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Abalone takes only a few short minutes to learn--and it's never the same game twice. Just move your marbles toward your opponent, outnumber him, and force him off the board! Although Abalone can be learned easily by players of almost any age, advanced game players can enjoy the challenge of its strategies. And Abalone can be played anywhere--indoors or out. A great-playing strategy game like this comes along only once in a lifetime! Also available: Abalone Travel Edition.

This terrific German import is like two player Chinese Checkers but with a very nasty twist. You have to get your ten marbles from the far side of the board to your side so that they occupy the places your opponents marbles started on. A marble can jump in any direction over any number of marbles of any color to the first vacant space beyond. But a marble may only move horizontal to the next adjacent space. The board rests on a fulcrum, and before each move, the Balanx board is tilted in the direction of the opponent. As a result, the 20 solid glass marbles roll into new and interesting positions. The winner will be the player who can keep his eye on the rapidly changing situation, and move his marbles to his finishing corner.

In this beautiful wooden game, players use runners to move on the board. On a turn, a player moves his runner, making one turn and placing a on the turning space. If he can, the player may also capture enemy blocks. The player may also place one blockade. Players score for captured blocks and for the value of the spaces their blocks occupy. The player with the most points wins.

DVONN is a challenging stacking game with very simple rules. It is played with 3 red DVONN pieces, 23 white pieces, and 23 black pieces. The players must try to control as many pieces as possible by building stacks, preferably by jumping on top of their opponent's pieces. While doing so, pieces and stacks must remain linked to the red DVONN pieces. If not, they are out of the game! When no more moves can be made, each player puts their stacks on top of each other. The player with the highest stack wins the game!

Kuba is played on an attractive board, using 29 solid glass marbles. The first player to force seven of the neutral red marbles off the playing surface is the winner. How do you move the marbles? Instead of picking the marbles up to "jump," you move by pushing. Push one marble to move another or push one to move whole rows. Learn the rules in five minutes; play for a lifetime.

Win the Race Across a Growing Maze... Replace tiles to create paths for your runners and send them in a punctuated journey across the board. Place your pieces, plan your paths and race to the finish! Fascinating and fun for the family. See also: Cityscape, Fire and Ice, and Quadtria.

A 2-person strategy game with 3- and 4-player variations, the rules take 2 minutes to learn, while the play variety is endless. Games average 10-20 minutes, and the wooden board and playing pieces are strikingly handsome. Easy for children to learn and play, opponents create a maze to impede but not trap their opponent. A good game is a series of strategically crucial moves, often leading to an exciting race to the finish. Also available: Quoridor Magnetic Travel Edition.

Quarto has received a Parent's Choice Award, Game of the Year award in Italy, MENSA's Top 5 Games Award, Toy Testing Council Award and a Prize of Excellence award. This game moves along quickly. You win by getting four in a row of color, shape or height of pieces. The twist is your opponent picks which piece you must play next. A game for two players. A wonderful gift for the thinking person. A Software Version of Quarto is also available, as well as Quarto Travel Edition.

The changing gameboard keeps strategic thinkers on their toes. This is mind-based offense and defense at its best. It seems simple enough: Be first to remove three marbles from the board. The twist: Sliding squares can change the route, leading you or your opponent completely off track. 10" wooden game board, 25 sliding squares, 4 sets of 3 wooden marbles. 2 to 4 players. Ages 8 to adult.

This is a simple-to-play but hard-to-master strategy game. Players place and move cubes in order to rearrange the play area, so they have 5 of their own cubes in a row. Quixo plays like a very advanced version of Tic Tac Toe where one tries to get five in a row. The game can be learned in a few minutes and moves along quickly. Quixo has received a Parent's Choice Award, Games Magazine Best Strategy Game Award, a Gold Award from the International Festival of Games/Cannes and a MENSA's Top 5 Games Award.

Think 3-D to win as you tilt, tip and roll! This strategy game’s unique, nonlinear moves keep students thinking ahead. Move wooden pyramids to surround and capture your opponent's. Think 3-D to win as you cross the real suede board. 12 wooden playing pieces and 10" suede game board. 2 players. Ages 8 to adult.

Solitaire for two. A two-player variation that comes with black and white glass marbles and a solid wood board. Play "keep away" or "give away" with your opponent, or play Solitaire with a larger 49 hole design.

The fastest, most fun way to introduce chess - one of 10 best children's games 1997! Enjoy the strategy of chess at a more exciting pace! Be the first to get your bishop, knight, rook and pawn in a row. Games last less than 5 minutes and are fun for beginner and experienced chess players alike. Includes hardwood board and 8 playing pieces. Approx. 5" x 5". Ages 5 to adult.

Draw a glass stone from the pouch and play it onto the beautiful solid wood board of this Mensa Award Game. You must play in the same row or column as your opponent's last stone. Get three stones of your color in a row and you score. This game is an innovative variation on the classic 3-in-a-row challenge; create a complex strategy of offensive and defensive moves to form 3-in-a-rows while trying to prevent your opponent from doing the same. Winner of the Parents' Choice award and the Games Magazine "Games 100" award.

Zčrtz is played with 5 white, 7 gray and 9 black marbles and 37 round tiles. The tiles are used to assemble the board; the marbles are in a pool. Each turn you must place one marble on the board and then remove a free tile. The aim is to capture 3 white, 4 gray, 5 black marbles or 2 marbles of each color. To capture you must jump with a marble over another marble. It sounds easy, but both players play with the same marbles and the board gets smaller with every move. Thus, the players are forced toward a situation where every move is a crucial one... when you create a trap for your opponent at the wrong moment, you may find yourself caught in the trap.