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Oct 12, 2024·How to play·07:24·0·Watch on YouTube

Hepta means "Seven" — A powerful, mystical, and lucky number. Sometimes.

NewVenture Games

NewVenture Games

Watch “Hepta means "Seven" — A powerful, mystical, and lucky number. Sometimes.,” a how-to-play guide for Hepta from NewVenture Games on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by NewVenture Games on YouTube:

This game is included in our Alexander Randolph Collection. To get this game (and 6 others by Alex Randolph) visit our store https://newventuregames.com/products/hepta. Thanks again to our all of our generous Kickstarter backers for making this possible! This tile-placement game is all about sevens: 7 colors on a board of 7 rows & 7 columns, and 7 tiles of each shape. It's a little bit puzzle-ish, and a lot of the strategy is in denying your opponent places to play their tiles. There are a number of variations to the rules, and variable set-ups that offer a substantial level of re-playability. There's also a solo mode - a set of seven puzzles to solve. The game was created by Alex Randolph during his most productive phase in the 1970s, and has been published by several different companies over the years. It's been known as Magic Seven, Seven Up, Cover Up, and a couple of non-English names as well. It's a great game to hone your pattern-recognition skills, too! Please visit us at: https://newventuregames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/NewVentureGames More Hepta information can also be found at BoardGameGeek.com: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10593/hepta

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Hepta

Hepta

1974·Alex Randolph

1 - 2 players
20 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Hepta, from BoardGameGeek:

OBJECT To place your game pieces on the board so that they do not cover any of the designated color on the board. The winner is the player who plays the most game pieces. From the box: A pleasing combination of puzzle and strategic game. On one side of the board, the idea is to place 14 tiles so as to cover all but one of the 7 colors. There are 7 colors and therefore 7 different problems. On the other side of the board, the game consists in seeing who of the two players is able to play more tiles.

Designer

Alex Randolph

Publisher

Arxon

Categories

Abstract StrategyPuzzle

Mechanics

Tile Placement
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