Ubongo
Ubongo is a fast-paced, addictive, and easy-to-learn geometric puzzle game. Players race against the timer and against each other to solve a puzzle of interlocking shapes. The faster you solve... (read more)
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Noble Knight GamesReviews
mixed, 66% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
25 minutes
Published
2015
Age
8+
Publisher
Thames & Kosmos
Players
1 to 4 players
Designer
Grzegorz Rejchtman
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Puzzle, Strategy Game, Thames & Kosmos, KOSMOS, Albi, Grzegorz Rejchtman, and Real-Time
Description
Ubongo is a fast-paced, addictive, and easy-to-learn geometric puzzle game. Players race against the timer and against each other to solve a puzzle of interlocking shapes. The faster you solve the puzzle, the more gems you get. The player with the most valuable gem treasure after nine rounds of solving puzzles wins!
Here's how it works: Each player receives a set of 12 polyominos - geometric shapes formed of equal-size squares joined edge to edge in different arrangements. At the start of each round, each player gets a new puzzle panel. A roll of the die determines which polyominos you must use to perfectly fill in the empty spaces on the puzzle panel. Any players who complete the puzzle within the time limit yell out "Ubongo!" and grab a gem at random from the bag. The fastest player also gets a blue gem and the second fastest an amber gem. Each gem color is worth a different amount of points. After nine rounds, the player with the most valuable gem collection wins.
Download the free companion app, which helps you learn how to play the game, and includes a game timer, a solo game timer, and solution keys.
Contents:
36 Puzzle Boards
48 Tiles
1 Die
1 Hourglass
1 Cloth Bag
58 Plastic Gems
1 Game Round Track
Rules
Here's how it works: Each player receives a set of 12 polyominos - geometric shapes formed of equal-size squares joined edge to edge in different arrangements. At the start of each round, each player gets a new puzzle panel. A roll of the die determines which polyominos you must use to perfectly fill in the empty spaces on the puzzle panel. Any players who complete the puzzle within the time limit yell out "Ubongo!" and grab a gem at random from the bag. The fastest player also gets a blue gem and the second fastest an amber gem. Each gem color is worth a different amount of points. After nine rounds, the player with the most valuable gem collection wins.
Download the free companion app, which helps you learn how to play the game, and includes a game timer, a solo game timer, and solution keys.
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Game's Categories
Theme
Publishers
- Giochi Uniti
- Kaissa Chess & Games
- Korea Boardgames Co., Ltd.
- Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.
- Thames & Kosmos
- KOSMOS
- YOKA Games
- White Goblin Games
- Devir
- Piatnik
- Albi
- Z-Man Games
- Fantasmagoria
- GP Games
- Egmont Polska
- Filosofia Éditions
- University Games
- Magellan
- SuperHeated Neurons
- Vennerød Forlag AS
- Kod Kod
- Competo / Marektoy
- Four Esses
- HomoLudicus
- Kärnan
- Laser plus
- Stupor Mundi
Designer
- Grzegorz Rejchtman
Artists
- Bernd Wagenfeld
- Karl Holmes
- Sandra Johansson
- Nicolas Neubauer
