In the two-player abstract game Cerrojo, which has some similarities to Nine Men's Morris, players take turns to move their sculpted figures in a star-shaped board in order to lock the opponent's main piece. Different pieces have different movement abilities, and the initial set-up is done by each player alternatively placing their pieces. The game is...
The players have to get their 14 playing pieces (crowns and bishop's miters) from their starting position to the starting position of their opponent. Forward movement is by jumping diagonaly over friendly or opponent playing pieces. The pieces may move diagonaly backwards to get in position for other pieces to jump over them. The playing pieces can't move...
Chad was designed as an attempt to distill Chess to what the designer considered its essential aspect - the mate - and whatever was necessary to support this. It is played on a 12x12 square grid with two "castles" marked off; these are 3x3 regions which have 1x3 "walls" on all sides. Each player has a king and eight rooks, all of which start in their...
description provided by designer Essentially, an asymmetric square 'Hex'. The board is an nxn square grid (19×19 is probably a good start) Two opposite edges are designated white goals, and the other two are black goals. Corners count as part of both edges. Each player's objective is to connect their two goal edges with an unbroken chain of their stones....
This is a light weight card game for up to six players, ages 5 and up. The goal is to keep the chain of links (cards) going. The deck is made of a count up/count down card, four different colored links numbering 1-12 in each color, and flip cards. The first person to play all their cards wins the game. There are five short rules for the game. 1) Never play...
Chain of Restraints is a game for The Mystique Deck, in which 2–4 players compete to create 4-in-a-row of a single aspect type (e.g. four reds, or four crowns, or four 4s) on a floating 4×4 grid. The card you play constrains the next player's play, which is not allowed to match your card's number, color, or suit. The game ends if someone completes a...
This pure abstract strategy game is a relatively unknown work by Sid Sackson. Similar in some ways to his 1981 Spiel des Jahres winner, Focus, it is available commercially in a German edition, but can be played with materials improvised from a chessboard and checkers. From the translation: The players take alternate turns of up to five segments, trying to...
Chains is played on a square grid at least 5x5 in size. Players take turns entering their symbols (e.g. X and O) in empty spaces. If the grid side is an odd number then one space will be left empty so each player has the same number of turns. After the grid is complete each player scores in two ways. They score one point for each of their symbols in their...
Carve your way through the forest to smash chains in this true-to-sport disc golf board game. Choose your teepad; line up your throw; and follow your disc as it travels up the flight path! There are over 250 different throw types at your disposal to navigates trees, bushes, high grass, rocks, water, and more! Create custom maps; play as few or as many...
Chak is a Chess and Xiangqi style game designed by Couch Tomato in 2021 specifically to answer the hypothetical question of what a chess variant developed by mesoamerican cultures would look like. The design philosophy was to start from scratch and use only the common elements from all forms of chess: a king, a rook-type piece, a knight-like piece, and...
Have you heard about Inca "chess"? It's dynamic intellectual duel where you can fight not only with your own pieces but with common ones. Here they are, ladybugs, Sun God's messengers. And these ladybugs you share with your opponent can fly all over chakana (Inca or Andean cross) and sit on your "ordinary" pieces making you stronger. Take the opponent's...
Chakra is a Chess variant played on the usual 8x8 board. Pieces include a king equivalent, a queen equivalent, a knight equivalent, a super-rook, a super-bishop, and pawn equivalents, but it also has some more unusual pieces: The Courtesan piece moves like a king but when in the same row, column, or diagonal as the friendly Emperor (king), controls the...