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Thinking Man's Golf box art
1966 Ranked #11,047

Thinking Man's Golf

This golf simulation game has players choose clubs, account for wind, and roll for distance and direction across eighteen holes. Marking each shot on the course turns every swing into a positional decision.

Sports Series: 3M Sports Games Sports: Golf

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

1.78/5

Rating

6.13

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.8/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Part of the 3M Sports Games line, the wrap-around box is a double sided board with 18 holes from various golf courses. First you determine wind speed and direction.

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Part of the 3M Sports Games line, the wrap-around box is a double sided board with 18 holes from various golf courses. First you determine wind speed and direction. Then pick your club, place the range-finder on the board and roll for your shot. First you roll on the distance table then on the direction table to determin where your shot landed. Make a mark on the laminated, eraseable board. Do this until you reach the green then roll on the putt table.

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
45 min
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Frederick A. Herschler

Publishers

1
3M

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