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The Batik board is a vertical, transparent picture frame.  Both visual and planning skills are put into play as irregular-shaped pieces are dropped into a slot. They may land upside, downside, or on their side. If the piece catches on another one and sticks out above the board's edge, the player loses the game.  Made with quality wooden pieces.


BATIK Wooden Game

Ages 6 +
2 Players

PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION
- One upright translucent game board, 9 light colored pieces, 9 dark colored pieces.
- A draw will decide who plays the light colored pieces and who plays the dark colored ones.
- The two players position themselves facing the game board and place their pieces in front of them.

ONE GAME

PURPOSE OF THE GAME
To force the opponent to play a piece that sticks out above the upper edge of the board.

HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED
The light color begins. Each player in turn chooses one of his pieces, then inserts it into the board (fig.3) and lets it fall. A piece may not be ”forced” into the board, it must be dropped.  One is not allowed to move the board to change the position of the pieces already played.

END OF A GAME
The first player to play a piece which sticks out above the upper edge of the board, loses the game.

PLAYING TIME A few minutes.

A MATCH

PURPOSE OF A MATCH.
To force the opponent to run out of pieces, so that he cannot finish the running game.

HOW TO PLAY A MATCH.
The players play successive games. At the end of each game, the piece sticking out of the board is taken out of play; It remains out of play for the further games.  The winner of a game starts the next one.

END OF A MATCH
A match ends when one of the players cannot continue the current game.  As soon as a player has run out of pieces, he loses; the other player is the winner.