Description
In the board game Ubongo, players race to solve individual puzzles as quickly as possible in order to be the first to take the gems available to them.At the start of a round, each player receives a puzzle card showing a shape made up of a certain number of squares; one side of the card shows six rows of 3 pieces, the other side six rows of 4 pieces, meaning a harder puzzle. When everyone is ready, someone rolls the die to determine which row of pieces each player may use to recreate the shape on their card. The race is timed with a sand timer, and its outcome determines what happens on the main game board.The winner takes a 3-point gem and a random gem, the player in second place takes a 1-point gem and a random gem, and others who finish in time take only a random gem. After collecting gems, each player receives a new puzzle card and a new round begins.After nine rounds the game ends, and whoever collects the most gems of a single colour wins! If players are tied, the one with the most gems of the highest value wins. If they are still tied, the next most valuable gems are compared, and so on.
