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The Very Clever Pipe Game PDF

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The Very Clever Pipe Game is exactly what it claims to be. It’s about pipes, and it’s very clever. 2-4 players compete to rack up points by completing sets of black and white pipes, or the light and dark fields that pass behind them.

This is the Hip Pocket version of The Very Clever Pipe Game, from Cheapass Games, with PDF files for cards and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

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The Very Clever Pipe Game is exactly what it claims to be. It’s about pipes, and it’s very clever. 2-4 players compete to rack up points by completing sets of black and white pipes, or the light and dark fields that pass behind them.

This is the Hip Pocket version of The Very Clever Pipe Game, from Cheapass Games, with PDF files for cards and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

The Very Clever Pipe Game is exactly what it claims to be. It’s about pipes, and it’s very clever. 2-4 players compete to rack up points by completing sets of black and white pipes, or the light and dark fields that pass behind them.

This is the Hip Pocket version of The Very Clever Pipe Game, from Cheapass Games, with PDF files for cards and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

The Very Clever Pipe Game was one of the first Cheapass Games, later released in the Hip Pocket series, #009.

  • Release Year: 1997

  • Game Type: Abstract Card Game

  • Designer: James Ernest

  • Players: 2 to 4

  • Playing Time: 30 Minutes

  • Components to Print: Cards, Rules

  • You Also Need: Nothing!

Cheapass Games didn’t release a lot of pure abstract games, aside from freebies. But this card game about pipes and fields really does earn its “very clever” name.

Each card shows black and white pipe sections floating over light and dark fields. The game can support up to four competitors, each taking a different color of pipes or fields. Everyone’s goal is to create enclosed sets of their color, and when you do this, you take those cards off the board and into a score pile.

The Very Clever Pipe Game was originally sold as CAG #009, but was eventually redesigned and moved into the Hip Pocket Games line. The smaller 48-card version is the one we present here.

Links:

  • Print-and-Play PDF package (Zip)

  • How to Make Cards Video

  • How to Make Tile Cards Video

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