There is no date on this but judging from the name and graphics, you can assume late 1960's to early 1970's. In this two player game, each player has either a red or blue card 3 1/2 in by 4 1/2 in. Each player in turn chooses one of 9 op-art puzzle pieces and places it on his/her card. The object is to find 3 pieces and only 3 pieces that will cover his...
Psycho Chess board game is a four-person Chess game. It is an exciting game with lots of action coming from every direction. It is a strategic game but unlike standard chess, it is much more hectic. Each player has a full set of Chess tokens (16 pieces). The standard chessboard has been modified to accept the added pieces. All tokens move the same as...
サイクル (PSYCLE) is a psychological card game from Japan. Players try to win rounds by playing their higher value cards. But the lower cards are cheaper to get, and give more victory points. Can players out-think their opponents and win rounds at lower cost? The cards have numbers and stars; high cards have few stars, low cards have more stars. Players each...
A new, modular twist on a classic "take that" sliding mechanic! Players will work to score their pucks by manipulating meeples and blocks to form barriers blocking and stop their sliding pucks. Your pieces can move your opponents', making this an extremely competitive game for all ages. With a dual-sided board, Puck Bumpers offers two ways to play. You can...
Puigcardener is a game by Oriol Comas for the exhibition Cinc mil anys jugant ("Five thousand years playing games") organized by Caixa Manresa and the Toy Museum of Catalonia in Figueres. It is an abstract game freely based on the first populations established around the hill that nowadays is the city of Manresa, about 2,500 years ago. The five counters of...
Subtitle: "Ein indisches Strategie-Spiel" ("an Indian strategy game"). Each player receives 12 pieces of one color: one Pujari (high priest), one Mahout (elephant handler), two Sowar (riders) and eight Jawan (soldiers). The goal of the game (played on a board with 7x7 tiles) is to bring 5 of your own pieces in alignment (horizontal, vertically, or...
Equipment: - board (wooden, made from slice of tree stump) - 25 white pegs - 25 black pegs - 37 discs (white on one side, black on the other) Hexagonal board, players take turns to place pegs at the vertices of the hexagons, and by doing so, gain influence over the surrounding hexagons. The player with the most pegs surrounding a hexagon has temporary...
A Halma variation for two players. ('Pulce' is the Italian word for 'flea'.) Game components: - A wooden board with 7 rows and 7 columns of sockets (a total of 45 holes, no holes in the four board corners). - 8 black and 8 red pawns. - 1 yellow pawn (first-player marker) Game goal: The objective of the game is to be the first player to get his pieces over...
Originally an ancient Hindu game for children, Pulijudam is a two player strategy game free from elements of chance. It is almost an abstract strategy game, but one of its alternative names, "Lambs and Tigers", suggests the theme overlaid for children. Pulijudam is very similar to Bagh Chal and Fox and Geese - it is essentially a member of the Hnefatafl...
The game (designed in 2002) is played on the intersections of a 5×5 grid of lines (or strings). The game begins with a stack of 5 pieces on the center intersection, and each player has four home intersections. The first player to pull at least 5 pieces onto any combination of his or her home intersections is the winner. Both players simultaneously reveal...
From the publisher: Pulsar Event, is an action-packed game using strategy, logic, and skill. It takes 30 minutes to play, and players will learn their character and craft combinations to stack odds in their favor. This battle card game is in the vein of RPG video game battle systems. Rounds play out through three phases: recovery, equip, and attack. You...
Played by the Ketchi Indians of Guatamala. The game is played on a board of 21 spaces in a straight row. Each player has five warrior pieces. The object is to attempt to capture all of the opposing warriors. The dice and the marks between spaces are corn grains. There are five slightly different versions, and usually people play each, one after the other....