Abilene (1983)

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Designer	Roland Siegers
Artist	Roland Siegers
Publisher	Hexagames (I) Schmidt Spiele
Year Published	1983
# of Players	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 3 players (4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (1 voter) [poll]
Honors	1985 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
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Category	American West Fighting
Mechanic	Pick-up and Deliver Secret Unit Deployment
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Family	Animals: Cattle
Primary Name	Abilene
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Bring your cattle to Abilene. Hope that your opponents get only your sick cows. If they get another one, then there is the time for a shootout between your cowboys. The player who manages to bring the most herds to Abilene (and earns the most money) wins.

The original Hexagames edition supports only 3 players. The Schmidt Spiele edition supports up to 6 players.

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Abilene

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Schmidt Spiele edition (6p)

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Year: 1993

Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)

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Year: 1985

Size: 11.88 x 11.88 x 1.88 inches

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Hexagames Edition 1983 without Spiel des Jahres mark

Publisher: Hexagames (I)

Artist: Roland Siegers

Year: 1983

Size: 11.81 x 11.81 x 1.57 inches

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Abilene Cattle Market.doc

3-Player version Cattle Market Aid

robmderrick

2004-08-19

Abilene English.doc

Abilene Schmidt Spiele Edition English Translation

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2003-08-11

abile_rg.pdf

Traduction française par François Haffner

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2002-08-28

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Dutch rules	http://www.forummortsel.be/spelregels/Abilene.pdf	2012-04-09
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=587&zoekcri...	2011-12-02
German review on ludorium.at	http://www.ludorium.at/spiele/hexagames/abilene_2....	2011-03-25
German game description on Holgs Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=6	2011-03-25
German review at spielphase.de (Schmidt version)	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2010-08-01
German review at spielphase.de	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2010-08-01
Rules in HTML (Game Cabinet)	http://gamecabinet.com/rules/Abilene.html	2001-11-21