The Grain Drain is a game intended to improve understanding of world hunger. At the beginning of the game, some players are randomly chosen to be rich countries, the rest are poor countries. Depending on this choice, players roll and move around either the "rich" loop track or the "poor" loop track for the rest of the game. The object of the game is to...
Game about strategic politics and roles. You must play as your role, but be careful, your identity could be discovered. You must vote for law cards and act consequently if they are approved. The player who manages to reach its objective will be declared "Gran Forseti" and the winner. From the Spanish publisher: Interpreta a tu personaje, pero ten cuidado...
(from the back of box and user's description:) This is real Europe, that of 1700's, where you are now taking charges of one of the mightiest powers of the time. Be one of those illustrious Sovereigns, such as Louis XIV, William of Orange, Jan Sobieski (hero and king of Poland), Charles XII named the Alexander of the North, Peter the Great, the progressive...
In the words of the designer: "This is speculation on a grand scale where the future of Australia hinges on a takeover race between the Financial Superpowers of the World." 6 nations are represented - Australia, Japan, USA, UK, France and Germany. Regardless of the number of players, one player (the best player) must be the "Australian Master Player." Your...
Gray Eminence is a 3-5 player game lasting 60-90 minutes, in which players take the roles of powerful puppet masters in the modern world, each working towards common goals as well as their own secret agenda. Each shadowy figure uses money, power and influence to steer the course of multiple factions toward their own inscrutable ends. Gray Eminence does not...
The good, the bad, and the ugly of 2020 – the year the hits just kept on coming. Not since the war years has the world had to work so hard to find succor. As science worked to save us, creativity and ingenuity became our tools of survival during the stresses of lockdown. But for some dark masters, our Annus Horribilis brought new opportunities… Revisit the...
The puzzle-cut board shows the provinces, and each player plays a provincial premier. Each turn, you try to attract foreign investment and to weather the ups and downs of the economy. If you are a federalist, you join your board piece with other federalists'; otherwise, you "separate". Going separately increases the benefits when they happen, but makes it...
The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) needs your help! Assignment: travel the world, solve aeronautic crashes, and resolve diplomatic emergencies. Your team's challenge? Completing 10 missions within 10 turns. You will be scored on the quality of your success Join Miranda Chase and other great characters from M.L. Buchman's techno-thriller novel...
You are a governor of a state hard hit by the depression in the United States during the 1930s. You must work to implement new deal programs started by the Roosevelt administration. Achieve victory by building major civil works such as the Hoover Dam and the Triborough bridge. Each game, the goals are slightly different, but players compete to build...
(from the company website) The Great Game recreates the 19th Century Anglo-Russian struggle for supremacy in Central Asia. In the actual contest, Tsarist Russia resented British expeditions into the Steppe Khanates while Victorian Britain feared that Russian entreaties to Persia and Afghanistan would jeopardize India's security. So the two imperial powers...
The Great Hunger begins as a game that simulates good times in Ireland at the start of the 19th century, as the Irish population expanded - thanks to the potato. This new crop was a godsend, allowing people to raise enough food for a whole family on a small, rocky plot of land. They became dependent on the prolific tubers. But in 1845 the blight arrived...
This is an innovative card game that recreates the atmosphere of the Italian late Renaissance (1494-1527) during the famous period called the "Italian Wars". In the game players can play 3 cards in hand each turn with the scope to realize historical events such as Treaties, battles, political weddings, Leagues, and artworks represented by the cards. There...