Orbit (1993)

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Designer	Alex Randolph
Artist	Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	Kosmos
Year Published	1993
# of Players	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Dice Rolling
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Primary Name	Orbit
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ORBIT comprises three games by Alex Randolph, Orbit, Harun and Corona, which were previously published separately.

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Orbit

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First Edition

Publisher: Kosmos

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1993

Product Code: 684112

Size: 16.97 x 9.29 x 2.68 inches

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Board Game Rank:	4611
Abstract Games Rank:	319
Num Ratings:	46
Average Rating:	6.26
Standard Deviation:	1.58
Num Views:	10627
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.8
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Personal Comments:	21
Users Owning:	153
Users Wanting:	16
Users Trading:	10 [find trade matches]
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=462&zoekcri...	2012-01-09
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/462.pdf	2012-01-09
German review - games we play	http://gamesweplay.de/orbit.html	2011-08-13
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-08-13