In a not so distant future, Earth's Oil reserves run out. Using inferior energy sources, humanity takes to the stars in search of something comparable to the black gold. After some time, planet EX-/Z96 is found, and the long range scanners indicate that it contains tremendous reserves of Oil. The search is over, and the scramble begins - the Oil must flow....
Orange Swan is a strategic game that recreates the war in the Pacific. Orange Swan may be combined with Black Swan and Orange Swan: Dai Tō-A Sensō or both! The Call of The Orange Swan Japan, on the eve of its entry into World War Two, is looking in two different directions. It sees opportunity and it fears defeat. It clamours for modernity and yet it will...
"Orbit War is a stylized game of tactical space combat in the 21st century . . . The playing board consists of eight concentric orbits around a central body; this central body represents a star in all games except the invasion scenario, in which it represents a planet." Players control individual ships orbiting around a planet. The object is to defeat the...
Origins of World War I appears in Sid Sackson's well-known game book A Gamut of Games. Gameplay is very similar to Origins of World War II, which was published by The Avalon Hill Game Co in 1971, although players have to provide their own game components. The following description was taken from A Gamut of Games introduction of this game: A...
Origins of World War II is an Avalon Hill bookcase game. A game in which the players take the roles of the major powers of World War II in the 1930s. Each attempts to achieve its diplomatic objectives while preventing the other players from gaining theirs. If Germany or the USSR win World War II starts, if one of the allied powers wins the war would have...
"Despite all our hopes, Earth got depleted before FTL jumps were possible. However, mankind made one last and desperate effort: five colony fleets were sent in an intergenerational journey to other worlds potentially capable of supporting human life… ...colonists reaching Arcturus found a barren planet, and in order to preserve their very existence they...
Parasite is a cooperative strategic card game where you need to outsmart each other and stay alive. In a stressing situation like this, put to the test your strategy, teamwork and bluffing skills! Easy to learn, difficult to master. Everyone wants to find which player is hosting the parasite, but be aware! It can pass from host to host... The evil alien...
Parsifal - A Game of Tarots is a fierce and engaging game that breaks the mold by reinterpreting Richard Wagner’s opera with a fantasy twist through 30 tarots (23 characters and 7 artifacts). In Parsifal - A Game of Tarots you will find a high level of strategic interdependence: each player controls multiple characters and, at each turn, they must choose...
Find your partner in crime without blowing your cover. Your mission is to identify each other by drawing or by writing a single word. You want your partner to guess who you are, and you will play the detective to work out who else is a partner - but you don't want to be sussed yourself. How subtle can you make your drawing? The only frustration in this...
In the trick-taking game Pass Pass, you need to create temporary alliances and use cunning strategies so that your card's color is in the majority and you can win cards and valuable diamonds. Each round, players start with eight number cards in hand; cards come in four suits. The first player leads a card of their choice, then each other player plays a...
Civilizations are built upon the technological innovations of past eras, the ambitions and ideas of people who left their mark on the course of time, and the social advancements demanded by each moment in history. Some of these events, structures, and ideas remain to this day, while others form part of the sediment that shapes our slice of History. In...
Those that had brought about the fall of Robespierre in Thermidor were dubbed 'The Thermidorians'. All agreed that the so-called 'Terror' had to be winded down but this in turn prompted the Royalists and Sans-culottes from re-emerging out of the the shadows. The Thermidorians want to ensure the survival of the Republic but they do not want to restore the...