Description from the publisher: Arena is a fast game reproducing gladiators’ combats. Nine different typologies of gladiator are available. Each gladiator plays with a deck of 15 cards, different for each typology. The combat is divided in turns. In each turn a gladiator plays with 3 action cards, using only 2 of them for trying to hit his adversary or...
Tactical combat game, where you choose one or two characters, who fight each other (it's also possible with a multi-player variant, where some players can cooperate to win). The winner is the one who succeeds in getting the opponents "Condition Points" down to zero. The combat rules are unusual, well thought-out and interesting. Instead of throwing a die...
Rome, 1253 AUC: The Republic and the Empire thrive. Arenas dot the landscape. Warriors from lands both known and unknown perform upon the sands for the chance at freedom, riches, and eternal glory. Many choose this life, some are condemned to it -- they will face men, beasts, and creatures of myth, all for the favor of the crowd. Arena Rex is a table-top...
The revolt in Rome will not end for a long time to come! Join the action and find out who is the most powerful ruler by skillfully playing your cards. No matter if you strengthen your own position with strong cards like Arena or Ballista or if you augment your victory points with Templarius and Triremis - you will be the winner if you use your characters...
Arena: Blood &Glory is a competitive game for 2 players where each player, who roleplays a Gladiator, seeks to win his opponent to achieve fame and recognition or perhaps freedom! The game uses a deck of 54 cards (divided into Combat, Events and Equipment cards), a board, two tokens and seven damage markers. To win, the player need to cause 4 damage in the...
This game was attached to the ioGioco 16 magazine Peloponnesian War: Sparta and Athens face off in a clash. Ares and Athena, patron deities of the two city-states, direct the strategies of their respective sides by communicating with the forces on the battlefield through the souls of the deceased warriors. But this time, even the gods took the field ......
The time periods covered in the game are Ancient, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman Greece. The theme and focus of the game is on Ancient Philosophy and the various schools of philosophy that flourished in these periods, e.g., the Academics, the Stoics, the Epicurean Atomists, etc. Players take control of a scholarch, or headmaster of a school, and will...
Covers the battle of Arginussae, the Athenian naval victory over Sparta in 405BC. It uses the same game system as the game designer's earlier effort, Salamis. Like the earlier 'monster' DTP game, Arginussae has nearly a thousand counters (albeit most of them are status markers) and eight maps. Like Salamis, this is a limited edition game - only 75 copies...
Players are students (Junior Members) of Aristotle’s school in Athens Circa 334 - 322 BC. Players move about the Lyceum (Gymnasium and surrounding grounds) to acquire knowledge in a variety of categories and subjects. The board is composed of 27 tiles, called Lyceum Tiles. The tiles are organised into a circular track in a random order. Players share a...
A game based on Carcassonne, Ark of the Covenant has players vie for control of cities, roads, flocks, and temples by using the tiles to create the dynamic play area and by placing followers on the tiles. New features compared to Carcassonne include oases along roads which award 1 additional point to that road for each oasis, a one-time use "prophet" for...