Reviews of TRAX

The following are just some of the many favourable reviews and awards TRAX has received since it was first published in 1982.

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"Fascinatingly different... goes in new directions... opportunities for growth are as endless as its classic predecessors."
Sid Sackson, Games Magazine, New York.
"Could have been invented a century ago but wasn't. I was impressed with the complexity that arose out of such simple pieces and rules."
Scot Morris, Omni Magazine, U.S.A.
"An imaginative and diverting head to head struggle."
Bill Sefton, Games News, Washington, D.C.
"We are excited about TRAX receiving our Gold Seal Award (in competition with 4000 entries). Congratulations on your fine work."
Parents' Choice Magazine, U.S.A.
"The best strategy game I have ever seen"
Dana Lombardi, Editor, Games News, Washington, D.C.
"An excellent game... great potential."
David Arneson, Inventor, Dungeons and Dragons.
"I was immediately impressed with TRAX because of its basic nature, no gimmicks, no electronics- just pure fun. It's a great way to pass time."
John Matuszack, Former NFL defensive lineman.
"I enjoy TRAX very much."
David Wesley, President, Discovery Games, U.S.A.
"A very good game..."
Rick Loomis, President, Flying Buffalo U.S.A.
"I enjoy it immensely..."
Tom Mackie, J.W. Spear and Son, Limited, Enfield, England.
"We all love TRAX around here."
Ronald Rule, President, U.S. Playing Card Company, Cincinnatti.
"Elegant... exciting... a game of great strategy and beauty."
Tom Braunlich, Decipher Inc, U.S.A.
"Now that I have been playing TRAX with various friends since my return to England, we all think it is wonderful- and lives up to its reputation as a very skilful game. (One person thought that it would eventually become an Olympic sport)"
Catherine Ormerod, Cheshire, England.
"TRAX is an excellent strategy game..."
Stephen Tavener, London, England.
"TRAX is one of the purest strategy games ever invented."
Stephen Glenn, Virginia, U.S.A.
"It (TRAX) is great fun and addictive to play (easy to get in, hard to get out of!)"
Heather Burgess, Product Planner, Microsoft, U.S.A.
"One reason why I was impressed with TRAX was that, as a designer of such games, I found it an extremely elegant game."
Joshua Howard, Inventor of "Ants", Microsoft, U.S.A.
"TRAX is perhaps the most unusual and original abstract game to have achieved a modicum of success in recent times. It is my guess that TRAX will be one of a handful of games from the 20th Century that will still be played in the 22nd Century."
Kerry Handscomb, Abstract Games Magazine
"One of the 20th century's greatest games"
Mark Thompson, Gaming Zone Webmaster and commentator.

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