How to play
How to play Azul
Step-by-step Azul for a first table, including what the Tilehaus interface expects you to click.
Good to know
- Michael Kiesling designed Azul; Plan B Games published it in 2017; it won the 2018 Spiel des Jahres.
- The art direction references Portuguese azulejos at Sintra, not abstract candy colors.
- There are 20 tiles in each of 5 colors (100 tiles). Two players use 5 factories, three use 7, four use 9, each holding 4 tiles.
Before the first tile
Open the Azul table. Choose seat count 2–4. For a first game, enable bots so empty seats still draw and discard on time.
Plan the wall
Each wall row accepts each color in a fixed column. You cannot place a color in a row whose wall already has that color.
Starve a color
If an opponent's pattern line is almost full, taking the last tiles of that color can force floor penalties.
Questions
When does Azul end?
At the end of a round in which at least one player has completed a horizontal row on the wall. Then apply row, column, and color bonuses.