Abalone

 

A simple nice game, first of all very pretty, black and white marbles in a hexagonal grid. Players move their opponent’s marbles off the board by pushing them out with their own marbles. A player moves 1, 2 or 3 of his own marbles in a group by one hole in the grid in one direction onto empty holes, marbles of the opponent in the axis of the movement may be moved too, either onto a free hole or over the side of the board. Marbles off the board are out of the game.

 

Nominated for Game of the Year 1989

 

Marble movement- and position game * 2 players from age 8 * Designers: Michel Lalet und Laurent Levi * ca. 30 minutes * Abalone / Hasbro