The Ingenious boardgame is the U.S. version of a German Game of the Year, Einfach Genial. Each player has an assortment of tiles with colored symbols on them. The goal of this abstract board game is to block your oppnents tile placement while avoiding being blocked yourself. Points are scored for successful blocks and making strings of your symbol. You can also play this game solitaire. For 1-4 players. Ages 10 and up.