Table Town
TABLE TOWN
Tabletop community
Home · Hot games · Abstract Games
All there is to it!
Playing L Game (giant and handcrafted version) - La Cantera ONG - Argentina
British Double Games edition, mid 1970s. The box was metal and served as the playing board.
The back of the 1974 British edition. A separate game using the same pieces. Since it was magnetic it traveled well.
Playing L Game (giant and handcrafted version) - La Cantera ONG - Argentina

L-Game (1968)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
10–10 min
Age
0+
5.05
Average rating
137
Ratings
1.93/5
Weight
#30030
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Boomerang +4 more
Designer:Edward de Bono
Publisher:Alga +6 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 3.9, Theme 3
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity3.9
Theme3.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Abstract StrategyEnclosure

Overview

From Mr. de Bono's website: The intention was to produce the simplest possible game that could be played with a high degree of skill. An attempt was made to fulfill the following conditions:

1. A minimum number of playing pieces, preferably one each. The smallest possible board.

2. A game with very few rules, one that would be very simple to learn and play.

3. A game that could be played with a high degree of skill.

4. A game that would not be determinate. A determinate game such as nim or noughts and crosses, is one in which the starting player could always win if he knew the strategy. An indeterminate game is one which two perfect players would play forever.

The L game was the result. Each player has only one piece. The board is four squares by four squares.

Appears with 3 SPOT game in Rex Games' Two Smart Games mini-anthology.

Not available yet

Player reviews, retailers/pricing and rules videos have no real data source for this game yet.

View on BoardGameGeek ↗

Discussions

BGGView discussions on BoardGameGeek

Be the first to discuss

Reviews

No reviews yet
to write a review.