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Kintsugi

#239938BGG ↗

2018 · 2-3 players · 15min · weight 1.50 · 143 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
239938
Name
Kintsugi
Year
2018
Rank
12487
Min players
2
Max players
3
Playing time
15
Min playtime
10
Max playtime
15
Avg weight
1.5
Num weights
4
Bayes avg
5.5563
Average
6.51678
Users rated
143
Num owned
659
Wanting
7
Wishing
52
Num comments
59
Fetched at
Sat May 02 2026 16:52:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
LayeringStorytellingTile Placement
Categories (4)
BluffingCard GameDeductionPrint & Play
Description (893 chars)

A peaceful 2-3 player game of tile laying, with a secret twist. Kintsugi is the Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer, to show the imperfect history of the object, and to affirm that it is better for having been broken. You are repairing a piece of pottery, then playing the role of an art critic for your opponent. You can win by being a better artist, being a better critic, or both! In true minimalist tradition, the lowest score wins! On your turn, play a card depicting fragments of pottery onto the previously played card to connect fragments together. Try to make your color of pottery connect to make the fewest pieces. But be subtle about it; if your critic (the player to your right) can guess your color, they subtract your score from theirs at the end of the round. Play 1 round per player, adding up scores from each round, and the lowest score wins.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.