Katamino Family Rules

Win your dad! is an expansive game that can be played from 3 years old by 1 or 2 players. The game allows you to do puzzles, construction, and challenges.

Contents of the Game

• 18 pieces:
  7 Pentominoes: piece made up of 5 juxtaposed cubes.
  5 Tetrominoes: piece made up of 4 cubes.
  6 Miniminoes: piece made up from 1 to 3 cubes.

• 1 numbered game board
• 2 rulers to move forward on the board
• Double-sided cards:
  27 puzzle cards 
  9 two-color cards
  4 3D cards

• 1 rulebook

The Goal of the Game

To be the first player to take up a challenge by making a penta or a construction.

What is a Penta

A player achieves a penta when they manage to arrange all of their pieces on the part of the game board delimited by the rulers.

Setup

• The two players stand at the two sides of the board.
• The 18 pieces are placed on the table.
• The players agree on the level of difficulty: beginner, easy, medium, difficult or expert.
• Each level is represented by a color:
  Beginner: yellow
  Easy: green
  Medium: blue
  Difficult: red
  Expert: black
• Once the level has been determined, choose a puzzle card with the corresponding color.
• The puzzle card is placed next to the game board, between the two players.
• Both players refer to their half of the puzzle card to choose the pieces they need to complete the puzzle.
• Once the pieces to be used have been chosen, the pieces are placed on the board.
• You will find on the cards the indication Penta with a number. It determines where to place the rulers.
  • Between 3 and 4 for beginner and easy levels, and between 5 and 6 for medium, difficult, and expert levels.

How to Play the Game

• Each player will hurry to place all their pieces on the delimited part of the board.
• The first to perform a Penta wins a point.
• The loser can choose which piece from the draw pile they want to add to their opponent’s starting pieces and vice versa.
• At the end of each round, move the pieces forward.
• For the last round, only one ruler will be used.
• At the end of the last round, the points are counted.

How to Win

• The player with the most points wins the game.
• In the event of a tie, the players exchange the pieces used during the last round for a final tiebreaker round.

Games Between a Parent and a Child

• Use the two-color cards.
• The child will play with a beginner level by referring to the yellow part of the card.
• The parent will play by referring to the purple part of the card.
• A game is played over three rounds.

Games Between Children of Different Ages

• The red and black puzzle cards will be used.
• For the game to be balanced, the starting player has the right to replace 1 piece from their game against 2 smaller equivalent pieces from the draw pile.
• A game is played over three rounds.

3D Duels

• To play, use a 3D card with a green background.
• In turn, the two players will choose 1 Pentominoes then 1 Tetromino for their opponent until one player has 3 Pentominoes and 3 Tetrominoes, and the other 3 Pentominoes and 2 Tetrominoes.
• Then referring to the first puzzle on the card, each player takes Miniminoes.
• The first player to form a 2 x 3 x 5 parallelepiped of 30 cubes wins the round.
• Refer to the card for the second and third rounds.

Doing a Solo Challenge

• Take a 3D card with a white background.
• For a 3D challenge, choose a challenge number on the card, put the pieces together and try to form a 3 x 3 x 3 parallelepiped of 27 cubes.
• You can also refer to a challenge number to create a Penta.
• To do this, put the ruler between 6 and 7, and add the piece or .
• Add a Pentomino from the draw pile each time you move the slider up a notch.
• From the 3D card with a beige background, choose a challenge number and build a parallelepiped with the pieces and within the dimensions indicated.
• You can also refer to blue, red and, black cards.
• Use only one of the two halves of the card then add 3 Pentominoes and 1 Minimino to your pieces.
• Then try to build a 3 x 3 x 4 parallelepiped of 36 cubes.

The Katamino

• Choose a card and challenge number.
• Refer to the card to place the ruler and to choose the pieces.
• As the ruler moves up a notch, follow the directions on the card to find out which piece to add to your game.
• Once at Penta 7, add a Minimino to the 8 pieces you have in hand and try to build a 3 x 3 x 4 parallelepiped of 36 cubes.

The Booklet

The booklet is full of challenges that you can complete.

• 3D construction
• Puzzles for children.

The Kataboom or balancing game: one after the other, the players will place a piece on top of the previous one. Whoever manages to put the last piece without bringing down the building wins the game.