Hinge is a strategic game of exnihilation for 2 players. What in the world does that mean? It means Hinge is an annihilation game played on an initially empty board. Games like Oust and Lifeline precede Hinge in this category and the former by almost two decades. Hinge however has an entirely unique set of strategic procedures from its predecessors and...
Two player abstract strategy boardgame with very simple set of rules, but hours of fun gaming. Easy to learn. Black and white players take turns to place tiles according three rules and tries to make other player into the position, which is impossible to continue. It can be played on a standard 8x8 chessboard, but smaller and bigger boards are possible....
A classic in the red glitter dress that characterizes all games in this series. The title promises "Your first checkers game", the board is in checkerboard pattern with shamrocks and empty squares, the pieces are Mickey Mouse for one player and Donald Duck for the other. Movement rules are similar to those of checkers, but the goal is to be the first to...
A simple strategic game from F.X. Schmid's old Logiplay series (probably 1970). Logiplay game 3. two players - two colours. Goal is to move all (!) of one's meeple's from one end of the board to the opposing end - in a row. It is similar to Salta and Halma, but much simpler and thus suitable for primary school children. No skipping allowed, only straight...
Hipp Hopp is played in 2 phases. At the beginning every player has a plug on the board. A new plug may be plugged into a neighboring field - but only if the existing plug can skip the new one in a straight line. Which player brings more of his plugs to the board? The difference brings points. In the second part it's time to take away again. Here chain...
Pool, Lagoon and Trunks is an expansion for Hippos & Crocodiles that adds two new game boards, a few tree trunks, and some additional hippo and crocodile pieces to the base game. (To get full use out of this expansion, the Hippos & Crocodiles: Buffalos expansion for H&C is recommended.) Each game board in Pool, Lagoon and Trunks provides a...
Marabou Stork is an expansion of Hippos & Crocodiles that contains 12 bird pieces. You can use this animal to play games from 2 to 4 players. For 4 players I recommend playing in pairs with the members of each pair facing each other, so the turns alternate between pairs: Team A: Anna Team B: Bob Team A: Carl Team B; Diana … and so on. The couple that...
HiQue bills itself as "the missing link between Chess and Checkers". Play is on a 7x7 board, but the black and white squares are rotated 45 degrees so as to appear as diamonds to the players. There are 9 pieces per side: 5 "runners" and 4 "guards". The object is to get a runner from your back row to the opponent's back row. Runners may move one space...
HIRÞ (pronounced hirth) is a two-player abstract strategy game in which two leaders (Viking kings) fight over control of a piece of land. The first to either control the five middle spaces or push the other player's king off the board wins. Although it has a relatively small board (eleven squares), the ability to use moves to build stronger units makes the...