"Dag en Nacht" is Dutch for "Day and Night." The board is an nxn squared board, where n is an odd number between 11 and 19. A 15x15 board is considered average. The board is laid out in a checkered pattern of black and white spaces. The white spaces are the most numerous, with the four corners all being white. The board starts off empty. The players are...
Daggers is an asymmetrical abstract board game played on an 8x8 board. As described by João Pedro Neto on The World of Abstract Board Games: UPHILL & DOWNHILL - "Downhill" refers to the direction towards the "Low player", and "Uphill" refers to the direction towards the "High player". DAGGER - Daggers slide along the column or diagonals downhill as far as...
Dai Hasami Shogi is a variant of Hasami Shogi. It is played on a 9x9 grid, traditionally on a shogi board. The word dai mean large and the name is apt because this game uses twice as many pieces as Hasami Shogi, 18 per player placed initially on the two back rows nearest the player controlling those pieces. The two sides are called sente ["black"] and gote...
Manufactured in the USA! Daimyo Senso is a 1-8 player game where each player takes the role of a 16th century Japanese daimyo in conquest to become the next Shogun. Players take turns during 4 seasons per year for 4 years, using predetermined commands during each season. Those commands are Move, Deploy, or Attack. Once per year, each daimyo may use one...
Basic idea: In Daisy Chain, players conduct a "Battle of the Garden Paths." Players aim to place paving stones of their color into a garden courtyard in order to construct a path leading to more flowers than any of their opponent's garden paths. Daisy Chain is played on a hexagonal grid surrounded by flowers. On a player's turn, the player rolls "bug...
Dakapo is a board game for two players that's played on an 8x8 square board. Players alternate turns placing a colored stone — red, blue, green, or yellow — on an empty cell according to some restrictions. The first player who places a stone that forms the fourth same-colored corner of a square wins. The sides of the square formed by the four stones of the...
Each player has in hand two reversible dominoes. Each face of the domino is cut in 8 demy-folios - squares cut by their diagonal. The two demy-folios of the center of the domino are joined and always of the same color. The recto of the domino is painted with three of the four colors, with 4, 3 and 1 spaces. The other side of the domino has 3 opposite...
An old scandinavian game, played in certain parts of Denmark and Norway. Two players take turns rolling the dice to try and free their pegs for movement, then try to capture the opponents pegs before they can ambush your starting pieces. The board consists of three lines of holes for the pegs, the middle one being one hole longer than the two sides. The...
IntroductionDalen (from Welsh: dalen, meaning "leaf") is an annihilation game for two players: Dark green and Light green. It is played on the hexagons (cells) of an initially empty hexagonal board. The recommended size is 7 cells per side, but boards from 5 to 9 cells are also valid. Each player has access to a sufficient supply of stones of their own...
Dam-it! is a strategy game in which players claim circles on the playsheet in an attempt to form lines of 3, 4, or 5 circles in length. The game is won by the first player to succeed in forming either eight 3-circle lines, five 4-circle lines, or a single 5-circle line. Players attempt to claim circles that not only complete lines for scoring, but also...
DAM IT the River Conquest Game Great strategy board game DAM IT takes place on a grand river system. With your crew of skilled beavers you will be charged with the task of damming rivers that legends say can’t be dammed. To make matters worse your enemies on the other team will be fighting for the same goal. A good balance of military strategy and well...