Georgia
Mostly squares, with one half-square triangle in each corner of the centre nine-patch; the dark triangles and edge squares form a ring around a light plus and a centre square.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- five-patch
- Piece Count
- 29
- Tags
- five-patchhstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Five and Seven Patch
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