Nam Dinh is a traditional game from Vietnam. Both the soldiers and the king move one square along the line in any direction. They capture by jumping over a friendly piece, landing on an enemy piece. (It is not allowed to jump over an enemy piece.) Capture is not mandatory. A soldier is prohibited from capturing a king. You win by checkmating or stalemating...
On a board with 11 x 11 squares stands between the middle and one corner the fort NAMUTONI, built of 8 double-cube-sized cuboids: four corners/towers standing upright and four "walls" on the longer sides. So the fort has the size of a large 4 x 4 square enclosing 4 squares like a court. From the two sides of the boards opposing the fort two players start...
Nanahoshi is a two-player, non-perfect information abstract game. Twelve ladybugs are put face-down on the board, and players take turns either revealing one of the ladybugs (turning it in any direction), turning one of their ladybugs 90 degrees, or moving one step forward. A ladybug moving onto a ladybug of the other color captures it. Different ladybugs...
ナナイロアジサイ can be translated to “seven-colored hydrangea”. In this Othello-esque game, players strive to change the color of a hydrangea to their own colors. Depending on the amount of players, decide which colors will belong to each player. During a turn, players place a flower piece of one of their colors onto the hydrangea. When the hydrangea mat is...
Nanaro no Go is a children's version of Go aimed primarily at children and is a step up from よんろのご: IGO puzzle. It is based on the Japanese Go Association's beginner method. Nanaro is Japanese for "seven lines". And so Nanaro no Go is played on a 7x7 grid. Each player tries to surround carrots (located at each intersection) with their horses (stones)....
NANKU is a 3-dimensional game that uses a single ‘dual’ piece composed of two cubes of different colours. In NANKU, players alternate turns placing or stacking pieces with the aim of creating a line of 4 cubes of their colour (a ‘nanku’). Each player has an allocated colour (White or Black). Place the 40 pieces within both player’s reach, but leaving room...
Nannon is a reduction of Backgammon to a super-quick game. Nannon reduces the basic concepts of Backgammon to the smallest feasible combination that still retains the idea of Backgammon. For instance: Rather than having "stacks" of men on each position, Nannon allows only one man per spot. Since you can't "stack" men, contiguous groups of 2 or all 3 men of...
Many games are EPIC and take place in a massive world, we wanted to make a game that takes place in a petri dish with minuscule armies battling for dominance. An exciting tabletop strategy game for 2 to 8 players, where each competes to form the longest chain of NanoBots. There are 8 types of NanoBots, each with its own special ability. Players take turns...
Five games for the price of one (and that one is free!). NanoGames contains five business card sized games. - Battle Lines: Destroy the enemy and invade his base. - Business Card Derby: Destroy your opponent's car before he destroys yours. - Elbow Room: Place and slide your pieces to create a path from your base to your opponents. - Jump-n-Spin: Get across...
In this game each player is in control of a network of nano-robots on an expanding grid playing area made up of interconnected tiles. The goal of the game is to create all your avaliable robots before anyone else does, but along the way you can gain enhancements to make your nano-robots better at replicating by enhancing skills. Efficiently creating new...
Two to four Inuit have erected igloos on a gigantic ice floe. To survive they fish and hunt seals, walruses and whales. Continual new cracks in the ice, fierce bears and the competition of the other hunters requires tactical skill and advance planning. In the igloo, the catch of the successful hunters is transferred to kayaks and sleds to lighten the load...