Black Box + (2007)

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Designer	Eric Solomon
Artist	(Uncredited) Klaus Wilinski
Publisher	franjos Spieleverlag
Year Published	2007
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	15 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
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Expansion	Black Box Game Book
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Black Box+ is a deluxe expanded edition of Black Box that includes the original square grid game as well as a challenging new hexagonal version. With the publication of Black Box+ Franjos celebrates their 20th anniversary as a game publisher, and 2007 also happens to be the 30th anniversary of Black Box.

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Black Box +

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Multilingual first edition

Publisher: franjos Spieleverlag

Artist: (Uncredited)

Year: 2007

Product Code: 4021505071025

Size: 13.00 x 9.00 x 1.75 inches

1.44 pounds

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2	General Availability?	2011-08-08	Springhee...	5
0	General new puzzles for BLACK BOX	2011-08-05	bgguserfjh	0
1	Rules Working solution, but not the correct one - what to do?	2007-10-28	ralfchr	2
12	Sessions Our first hexagonal black box+ games	2007-10-21	Caesar!	4

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Guia Rápido Black Box+

Quick guide for playing the game. Should be used only by players that already know the game and want a rules refresh. In portuguese only.

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2011-12-17

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483	Best With Two	2009-11-26
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Board Game Rank:	2018
Abstract Games Rank:	61
Num Ratings:	86
Average Rating:	7.43
Standard Deviation:	1.10
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Game page (German) franjos	http://www.franjos.de/spiele/bb+d.htm	2011-11-23
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/BlackBoxPl...	2011-09-19
German review at lorp.de	http://www.lorp.de/rezensionen/show.asp?id=1415	2011-08-05
German review	http://rezensionen-fuer-millionen.blogspot.com/200...	2011-08-05
German review at spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=1917	2011-08-05
German review at Buchwurm.de	http://buchwurm.info/book/anzeigen.php?id_book=438...	2011-08-05
German Review at Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/ludo.pl?action=sh...	2009-08-02
(Hexagonal) Black Box+ - Java applet by Paul Branch and Eric Solomon	http://www.ericsolomon.co.uk/bb/hexbb.html	2007-12-04
Publisher's Product Page	http://www.franjos.de/spiele/bb+e.htm	2007-10-08