Abalone (board game) and 5 pits on each edge. "Abalone" was published in 1990 and has sold more than 4.5 million units. The year it was published it received one of the first Mensa Select awards in New York, New York. It is currently sold in more than thirty countries. The board consists of 61 circular spaces arranged in a hexagon, five on a side. Each player has 14 marbles that rest in the spaces and are initially arranged as shown below, on the left image. The players take turns with the black marbles moving first. For each move, a player moves a
Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve area. The Aboriginal term translates as "round boulders" and refers to the large boulders found mainly in the western side of the reserve. The origin of the English name for the same boulders is the following quote: The area was originally named "Devils Marbles Reserve" in October 1961. The name was changed to "Devil's Marbles Conservation Reserve" on 21 September 1979 under the "Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act". In 1982, almost the entire reserve was registered as a sacred site by the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority. Ownership of Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles was officially passed from the Parks and Wildlife