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STARSLIDETM ...created by Kate Jones, expanded by Martin H. Samuel Ingeniously unique in game concept, play method and board design: the goal is to slide your pieces along lines to an empty circle and to block the next player from being able to slide. Rules include an advanced variation and four solitaires. Beautiful wood board, 14x14", is laser-engraved and handfinished. Four colors of acrylic counters have contrasting felt on top for a yin-yang effect. Each color gets 6 counters plus a crown. For 1 to 4 players, ages 10 to adult.$65 |
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COLORMAZETM ... by Dwayne Mears Originally a thesis in design by a future urban planner, this good family game is versatile, too: it's playable as two games of strategy, plus two categories of solitaire puzzle. In Colormaze, form a 6-color pattern with tiles on the board to match the secret pattern on your card, while strategy options may let you reposition tiles on the board. In Alphamaze, gain points by getting 5 different colors in a row, or blocking opponents' colors. The black 18" vinyl game mat really makes the bright acrylic tiles stand out.
A fabulous companion for Colormaze... The combo set, for 1 to 6 players, ages 8 to adult, $75 |
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PROTEUS® ...invented by Michael Waitsman Reviewed in Games, April 1983. Michael's goal was to create a meta-game for rule-changing but with a fixed slate of rules, unlike the fluid game of Nomic. The rules on 9 wood tiles determine how the players may move their pieces, trade tiles, and win. A rule is activated when a player's piece enters a correspondingly shaped tile, and the previously active rule turns off. A placement phase precedes movement. Experienced players can sometimes win even before movement begins. For 2 players, ages 12 to adult. Choose the deluxe wood version or the travel set:
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THE POWER OF TWOTM ...created by Arthur Blumberg
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MORE OR LESSTM ...created by Arthur Blumberg Another brilliant innovation of strategy: having "More" is not the only goal. Win by having more than 18 or less than 7 of your color on top. Jump your piece over others every jump reverses the pieces jumped over (either player's). Sometimes it pays to reduce your own holdings and go for the "Less" goal. Intense! Striking 17" handcrafted wood board is engraved with intricate decagonal matrix of intersections, an artwork in its own right. 25 reversible wood counters. Two square see-through markers slide along the game name to track turns, a maximum of 12 per game. One or two players, ages 10 to adult.$65 |
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