Challenge your mental acuity and test your dexterity with NMBR 9, a puzzling game of strategically placing tiles for one to six players. In every game of NMBR 9, players build their own displays by stacking number tiles, drawn from a deck. Tiles higher up your stack score more points, but be careful how quickly you build upwards. Tiles of each number have a unique shape and no part of a tile may float. Lay a solid foundation and plan ahead before you begin stacking. Whoever builds the best, wins!
Let's Start
Chose a puzzle.
You always get two random puzzles to choose from. As challenger, you can decide, which one you will play.
Game Objective
In NMBR 9, every player uses the same number tiles to form their own pile. Try to place every tile as high as possible - the higher a number tile is placed, the more points it scores. The player with the highest score wins.
Gameplay
Levels
Any number tile placed directly on the ground during the game is considered to be in level 0. When, later on, you put number tiles directly on top of the tiles of this level, they are then at the 1st level, and so on.
Squares
Each number tile is divided into fields. The number of fields of a tile has nothing to do with the number on the tile. The fields just indicate the grid in which you can connect or place tiles.
Rounds
You play in turns. Each player gets the same number tiles - one tile per round.
You have to place the tile on the field and confirm your round with atapclick on 
.
Each tile is played exactly two times during the game. The pool of tiles shows which tiles are still to come.
The very first tile is already placed in the center of your field. Now try to find the best position for the second tile.
Hint: Try to build a large base with low number tiles. So you can put many high number tiles on higher levels and get more points.
Placement Rules:
- If you want to put the number tile on a level where at least one other tile is lying, at least one side of a field on this tile has to be adjacent to a field of a tile already placed there. This rule applies to all levels.
- If you want to place the number tile on the 1st level or higher, it has to lie completely on top of fields of the number tiles underneath. Consequently, you are not allowed to place tiles so they float with any field.
In addition, the new number tile has to lie on fields of at least two number tiles underneath. Consequently, it may never lie on only one tile.
- A number tile does not have to be placed on the highest level currently possible. You may decide for each tile which level to place it on.
Hint: You can only confirm a tile if all the rules apply. To confirm a tile, tapclickon the score display.
Handling
The number tiles: you can move them with drag and drop and rotate them with tapclick.
The playing field: you can rotate and tilt it with drag and drop offside the current tile. A double-tapdouble-click resets the view to the default view.
Oponent's fields: you can have a look at your opponent's fields with a tapclick on their scores. You only see the status of their fields corresponding to your progress in the game.
Scoring
The points of every placed number tile are added up. The following scoring rule applies: Number on the tile multiplied with the level.
Important: This means all tiles on level 0 are worth 0 points.
Example: The "8" on level 2 is worth 8 * 2 = 16 points.
End of the Game
The game ends when all 20 number tiles were placed by every player. Then the scores are compared. The player with the highest score wins.
Revenge
All players can play simultaneously, so the fastest player can start the revenge.
NMBR9 as a puzzle
In this section the differences between puzzle and normal game are explained. If you do not know how to play the game, please check the explanaition above first.
Puzzles are played without opponents. And that is it, just like in the normal game, try to stack the numbers to reach the highest score possible.
Puzzles have a timer! In the upper middle of the screen is displayed how much time is left. If you run out of time, your current score is counted.
With every retry on a day you get the same puzzle, like everyone else as well. So when you try again, you already know the order of numbers and can pursue a strategy.
After solving the puzzle a copy button will appear in the lower right screen. Tap it to copy your tries to the clipboard. You can then paste it in the puzzle chat to share with others.
Enjoy the puzzle!
