Abalone (board game) Abalone (board game) Abalone is an award-winning two-player abstract strategy board game designed by Michel Lalet and Laurent Lévi in 1987. Players are represented by opposing black and white marbles on a hexagonal board with the objective of pushing six of the opponent's marbles off the edge of the board. The game is arranged similar to Chinese checkers but without starting spaces and with a "moat" around the edge of the board. Players start with 14 marbles instead of 10, there are only two "colors", and the starting arrangement is different. But the game also uses a hexagon with marbles
Blockade (board game) Blockade (board game) Blockade is a "beat the barrier" strategy board game for two players, played on a board with an 11x14 grid of spaces, barriers and 2 mobile playing pieces per player. The object of the game is to maneuver ones pieces around barriers and into the opponents starting spaces. The game is long out of production. The game was invented by Philip Slater and published by Lakeside in 1975. The company went bankrupt in 1983 and ceased production. In fact, Philip Slater invented Cul-de-sac and Blockade around 1975. Here are some sources: Sources Video Blockade game : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZVwIz_uOeg