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| Year Published |
1997
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3 − 5
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Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, more than 5 players (14 voters) [ poll]
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| Playing Time |
60 minutes
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| Mfg Suggested Ages |
8 and up
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| User Suggested Ages |
12 and up (3 voters) [ poll]
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| Language Dependence |
No necessary in-game text (10 voters) [ poll]
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Mechanic
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Zendo is a game of inductive logic in which one player, the Master, creates a rule that the rest of the players, as Students, try to figure out by building and studying configurations of the game pieces. The first student to correctly guess the rule wins. Zendo uses Icehouse Pieces, but was released as a standalone game in July 2003.
Inspired by Eleusis.
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Awards
Components:
- 60 Icehouse Pyramids (15 of each color)
- 20 White Stones
- 20 Black Stones
- 20 Green Stones
- 16 Rule Cards
- Instructions
Online Play
Microbadges
 
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 109)
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2009-07-02
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Istaril |
13 |
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8
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Sessions
The Grail and the rhyming Daughter
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2009-06-29
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swedgamer |
3 |
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8
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 108)
[Page 1,2,3,4,5]
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2009-06-16
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Purple |
120 |
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7
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 107)
[Page 1,2]
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2009-06-14
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Rishi |
42 |
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7
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 106)
[Page 1,2,3]
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2009-06-09
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Purple |
64 |
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8
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 105)
[Page 1,2,3,4,5]
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2009-05-30
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jeffwolfe |
106 |
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4
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 104)
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2009-05-29
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Ludevik |
18 |
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 103)
[Page 1,2,3,4,5,6]
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2009-05-25
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bende |
144 |
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 102)
[Page 1,2,3]
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2009-05-20
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the majes... |
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General
Emoticon Zendo (Game 101)
[Page 1,2]
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2009-05-18
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Trollkin |
38 |
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Recommendations
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Zendo Cards translated to spanish--Tarjetas de zendo traducidas al español
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Veinte cartas de zendo traducidas al español para comenzar jugar.
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2008-12-16
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Zendo Spanish Rules
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Las reglas de "Zendo" completas en español.
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2008-05-08
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Small Zendo player aid - four copies
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Four copies of a simple player aid describing the different sizes, orientations, pointing and "groundedness" that pieces are capable of.
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2008-02-15
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Simple Induction Rules
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Simplified rules for beginners, or nongamers.
Formatted to fit on Avery 5390 perforated nametag sheets (US Letter size).
You will need 10 sheets of 8 nametags each.
Based on the idea of framing this game as an exercise in scientific induction
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/1363713
and a set of beginner rules provided online
http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Kory/Games/Zendo/RulesForBeginners.html
These rules assume there are exactly three pieces per koan, and only three colors in play (red, yellow, blue).
The only koan properties included are:
piece color
piece size
piece orientation (upright, lying down)
pieces touching the table
pieces touching each other
sum of pips (odd, even, range of numbers)
Despite the limitations, if Master is clever about misdirecting students with the first two examples, these rules can sometimes take several rounds to figure out. There are enough rules (80) that you can play for a while without repeating.
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2007-10-14
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