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Continuo is an abstract strategy game by Maureen Hiron first published in 1982. It is played by...

Continuo is an abstract strategy game by Maureen Hiron first published in 1982. It is played by arranging patterns printed on a deck of 42 cards, each card being printed with a grid of 16 colored squares. The goal is to place cards so that the tiles match as many chains of color as possible. The tag line on the box is "The one rule game for all the family". Versions of the game have also been published in which the same basic rule is used, but the tiles are triangular or rhombic rather than square. The game is endorsed by Omar Sharif. There has been a Continuo tournament at the Mind Sports Olympiad since 1997, to determine the world champion. Continuo consists of 42 tiles. These tiles are subdivided into a 4 x 4 grid of small squares. All of the tiles are diagonally symmetrical with an L-shape of one colour with a single small square of another in the corner. There are 4 colours in total: red, green, blue and yellow. The aim of the game is to score points by making 'chains' of colour and a point is scored for the length in small squares of each chain that the placed tile makes. A chain has to be squares that touch horizontally or vertically. No tile may overlap another so the