"3rd Millennium Chess does for chess what Christopher Columbus did for the world." - Shannon Rene Gardner, designer 3rd Millennium Chess, AKA 3MChess, is a chess variant played on a wrap-around cylindrical 8 x 14 board. There are two other differences from conventional chess: 1. Each player begins with a row of eight pawns on each side of the home rank....
The battle for the three castles The peaceful coexistence of three castle lords is over and the gauntlet has been thrown down. Now they go into battle with their knights and squires. Everyone against everyone. How will this battle end? Which lord of the castle will be defeated first? And by whom? After all, three strong rivals are facing each other - there...
Summary An abstract game in which the numbers 1-16 have to be arranged into rows, using five auxiliary columns and careful planning. Aim of the game Each player tries to lay three new rows, each of them starting with 1 and ending with 16, with all the numbers in between in their correct sequence. The player who first completes his/her three rows wins the...
40 Bridges is an abstract strategy game played on a grid of squares and octagons. Players try to win by either being the first one to move a piece into the opposing corner square, or by capturing all of the opponent's pieces. A piece may move to an adjacent space of the same type it started on (square or octagon) or jump over any adjacent friendly piece....
In a medina on the borders of the kingdom thrives a dishonest merchant with excessive wealth. Gold coins, fabrics and carpets pile up in its hidden and well-guarded den. In the middle of his treasure are nine bluish sapphires of great purity. Nine precious stones that make you dream. In the city, looters, thieves, and other rogues start a challenge:...
42 (or Texas 42) is a game played with a standard set of 28 "Double-Six" Dominos, that is similar to "Trick-taking" card games. Four players in two partnerships are each dealt 7 dominoes. Players then bid for the right to declare trump. The bid goes around once, with bids ranging from 30 to 42, plus some special bids. The winning bidder declares a trump....
42 - Hyperspace Expressway is an abstract strategy game for two players, played in two phases. During the first phase players build a network of hyperspace expressways and motels. They score victory points according to the value of the planets they build motels on. During the second phase, you can conquer planets of your opponent by moving a motel along a...
4917 is a card game for teaching kids how to read and write machine code, using a simple 4 bit computer with very simple instruction set, 2 general purpose registers and only 16 cells of addressable memory. While the deck supports many play variations, the Hacking variant requires two people, with the goal to HALT the other player's computer without using...
4+ exists out of board with holes in which pins can be placed, pins in 2 colors for both players and bars with 4 holes in 2 colors to place over the pins. Your target is to place as many bars over different rows of 4 pins of your own color. This will earn you points. The player with the most points wins. The game goes on until all pins are placed in the...
Two games in one small box: „4 gegen 4“ is an old Chinese Checkers variant, which is played on a small 4x8 board . The 4 playing pieces per player are not allowed to move backwards. Winner is the player whose playing pieces occupy the opposing starting position first. „4 gegen 1“ is a Fox and Geese variant, where 4 pieces try to surround the single piece...
4 Get It is a domino style board game where you try to build squares of the same color - or squares that are composed of all four distinct colors. Each square is claimed by placing a token onto it. Each tile shows two colors (some tiles are, of course, doubles) and two symbols. When laying down a tile it's color must only match only match the color of one...