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| 2 | | Stack towers freely, so that your color appears on top. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | p. |
| 5 | There are initially 48 pieces placed on a 49 squares irregular board. |
| 6 | "White" takes yellow pieces, and "black" gets the red ones. |
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| 11 | figcaption Deterministic initial position. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | p. |
| 14 | At each turn, take any tower of less than 5 pieces (the number |
| 15 | printed on it) and put it on an adjacent tower, such that |
| 16 | the resulting construction isn't more than 5 units tall. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | p. |
| 19 | When no moves are possible anymore, the game is over. |
| 20 | The winner is the player having the largest number of towers |
| 21 | of his color (on top) |
| 22 | |
| 23 | h3 More information |
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| 25 | p |
| 26 | | Few online resources about this game. The rules are explained |
| 27 | | for example on |
| 28 | a(href="http://jeuxstrategie.free.fr/Avalam_complet.php") this page |
| 29 | | . See also the Avalam page on |
| 30 | a(href="https://www.jeuxdenim.be/jeu-Avalam") jeuxdenim.be |
| 31 | | . |
| 32 | |
| 33 | p Inventor: Philippe Deweys (1995) |