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Ubongo (2003)

Average Rating: 6.93/10
Board Game Rank: 375
Abstract Games Rank: 33
Family Game Rank: 70
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 that he has to use to fill the shape on his card.

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 collecting 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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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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Ubongo
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Italian Version
Publisher: Giochi Uniti, Stupor Mundi
Artist: Nicolas Neubauer
Year: 2010
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Italian
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Ubongo
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Chinese edition
Publisher: YOKA Games
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Year: 2010
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Spanish Edition
Publisher: HomoLudicus
Artist: Nicolas Neubauer
Year: 2008
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Spanish
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University Games edition
Publisher: University Games
Artist: Nicolas Neubauer
Year: 2008
Product Code: 7 94764 08582
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Dutch, French
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Norwegian first edition
Publisher: Vennerød Forlag AS
Artist: Nicolas Neubauer
Year: 2008
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
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4 Ubongo_rules_RUS
Перевод правил игры "Убонго!"
2011-06-17
0 UBONGO pravila na srpskom jeziku
UBONGO rules in Serbian language
2011-04-22
6 [Español] Reglas a la JcK
Completo resumen de las reglas con imagenes al estilo JcK
2011-04-20
7 Fix of "new 5-piece puzzle boards for Ubongo".
This PDF replaces X-23 and X-25 of "A set of new 5-piece puzzle boards for Ubongo". I found I didn't draw correct tiles on X-23 and X-25 sheets. This PDF fixes the bugs.
2010-06-12
1 Correct layout of board 71 in the game published by Kärnan
This is an official correction of board number 71 shipped in the game version made by Kärnan.
2009-12-11
17 A set of new 5-piece puzzle boards for Ubongo.
This is a set of unofficial 5-piece puzzle boards for Ubongo. It consists of new 36 boards I've created. The PDF file is designed to be printed on A4 papers. The size of each board is 16cm x 11cm.
2009-11-27
1 Regulament Romana - Romanain Rules
Regulament in limba romana - Romanain Rules
2009-11-11
0 Ubongo Dutch Rules
NL Spelregels Ubongo
2009-09-03
11 Ubongo unofficial spanish rules
Ubongo unofficial spanish rules translated from english. Dedicated to spanish ZMan's users.
2008-12-10
2 Ubongo - Regolamento italiano
Traduzione non ufficiale del regolamento basata sulla versione inglese.
2008-11-13
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 375
Abstract Games Rank: 33
Family Game Rank: 70
Num Ratings: 2923
Average Rating: 6.93
Standard Deviation: 1.24
Num Views: 123898
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 1.6
Fans: 18
Personal Comments: 826
Users Owning: 2691
Users Wanting: 205
Users Trading: 47 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 2
Price History: View
Total Plays: 10266
Plays This Month: 23
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Num Ratings 46
Average Rating 7.57
Average Weight 2.00
Num Owned 136
Prev. Owned 5
For Trade 4
Want in Trade 13
Wishlist 33
Comments 12
Year Published 2010
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