Abalone (1987)

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Designer	Michel Lalet Laurent Levi
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Publisher	Abalone Games Abstract Games (magazine) Carrom Art Creative Crafthouse FoxMind Galoob Goliath B.V. Hasbro Ludens Spirit Mitra Oliphante Parker Brothers Parker Spiele Piatnik REBEL.pl Scanditoy Schmidt International Schmidt Spiele Tactic University Games Week End Games Show More »
Year Published	1987
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (35 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	7 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (12 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (24 voters) [poll]
Honors	1989 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 1990 Mensa Select Winner
Subdomain	Abstract Games (48 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
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Expansion	Abalone Extra Player Marbles
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Family	Abalone Marble Games Mensa Select
Primary Name	Abalone
Alternate Names	Abalone Mini Abalone Travel Polaris Travel Abalone
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This beautiful and functional board has room for two teams of large marbles. Players take turns pushing the marbles around the board, with the goal of pushing six of the opposing player's marbles off the board. The central idea is that a column of marbles has weight given by the number of marbles in line. Someone will need to push with a heavier group of marbles in order to push the column along that axis. However, with six possible directions, it's difficult to defend yourself perfectly. Also, it's possible to play the game with up to six players when supplemental marble sets are purchased.

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Awards

1990 Mensa Select Winner.
1989 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
1989 Golden Ace, (Game of the Year, France) Winner
1988 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société Winner.

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Rebel Polish edition

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Tactic Edition

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Year: 2010

Size: 12.99 x 11.02 x 1.57 inches

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Edition "As d'or jeu de la déciennie cannes"

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Year: 2005

Product Code: ABA2000

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Deluxe edition

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Year: 2003

Product Code: DM/012362

Size: 14.57 x 12.60 x 1.97 inches

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1	Abalone Informational video from Marbles: The Brain Store	English	rrc1230	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Playing Abalone Summary	English	ejtracer	2
0	Abalone How to Play - Key Words & Terms	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Sumito & Positions of Superiority	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Limited Time Variations & Tips	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Impossible Pushes	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Sumito & Pushing Your Opponent	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Examples of Positions of Balanced Forces	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Moving Your Marbles	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Key Words & Marble Movements	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Understanding the Rules & Illegal Moves	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Proceedings	English	ejtracer	1
0	Abalone How to Play - Object of the Game	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Rules of the Game Abalone	English	ejtracer	0
0	Abalone How to Play - Set Up for Abalone	English	ejtracer	0

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4	General Abalone at 25. A "new classic" or meh?	2012-04-24	wargamer55	5
0	General Abalone vs Ablaone Travel	2011-12-07	ah3Dog	1
0	General iOS version?	2011-11-27	bingle	1
1	Variants Tie-breaking system on pushing	2011-11-06	PSchulman	2
2	Sessions Abalone - first time playing	2011-03-11	meskue	1
0	Rules Can 3 marbles in a triangle be moved at once?	2011-02-01	s3rvant	2
3	Reviews Abalone - Ein moderner abstrakter Zweipersonenklassiker	2010-11-25	toerck	4
1	General What happened to http:// fr.abalonegames.com/	2010-03-05	ddyer	7
2	General game license	2010-02-12	privman	0
0	Rules Rules clarification	2009-11-21	ugene	3

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Abalone Extra Player Marbles General Separately available

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Rules translation to portuguese

Rules translation to portuguese (based in the english rules) Tradução do manual para portuquês (baseado nas regras em inglês) (versão 1.0)

Romir

2011-01-21

Setups up to 6 players

I made a small PDF with 8 setups up to 6 players

DrGrayrock

2010-05-18

Two-player abalone variants

Two nice jpeg files depicting 50 different setups for abalone, compiled from various sources. Enjoy!

Christophe Francois

2009-08-23

Abalone Newsletter, 1991 (First 3 pages)

The first three pages of the first North American Federation of Abalone newsletter, dated November 1991. This was the only edition of the NAFA Newsletter that I ever received. I can scan and upload the other pages of this newsletter if there is interest.

fivecats

2009-01-09

Different Abalone setups

The Abalone site no longer exists so i compiled a pdf of different starting positions from that site.

GeoMan

2008-12-11

USD325749

US patent number USD325749

LankyEngineer

2008-06-09

Regras em Português

Versão base. Uma página.

Zenao

2008-03-25

board.pdf

simple and usefull board!

matango

2006-01-17

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Board Game Rank:	1000
Abstract Games Rank:	143
Num Ratings:	2807
Average Rating:	6.40
Standard Deviation:	1.45
Num Views:	129917
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.3
Fans:	34

Personal Comments:	824
Users Owning:	3618
Users Wanting:	22
Users Trading:	223 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	5
Want Parts In Trade:	14
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	4881
Plays This Month:	27

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Abalone Extra Player Marbles

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	63
Average Rating	6.38
Average Weight	1.75

Num Owned	152
Prev. Owned	8
For Trade	2
Want in Trade	11

Wishlist	21
Comments	29
Year Published	1988

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German review - Cliquenabend	http://www.cliquenabend.de/spiele/586100-Abalone-C...	2012-03-04
German review - games we play	http://gamesweplay.de/abalone.html	2012-03-04
German review - bpk (3)	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2012-03-04
German review - bpk (2)	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2012-03-04
German review - bpk (1)	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2012-03-04
German review - Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=5	2012-03-04
German review - Spielonaut	http://www.spielonaut.de/site/kritik/start2.htm?/s...	2012-03-04
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=3	2012-03-04
German review - FAIRspielt	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/abalone.php	2012-03-04
English review - Spelmagazijn	http://www.spelmagazijn.nl/uk/spelmag/abalone.html	2012-03-04