Stones matchingIn the tradition of family board games, Stones uses classic game features with a balance of chances and choices. The objective is to complete an array of 16 stones while hindering your opponents as they try to do the same. Should you take a stone, place a stone, or steal a stone? The dice will sometimes offer you a choice, sometimes not, but how you use your choices is what really counts. The game is carefully balanced to lead to a close competition
The winners will survive to fight again
and deal with the hand of fate as the weather and other effects can influence the outcome of each skirmish
Aside from a point value the cubes can also be used to purchase additional cards
The game is at least 1
The interesting thing is that the pieces trapping it do not all have to be your own - either color can be part of the trap
and can actually move during the game
with over 1400 possible configurations to start the game
It’s a two-player tile-placement game with several rule variations to provide many different challenges
SMALL PARTS WARNING: Contains small parts which may pose a choking hazard for children under age 3
but it never made it into full production
Patented by Henry Busch and Arthur Jaeger in 1903
perhaps dating back over 5
