Ave senator, times are tough within the republic. Barbarians harass Rome from without and corruption seeps from within. You fellow senators are scheming to claim the seat of Emperor for themselves by amassing their influence, might, and wealth. It is up to you, senator, to protect Rome from her foes; both barbarians and corrupt politicians. Either the...
It is 100 A.D. The present emperor is Trajan; one of Rome's greatest generals, leading Rome's greatest military expansion. He has ruled for two glorious years. The senate is largely perfunctory, but those in power still seek the Emperor's ear in order to push their own agendas. This game is about trying to gain Trajan's favor and rule Rome from the...
In Sengoku: Clash of the Daimyō, players lead rival warlords struggling to unify Japan during the Sengoku period. On a shared grid-based map inspired by Sudoku, you deploy troops, build castles and capitals, forge uneasy alliances – and deliberately create “errors” on the board only to turn them into brutal tactical advantages. Each player controls a...
Serbs Stand Alone is a strategic level board game with two-player and solo options. The playable sides are the two resistance movements, overwhelmingly (Chetniks) or mainly (Partisans, certainly until the middle of the war) manned by Serbs. This is a game about the guerrilla, civil and ethnic war in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (formerly Kingdom of Serbs...
Sessantotto is a game about the year 1968 in Italy. History, fashion, ideologies, commodities, culture and many other aspects of the Italian and international '68 have a place in the various gaming phases. Every player is a student of a different politic tendence: he choose some personal characteristics and move around an imaginary city depicted on the...
"Almost all new wargamers start their careers by fighting a succession of single, unconnected battles;...but before very long he begins to feel that something is lacking, that these individual games...need some connecting link to make them more satisfying and to give an objective other than just trying to destroy the other fellow's army. In their words...
Your goal in Sexism is to move from the doll house to the White House, with the first player to cross the finish line winning. What you win, however, depends on your gender and whether you proceed to the "Man's Goal" or the "Woman's Goal". If you win as a woman, the game instructs others that "You are now a person and must be treated as such for 24 hours";...
Shanghai Trader is a game of wheeling and dealing, vice and corruption set in Shanghai. As an adventurous trading baron, you must rip off the economy for as much as you dare and escape the city with the largest international bank account before civil disorder ends the game and your life. In making your fortune, you will have to establish a trading empire...
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE FENIAN MURDERS Terrorism was nothing new in 19th century England. Irish Fenian rebels plotted violence in England and abroad. Now Sherlock Holmes has been called in to investigate the death of two women at a country estate. It has all the markings of the Fenians. Players make up the clues that Holmes finds. Truth must be revealed....
Each player has a group of forest robbers from Sherwood. In each round players simultaneously attack three travelers with a hidden count of robbers. According to the robbers, properties for each traveler is determined by which group attacked him. Successful groups take some reward. Victory points are earned from a range of one's own villages. Some rewards...