Commonplace

Abalone

A board game by Michel Lalet and Laurent Levi, released 1987. Played in 2012 at “Marbles: The Brain Store” with Yotam, after hearing Jesse talk about it in his class. The tactile behavior of the board is rewarding, but not as much as the tricky strategies allowed by the two move rules. A little frustrated by the lack of simplicity here (lots of edge cases) but it does play well.