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Mariko
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Version
1.00
Match neighboring tiles in this ancient chinese board
game. Fill up the board as much as possible with
stones, each of which can be placed only adjacent to a
stone that shares either its color or its name. Like
all great board games, Mariko´s concept is deceptively
simple, but offers a deeply complex and challenging
experience. You are given a set of 72 tiles, each
marked with a specific color and figure. The stones
are presented one at a time, and you place them on a
board with 96 slots, next to other matching pieces.
The more stones that your stone touches, the more
points you earn for that stone. The basic idea of
matching tiles is enhanced with restrictions on the
types of matches possible. Tiles are matched by color
and figure, with the elusive four-way match being the
best play (match two by color and another two by
figure). The game is won by making the highest score
possible, but you will quickly find other goals to
achieve, such as using all the tiles or scoring four-
way matches around the starting board. Mariko is proof
that a game does not need many rules to be
sophisticated. The concept is simple, yet each new
move offers a wealth of possibilities to be explored,
making this a perfect entry for the deep-thinking
strategist.
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