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Traffic Lights

Traffic Lights

Fiendish Board Games · 1985
210 min0+ yrs2.3/5 complexity4.9 BGG27KidsCouplesStrategy
⚡ short answer

How do you play Traffic Lights?

Many variants on the concept of noughts and crosses exist. This version was created by Alan Parr. It is played on a 3x3 or 3x4 board with a supply of red, yellow, and green markers.

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Traffic Lights box art
official art · Fiendish Board Games

Many variants on the concept of noughts and crosses exist. This version was created by Alan Parr. It is played on a 3x3 or 3x4 board with a supply of red, yellow, and green markers. The object is to get a line of three of the same color.

On each turn, you may do ONE of the following:

(1) Put a red counter in an empty square. (2) Replace a red counter with a yellow one. (3) Replace a yellow counter with a green one.

So ultimately the board will fill with green counters.

According to the book "What's your Game" by Michael Cornelius & Alan Parr, the game is a first player win with perfect play.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity2.3 / 5
BGG rating4.9 / 10
Vibe
KidsCouplesStrategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
10 min
Players
2
Recommended age
0+ yrs

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Q3How do you play Traffic Lights?
Traffic Lights is a abstract strategy game, for 2 players, taking ~10 minutes, featuring tile placement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Traffic Lights — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Traffic Lights support?
Traffic Lights is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Traffic Lights take?
A game of Traffic Lights takes about 10 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Traffic Lights for?
Traffic Lights is recommended from age 0.
Q7How complex is Traffic Lights?
Traffic Lights has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.3 out of 5.
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