GAMES Magazine Best Abstract Strategy Game 1999 & Spiel Des Jahres Nominee 1998 2 players, ages 9+ UPC 5413759111210 Copyright 2007 version by SMART nv (Belgium),distributed in US by Rio Grande Games GIPF is a 2-player strategy game based on a classic concept: in turns: players introduce one piece into play until achieving four-in a-row. Players then remove their row & capture any of their opponent's pieces which extend that row. This principle of capturing pieces creates each time again completely changed situations on the board. The purpose is to form successive rows of at least 4 pieces, until the opponent has no piece left to bring into play.