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Encyclopedia > Dao (game)

Dao is a two-player abstract strategy board game. It comprises a 4x4 playing board four playing pieces for each player; typically one player will have white pieces, the other black. An abstract strategy game is a board game with perfect information, no chance, and (usually) two players. ... A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a board (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). ...


The aim of the game is to arrange your pieces in certain winning formations before your opponent can.


It was invented by Ben VanBuskirk and Jeff Pickering of Point Roberts, Washington. Categories: US geography stubs | Canada and the United States | Towns in Washington | Whatcom County, Washington | Exclaves ...


External links

  • Berkley page on rules
  • Online playable version of Dao
  • Commercial version
  • Dao at BoardGameGeek


 
 

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