Trax (1980)

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Board Game Rank: 1556

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Designer	David Smith
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Publisher	Bandai Colour of Strategy, Ltd. Excalibre Games, Inc. Gigamic Grapet Heraclio Fournier Holdson quecke-verlag The United States Playing Card Company Show More »
Year Published	1980
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (9 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	10 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games (11 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Tile Placement
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Primary Name	Trax
Alternate Names	Deluxe Trax Loop Trax
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Trax is a two player abstract strategy game of loops and lines. It can be played on any flat surface (no board):
using identical square tiles with straights on one side
and curves on the other.

The rules of TRAX are simple: place tiles adjacent to those already in play such that the colours of the tracks match. The objective is to get a loop or line of your colour while attempting to stop your opponent in their colour. What gives Trax its strategic depth is the forced play rule which allows (or even requires) multiple tiles to be played in a turn.

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US Playing Card Co edition 1987

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Year: 1987

Product Code: 00177

Size: 10.00 x 6.50 x 2.00 inches

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Publisher: Excalibre Games, Inc.

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Year: 1981

Size: 5.30 x 5.30 x 1.20 inches

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Trax - Cyberboard Version by Rob Robinson (zombiegod)

Cyberboard Trax v1.2 with Scenario File. [imageid=342499 medium] [b]See my [url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/18537/my-cyberboard-conversions]Geeklist Here[/url] for all my other Cyberboard Conversions.[/b] Don't forget to Thumb!

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Board Game Rank:	1556
Abstract Games Rank:	107
Num Ratings:	350
Average Rating:	6.60
Standard Deviation:	1.36
Num Views:	29335
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.1
Fans:	9

Personal Comments:	143
Users Owning:	461
Users Wanting:	27
Users Trading:	15 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	2
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Free Trax puzzle book	http://gnutrax.com/book/	2009-11-03
Portuguese review on JogoEu blog	http://jogoeu.blogspot.com/2008/12/trax.html	2008-12-28
The New Zealand Trax Association Newsletter	http://trax.massey.ac.nz/ontrax/index.html	2005-07-18
Gold Token -- Play Trax 8x8 for free, play by web.	http://www.goldtoken.com	2005-02-15
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Trax.htm	2004-08-15
Play Trax on Richard's PBEM Server	http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/trax.html	2004-05-20
The World of Trax	http://www.traxgame.com/	2001-11-02