Chartae

About the game

What is Chartae?

In Chartae, players take the role of cartographers who try to remember and build an ancient map. The game is made of only nine square tiles, which represent parts of a map. Each tile has a land zone and a water zone. One player tries to connect land zones, the other water zones. Every turn they have to decide whether they want to rotate a tile or place a new one. When the map is complete, the player who connected the most zones wins. Chartae is an almost perfect information, minimal but elegant tile placement game, with easy gameplay but also deep strategy.

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• How do setup and the first turn work in Chartae?
• When does scoring happen and what ends the game?
• How should the table resolve an unusual timing or rules interaction?