<p>Looks like it's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthru_(board_game)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Breakthru</a>.</p>
<p>Breakthru is a modern game based on historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tafl games</a>, released in 1965.</p>
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Can you provide some more information about the game and why you think it was this?
Joe W
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I remember the defense pieces forming a circle around the center. Plus the game came out in the mid-60s which is when I played it.
Daniel
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Daniel
<p>When I was young in the 1960s, a friend had the following game (my memory is rusty so take this description with a grain of salt).  It was a small square pegboard, with two sets of pegs (silver and gold), one for him and one for me. The interesting part: his job was defense (to protect the center) and my job was offense (to get to the center). I forget the moves, but somehow we could take each other's pegs until someone won. <br/>
Can anyone identify this game?</p>

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Or perhaps another in the TAFL family of games, like  [Alea Evangelii](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33693/alea-evangelii).  you can see other TAFL games [here](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/4049/traditional-games-tafl/linkeditems/boardgamefamily)
SteveV
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What is this 2 player pegboard game?
Daniel
# What is this 2 player pegboard game?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-08)

When I was young in the 1960s, a friend had the following game (my memory is rusty so take this description with a grain of salt). It was a small square pegboard, with two sets of pegs (silver and gold), one for him and one for me. The interesting part: his job was defense (to protect the center) and my job was offense (to get to the center). I forget the moves, but somehow we could take each other's pegs until someone won.   
Can anyone identify this game?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Or perhaps another in the TAFL family of games, like  [Alea Evangelii](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33693/alea-evangelii).  you can see other TAFL games [here](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/4049/traditional-games-tafl/linkeditems/boardgamefamily)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-11-09. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Looks like it's [Breakthru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthru_(board_game)).

Breakthru is a modern game based on historic [Tafl games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games), released in 1965.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Cz3yY.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Cz3yY.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Can you provide some more information about the game and why you think it was this?  
> **username_0**: I remember the defense pieces forming a circle around the center. Plus the game came out in the mid-60s which is when I played it.  

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