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Rhumb Line... 2-player abstract strategy game of observation, placement (nuggets) and accumulation (points). Players take it in turns placing their nuggets, on the empty board, to form point-winning rhumb lines.
Place the stones, one at a time, building on those already on the board to complete &/or block new point-winning rhumb lines. As the game progresses, several point combinations may be completed with a single turn.
Original 2-player strategy game of observation and placement on a compass rose board. Officer yellow and Sailor blue stones are placed, in turn, building and/or blocking point-scoring rhumb line combinations.
The Rhumb line is usually longer than GC distance but it will get you to same destination without making any other course change after you find and follow the Rhumb line path. I decided to give it a try and completely deviated from my flight path after I was cleared for R002.
Rhumb Line is a sailing race game from Newport to Tortola. This game comes in a tube measuring 20" long with diameter of 2 1/2" and uses a laminated map for a playing surface. The object is to race from Newport, Rhode Island to Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Rhumb Line is a two-player abstract strategy board game by Martin H. Samuel, played with glass pieces on mousepad-type material, using placement and point accumulation to win.
If using the Great Circle site click the "show lat/long" to get the coordinates for your destination. Put that into the Destination Point column on the rhumb site, then click Calculate, and you'll see the bearing you need to follow.
