Italy has been divided by politics! As a Candidate to Italy's Premier Minister role, answer to people needs with your Political Line, backed up by caricature twins of Italian politicians, and build up your victory challenging their political strategy on the field, by controlling mass media, or by trying your luck with unconventional methods. An easy but...
From an article in "The Games We Played" by Margaret Hofer. Schley at Santiago Bay is one of a series of patriotic games inspired by the Spanish-American War. 'Schley at Santiago Bay' celebrated war hero Winfield Scott Schley while teaching players facts about the recent war. Schley, hardly a household name today, was the U.S. Navy commodore in command of...
From November 1814 to June 1815, in the Castle of Schönbrunn in Austria, the famous Vienna Congress took place, in order to re-arrange the European balance of power after the Napoleonic wars. For the very first time, the great powers decided to prevent future conflicts by gathering around a negotiating table. Schönbrunn is a prestigious 3-6 player game....
In the classic Scrabble word game, players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the gameboard. Each word laid out earns points based on the commonality of the letters used, with certain board spaces giving bonuses. But a word can only be played if it uses at least one already-played tile or adds to an already-played word. This leads to...
A game about the presidential elections in Chile. Four candidates try to get to "La Moneda" (chilean equivalent to the White House). There are four types of cards. Some will move the candidates back and forward, while others can be use as shield to prevent attacks.Each player represents a candidate, and will have use his cards in a very smart way to gain...
A parody game of real-world presidency election of the USA. The players compete to get most of the votes in order to step up to become the president. Appeals to audience of the intriguing question on how the electoral system should work in a democratic setting Focuses on inculcating virtues like integrity and fairness in a civilized world. The players are...
"Can YOU gain freedom for the oppressed minorities? Or as the Russians can you preserve the last multinational colonial empire in the world? Play this game and find out!" The focus of this game is the struggle of five minorities (Armenians, Balts, Belorussians, Moslems and Ukrainians) to establish republics independent of the central Soviet government...
Description from the publisher: Each player starts with a deck scientists and politicians, and then starts to build their countries arsenal. At this same time your opponent begins to do the same. Then tensions begin to rise as each player builds their arsenals. Can you stop the world from falling into chaos and destroying itself, or have you built a...
Magic has become unbalanced, creating disharmony among the citizens of the realm, and prompting an investigation by the order of Zoological Zealots. They have ruled that casting communities in your area were illegally gerrymandered and new ley lines must be cast immediately. As an adept and member of the magic community, you have been summoned to join the...
In the year 2018, France finds itself, under the pretext of progressivism, on the verge of turning to authoritarian rule. A handful of parliament members opposed to the neo-liberal regime seek to counter the corrupt presidency by denouncing its abuses of power and blocking the passage of oppressive laws. Meanwhile, the government has begun to create a...