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Criss Cross

#5823BGG ↗

2017 · 1-6 players · 10min · weight 1.29 · 1,044 ratings

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Rating
5.72
Users rated
1,044
Owned
1,733
Wishing
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At a glance

What playing it feels like, broken down.

Core loop

Roll two dice showing symbols, then write both symbols into adjacent cells on your personal grid following adjacency rules.

What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
0
Fantasy
0
Narrative
0
Challenge
2
Fellowship
1
Discovery
1
Expression
2
Submission
3
How it works (4 mechanics)
  • [2]polyomino_packing— “the two symbols have to be drawn in orthogonally adjacent fields
  • [3]spatial_adjacency_scoring— “2, 3, 4 or 5 adjacent symbols of the same type score 2, 3, 4, 5 points PLUS 4/5 bonus points
  • [2]dice_mitigation— “2 dice are rolled and each player has to draw these symbols into their sheet following very simple rules
  • [2]attrition_clock— “The game ends when the sheets are filled or there are no legal adjacent spaces left
Under-the-radar score: -0.52

Sources (2)

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Categories (1)
Dice