Abstract Academy Card Game

Product Description

At the Abstract Academy competition is fierce You and your fellow art students vie for top marks with professors while trying to put your own spin on each assignment The twist? Art school really broke the bank so you must share a canvas with your rival classmates!Abstract Academy is played over three rounds by either two or four players with the players completing a new canvas each round At the start of the game you lay out 2-3 scoring cards for each round so you all know what you're trying to achieve to score Additionally at the start of each round each player receives an inspiration card that shows a pattern they're trying to create on the canvasIn the two-player game players take turns playing canvas cards into a shared 4x4 play area and in the four-player game they play in a shared 5x5 area Canvas cards are divided into quadrants and each quadrant is colored yellow red or blue The canvas grows organically as you all play cards and the edges aren't fixed until you have four (or five) cards in a row or column The edge of the canvas closest to you is your home row and once the canvas is locked in size no one else can play in your home row (unless all other spaces are filled)Once the canvas is filled the two rows closest to you form your scoring zone If the color patterns in your zone complete a scoring card better than the patterns in anyone else's zone then you claim the scoring card Additionally if you've created the right pattern in your scoring zone you can score your inspiration card Whoever has the most points after three rounds is the star pupil of Abstract Academy and wins!Players 2-4Playing time 20-40 minsAges 8