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Abalone Extra Player Marbles
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Abalone Extra Player Marbles

Requires:Abalone

Designed by Michel Lalet, Laurent Levi

Published by Abalone Games, Strunk Games

Expansion
Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach
Components: Marbles
Game: Abalone

Players

3-6

Play Time

20 min

Complexity

1.8 / 5

Rating

6.6

Year

1988

Community Snapshot

Medium-Light complexity
~20 min
6.6 on BGG (93)
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Categories

Abstract Strategy
Pure strategy with no hidden information or luck — think Chess or Go.
Expansion for Base-game
This is an expansion — requires the base game to play.

Designed for 3–6 players and playable in ~20 min, Abalone Extra Player Marbles delivers a medium-light experience that earned a 5.5 on BGG.

How It Plays

Area Movement

You move your pieces across different regions on the board, trying to position yourself in the best spots.

Grid Movement

Pieces move on a grid of squares — straightforward movement that still leaves room for deep tactical thinking.

Pattern Building

You arrange pieces to create specific patterns that score points — like solving a colorful puzzle.

Roll / Spin and Move

Roll the dice (or spin a wheel) and move that many spaces — a classic way to race around a board.

About This Game

By purchasing extra sets of marbles, Abalone can be played with 3-6 players, expanding the situations in which an otherwise two-player game could be brought to the table. Where two players each play with 14 pieces, expanding the game allows each of three players to use 11. Or, with a fourth color, four players play in two teams, each player having 9 marbles.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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