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GobbleStones

GobbleStones

R&R Games · 2015
2–430 min10+ yrs1.5/5 complexity5.9 BGG#20.279 BGG359CouplesFamily
short answer

How do you play GobbleStones?

GobbleStones is a tile-laying game in which players are hungry little goblins who love to eat stones. During play, you gobble up the most valuable stones across the board, and in the end the fattest goblin wins.

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GobbleStones is a tile-laying game in which players are hungry little goblins who love to eat stones. During play, you gobble up the most valuable stones across the board, and in the end the fattest goblin wins. It's CRUNCH time!!!

In more detail, players set up the game board by laying nine game boards in a 3x3 square; each game board features 25 spaces on it in a 5x5 array, and each space has both a color (one of five) and a number (one of six). Thus, you'll have a game board that measures 15 spaces on each side.

Players start with several 1x1 tiles, with each tile being one of the five colors. On a turn, you take exactly five actions, first playing 0-5 tiles, then drawing 5-0 tiles, e.g., playing three tiles, then drawing two. You play tiles onto the game board akin to playing words in Scrabble, with you covering the appropriate colors with your tiles as a single word and scoring the numbers that you cover. One tile-laying restriction: You can't place tiles so that a 2x2 area of the game board is covered.

game anatomy
Complexity1.5 / 5
BGG rating5.9 / 10
Vibe
CouplesFamily
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#20.279
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Q1How much does GobbleStones cost?
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Q3How do you play GobbleStones?
GobbleStones is for 2–4 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring tile placement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about GobbleStones — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does GobbleStones support?
GobbleStones is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of GobbleStones take?
A game of GobbleStones takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is GobbleStones for?
GobbleStones is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is GobbleStones?
GobbleStones has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.5 out of 5.
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