When does a tile move to your wall?

When its pattern line is complete at round end

What happens to tiles that do not fit?

They go to the floor line and cost points

When does the game end?

After someone completes a horizontal wall row

Azul Quiz: Pattern Lines, Wall Tiles and Floor Penalties

This Azul quiz sits at the table with the tile-drafting game inspired by Portuguese azulejos. Play 10 interactive questions on Michael Kiesling, the 2018 Spiel des Jahres, factory displays, pattern lines, wall placement, floor line penalties, the first player marker, end-game bonuses and smart drafting.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Designer
Who designed Azul?
Award
Which major award did Azul win in 2018?
Theme
Which decorative tiles inspired Azul?
Take
What must you take from a factory display?
Lines
How many pattern lines does each board have?
Wall
When does a tile move to your wall?
Floor
What happens to tiles that do not fit?
First
What does the first player marker cost the player who takes it?
End
When does the game end?
Bonus
Which bonus is worth the most at game end?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who designed Azul?
Answer: Michael Kiesling
It was released in 2017.
Q2: Which major award did Azul win in 2018?
Answer: Spiel des Jahres
It is Germany's top game prize.
Q3: Which decorative tiles inspired Azul?
Answer: Portuguese azulejos
The theme mentions King Manuel I.
Q4: What must you take from a factory display?
Answer: All tiles of one color
The rest go to the center.
Q5: How many pattern lines does each board have?
Answer: Five
They hold one to five tiles.
Q6: When does a tile move to your wall?
Answer: When its pattern line is complete at round end
Extra tiles are discarded.
Q7: What happens to tiles that do not fit?
Answer: They go to the floor line and cost points
Overflow hurts your score.
Q8: What does the first player marker cost the player who takes it?
Answer: A floor line penalty
But they start next round.
Q9: When does the game end?
Answer: After someone completes a horizontal wall row
The round is finished first.
Q10: Which bonus is worth the most at game end?
Answer: All five tiles of one color
It gives 10 points.

Azul Quiz – Pattern Lines, Wall Tiles and Floor Penalties

Azul, designed by Michael Kiesling and released in 2017, won the Spiel des Jahres in 2018. Its theme draws on Portuguese azulejo tiles, and players decorate a palace wall.

Each turn, players take all tiles of one color from a factory display or the center and place them on one of five pattern lines. Tiles that do not fit drop to the floor line and cost points.

When a pattern line is full at the end of a round, one tile moves to the wall and scores for its neighbors. The game ends after someone completes a row, and bonuses reward full rows, full columns and all five tiles of one color.

What This Quiz Teaches

Board game fans will enjoy these questions.

Who designed Azul
How tiles are drafted
How the wall scores
What penalties exist
How the game ends

Did You Know?

Azul plays with two to four players.
Games usually last about 30 to 45 minutes.
Spin-offs include Summer Pavilion and Stained Glass of Sintra.
Tiles are chunky and feel like candy.
Hate drafting can force rivals into penalties.