Wargame is a strategy game for 2 players. Playing time is roughly 20 minutes. Each player has 13 cards ranked from 13 (Bazooka) down to 1 (Spy). Cards of a higher rank typically take cards of a lower rank, though there are some exceptions (Spies, for example, take both the Bazooka and the Mortar, while Shooters can sometimes be "turned"). A player first...
"Two player abstract strategy board game. Variant of Backgammon." The game is played on a standard checkers board and requires sixteen red checkers, sixteen black checkers, and two six-sided dice. "Each player gets one set of 16 checkers. Each player has his own 'side of the board.' On the back row of a players side, the player places a stack of 8 checkers...
Objective To be last one standing or have the highest score when the game ends. The Basics In Warlord Chess players move, capture, check, and checkmate just like in standard chess. However there is no en passant or castling. Instead, special spaces on the board allow the pieces to make special moves. Duration: Play lasts for 40 ROUNDS after which TIME’S...
A new set of rules to play the age-old game for two players, using a chess board and all of the chess pieces. Warlord chess is designed to be simple and easy to learn, but offering a strategic depth and its main goal is to be played with nothing but the typical chess set you can find everywhere. Players use pawns as Farmers, creating patterns in order to...
Warlord is a small set of rules and 5 different piece types that are used in a series of scenarios. Each scenario is a structured multi-move abstract strategy game of battle using a unique board and setup. Armies of 30 - 35 pieces are commanded by half a dozen leaders, any 4 of which may be active in a turn. Active leaders may move themselves or any...
The most challenging board game created since the ancient game of chess. Imagine controlling two armies of magical creatures with specific movement patterns into battle. Enter your most powerful piece, the Wizard, from off the battlefield to create havoc for your opponent. Use your Dragon Slayer and Priestess in mystical movements to bewilder your...
Very controversial insert game in Command Magazine Issue #49. Considered by many to be the issue where Command "jumped the shark." Outraged subscribers were appalled when their complaints were dismissed as a bunch of whining by XTR head Ty Bomba. Apparently intended merely as a small bonus game it ended up carrying the whole load when the planned issue...
A culturally rich board game that blends color-based mechanics with legendary characters and local wisdom from Betawi, a traditional ethnic group native to Jakarta, Indonesia. In this edition, players must collect and combine primary colors to create tertiary ones while answering quiz questions rooted in Betawi folklore, history, and everyday life. Along...
Warp 6 is a mostly abstract race game where players have a fleet of starships (which are represented 4-, 6-, and 8-sided dice) trying to go down a spiral path to the center wormhole. During a turn a player moves one of his or her ships along the the spiral exactly the number on the die. A player can choose to change the number on a die up or down by one...
A chess variant using cards. Basic two player chess rules board and pieces apply modified by the introduction of a common deck of cards. The deck includes a range of alternative plays that players can elect to use rather than normal movement for that turn. Examples are: move 3 pieces, move pawn like a rook, switch two of your opponent’s pieces, move bishop...