# Can't remember the name of a game

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-game/350672 "2006-03-31T07:25:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-game/350672/1 "2006-03-31T07:25:23Z")

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I can’t remember the name of this game and it’s killing me! Basically, the thing’s a more involved variant of tic-tac-toe and more fun (in my opinion). The game is printed on a vinyl mat, uses glass stones (like pente stones), and is packaged in a clear plastic tube with the game name on an insert.

The mat is a four by four array of four by four cells. To win, one must make certain arrays.

Anyone remember it? I want to see what [www.gameboardgeek.com](http://www.gameboardgeek.com) has to say about it.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-game/350672/2 "2006-03-31T07:26:55Z")

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Sorry about that. The correct link is [www.boardgamegeek.com](http://www.boardgamegeek.com) .

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**Author:** ![GorillaGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GorillaGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaGirl)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-game/350672/3 "2006-03-31T15:46:12Z")

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[Nine Men’s Morris?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Men's_Morris)

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-game/350672/4 "2006-03-31T16:13:36Z")

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Nope. The cells themselves are four by four and those are then arranged in a four by four pattern. Think of it as a 16 by 16 array, divided into realms of four by four.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-game/350672/5 "2006-03-31T16:30:00Z")

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[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/5846Your](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/5846Your) link has this list of games coming in tubes; is it any of those??

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-remember-the-name-of-a-game/350672/6 "2006-04-01T11:58:25Z")

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YES! Thanks a million (thanks, not dollars, sorry)!

It’s Hijara. I learned it in the Navy and while waiting in line for the liberty boats, my friends and I would play it. We experimented with the rules, of course, but the official rules worked out best.