2-4 Players

45 Minute Playtime

Azul was designed by the world-renowned, award-winning game designer Michael Kiesling. Azul captures the beautiful aesthetics of Moorish art in a modern board game. Players compete as artisans decorating the walls of the Royal Palace of Evora. By carefully selecting the right quantity and style of tiles, the most skilled artisans plan ahead to maximize the beauty of their work (not to mention their scores!) while ensuring that no resources go to waste.

Introduced by the Moors, “azulejos” (originally white and blue ceramic tiles) were fully embraced by the Portuguese when their King Manuel I, upon visiting the Alhambra palaces in Southern Spain, was mesmerized by the stunning beauty of the Moorish decorative tiles. The King, overwhelmed by the Alhambra’s interior beauty, immediately ordered that his own palace in Portugal be decorated with similar wall tiles.

Azul is suitable for 24 artisans, aged 8 and up. While the actual decoration of the Royal Palace of Evora took many years, we anticipate a game of Azul to last 3040 minutes.