A strategy board game of thinking and drinking. This game plays on an old world tavern theme where you try to capture an opponents glass of ale using a set of stone game pieces. The players can utilize augments such as the sword, shield, horse, and war ram in order to gain an advantage. On your turn you may move any two stones up to a number of spaces...
Alexandros is an abstract strategy by Leo Colovini, thematically inspired by the military expansion of Alexander the Great. It includes the "triggered scoring for all" mechanism, which can be considered a trademark of the designer, implemented in many of his games. It forces players to evaluate their actions in relation to what other players can earn. The...
Published in Games Magazine in September 2008, Alfred's Wyke is a two player game where one plays the Builder, the other the Destroyer. Square tiles are place in 2×2 plots that are arranged on a 4×4 grid (except for one pair of opposite corners that start with just 3 tiles). The Builder tries to build up two-story "houses" (2×2×2), while the Destroyer...
The Gardens of Alhambra is an abstract influence game from Dirk Henn where each player is represented by plants of a particular color. Using tiles with all four colors on them, the players place them onto the board in fixed locations. In doing so, they try to surround victory point markers and capture them. Of course, since each tile has all of the...
Alice Chess is one of the more popular chess variants. David Pritchard's Encyclopedia of Chess Variants recommends it as one of the best chess variants. It was created by V. R. Parton, who described his variant in his 23-page booklet "Chessery for Duffer and Master" (1953). The standard game of Alice Chess is played using two boards, A and B. All pieces...
The game was conceived by Aldo Spinelli in 1989 and develops on a chessboard of 4 squares per side. Each player has a traditional six-sided die, which is moved from one square to another in an orthogonal direction, rotating on an edge of his choice as many times as the value expressed by the top face. The dice can change direction after each rotation and...
The rules of Alician Draughts were first described in the book "Les Jeux de dames non orthodoxes et autres jeux à pions" in 1956. The standard game of International Draughts is played using two boards, A and B. The normal array is on board A; board B starts empty. In turn, each player makes a single move on either board following these three rules: 1. A...
In Alien Attack, players represent military forces that need to defend the United States of America from a hostile and aggressive alien invasion. With their attacks in waves, it will be difficult to know which region they will invade next. The problem is that there are so many of them, it is impossible to protect all of them. However, not all is lost......
From the website: "Alien Checkers is a versatile game. Besides using cards during the game, players select one of nine special cards to secretly find out which planet they are representing: each planet has a different secret victory condition. Children can enjoy how the game is silly and (compared to plain checkers) gives them a better chance of winning...
Alien City is a game that is set in the far future and concerns the building of a city on a newly colonized world. Society in this distant time is divided into four powerful guilds. These are the Energy Guild (symbolized by a red sun), the Synthesis Guild (symbolized by a blue fountain), the Control Guild (the most powerful guild of all, symbolized by a...
Aliens Attack!Will you be strong enough to prevent their attack or will they consume the entire galaxy? This game is a re-themed version of Pente with a small twist. It consists of 80 counters (40 red and 40 silver) and an 8X8 battle grid that represent space. Each player takes 40 counters. One player represents the Aliens that are attacking the galaxy and...
Manufacturer description: "Alien Invaders is a game for all Ages 5 and up. The rules are easy to learn (less than 60 seconds),however, because of the possible combinations of moves it could take one a lifetime to master." "Alien Invaders is unlike any other board game. The game board is unique in every respect. Not only is it printed lenticular, but also...