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Uisge
Starting position for Uisge stones on a black fabric field
DesignersRoland Siegers
Publishers
  • Hexagames
  • Abacusspiele
Publication1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Genres
  • Strategy games
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
Players2
Playing time30 minutes
Age range10+

Uisge (pronounced: wisk, Scottish Gaelic: for water), also known as Skorpion, is a strategy board game created by Roland Siegers [de] and published in 1984 by Hexagames in which two players attempt to be the first to flip all their playing stones on a rectangular grid.[1]

  1. ^ Wittig, Reinhold (1988). Spielecollection No. 1 Spiele zur Schatzinsel. München Hugendubel. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9783880343559.

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Gulf of Corryvreckan

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