FATTI DI CALCIO - SOCCER STRATEGY translation: hooked by soccer - soccer strategy A football (soccer) game simulation for 2 players, another new ITALIAN game following the new wave of Italian game designers. A really interesting play mechanism; you can use your dice-roll results in several different ways (moving the players, passing the ball), white dice...
"Fauna" was originally inspired by the traditional Chinese "Animal Game". It is played on an 18 x 14 board. Both players have a set of 8 hierarchically ordered animal pieces (elephant, polar bear, tiger, lion, wolf, dog, cat, mouse) and 2 humans (woman and man). Bigger animals win against smaller animals, with two exceptions: The mouse beats the elephant...
Rules Nebuchadnezzar is a game of annihilation for two players. Not only are draws impossible in Nebuchadnezzar, almost any game of Nebuchadnezzar played to its conclusion will end with a board completely filled with a single color of disc. Materials: A square board of any size (nothing bigger than 15x15 is recommended due to the amount of recycling and...
In Favor of the Goddess, players take on the roles of acolytes seeking enlightenment by performing sacred rituals. They must arrange the right combination of offerings at ancient temples to match their ritual cards. On their turns, players manipulate the available resources, exchanging or placing offerings at the open temple where the priest is present....
A game played in England and Spain beginning in the thirteenth century. The game was played using the board and components from a Backgammon set, however three six-sided dice were required. All fifteen checkers were used, except the starting position is different than in backgammon - each player places two checkers on their first point and thirteen...
The 2 players take turns placing their pieces on the board, attempting to make a line of 3. Once all the pieces have been placed, players may slide them. Whenever a player makes a line of 3, they remove an opponent's piece of his choice. When one player has only 3 pieces left, he may move any piece from any point on the board to any other point. As soon as...
The king has died with no clear successor! The players—potential heirs all—are scrambling to put together their power bases by dispatching trusted agents and allies to garner support across the breadth of the kingdom. Nobody wants open warfare, but some conflict is sure to break out. Fealty is a game of positioning and territory control. Each turn, all...
Each player has 8 pieces of each of the red and yellow reversible pieces. The player can place his/her pieces on the board or move his/her own pieces on the board. You win the game if your pieces line up in a straight line with the color of your piece, and if you can maintain the four-position line until your next turn. The feature of this game is that you...
Comrade Gov’nor, welcome to this game of lies, deceit, corruption and murder. You are to navigate the murky waters of the upper-echelon of the Russian policy while ruling over your oblasts. You start your political journey under the watchful eye of Moscow oblast - which is a Non-Player-Character. You will have access to riches beyond your wildest dreams...
If you can say it you can play it! The object of the game is to get 4 pieces on any horizontal or vertical row. The first player to do this is the winner. Pieces are named must be moved in order Fee Fye Fo Fum got player 1 and Eeny Meeny Miny Mo for player 2. Play is on a 4 x 4 grid with initial starting places being labeled pieces can be moved one space...
Three old men and a small child all sit around a small duck pond, tossing breadcrumbs into the water. With each ripple from a crumb, ducks race toward the new treat. (They never actually get the snack, due to the wily fish just below the surface, but it doesn't dissuade them from trying!) Passersby watch the scene for a moment, then smile, charmed by these...
Feelings was proclaimed winner of the call for projects launched by the city of Poitiers in the fight against discrimination. The goal was the creation of a simple, easily playable game that relies on situations or questions around discrimination. Jean-Louis Roubira, one of the designers, has developed the famous Dixit workshops of language with young...