Tangoes
BGG rank
BGG #17,728
BGG rating
5.7

Tangoes

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Rules assistance for Tangoes

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 10 min
  • 5+
  • Complexity 1.6/5

Rules assistant for Tangoes

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Tangoes is a board game released in 1980 for 1–2 players, 10 minutes per game, and ages 5 and up. It was designed by Maurice Kanbar and its main mechanics are Pattern Building.

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About the game

Tangoes is competitive tangrams. Each player has a tangram set (a square, a parallelogram, two small triangles, one medium triangle, and two large triangles). The basic puzzle is to assemble them into a square. However, Tangoes comes with cards showing various shapes that can be made. The two player game is to race to be first to form the shape, but just trying to solve the puzzles is an absorbing solitaire game. Tangoes' package is patented and is partly what sets it apart from other tangram-related games. It is a travel-compatible case which holds a pack of puzzle cards and two sets of tans. There are also at least eleven additional packs of cards available from this manufacturer, and virtually unlimited puzzles from other sources.

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Publishers

  • Smart Toys and Games, Inc.
  • Rex Games, Inc.

Questions and answers

Tangoes supports 1–2 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.