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Designed By	Philip Cohen Scott Marley
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Published By	GAMES Magazine
Year Published	1988
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
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Category	Abstract Strategy
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Primary Name	Archimedes
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Originally published in the July 1988 issue of GAMES Magazine, Archimedes is a nautical battle game for 2 players.

Archimedes can be played with a standard checkers set. The board is an 8×8 grid, and each player has 12 "ships" represented by checkers of one color. The object of the game is to capture opponent's ships in an attempt to land on the enemy's home port.

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Play online! (Super Duper Games)	http://superdupergames.org/	2005-12-27
Description from Mark Thompson's Abstract Games	http://home.flash.net/~markthom/html/archimedes.ht...	2005-06-17
Description from the World of Abstract Games	http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/archimedes.htm	2005-06-17
The rules in PDF format	http://raeside.home.mchsi.com/files/archimedes.pdf	2005-06-16

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