It is the turn of the 19th century, and the world is surging forward into the Second Industrial Revolution. Mechanization, electrification, and bold innovation are reshaping society at an unprecedented pace. Nations rally their greatest minds to craft inventions that will define the future. To celebrate this new age of discovery, the most prestigious...
A quick card game of summing and limits for two to five players. Object: To gather tricks by making the sum of the cards in play equal 21, or by forcing the player to your left to cause the sum of the cards to exceed 21. You Need: * A standard poker deck (jokers optional). * Paper and pencil to tally tricks. This is a game that is similar to Cribbage. Each...
The players are rolling dices and following a Dice Result Table to make their way up the mountain, gathering information about the condition of the slopes. The more information they have gathered, the faster they can move. When they've reached the top, they start making their way down along the Piste, unlocking a new Dice Table. The player who first has...
Up or Down is a roll-and-write game that uses a set of polydice; d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 (also known as RPG set). Players try to make an Up or Down in their turn, by creating a sequence of dice that is either ascending or descending. This earns them points. Scores are counted after 9 rounds and whoever has the most points wins. Up or Down exists only as...
Up the Table is a portable and streamlined football management experience for the tabletop. Take your club from underdogs to champions in this print-and-play roll-and-write football management game. Each week you will scout players, negotiate transfers, train your squad, set tactics, upgrade club facilities, and hire staff. Then, when matchday comes, the...
From the One Page Wars game series. "As the Turkish union moves through the stars, a combined group of Euro-Union, and Japanese fleets move to protect their assets. Recently though the Turkish fleets have been growing ever so stronger with their eventual rise as a major space power. Right now they are attempting to land grab and then settle for peace!" A...
UpTower is a block-based tower-building roll-and-write game for any number of players (minimum of two). Play is simultaneous and quick, so there's very little down-time. Because it's a free print-and-play roll-and-write, it's easy for distant players to print their own play sheets and play over video chat. If you're familiar with the classic Russian...
Uptown Espresso is a real-time competitive card game in which you are a barista making drinks at a café. You have a grid of up to nine card stacks in front of you that represent the bar, the fridge, and your line of customers, and you need to stock up, take orders, make drinks, and ring up customers! Everyone takes their turns at the same time, and you'll...
The Urban Calculus (TUC) is a wargame and a playable, competitive systems model. It allows players to examine and consider some of the linkages between what is happening in the urban battle(s) and what the effects are on the civilians, infrastructure, society (of all combatants), global opinion and government will. Initially 4 scenarios have been developed...
Urban-Ops: the cardgame sees two squads of soldiers/mercenaries fighting in an urban environment (namely, an industrial city called Horizon) , using all sorts of equipment (from sniper rifles, to short barrel shotguns; from GPS to jetpacks; from assault rifles, to medical kits, and so on) to try to win the fight. The game has a very simple mechanic: after...
Urbanizing the Card is a print-and-play game that aims to be a city-building game base. The game is meant to be part of a business card, an example of a minimalist serious game about urban planning. General rules: Roll a D6 die (Start). Choose the building (B, the row (R), or the column (C). The die result must match one of these (B, R or C). Fill the...
Urgence (or emergency in English) is a small easy to learn game for kids that let them solve emergencies around the different district of Montreal (Canada). 4 district cards are turned with an emergency card associated with it. Players use their police cars, firefighters or ambulance to solve the emergencies. When an emergencies is solved, players gain...