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Designed By	Mark Steere
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Published By	Mark Steere Games
Year Published	1993
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (1 voter) [poll]
Category	Abstract Strategy
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Primary Name	Tanbo
Alternate Names	Rootbound
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Played with a standard Go set. Players take turns adding stones to the board, forming "roots" - no clumps or enclosures. When roots run out of space they die and are removed from the board. Object: kill all of your opponents roots and completely eliminate his stones from the board.

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Variants Commercial version named "Rootbound" by Locus Games, 1993

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Tanbo_sp.pdf

Tanbo. Rules in spanish - Reglas en castellano

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18	Games played on a 19x19 grid (Go board)	2006-10-11
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The rules of Tanbo	http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/tanbo.html	2003-06-20
Play online! (Super Duper Games)	http://superdupergames.org/	2006-01-05
Play Tanbo online at SuperDuperGames	http://superdupergames.org/main.html?page=about#ta...	2006-01-18

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