Oware is one of the most played games in the Mancala Family of pit and pebbles games. It is the National game of Ghana and the word "oware" means "He She Marries". The mythology behind the name is believed by many to be the result of a wedding between a man and a woman and the dowry (represented by fields (pits) and seeds. Basically, you're playing for...
An asymmetric strategy game based on Britain’s answer to the West Virginia Mothman sightings. The game can be played using pieces from a chess and checkers set. Owlman is an abstract strategy game with unequal forces, based on a loose theme of cryptozoological investigation. The Owlman side has just one piece (a black knight) which starts in the upper left...
Owocowy Wyścig (which means "Fruit Race") is a part of Egmont Polska game series: "Dobra gra w dobrej cenie". In the game the players try to gather as many fruits as they can. Each player is given a tile with a basket depictured which is a pawn. The pawns are moved on a triangle shaped board which contains of 45 hex tiles with fruits on them. On a single...
From the box: Ox Blocks is a game for 2 players. The object is to make a straight line of X's or O's horizontally, vertically or diagonally. One player elects to play X's, the other O's. Either player may start by rolling any one of the Ox Blocks. If a player throws his own symbol (X or O) he may place it on the board in any position he wishes. If he...
OX is a two-player, portable, table top game which combines strategy and luck. It's fast and addictive. The aim of OX is to get all of your counters across the board before your opponent, this is done by moving counters according to the roll of the dice. Depending on your roll, you can move one or two counters and attack your opponent, defend yourself or...
Contents: 12 pieces per side; each with O on one side, X on the other. The board starts with each player having 6 pieces in play; 3 with each symbol. Each turn, a player brings a new piece into play, or moves a piece a distance exactly equal to the number of pieces they own matching that symbol. At the end of a move the piece is flipped to show the...
Oz is a peg-filling game. The object of the game is to fill all 25 holes in the game board with pegs so that no peg is next to another of the same color. Twenty-five pegs (five each of five different colors) are loaded into an interior compartment of the handheld base. One by one the pegs are removed from a hole in the base. The first four pegs must be...
Ozeango is a two-player only game inspired by chess. Two players use their six sea creatures in a 4x4 grid to try to capture the other player's animals and checkmate their Octopus. Once a player has captured an opponents animal, they can use it in their team. Each animal has a different way it can move around the grid. —user summary Checkmate the king of...
The aim of the game is that the Scotties circle the stag so that he can no longer make a move. If the stag succeeds in breaking through the Scotties, he has won because the Scotties are not allowed to go backwards. —description from the publisher This Fox and Hounds variant for up to five players was available for customers of the Danish supermarket chain...
The game represents whale hunting in the village of Ozette (a prehistoric settlement on the American West Coast which was buried in a mudslide around 1500 A.D. and excavated in the 20th century). The game mat depicts a whale. Prey stones are placed on the ribs. Players spin an unusual spintop, resulting in 1-3 red and 1-3 blue arrows pointing up. Depending...
The Land of Oz is shifting. Help the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, the Cowardly Lion, and Dorothy to make a colorful and magic world where the mountains, seas and deserts live together with the poppy fields, the forests and, of course, the Yellow Brick Road. Glenda — the good witch of the north — will help you, but be careful because Mombi — the wicked...