Quarto! (1991)

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Board Game Rank: 565

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Designer	Blaise Muller
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Publisher	Family Games, Inc. Fundex Gigamic Great American Trading Company Identity Games International B.V. Pressman Toy Corp. Trefl Show More »
Year Published	1991
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (23 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	6 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (9 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (11 voters) [poll]
Honors	1993 Mensa Select Winner 1993 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2001 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Winner
Subdomain	Abstract Games (18 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Pattern Building
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Family	Mensa Select
Primary Name	Quarto!
Alternate Names	Mind Game Quarto! Travel Winning Together
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Quarto! has a 4x4 board and 16 pieces. Each piece has four dichotomous attributes: color, height, shape and consistency. So each piece is either black or white, tall or short, square or round, and hollow or solid. The object is to place the fourth piece in a row where all four pieces have at least one attribute in common. The twist is your opponent gets to choose the piece you place on the board every turn.

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Awards

2003 Vuoden Aikuistenpeli (Finland), Winner, Adult Game of the Year
1993 Mensa Select Winner.
1993 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
1992 Golden Ace (France), Winner, Game of the Year
1985 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société Winner.

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Quarto!

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Gigamic Mini version

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Fundex English edition

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Year: 2005

Size: 11.00 x 11.00 x 2.20 inches

2.00 pounds

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Gigamic edition 2003

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Year: 2003

Size: 11.20 x 11.20 x 2.70 inches

2.00 pounds

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Pressman Toy Corp. Edition 1997

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Year: 1997

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Gigamic / American Trading Company edition

Publisher: Gigamic, Great American Trading Company

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Year: 1993

Product Code: Not indicated

Size: 10.00 x 10.00 x 1.00 inches

2.60 pounds

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3	Quarto! Informational video from Marbles: The Brain Store	English	rrc1230	0
1	Quarto! How to Play Quarto - Spanish (Instrucciones en Español)	Spanish	ejtracer	0
1	Quarto! Home Geekery 002	English	FXguy	0
3	Quarto! How to Play Quarto	English	ejtracer	0
9	Quarto! Quarto Gameplay Computer Animation	English	ejtracer	1
12	Quarto! Family Video Review: Quarto	English	TheBoardGame...	2

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2	Variants Quartos don't expire, only call after placement	2011-08-09	spencewah	3
2	Variants Quarto Solitaire	2011-05-30	horripila...	0
0	General Differences among various versions	2011-01-17	RoamDog	2
9	Sessions A Game of Quarto! with a Short Psychology Lesson	2011-01-16	Chairy	3
6	Reviews Simple, Elegant, Fun -- They Don't Make 'Em Like This Any More	2010-09-02	Jefforama	0
1	Rules [Video Rules] Quarto! by The Board Game Family	2010-05-12	TheBoardG...	1
1	Variants Play Quarto with more than two players!	2010-05-11	scottmoeh...	0
14	Reviews Video Review: Quarto – Funny name, Fun game	2010-01-19	TheBoardG...	3
33	Reviews Quarto! - A Detailed Review	2009-10-06	Neil Thomson	23
14	Reviews Quick, Challenging, Abstract	2009-05-11	baymonkey	8

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Kurzanleitung

Eine Kurzanleitung im Quadrat, die ich gemacht habe um sie meinem selbstgebauten Spiel beizulegen.

AlexK

2009-08-16

Quarto_ESP.pdf

Reglas oficiales en español

entei

2007-07-21

quarto_zasady_PL.pdf

Polish rules

aroo

2006-05-31

quarto_setup.zip

Quarto! by KenyaSong in VB6 with OpenGL

kenyasong

2006-05-24

Lineo_0.2_Install.exe

Linéo game (free software) inspired of Quarto

natsimhan

2006-01-01

Quarto analysis - Part II.pdf

Analysis of piece combinations for the game Quarto

ValJor

2005-08-10

676_bmsquatro.zip

Quarto software (freeware) by Blaise Muller, the creator of Quarto

chaosbreaker

2005-06-10

quartow32.exe

Quarto game (freeware)

Chris Tettamanti

2005-05-01

Quarto analysis - Part I.doc

Analysis of Quarto board positions

ValJor

2004-09-30

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Board Game Rank:	565
Abstract Games Rank:	58
Num Ratings:	1837
Average Rating:	6.80
Standard Deviation:	1.28
Num Views:	91857
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.1
Fans:	25

Personal Comments:	599
Users Owning:	2407
Users Wanting:	49
Users Trading:	146 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	3
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Total Plays:	5960
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=1676&zoekcr...	2012-01-28
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/1676.pdf	2012-01-28
Rules (English, PDF) from Back Alley Traders	http://www.backalleytraders.com/pdf/QUARTO-USGB.pd...	2011-10-12
Fundex Version PDF Instructions for Quarto!	http://www.fundexgames.com/instructions/pdf/5201.p...	2011-09-24
Russian review from www.v-korobke.ru	http://www.v-korobke.ru/product/nastolnaja-igra-qu...	2011-09-20
German review - Ausgepackt!	http://www.patde.de/ausgepackt/main_fr.htm?http://...	2011-07-10
German review - games we play	http://gamesweplay.de/quarto.html	2011-07-10
Play online against the computer	http://quarto.freehostia.com/en/	2011-01-22
Game Paradise review of Quarto	http://www.gameparadisestore.com/wordpress/?p=433	2010-12-02
Russian rules	http://www.igroved.ru/games/gigamic/quarto/rules_q...	2010-11-10