Rules for Ingenious (Often Confused with "Ingenuity")

There's no widely published board game titled exactly "Ingenuity." You're almost certainly thinking of Ingenious (2004), Reiner Knizia's acclaimed abstract tile-laying game (also published as Mensa Connections).

If You Mean Ingenious (Knizia)

Objective: Score points in six colors; your final score equals your lowest-scoring color (forcing balanced play).

Setup: Hexagonal board; 120 tiles (each with two colored symbols); rack of 6 tiles per player.

Turn: Place one tile adjacent to matching colors; score each color radiating outward from the placed tile. Refill to 6 tiles.

Special: Reach 18 in a color → "Ingenious!" bonus turn. Block opponents' color paths strategically.

End: Board fills or no legal plays remain. Highest lowest-color score wins.

If It's a Different Game

Please provide:

• Components (board, cards, dice, pieces?)
• Number of players
• Core mechanics (roll/move, deck-building, area control?)
• Any distinctive rules you remember
• Publisher, year, or country of origin

With details, I can identify the game or help reconstruct rules.