Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft trail tiles into a shared grid, turn three-in-a-row patterns into campfires, and camp beside the widest stretches of wilderness.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Pattern Building
Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Connections
Create meaningful links between locations, pieces, or concepts.
Map Addition
Expand the playable map by adding new tiles, regions, or spaces.
Read the full game description
Tic Tac Trek is a two-player tile-laying duel about choosing where to make camp. Players take turns drawing or drafting numbered trail tiles from the bag and placing them into the shared play area. Whenever a placement completes three matching tiles in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, the active player may place one of their campfire markers on the newly played tile. Completing a line matters, but it is only the first half of the puzzle: once every tile has been placed, each campfire scores one point for every empty space around it. Early camps can claim open wilderness, yet later tiles may crowd them; delayed camps can be safer but harder to create. The result is a fast abstract contest in which every tile shapes both players’ scoring landscape.
