Plateau (1986)

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Designer	Jim Albea
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Publisher	Magnolia Game Company Plateau Company
Year Published	1986
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games (6 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy Bluffing Deduction
Mechanic	Secret Unit Deployment
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Family	Video Tape Box Games
Primary Name	Plateau
Alternate Names	Pinnacle
Website	http://www.plateaugame.com/

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Each playing piece has colored rings attached to its top and bottom faces; the color of the ring that's showing indicates how the piece moves. At the start of your move, you can flip the top piece in a stack over, changing how that piece moves. And your opponent isn't allowed to look underneath your pieces to see what might be there. With this significant bluffing aspect, tied to the transformation of units, as well as two very different ways to win, Plateau is a unique abstract strategy game.

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Pinnacle

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Publisher: Magnolia Game Company

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Year: 1986

Size: 10.50 x 10.50 x 3.00 inches

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Plateau Plateau video rule set

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0	General Plateau microbadge	2011-12-07	PSchulman	1
9	Sessions Plateau Session with pictures and comments.	2011-11-08	bdean152	0
0	Rules victory condition question	2011-05-20	qswanger	5
2	General Where did the review go?	2011-02-28	Jugular	5
1	News Plateau half-price deal	2011-01-14	jwplgeek	0
0	Rules a question about movement	2010-05-22	kandersen1	1
19	Reviews [Review] Plateau	2008-04-30	TomVasel	9
1	General Play by Email	2006-02-03	ddyer	0
8	Reviews User Review	2004-07-15	mrraow	0
0	General Quick Comments	2004-04-09	Lertulo	4

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Virtual Plateau

The electronic version of Plateau. The program facilitates email play and has a computer bot. Version 1.4.2 for Windows. Freeware, posted by designer.

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Board Game Rank:	2635
Abstract Games Rank:	108
Num Ratings:	70
Average Rating:	7.26
Standard Deviation:	1.61
Num Views:	17372
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.6
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Personal Comments:	39
Users Owning:	109
Users Wanting:	11
Users Trading:	7 [find trade matches]
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Plateau on GamesByEmail.com	http://gamesbyemail.com/Games/Plateau	2011-01-10
Plateau on Boardspace.net	http://boardspace.net/english/about_plateau.html	2011-01-07
The designer's story of Pinnacle/Plateau	http://www.plateaugame.com/history.htm	2010-10-12
Plateau on Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau_(game)	2009-09-20
Plateau Rules	http://www.plateaugame.com/rules/plateaurules.html	2009-03-16
Review by BrettSpillGuiden.no - Scandinavian independent boardgame site	http://www.brettspillguiden.no/kritikker/?gid=334	2006-10-17
Plateau - Official Game Site	http://www.plateaugame.com/	2003-01-07