Quarto

• 2003 - Golden Ace (in the nomination "Game of the Year");
• 1994 - Vuoden Aikuistenpeli (in the nomination "Game of the Year for Adults");
• 1993 - Spiel des Jahres ;
• 1993 - Mensa Select (selection of intellectuals in the Mensa community);
• 1985 - Concours International de Createurs de Jeux de Societe ^{[3] [4]} .

Players in any convenient way determine who will make the first move. The player who moves first selects any of the 16 pieces and submits it to his opponent.

He puts this figure on any free circle. Then he selects one of the remaining 15 pieces and, in turn, gives it to his opponent. He in his turn puts the resulting figure on any free circle and so on.

It is necessary to draw a row of figures on a 4x4 square square with at least one common sign (horizontally, vertically or diagonally). This can be a series of light figures or from dark, from low or high, from figures with a recess or figures without it, from round or square. A player can also form a series of 4 figures with more than one common attribute. The three previous figures in the row do not have to be placed by the same player.

The party is won by the one who first pointed to a row with a common attribute, while uttering the word “QUARTO”.

If the player did not notice the formed row with a common sign and gives the opponent the following piece, then the opponent can immediately point to this row by exclaiming “QUARTO” and, thus, win the game.

If none of the players noticed a row with a common sign during the move when it was created, then the row does not count and the players continue the game.

The correct game ends in a draw.

Computers of the late 1990s could have done a full search in tangible, but not "real" time (a few minutes).