''Continuo'' is an abstract

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which was first published in 1982 and now distributed in board game form by David Westnedge Ltd. In the U.K and U.S. Games Systems in the U.S. It is played by arranging patterns printed on a deck of 42

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s, each card being printed with a grid of 16 colored

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s. The goal is to place cards so that the tiles match as many chains of color as possible. ''Continuo'' sold over 200,000 units in the United Kingdom alone within a few months of being launched. ''Continuo'' won a 1995

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games award. The tag line on the box is "The one rule game for all the family". Versions of the game have also been published in which the same basic rule is used, but the tiles are triangular or rhombic rather than square and the hexagonal domino type game ''Hexago'' was also marketed under the ''Continuo'' name. ''Continuo'' was endorsed by

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. There has been a ''Continuo'' tournament at the

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since 1997, to determine the world champion.

Rule

''Continuo'' consists of 42 tiles.Article about Continuo at MSO (http://www.boardability.com/game.php?id=continuo ) 10 - 06 - 2010 These tiles are subdivided into a 4×4 grid of small squares. All of the tiles are diagonally symmetrical with an L-shape of one colour with a single small square of another in the corner. There are 4 colours in total: red, green, blue and yellow. The aim of the game is to score points by making 'chains' of colour and a point is scored for the length in small squares of each chain that the placed tile makes. A chain has to be squares that touch horizontally or vertically.

Hexago

Maureen Hiron also held the world championships for another of her games; ''Hexago'' (or ''Hexago Continuo''). Although being a tile game branded with the same name as ''Continuo'', it is only the immediately touching tiles that effect the score as opposed to the chains in ''Continuo''. It is a game with hexagonal tiles split into 6 triangles each with a colour and a number. Each time a tile is placed touching so that it matches either the segments colour or number, points are scored.

Champions

The ''Continuo'' World Champions from 1997 onwards are: * 1997: Osamo Omadero * 1998:

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* 1999: Tony Niccoli * 2000: George Hassabis * 2001: Jan Palmgren * 2002:

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* 2003: Mathew Cordell * 2004: Victoria Westnedge * 2005: Mathew Cordell * 2006: Mathew Cordell * 2007: Mathew Cordell * 2008: Mathew Cordell * 2009: Matthew Hathrell * 2010: Matthew Hathrell * 2011: David M. Pearce * 2012: Tony Niccoli * 2013: Maureen Hiron * 2014: Mathew Cordell * 2015: Ricardo Jorge Gomes * 2016: David M. Pearce The ''Hexago'' World Championships have been held once in 2007 during the Mind Sports olympiadHexago results from the MSO website http://www.boardability.com/result.php?id=hexago 10 - 06 - 2010 * 2007: David M. Pearce

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Continuo (Game) Board games introduced in 1982 Mensa Select winners Tile-based board games Abstract strategy games

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Hexago

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