From the back of the box: “OSKA is a speedy game for 2 players which is deceptively simple, using the draughts (checkers) principle of diagonal movement and capture. BUT – keep well in mind the quirk that gives OSKA its bite. The winner is the player whose remaining pieces first reach the far side – the less pieces you have left, the easier this will be....
Osmosis is a race game from the corners to the center of the board driven by two six-sided dice. Pieces‘ way may be shortened when reaching certain positions: Two own pieces of different colors must reach the same cell or the cell lying exactly opposite on the same ring. That player wins who manages to bring both a man of his two different colors to the...
Ostle is an abstract strategy game for 2 or 4 players, played on a 5x5 square grid. Each player starts with five identical pawns placed each on a space on their side of the board. A "hole" pawn is placed in the center space. The aim of the game is to push two of the opponent's pawns either off the board or in the hole. On their turn, each player pushed one...
In Ostriches, 2 players confront their armies of special-powered ostriches in an ever changing landscape. Unfortunately, the ostriches bury their heads in the sand, so you cannot tell which is yours and which is not! Not even which powers they have! Wait! Special-powered ostriches? Yeah, well... It is a game. Just have fun! Components - Four 3x3 tiles - 12...
The water stretches to the horizon. But even though the sea sometimes seems quite calm, the animals of the Baltic Sea know how to pass the time. Who is beating whom here? Does the starfish beat the seagull or the seal beat a cockle? Ostsee-Schach is a refreshing, fast chess variant by Dirk Holdorf, in which 2 players aged 8 and up compete with Baltic Sea...
Othellito strategy card game for two players played on a four by four (4x4) invisible and floating grid. There are eighteen identical cards called captains, which are light on one side and dark on the other. The players (starting with the black player) will take turns, placing cards of their assigned colour facing up, to the board. During a play, any cards...
In Otogidama, players tell stories one sentence at a time with added constraints of a color (unique to each player) and the positions of tokens on the board. While most of play is building up an interesting story, there's also a strategic component to which aspect of the story you focus on, as that affects scoring at the end. Each scenario has four...
OTTO is a surprising game: it’s as simple as it’s complex. We can only tell you about some of the incredible features that make it so special. Not all of them can be described, but you can sense them as you play, and these sensations lead you to something bigger, something deeply connected to other worlds and civilizations. The game is based on the...
This abstract game uses pieces shaped like macaron cookies in five different colors (pink, blue, brown, green, and yellow) with four different colors of filling (pink, brown, green, and white). The pieces are played on a cloth board with a checkered grid playing area. The game comes with two sets of rules. For rule set #1 (2 players only), players begin...
Cambodia has several games played on the chessboard of which this is the one most similar to international Chess and most clearly derived from the Indian game of Chaturanga. As in Thai chess (Makruk), the pawns (interestingly called Fish) are set up on the third row. They are promoted to queens on reaching the sixth rank. The bishop and queen have limited...
MATERIAL • A leather board with simple, double and triple squares. • 10 white pieces, 10 red pieces and 10 black pieces. GOAL There's two way to win : - blocking the opponent. - being the first to build an "oukoun", that is a stack with 3 white, 3 red and 3 black pieces. MOVES 1) The pieces move according to which kind of spot it's located on: - Simple...