Abalone

Orecchia di mare

It is an award winning two player strategy board game in which the players are represented by marbles of opposing colors. The objective is to push six of the opponent's marbles off the edge of the board.

Rules to play:

1. The board consists of 61 circular spaces arrange in a hexagon, five on a side.

2. Each player has 14 marbles.

3. Play alternates between the players one move at a time, with the pink marbles moving first.

4. For each move, a player moves either a line of one, two or three one space ahead.

5. The move can be either in-line (parallel to the line of marbles) or broadside (not parallel to the line of marbles).

6. A player can push their opponent′s marbles which are in an adjacent space to their own with an in-line move only.

7. 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).

8. Marbles must be pushed into an open space (i.e. not blocked by a marble of either color).

9. The winner is the one who gains six opposing marbles from the opponent.