Despite what its name suggests, Kluster is a French creation. This little board game was born in France, and more precisely in Orléans.
Until December 24, Clubic opens a sound box for you every day advent calendar 2022 : the opportunity to discover unusual or practical gadgets, gift ideas for oneself or for loved ones.
If its creators, Borderline Éditions, had any doubts about its success, it had to be quickly dispelled by the crowdfunding campaign carried out on the KissKissBankBank site in early 2019. The objective was to raise 3,000 euros to finance the game. Finally, 30,192 euros were collected, more than ten times what the publisher had hoped for!
diabolical simplicity
This success is undoubtedly due to the simplicity and originality of Kluster. Up to 4 players can take part in a game by sharing the 24 magnets of different sizes and shapes. In turn, everyone places one in the area delimited by an orange rope.
The winner is the one who gets rid of all his magnets first. You must therefore be very careful not to attract those closest to you by depositing yours! If this happens, the player picks up all the pieces stuck together.
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At first glance, Kluster looks very simple, but it’s not that simple. The length of the rope is calculated so that the 24 magnets can be placed well, but not as easily as it seems. In order to achieve this, it will sometimes be necessary to trick and take risks.
You will have to be bold!
We can for example move the magnets already deposited thanks to the magnetic field of his own, but beware of the chain reaction! It is also possible to move the orange rope to facilitate the installation of its magnet. This risks disturbing the stability of those already in place: if they stick to each other, they are for the unfortunate player. This is a real magnetic minefield!
Magnets can be arranged horizontally or vertically, which changes the range of their magnetic field. The more adventurous can also place them so close to each other that the slightest disturbance will trigger a chain reaction…
Additional constraints
And if we want to complicate the game a little? Then it is possible to download the special maps designed by the publisher and print them. When a player has only one or two magnets in his possession, he must draw a card and respect the constraint it indicates. For example: “You can only use your left hand to play” or “You must not touch the string during your turn”. You know what I mean…
The box of the game mentions that Kluster is prohibited for children under 14 years old. This limitation is due to restrictions in force in some countries regarding the handling of magnets by children.
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None of this is valid in France: children from the age of 6 can absolutely play Kluster in the company of adults who will check that they do not put the magnets in their mouths.
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Find our selection of the Advent calendar!
For the fourth consecutive year, Clubic is happy to offer you its Advent calendar.
We have selected for you products that are often unusual, sometimes amusing, but always original and which seem to us worthy of interest for any geek and his entourage. As in previous years, they have all passed through our hands, without exception. We have used them and loved them. Otherwise, we would not present them to you.
And for more unusual gift ideas, we remind you that the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Advent calendars are still online!
- 1er December: Paper Shoot is a camera as simple as it is attractive. With him, you will (re)discover photography without frills!
- December 2: Using a 360° camera to produce “flat” footage has many advantages. You do not believe in it ? It’s that you haven’t seen the Insta360 X3…
- December 3: do you like wild animals and unicorns? Then, the polygonal creations of Papertrophy will keep you busy during the long winter evenings…
- December 4: Limbo is a spinning top that spins nonstop for hours. Surely this is hiding something…
- December 5: with GB Operator, GameBoy game cartridges can now be used on a computer… which will not help the productivity of some people.
- December 6: two London cyclists with no sense of direction created Velo 2, a smart gadget halfway between GPS and compass.
- December 7: the Eiffel Tower, a rollercoaster and an Atari console in LEGO, would you like it? At Clubic, we loved them.
- December 8: the start-up Ellipse markets the E1, its first electric city bike. And it’s worth it (if you live in town).
- December 9: better than a terrarium, EcoSphere will bring a little more life to your home.
- December 10: retrogaming is good… But with Picade, it’s even better, especially if you’re a handyman…
The 2022 Christmas shopping guide is finally ready! Like every year, the Clubic editorial team has scoured the best merchant sites on the Web to unearth the finest deals from the high-tech departments.
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