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Clocks

Dice around the clock

You strive for the perfect clock! You are given a clock face which features dice symbols equal to the number, next to each number. The board has a backside featuring an inverted clock for an advanced game. Some numbers on the face are marked with action symbols, the Sixes are of a different color and are deemed to be already filled. Depending on the side of the board you use you start with coins of value 6 or 10.

The rounds of the game comprise three phases: Auctioning of dice, player turns and change of starting player plus – maybe – returning of dice. Dice are randomly drawn from a bag and you use close bids do bid for them and choose dice in descending order of bid values. Then you place dice into the clock face in clockwise order; you may leave gaps but pay for them with coins. Perfectly corresponding dice earn you bonus actions, red dice con earn you money and black dice allow you free gaps.

After dice placement you receive money, re-roll a dice on the clock or buy another action from the clock. When you have placed 12 dice on the clock and the game does not end you must discard a dice. If you have achieved a perfect clock – all dice values are correct – or when all clocks are filled at the end of the round, you score for perfectly placed dice, groups of perfectly placed dice and color groups of dice.

Naturally, the bidding for dice is the deciding element; if you spend money at the start for this you can quickly achieve some perfect placement and acquire bonuses; the plethora of choices for actions demand a bit of gaming experience, it takes some time to adjust to this amount of possible actions.

Players: 1-4

Age: 8+

Time: 30+

Designer: Tim de Rycke, Sander Vernyns

Art: Dany Stuer

Price: ca. 36 Euro

Publisher: Sandtimer 2012

Web: www.sandtimer.be

Genre: Dice placement

Users: With friends

Special: 1 player

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Fantastic graphics

Good rules, providing lots of choice for actions and decisions

Some gaming experience is an advantage

Plays best for three or four

Compares to:

Star Wars Angriff der Klonkrieger and other games using pre-set placement of dice

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 1

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0