Tongiaki (2004)

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Designer	Thomas Rauscher
Artist	Claus Stephan
Publisher	PS-Games Schmidt Spiele Überplay
Year Published	2004
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (56 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (10 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (20 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (14 voters) [vote]
Category	Exploration Nautical
Mechanic	Modular Board Point to Point Movement
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Primary Name	Tongiaki
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300 AD: The Polynesians embarked on daring sailing trips and explored thousands of Pacific Islands. Driven by overpopulation and a desire for adventure, they set forth into the unknown on simple catamarans called Tongiakis.

With a unique tile design never seen in any other game (hexes with wavy edges), this game is easy to explain and easy to enjoy.

[Description from Uberplay's web site]

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Awards

2005 Games 100 Family Game Nominee.

Components:

1 set of rules
16 hexagonal-shaped island tiles
16 hexagonal-shaped water tiles
90 boat tokens in 6 six different colors (15 in each color)

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Dutch edition

Publisher: PS-Games, Schmidt Spiele

Artist: Claus Stephan

Year: 2004

Product Code: PSG-14

Size: 6.80 x 3.50 x 2.60 inches

1.37 pounds

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English Edition

Publisher: Überplay

Artist: Claus Stephan

Year: 2004

Size: 10.79 x 7.48 x 2.60 inches

1.31 pounds

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German edition

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele

Artist: Claus Stephan

Year: 2004

Product Code: 49072

Size: 10.79 x 7.48 x 2.64 inches

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Tongiaki Uberplay promo video

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concise reference sheet by hecose

Reference sheet useful for quick referencing and provides a structured summary for teaching the game. See the At the Gates of Loyang game entry if you are interested in ref sheets for other games that I’ve made. If you do not have Microsoft Powerpoint, a PDF version is also available there.

hecose

2010-05-14

Tongiaki - Ocean Tiles Tracking aid

A player aid to assist in tracking BOTH the Island Tiles and the Water Tiles (as is necessary under the Rules to determine the end of the game). Two markers of some kind are also needed.

smithnewz

2009-04-05

Rules in portuguese

Regras em português ilustradas

ealpendre

2009-03-16

Tongiaki_Turn_Summary.pdf

2-up Turn Summary in color. Dripping with theme.

erfalucho

2007-04-16

Tongiaki summary 1.01.pdf

Tongiaki play summary. V1.01

kentreuber

2006-11-22

Tongiaki aid.jpg

Player's aid in jpeg format, 2 to a page

Gamegrunt

2006-09-01

Dutch Quickrules Tongiaki.pdf

Tongiaki, dutch quickrules for easy reference

Jukke

2006-08-23

Tongiaki Scoring and Tracking Chart.pdf

Modified version of the excellent scoring chart uploaded by another user. This PDF chart also helps track tiles in play.

gamesgrandpa

2006-02-09

Tongiaki FIN.pdf

Rules in Finnish

JoeLamer

2005-10-24

TngkRls.zip

Hungarian rules, illustrated (html)

H-Alga

2004-09-30

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Board Game Rank:	1224
Strategy Game Rank:	593
Family Game Rank:	369
Num Ratings:	1819
Average Rating:	6.27
Standard Deviation:	1.38
Num Views:	83760
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.0
Fans:	11

Personal Comments:	767
Users Owning:	2145
Users Wanting:	44
Users Trading:	220 [find trade matches]
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Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/tongiak...	2010-09-03
English Review on Hiew's Boardgame Blog	http://hiewandboardgames.blogspot.com/2010/02/tong...	2010-02-16
English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/SP04/tongiaki.htm	2009-09-22
Rules in Finnish at Lautapeliopas	http://www.lautapeliopas.fi/saannot/tongiaki/	2009-07-07
Dutch review on AnderSpel.nl	http://www.anderspel.nl/tongiaki.html	2008-10-05
Dutch Review on www.spellenclub13.be	http://www.spellenclub13.be/recensies/Tongiaki.htm	2008-03-31
Finnish translation at Lutapeliopas.fi	http://www.lautapeliopas.fi/saannot/tongiaki/	2005-10-27
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2005-01-05
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-27
Interview with Thomas Rauscher on Tongiaki	http://boardgames.about.com/cs/designerinterviews/...	2004-05-19