where the majority of people were playing the mainstream games that I love: Scrabble, Taboo, Cranium. However, one one of the attendees, a math professor, brought the game Ingenuous with her. Although the game didn't look that fun, a few of us decided we would give it a try because she really wanted to play. Well, it turns out that it is a fantastic game with a lot of strategy. The endgame, it turns out, is VERY important; strategizing how one will approach the endgame becomes very important about half-way through the game, as one sees how the board is starting to take shape.

I liken it to Pente and Go: the rules are simple, but strategy is key to winning.

The game became a hit at the party with people that loved strategy, and was played in 3- and 4-person format all night long.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars easy to learn, fun to play, January 18, 2007
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I bought it for my 11 yr old nephew and we opened it and read the directions and was playing within 10 minutes. We really liked it. We played three games in a 1/2 hr and he beat me all three times. We wanted to keep playing but had no more time. It is easy to play and the more you understand it the more fun it becomes.
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