Continuo (game)
Continuo is an abstract strategy game by Maureen Hiron which was first published in 1982 and now distributed in board game form by David Westnedge Ltd. In the U.K and U.S. Games Systems in the U.S. It is played by arranging patterns printed on a deck of 42 cards, each card being printed with a grid of 16 colored squares. The goal is to place cards so that the tiles match as many chains of color as possible.[1] Continuo sold over 200,000 units in the United Kingdom alone within a few months of being launched. [2] Continuo won a 1995 Mensa Select games award.[3] The tag line on the box is "The one rule game for all the family".
Versions of the game have also been published in which the same basic rule is used, but the tiles are triangular or rhombic rather than square and the hexagonal domino type game Hexago was also marketed under the Continuo name.[4] Continuo was endorsed by Omar Sharif.[5]
There has been a Continuo tournament at the Mind Sports Olympiad since 1997,[6] to determine the world champion.
Rule
Continuo consists of 42 tiles.[7] These tiles are subdivided into a 4×4 grid of small squares. All of the tiles are diagonally symmetrical with an L-shape of one colour with a single small square of another in the corner. There are 4 colours in total: red, green, blue and yellow.
The aim of the game is to score points by making 'chains' of colour and a point is scored for the length in small squares of each chain that the placed tile makes. A chain has to be squares that touch horizontally or vertically.
Hexago
Maureen Hiron also held the world championships for another of her games; Hexago (or Hexago Continuo).[8] Although being a tile game branded with the same name as Continuo, it is only the immediately touching tiles that effect the score as opposed to the chains in Continuo. It is a game with hexagonal tiles split into 6 triangles each with a colour and a number. Each time a tile is placed touching so that it matches either the segments colour or number, points are scored.[9]
Champions
The Continuo World Champions from 1997 onwards are:[7]
- 1997: Template:Flagicon Osamo Omadero
- 1998: Template:Flagicon Demis Hassabis
- 1999: Template:Flagicon Tony Niccoli
- 2000: Template:Flagicon George Hassabis
- 2001: Template:Flagicon Jan Palmgren
- 2002: Template:Flagicon Dario De Toffoli
- 2003: Template:Flagicon Mathew Cordell
- 2004: Template:Flagicon Victoria Westnedge
- 2005: Template:Flagicon Mathew Cordell
- 2006: Template:Flagicon Mathew Cordell
- 2007: Template:Flagicon Mathew Cordell
- 2008: Template:Flagicon Mathew Cordell
- 2009: Template:Flagicon Matthew Hathrell
- 2010: Template:Flagicon Matthew Hathrell
- 2011: Template:Flagicon David M. Pearce
- 2012: Template:Flagicon Tony Niccoli
- 2013: Template:Flagicon Maureen Hiron
- 2014: Template:Flagicon Mathew Cordell
- 2015: Template:Flagicon Ricardo Jorge Gomes
- 2016: Template:Flagicon David M. Pearce
The Hexago World Championships have been held once in 2007 during the Mind Sports olympiad[10]
- 2007: Template:Flagicon David M. Pearce
Reviews
- Games #43[11]
- Jeux & Stratégie #21[12]
See also
References
External links
- ↑ Boardgamegeek Continuo page http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1190/continuo Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ a b Article about Continuo at MSO (http://www.boardability.com/game.php?id=continuo Template:Webarchive) 10 - 06 - 2010
- ↑ Article about Hexago at MSO (http://www.boardability.com/game.php?id=hexago Template:Webarchive) 09 - 09 - 2010
- ↑ Boardgame geek on Hexago [1] Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Hexago results from the MSO website http://www.boardability.com/result.php?id=hexago Template:Webarchive 10 - 06 - 2010
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