Board Game - Strategic Tile-Placement Game for Family Fun, Great Game for Kids and Adults, Ages 8+, 2-4 Players, 30-45 Minute Playtime, Made by Plan B Games

Azul is hands-down one of the most elegant and satisfying board games I’ve played. The game is easy to learn but has enough strategic depth to keep it interesting for both casual and experienced players. The components are stunning—chunky, colorful tiles that feel great in your hands, and a beautifully designed board that really pops on the table.Gameplay is smooth and quick, usually wrapping up in 30–45 minutes. It’s a perfect mix of planning, pattern recognition, and a bit of player interaction (especially when you start drafting tiles just to mess with your opponents). It works well with 2 to 4 players, though it really shines with 3 or 4.If you enjoy games like Splendor or Sagrada, you’ll love Azul. It’s become a staple in our game night rotation. Highly recommend!

Such a fun game. I highly recommend watching a how to video online to learn the game fairly quickly. Once you understand, it is fun!

This is the second time we bought this game so we could give it as a gift. This is a great family game. Lots of strategy for adult players but even our 3 year old understands the gist of it and only needs a little assistance placing her tiles later in the game. She usually leaves the game after a few rounds or ends up playing with her tiles but our older kids enjoy playing the whole game. We do have a family rule of no deliberately sabotaging another player (looking at you Dad!) and can even be played cooperatively by trying to get the highest total score between all players.I do wish there was a way to play with more players.

Great game love playing it with my grandchildren - great for over 10yr olds and adults. If you love Ticket to Ride, Splendor, Settlers of Cattan, Perudo and other strategy games you’ll love this one.

So much fun, we played it for hours.

So fun! Me and my fiance play all the time. One of my favorite board games.Perfect balance of luck and strategy. 😇

We have only played this a couple times so far, but I do enjoy it. The rules are a bit complex to understand at first--I don't think we played it 100% correctly the first time. My elder parents didn't care for the game because they require more simplistic games at this point. I think it may take us a couple more times to get comfortable with some of the rules we accidentally ignored the first time. I am picky about the types of games I like and this qualifies as my kind of game. My partner prefers games more historically grounded with purpose and he says this game qualifies to some extent, making it a game we can both enjoy. Our son is on the fence, but I think he will come around once he starts having more success like he does in chess. The basic gameplay isn't hard, but the scoring and some of the strategy based on that is where it is more complex. Also, I am an infrequent game player, although we have quite a few, so take this from the perspective of a casual, picky game player.

Azul is a 2 to 4 player tile laying game. The game ends after a row is completed, and the player with the most victory points wins the game.For a four player Setup, each player will receive a player board with scoring cube. Nine circle disks called "factory displays" will be placed in a circle at the center of the table. On each disk there will be four randomly drawn tiles from the tile bag.GameplayFactory Offer: A player will need to choose a set of same colored tiles from either a "factory display" or the center table area of the nine disks. When tiles are chosen from the "factory display" the tiles that remain will move to the center table area. When choosing tiles from the center table area, if the player is the first to do this, they will gather a set of one tile type and obtain the first player marker, and go first in the next round. After choosing tiles, players will place their chosen tile/s on their player board in one of the five pattern lines. These pattern lines range from one square to five squares. All tiles must be placed on the same pattern line as players are not allowed to split up their tiles. Any tiles that cannot be place are moved to the Floor Line that gives the player negative victory points for each wasted tile. After all tiles have been chosen this phase will end.Wall-tiling: All players may do this at the same time, players will now move finished Pattern Lines to their respective Wall areas on their player board. Players will start with the One Pattern Line and end on the Fifth Pattern Line. Players will discard excess tiles of completed rows as only one tile is moved. Scoring will be one point for placing a single tile. However, players will score a point for every 1 or more tile that is connected horizontally or vertically. Then finally negative points will be applied from the Floor Line.Preparing the Next Round: If no one has completed a horizontal line of five tiles than another round will begin. The first player will draw four tiles for each "factory display", and then place the first player marker in the center table area.End of Game: When a player completes a horizontal row during the Wall-tiling phase the game is over at the end of the round. Players will do one final scoring, and score additional points for complete horizontal lines (2 points), complete vertical lines (7 points), and covering all tiles belonging to one tile type (10 points). The player will the most points is the winner of the game.Azul is a great game for those beginning to get into board games, and veterans that play all the time. The reason being is it is a fast game with some depth. The game goes by fast for first time players, but that speed increases when people play it again. It works great as a filler game, and something lite enough for people to get into without feeling like they need to spend time learning it. The depth of the game comes from how tiles are placed, and how strategic players want to be. That strategy is looking at what tiles they will risk taking in negative victory points to obtain more victory points at the end, or at that moment. The game can also be mean by player choice as individuals can force a player to take on a lot of negative victory points because they were not counting on everyone passing up a set of tiles. Also, players can choose to pay attention to what they are leaving behind because sometimes someone could set someone else up for a terrific play. Azul, again, is a great game for everyone that likes playing board games. It works exceptionally well as a beginner game, but it is not the type of beginner game that intermediate players will have an issue with playing.Teaching the game: Emphasize that players should pay attention to what tiles they are taking in later turns as they can not only setup other players, but they can give themselves a lot of negative victory points. From this, remember that a Pattern Line cannot have the same tile placed that has already been placed on a players board. Also, the first Pattern Line is only one tile, so the game is moving towards ending rather quickly as the average game is 5 to 7 rounds. For even more advance play, the other side of the player board has a blank wall devoid of any tile type. On this side players must choose where to place their tile with the rule being the same tile type cannot be found in one row.