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Robert Abbott (born March 2, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American game designer and former computer programmer who is known for his mathematical abstract games. His games were discovered by fellow game designer and mathematician Martin Gardner when he moved to New York City around the late 1950s.

His popular games Code 777 and Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War were reprinted around 2011 by Stronghold Games.

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0	Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War Rules Setup Question -- Randomly Insert Movement Pieces?	2012-05-30	Drew1365	1
8	Epaminondas Reviews A 1975 review by David Wells. David has designed other games.	2012-04-22	loopoocat	0
14	Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War Reviews What if chess was played with pieces that you had to figure out?	2012-03-27	stormseek...	0
2	Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War Strategy Questionable broken strategy?	2012-03-03	DylanAM	2
0	Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War Rules Promoting Spies: Clarification needed	2012-02-28	The...	2
0	Ultima Strategy Mating moves	2012-02-18	bebopj	0
0	Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War General Handbook mistake?	2012-02-16	Arctic Jack	0
1	Code 777 General 5 Players: Is it really THAT bad?	2012-02-11	mildthrill	2
15	Code 777 Reviews The Older the better!	2012-02-03	madhujith	0
22	Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War News Confusion wins MTV- Geek's "GAME OF THE YEAR"!	2012-01-09	evilone	4

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Abbott's New Card Games

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Num Ratings	23
Average Rating	7.48
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	69
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Comments	14
Year Published	1963

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Year Published	1956

Babel

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Average Rating	6.12
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Year Published	1963

Code 777

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Num Ratings	924
Average Rating	6.86
Average Weight	2.42

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Comments	406
Year Published	1985

Code Breaker

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Num Ratings	23
Average Rating	5.67
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Year Published	1998

Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War

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Year Published	1992

Construction

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Year Published	1963

Crossings

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Year Published	1969

Egghead

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Num Ratings	16
Average Rating	6.25
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Year Published	1974

Eleusis

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Num Ratings	108
Average Rating	7.49
Average Weight	2.83

Num Owned	99
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Year Published	1956

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10	Dice Hate Me The State of Games, Episode 12 - The One About Stronghold Games by Dice Hate Me	1
93	BoardGameGeek News Interview: Robert Abbott Clears the Air about Confusion by W. Eric Martin	6

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Robert Abbott wikipedia page	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Abbott	2010-11-12
Robert Abbott	http://www.logicmazes.com/games/	2000-04-26