The Scholars call it Glyphix, a mental challenge written in the sands of ancient Egypt and chiseled into the walls of the pharaohs tombs. Glyphix is a fast paced game, and embodies all of the characteristics of a classic game. The "Glyph" pieces feature actual hieroglyphics. All the "Glyphs" are covered except for one. The challenge is to match six of the...
It’s not just the nickname of the game’s designer – it’s what you’ll do with your teeth as your carefully-laid plans get thwarted and blocked over and over again in this strategic Icehouse game for 4 players. Original game design and concept by Nash, with additional modifications and variants by The Monday Night Games Group. Object: Promote your one-pip...
Gnomes at Midnight is a 2-player, light strategy, kind-hearted tabletop board game. Your gnomes come alive at midnight but have to stay hidden out of the shifting moonlight. 3 ways to win: Capture the three toadstools, Bump 3 rival gnomes off the board, or Complete the dance design anywhere on the board. Gnomes can move 1 space in any direction, but they...
Interesting board looks like an abstract pyramid: one ground and to levels with fields to move. Each player tries to reach with his 22 wooden cylinders special fields to get 22 victory points. But the nice look disappoints in play, it's boring cause of no real strategy playing. Every player tries to run and reach some special fields with his figures and...
Gnostica is an abstract territory based war game. Tarot cards make up the often-changing board, and players use Looney Pyramids to represent minions that control those territories. Every tarot card has a power, and when a player has one of his pieces on a territory, he or she may use the power of that territory through that piece. Players also have a hand...
An expansion of Gnostica, adding materials from the astrological game Star Encounters. Homemade components and a regular d12 easily substitute for the Star Encounters properties. Player tokens move around a zodiac board during Gnostica, and enhance different card powers based on the player's position in the zodiac. Additionally, players have the ability to...
15 great games chosen because they are easy to learn, reward multiple playings & appeal to a wide variety of players.... plus, the kids at El Carmelo Elementary liked 'em. :-) Hoppers / Mini-Hoppers (Halma on a 10x10 and 4x4 board, respectively) The Game of Y The Royal Game of Ur Surround (a Go variant) Corsaro Solitaire Pentominoes Morris (Nine Men's &...
By all appearances, Go is just two players taking turns laying stones on a 19×19 (or smaller) grid of intersections. But once its basic rules are understood,Go shows its staggering depth. One can see why many people say it's one of the most elegant brain-burning abstract games in history. Players place one stone at a time on the board at an empty...
Joker Go is a Go variant/expansion using a special deck of cards. Each player has an identical deck of 27 cards which show a configuration of Go stones. In the basic game players choose to either play a stone normally or randomly draw and play a Joker Go card. When you play a Joker card, you place the stones shown on the card onto the board in a spot of...
Subtitled "The American Go Game." Campaign! was published in 1961 to reflect on the War Between the States. The game board is made up of squares 18 long and 15 wide, with various "battlefields" interspersed among the blocks. Each player starts with 72 wooden discs. Each turn, a player rolls the dice and adds discs to his or her lines, attempting to...
Introduction1. Conversion Go is a territory game for two players, Black and White, who alternately put stones of their color on the board. 2. The board is a 16x16 grid (counting the points rather than the squares). At the beginning the board is empty, with play taking place on the points. Play3. A corner point is considered to belong to both edges that...