Stacks is a fast-playing, abstract tactical game for two players. The game is played on a 5 x 5 grid (25 spaces in total). Each player gets 10 playing pieces either in red or black. Your pieces start on stacks of 2 on your own home spaces, adjacent to the main playing grid. In each turn, a player can move one or more of their pieces across the board. The...
This is Game #25 in the Games on Half a Checkerboard Series This game is a fusion of Lines of Action, Focus and Extinction Chess. In it, in order to keep pieces moving, a player must control at least one stack each containing 1 piece, 2 pieces, and 3 pieces. In order to move a stack on top of another stack, a player must have all their pieces on the board....
Stacktics is a game where the aim is for players to create 4 stacks of 2 tokens that match their unique reference stack. This is done by building and manipulating stacks of tokens in the centre of the table. In turn players can draw a token from the draw bag to add to the central stacks, or perform a single manipulation, or place their blocking piece to...
Stackup is a two player abstract strategy game played on a trigonal grid board. One player uses white pieces and the other uses black. Players place and stack pieces to form a multi level structure, aiming to have the majority of their color visible on the highest completed level at the end of the game. Each player has pieces in two different lengths...
The 1952 game Stadium Checkers was the most complex and the liveliest version of this gravity-based, logic-puzzle race game. A special concentric 'stadium' is required, along with 5 marbles or balls beginning at the start quadrants on the stadium's uppermost and outermost ring. The earliest version of the game had 7 internal stepped rings, while later...
Each year the different life forms on the planet Staffa compete in their traditional game of Hex Rock Climbing. The first team to have three members reach the Transmat station at the top of the Great Hex Rock is the winner. The game consists of a game board, the Transmat station, 6 teams of 4 unique Staffans, 100 small rock pieces and 2 dice. The two dice...
Stag follows the life cycle of beetles — a game of planning and resource management, culminating in a social deduction showdown where you can lose it all if you’re too greedy! Players plan their actions using their action tiles, then resolve them simultaneously. The aim is to score the most points by progressing your beetles through their life cycle, going...
Stairs is a stacking game consisting of a simple rule set. The goal is to place your piece higher than your opponent. All the turn player has to do is basically move one of their pieces to the adjacent space. However, the player must move it to exactly one level higher than before the move. The player must also move the piece on the lowest stack that can...