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Designed By	Alex Randolph
Art By
Published By	3M Alga (Brio) Avalon Hill Felsberger Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos) Schmidt Spiele Selecta Spel en Hobby
Year Published	1957
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (12 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (5 voters) [poll]
Category	Abstract Strategy
Mechanic
Primary Name	Twixt
Alternate Names	Imuri Mini-Twixt
Expanded By	Show Expansions »
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	Description Edit \| History

TwixT is a 2-player abstract game invented by Alex Randolph. Some old US sets mention a 4-player variant, with 2 teams as in Bridge, but this probably wasn't Randolph's idea. The game was popular in the 60s and 70s as part of the 3M Bookshelf Series. Avalon Hill then acquired the series and issued the game themselves. Now Hasbro owns AH, but they haven't marketed it yet.

TwixT is a "connection-type" game, very similar to Hex. Other related games are Havannah and The Game of Y. "Connection type" means the object is to form a path connecting something to something else. This requires very different thinking from the standard battle-type game such as chess or checkers.

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Awards

1979 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
Games Magazine Hall of Fame Inductee.

Online Play

Little Golem (turn-based)
Gamerz (turn-based)
http://www.iggamecenter.com/ - igGameCenter (real-time)
http://twixtlive.com/Play.aspx

Microbadges

Contents:

16" x 16" Fold-Away Board
Pegs (~50 Each of Red/Black)
Links (~50 Each of Red/Black)
Instructions

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Good	$9.00	22-May-2009
Acceptable	$5.00	22-Apr-2009
New	€36.00	17-Apr-2009
Like New	$14.50	21-Nov-2008
Acceptable	$5.00	13-Nov-2008
Very Good	$10.00	24-Oct-2008
Good	$10.00	22-Sep-2008
Acceptable	$8.00	26-Apr-2008

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Bookshelf Games Twixt Oh Wah Ree Foil Chess Facts in 5	1h 50m	$ 9.99 0 bids
VINTAGE 1962 TWIXT BOOKSHELF FAMILY GAME	14d 8h 46m	$ 5.00
Twixt board game standard red box (3M) used Board Game	12d 15h 3m	$ 28.27
Twixt board game standard brown box (3M) used Board	12d 15h 3m	$ 28.27
Twixt 1962	11d 15h 44m	$ 9.99
Game Parts Twixt black red	5d 6h 16m	$ 2.00
TWIXT 3M Bookshelf 1962 Strategy Game MINT	3d 20h 9m	$ 14.99
VINTAGE: 1962 "TWIXT" BY 3M~STRATEGY GAME FOR 2!	2d 1h 41m	$ 17.99
Vintage 1962 3M Bookshelf Game Twixt	27d 21h 16m	$ 10.99
VINTAGE BOOKSHELF 3M 1962 2 PLAYER GAME "TWIXT" AVALON	17d 9h 44m	$ 19.99

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1	General Anyone need extra pieces?	2009-05-17	Kytty	1
10	Sessions Spin control	2009-02-18	twixter	2
0	Strategy Resigning in a won position	2008-12-15	twixter	1
13	Sessions I'm not proud, I'll take it	2008-12-09	twixter	1
0	General Early 3M style spine or just an anomaly?	2008-11-11	dcorban	5
14	Reviews Twixt: No Luck, Just Skill	2008-07-19	jackmitch	5
2	Strategy Twixt puzzle for Chess Life September 2008	2008-06-14	twixter	1
0	News Real time Twixt on K2z, post your preferred time to play	2008-04-23	twixter	4
0	General When did "Twixt" become "TwixT"?	2008-02-12	Drew1365	11
25	Sessions Twixt is hard and then you lose	2008-01-17	twixter	5

	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
Bazaar	Havannah	Executive Decision	Black Box
Venture	Focus	Foil	Trax
Hex	Ploy	Breakthru	Octi
Terrace	Metropolis	Contigo	Flinch
Stocks & Bonds	Pente	Feudal	Isolation

Weak Recommendations
Facts in Five	Fibonacci	Foreign Exchange	Hong Kong
Heimlich & Co.	Steppe	Can't Stop	Cathedral
Sleuth	Pit	Hare & Tortoise

Very Weak Recommendations
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Playing Board.pdf

Twixt Layout (tabloid) for making a wooden board.

SiskNY

2007-08-31

PaperAndPencil_Twixt_boards_2up_v1.pdf

2 Twixt boards that fit on one page.

Koryo

2007-08-23

twoboards.zip

printable boards, one with guidelines, one without. zipped pdf file

twixter

2005-12-24

TwixtRules.txt

Official rules, including what 3M left out. Row handicapping added as well. Print this out and add it to the 3M box.

twixter

2005-05-02

T1_exe.zip

Windows version of T1, by author's permission. Weak play, but useful as a virtual board.

twixter

2004-09-04

twixthtml.zip

Some articles written for magazines or the Kosmos edition.

twixter

2004-08-07

Twixtfile.txt

Basic info about Twixt

2001-01-25

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233	Geeklists About Games For Kids	2005-03-08
221	The Top/Highest ranked game from each year	2007-07-13
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149	Games with a broad strategic horizon	2006-01-31

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User Rank:	606
Num Ratings:	1028
Average Rating:	6.66
Standard Deviation:	1.51
Num Views:	47788
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.4
Fans:	8

Personal Comments:	432
Users Owning:	1605
Users Wanting:	24
Users Trading:	168
Has Parts For Trade:	5
Want Parts In Trade:	3
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	1271
Plays This Month:	2

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Basic Rules and Strategy	http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/proprietary/...	2001-11-02
40 Twixt puzzles composed by Alex Randolph	http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/Twixt/puzzles.html	2001-11-02
Gamester's picture	http://members.aol.com/wergames/ahtwixt.htm	2001-11-02
Twixt at the Game Pile	http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Dennis_Ma...	2002-06-03
Twixt at Mark Thompson's page.	http://www.flash.net/~markthom/html/twixt.html	2002-06-03
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Twixt.htm	2003-06-11
French review on Jeux2Rody.com	http://www.jeux2rody.com/jeux/twixt.html	2003-11-10
French review on JeuxADeux.com	http://www.jeuxadeux.com/jeux/twixt.php	2004-01-21
Online server for playing TWIXT + integrated rating	http://www.k2z.org	2004-02-07
Wikipedia page for Twixt	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TwixT	2004-07-20

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