Quinto

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Quinto
Nate Straight
A strategy game based on Quarto
:Players Players: 2
:Time Length: Medium?
:Complexity Complexity: unknown
Trios per color: 5
Number of colors: 5
Pyramid trios:
Monochr. stashes:
Five-color sets:
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Volcano board
Setup time:
Playing time: 30
Strategy depth:
Random chance:
Game mechanics:
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BGG Link:
Status: Complete (v), Year released: 2007

Quinto[edit | edit source]

An Icehouse game by Nate Straight.

Overview[edit | edit source]

The classic Mensa Select strategy game, Quarto, enters the Icehouse world.

Object[edit | edit source]

The object is to force your opponent into giving you a piece that can complete a Quinto.

Equipment[edit | edit source]

5 colored stashes of Icehouse pieces

1 5x5 game board, as used in Volcano

2 players and approximately 30 minutes

Setup[edit | edit source]

Place the game board between the two players, with all of the Icehouse pieces on the side.

Gameplay[edit | edit source]

On each player's turn, they will select one piece from the unplayed Icehouse pieces on the side of the game board and give it to their opponent to play. Their opponent will then place the piece they are given onto the game board in any vacant square or on top of another piece in order to create either a nest or a tree. Nests and trees may begin from either the inner / bottom or the middle piece of the nest or tree, and may contain any combination of colors. Only the outermost / topmost piece of the nest or tree will be counted as being in play. Also, nests must remain as nests and trees must remain as trees.

Ending[edit | edit source]

The game ends when a player completes a Quinto, a row of five pieces that are all either the same color or size, or that are all five different colors. That player wins the game.