The Apalpador and his friends are organizing a big "magosto" so they need to go out into the woods to look for chestnuts. Who will get more? In this game for the whole family you must use your favorite characters on each round to be the player who collects the most chestnuts and get the title of Master Chestnut. Each player will draw cards from the deck to...
OQUO is a minimalist, abstract strategy game inspired by the quiet focus of nomadic traditions and the timeless idea of balance. I first encountered the game 2017 during a journey with nomads in the tundra. OQUO uses just 25 “Earthstones” to form the board and 4 “Gamestones” per side. Despite its simplicity, it offers surprising depth, calm tension, and...
Oarful Seas is a fast-play ancient naval ruleset for wargaming fleet actions of 20+ ships per player. Players command multiple squadrons of oared vessels as they ram, shear, board and shoot missiles in an attempt to sink or capture enemy ships. The ruleset is designed for 1/1200 scale miniatures using a 6x4 table. A typical game of Oarful Seas will need...
Oceanus Strategoi, Miniatures Rules for Small Squadron Naval Combat in the Ancient Mediterranean is a set of miniatures rules for naval combat in the ancient Mediterranean. The rules are aimed at small squadron actions with each player controlling 3 to 5 galleys. Ships range in size from triakonters (with 30 oarsmen) up to dekeres, though of course most...
One player takes on the role of Odysseus, trying to get safely to Ithaka. The other plays Poseidon, attempting to prevent same. Odysseus moves according to the spinner with distance determined by color results on dice. Various spaces generate event cards. Poseidon moves via cloud and if he can catch a ship there is an attack on that ship. Rated for Ages 10...
Odysseus is a solo roguelike survival board game, where the player plays Odysseus and tries to reach Ithaca. Like all roguelike games, the journey is brutal, and players will not succeed at first, with defeat being a certainty. But each defeat brings along with it experience, knowledge, and power that carries over to the next game in the form of meta...
After ten long years of war against the Trojans, the victorious Odysseus hopes at last to return home and reunite with his loved ones in Odysseus. But the gods have decided otherwise. On his journey back to Ithaca, a thousand trials await him: sirens, cyclopes, angry gods, and enchanting goddesses... With the help of Athena, guide and protect Odysseus...
Players create their own characters and fight it out! Detailed rules for on ships and weapons are included. There is even a pop quiz called the "Rules Check" to make sure you have correctly understood everything. Should be of interest to anyone specializing in the Homeric period. Includes 32-page rules booklet, character reference sheet, 36 cards and 2...