de Stijl

Craft your masterpiece!

In the tradition of Piet Mondrian and other artists of the De Stijl movement, create a masterpiece of primary colors & deft strokes.

Use your artistic eye to create vibrant patterns on the table’s blank canvas, and make your color stand out as the focus of the finished pieces!

de Stijl—which is Dutch for “The Style”—was a modern art movement that started in the Netherlands around the turn of the last century. The de Stijl game carries that flair for the artistic by involving bright colors and carefully-considered patterns.

In this artsy game, players create patterns to earn points based on how much of their color makes it into the finished product.

Gameplay

Choose and place cards from the Gallery to add to a grand “Painting” in the center of the play area, making selections that will create as many separate “strokes” (adjacent cells sharing colors) in your player-color as possible. Each separate stroke scores 1 point, with bonuses awarded to players with the largest strokes. With each passing turn, you will add the strokes of your “brush” to the Painting by choosing a card and laying it to overlap a small portion of the piece. As you add cards to the Painting, you will masterfully guide its mood. Strategically add, split, and cover cells of color to ensure that yours is the most prominent. The player with the most predominant color in the Painting wins!

Master “The Style” and make your mark in de Stijl!