To the Death is a tactical skirmish game for one to two players. It uses hand management, action selection, draft, and area control mechanics. In To the Death, each player controls one hero from each of the four classes: Champions, Fighters, Magicians, and Menders. Each hero has three abilities and may be activated once per turn. Combining these abilities...
From the Introduction: The rules were originally written to address the author’s passion for refighting ancient battles from Classical Greece, through the period of Macedonian dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean to the rise and eventual fall of the Roman Empire. However, in response to requests from play-testers, they have been extended to cover...
Update: Toast! was not funded on Kickstarter, but the design was taken up by Horrible Games and developed into Raise Your Goblets. Toast! is themed around ruthless medieval nobles trying to poison each other during the toasts at a royal function. The King has decreed a bizarre etiquette to be followed, in an attempt to discourage this behaviour. However...
In 710, Emperor Shōmu ordered the construction of the Tōdai-ji in Nara, a colossal project that would forever change the face of Japan. To raise the world’s largest wooden temple and cast the Great Buddha in bronze, vast amounts of timber, metal, and labor were mobilized, plunging the empire into an unprecedented economic crisis. As master builders, you...
Issue game of Wargame Japanese History #9. The eastern Rebellion is a multiplayer game for 2 to 5 players. It includes the Eastern part of Japan during the Sengoku era. Each player can play Takeda, Oda, Uesugi, Imagawa or Hojo. The game map covers the area from Shima to Echigo but not Kyoto. Victory is assessed by the amount of income from its territory....
Welcome Warlords to the Battleground! Battles rage between fearsome factions on the continent of Terra, and you must command your army to crush your opponent in a savage skirmish! In Token Terrors: Battlegrounds, two players each draft an army of 10 Token Terrors from a variety of factions, and use them to completely eliminate their opponent's army on the...
On May 25, 1085, Alfonso VI conquered Toledo after four years of siege. Al-Qadir surrendered the city to Alfonso VI who guaranteed to protect persons and their goods, whatever their religion was. This started a period of pacific cohabitation between the three major religions (Christian, Jewish and Muslim) in the city. King Alfonso VI was particularly...
Recruit a Party. Kill the Monsters. Take Their Stuff! Tomb pits opponents against one another in a game of monsters, traps, treasures, and spells. Attempts to capture the dungeon crawl experience without hours of preparation. Assemble a crack squad of adventurers and enter the fabled Goldenaxe Catacombs in search of glory and hidden treasure. With Tomb’s...
Once again, it is time to assemble a party and delve into the dangers of the Tomb! Tomb: Cryptmaster is a stand-alone expansion to the 2008 game Tomb, a dungeon adventure game in which each player recruits a unique party and races to clear more of the dungeon than any other player. Tomb: Cryptmaster introduces two new boards, 80 new characters, 400 new...