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Tri-ba-lance box art
1995 Ranked #12,587

Tri-ba-lance

Balancing dexterity game has players place differently sized columns on a triangular board without toppling it. Outer pits multiply column value, so the highest-scoring placements also create the greatest instability.

Action / Dexterity

Players

2-3

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

6.41

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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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 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

More of an exercise in physics than a dexterity game - Tri-ba-Lance pits players against each other on a tottering triangular playfield. Poised on a point, the board begins level, but soon shifts as players place a variety of differently sized pieces on the board.

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More of an exercise in physics than a dexterity game - Tri-ba-Lance pits players against each other on a tottering triangular playfield. Poised on a point, the board begins level, but soon shifts as players place a variety of differently sized pieces on the board. There are circular pits in the board, ready to accept the player's pieces - each with dots whose numbers increase as the pits radiate further from the center. The dots act as a multiplier against the size of a column - place a three tiered column in a pit with four dots, and you score 12 points. And so play continues until every pit has been filled.

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Play and group

Players
2–3
Best with
2–3
Play time
10 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Michael Sohre

Artists

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

3
Alga Goliath Games Theta

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