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1979 Ranked #21,219

Dead Stop!

A deduction placement game has players infer the hidden ring colors inside rival pawns while moving their own into scoring rows. High rows earn valuable points, but blocking an opponent into lower rows can reverse the total.

Bluffing Deduction Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.6/5

Rating

5.54

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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Test your deductive powers! Both players have six pawns and each pawn has a hidden ring.

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Test your deductive powers! Both players have six pawns and each pawn has a hidden ring. Your task is to figure out what color ring is in each of your opponent's pawns. Try to get your pawns into high value rows while stopping your opponent dead in the lower rows. Add up your points (and subtract your minuses) - the player with the highest total wins! Includes 2 playing boards, 1 card tray with posts, 48 cards, colored rings, 12 pawns, and instructions printed on the inside of the box top.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.6/5
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Designers

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

1
Milton Bradley

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