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Arlac Trimola, rare vintage game from the '70s

SKU: 1193

Arlac Trimola, rare vintage game from the '70s

  • Maker: DBGM
  • Year of issue: 1975

Description
This game was very popular in the 70s due to its "Futuristic" appearance. Each player receives 14 glass balls. Three balls lying in a row in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction makes a trimula (mill). The following basic rule applies to all the following game variants: The middle hole of the middle tile may only be occupied after one of the players has closed the first trimula.

The manual further describes three possible game variants.

A fun vintage game for collectors from the 70s.

  • Age: from 6 years
  • Number of players: for 2 players

Content
- A three-dimensional plastic playing field consisting of three-transparent rectangles with nine round and four square holes.
- Twice 14 glass balls in a bright and dark color, total 28.
- Four plastic uprights.
- A user manual.
- One small poster.

Condition
Both the box and the game are in an original vintage condition with some traces of use.

Dimensions box

  • Height: 2.5 cm.
  • Length: 21.5 cm.
  • Width: 30.5 cm.

Dimensions mounted game

  • Height: 20 cm.
  • Length: 15 cm.
  • Width: 17 cm.

Trimula or arlac Trimula, also known as 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, is a two-player board game distributed by DBGM in Western Europe in the 1970s. It is an extension of Tic-Tac-Toe in three dimensions and is similar to the game Qubic. It is a two-person strategy game with complete information.

28 balls in two colors, three rectangles each with nine circular holes for the pieces and four rectangular holes for the four pieces used to build up the three-dimensional playing field.

The aim of the game is to form as many "trimula" (equivalent to "mills" in the classic mill game) and thus to remove opposing pieces from the board until it has only two pieces left. To get a "trimula", you must place three tokens in a 3 × 3 × 3 cube on a straight line. A row can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal. The diagonals have area and space diagonals. Due to the three-dimensionality several diagonals are always possible, so you have to play very attentively, so as not to overlook one. 

The main attraction when buying the game was the then "futuristic" appearance of the game. The flat and large game box shows two people (a woman and a smoking man) in a Trimula game.


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