Abalone for 3rd Grade

(1 customer review)

Game Rules [pdf]

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Description

The board consists of 61 circular spaces arranged in a hexagon, five on a side. Each player has 14 marbles that rest in the spaces and are initially arranged as shown below, at left. Play alternates between the players one move at a time, with the black marbles moving first. For each move, a player moves a line of one, two or three marbles one space. The move can be either broadside (parallel to the line of marbles) or in-line (serial in respect to the line of marbles), as illustrated at below.

Initial position

Black opens with a broadside move

White counters with an in-line move

A player can push their opponent′s marbles which are in an adjacent space to their own with an in-line move only. They can only push if the pushing line has more marbles than the pushed line (three can push two or one; two can push one). Marbles must be pushed into an open space (i.e. not blocked by a marble of either color) or off the board. The winner is the first player to push six of the opponent’s marbles off of the edge of the board.

Game Rules [pdf]

 

1 review for Abalone for 3rd Grade

  1. Hyeyoung Walther

    This was a great game to play with the 3rd graders. All the students were immersed in the game and it’s great to help kids think of strategies. The 3rd graders all said they wanted to play this game again. They had fun.

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