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Amoeba (1975)

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1975
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The board consists of a 7x7 array of plastic squares, each of which has an arc cutting two diagonally opposite corners.

The rest of the equipment is a deck of 52 cards showing various closed amoeba-like curves that can be made with the arcs - players get 3 of these to start and are trying to create the curves shown on their cards.

On a turn a player gets to rotate any piece except the one last rotated, and if a needed shape is made, the player gets the points shown on the card, a new card, and another turn. The first player to reach 50 points wins.

Amoeba has been published as 'Tantalus' in the Ravensburger Casino Series.

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Another game which uses this very unusual tile to form its board is Truchet

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Num Ratings: 28
Average Rating: 6.27
Standard Deviation: 1.18
Num Views: 9663
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.0
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