Isolation (1978)

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Designer	Bernd Kienitz
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Publisher	Hallmark Games Lakeside Ravensburger
Year Published	1978
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
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Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
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Category	Abstract Strategy Maze
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Family	Lakeside Abstract Series Ravensburger Traveller Series
Primary Name	Isolation
Alternate Names	Isola Stranded
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In Isolation, the "Don't Get Stranded" game, the board is a 6x8 grid of removable squares. On your turn, you move your pawn one space, then remove a square. The object is isolate the opponent so they cannot move.

This game is one of a series of 2 player strategy games by Lakeside from the 1970s, also including Overboard, Trespass and Blockade.

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isola, by Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg has a copywrite on the box of 1974, with the date on the rules as 1972.

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Ravensburger second edition in rectangle box

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Year: 1980

Product Code: 604 5 122 2

Size: 12.99 x 9.06 x 1.18 inches

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Year: 1978

Product Code: 8386

Size: 11.25 x 8.75 x 1.62 inches

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Hallmark Games edition

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Year: 1976

Size: 10.25 x 7.75 x 1.50 inches

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Ravensburger edition

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Year: 1972

Product Code: 602 5 301

Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)

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User reviews (Dutch) on bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/isola_1...	2012-04-09
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/2788.pdf	2011-12-12
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=102&zoekcri...	2011-12-12
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-08-06
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/isola.html	2005-06-03