''Gobblet'' is a
board game
A board game is a type of tabletop game that involves small objects () that are placed and moved in particular ways on a specially designed patterned game board, potentially including other components, e.g. dice. The earliest known uses of the ...
for two players designed by
Thierry Denoual and published in 2001 by
Gigamic
Gigamic is a French publisher and distributor of games started up by three brothers.
Gigamic started in 1991 by three of six brothers named Stéphane Gires, Ludovic Gires and Jean-Christophe Gires. Since 2001, Gigamic has operated a distributio ...
and
Blue Orange Games. Gobblet was a
finalist for the 2004
Jeu de l'année The Jeu de l'année (French for ''Game of the Year'') was a French games award, given by the ''Association de Promotion et d'Evaluation des Jeux'' in October to outstanding parlour games
* published during the previous year
* published in the French ...
.
The game is played on a 4×4 board. Each player has 12 pieces of the same colour but different sizes. Players take turns to place a piece on the board or move their piece that already is on the board. Bigger pieces can be placed so that they cover smaller ones. A player wins by placing four pieces of the same colour in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
In 2003, Gigamic and Blue Orange Games released Gobblet Junior, a version of the game for younger players, which is played on a 3×3 board.
In 2009, Blue Orange Games published revisioned editions: Gobblet X4 and Gobblet Gobblers to replace Gobblet and Gobblet Jr. accordingly.
External links
Blue Orange Games: GobbletGobblet ranked as one of the top 11 Geek Board GamesGobblet Review at BellaOnline.comPlay Gobblet
online at Boardspace.net, against human or robot opponents
Gobblet Gobblers
review
Gobblet is proclaimed test winner in Politiken
a major Danish newspaper
rule
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Board games introduced in 2001
Abstract strategy games