For two players, Rowin is an abstract strategy pub game. Geared toward fast casual play, line up five of your pieces in a row to win. Roll three dice and then take turns drafting dice to move your pieces on the grid. Enjoy twists of offences and splashy moves. Rowin has great table presence with its classic look and circular starting position. It can even...
Royal Ascent is a competitive abstract strategy system built on the foundation of classical chess, and the first full rules-preserving overlay framework designed for a traditional board game. Players compete on a standard 8×8 board using the complete, unmodified rules of chess. Layered on top is the Royal Framework Overlay: a modular interpretive system...
Royal Battles is a strategic board game of small scale battles played with playing cards and chess pieces. In Royal Battles players compete to defeat each other in head-to-head combat. Each player builds an army of 4 units (represented with chess pieces) and maneuvers them on a battle board made from a tile grid of playing cards. Each unit has a special...
An entry in the 2001 About.com 8x8 Game Design Competition. Object: Be the first player to get two Kings off the far edge of the board. This is done by laying down a carpet of friendly Checkers for the Kings to jump. Only one piece may be moved or introduced per turn. Checkers may be introduced onto any empty square. Alternatively, Checkers may move to any...
This is an abstract strategy game played with dice and a chess board. You are trying to move your dice across the chess board (in a fixed zig-zag pattern) before your opponent has move their dice across the board in the opposite pattern. The twist comes that after you have rolled and moved a die (which can be your own OR an opponents), it is placed on the...
In Royal Execution, you are a strategic executioner tasked with clearing out a court of hidden, rebellious royals. The Jacks, Queens, and Kings are arranged face-down in rows, creating a sense of a fortified palace where you must systematically uncover and eliminate your targets before your resources run out. Gameplay Each turn, you draw three cards that...
From the instruction manual: Royal Gambit is the exciting new game of skill that combines the color of medieval pageantry with the thrills and fascination of ancient warfare. Designed for two, three or four players, Royal Gambit is played on a board representing four ancient mountain kingdoms joined in the center by lowland meadows. Combat takes place...
Game consist of a single sheet a box, rules and 5 counters two of one color and 3 of another color. The game is played by 2 players, one player taking two old women and the other taking 3 little pigs. The women are placed in starting spaces at the top of the board and the pigs begin at the bottom of the board. The pigs are taken when an old woman can jump...
Ancient Board Games is a collection of four popular board games which were played in the days of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and in nearby countries from about 5000 years ago. It contains the following games: Hounds and Jackals Senet The Royal Game of Ur Mehen, the Snake Game The games are presented in an oversized cardboard book with plastic playing...
The Reliquary Collection is a boxed set of 12 ancient games from all over the world with origins date between 5000 BCE to 1200 CE. From website: "Each one features a classic play style that is original and doesn't rely on marketing images to be fun. The collection is varied enough to provide a favorite for everyone and each game is conveniently packaged in...
This hand-crafted artisanal gaming set combines four new games with four ancient games. The new games include a devious abstract strategy game (Oasis), a crazy version of Senet in which you move both forward and backward on every turn, and can move not only the pawns but also the spaces on the board itself (Sand), an ultra fast and exciting push-your-luck...
The game has been published under different names but it is a simple race game very much like Backgammon. This edition has a board that is a reproduction of the original found in the Mesopotamian city of Ur. Each player brings their 7 pieces in to play and takes them off of their outer track. Opposing pieces come into conflict on the inner track that they...