Pentagon is a quick yet strategic head-to-head area control style game. In Pentagon, two players will be competing to hold the majority of their colored cards in the play area. With simple rules and strategic decisions, players can pull off some big combos and pull out ahead to win. Pentagon is unique in the way players will also have their opponent’s...
A book containing three games: Pentagon Pentagon is not a simulation in the formal sense of the word. The events in the game are intended to be illustrative and the decisions fictitious, woven from the progress of play. But by giving the players incentives both to compete and to cooperate, the game does simulate bureaucratic politics. And the content of...
Pentagonal is a 3-D, five-layer game that challenges players with complex strategies, yet is deceptively simple to learn and play. The object of the game is to place five marbles in a row either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The challenge of the game is to master the mind-boggling number of combinations and permutations possible with every move....
This is an update on Nine Men's Morris. The original game is played on a square board on which players take turns placing pieces. When a player places three pieces in a row, he may remove an opponent's piece of his choice. Once all pieces have been placed, players try to align three pieces by sliding them on the board. A player wins when his opponent is...
What is Pentaktys? Pentaktys is a minimalist abstract strategy game for 1 or 2 players, inspired by the timeless elegance of chess but reinvented for quicker, more dynamic play. With rules you can explain in under a minute and games lasting around 5-10 minutes, it’s perfect for sharpening your mind without the time investment of heavier titles. What makes...
Pentalath (also called Ndengrod) is an abstract board game for two players, designed by a computer program called LUDI, invented by Cameron Browne. It is the "brother" of Yavalath and it can be played using a Yavalath set. It is available from nestorgames. Rules Players: White and Black. Start: The board is initially empty. Play: Players take turns placing...
Two or 4 players gather to build a monolithic tower by placing a set of unique blocks on a foundation. The first player to fail to place their block, or to think they can't place their block loses. This game features head to head play, and team play in partnerships of 2. There are 2 sets of 24 blocks made of reclaimed wood, a base with a 5×5 grid, and two...
Pentamid is a two-player game played on a Volcano (5X5) board with one partial stash per player. The objective is for a player to be the first to get five of his pieces in a row, horizontally or vertically. Each player starts with twelve pieces, four each of each of the three sizes. These pieces are arranged in nests off the board (the "reserve"). Rules...
This game works like Tic-Tac-Toe combined with playing pieces that look like checkers, but move like a king in chess. It is played on a 4x4 grid, with each player setting up their pieces in a row on opposite sides. On each turn, a player moves their piece one space orthogonally or diagonally. The object is to get 4 in a row orthogonally or diagonally on...
Pentaplane is a three-dimensional board (five stacked 5x5 square grids) on which several games can be played: Pentaplane-Aircraft. A "rudimentary" game (the designer's word) in which each player controls a single piece representing an airplane and attempts to shoot down the opponent. Moves are plotted in groups of five. The planes move the same as the...