Tabletop game

Quarto

Quarto (1991) - Tabletop game
Tabletop game1 January 1991

Quarto is a board game for two players invented by Swiss mathematician Blaise Muller. It is published and copyrighted by Gigamic. The game is played on a 4×4 board. There are 16 unique pieces to play with, each of which is either: tall or short; red or blue (or a different pair of colors, e.g. light- or dark-stained

wood); square or circular; and hollow-top or solid-top. Players take turns choosing a piece which the other player must then place on the board. A player wins by placing a piece on the board which forms a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row of four pieces, all of which have a common attribute (all short, all

circular, etc.). A variant rule included in many editions gives a second way to win by placing four matching pieces in a 2×2 square. Quarto is distinctive in that there is only one set of common pieces, rather than a set for one player and a different set for the other. It is therefore an impartial game.

Game details

Board game

Players
2 players
Age
Ages 8+
First published
1991

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