Quoridor

Race your pawn to the opposite side of a 9×9 board while placing walls to block your opponent.

🌤indoor

What is Quoridor?

Quoridor is a modern abstract strategy game published in 1997. Each turn a player either moves their pawn one square or places one of their limited supply of walls to block opponents' paths — but no wall can completely seal off any player. The first pawn to reach the opposite side wins. Its simple mechanics and deep planning have earned it Games Magazine's Game of the Year and Mensa Select awards.

Quick facts

Category

Board Games

Type

Individual

Players

2–4

Where played

indoor

Country of origin

🇫🇷 France

Estimated origin

1997, Mirko Marchesi (published by Gigamic)

Olympic

No

Popularity

niche

Sources & provenance

Last verified 2026-08-24.verified