page_title: Quarto (board game)
hierarchical_section_title: Quarto (board game)
context_page_description: Quarto is a board game for two players invented by Swiss mathematician Blaise Müller in 1991. It is published and copyrighted by Gigamic.
  The game is played on a 4×4 board. There are 16 unique pieces to play with, each of which is either:
  tall or short;
  red or blue;
  square or circular; and
  hollow-top or solid-top.
  Players take turns choosing a piece which the other player must then place on the board. A player wins by placing a piece on the board which forms a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row of four pieces, all of which have a common attribute. A variant rule included in many editions gives a second way to win by placing four matching pieces in a 2×2 square.
  Quarto is distinctive in that there is only one set of common pieces, rather than a set for one player and a different set for the other. It is therefore an impartial game.
context_section_description: Quarto is a board game for two players invented by Swiss mathematician Blaise Müller in 1991. It is published and copyrighted by Gigamic.
  The game is played on a 4×4 board. There are 16 unique pieces to play with, each of which is either:
  tall or short;
  red or blue (or a different pair of colors, e.g. light- or dark-stained wood);
  square or circular; and
  hollow-top or solid-top.
  Players take turns choosing a piece which the other player must then place on the board. A player wins by placing a piece on the board which forms a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row of four pieces, all of which have a common attribute (all short, all circular, etc.). A variant rule included in many editions gives a second way to win by placing four matching pieces in a 2×2 square.
  Quarto is distinctive in that there is only one set of common pieces, rather than a set for one player and a different set for the other. It is therefore an impartial game.
caption: Quarto board at start of game
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