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Quoridor
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Quoridor is a two- or four-player intuitive strategy game designed by Mirko Marchesi and published by Gigamic Games. Quoridor received the Mensa Mind Game award in 1997 and the Game Of The Year in the United States, France, Canada and Belgium.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Quoridor is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to algebraic notation, France and Italy.

It sits within the topics Abstract strategy games, Board games introduced in 1997 and Mensa Select winners.

Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Game.subject_name
Quoridor
Game.image_link
220px
Game.image_caption
white and black pawn near walls
Game.manufacturer
Gigamic
Game.designer
Mirko Marchesi
Game.date
1997
Game.genre
Board gameAbstract strategy game
Game.players
2 or 4
Game.setup_time
<1 minute
Game.playing_time
15 - 25 minutes
Game.random_chance
None
Game.ages
8+
Game.skills
Deduction
Game.materials
Wood
Game.footnotes
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Game.complexity
Easy to learn hard to master
Game.strategy
Medium -->

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Encyclopedic overview

29 sections
Contents
  • Rules of the game
  • History
  • History of notations
  • Notation
  • Board
  • Pawns
  • Starting positions
  • Moves
  • Walls
  • Formatting
  • Defined game positions
  • Two player example
  • Four player example
  • Game phases
  • Opening
  • Midgame
  • Endgame
  • Strategies
  • Mirroring
  • Walls
  • Leaving the position (more) complex
  • Spatial advantage
  • Derivations of the game
  • Awards
  • Competitions
  • Miscellanea
  • Time control
  • References
  • Further reading

Quoridor is a two- or four-player intuitive strategy game designed by Mirko Marchesi and published by Gigamic Games. Quoridor received the Mensa Mind Game award in 1997 and the Game Of The Year in the United States, France, Canada and Belgium.

==Rules of the game== thumb|The starting position for a four-player game. In a two-player game, green and orange are omitted. |right|220x220px

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