Cain and Abel
Squares and eight half-square triangles: triangles in the outer corners point inwards while the triangles around the centre nine-patch point outwards, with a plus of squares through the middle.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- five-patch
- Piece Count
- 33
- Tags
- five-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
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