Question 1

True or false: Azul won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres award in 2018.

Accepted Answer

True. Yes, Azul won the 2018 Spiel des Jahres, Germany's top board game prize.

Question 2

True or false: Azul was originally designed as a tile-laying game based on Portuguese azulejos.

Accepted Answer

True. Yes, designer Michael Kiesling drew inspiration from the decorative ceramic tiles of Portugal, known as azulejos.

Question 3

True or false: The tiles in Azul are made from actual resin and hand-painted for each copy.

Accepted Answer

False. Tiles are mass-produced plastic with printed patterns, not hand-painted resin. A common myth.

Question 4

True or false: The game ends immediately when any player completes a full row of five tiles.

Accepted Answer

False. The game ends after a full round when any player completes a horizontal row, not instantly mid-round.

Question 5

True or false: In Azul, the player who goes first in a round always receives the starting player token.

Accepted Answer

False. Actually, the starting player token goes to whoever took the first tile from the center, often with a penalty.

Question 6

True or false: Negative points from broken tiles can be reduced by using a special ‘penalty row’ upgrade.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no way to reduce broken tile penalties; they are fixed per tile placed there.

Question 7

True or false: Azul was originally conceived as a two-player only game before being expanded.

Accepted Answer

False. Azul was designed for 2-4 players from the start, not initially limited to two.

Question 8

True or false: In the ‘Azul: Master Chocolatier’ variant, players collect chocolate tiles instead of ceramic ones.

Accepted Answer

True. Yes, a special edition re-themes the game around chocolate-making, with chocolate-colored tiles.

Azul Trivia Questions