<p>Any of these match?
<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/5846/totally-tubular-games" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BGG geeklist of games in tubes</a></p>
<p>Also from the description sounds a lot like <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2346/dvonn" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DVONN</a>, but it didn't use tube packaging</p>

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2022-05-13T17:45:08.787Z
"A brownish carboard tube" without identifiaction suggests a home made container for the game.
Weather Vane
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2022-05-12T19:17:30.610Z
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Deo
<p>Perhaps <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/380/polarity" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Polarity</a>?</p>
<ul>
<li>black and white (and one red) discs stored in tube</li>
<li>played on (in my version) a canvas mat</li>
<li>points scored by towers that stacked, and the pieces moved across the board because they were magnetic and attracted/repelled each other</li>
</ul>
<p>The key extras would be:</p>
<ul>
<li>discs were magnetic</li>
<li>A play was to &quot;lean&quot; a disc against the magnetic field of another leaner or single, or a tower (created by leaners being &quot;caught&quot;)</li>
<li>if you caused anything to snap or fall, your turn ends (and if you created or added to a tower, it is flipped to the opponent's colour)</li>
</ul>

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2022-05-12T18:20:30.360Z
Looks extremely interesting, but no. The pieces were made of wood, I added this to the description.
Jasper
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2022-05-12T17:27:32.870Z
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Mycroft
<p>My parents had this game, all I can remember:</p>
<ul>
<li>It was stored in a brownish cardboard tube, about 10 cm in diameter and 50 cm long.</li>
<li>It consists of a playing mat (might have been artificial leather) and cylindrical wooden pieces of about 3 cm diameter, 1,5 cm height.</li>
<li>There were black and white wooden pieces for the two players, maybe some more of a third color.</li>
<li>The pieces were moved across the board and the game was about stacking them, using your own and the opponent's pieces.</li>
<li>Probably from the late seventies, early eighties.</li>
<li>Germany</li>
<li>quite unsure: winning had something to do with tower heights, maybe points were awarded depending on the level that the pieces were on.</li>
</ul>

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2022-05-12T03:39:53.250Z
do you recall the win condition(s)?
KMR
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2022-05-12T04:15:56.860Z
very unsure, but i guess it was about tower heights. see edit
Jasper
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2022-05-14T10:41:22.170Z
What does the playing mat look like? The description sounds like checkers. Could you highlight the differences and similarities between that game and checkers?
Stef
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2022-05-24T21:41:10.277Z
Agree, very generic :) Could also be backgammon if the stacking was not 3d.  Were there dice involved?
joedragons
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Identification: moving and stacking black and white pieces, packed in a tube
Jasper
# Identification: moving and stacking black and white pieces, packed in a tube

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-05-11)

My parents had this game, all I can remember:

* It was stored in a brownish cardboard tube, about 10 cm in diameter and 50 cm long.
* It consists of a playing mat (might have been artificial leather) and cylindrical wooden pieces of about 3 cm diameter, 1,5 cm height.
* There were black and white wooden pieces for the two players, maybe some more of a third color.
* The pieces were moved across the board and the game was about stacking them, using your own and the opponent's pieces.
* Probably from the late seventies, early eighties.
* Germany
* quite unsure: winning had something to do with tower heights, maybe points were awarded depending on the level that the pieces were on.

**Tags:** identify-this-game, two-player

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: do you recall the win condition(s)?  
> **username_0**: very unsure, but i guess it was about tower heights. see edit  
> **username_2**: What does the playing mat look like? The description sounds like checkers. Could you highlight the differences and similarities between that game and checkers?  
> **username_3**: Agree, very generic :) Could also be backgammon if the stacking was not 3d.  Were there dice involved?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2022-05-12. Score: 1

Any of these match?
[BGG geeklist of games in tubes](https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/5846/totally-tubular-games)

Also from the description sounds a lot like [DVONN](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2346/dvonn), but it didn't use tube packaging

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: "A brownish carboard tube" without identifiaction suggests a home made container for the game.  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2022-05-12. Score: 0

Perhaps [Polarity](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/380/polarity)?

* black and white (and one red) discs stored in tube
* played on (in my version) a canvas mat
* points scored by towers that stacked, and the pieces moved across the board because they were magnetic and attracted/repelled each other

The key extras would be:

* discs were magnetic
* A play was to "lean" a disc against the magnetic field of another leaner or single, or a tower (created by leaners being "caught")
* if you caused anything to snap or fall, your turn ends (and if you created or added to a tower, it is flipped to the opponent's colour)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Looks extremely interesting, but no. The pieces were made of wood, I added this to the description.  

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