From the mind of Chris Overalls, Three Kingdoms Holdem is a humorous strategy game based loosely on the Three Kingdoms period of China (200-263 AD). You play as a would-be Emperor and his Court, who seeks to re-unite China. You achieve this aim by destroying or outlasting the other dynastic factions--your goal is to be the last player standing. You start...
2 in 1. "Five Tigers in Three Kingdoms Age 2" and "Challenges of Kung-Ming Against the North". "Five Tigers in Three Kingdoms Age 2" is a new edition of "Five Tigers in Three Kingdoms Age" which was published as one of the Series: SS (Sho-Kikaku) by Sho-Kikaku in 1990. "Five Tigers in Three Kingdoms Age 2" consists of 164 pieces, a 59 x 42 cm map (printed...
The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. is one of the first games in the Reacting to the Past game series originally created by Mark Carnes, history professor at Barnard College/Columbia University. These games are intended for undergraduate or graduate students led by an instructor (facilitator) Participants are assigned roles with secret role...
Historians estimate that the Kurukshetra (koo-rook-shay-trah) war occurred during the Iron Age of India, around 10th century BCE. The conflict arose from a succession dispute over the Throne of Hastinapur (has-tee-nah-poor). Duryodhana was the eldest from the senior branch of the family line, the Kauravas. But he was younger than Yudhishthira, the eldest...
其惟春秋 ("Through the Spring and Autumn") is a card-driven war game for up to six players, blending historical realism with deep strategic gameplay. Step into the roles of the era's most remarkable powers: the Zhou royal court, the formidable states of Chu, Jin, Qi, and Qin, and the influential School of Confucius. Command armies, forge alliances, navigate...
Prior to his passing, Richard H. Berg was hard at work completing the third volume in his The Ancient World series, Thunderbolt, covering the titanic 2nd Punic War between Rome and Carthage. Mark Herman has teamed up with series developer Alan Ray to finish the game. Thunderbolt brings The Ancient World system to the mammoth 2nd Punic War. The game covers...
Tiberius Claudius Nero's father was lucky to escape execution by Octavian Caesar after the siege of Perusia in 40 BC. His parents took the infant Tiberius and fled from the blood-chilling vengeance of the future Emperor Augustus. As they made their perilous escape from Italy nobody gave a dried fig for the boy's prospects. So how could he possibly have...
In Tiberpunk: Streets of Rome, alien tech crashed into ancient civilization — and changed everything. Rome endures, but now drones patrol the alleys, senators wield data like swords, and glory belongs to those who can hack, hustle, and survive. In this strategy game that blends dice-driven adventure, tactical planning, and ruthless competition, you’ll lead...
Euphrat & Tigris: Die Zikkurat is an expansion/variant for Tigris & Euphrates that first appeared in the June 2009 (3/09) issue of Spielbox magazine. Shaped like a cross, the ziggurat is a special monument that extends across five spaces of the board. The monument can be built if a player has a cross of five civilization tokens of the same color. Discard...
A fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Led by powerful leaders, kingdoms and dynasties developed here around 3000 BC. Attacks and coups by neighboring kingdoms are the order of the day. But he who plans well will become the stuff of legend. Haven't we heard this before? Absolutely, but not in this form. Because now, the 'card game...