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MSO Hare & Tortoise Tournaments

World Championship
Sessions1
17th August 201319:00
£ 10 / £ 9
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Hare and Tortoise

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Hare and Tortoise is an award winning game designed by David Parlett. Although Hare & Tortoise uses dice, this is only a minor part of the game for players a long way behind to give them a chance to balance the game. There have been several different versions of the board but the squares stay the same. The players race to get carrots that are used for movement but it is easier to get more carrots the further behind you are. There was a ten year gap between the first world championship won by Chris Dixon and when it was won by David Pearce in the year he won the Pentamind. The more observant player might wonder why there hedgehogs on the boards. This is due to translational differences in German from the classic fable.

Rules

http://www.davidparlett.co.uk/haretort/htrules.html

You can find out about opportunities to play Hare and Tortoise live at the timetable. Please report any external links that have broken or have changed to contain inappropriate material. More information about how tournament play works can be found in clocks and in MSO rules.

MSO Hare and Tortoise Champions

YearNameCountryFlagTitle
2012 Mike Dixon England World Champion
2011 Tige Nnando England World Champion
2010 Dario De Toffoli Italy World Champion
2009 David Pearce England World Champion
2008 Tige Nnando England World Champion
1997 Chris M. Dickson England Olympiad Champion

Full results and other winners can be found in Results.

External Links

http://www.davidparlett.co.uk/haretort/