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Published By
Year Published
2003
# of Players:
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(20 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(16 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Ubongo
Alternate Names
우봉고
Expedition Pyramide
Pyramidens portar
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

The board of this game consists of six rows. On each row, twelve gems (of several colors) are arranged. Each player places his pawn in front of one of those rows.

Each player receives a playing card on which a shape consisting of several squares is depicted. Each player also gets 12 tiles consisting of 2, 3, 4 or 5 squares in some shape. By means of a dice roll, each player is assigned three or four tiles which he has the use to fill the shape on his card.

Now, the players try to solve their own "puzzle". The race is timed by a sand glass. The outcome of this race determines the play on the main playing board.

The player who was the first to solve his puzzle in time gets to move his pawn up to three rows, the player who came second may move two rows and the player in third may move a single row. The players may collect two gems from the front of the row their pawn is on, so the more rows you can move, the more control you have on what color gems you can collect.

After collection gems, each player receives a new playing card with a new puzzle to solve, and a new round starts. In total, nine rounds are played.

In the end, the player who has collected the most gems in a single color wins the game.

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More Information Edit | History

Awards

The game won as best family game in Sweden, under the name "Pyramidens portar", in 2003, and once again, under the name "Ubongo" in 2009!

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0 Regulament Romana - Romanain Rules
Regulament in limba romana - Romanain Rules
2009-11-11
0 Ubongo Dutch Rules
NL Spelregels Ubongo
2009-09-03
6 Ubongo unofficial spanish rules
Ubongo unofficial spanish rules translated from english. Dedicated to spanish ZMan's users.
2008-12-10
1 Ubongo - Regolamento italiano
Traduzione non ufficiale del regolamento basata sulla versione inglese.
2008-11-13
1 Polish instructions for Ubongo/ Polska instrukcja do Ubongo
Polish instructions for Ubongo/ Polska instrukcja do Ubongo
2008-05-30
1 Japanese Rules
Japanese Rules
2007-11-15
2 Ubongo - Regras em português - Rules in portuguese
Baseada no arquivo postado aqui por Johan Berglind. Inclue variante de pontuação postada nos fóruns do BGG por Roland Wood e dica para adaptar o jogo para daltônicos.
2007-09-26
1 Ubongo.doc
A write up of the rules to use until someone posts a translation.
2005-06-02
9 Ubongo english rules.doc
English rules
2005-06-01
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 274
Num Ratings: 1680
Average Rating: 7.00
Standard Deviation: 1.28
Num Views: 64707
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.6 moreinfo
Fans: 5
Personal Comments: 571
Users Owning: 1433
Users Wanting: 187
Users Trading: 27
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 3
Price History: View
Total Plays: 6235
Plays This Month: 91
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