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Colorito

Colorito

(Public Domain) · 1892
230 min0+ yrs2.8/5 complexity5.4 BGG46KidsCouplesStrategy
short answer

How do you play Colorito?

Each player has 20 numbered pieces / counters of two colours (blue & red or brown & yellow), which are put on the two first rows of a 10×10 grid of octagons (topologically similar to squares, but without the diagonal adjacency).

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Colorito box art
official art · (Public Domain)

Each player has 20 numbered pieces / counters of two colours (blue & red or brown & yellow), which are put on the two first rows of a 10×10 grid of octagons (topologically similar to squares, but without the diagonal adjacency). The fields of these rows are numbered from 1 - 20, so each counter has its definite starting place, making one complete row of either colour.

The spaces of the central six rows are coloured according to the counters, either red, blue, yellow or brown, and build up a regular pattern. Counters can step one space, jump across one other piece (also more than once during a turn) when landing eventually on a space of its own colour or doing a step plus a jump move in this order in a turn.

Aim of the game is to get the pieces on the opposite side onto the octagon with the corresponding number (similar to Salta, which maybe adopted this idea from Colorito).

This game is mentioned in several letters of the Romanov sisters (daughters of the last Russian Tsar) from 1915 and as one of the favourite games of Anastasia Nikolaevna.

Online Play

 Boardspace.net (real-time, AI option)

Mobile Apps

 Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, IOS
 Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, Android
game anatomy
Complexity2.8 / 5
BGG rating5.4 / 10
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KidsCouplesStrategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2
Recommended age
0+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Colorito?
Colorito is a abstract strategy game, for 2 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring grid movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Colorito — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Colorito support?
Colorito is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Colorito take?
A game of Colorito takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Colorito for?
Colorito is recommended from age 0.
Q7How complex is Colorito?
Colorito has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.8 out of 5.
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