Cover art for Abalone

Abalone

1987 · BGG
Avg rating
6.48
Bayes rating
6.22
Weight
2.15 (Medium Light)
Players
2
Playtime
30 min
Ratings count
7,923

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Description

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.

A winner of the 1988 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société.



Mechanics

Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Slide / Push Static Capture

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

(Unknown) Abalone Games Anne Asmodee Belleville (Бельвіль) Boardgame Space Brio AB Carrom Art Creative Crafthouse Esdevium FoxMind Fun Connection Galoob Goliath Games Hasbro Jumbo Korea Boardgames Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd Ludens Spirit Mitra Oficina do Aprendiz Oliphante Parker Brothers Parker Spiele Piatnik Rebel Sp. z o.o. Schmidt International Schmidt Spiele Tactic Tsukuda Hobby University Games Week End Games Zygomatic abalone s.a.

Designers

Laurent Levi Michel Lalet