1983

The Backbone

2–2 players · 40 min

As described in the box: "Just only for intelligent people"

This a game for two players. The player who gets six of his chips each of then in each of the six squares of the same color on the wooden gameboard, divided into six zones of different colors and tones forming a polygon, wins.

The game includes 20 wooden chips, 10 for each player.

A rare abstract game designed by Nike and Cooper (NAC). A 'rara avis' considering that NAC developed wargames mainly

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