"Grasshopper is a Backgammon variant invented by Matt Crispin and its most significant feature, compared to the classic Backgammon, is that there are no dice and no luck factor at all. The game strategy fully depends on player's skills." My brief description of how the game is played and the goal: During the game, players attempt to race their 14 pieces...
This abstract game is playable on a square-grid surface of any finite size. In their turn a player may place and remove a total of friendly and enemy pieces (respectively) that is equal to or less than “X”, an integer > 1 and agreed upon at the start of the game. The idea of “control” over a space relying only on occupation of its flanks and rear (which...
Graveyard Chess is an undead-themed chess variant in which the Kings are replaced with Necromancers, and the other pieces are replaced with various undead creatures. Functionally, Graveyard Chess plays similarly to regular chess, but with a smaller board, and a simplified lineup of pieces. The main key difference is that after you capture an opponent's...
"It usually happens on Halloween, during full moons, on the occasional Friday the Thirteenth or pretty much anytime one of the walking dead comes by with a keg of beer. The Graveyard comes alive, the lost spirits start wandering around and it's time to play Graveyard Shift." Published in the October/November 2000 issue of Games Unplugged Magazine. The...
Gravity is a 2-player, perfect information 4-in-a-row game with a twist - pieces gravitate towards the edges of the 8 x 8 board. - The board begins play empty. - Each player drops a stone on an empty cell. - The gravitation of the board pulls the stone towards the edges until it reaches an edge or an already occupied cell. A player wins when he makes an...
A gravity game where the pieces move according to chess rules. Each player has one king (weight 6), three queens (weight 4), four rooks (weight 3), four bishops (weight 2), and four pawns (weight 1). You win by a) taking so many opponent pieces that the board cannot be placed level, c) placing your king on the center line without your opponent being able...
Official Gravity Trap is a two player game where the object is to trap one's opponent by eliminating bases which they need to land on. The game starts with a board full of places to move. But each move knocks another base into the black hole and gives one less safe place to land. Can you trap your opponent before they trap you? Both players strive to keep...
Tactical Betrayal for 4 in the world of Chess! Six unscrupulous pawns are ransacking the royal treasure vault by order of The Gray King, who wishes to create a second kingdom of his own. Playing as one of the Queen's most trusted allies, each of you must cooperate over five rounds to stop them. Who can you trust to make the most of your limited actions...
GRDNN is a 2 player abstract strategy game, and the fourth in a series of "map reduction" games after VLKNO, ICBRG, and PAWND. In this game you play as a child who forgot to get a gift for mother's day. You decide to take flowers from a nearby garden to make arrangements she will enjoy; the local groundskeeper however attempts to block you from taking...