Tenzi
Designed by: Kevin Carroll
Tenzi is a simple game of rolling dice, where each player races to be the first to roll ten of a kind.
If that sounds a bit too simple, there are variations such as Stackzi (stack each die) Splitzi (roll 2x 5 of a kind) or Stealzi (steal dice from opponents)
First to complete their goal shouts out Tenzi.
Sam says
There are games out there that have the fun of the race that are to my mind several degrees better than this – the co-operative high-pressure FUSE, the ghost-is-after-you Midnight Party, the try-to-play-silently Magic Maze, the stop-the-invasion tension of Flipships. At the risk of sounding po-faced, Tenzi is a marketing triumph, but after that first play or three, a game that verges on tedium.
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Take That!
It depends which variation you play, but aside from Stealzi it's all pretty minimal.
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Fidget Factor!
None.
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Brain Burn!
None.
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Again Again!
Do you love rolling dice? Do you love rolling dice over and over with no demand whatsoever on your brain? If so, you might like playing Tenzi. Once in a while.
