To start a round, one player turns all of his tiles face down and mixes them up. All the other players turn their tiles face up. The player whose tiles are face-down then draws one at random and reads its three numbers out to the other players. Everyone then takes the same tile and places it somewhere on their board. This drawing/placing tile continues until all the boards are full. All tiles have to be placed right side up, and once a tile is placed it may not be moved or covered over.

After the boards are full, it's time to calculate the scores. Every time you have an unbroken line of the same color/number from one side of your board to the other, you score for every tile in the line. So an unbroken line of five sevens will score thirty-five points. But if there is any tile in the line that is a different color (number), that line scores zero. Add up your scores in all three directions, and that gives your total score. The highest score after four rounds is the winner.

Like its board game model, Take It Easy is a quick and fun abstract strategy game with some luck involved, although it isn't impossible to calculate the optimal payoffs based on probabilities (if you can do this kind of thing in your head). It requires more thought than Dominoes, but won't drain your brain cells as much as chess. The download here is in English, but you can download the German version as well as a comprehensive manual in both languages from the official site. If you enjoy abstract board games, especially mathematical ones, you’ll probably enjoy this underdog. Thumbs up!