Situation 4 (1968)

About this game

Here is a game and a puzzle combined. Each player or team has a complete puzzle, identical except for color. Both puzzles are played on the same area. The object is to cover more area than your opponent and score more points. Additional pieces give you special abilities, like bridges to cross rivers, tanks to protect pieces, and paratroopers that allow you to land pieces in their area. Also see Situation 7.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.6/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.