GamesDealer / katamino

What's inside the Catamino? · Playing field; 12 pentominoes; 8 cubes; · Double and triple figures; 3 red cubes; · 6 tables for slams; · 2x and 3-dimensional samples of figures; · Barrier of limitation of the playing field; · Checkered field for 2 players; · Rules of the game. Desktop version of Tetris for 2 players! Tetris needs absolutely no introduction! This ingenious game was invented in the 1980s by the Soviet programmer Alexei Pozhitnikov, published on a computer in 1984, and then scattered around the world, today it exists on all digital platforms. Few people paid attention to the fact that the figures falling from the ceiling in Tetris consist of 4 cubes connected in different ways by their sides, and they are called Tetrimino (from the Greek tetra - four) - a kind of family of special polyomino figures. Katamino is nothing more than a tabletop Tetris integration, but it uses pentamino figures, which consist of 5 cubes. How to play Catamino? The Catamino field is made of wood that looks and feels nice to the touch and is divided into 5 by 13 squares to accommodate a barrier that limits the size of the field. The larger the size, the more pentaminoes will be used, and the more difficult the task will be. At the beginning, the players choose a slam (task from the corresponding list) and the number of figures with which they want to try to play. After that, you need to take the pentominoes indicated in the task, set the barrier on the appropriate number of pieces and try your hand - try to fit all available pieces into a limited space. Then you can take the next task from the same slam. For example, if you added 2 shapes from layer 1 - now add the third specified shape from layer 1, after successful stacking - 4, and so on. Or move on to the next layer by first playing simple levels with a small number of shapes. Simplified version of the game In Catamino there is a simplified scenario for children - with single (cubes), double and triple blocks, which will be much easier to combine with pentomino and fit into a confined space. Also in the rules there are separate playing fields for children and schemes for drawing up animals. But what about playing Catamino together? In addition to alternating play with the use of ladder slams, or with scoring, or in any other tournament way, it is possible to play at the same time in Catamino. To do this, the field is divided by a barrier into 2 equal parts, each player receives: · 5 pentominoes; 3 cubes; · 1 double block. The winner is the one who is the first to place all 9 pieces in his space on the field. There is also a "strategy" mode in which players use the 8x8 square board from the last page of the rules. Opponents take turns playing any of the 12 pentominoes on the board. The winner is the one who can be the last to successfully place a figurine on a free area of the field. Who will be interested in tabletop Tetris? Katamino is an interesting board puzzle game that will suit primarily: · Tetris fans; · Lovers of calm puzzles such as tangram, tag, Rubik's cube, jigsaw puzzles; · Children, with the aim of developing logic and imagination. You should definitely take this game with you on vacation in order to pass the time, for example, at the airport; for such purposes, you should pay attention to the road version of Catamino. True, it is a little limited, first of all, there is no mode for two players. By the way, about two players - there is also an extended duel version, which will delight you with a more interesting game for two.