Cover art for Score Four

Score Four

1967 · BGG
Avg rating
6.00
Bayes rating
5.60
Weight
1.78 (Light)
Players
2-4
Playtime
30 min
Ratings count
706

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Description

The object of Score Four is to position four beads of the same color in a straight line on any level or any angle.

There are variations in the rules for other games in this group. Some allow all beads to be played with winner having the most lines of four. Another rule variation is to allow capturing of an opponent's bead when a line of four is made.

The game was first sold commercially by Funtastic. It was then produced, and made more popular, as part of the Lakeside Abstract Series. Various commercial knock-offs resulted after Lakeside ceased selling the game.

Similar to:

 3D Tic Tac Toe - On a 3x3 grid instead of 4x4
 Double Decker - One version of game could be played by stacking on a 4x4 grid
 Eternas - 16 posts arranged in a circle, up to 4 beads per post. No ties. 
 Helix - Though set on a different grid
 Quadrago - Center 4 posts rotate as unit
 Qubic - played on a 4x4x4 grid of 64 playing positions
 Rex
 Three Way Cube - Though with different play and scoring
 Hijara




Mechanics

Pattern Building Pattern Recognition Tile Placement

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

(Unknown) 1-2-3-Games Éditions Action GT Andres i Andreu Produccions, S.C.P. (Andreu Toys) Bartl Brain Games Germany Dal Negro Dilemma Games F. W. Woolworth Company Funtastic Giseh Verlag HABA Hanayama Hasbro Hatley Products Hilco Corporation IKEA Jensen John Jaques of London Lakeside MB Spellen Mester Milton Bradley Nathan Otto Maier Verlag Pelikan Philos Pressman Toy Corp. RCR Terry GmbH Square Root Games Tac-Mot Tader Products Taş Devrı Oyuncak Toltoys Top-Toy Tri-ang VEB Thüringer Schmuck Waltershausen Woodstock Spiele

Designers

A. P. Nienstaedt H. Heller