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Welcome to Trax!

The classic game of strategy for two players, Trax is simple to learn but infinitely challenging to master!

Played with highly tactile tiles, the aim is to create a loop or winning line in your own colour, while stopping your opponent from doing the same.

Trax is a game of pure skill. The rules create an excellent balance between defence and attack which ensures that the initiative swings from one side to the other and back again throughout the game.

The first loop or winning line wins the game, so games between new players may be over very quickly. As you continue to play, though, you will gradually discover the strategies and subtleties that make Trax such a deep and fascinating game.

There is also now a new variant of Trax for one player called Trax Solitaire, which can be played with a standard Trax set. You can find the rules for this variant here.

What's included?

A Trax set contains 64 double-sided tiles (3cm x 3cm) and an illustrated rules booklet, all in a vinyl travel bag. You can find out how to get hold of a set here. If you already have a Trax set, please fill in our first impressions survey - it will give you a chance of winning another game in our range in our monthly prize draw.

History

Invented by New Zealander David Smith in 1980, Trax developed a cult following in its native New Zealand and in the US, where it received many favourable reviews, one reviewer describing it as "one of the few games invented in the 20th century that will still be played in the 22nd century".

This new version, with its stylish new black tiles, clearer rules and 'play anywhere' packaging is designed to bring this classic game of the 1980s firmly into the 21st century!

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