Designer	Claude Soucie
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Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE Dover Publications dtv (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) Hexagames (I) Hugendubel Verlag Hutchinson igGameCenter L. P. Septímio Random House, Inc. RBA Libros S.A. W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH Show More »
Year Published	1969
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	6 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
Honors	1988 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	Abstract Games (9 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Pattern Building
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Family	Abacus wood box Gamut of Games
Primary Name	Lines of Action
Alternate Names	Loa
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Lines of Action is a simple game that uses checkers board and pieces. Its rules were published in Sid Sackson's A Gamut of Games. There are some commercial versions available though.

The object of LoA is to get all your pieces into a single connected group. A group of pieces is connected if they occupy an unbroken chain of adjacent spaces, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Rules and more info can be found at:
http://www.boardspace.net/loa

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1988 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.

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3	Variants Parachute LOA	2011-12-03	bobcatscry	0
3	News World Championship in Lines of Action, 2011	2011-07-23	abdekker	0
2	Strategy Blocking the chips or pieces of your opponent is a good strategy?	2011-02-27	Miguel Or...	1
9	Variants Lines of Action on a hexboard	2009-09-17	Paolo Robino	8
18	Reviews it's not over until the last move!	2009-09-12	guitarsol...	3
2	General Another game similar to LOA	2008-09-26	qswanger	1
3	General At Super Duper Games	2008-09-26	molnar	0
17	Reviews Modern Classic	2007-10-31	El Diabolo	2
0	Variants 2-6 player version?	2006-10-12	aristid	2
0	General Lines of Action play-by-web	2006-02-22	chaosbreaker	0

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Er Murria

2008-01-25

loa3.4.zip

LOA 2D, v3.4, a Lines of Action PC game by Benjamin Guihaire, www.guihaire.com

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Traduction française illustrée par François Haffner

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2002-08-27

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Personal Comments:	126
Users Owning:	188
Users Wanting:	34
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=4119&zoekcr...	2011-12-28
58 page master's thesis based on Lines of Action	http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/~uiterwyk/Theses/MSc/Wina...	2007-11-11
Lines of Action @ Wikipedia (rules, example gameplay)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_action	2007-04-19
Download (java) and play against MIA, a champion Lines of Action program	http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/m.winands/loa/download.ht...	2005-03-30
Play online against Mona and YL, champion Lines of Action programs	http://games.cs.ualberta.ca/webgames/loa/	2005-03-30
Lines of Action computer games by Benjamin Guihaire	http://www.guihaire.com/loa/	2005-03-30
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-27
Lines of action.com - Rules, where to play, regular tournaments, forums and advanced strategy.	http://www.linesofaction.com	2004-09-07
Complete information about LoA: rules, history, tactics... (in spanish)	http://www.linesofaction.net	2004-06-16
Lines of Action home page	http://www.boardspace.net/loa/	2004-04-06