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Rating:	5.9 Fair
Popularity:	1
Difficulty:	Very easy
Year:	2002
Players:	1-2 players
Playing time:	10 minutes
Age:	3+

Created by: André Perriolat, Marjorie Noël

Published by: DJ Games, Fundex, Gigamic

Alternate Names: Gagne ta maman!, Gagne ton papa!, Katamino Deluxe, Katamino Pocket, Winomino

Description:

The game consists of 12 different pieces constructed of right angled blocks so each piece is made of 5 "squares". (Think Tetris pieces, but 5 squares instead of 4).

An old version of the game had only 10 pieces; the completely straight 5 square and the 5 square "plus sign" were not included. Both versions also have a bunch of "filler" pieces of 1 or 2 squares.

The gameboard is constructed with a movable divider so one can take sets of 4 up to the whole set of 12 pieces and form them into a 5 block by X rectangle. (Where X = the number of wood blocks in your set).

The two or three player strategy game is accomplished on a square board divided into 64 smaller squares.

Players take turns to place a piece on the gameboard. The first player who cannot place a piece anymore loses. (Similar to Blokus)

The two player puzzle game mode is accomplished by dividing the board into two sections, each player chooses five blocks and are also given 4 small "filler" blocks of 1 and 2 squares.

The first one to fit all their blocks perfectly into their half of the rectangle board, wins.

Prices:

Retail Price:	$41
Ebay:	$41

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Katamino Game Rules

Components

12 pentaminos
1 game board
1 slider
instructions

In Katamino the term PENTA refers to a group of Pentaminos which completely covers the space defined by the slider on the game board.

For example, a PENTA 4 indicates a challenge for which the slider is placed between numbers 4 and 5 of the game board: 4 Pentaminos must be arranged together to cover the four lines of the game board.