Like many of the great interstellar conflict games of our time, the story centers around a war where one empire emerges victorious. The game of Commonwealth, however, immerses players into a universe where that war has already happened. In a galaxy not so far away from our own, the victor of this old war has endured for centuries after the last of their...
This game is a gem used in the Boy Scouts to teach orienteering - this skill of using a compass to navigate. You set up 10 stakes spaced at 10 foot intervals, there are several cards that you give to each team and it has a direction and distance of 3 legs. Each team starts at one stake and navigates to the final stake. You get points for how close you are....
Complete the Atlas, a.k.a. ブランクワールド (Blank World) is a Japanese game of world exploration. Set in Portugal in the late 15th century, King Afonso V enters into a trade agreement with Lisbon's great merchant Ferdinand Gomez. Instead of granting subsidies to explore, the agreement entitles Gomez to exclusive trade in the specialty products obtained from the...
Conflicting Kingdoms is essentially a board game where you choose an avatar as your main playing character and you use it to move across the board to engage in battle and defeat your enemies. But this is unlike any board game you have played before. It uses the unique method of deck building as used in trading card games like Magic the Gathering and Yu Gi...
A petroleum exploration game developed by a geology professor (James H. Fisher) from Michigan State University. Used to teach students in petroleum geology, and the interaction of geologists with other team members including land-men and petroleum engineers. Published in the Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Volume 61, Issue 1...
Game description from the publisher: CONGO is a game of adventure played with miniatures and taking place in a unexplored, fantasized, wild, dangerous and enchanted Africa, as imagined by newspapers at the end of the 19th century. Playing a game of Congo, you might head a scientific expedition, a ferocious tribe, a group of slave traffickers out of...
Congo Mary: The Throne of Thunder is a complete campaign for Congo, Adventures in the Heart of Africa. Congo Mary recounts one of the heroic journeys of British explorer Mary Kingsley. It culminates with her ascension of Mount Camaroon - also known as the Throne of Thunder. The campaign is made up of a series of adventures, linked together by an ongoing...
With Peril Beneath the Desert! Take your CONGO Games into the Ancient Tombs of Egypt! It is the 19th Century. Africa lies scorched by conflicts between tribal warriors and professional soldiers. All the while, cunning explorers scour the ancient ruins for sacred relics and unguarded gold. Having explored all they dared of the deep Congo jungles, the powers...
(From National Geographic's Store Website): Retrace the National Geographic expedition that first put American climbers on the summit of Earth's highest mountain: the Himalaya's 29,035-foot-high Mount Everest. In this exploration and strategy game, actual photos of Everest create the playing surface. Use Skill and Gear cards to ascend a photo-realistic 3-D...
Conquerors and Conquests is a dice rolling game where you will compete to solve quests, battle monsters, and even fight other players. Cast spells and move around the game board to become the next champion of the land. With a starting hand of spell cards you can upgrade throughout gameplay, each player becomes more powerful, giving more opportunity to...