Known as The game of strategy and logic. Normal play is for 2 players, but there is a 4 player variant. The object is to eliminate your opponents chips by making as many Maisons (a line formed by 3 horizontal or vertical chips of the same color) and as quickly as possible. Each player has 9 chips, which are played alternately on any vacant field point....
It‘s dusty, hot and dry. The Serengeti is no desert, but in the summer, especially when the rain stays off, it is essential to provide enough water for the people and cattle herds. The village community voted that a new well is required, for the next dry season will be harder than ever before. Smart people with knowledge about the vast savanna and the...
Majolica Painting is a "flip & draw" game in which players will use crayons of four different colors to fill in blank tiles to create their own Majolica masterpiece! Each player takes one game sheet for their own creation of a Majolica painting. Each round, one card is revealed from the deck, and each player may choose to draw the indicated colors on their...
The rise of industrialization during the Victorian Era enabled both the mass production of a type of glazed pottery known as majolica as well as its spread to the Far East, including Japan, China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The name “Majolica” comes from the Spanish name for the island of Maio (Cape Verde), which became renowned for (and later synonymous...
Majorities is a game with exceptionally simple rules, reminiscent of Stonehenge. Many variants (including a very natural 3-dimensional version) are possible. It is based on the fact that in politics, or committees with sub-committees, a minority of people in critical places may nonetheless carry a voting motion. This has long been felt as a weird situation...
An abstract strategy game, nominally themed around a battle for political supremacy in which every decision trades one issue or dimension against another. Payers take turns to place black and white stones on a diagonal grid board. The aim is to end the game with more points than your opponent You get points by winning “tricks”, which you do by being the...
This game was created in the former Soviet Union. Needs 47 yellow disks for one side and 47 blue disks for the other. The traditional chess pieces are built up from these disks. A king needs 8, queen 7, bishop 5, knight 4, rook 3, pawn 1. If you move part of the disks from a piece, you change the piece to two weaker ones, or you can move disks onto a piece...
Players take turns dropping numbered tiles down one of the seven columns. The objective is to be the first to place tiles adjacent to each other (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally) so that the sum of the numbers on the tiles is 7. Tiles with the number '3' can only be placed in spots with a red border, so there is some positioning that takes place to...
Play tiles. Build lines. Make ends meet. Be the first to reach the target score by completing long lines and nestling your tiles into tricky positions! This edge-matching tile placement game offers immense strategic depth within a beautifully simplistic rule set; perfect for a casual game over coffee or an intense battle of the minds! —description from the...
In the strategy game Make Make, each person represents the chief of one of the clans that inhabit Rapa Nui. Each clan seeks control of the island's territories, which will allow them to perform the ceremonial rites dedicated to the god Make Make, who will then make the chief of the clan the new Ariki of the island that will govern and give prosperity to...
This race to mutual connection / sudden death cut-off game, is based on an unusual forced-to-place vs free-to-move mechanism: - If you can place an unconnected piece, you must. Otherwise you move a piece toward achieving your goal. You must balance finding ways to place enough pieces by opening up spaces, quickly making diagonal connections, and slowing...