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Black Box is a puzzle game in which one player creates a puzzle by secretly choosing the positions of 4-5 marbles on a 8x8 grid. The other player tries to guess their positions by shooting 'rays' into the grid and seeing how they bounce around. The player requiring the fewest rays to solve a puzzle wins.
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Parker Brothers 1978 edition contents:
The “Black Box” - black plastic playing area and cover
10 yellow (plus a number of extras)
20 red (plus a number of extras)
18 orange (2 each of 9 different patterns):
2 Square
2 Circle
2 Triangle
2 Hourglass
2 Starburst
2 X-shape (with balls at ends)
2 Plus-sign (rounded ends)
2 Diagonal lines (three lines, middle one is longer)
2 Dual Curves (outline of a circle)
Black Box
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Black plastic edition with a cardboard slipcover
Publisher: Parker Brothers
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Year: 1978
Product Code: 225
Size: 10.38 x 10.38 x 1.62 inches
1.06 pounds
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Publisher: Parker Brothers
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Year: 1978
Product Code: 6111088
Size: 12.99 x 9.84 x 1.57 inches
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Replacement pattern / score card
A replacement for the pattern / score card if your original, like mine, is lost to the ages. Print it two-up and double sided to make a nice booklet of puzzles and results. Or scale it down a tad and laminate it if you prefer a reusable card.
2008-04-17
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BlackBox.xls
This is an Excel based version of the game.
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