Zingo! 1-2-3
BGG rank
BGG #27,599
BGG rating
5.9

Zingo! 1-2-3

2009

Rules assistance for Zingo! 1-2-3

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

  • 2–6 players
  • 5 min
  • 4+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

Rules assistant for Zingo! 1-2-3

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Zingo! 1-2-3 is a board game released in 2009 for 2–6 players, 5 minutes per game, and ages 4 and up. Its main mechanics are Pattern Recognition.

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About the game

Objective: Be the first to cover all the spaces on their Zingo card with matching tiles. Each Zingo card is double sided: Green is easy and Red is more challenging. The Zingo holder dispenses two tiles. These tiles have numbers on them. When player sees a space on their card with a number of items (i.e. 9 apples) matching the number on the tile (a 9) they take the tile and cover up the corresponding spaces on his/her Zingo card. Unclaimed tiles are placed back into the Zingo tile holder. If two players call the same tile, it goes to whoever called it first. The first player to cover all 9 spaces on their card shouts ZINGO and wins the game. The game also comes with two variants: Mini-Zingo where the first player to match three images in a row up or down is the winner, and Zany Zingo where you select a pattern to match on your card. The first to match it wins.

Publishers

  • ThinkFun

Questions and answers

Zingo! 1-2-3 supports 2–6 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.