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Clacks: A Discworld Board Game

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  1. 4 out of 10

    I haven't tried the cooperative game since we were just taught the competitve version and that was an annoying abstract game on which the theme was entirely wasted.

  2. 7 out of 10

    A boardgame based on Terry Pratchet`s book "Clacks". It features both a competitive and a cooperative game mode, but the goal is the same. You have a 5x5 grid with balck and white so called lights and you have jacquards with different patterns which modify them. By combining these you have to achieve different patterns associated with letters to be able to successfully send the message. It is basically a game of combinations. In both play variants there is a time limit which makes the combination making even harder.

  3. 4 out of 10

    Ultimately disppointing. Despite the rich integration of theme and a delightful game presentation, there is way too much useless downtime in this game, allied with the futility of trying to advance plan. Chaotic games can be good (see Artus for one of the best examples), but there is just too little control in Clacks. You may as well spend the time spent between turns playing something else. [i]Traded for Eschnapur, Ivanhoe and BraveRats[/i] Cheap :star::star::star::star::nostar: Quality Abstract :star::star::star::star::halfstar: Themed Light :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: Heavy Shallow Curve :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: Steep Curve Elementary :star::star::star::star::halfstar: Complex Tactics :nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: Strategy Integrated :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: Artificial Luck :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: Skill Active :star::star::star::star::star: Passive Short :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: Long [b]Best with 4[/b]

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Clacks: A Discworld Board Game is based on the "Clacks" semaphore messaging system — the fastest (non-magical) messaging system on the Discworld — featured in Sir Terry Pratchett’s novel Going Postal.

Using a semaphore system of shuttered lamps on top of high towers, the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company has revolutionized long-distance communications on the Discworld. Their network of towers covers most of the Unnamed Continent, but now the old postal service is fighting back. Driven by the determination of newly "volunteered" Post Master Moist Von Lipwig, the Ankh-Morpork Post Office has challenged the Clacks operators to a race from Ankh-Morpork to Genua.

Play against your friends and claim the title of Fastest Clacks Operator on the line, or play together as a team to win the race across the Discworld and prove that Clacks is here to stay. In more detail, Clacks: A Discworld Board Game contains rules for a player vs. player game, a co-operative race game against the Post Office, and a children’s introductory game.

Ages

8+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

30m
Designer

David Brashaw, Leonard Boyd
Mechanics

Action Point Allowance System, Cooperative Play, Pattern Building, Pattern Recognition, Take That
Theme

Novel-based
Publisher

Backspindle Games Ltd., REXhry, PHALANX
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