The designer is most noted for his statistical games that create games for sports not usually depicted in such games. Britain hardly ever developed stats games up to 1980 or so, and Gary filled the gap in the market by making games for Cricket and Soccer. However he must have felt that he had to make at least one American staple and so he published this....
System for replaying individual football matches by minute-to-minute decisions. Statistics for all the 1990 World Cup teams are included, as it is a system for translating statistics from any match, so you can replay that great day for your team (unless your team is England, so there is no great day you can recreate!). Each team is rated for ability in...
One player acts as "emcee" for two to four other players. In most editions, there are five categories. Each category has five dollar amounts. Behind each dollar amount is an "answer" or trivia clue having to do with the category. When a player thinks he or she knows the correct response to the clue, that person signals and responds in the form of a...
A minimalist production, the 55-card deck comes with a stack of score sheets and a thin rule booklet in a simple card box. No indication of the author, publisher or date. It says "Patented" but never gives the patent number. The game is (Canadian) bilingual; judging by the quality of the English, I'd say the author and company are French. The cards come in...
A BOARD GAME CREATED FOR SOCCER AND GAME FANS ALIKE! Mini Copa is a soccer board game where you can play with the athletes behaviour and skills in a realistic and simple way, Each new play benefits from your good technical eye and an athletes’ sense of opportunity. The mechanics of the game is broad enough to represent anything that can happen in a live...
Compact Curling is a board game version of curling for two players (or for more players if playing in teams). Each player/team has four stones. At one of the edges of the board is a starting zone where players drop their stones, trying to make them glide on the board to the other side where the house is. The goal is to come closest to the center of the...
Mini-Games: Football is part of the Package Creators Mini-Games line. It includes a pocket sized box containing 54 cards, a magnetic football field and magnetic tokens for keeping the state of the game. The 54 cards are broken up into 27 Offensive and 27 Defensive cards. The players each receive a hand of random cards with the offensive player playing a...
Sid Sackson created this puzzle-ful game of beating par by moving a marker over a series of cards on the table. Various cards represent the "holes" as in the game of Golf. Adjacent cards determine how far the "ball" can move. The game can be played solitaire but if the simultaneous action mechanic is added (as Sid suggests), this game supports more...
Game board contains six mini golf courts. Players may add various obstacles on them, therefore players create looks of the court on they own. Variations are countless. Player choose one of five cards, and rolls the dice. Number on dice is increased or reduced depending on chosen card. Ball is moved to hole directly or by bouncing of the edge. The less...