FoxMind Games: Kulami, Simple Zen Abstract Strategy Game, Wooden Tiles and Marbles, 2 Player Game, for Ages 10 and up

This game is easy to learn and very absorbing to play. Each game takes 15-20 minutes and it changes a little every time you play it.We can't stop playing it.I highly recommend this game

Great strategy game, very simple rules. Must think 2-3 moves a head.The only thing missing is something to keep track of where you placed your marble on the last turn. We made a red ring and a black ring out of craft paper to put around the marble to keep track of the last move.The board and marbles are well crafted.

Kulami is a great game with many challenges. It is easy to learn even for this 67 year old grandmother. Great for kids who don't like games that don't challenge them, and for people who want to stimulate their minds in order to keep their memory sharp. I played Kulami with my fifteen year old grandson who really liked the game due to needing to figure out moves for himself, and how to challenge me. It was great fun, entertaining, and a keeper for game night.

I first saw an ad for this in the Mensa Bulletin as a Mensa game of the year. Amazon Prime (& malbec) have made it all to easy to make impulse purchases. This was one. I can't say that I'm much of a game player. Othello, Stratego, Upwords & MasterMind are all that occupy and gather dust in the closet. Words with Friends (with sister & nieces) is a current daily breakfast ritual.Kulami is for two players. The board is setup arbitrarily with (nicely made) wooden tiles. In turn, each player places his (black or red; cheaply made, painted) marble in the row or column of the opponent's previously placed marble, but not on a spot on the tile of either the opponent's or your previous move. It's hard to describe in this abstraction, but easy when you're sitting there. Play continues until the marbles run out, or one player can't make a move. Scoring is by totaling the number of play spots (2,3,4 or 6) on each tile for which a player has the majority of marbles. Tied (or no marble) tiles don't count.So tactics can be taking control of a tile; blocking the opponent's taking a tile; or blocking further moves, ending the game. The difficulty is in knowing at any point who is ahead.One necessary enhancement is using small clear plastic covers (1 per player) that you place over a marble as you add it. This helps you keep track of your last play, which is necessary for the next play. "Board Management" is the biggest issue in this game. This is my big chance to make an iPad app for two (local) players just to keep track of the game board. Aforementioned malbec is most of what stands in the way of this. The game is fast paced; 10-20 seconds between subsequent moves is about right; and each player has only 28 marbles.

Easy to learn, quick game. Its simplicity is what makes it so nice. Pieces are good quality too.

The insert inside is shattered making it useless, the outside box is undamaged and was shrink wrapped. Which means it came out of production this way.

The rules are straightforward, so once you've played a handful of times you've got that down. The board can be rearranged nearly infinitely, as long as you don't exceed max length x width. But the strategy takes time and, with the ever-changing board layout, your best laid plans for controlling the opponents moves can be undone. We've had a lot of fun with it the last several months and will continue to enjoy it since it is not readily mastered.

It was missing piece