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Alcatraz

Alcatraz

F.X. Schmid · 1999
2–430 min10+ yrs1.9/5 complexity5.5 BGG#26.062 BGG494Strategy
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How do you play Alcatraz?

Players try to escape from the prison island Alcatraz in this quite abstract game. Board resembles a chess board, it's a 9x9 grid where players must move their pieces from one end to the other.

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Alcatraz box art
official art · F.X. Schmid

Players try to escape from the prison island Alcatraz in this quite abstract game. Board resembles a chess board, it's a 9x9 grid where players must move their pieces from one end to the other. Each piece can move horizontally or vertically as many spaces as the player wishes, but there are few complications: the guards. Each row has a guard. Whenever a piece moves to a row, the guard on that row moves as many spaces towards the piece as the piece moved (if you move three rows up, the guard on that row moves three spaces towards you). If the guard catches you, the move is illegal. Of course, it's legal to make the guards catch other players' pieces... The first player to have three of their four pieces escape wins.

Alcatraz is fun, quick game and a nice brain-teaser, especially with more than two players when the board gets quite crowded.

game anatomy
Complexity1.9 / 5
BGG rating5.5 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#26.062
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play Alcatraz?
Alcatraz is a abstract strategy game, for 2–4 players, taking ~30 minutes. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Alcatraz — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Alcatraz support?
Alcatraz is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Alcatraz take?
A game of Alcatraz takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Alcatraz for?
Alcatraz is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Alcatraz?
Alcatraz has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.9 out of 5.
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