Watch “Tak - How To Play,” a how-to-play guide for Tak from Watch It Played on BoardGameVideo.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - The Setup
02:43 - Game Play Overview
03:11 - Action: Place
03:33 - Creating Roads
04:09 - Placing Capstone
04:18 - Action: Move
05:30 - Top Pieces
05:48 - Capstones Effects
06:55 - Moving Stacks
08:31 - Capstones On Stacks
09:10 - Winning The Game
10:17 - Calling TAK
10:38 - Scoring Games
11:00 - Optional Scoring Variants
11:42 - Conclusion
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Mostly playthroughs. Tak is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 179 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 5 other videos.
2 players
20 - 60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Tak, from BoardGameGeek:
"My next several hours were spent learning how to play tak. Even if I had not been nearly mad with idleness, I would have enjoyed it. Tak is the best sort of game: simple in its rules, complex in its strategy. Bredon beat me handily in all five games we played, but I am proud to say that he never beat me the same way twice." -Kvothe
Tak is a two-player abstract strategy game where players attempt to make a road of their pieces connecting two opposite sides of the board.
To win a game of Tak, a player must be the first to create a “road” of stones connecting opposite sides of the board.
Stones can be laid flat or stood on end. When played flat, they are called “flat stones.” In this orientation, other stones can be stacked on them. If they are stood on end, they are called “standing stones” or “walls.” Nothing can be stacked atop a standing stone, but these do not count as part of a player's road.
Depending on the size of the game, players may also have capstones, which can can come in many decorative shapes. Capstones serve as both a flat stone and a wall, and can also flatten standing walls.
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