Di Renjie is a deduction card game for two to six players where the goal is to deduce the target, murder weapon, and location of an assassination before the crime takes place. The Di Renjie deck of cards contains three cards for each individual target, weapon and location. At the beginning of the game, one card of each type (Target, Weapon and Location) is...
From the designer Frank Branham: A 4 player partnership trick taking game themed around the Mexican Day of the Dead. (A particular favorite holiday of ours, as Sandi and I were married on that day in Marietta Confederate Cemetery.) It is short (about 30 minutes), and rather brain bending. Dia De Los Muertos (Day Of The Dead) is played over three days as...
Simple fantasy-themed abstract strategy game from the mid-80s, when such things weren't as popular as they are now (early 2000s). Published in Warlock (Issue 13 - Dec/Jan 1986/1987). The board depicts the classic demon-summoning layout, with pentagram and magic circle. One player is the wizard, the other, the demon; both are armed with tokens, two for each...
A bank robbery has occurred in Diamond City. All the players are eye witnesses and their task is to find and identify the robber. You are running around the board checking concealed cards to get clues to the robber. Instead of clues you might find other valuable cards, like money, weapons, duel cards or the large diamond. The aim of the game is to find out...
The Hope Diamond has just been stolen! But with so many suspects and briefcases being passed around, who is the REAL THIEF and which briefcase holds the diamond? Can the detectives capture the REAL THIEF before he escapes? Diamond Heist is a cat-and-mouse deduction game for 2 players that plays in 40-60 minutes, with each player playing one game as the...
The Diamond Swap, or すりかえだいや, is a game in which the burglar has 10 seconds in between a blackout to covertly switch out one of the coveted diamonds with a fake. And, security must work together to spot the fake using clues in the subtle size differences in the diamonds. But be careful! There are also burglars hiding among the security. Don't let them fool...
In Diáspora, 1 to 24 players will try to solve the 24 cards that have an unique code in them. Through an e-mail communication with the interstellar ship where the three main characters of the game are traveling, the players will reveal new mysteries and obtaining new information about the history of the game as they resolve the cards in it. —description...
Diaspora Zero is a prequel story to Diaspora, but it stands alone. In it, 1 to 24 players will attempt to solve the 24 cards that contain a unique code within them. Through email communication with the interstellar ship in which the three protagonists of the story are traveling, players will gradually unveil new puzzles and acquire fresh information about...
In A-Diccionante - Palabras Escurridizas, each card contains three clues that can be: loose words, parts of words, or parts of an object's name. Before each of those clues, there is a missing word that is common to all three clues and the players must try to deduce. By adding the missing word before each clue, a new word, an everyday expression, or the...
Your liege! The strange shaking is magic! Our kingdom has been teleported and now we are face to face with other kingdoms...and their armies. We must CHARGE THEIR FORTRESSES, for your enemies will surely attack. This battle may begin with 3 kingdoms (players) but recommended for 5+. The more the chaos! Ahem. The objective is to eliminate all others and...
This is a board game designed for 5-10 players. In this game, players will immerse themselves in a medieval world full of chaos, where they are separated into two factions, the Loyalists and the Traitors, against each other. In order to seize the victory of game, players will have to use a variety of tactices, including concealment, deception, and...
In Die! you are trying not to die; however, you will most likely die...quickly. Players play role cards and try to survive the other players, with a typical game lasting 1-5 minutes. Roles include: Undertaker Jester Knight King Peasant In more detail, each player chooses a role card, then says a secret phrase. You may lie. Players try to deduce and...