UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation (UHCCF) – 2019 UHCCF Holiday Toy & Gift Auction
Auction Ends: Nov 15, 2019 09:00 PM CST

Games & Puzzles

Briarpatch Blockers

Item Number
405
Estimated Value
30 USD
Sold
20 USD to catholic1
Number of Bids
2  -  Bid History

Item Description

This game is no longer being manufactured.

A minute of rules, then lifetime of fun for the whole family. See the numbers, letters and symbols? You have one tile for each type of space on the board. Play your tiles strategically to form the fewest clusters of your color on the board AND to block and capture your rivals. Rules include different ways to play as well as tips on strategies.

The goal is to have the fewest number of groups of tiles on the board at the end of the game.

The players take turns placing one of their five tiles on a 9x9 grid and then draw another tile to replace it. There are three tiles which each player can place on each space: a letter, a number, or the item which represents the 3x3 sector of the board the space is in.

If another player has placed a tile it may be captured by playing a legal tile in its place, only if removing the tile doesn't break a group of tiles belonging to the player into more than one group. If players tie for the fewest number of groups at the end of the game, then the winner is the one who captured the fewest opponents' tiles.

  • Contents: game board, 140 tiles (28 of each color), tile racks
  • For Ages 8+
  • 2-5 players
  • Develops strategic thinking, visual discrimination
  • Fun for the whole family; the game can be played cooperatively or competitively