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Dive into the artful world of Azul, an award-winning tile-placement game where players compete to create stunning mosaics inspired by traditional Portuguese azulejos. In this engaging strategy game, you’ll select and place tiles to craft a beautiful design while maximizing points through careful planning and smart tile placement. Designed for 2-4 players and perfect for ages 8 and up, Azul brings both excitement and elegance to your game nights. Its simple-to-learn rules make it accessible for new players, yet the strategic depth ensures it remains a favorite among experienced gamers. The game’s vibrant tiles and satisfying tile-laying mechanics create an immersive experience that’s visually and tactically rewarding. Each round, players select tiles from a central supply, balancing aesthetic goals with strategic decisions to outscore opponents. Every game offers unique challenges and opportunities, ensuring that Azul remains highly replayable. Ideal for family gatherings, game nights with friends, or as a gift, Azul delivers an unforgettable gaming experience that combines beauty with thoughtful gameplay. Whether you’re new to strategy games or a seasoned player, Azul is a must-have for any board game collection. Enjoy the art of mosaic creation and become a master in this timeless game of beauty and strategy!
AWARD-WINNING STRATEGY GAME: Azul is an award-winning board game that challenges players to create stunning tile mosaics while making strategic decisions and competing for high scores.
BEAUTIFUL TILE ARTWORK: Featuring beautifully crafted, colorful tiles, Azul immerses players in the art of mosaic design, inspired by the traditional Portuguese azulejos.
EASY TO LEARN, CHALLENGING TO MASTER: With simple rules and deep strategic choices, Azul is accessible to new players yet offers satisfying complexity for experienced gamers.
PERFECT FOR FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Designed for 2-4 players, Azul is a fun, engaging game for family and friends, bringing together kids, teens, and adults for memorable game nights.
REPLAYABLE & ENGAGING: Each game of Azul provides a unique experience with endless possibilities, making it highly replayable and perfect for repeated enjoyment.
Reviewer: Movie Fan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Brilliant game and nice components
Review: We have been playing this now for 3 weeks. Everyone loves it! The components are very nice, the rules are quite simple, and everyone from the 7-year-old to the 75-year-old really enjoys playing it. Simple, yet with strategic possibilities employees that are amazing. Strongly recommended.

Reviewer: Vikash
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing game. Easy to teach and learn.
Review: Azul is a stunning addition to our board game collection! 🎨 Inspired by beautiful Portuguese tiles, the game brings a burst of color to our table. It's super easy to learn and perfect for game nights, blending strategy with creativity. We love competing to create the best patterns! #Azul #BoardGames #GameNight

Reviewer: Robbert de Groot
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quite fast abstract game.
Review: Games do not take long. Took a while for people to understand the scoring properly. We find it fun to play but can be easily overplayed. Cute tiles, although would have liked to have seen all colors having a sort of print on them but still good. This might not be everyone's cup of tea because of the 'abstract' style game though.

Reviewer: KMG365
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun Game. Easy to Learn
Review: A friend introduced us to this game at our church's family camp and once we got home we ordered one. It's a fun game that is easy to learn and depends heavily on strategy. Some games are mostly luck but this one is primarily strategy. We really enjoy it.

Reviewer: Ernesto
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beginners and Veteran gamers alike can have a good time together playing
Review: Azul is a 2 to 4 player tile laying game. The game ends after a row is completed, and the player with the most victory points wins the game.For a four player Setup, each player will receive a player board with scoring cube. Nine circle disks called "factory displays" will be placed in a circle at the center of the table. On each disk there will be four randomly drawn tiles from the tile bag.GameplayFactory Offer: A player will need to choose a set of same colored tiles from either a "factory display" or the center table area of the nine disks. When tiles are chosen from the "factory display" the tiles that remain will move to the center table area. When choosing tiles from the center table area, if the player is the first to do this, they will gather a set of one tile type and obtain the first player marker, and go first in the next round. After choosing tiles, players will place their chosen tile/s on their player board in one of the five pattern lines. These pattern lines range from one square to five squares. All tiles must be placed on the same pattern line as players are not allowed to split up their tiles. Any tiles that cannot be place are moved to the Floor Line that gives the player negative victory points for each wasted tile. After all tiles have been chosen this phase will end.Wall-tiling: All players may do this at the same time, players will now move finished Pattern Lines to their respective Wall areas on their player board. Players will start with the One Pattern Line and end on the Fifth Pattern Line. Players will discard excess tiles of completed rows as only one tile is moved. Scoring will be one point for placing a single tile. However, players will score a point for every 1 or more tile that is connected horizontally or vertically. Then finally negative points will be applied from the Floor Line.Preparing the Next Round: If no one has completed a horizontal line of five tiles than another round will begin. The first player will draw four tiles for each "factory display", and then place the first player marker in the center table area.End of Game: When a player completes a horizontal row during the Wall-tiling phase the game is over at the end of the round. Players will do one final scoring, and score additional points for complete horizontal lines (2 points), complete vertical lines (7 points), and covering all tiles belonging to one tile type (10 points). The player will the most points is the winner of the game.Azul is a great game for those beginning to get into board games, and veterans that play all the time. The reason being is it is a fast game with some depth. The game goes by fast for first time players, but that speed increases when people play it again. It works great as a filler game, and something lite enough for people to get into without feeling like they need to spend time learning it. The depth of the game comes from how tiles are placed, and how strategic players want to be. That strategy is looking at what tiles they will risk taking in negative victory points to obtain more victory points at the end, or at that moment. The game can also be mean by player choice as individuals can force a player to take on a lot of negative victory points because they were not counting on everyone passing up a set of tiles. Also, players can choose to pay attention to what they are leaving behind because sometimes someone could set someone else up for a terrific play. Azul, again, is a great game for everyone that likes playing board games. It works exceptionally well as a beginner game, but it is not the type of beginner game that intermediate players will have an issue with playing.Teaching the game: Emphasize that players should pay attention to what tiles they are taking in later turns as they can not only setup other players, but they can give themselves a lot of negative victory points. From this, remember that a Pattern Line cannot have the same tile placed that has already been placed on a players board. Also, the first Pattern Line is only one tile, so the game is moving towards ending rather quickly as the average game is 5 to 7 rounds. For even more advance play, the other side of the player board has a blank wall devoid of any tile type. On this side players must choose where to place their tile with the rule being the same tile type cannot be found in one row.

Reviewer: N. Markley
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Only gets better!
Review: This is a great game for many reasons. First, it is very easy to teach: pick a set of tiles, place them on your board. When all tiles have been picked, move your tiles from one side of your board to the other. Score points, then on to the next round. Second, while the gameplay is simple, the strategy is deep: picking which tiles you want depends on how you've played other tiles on your board, as well as keeping tiles away from your opponents. I've played this near a hundred times, and I still have yet to master it. Third, the quality is top notch! Thick tiles, beautiful boards, and a large canvas bag for the tiles to reside. Excellent all the way around.

Reviewer: Keith
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Relatively Easy Game For 2-4
Review: I bought this for my newly retired parents in an attempt to give them more variety during their nightly game slot hour. They aren't into geeky or incredibly long and complex games so that's why I settled on this.• The bag and pieces seem durable enough to last and overall it's just a pretty looking game.• Games don't drag out and it can be as fast or as slow paced as you want it.• It has replay-ability and enough strategy to make it engaging.• The game itself isn't overly complex so I think anyone could enjoy it. A few YouTube tutorials and we were playing in no time.However, if you aren't into patterns and keeping track of math scores constantly like me then you may not enjoy it as much. It gave me a bit of a Yahtzee vibe in that regard. My mom absolutely loved it so to each their own. I can't fault the game for not matching my own tastes.

Reviewer: ruthulrey
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great game for the family!
Review: It takes a bit to figure out the scoring for this game, but it is easy to play and even my 5 year old grandson caught on fairly quickly. Love it!

Reviewer: GillyB
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: La verdad es que el juego es bastante bueno, tanto la versión normal como la de viaje. En un principio puede ser complicado de entender pero sobre la marcha del juego se hace fácil y divertido. La mayoría de personas con las que he jugado les gusta tanto que después no quieren jugar otras cosas. Muy entretenido.El aspecto del juego en sí es muy bonito, las piezas son de plástico y algunas con impresión, con muy bellas. Los tableros son deuda tipo de cartón grueso y resistente. La caja viene con sus respectivas bolsitas para separar las piezas y mantener un orden.Muy bien hecho.

Reviewer: Philip Tompsett
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Fantastic game and fantastic quality components. The tiles are so tactile you can’t help picking them up. Great to have a game without dice and it’s pretty easy to learn.

Reviewer: Kevin Barry
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This game is justifiably very popular. It is both simple and very absorbing. It works well with people who don't really play much board games, and it's also good for experienced board gamers. The games are short (less than 30 mins, even with 4). There's a reasonable mix of focussing on your own progress as well as keeping an eye on others. This would make a good addition to any house.

Reviewer: AKD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is a really cool game to play with friends and family. Game play is not very difficult to understand and the game lasts around 30 minutes, so people can get used to it by 2nd game. The game is part luck and part strategy, with more emphasis on planning. The quality of pieces and the board is premium. One thing that we noticed is how beautiful everything looks.

Reviewer: Client d'Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Azul est un jeu de "maçon portugais" pour 2, 3 ou 4 joueurs mais le plus intéressant et passionnant (pour des raisons de stratégies évidentes) sont les parties à 3 ou 4 joueurs.Dans Azul vous devez faire des lignes: horizontales, verticales et en diagonales (ce qui vous donnera des points bonus) mais aussi coller les "briques" entre elle pour mutilplier vos points. Tout en faisant en sorte de mettre la pression à votre adversaire lorsque vous selectionnez la brique de couleur lors de votre tour de jeu.Il y a 2 faces: le cote recto correspond à un modèle de dessin déjà établi. Alors que le verso permet de jouer une fois que l'on maîtrise bien le jeu avec des modèles que l'on peut créer.Un jeu pour les mordus du puissance 4 et de stratégies. Force et honneur.