Yavalath (2007)

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Designer	Cameron Browne
Artist	Néstor Romeral Andrés
Publisher	(Web published) igGameCenter nestorgames
Year Published	2007
# of Players	2 − 3
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, 3 players (6 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	10 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games (9 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Pattern Building
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Primary Name	Yavalath
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Yavalath is an abstract strategy game for two players. Players strive to make a line of 4 pieces of their colour, but lose if they make a line of 3 before doing so.

The board (a hexagon 5 spaces on a side) is initially empty. Players take turns placing a piece of their colour on an empty cell.

Yavalath was invented / discovered by a game-generating computer program developed by Cameron Browne as part of his Ph.D. research.

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You can play Pentalath (brother game) with a Yavalath set.

You can play Yavalath with an OMEGA set.

Yavalath is the mother of Tailath.

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Publisher: nestorgames

Artist: Néstor Romeral Andrés

Year: 2009

Size: 8.27 x 1.18 x 1.18 inches

0.33 pounds

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0	General How would it play on Nestore Games' Cross Board?	2011-02-02	chicagopsych	5
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Portuguese rules by Rodrigo Exterckötter Tjäder

n_r_a

2010-04-29

Yavalath - Dutch Rules

Dutch translation of the Rules Nederlandse vertaling van de spelregels

stofke

2010-03-04

Yavalath. Reglamento por NESTORGAMES.

Reglas de Yavalath según la edición de NESTORGAMES.

n_r_a

2009-07-25

Yavalath regeln (NESTORGAMES)

n_r_a

2009-07-25

Yavalath rulebook english by NESTORGAMES

Added pie rule (forgotten in the first edition).

n_r_a

2009-07-25

PDF Yavalath board

No frills PDF Yavalath board.

aspo

2009-01-20

Yavalath board.

Printer friendly Yavalath board.

mothertruckin

2008-10-05

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Board Game Rank:	2331
Abstract Games Rank:	98
Num Ratings:	88
Average Rating:	7.18
Standard Deviation:	1.35
Num Views:	12702
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.3
Fans:	12

Personal Comments:	41
Users Owning:	55
Users Wanting:	7
Users Trading:	0 [find trade matches]
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Yavalath on RAC1 (Catalonia radio)	http://www.racalacarta.com/audio/el_mon_a_rac1/082...	2010-09-04
Yavalath AI for Windows	http://www.cameronius.com/games/yavalath/Yavalath....	2010-01-02
Play Yavalath online for free	http://games.wtanaka.com/yavalath	2009-09-10
Yavalath at Gamerz.net	http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/yavalath.html	2008-02-25
Cameron Browne's description of Yavalath	http://www.cameronius.com/games/yavalath/	2008-02-25