Board game with 12 pieces that may be moved horizontally or vertically
Uisge
Starting position for Uisge stones on a black fabric field
Designers
Roland Siegers
Publishers
Hexagames
Abacusspiele
Publication
1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Genres
Strategy games
Languages
German
English
French
Players
2
Playing time
30 minutes
Age range
10+
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]
^Wittig, Reinhold (1988). Spielecollection No. 1 Spiele zur Schatzinsel. München Hugendubel. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9783880343559.
Uisge (pronounced: wisk, Scottish Gaelic: for water), also known as Skorpion, is a strategy board game created by Roland Siegers [de] and published in...
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Scottish Water (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge na h-Alba) is a statutory corporation that provides water and sewerage services across Scotland. It is accountable...
distinctive wheel-like tail and, unlike his evil counterparts the each-uisge or the nuckelavee, has a fairly gentle disposition being more prone to playing...
The River Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast of Scotland. At 98 mi (158 km) it is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom...
series of waterfalls in the Trossachs of Scotland on the course of the Garbh Uisge, otherwise known as the River Leny, where the river crosses the Highland...
The Water of Leith (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Lìte) is the main river flowing through central Edinburgh, Scotland, that starts in the Pentlands Hills and...
dwelling horses of many cultures Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh) – Water horse Each-uisge (Scottish) – Malevolent shapeshifting oceanic water horse Enbarr (Irish) –...
below the tidal reach (just past where it is crossed by the M9 motorway) is Uisge For. Forth derives from Proto-Celtic *Vo-rit-ia (slow running), yielding...
long, and may not be frequented but at certain tides." "Uisge! Isle of Jura Distillery". www.uisge.com Accessed 19 November 2007 Continue reading (5 September...
Scotch whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha na h-Alba; Scots: Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y, pronounced [ˈʍɪski], often simply called whisky or Scotch)...
The Allan Water (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Alain) is a river in central Scotland. Rising in the Ochil Hills, it runs through Strathallan to Dunblane and...
the next 2-3 years". The Isle of Barra distillery was founded in 2003 as Uisge Beatha nan Eilean Ltd and became a Community Benefit Society in 2018 under...
River Teith is formed from the confluence of two smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) and Eas Gobhain about 1⁄3 mile (500 m) west of the bridge at...