Quarto

An interesting take on a concept you likely already know. Instead of playing your piece, your opponent hands you three piece to play. This game very much feels like you handed the victory to your opponent because you literally will.

This is a perfectly simple and beautiful game and a wonderful twist on the connect four or tic-tac-toe theme. The mechanism of choosing your opponent's piece is genius and softens the blow of losing because you feel like you did it to yourself. It's highly competitive without feeling mean, and because it plays so quickly it's easy to get four or five games in. The pieces and the board are very high quality and worth the money.

Upon opening the box I was very pleased with the quality of the components. The board feels nice and solid along with the solid wood pawns. Gameplay is really simple with players taking turns picking pieces but not to play yourself. Instead your picking pieces for your opponent to play which adds some depth. With all the matching that is possible I would say it’s best with teen or older. Tried with 5 year old but it was too complicated unless we only matched by color. I would recommend this game.

Quarto is a bit like an advanced Tic-Tac-Toe or Connect 4, but with more depth. This game has one of my favorite mechanics - You choose the piece your opponent will be playing. There's something very satisfying about handing a piece to the other player when they know they can't safely place it anywhere without setting you up for a win. Careful planning and observation is the key to this game.