Playing the puzzle doesn’t feel like you are playing the game, but it is a welcome addition and adds extra value to the game. The game provides a goal number of moves you can complete the puzzle to know if you did it in the most efficient way possible. Each challenge puzzle players must move pieces to assemble a valid end game board state. The game comes with a special booklet with 40 puzzles for solo play as a bonus. We’ve successfully introduced this game to people who love sudoku since they share those spatial number puzzle elements but are generally not interested in board games. Turns move quickly, and while thinking is required, it is easy to hold a conversation while playing. So, just how much luck is in Lucky Numbers? There is a lot of luck, but it is a game where you also make your own luck by wisely placing tiles on your board to increase your chances for success or by seeing what numbers you know other players can’t place and leaving spaces available for you to scoop up their unplaced tiles.įor being a puzzle game, it is still easy to introduce to kids or casual games since it is easy to learn and play. Lucky Numbers doesn’t need an overelaborate production with a pasted-on-theme to inflate the cost and distract from what it is: a fun puzzle game with elements of luck. While that may seem like a negative, it’s actually a plus. Lucky Numbers has a very underwhelming appearance at first glance. The game continues until a player has filled in all 16 spaces on their board and wins. That number can then be picked up on another players’ turn. If you draw a tile you can’t place or decide to swap out a previously placed number, you return the number tile face up to the general supply. Each row and column must be filled with numbers that ascend in order from left to right/top to bottom with no repeats. On their turn, players can draw either a face-down or face-up number tile to add to their board as long as they can follow the placement rules. The first player to fill all 16 slots on their board is the winner.Įach player begins with four tiles on their board. In Lucky Numbers you’ll draw and play number tiles onto your board. Watch a short visual overview on our TikTok! On the surface, Lucky Numbers looks to be mostly luck driven as you draw numbers as you race to fill the 16 spaces on your board first.īut after multiple plays, we discovered that Lucky Number is a surprisingly strategic spatial number puzzle.

I recently had this experience while playing Lucky Numbers. One of my favorite things to discover when playing a new game is learning the hidden strategies that emerge from repeat plays. Let’s take a peek at the quick number game Lucky Numbers in this review!

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