Jeu de rébus is a French game. Images are shown on a board and you must match them to create as much rebus as you can before the time runs out. A rebus containing 2 syllables counts for 2 points, 3 or more syllables counts for 5 points. While the game only provides 5 tokens for five players, you may play as much as you want as long as you provide...
Players take on the role of mountaineers seeking to be the first to reach the top of a mountain. The game is played in two phases. In the first, players gather equipment by advancing along a track using a dice. Part of the equipment is mandatory for phase 2, while the other part is optional but will provide bonuses for phase 2. Each player decides...
A beautiful game to look at, taking a route through France and her neighbours. The mechanic is roll and move (as in the Goose-type games). If you land on a red space, you are penalised but if you land on a green space, you get some assistance. The publisher says the game will be most instructive, not only for learning about French towns, you will also...
The name of this game translates to 'Game of Parisian Monuments'. There are 63 playing spaces which represent places of interest in Paris with additional scenes in the corners. The end of the game is marked with the Arc de Triomphe. Rules are engraved in the centre of the game board. Rewards: forward movement, extra turns, taking of counters. Forfeits:...
Antique card game. The cards feature famous historical Frenchmen in sets of subjects like Poets, Artists, Orators, Musicians, and so on. The game is similar to Jaques games in the 19th century in England. Players must collect sets by enquiring and asking other players for cards. A complete set is laid down and the one with the most sets when the cards run...
From the box: "471 ans d'histoire de l'Acadie. Jeu éducatif pour tous les âges. 471 questions et réponses." This trivia game for 2 to 4 players was published in celebration of the First World Acadian Congress held in South-East New Brunswick, Canada in 1994. Beginning at the commemorative Acadian church at Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, players roll a d6 and move...
[An educational game about peoples and clothes in the four parts of the world and Australia] A roll-and-move game with 63 squares, where the journey begins in China and ends in the heart of Paris. Compositions allegorical of Europe, Africa and America fill the four outer corners, while the rules occupy the centre. The warmth of the Tahitian welcome is...
In Jewel Box, players will be collecting and placing unique beetles from 5 different beetle families: Jewels, Longhorns, Scarabs, Ladybugs, and Weevils. Within each of the 5 families are 15 unique beetles. Each turn, players will roll the dice and take the corresponding beetle from the log. After collecting their beetle, they will place it in front of...
Jibe is a strategic matching card game. The Cards There are twelve icons, each with a different point value. Each six-sided card has either two sets of three identical icons or one set of six identical icons. The cards with six identical icons are known as a “core” cards. There are 80 unique cards. There are four colors associated with the icons. Each...