Tetris
2-4 players | Ages 8+ | 20-30 minutes
Publisher: Buffalo Games, 2021
Play Tetris head-to-head against your friends in an all-new tabletop strategy game! Each player drops tetrimino pieces into their own Matrix tower each turn. You know what to do. Another piece is up. Rotate. Rotate again. Move it and drop it… Score points by completing horizontal rows and racing to fulfil special challenges on achievement cards for bonus points! Place specific pieces to match the icons on your Matrix towers to earn even more. Who will come out on top?!
When Buffalo Games approached me to design a Tetris game I absolutely jumped at the chance! I grew up playing Tetris for countless hours on the Gameboy, NES, and Mac. So it was really exciting to try and turn those fond experiences into a tabletop game. Unlike most previous Tetris board games, I knew I wanted each player to have their own matrix to place pieces in. This way each player would really feel like they were playing the video game. However, this decision meant I had to find new ways to introduce competition between the players, so I added in the achievement cards and bonus icons. I learnt a lot about polyominoes from designing Bärenpark, Silver & Gold, and Llamaland - and it was a fun challenge to find a new way to make a game out of these fascinating shapes.
Links
➚ Tetris at BoardGameGeek