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...
Shining Path is a game simulating the conflict between the Sendero Luminoso or "Shining Path" Maoist guerrillas and the Government of Peru. This guerrilla war started in 1980 and continues to this day. During the game the Sendero player tries to fray the fabric of Peruvian society and replace government power with his own structures. Meanwhile the...
A commercial version of the standard deck playing card game Mao. The game was Kickstartered in 2013, but never released. The game ran into problems when their Chinese-outsourced printing company explained to them shortly before the end of the Kickstarter that it was "prohibited from printing any images or likeness of Chairman Mao". The designers gave a...
Game description from the publisher: Zahia as sports minister? Igor and Grichka for culture? Karl in the foreign office? Geneviève as home secretary? Now you are head of state and must form a government made up solely of the right people. Make the right decisions as there are 42 candidates and you have to choose the most competent for each of the six...
Are you ready for an exciting electoral campaign? In Si la tendance se maintient simulates, in 2-5 hours, a full electoral campaign, day by day. Players represent political party leaders in a generic Western parliamentary democracy using pure proportional representation. During the course of the game, players will manage a hand of cards that they, over 28...
"Truth is stranger than fiction" [sic] is an adult party game about reality. Each round one player will act as an interviewer and use an [interview card] to ask a journalist-style question on topics like politics, lifestyle, hobbies, and celebrity culture. Each player will then select their funniest [response card], made up of genuine quotes and references...
This entry covers the 2002 release of Sid Meier´s Civilization: The Boardgame by Eagle Games. This game is unrelated to the similarly named 2010 FFG game Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game. A boardgame version of the award-winning PC strategy game. Create a civilization to stand the test of time! The game begins in 4000 BC where the players found a...
Civilization CHR is an alternate gaming system for "Sid Meier's Civilization" from Eagle Games (2002). Consider it as a group-up rewrite of the original game still using all of the original components adding new cards and pieces. The game mechanics are similar to the original one but enhanced and revised to make it a whole new experience for a typical...