Games Magazine – Year's Best Games
John McCallion
December 2003
USA

The 4 x 4 grid, from your side, offers four rows for buildings. You will only see a building in any row only if your view is not blocked by one of an equal or greater height. Start by secretly assigning a plan for each row: to see up to four buildings in that row, to see at least two buildings of equal height (side view), or to have a row contain a building at least as tall as any other on the grid. Each turn, play a building block (in one of five heights) from the supply on a vacant space or atop other blocks. When all are placed, score a row only if your plan for it worked out. Highest score wins. As you will soon realize, this game is truly devious.

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