Trax (1980)

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Board Game Rank: 1573

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Designer	David L. Smith
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Publisher	(Unknown) Bandai Colour of Strategy, Ltd. Excalibre Games, Inc. Gigamic Grapet Heraclio Fournier Holdson Mind Games quecke-verlag The United States Playing Card Company Show More »
Year Published	1980
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (9 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	10 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games (12 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Tile Placement
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Primary Name	Trax
Alternate Names	Deluxe Trax Loop Trax
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from the Trax site:

Trax is a two player abstract strategy game of loops and lines. It can be played on any flat surface (no board):
using identical square tiles with straights on one side
and curves on the other.

The rules of TRAX are simple: place tiles adjacent to those already in play such that the colours of the tracks match. The objective is to get a loop or line of your colour while attempting to stop your opponent in their colour. What gives Trax its strategic depth is the forced play rule which allows (or even requires) multiple tiles to be played in a turn.

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US Playing Card Co edition 1987

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Year: 1987

Product Code: 00177

Size: 10.00 x 6.50 x 2.00 inches

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Publisher: Excalibre Games, Inc.

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Year: 1981

Size: 5.30 x 5.30 x 1.20 inches

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8	Sessions An exciting finish, with a save from a direct threat, indirect threat, and indirect indirect threat	2012-03-29	russ	3
0	General App for iPhone	2012-03-25	qswanger	0
0	General question	2012-02-25	whompy	4
9	Reviews Bakelite delight	2011-04-17	Talisinbear	0
1	News Trax Simultaneous Games event at Boardspace.net	2010-06-07	ddyer	0
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1	General Looking for Black Tile Trax Set	2010-01-19	Blue Steel	5
8	Strategy Free trax puzzle book	2009-11-03	traxplayer	1
1	Rules 8 across and still a loss!	2009-10-14	guitarsol...	3
1	Reviews TRAX - Otra reseña en Castellano (Review in Spanish)	2008-02-21	ponchera69	0

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Trax - Cyberboard Version by Rob Robinson (zombiegod)

Cyberboard Trax v1.2 with Scenario File. [imageid=342499 medium] [b]See my [url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/18537/my-cyberboard-conversions]Geeklist Here[/url] for all my other Cyberboard Conversions.[/b] Don't forget to Thumb!

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Board Game Rank:	1573
Abstract Games Rank:	105
Num Ratings:	350
Average Rating:	6.61
Standard Deviation:	1.36
Num Views:	31139
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.1
Fans:	9

Personal Comments:	142
Users Owning:	472
Users Wanting:	24
Users Trading:	18 [find trade matches]
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Spanish Review of Trax	http://blog.pseudolog.com/article/trax-david-smith	2012-05-15
German rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/1446.pdf	2012-03-04
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=7391&zoekcr...	2012-03-04
Free Trax puzzle book	http://gnutrax.com/book/	2009-11-03
Portuguese review on JogoEu blog	http://jogoeu.blogspot.com/2008/12/trax.html	2008-12-28
Gold Token -- Play Trax 8x8 for free, play by web.	http://www.goldtoken.com	2005-02-15
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Trax.htm	2004-08-15
Play Trax on Richard's PBEM Server	http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/trax.html	2004-05-20
The World of Trax	http://www.traxgame.com/	2001-11-02