Forces of History is a game that simulates world history, using an original combination of game mechanics inspired by games as diverse as Terraforming Mars, Twilight Struggle, Innovation, and Reiner Knizia's Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation. Instead of controlling a particular historical leader or empire, players take on the roles of celestial beings...
The players in the Mammothodus are put in a situation where they must work together as a team to survive and to build a portal to another world in order to avoid the humans that are coming to eliminate your clans. The gameplay is simple but challenging, as each player must strategize on how they can build the portal while defending themselves against the...
Fortes fortuna iuvat: Plinius adversus Vesuvium (Fortune favors the brave: Pliny against the Vesuvius) is a small and simple postcard game published as a freebie by SNAFU Design, first as a gift for the attendees to the Collonera Russa 2022 wargaming convention (Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia) and later released for free as a PDF. It's the third of the...
Can you protect the Nephite cities from the invading armies of Lamanites? The Lamanites are invading. Chief Judge Pahoran and Chief Captain Moroni have raised the Title of Liberty and called upon you to fortify the cities of the Nephites against these attacks and to protect and defend the lives and liberties of your people. Can you build walls around the...
Long out of print, this is a popular placement game by Wolfgang Kramer, published in the Franckh Kosmos long box series. Actually very simple, players take turns to put their colored pieces in different rooms. Whenever a row, column, diagonal or room is full, it is scored, with the majority holder getting the value of the length, and any minority holders...
In FORVM, players compete to become the most prestigious Roman by having their agents engage in trade in markets across the Roman Empire. In each turn, agents are set out one step at a time across the network of markets to establish horrea (warehouses), negotiate alliances or break them apart, establish a presence in a region or prevent another player from...
On the hunt for petrified treasures, players are competing paleontologists trying to make as complete a set as possible of several fossils. The board is laid out with a random bunch of fossil pieces and players have to take turns moving a stone about the field to a location where they want to pick up a fossil piece. However, every movement costs them...
The city-building board game Foundations of Rome puts you into the role of an architect competing to own land and build magnificent structures! Build domūs and insulae, fountains, foundries, and more to increase your renown - gaining glory for yourself and the empire! With 96 wonderfully detailed miniatures in the base game, Foundations of Rome is a...
The city-building board game Foundations of Rome puts you into the role of an architect competing to own land and build magnificent structures! Build domūs and insulae, fountains, foundries, and more to increase your renown - gaining glory for yourself and the empire! With 96 wonderfully detailed miniatures in the base game, Foundations of Rome is a...