Designer	Claude Soucie
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Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE Dover Publications dtv (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) Hexagames (I) Hugendubel Verlag Hutchinson igGameCenter L. P. Septímio Random House, Inc. RBA Libros S.A. W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH Show More »
Year Published	1969
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	6 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
Honors	1988 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	Abstract Games (10 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Pattern Building
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Family	Abacus wood box Gamut of Games
Primary Name	Lines of Action
Alternate Names	Loa
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Lines of Action is a simple game that uses checkers board and pieces. Its rules were published in Sid Sackson's A Gamut of Games. There are some commercial versions available though.

The object of LoA is to get all your pieces into a single connected group. A group of pieces is connected if they occupy an unbroken chain of adjacent spaces, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Rules and more info can be found at:
http://www.boardspace.net/loa

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1988 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.

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21	Reviews [Voice of Experience] Reviewing lesser-known gems . . . Lines of Action	2012-05-15	nycavri	2
1	Play By Forum ASCII PBF LoA game - russ vs jugular	2012-05-09	Jugular	8
1	Play By Forum ASCI PBF LoA game - nycavri vs jugular	2012-05-09	Jugular	11
2	Play By Forum ASCII PBF LoA game - russ vs nycavri [Page 1,2]	2012-04-27	nycavri	40
3	Variants Black Hole	2012-03-08	qswanger	4
3	Variants Parachute LOA	2011-12-03	bobcatscry	0
3	News World Championship in Lines of Action, 2011	2011-07-23	abdekker	0
2	Strategy Blocking the chips or pieces of your opponent is a good strategy?	2011-02-27	Miguel...	1
9	Variants Lines of Action on a hexboard	2009-09-17	Paolo Robino	8
19	Reviews it's not over until the last move!	2009-09-12	guitarsol...	3

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A Gnome's Ponderings my tentative pokes at Lines of Action

by Lowell Kempf

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Reglamento del juego

Er Murria

2008-01-25

loa3.4.zip

LOA 2D, v3.4, a Lines of Action PC game by Benjamin Guihaire, www.guihaire.com

chaosbreaker

2006-07-24

loa___rg.pdf

Traduction française illustrée par François Haffner

Haffner

2002-08-27

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Board Game Rank:	1251
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Num Ratings:	223
Average Rating:	7.20
Standard Deviation:	1.45
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.9
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Personal Comments:	131
Users Owning:	197
Users Wanting:	33
Users Trading:	2 [find trade matches]
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=4119&zoekcr...	2011-12-28
58 page master's thesis based on Lines of Action	http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/~uiterwyk/Theses/MSc/Wina...	2007-11-11
Lines of Action @ Wikipedia (rules, example gameplay)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines_of_action	2007-04-19
Download (java) and play against MIA, a champion Lines of Action program	http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/m.winands/loa/download.ht...	2005-03-30
Lines of Action computer games by Benjamin Guihaire	http://www.guihaire.com/loa/	2005-03-30
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-27
Complete information about LoA: rules, history, tactics... (in spanish)	http://www.linesofaction.net	2004-06-16
Lines of Action home page	http://www.boardspace.net/loa/	2004-04-06
History and Rules in Italian	http://www.pergioco.net/Giochi/GiochiDiTavoliere/L...	2004-01-13
Review at Seattle Cosmic Wiki	http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/Lines_20of_20Action	2003-05-04