Quick Peaks – Take it Easy!, Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road, Concept, Knister, Fritanga

Take It Easy! - Justin Bell

Take It Easy!—which could have easily been called “Bingo: The Tile-Layer” due to its central signal-caller requirement as players all place the same tile onto their board at the same time, albeit in a specific location of the player’s choosing—is one of the oldest games I’ve played in years. Take It Easy! is 43 years old as of this posting date and is still available for purchase on the web.

That’s crazy, right? Turns are simple because this game comes from a simpler time. One player shuffles all of their tri-numbered tiles face-down, then reveals them one at a time to all players, with each player then required to place that tile anywhere on their small mat. Scoring is tied to the connections made by each time placement during the game; all of your fours will score, as long as only fours make up their connection from one end of your board to the other, for example.

That means end-game scoring can get a bit mathy. “Could someone hand me a calculator?” said one player, after remembering that all mobile phones have a calc built in. So, figuring out scores is one thing; the other issue I had was a weird one. Because all players…

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