Published	2007
Type	Game
Number of players	2 - 2 players
Average duration	20 mins.
Complexity	Low
Location	Huset Bookcase: 111 Shelf: 2

Description

Gobblet is an abstract game played on a 4×4 grid with each of the two players having twelve pieces that can nest on top of one another to create three stacks of four pieces.

Your goal in Gobblet is to place four of your pieces in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row. Your pieces start nested off the board. On a turn, you either play one exposed piece from your three off-the-board piles or move one piece on the board to any other spot on the board where it fits. A larger piece can cover any smaller piece. A piece being played from off the board may not cover an opponent’s piece unless it’s in a location where your opponent threatens to win with 3 pieces in a row.

Your memory is tested as you try to remember whose piece one of your larger pieces is covering before you move it. As soon as a player has four pieces in a row, s/he wins — except in one case: If you lift your piece and reveal an opponent’s piece that completes a four-in-a-row, you don’t immediately lose; you can’t return the piece to its starting location, but if you can place it over one of the opponent’s three other pieces in that line, the game continues.

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