# Board games in hexagonal boxes **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 29, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162 "2009-08-29T16:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162/1 "2009-08-29T16:21:00Z")
Years and years back (10) I worked for a game store (The Game Keeper). One of our biggest games back then was a game called [Abalone](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/80751) I thought it odd at the time, that it came in a hexagonal box. Of course, once you open it, and see that the board itself is hexagonal, it makes perfect sense. [[I have the English version of the same box design. The caption in the lower right says " ‘Game of the Decade’ International Games Festival, Cannes French Riviera"]] The claim “Game of the Decade” was taken quite seriously by the game’s creators, and on the side of the box, each side: [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/335942](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/335942)] The caption reads “Winner of more awards than any other game in the world.” I can’t personally verify that, but if you have played Abalone, you know that it is … a rare breed of a game. Very good game indeed. But I digress. I Remind you, that this game was, bigger in the US back in 1999. Then, in 2009, I see something else. [Blokus Trigon](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/174139) Blokus Trigon also comes in a Hexagonal box. An insert in my copy is a very colorful glossy piece of paper, stating that Blokus [All variants of Blokus] is “The Most Awarded Game of the 21st Century!”. It proudly displays 20 or so designations of awards. [Interesting to note, that the 21st century has only been a decade] \*\*What other games come in a hexagonal box, and how do you rate it? What awards has it won? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162/2 "2009-08-30T07:35:25Z")
[Enigma](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enigma/dp/B000PVHCJG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kids&qid=1251617572&sr=1-1) comes in a hexagonal box, but it hasn’t won any awards and is not that great of a game. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162/3 "2009-08-30T08:15:21Z")
[Chinese Checkers](http://www.mastersgames.com/images/board/chinese-checkers-oriental.jpg). (sometimes - usually the star is laid into a circle or square it seems, but this one fits the bill) ---
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162/4 "2009-08-31T00:02:07Z")
[Yahtzee Free for All](http://www.amazon.com/Parker-Brothers-40616-Yahtzee-Free/dp/B0017RSYDU) - hexagonal box and average, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162/5 "2009-08-31T06:42:58Z")
> [@Leonard](#): > > [Yahtzee Free for All](http://www.amazon.com/Parker-Brothers-40616-Yahtzee-Free/dp/B0017RSYDU) - hexagonal box and average, I guess. Yeah, I had seen that one. Totally forgot about it. but then again, Sorry got Sliders, Connect 4 got a 4 player version, Battleship got Land and Sea version … Stop me at any time here, Twister got hopscotch, Clue got a COMPETE remake, I think Guess who got like, extra strentghed, Trivial Pursuit got watered down, Scrabble got … differented. But, hey, if Yahtzee wants to join that party, I don’t think we can stop them. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162/6 "2009-08-31T13:58:23Z")
Damn it, I came in here to say Abalone and Blokus. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-in-hexagonal-boxes/508162/7 "2009-09-03T04:01:35Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Damn it, I came in here to say Abalone and Blokus. Yeah, it’s almost as if they inspired me to come up with the thread. 😃