Ink

Ink is a colorful tile-placement race built around a rotating quill wheel. On a turn, the wheel determines which patterned tile can be drafted and where the next choice will come from, making every selection both a personal building decision and a change to future availability. Tiles expand a private composition of connected color regions. Completing the shapes or color requirements shown on objective cards allows a player to place an ink bottle, while certain connections trigger bonus actions that can accelerate the plan or open a new route. The first player to place every bottle wins, so efficiency matters more than simply creating the largest tableau. Objectives encourage players to grow several patterns at once, and the rondel-like wheel rewards looking beyond the immediate tile to anticipate later turns. Solo play offers a contained pattern puzzle; with more players, shared drafting introduces timing pressure without direct destruction. Bright Chris Quilliams artwork makes the state readable even as the composition becomes intricate.