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Soapstone solitaire (Resta Um), 'Strategy'

Osiel Korevaar selects the mottled beauty of soapstone with its rich tonalities. Sculpted by hand and polished to perfection, it is transformed into an original game set. In Brazil, the game is called resta um, which means "one remaining." Its object is to remove as many marbles as possible leaving – if it can be achieved – just one marble on the board.

How to play:

1. Before starting place all the balls in the holes on the game board, leaving the center hole empty.
2. Move one ball at a time, jumping horizontally or vertically over a ball into an empty space and removing the ball that has just been jumped over. Diagonal jumps are not allowed.
3. The object of this challenging game is to leave one ball in the center hole. Here are the general scores:

5 left on the board - OK
4 left on the board - Good
3 left on the board - Very good
2 left on the board - Excellent
1 left on the board - Genius
1 left in the center hole - Albert Einstein's mentor