Quarto - How To Play

[@gqsnowman]

3:38 Quarto! There's already a winning row of light pieces! Do I win? Did I beat Rodney?

[@WatchItPlayed]

You know what? For being such an eagle-eye, yes, I'm going to declare you a winner :)

[@gqsnowman]

Watch It Played I’m honored. Picked up the game for my wife and I to play tonight after dinner. Looking forward to it.

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@gqsnowman I hope you have a great time with it, though you should warn her you've already had some practice :)

[@gqsnowman]

Watch It Played We’ve been battling in Onitama for years and she’s definitely ahead on win count, so I’ll take an edge for a couple games. :)

[@MrShadowsSon]

Too easy😝 4:15 Quarto Hollow 4:29 Quarto White 4:33 Quarto Round 🤣

[@gabrielesimionato1210]

I own this game since... forever. It's a great object of design (one of the few I leave exposed in the living room) and a great teaching tool. I taught it to my younger son and we play often. I hope he will let me win someday.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I often feel the same way about my opponents!

[@gabrielesimionato1210]

Fun fact: the name of the game is italian, and it means "Fourth!"

[@danilopablo9848]

Most accurate would be stating it's based in romance languages, since it means the same in Portuguese, Spanish, Galician and many others romance languages as well, not exclusively Italian.

[@Ambigulous]

Latin

[@wyz1324]

My father actually built his own copy of this game :D

[@greenlimabean]

I'd absolutely buy a handmade Quarto game

[@wyz1324]

@@greenlimabean to be honest, the pieces are so simple you would need to add flourishes like engravings to make it worth it.

[@LucianoHilton]

Some people do the same in my country.

[@mtllcastmp]

Rodney, the content you put out is top notch! Hands down the best game play tutorials on KZbin. But I have to be honest, my wallet can't handle all the games you make me want to buy.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks so much for the kind words - and apologies for the wallet :)

[@BreezingThrou]

Thanks. Anouther game we never heard of and now looking to own. Great vid, look forward to playing this soon.

[@WatchItPlayed]

So glad you enjoyed what you saw - thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!

[@doylay]

Have you ever tried Pentago? It's a fantastic game.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I have!

[@toweypat]

Neat game!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed Patrick!

[@marketwell160]

missed that white completed row in that last example...so I call quarto! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGLGXqiBeZuchdk

[@WatchItPlayed]

You win!

[@republikadugave420]

I click for the epic box flip, stay for the rules explanation

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hope you enjoyed!

[@methylpants]

Great video!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you!

[@desgtoy]

neat idea, but the loser will feel doubly worse for not only losing, but at the same time be the reason why they lost lol

[@Cronos804]

That is only true if no winning strategy exists. If there was one (which is likely due to lack of random elements) then one of the players just is bound to get the short end of the stick at some point.

[@LucianoHilton]

Yeah, double loser! 😈

[@Cronos804]

@@LucianoHilton What ? ^^ Would you feel like a winner if you played a game you played a game you were bound to win ?

[@WatchItPlayed]

The game is so quick, you can quickly reset for a shot to redeem yourself :)

[@desgtoy]

@@WatchItPlayed haha not if the same results occur 3x in a row 😄

[@MeepleMentor]

Dude, I just tune in now to see your box flipping skillz!

[@bradlittman2761]

Of the instructional videos you have done for Gigamic games, this is the game that looks the most interesting to me. I imagine it has caused quite a lot of angst over the years as a player realizes too late that they just handed the winning piece to their opponent. Hehe. I see it on Amazon for about $35. I added it to my wish list. I'd like to see you do a play through of this game.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed checking these out - I hoped people would find them unique!

[@theExperiencedVirgin]

Just learnt we've been playing wrong! We assumed that each player had 8 pieces of the same colour... but no... we have access to all 16 pieces. This changes everything.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Enjoy your next plays with this new knowledge!

[@batadjole2280]

Thank you Rodney! :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

A pleasure - thank you for checking out the video!

[@Neverdie4916]

I've bought used in perfect condition for less than one dollar here in Poland - best cost/fun ratio ever xD

[@WatchItPlayed]

That's an incredible deal!

[@acerjuglans383]

This is fascinating!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad you enjoyed!

[@QDogg]

This game is great! They make a travel size mini version of this game too. It's a great gift for all ages and i have a copy of it at the office too

[@WatchItPlayed]

A travel size would be great!

[@davidwaybright]

My favorite abstract game of all time.

[@lukeo.6681]

Rodney taking out a classic! Love it :D

[@FrankMinogue]

I have been checking out your collection behind you, and noticed you have been switching around the games that are showing in the videos you make. Are you trying different organizations of games? Or are you taking out games and playing them and then putting them on the shelves in random order? You seem like the sort of person who would have more of a systematic way of storing your games, especially with 500 games.....

[@WatchItPlayed]

It wouldn't be easy to explain in text!

[@oakfat5178]

Thank you for this excellent explanation. I just bought Quarto, and this explanation will be a good way to introduce it to friends.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you all have a great time playing!

[@lilyofthevalley4740]

Perfect timing. This will make a great gift for Mum and Dad for Christmas. Hopefully my local game store has it.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you're able to track it down - glad you enjoyed!

[@asaguda]

Am I the only one that thinks the intro is a bit on the loud side? Since it was added the way I watch is to nearly mute the video during the intro. :P

[@WatchItPlayed]

I wonder if it's your headphones? (or my headphones!) Sounds okay over here.

[@swiftchase]

This looks really fun! Thanks for the clear instructions. I really enjoy Connect 4 so this looks like something I would enjoy too.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed checking out!

[@FrankMinogue]

Now this game has potential to make it to my game table!!!! I love the strategy!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad this one caught your eye Frank!

[@Dizzula]

Hey Rodney , you forgot to leave links to other games by the same company! This looks great and would go excellently on my coffee table!

[@WatchItPlayed]

We'll have the other videos releasing this week and the links will be added at that time.

[@Dizzula]

@@WatchItPlayed Excellent, thank you!

[@japaneseflea]

Paused.... yes? Kinda hard for me to tell the height on my little phone screen

[@japaneseflea]

Ah... hollow pieces Is the black square on the bottom the same height to make a quarto along the right side?

[@WatchItPlayed]

It's one of the tall pieces.

[@tjv323]

@@WatchItPlayed Someone already won with 4 light colored pieces in a row

[@mattlowder]

HELL YEAH, LOVE FOR THIS CLASSIC.

[@WatchItPlayed]

I've had this for awhile and was happy to get a chance to feature it!

[@JoeShitTheRagMan_GravelGurdy]

This is one of my favorite games

[@WatchItPlayed]

One of my favorite abstract games too!