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Col

Col

Academic Press · 1976
21 min0+ yrs6.0 BGG4KidsCouplesStrategy
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How do you play Col?

"This game is taken from the book, On Numbers and Games, by John Conway (Academic Press, 1976) and is attributed to Colin Vout." http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/casey931/conway/col.

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official art · Academic Press

"This game is taken from the book, On Numbers and Games, by John Conway (Academic Press, 1976) and is attributed to Colin Vout." http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/col.html

Using any map of blank regions, players select colors (crayons) and take turns coloring any region which does not border a region they have previously colored. The winner is the last player able color a region.

This is a great use for completed Sprouts games. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/7378

A variant named, Snort, allows bordering oneself but not opponents. http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/snort.html

game anatomy
BGG rating6.0 / 10
Vibe
KidsCouplesStrategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
1 min
Players
2
Recommended age
0+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play Col?
Col is a abstract strategy game, for 2 players, taking ~1 minutes, featuring paper-and-pencil. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Col — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Col support?
Col is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Col take?
A game of Col takes about 1 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Col for?
Col is recommended from age 0.
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