Mozaic

Mozaic is a two-player abstract strategy board game, in which players attempt to score points by placing colored glass gemstones onto a game board to form square patterns. The game was designed by Martin H. Samuel and originally produced by Games Above Board. Sunnywood, Inc., of Hong Kong, licensed the game and published it through Sterling Games in 2003. Giseh Verlag launched the game in Germany at Essen Spiel in 2006. An Axiom-powered electronic version of Mozaic was programmed for PC by Greg Schmidt in 2010.

Mozaic (board game)
DesignersMartin H. Samuel
IllustratorsMartin H. Samuel
PublishersGames Above Board Sterling Games
Players2
Setup time1 minute
Playing time30 minutes
Age range8 and up
Skills requiredTactics, strategy, concentration
Not to be confused with mosaic.


Gameplay

The Mozaic game board consists of 64 tiles (8x8 squares) with a score-keeping "ladder" on either end. Players decide which color gem, either amber or cobalt, they will to construct their point-scoring squares. Players then take turns drawing gems from a bag, one at a time, and place them on any empty tile on the board. 4 points are scored when placement of four same-color adjacent gems forming a square is completed, either by the player or their opponent. Existing squares may be built upon and expanded, and several point-scoring combinations may be completed at one time with a single gem. Throughout the game, players keep score on their side of the board with an extra gem of their color. The game is over when the last gemstone is placed, all the tiles are covered, and only the four exception gems remain in the bag. The player with the most points accrued wins the game.[1]

In addition to the cobalt and amber gems, Mosaic also offers four "exception" gemstones that, when drawn, allow for certain actions:

  • Rubies cause the palyer to skip their turn.
  • Sapphires allow the player to slide any gem diagonally to an empty adjacent tile.
  • Onyx allow the player to take two turns.
  • Diamonds = allow the player to remove any gem from the board and replace it in the bag.

Exception gemstones are always returned to the bag after a turn.

References
  1. "Games Above Board". Gamesaboveboard.webstarts.com. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

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