From the box: "A game of chance and skill simulating lawn tennis". In point of fact, chance definitely takes the upper hand over skill here: players try to position serves and returns but the outcome of every shot (and the players' positions on the court as well!) is determined by a set of 5 6-sided dice. The probability of winning a rally for either player stays pretty much the same regardless of his/her choices. The game board, representing a tennis court with scoring tables, is quite neat though. The box contains: 1 playing board of two interlocking halves 5 dice: - service (yellow) - in/out (white) - stroke (white) - singles position (light blue) - doubles position (green) 4 purple scoring tokens 1 purple player token (large) 4 green scoring tokens 1 green player token (large) 1 yellow ball token 1 set of rules Year of publication is unsure (not reported on rules booklet), but box features Boris Becker and Gabriela Sabatini in their prime, so late Eighties would be a reasonable guess.

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