Simple rules but Stakko leaves one wanting more

 

Stakko – you might have heard of it under the name 27 – is a small box, two-player abstract strategy game from publisher Steffen Spiele.

You might think of Stakko, by designer Laurent Escoffier, at least the version reviewed here, as a sister to Ringo and Nonaga, and is also the weakest of trio.

Each player has a stack of pieces at opposite ends of a nine-disc pathway – all the pieces are wood here and in that regard Stakko is very nice.

A player’s discs must be moved to the other end – basically crossing the field to the spot your opponent starts.

Pieces are moved based on the number of stacks you control.

If you land on an opponent’s stack you end up controlling that stack as your piece is on top.

This one should have been a fun ‘coffee break-style’ filler, based on easy rules, nice game pieces and quick play – but it wasn’t.

This one just never rose above, it's too quick to get into, at least for Trevor and I.

In Canada you can find Stakko at ilo307.com