Abalone, a game for two players aged 8 and up

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Abalone, a game for two players aged 8 and up

• Manufacturer: Goliath
• Manufacture date: 1991

Description
The board game Abalone is suitable for two players and requires tactical insight. The board has six sides and 61 squares. Each side has five squares. The other 31 boxes form rows between the edges. Abalone will start with fourteen white and fourteen black balls, these are also called the balls.

The two players try to push each other's marbles off the board. The first player to push 6 of his opponent's marbles off the board is the winner.

Place the marbles in the starting position as shown in the rules. Decide who plays with white and who plays with black. Black starts. Abalone is suitable for players aged 8 and over and will take approximately thirty minutes per game.

Contents:

• Game board
• 28 bullets (2 times 14 black and white)
• Game rules (Dutch only) see video for game explanation

Condition
This game is in good vintage condition. The box shows some traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Box size

• Height: 3.3 cm.
• Length: 33 cm.
• Width: 33 cm.

Abalone is a tactical board game for two players. The hexagonal board used has a total of 61 spaces, with five spaces along each side. The remaining 31 squares are spaced to form rows between the squares on the edges. In the game are fourteen black and fourteen white metal balls (bullets). The players draw lots or choose who is the black and who is the white player. Black starts. The object of the game is to push six of the opponent's bullets off the board with your own bullets.

The French Laurent Lévi and Michel Lalet were the creators of the game Abalone. On January 29, 1988, with the help of financier André Jarno, they set up a company to distribute their game after rejections by several game publishers, but a victory at the Boulogne-Billancourt competition for game designers. Before it was baptized Abalone they called the game Sumito; sometimes the game is described as "sumo with marbles" as it is said to be loosely based on the ancient Japanese form of wrestling. Ten years after its release, 4.5 million copies of the game have been sold in over thirty countries.

The game starts with a starting position. Usually, this is the default formation, but tournaments and advanced players also use one of dozens of alternative starting formations.

Some translations come from an automated system and may contain errors.