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Magnet

#33156BGG ↗

2008 · 2-2 players · 30min · weight 2.33 · 149 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
33156
Name
Magnet
Year
2008
Rank
14248
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
2.3333
Num weights
15
Bayes avg
5.54255
Average
6.24086
Users rated
149
Num owned
340
Wanting
5
Wishing
48
Num comments
78
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Grid MovementSecret Unit Deployment
Categories (1)
Abstract Strategy
Description (621 chars)

Magnet won 2010 Runner Up Abstract Game of the Year in Games Magazine. An abstract game where players try to get their king to the middle of the board. Each player has 12 blocks, 11 of which can be promoted 1, 2, or 3 times, thus increasing their movement capability (the king cannot be promoted so don't promote all your other pieces, or you will give away your king's location). A "magnet," a black pawn, is placed on a gridded point and affects all of a player's pieces on lines radiating out from that point, moving them closer to the magnet. You can capture other pieces in this way, removing them from the board.

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.