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Quarto
Year
1991
Players
2–2
Play time
20min
Min age
8+
Weight
1.87
BGG rating
6.90
BGG rank
#1168
Best with
2

Owned by

Michael Redlich

Local copies

Rating: ★ 10.0

Board game

Quarto

Mind Game

Designed by Blaise Muller

Quarto has a 4x4 board and 16 pieces. Each piece has four dichotomous attributes - color, height, shape, and consistency - so each piece is either black or white, tall or short, square or round, and hollow or solid. The object is to place the fourth piece in a row in which all four pieces have at least one attribute in common. The twist is that your opponent gets to choose the piece you place on the board each turn. A winner of the 1985 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société.

Categories

Abstract StrategyChildren's Game

Mechanics

Open DraftingPattern BuildingSquare GridPattern Recognition

Best with how many players

1
Not rec.
2
Best
2+
Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

No necessary in-game text(27 of 27 votes)

Sub-rankings

  • Abstract Game Rank#79

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External data

Wikidata enrichment: 3 links · 2 facts · latest game data 06/20/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 06/20/2026.

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Facts

Publication date
1991
Publisher
Gigamic