ZÈRTZ (2000)

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Designer	Kris Burm
Artist	lu'cifer
Publisher	Don & Co. Rio Grande Games Schmidt Spiele SMART
Year Published	2000
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (22 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	9 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (11 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (16 voters) [poll]
Honors	2000 Mensa Select Winner 2000 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2001 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players
Subdomain	Abstract Games (30 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Pattern Recognition Set Collection
Expansion	GIPF Project Set 2
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Family	Marble Games Mensa Select Project GIPF
Primary Name	ZÈRTZ
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In this third addition to the GIPF Project players compete to acquire sets of multi-colored balls. This is mostly accomplished by jumping one ball over one or more others, Checkers-style, on a hex board. A player's turn consists of either jumping (which can be forced) or placing any color ball on the board and removing an empty space from the edge of the board. In this manner, the play space continually shrinks, giving the endgame an almost claustrophobic feel.

This game is part of project GIPF.

Home Page: http://www.gipf.com/zertz/index.html

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Awards

2001 International Gamers Awards Two Player Nominee
2000 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
2000 Mensa Select Winner.

Online Play

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

Local Computer Play

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Project GIPF Microbadges

Components:

6 white marbles
8 grey marbles
10 black marbles
37 round board pieces
1 rulebook

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ZÈRTZ

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SMART edition

Publisher: SMART

Artist: lu'cifer

Year: 2008

Product Code: PG 200

Size: 9.37 x 12.48 x 1.57 inches

1.76 pounds

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Rio Grande Edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: lu'cifer

Year: 2006

Product Code: 11233

Size: 9.28 x 12.50 x 1.60 inches

1.96 pounds

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Don & Co Edition (with 12 extra rings)

Publisher: Don & Co.

Artist: lu'cifer

Year: 2003

Product Code: 11233

Size: 12.60 x 9.45 x 1.57 inches

2.00 pounds

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Schmidt Edition with SdJ Label

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele

Artist: lu'cifer

Year: 2000

Product Code: 49057

Size: 12.60 x 9.41 x 1.65 inches

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Don & Co first edition

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele

Artist: lu'cifer

Year: 1999

Product Code: Art.-Nr. 49057

Size: 12.60 x 9.33 x 1.65 inches

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4	ZÈRTZ How to Play Overview - Spanish (Instrucciones en Español)	Spanish	ejtracer	0
30	ZÈRTZ [VIDEO RULES] for Zertz by Mark Blanco	English	Geese	2

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0	General Zertz version info	2011-11-26	alenen	1
0	Rules Repeatable situation	2011-09-28	louper	10
2	Variants 37, 49, or 61 rings?	2011-09-01	Aurendrosl	5
14	Reviews I'm a noob to abstracts, but I LOVE Zertz!	2011-08-15	Aurendrosl	6
3	News 2011 Zertz Tournament on Boardspace!	2011-07-19	abstracted	2
1	General a SMART version copy in the US?	2011-03-21	unfathomable	7
3	General Now you can play on "Boîte à jeux"	2011-02-14	Tchan	0
10	Reviews : Focus on Zertz	2010-06-20	Focuscoene	5
2	News 2010 Zertz Tournament on Boardspace!	2010-06-07	abstracted	0
14	Rules [Video Rules] for Zertz by Mark Blanco	2010-04-30	Geese	6

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Guia Rápido ZÈRTZ

Quick guide for players that already know the game. Portuguese Only.

pringi

2011-12-01

One-page ZERTZ Rules

I made a DIY version of ZERTZ, and wanted all the rules on one page. Hopefully this is useful to someone else, too! It is printer-friendly, and includes pictures. I did some minor editing to clarify rules and keep them short, but everything should be effectively the same.

dawson_osu

2011-10-19

A fancy board for zertz

Zertz doesn't need a board, but we like to use one anyway. Mount on foamcore to provide a hard surface as well.

caltino

2007-12-09

ZERTZ_player_aid.pdf

This is a player aid I made to help the kids keep track of score

LiMoN

2007-05-03

zertz.pdf

hungarian translation of rules

szoffi

2007-02-28

Zertz_Rules_pt.doc

Rules in portuguese

rmontemor

2006-12-12

Zertz Rules.doc

Zertz - English Ru;es

Patticus

2006-03-22

ZÈRTZ - Reglamento.pdf

Reglas en español (spanish game rules)

Adeptus

2006-01-05

ZertzPlayersAid.gif

Beginner's Guide

Marvinrah

2005-12-15

zertz_study-40b.pdf

Zertz planning and study sheet - 40bit for Acrobat 3.0,4.0!

BoardGameGeek

2002-02-18

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	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	190
Abstract Games Rank:	7
Num Ratings:	2450
Average Rating:	7.36
Standard Deviation:	1.31
Num Views:	129560
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.7
Fans:	37

Personal Comments:	890
Users Owning:	2971
Users Wanting:	172
Users Trading:	77 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	3
Want Parts In Trade:	4
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	8229
Plays This Month:	53

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Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	87
Average Rating	7.44
Average Weight	3.42

Num Owned	544
Prev. Owned	23
For Trade	10
Want in Trade	28

Wishlist	57
Comments	71
Year Published	2001

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English rules	http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_21...	2012-05-10
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=1396&zoekcr...	2012-03-24
ZÈRTZ review @ Geek Ken	http://geekken.blogspot.com/2009/09/board-game-rev...	2012-02-12
Polish review at GamesFanatic.pl (originally posted at gry-planszowe.pl)	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2006/10/02/zertz/	2011-04-17
Zertz Review on Board Game Reviews by Josh	http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2011/02/zert...	2011-02-08
Review of Zèrtz in Finnish at Lautapeliopas	http://www.lautapeliopas.fi/peliarvostelut/zertz/	2010-12-23
Russian rules	http://www.igroved.ru/games/gipf/zertz/rules_zertz...	2010-11-09
Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/zertz_4...	2010-09-03
English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/Fall2000GAR.htm	2009-10-02
How to Play Zertz with Mark Blanco - Video	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2I32IURVSE	2009-08-04