Exago

Exago - Think strategically to get four in a row and win.

The object of Exago is straightforward: Be the first player to place four tiles of your color in a straight line on the board. As you are placing your tiles to win, you must also be aware of what your opponent is doing and block him from doing the same. While the rules are simple, the play will be more complicated.

The game board comes in two pieces and easily snaps together for play and unsnaps for storage. The hexagonal pieces are brightly colored, transparent plastic and come in six colors: red, green, blue, yellow, purple and orange. The shapes on the board are grooved so the tiles stay in place after play. To easily pick up a tile off the board, simply push down on any edge and the opposite edge will pop up.

Object:
Be the first to place four of your hexagonal tiles in a straight line to win.

Set up:
Snap the board together and place it between the players. Each player chooses a color and takes six tiles of that color. If only two people are playing, each player gets 12 tiles of his color. 

Play:
The first player will place one tile in the very center of the board (that space is marked "start"). The next player will place one tile on the board and it must touch at least one side of the first tile that was played. Players take turns placing one tile at a time, always making sure that their tile touches at least one side of one other tile already on the board. Work to get four of your tiles in a straight line in any direction while blocking your opponent from doing it first.

If players have played all their tiles with no winner, the players will then take turns picking up one of their tiles that have already been played and moving it to another location on the board (always making sure it touches at least one side of one tile already on the board). If when a player picks up and moves a tile he leaves any tiles disconnected from the group (no other tiles touching them), the disconnected tiles will be returned to their owner(s) and then re-played during future turns. Play until someone gets four tiles in a row and wins the game.

Try this:

• Sort the colored tiles into piles by color be starting the game. Hold several in-hand and bring them one at a time to the fingertips to sort and drop.
• Stack the tiles for fun. How many can you stack before the tower topples?
• Play to get three or five in a row.
• Hold two or three tiles in your hand as you play. Push them to the fingertips one at a time to play.
• Skip the game. Use the tiles to make a symmetrical design on the board. 
• Work on visual discrimination, figure ground, visual closure, eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, problem solving, planning ahead, logic, executive functioning skills, process skills, socialization skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: Game base, 48 hexagonal tiles
 
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