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ZÈRTZ

(2000)
User Rating: 7.5 / 10 (1347 Ratings)
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GameID: 528
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Designed By: Kris Burm
Published By: Rio Grande Games
Schmidt Spiele
Don & Co.
# of Players: 2 - 2
Playing Time: 30 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 9 and up
Category: Abstract Strategy
Mechanics: N/A
Other Names:
ZERTZ

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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.

2000 Mensa Select

Online Play

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

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User Rank: 92
Num Ratings: 1347
Average Rating: 7.52
Standard Deviation: 1.35
Num Views: 58725
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Users Owning: 1600
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0 A fancy board for zertz
zertz board.jpg
Zertz doesn't need a board, but we like to use one anyway. Mount on foamcore to provide a hard surface as well.
0 ZERTZ_player_aid.pdf
ZERTZ_player_aid.pdf
This is a player aid I made to help the kids keep track of score
0 zertz.pdf
zertz.pdf
hungarian translation of rules
0 Zertz_Rules_pt.doc
Zertz_Rules_pt.doc
Rules in portuguese
3 Zertz Rules.doc
Zertz Rules.doc
Zertz - English Ru;es
0 ZÈRTZ - Reglamento.pdf
ZÈRTZ - Reglamento.pdf
Reglas en español (spanish game rules)
1 ZertzPlayersAid.gif
ZertzPlayersAid.gif
Beginner's Guide
0 zertz_study-40b.pdf
zertz_study-40b.pdf
Zertz planning and study sheet - 40bit for Acrobat 3.0,4.0!
0 zertz_study.pdf
zertz_study.pdf
Two paper representations of the board for study and planning.