| Designers | Martin H. Samuel |
|---|---|
| Illustrators | Martin H. Samuel |
| Publishers | Games Above Board
Great American Trading Company Sterling Games |
| Players | 2 |
| Setup time | 1 minute |
| Playing time | 35 minutes |
| Age range | 10 and up |
| Skills | Tactics, strategy, concentration. |
Hijara is a two-player abstract strategy board game played with small stones. It has been likened to a three-dimensional game on a two-dimensional board.
The game was designed by Martin H. Samuel[1] and first printed, as Excel, by American Airlines in their inflight magazine, American Way, on December 24, 1985 and July 22, 1986. It has been sold commercially as Eclipse in 1994,[2] and Hijara (the Arabic word for small stones) in 1995, 2003 and 2006.
Hijara II is a 50-page note pad travel version played with a blue and a yellow pen.