The fate of four empires rests in the hands, and the reins, of the men and women in charge of the Baggage Trains. They race their fleet of wagons against their rivals, striving to reach the battlefield and resupply their armies. Players draw cards which help them to scout the field ahead or sabotage their rivals, and then calculate their advancement...
Set during Baghdad's Golden Age, players take on the role of Viziers, looking to build their family's prestige and grow the great City of Peace. Move your Vizier around the circular city, collecting scientific equipment, teaching students, and translating works. Each turn, play a card, pushing another card out of your tableau and triggering it's ability....
The boards represents various sites of a thick forest of Yucatan, in 8th century, on which the players, who play as competing kings, are building cities. The goods produced in these cities by Maya people must permanently be distributed between taxes - which allow growth - and sacrifices - which allows to increase power. At the end of the game, the most...
Players are bath attendants in ancient Rome that are vying for the title Balneator. Whoever wins will rule the baths of the Roman Empire and earn riches. In this decisive duel, the players must adjust the baths in the municipal therme to the correct temperature before their opponent does. Also required to play: 6 dice, 3 each in 2 colours 7 tokens, as...
Banker of the Gods is a game about superstitious civilizations competing on a friendly stock-market set in an ancient Japanese-inspired world. It has a unique stock-market mechanism that allows for deduction of market trends before you invest for the next round. There are over a million different kinds of markets to be generated. The market may booming...
You may be the greatest hero the isles have ever seen: your cunning unmatched; your ingenuity unfailing; your leadership unquestioned. You have no equal...aside from your sibling. As half-god children of the Olympians, the deathless have posed a contest to determine the greatest of their mortal offspring: sack three cities where the gods have hidden...
Tabletop wargame for mass battles, historical or fantasy. The 2 versions of the rule share the same principles for orders, combat and fire. 3 levels: from tactical to strategical. Standard : ~13 units / ~1h Epic : ~30 units / 2h Legend: ~50 units / 3h BannerWar is a fluid and balanced system. It incorporates combat and fire resolution suitable for tactical...
Bao is an abstract strategy game from East Africa, especially Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania. It is generally reckoned to be the most complicated of the Mancala family games that are played in many parts of Africa. On a Bao board each player has two rows of 8 holes, into which counters (seeds) are placed. Moves are made by taking more than one seed and...
Players represent barbarian hordes who sweep down from the steppes to overwhelm the remnants of the Roman Empire and then build strong expansionistic kingdoms among the ruins. These kingdoms grow into empires which become rich, corrupt, and the target of new waves of barbarian invaders. Being defeated is not the end of the game, as players may return to...
In "Barbarians" one player plays the role of a great Roman Emperor ruling the Roman Empire in the period that goes from its apex to its fall, facing the invasions of Barbarians controlled by the other players. The barbarian players act as Attila, Alarico, or other great Barbarian leaders, looking to spread their population over the rich Roman territories...