PÜNCT (2005)

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Designer	Kris Burm
Artist	lu'cifer
Publisher	Don & Co. Rio Grande Games SMART
Year Published	2005
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
Honors	2006 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2006 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players
Subdomain	Abstract Games (19 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Pattern Building
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Family	Project GIPF
Primary Name	PÜNCT
Alternate Names	Punct
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PÜNCT, the fifth released game by design in project GIPF, is a connection game.
The goal is to connect two opposite sides of the board. A player's turn consists of either bringing a new piece into play or moving one already on the board.

This game is part of project GIPF.

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Gamerz (turn-based, play by email or play by web)
Boardspace.net (real-time, AI option)
Punct.biskai.de (turn-based)

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PÜNCT

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Don&Co Edition

Publisher: Don & Co.

Artist: lu'cifer

Year: 2005

Product Code: 11613

Size: 12.60 x 9.45 x 1.57 inches

1.83 pounds

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PÜNCT

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Rio Grande Games Edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: lu'cifer

Year: 2005

Product Code: RIO283

Size: 12.70 x 9.50 x 1.80 inches

1.80 pounds

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PÜNCT Video Reseña

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2	Reviews Interesting but last among gipf offerings	2011-04-14	Talisinbear	7
3	Strategy Opening Move Strategies	2011-01-25	markgravi...	3
18	News Save Pünct!!! [Page 1,2]	2008-05-28	vintermann	27
1	Sessions First Play Report	2007-10-19	willk_1230	4
2	Strategy The Metagamers >> Episode 10 - The GIPF Series	2007-08-08	habermanm	0
23	Reviews a portrait of the koala as a...	2006-12-14	drunkenKOALA	5
2	General Starting Player Advantage/Disadvantage?	2006-01-13	b5mith	11
3	General Dirty or stained pieces?	2005-12-26	cornjob	8
9	Sessions A sample punct.biskai.de game	2005-12-24	jp26	2
0	Rules Elbow piece bridging corner where there's no space	2005-12-19	dbuel	4

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Guia Rápido PUNCT

Quick guide for player that already know the game

pringi

2011-12-01

punct.pdf

Pravidla hry Punct v cestine (soubor stahnout a prejmenovat priponu na zip, pak rozbalit)

Sentry

2007-07-26

punct.pdf

magyar fordítás (hungarian translation of rules)

szoffi

2007-02-28

PÜNCT - Reglamento.pdf

Reglas en español (spanish game rules)

Adeptus

2006-01-10

punctpieces.pdf

PÜNCT pieces to develop strategy. (Revision, please replace original.)

RinzaiZen

2005-11-08

punctboard.pdf

Pünct Board to develop strategy. (Revision; please replace original.)

RinzaiZen

2005-11-08

EnglishRules.doc

English Translation of the French Rules

RinzaiZen

2005-10-28

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179	Essen 2005 Canonical List	2005-08-18
179	Videos instruccionales en castellano - Instructional videos in Spanish	2007-02-21

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Board Game Rank:	575
Abstract Games Rank:	32
Num Ratings:	914
Average Rating:	6.95
Standard Deviation:	1.34
Num Views:	58410
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.8
Fans:	11

Personal Comments:	393
Users Owning:	1460
Users Wanting:	126
Users Trading:	25 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=5083&zoekcr...	2012-01-26
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/5083.pdf	2012-01-26
Punct Review on Board Game Reviews by Josh	http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2011/07/punc...	2011-07-05
Russian rules	http://www.igroved.ru/games/gipf/punct/rules_punct...	2010-11-09
Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/punct_4...	2010-09-06
Polish review at www.gamesfanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2010/03/30/punct/	2010-05-09
French review and pictures on "Jeux de NIM"	http://www.jeuxdenim.be/jeu-Punct	2009-10-03
Punct at Rio Grande Games	http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=160	2009-07-20
Instructional video in Spanish	http://juegosmontt.info/2008/01/punct-video-instru...	2008-01-15
Review by BrettSpillGuiden.no - Indenpendent Scandinavian Boardgame site	http://brettspillguiden.no/kritikker/?gid=398	2007-12-19