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product_id: 301455681
title: "Fireside Games Grackles - Board Games for Families - Board Games for Adults"
brand: "fireside games"
price: "A$146"
currency: AUD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 5
category: "Fireside Games"
url: https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/301455681-fireside-games-grackles-board-games-for-families-board-games-adults
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region: Australia
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# 20-30 min quick, engaging rounds 2-4 players for intimate strategy Beautiful acrylic bird tokens Fireside Games Grackles - Board Games for Families - Board Games for Adults

**Brand:** fireside games
**Price:** A$146
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🦜 Claim your perch—dominate the wire before your rivals do!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Fireside Games Grackles - Board Games for Families - Board Games for Adults by fireside games
- **How much does it cost?** A$146 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.au](https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/301455681-fireside-games-grackles-board-games-for-families-board-games-adults)

## Best For

- fireside games enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted fireside games brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Fast-Paced Fun:** Enjoy a complete game in just 20-30 minutes—ideal for busy professionals.
- • **Tactile Elegance:** Premium iridescent acrylic tokens that elevate your gaming experience.
- • **Strategic Social Play:** Perfect for 2-4 players, fostering competitive yet friendly game nights.
- • **Abstract Strategy Mastery:** Engage in area majority and influence tile placement mechanics that challenge your tactical thinking.
- • **Family & Friends Approved:** Designed for ages 10+, making it a versatile choice for both family gatherings and adult game nights.

## Overview

Fireside Games Grackles is a sleek, abstract strategy board game for 2-4 players aged 10 and up. Featuring quick 20-30 minute rounds, it combines area majority and tile placement mechanics with stunning iridescent acrylic bird tokens. Designed in the USA, it’s perfect for professionals seeking a stylish, engaging game that fits into busy social schedules.

## Description

In the lightly-themed game Grackles, you line up your birds on the telephone wire to score as many points as possible. Each turn, players choose between drawing and placing a tile, connecting two spots on the telephone wire with their birds, extending a line of birds, or rotating an empty tile. After the board has been built to five tiles by five tiles and all available pairs of spots on the telephone wire have birds on them, the player with the most birds on the telephone wire wins.

Review: Would love to give you more of a product review but I refuse to open it. Just one of my many stupid collectors items
Review: This is easily my favorite game. It's great for all ages. I am really hoping for an expansion or two. Since I love it so much, I ended up buying multiple copies for others and a backup for myself, just in case something ever happens to my copy. It's incredibly easy to learn. It's not a time suck and it can be played by anyone. I'm very impressed.

## Features

- 2-4 players, 20-30 Minutes, Ages 10+ years
- Grackles are noisy, iridescent birds that love to gather on telephone wires at sunset throughout the southwestern United States.
- Beautiful, acrylic tokens
- The player with the most birds on wires at the end of the game wins.
- An abstract strategy game.
- Mechanisms: Area Majority / Influence Tile Placement

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Model Number | FSG01011 |
| Number of Game Players | 4 |
| Number of Puzzle Pieces | 1 |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Required | No |
| Batteries Included | No |
| Material Type(s) | Acrylic |
| Colour | Multicolor |
| Product Dimensions | 22.86 x 22.86 x 0.25 cm; 535.24 g |
| Item model number | FSG01011 |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 10 years and up |
| Manufacturer | Fireside Games |
| Country of Origin | USA |
| Item Weight | 535 g |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Fireside Games
- **Material:** Acrylic
- **Theme:** Birds
- **Genre:** Abstract Strategy, Strategy
- **Number of Players:** 4

## Images

![Fireside Games Grackles - Board Games for Families - Board Games for Adults - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/grey-pixel.gif)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by R***S on 24 April 2024*

Would love to give you more of a product review but I refuse to open it. Just one of my many stupid collectors items

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by M***N on 20 January 2020*

This is easily my favorite game. It's great for all ages. I am really hoping for an expansion or two. Since I love it so much, I ended up buying multiple copies for others and a backup for myself, just in case something ever happens to my copy. It's incredibly easy to learn. It's not a time suck and it can be played by anyone. I'm very impressed.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by M***R on 12 November 2018*

This is an easy to learn game where you are laying plastic chips in lines on a changing game board with the goal of using more of your chips than your opponents. While it is simple, the possibility of your opponents rotating tiles or placing new ones does add some complexity to the game. The artwork on the box is nice and the grackles appear on the plastic chips, but that is pretty much the extent of the theme other than the idea of creating lines of chips like lines of grackles sitting on telephone lines. But, I like that the designers gave a background to the concept of creating rows on the board by making them rows of grackles. The game board is created using tiles, each of which has a 2x2 pattern of circles, one each of the four colors used in the game. The game starts with the same two tiles and from there, the board is expanded as more tiles are placed. On each turn, the players can do one of four things: - Draw and place a tile on the board - Build a line - connect an empty space of your color with another empty space of your color on the board - Extend a line - extend an existing line to an empty space on a new tile that has been placed. Note that you can never cross a line, even if it is your own color - Rotate an empty tile The winner of the game is the one with the least number of chips at the end of the game. The game is for 2 to 4 players, but it seems to play best with 2 players because there is more back and forth between the players. While the game is easy and fun to play, it is not without problems. Each player has 5 rotate tile tokens and these are often left to the end of the game which means that the same tiles keep getting rotated until everyone runs out of rotate tile tokens. And it is usually clear before the game ends who will win. Overall, this is a nice, light game.

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*Last updated: 2026-01-24*