Havannah (1981)

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Designer	Christian Freeling
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Publisher	igGameCenter Ravensburger
Year Published	1981
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	6 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
Honors	1981 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 1982 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	Abstract Games (11 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Pattern Building
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Family	Connection Games
Primary Name	Havannah
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Havannah is a connection game (Hex, Twixt, etc.) with several interesting twists. The board is a hexagonal grid shaped in the form of a hexagon--8 hexes per side. (Expert players prefer larger 10 per side boards.)

Each player places a stone of his color on the board attempting to form one of three possible winning positions:
- Fork: Continuously connect any 3 sides (note: the corners do NOT count as a side space.)
- Bridge: Continuously connect any 2 corners.
- Ring: Form a continuous closed loop of pieces with at least one cell in the middle (the cell may be unoccupied or occupied by either player's piece.)

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1982 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
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Havannah

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Ravensburger First edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

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Year: 1981

Product Code: 604 5 126 5

Size: 12.99 x 8.66 x 1.18 inches

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3	General Board size	2011-08-25	Jugular	5
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2	General Another reason for getting a Hex board	2004-10-21	twixter	0

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Havannah 8 board

Board an 8 hex edge Havannah Board. Print this file twice, cut on the thin line on the right and tape boath halves together.

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2007-11-02

Havannah 10 Board

A Havannah board with 10 hexes per edge. Recommended for veteran players. Print this file twice, cut on the thin line on the right edge and tape both halves together.

rri1

2007-11-02

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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/19.pdf	2011-12-10
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=19&zoekcrit...	2011-12-10
German review at spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=934	2009-07-16
German review at Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2009-07-16
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2005-10-25
Regolamento, link utili e partite commentate in lingua italiana.	http://www.pergioco.net/Giochi/Abstrakta/Havannah/...	2004-10-02
Rules, stragegy and online play at Mindsports.net	http://www.mindsports.net/Arena/Havannah/	2003-05-04