Gobblet Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Purpose of the Game
• Preparation of the Game
• Playing the Game
• Gobbling
• Important
• Winning the Game
• Credits

Contents

1 wooden playing board

24 Gobblets: 12 red and 12 yellow

Rules of the game

Purpose of the Game

Be the first player to line up 4 Gobblets in a row.

Preparation of the Game

Each player chooses a color and arranges their Gobblets in 3 nesting stacks of 4 Gobblets each (from the smallest to the biggest) outside the board. These stacks are called external stacks.

Playing the Game

Taking turns, you can play 1 Gobblet at a time following these choices:

1. Add a new Gobblet from the external stacks and place it on any empty space of the board. You must play a Gobblet respecting the order of the stacks, starting from the largest piece.
2. Move one of your Gobblets already on the board to any empty square on the board (it does not have to be an adjacent square).
3. Move one of your Gobblets already on the board and gobble up any smaller size Gobblet in play (it does not have to be on an adjacent square).

Gobbling

Gobble up one of your own smaller pieces or one of your opponent's (it can be any smaller piece; it does not have to be the next size down).

If you add a new Gobblet onto the board from the external stacks, you must place it on an empty square. Exception: if your opponent already has 3 Gobblets in a row on the board, you may gobble up 1 of the 3 pieces in this row with a bigger Gobblet taken from an external stack.

Important

You can move any Gobblet on the board whether it is covering another Gobblet or not. Lift it completely off the board to ensure that only one piece is moved at a time.

If you uncover one of your opponent's pieces, and this move reveals a line of 4 of your opponent's pieces; you lose unless you can place your Gobblet over a different piece in the same line of 4.

Once you touch a Gobblet on the board, you must play it.

If you place all 12 of your pieces on the board before the game is over, just keep playing with the pieces on the board until a winner or a draw is declared.

Winning the Game

The first player to line up 4 Gobblets (regardless of their size) in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally wins the game.

The game is considered a draw if both players make identical moves 3 times in a row or by mutual agreement.

2 players - Ages 7 to Adult

Time to play: 5 to 20 minutes

Credits

A game created by Thierry Denoual. © 2002-2009. All rights reserved for all countries. Gobblet is a trademark of Blue Orange.