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| | | Description: | | The aim in this award-winning game is to get your pawn across to the opposite side of the playing board. But should you move your pawn or erect a fence to slow your opponent's advance? Choices don't come easily in this game of mazes and madness. 2-4 players, ages 6 and up. The game includes 20 fences, 4 wooden pawns & instructions. | | | Features: | |
• Abstract strategy game with simple rules
• Includes 20 wood fence playing pieces, 4 pawns, wood game board and instructions
• Good game concept
• Age recommended 6 and above
• Fully detailed instructions
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 2.21 inches | | Product Width:
| 11.03 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.03 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.75 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 25 reviews |
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33 of 33 found the following review helpful:
Quoridor: As easy as checkers, and a lot more fun!Jul 25, 2002
I bought this game for my 11-year old son, and now I find myself asking everyone in my family if they can spare 15 minutes to play a game with me! The game play is simple: on each turn, either move your pawn one space closer to the finish line, or use one of your two-square wide tiles to block your opponent's progress (you start with ten of these), but you can't completely block them in. Whoever gets there first, wins! Each game takes on its own personality, as new strategies constantly evolve. We also handicap the grownups when they play the kids by allowing them to only use 7 or 8 of their tiles, which gives the kids a fair chance to win. Games take anywhere between 10 and 20 minutes to play, and the beautiful wooden gameboard and pieces are fun to use. Like chess and checkers, it's all skill and no luck. This has become my favorite game! I'd recommend it for anyone age 7 or older who likes thinking games.
25 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 Fun, but small size and lacking gameboard designJun 04, 2007
By Aaron Schlaegel
The game concept is very good. In fact, I give the game concept 5 out of 5 stars. Unfortunately, the execution of the game board is a bit lacking.
First, the board is small. The squares are much smaller than a traditional chess game board. This, combined with the fact that the pieces are a bit wobbly, makes the game somewhat frustrating because the pieces often fall over.
Second, the game is designed for two or four players, but the board is really only designed for two players. The board should be symmetrical for all four players, but there is only a "bank" to hold the fences for two of the players. Even more frustrating, the board is sized symmetrically for all four players, but for two of the players, the space is just left empty.
If they ever come out with a larger, truly four player edition, I will get it and rate it a five.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Lots of funFeb 20, 2003
Quoridor is quite a bit of fun, particularly if you enjoy games that require more thinking, like Mastermind. Game time is short, so even young players can play and then play again without feeling like they're tied to a game of chess. The game does require some strategy-sense, so not sure if 8 and up is appropriate, maybe 12 and up. Adults will have the most fun however since you can easily play 4 or 5 games an hour.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
If Twixt and Chess had a BabyNov 26, 2010
By Eugene D. Milener
"GeneM"
Elegant execution of an elegant fundamental concept. Simple rules. Room for very deep strategy, yet fun strategic discoveries are accessible even at beginner levels. Beginners correctly feel they understand enough to make respectable moves and to create problems for the opponent. Surprising turns of advantage can occur.
Both players get 11 pieces: 1 pawn plus 10 fences. Each turn you move your pawn of place a fence. To win, get your pawn from the north edge to the south edge, while your opponent tries to get his pawn from south to north. You are not allowed to create an impenetrable complete chain of fences. Thus sometimes you place a fence to seal all but one remaining opening for your pawn, making it illegal for your opponent to block your pawn's path out -- which sometimes takes you unstoppably to your winning destination!
At times you can make a move that looks terrible for you to the eye yet is a winning move. What is visually happening on the board translates very well to an impression of the strategic effects of the moves, somewhat like Twixt.
Chess players will immediately recognize a loose analog of king opposition in chess endgames, and will feel similar issues surrounding immobility. Unlike chess or Khet, you never suffer a discouraging and probably permanent material deficit.
Playing Quoridor gives me a feeling that is a hybrid of what Twixt and Chess make me feel.
Khet is another great game I have yet encountered with this elegance and the other attributes at the same superb level as Twixt and Quoridor. Quoridor has fewer blunders than Khet (blunders in Khet feel much less forgivable than in chess, yet are more frequent in Khet than in chess). Quoridor is a Wow.
My wife knows nothing about games. Yet as a gift for me, my wife chose Quoridor over Quarto, even tho the games shop owner slightly recommended Quarto over Quoridor. She said Quoridor looked more like a board game with some animation to it.
My wife and daughter both immediately wanted to play a second game. Excellent durations of approx 15-20 minutes. Pleasant to touch, made of wood, not plastic. Opportunities of clever moves. For 2 or 4 players (not 3, not "2-4" as the game box misleads).
At www .quoridor .net you can play against a computer in pseudo-3D, for free. Play against its strongest level.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Another winner from GigamicMar 28, 2006
By Reader
Terrific, original boardgame -- beautiful wooden construction, simple rules lead to a surprisingly complex game for 2 or 4 players, small pieces are easy to lose but company said they will replace at no charge if necessary. We love it!
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