Roughly translated as 'Robbers', this abstract battle game was known to be played by the Romans, and versions of the same game may well have been played before by the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians, and afterwards by the Persians. Games archaeologists and historians disagree hotly about just about every aspect of this game: board size, number and...
This game was created for a design contest as documented here: http://boardgamegeek.com/article/13809424#13809424 The game is played on an uncheckered board of 8 rows and 12 files; the game does scale though to boards of smaller size. Each player starts the game (sitting across the board from one another facing a long side of the board) with 12 stones...
Classical Petteia (Poleis, Cities or the Game of Pebbles) was an ancient Greek game traditionally believed to be played by Ajax and Achilles during the Trojan War (c. 1194-1184 BC). Petteia XXI is a variation of the ancient Greek game, expanding on the classical rules and adding new tactics which allow a modern 'XXI' (a.k.a. 21st) century player to force a...
Pew Pew, Die is a Rock, Paper, Scissors-like game using two Looney Labs pyramid dice (called a pew-pew die for this game). The pew-pew die is marked on each side with one or two triangular symbols denoting attack and defense capabilities. Each players starts with the pew-pew die in his or her hand and mixes it around in their palm before starting. Facing...
Pferdeäppel is a tactical 2-player game. It is fast and easy to learn. Each player controls a horse and tries to either capture their opponent or make their opponent's piece unmovable. The horses move just like in chess. The twist is that each time a piece is moved the prior spot it occupied is marked. Marked spots can no longer be moved into, so...
Paper-and-pencil game where from 2 to 4 players must move on an 8x8 board as Chess knights - used spaces will be unavailable for the rest of the game. The last player who's able to move wins. It's more or less an adaptation of Alex Randolph's Knight Chase for several players. Each player has got an own symbol (dot, circle, square, cross) and starts from...
Horses leave "apples" as they wander in the pasture, the farmers collect the "apples" hoping to use the manure in their gardens, the rabbits try to eat the farmers' vegetables and the hunters try to stop the rabbits. The first farmer to score 50 points by growing vegetables and collecting manure wins. The game is played on a board with a 16 by 16 grid...
PGH-4 is played on a 4x4 board with two players. The goal of the game is to get your 4 pieces in a row, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Players alternate taking turns adding one of their pieces on the board from any of the 16 edges of the board. If a piece (of either player) already exists there, it is pushed forward in the same direction...
This chess-like variant is themed around the military formations used by the Ancient Greeks. Each player has 15 identical pieces that are set up on opposite sides of the board, which is comprised of an 8×8 playing field of squares that is further divided diagonally in alternate fashion (see picture). Pieces are comprised of 8 small triangles of various...
This Heyne travel game is played on a 2-piece board of 5x5 spaces. Each player has 5 tokens. Two opposing sides of the board are used as staring positions, but the 5 spaces always contain 2 tokens of one color and 3 tokens of the other. Object of the game is to form a straight line of 4 tokens. To equalize the advantage of occupying the middle space of the...
The ultimate game in adventure along with the danger of black magic. On your quest for victory, you follow a dangerous trail constantly at the mercy of chance and evil. Such dangers as the TOWER, the gateway to the maze of tunnels beneath you, and the supreme evil of the PHANTOM BALL conspire to end your travels. Depending on how destiny treats you, you...