2021 · Abstract Strategy

Mandala Stones

Players move artist pillars around a central board to collect colorful patterned stones into personal towers, then dismantle those towers to score. On a turn, a player either moves an artist to gather stones that match that artist’s pattern and are not adjacent to other artists, stacks the chosen stones into a new tower on their player board, or scores by removing top stones from their towers according to color or other scoring conditions printed on their board spaces. Removed stones are placed onto a shared central mandala, potentially triggering further scoring and advancing the game end condition. The game ends after the mandala fills to a designated space; final scoring includes private objectives.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 2

schedulePlaying time

30 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

1.8 / 5