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,��?,1,"Welcome to HEX!","",1,"Welcome to HEX!, a game of strategy,",2,"skill, and hexcitement for two players",2,"who will need all their intelligence",2,"and hexperience to win the game.",2,"",3

6��"The rules are simple enough. You take itin turns to fill in hexagons on the HEX!grid, and the winner is the first to",3,"complete a line.",3,"",2,"Player one plays with blue hexagons, andmust complete a line between the blue",2

@u�"sides of the HEX! grid. Player two playswith pink hexagons, and must complete a line between the pink sides.",2

J��"",2,"Despite the seeming simplicity of the",3,"game, it is hextremely difficult to win all the time. It has been proved that a strategy exists, but nobody has ever",3,"managed to find it.",3

T��"",2,"It isn't much of an hexaggeration to saythat this is probably the best puzzle",2,"game for two players since noughts and",2,"crosses, and it certainly has more",2,"lasting appeal.",2

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r��"",1,"Make sure you don't concentrate just on making your own line, or your opponent",3,"will have plenty of time to make theirs.Stick your hexes in the way.",3,*,2

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