

Grackles
The noisy, iridescent birds are gathering on the telephone wires at dusk. Can you line up more of yours than anyone else? In this lightly themed abstract strategy game, you’ll line up as many of your birds on the telephone wire to score as many points as possible. Each turn, players choose between drawing and placing a tile, connecting 2 spots on the telephone wire with their birds, extending a line of birds, or rotating an empty tile. After the board has been built to 5 tiles by 5 tiles and all available pairs of spots on the telephone wire have birds on them, the player with the most birds on the telephone wire is the winner.
designed by John Shulters and Sarah Graybill
Grackles is a lightly themed abstract strategy game in which players line up as many of their birds in a row on telephone wires. On each turn, players take 1 action:
• place a tile with 4 colored spots and telephone wires,
• connect 2 matching spots with their birds,
• extend an existing line of their birds, • or rotate an unoccupied tile.
The player with the most birds on wires at the end of the game wins.
Includes:
- 25 Tiles
- 45 Black birds
- 45 Purple birds
- 45 Blue birds
- 45 Green birds
- 20 Rotate tokens
- 4 Player aids
- 1 Rule sheet
Number of Players

2 to 4
Age of Players

10+
Time To Play

30 Minutes
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Testimonials
"Easy to explain, there’s still a good deal of thinking to set up big plays while watching out for the big plays of others."
- Ghettoblaster Magazine,
"Grackles, is a fun, lightweight abstract that's great for casual and family game nights. The lighter nature of this one might turn off your more serious gamers but, all in all, Grackles is a nicely balanced filler with interesting gameplay and a super-quick learning curve!"
- Theology of Games,
"I enjoy the kind of interactions brought about by playing though and nothing beats setting up a turn and waiting a whole round and bringing that set up to fruition. With all of the strategy, coordination, and player interaction the game is still easy to play."
- Nerd Blog Collective,
"Grackles is an extremely appealing little game. Beyond the aesthetics of the pretty box and lovely tokens, it immediately reminds me of such classic mainstays as Go and Othello."
- GeekDad,
"Grackles is a short, strategic area control game that will appeal to casual gamers and abstract strategy fans alike."
- AnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps, Board Game Quest
"The style is simple, but perfect for the theme – black lines crossing a blue sky make up the tiles and the player colors evoke the iridescent birds themselves."
- AnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps, Board Game Quest