Abalone (board game) computer-to-computer competition held in 2003 at the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) events in Graz, Austria, the AbaPro program defeated the Nacre program. In 1999, a number of top players from the Mind Sports Olympiad signed an agreement to use a different starting position (the Belgian daisy) to revitalize the game. This has been used for top tournaments since then, including the AbaCup. 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
Manda and the Marbles Manda and the Marbles Manda and the Marbles were a pop punk/ new wave band from Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1997, the group produced four albums: "Rock's Not Dead", "Seduction", "More Seduction", and "Angels With Dirty Faces". The band was originally a three-piece featuring Manda Marble on vocals and bass, Joe A. Damage on guitar, and Mark Slak on drums. Work on their most recent album featured keyboardist Elias Dubok, 2001 was the band's breakout year; they played at the CMJ Music Marathon and later signed with Go-Kart Records. The Marbles were the first band to release a song using