Abande

Abande is the second game in Dieter Stein's stacking trilogy. Place or move pieces and stacks to generate the highest score you can whilst always keeping the board connected. The square, snubsquare, and hex boards are available.

Inventor: Dieter Stein

See spielstein.com: Abande rules.

Hybrid orthogonal/hexagonal connections.

37-space hexagonal board.

No fixed board. Pieces form a hexagonal grid as they are placed next to each other. The game starts with one stone of each colour already adjacent. Each player then has 17 pieces in hand. You may not move until four stones are on the table. Scoring still counts only stacks that touch an enemy-controlled neighbour.

Libre rules: https://spielstein.com/games/abande/rules/libre.

• Current engine version: 20211112 (2021-11-12). On Abstract Play since 2023-05-01.

• The sidebar shows scores and pieces remaining in hand.

• https://spielstein.com/games/abande/rules
• https://spielstein.com/games/abande/rules/libre
• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21324/abande
• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/57291/abande2