Players are responsible for fulfilling the energy requirements for their countries throughout the years. Each year there are exactly enough resources to fulfill and the players have to decide which resources to claim for themselves. It's a simultaneous selection of the resources, so you don't know what the others are choosing. Sometimes you don't quite...
From the Introduction:"The Energy Crisis Game is an instructive introduction to the complexities of energy management. Get involved in the challenge of planning our nation's energy reserves". The Game Equipment consists of the following: a mounted Gameboard; a tri-folded Rules sheet; 1-(6)-sided DIE; 60-Ration Cards; 1-Coupon Disbursement Packet; 6-Various...
From the back of the box: Contents: 4 boards with perforations, 126 banknotes, 10 fixed cards, 4 insurance policies, 80 random cards, 80 pegs, 1 die. The purpose of the game is to trade goods in such a way that you can keep your business going, avoid bankruptcy, if possible make a profit and become the foremost firm on the market. Each player has a...
“Nothing cannot exist forever.” - Stephen Hawking After the Big Bang, things moved quickly. So do you. Players in the game of Eons take on the roles of universal architects competing to shape the universe on a cosmic scale by gathering elemental building blocks to create stars, planets, and other cosmic phenomenon. In a strategy game like no other, the...
Equity is an experimental economy board game played by 3 to 6 people from twelve years up. Inspired by real scientific research on finance bubbles, Equity is a challenging tabletop board game that is competitive, social, filled with strategic choices and surprising outcomes! To win the game, you must trade in stocks and art and be the first player to own a...
A quick-playing game of farming and commodity trading at the turn of the century. Players go into debt investing in land and a workforce, then try to repay their loans selling their crops on the commodity market. All the while, prices go up and down based on what gets sold. The only randomness is the game is the starting selection of available crops. On...
A set collection and negotiation game centered around the early days of the Erie Canal. Players move along the canal collecting cards depicting the various cities along the waterway. Players use a rondel to move, draw cards, and trade cards with other players. Specific numbers of City cards are then traded in to allow placement of a warehouses in one of...
Escape with Honour (Fuga de Honor) is a game where the players try to escape from a Prisoner Camp in WWII, it is heavily based on the movie The Great Escape. The player which manages to escape with more prisoners, or with the ones with higher Honour rating is the winner. Several tunnels can be dug in the same game. This game was on the Design Contest...
In ESSEN, players are exhibitors who are trying to sell their games at a large board game fair in the well-known western German city of Essen. By placing their sellers, creating buzz, and managing their promotional efforts correctly, they can turn a profit and get board game geeks excited about their games. Each player board is themed as a certain type of...
ESSEN: CW & WC is one of the ESSEN bonus tiles When playing with the bonus tiles, players have one additional action during the Action phase. By placing their player token next to the bonus tiles, a player is allowed to either place a bonus disc on to a tile, or move one disc from one tile to another. If a disc is moved away away from a track, all progress...
ESSEN: Live! is one of the ESSEN bonus tiles When playing with the bonus tiles, players have one additional action during the Action phase. By placing their player token next to the bonus tiles, a player is allowed to either place a bonus disc on to a tile, or move one disc from one tile to another. If a disc is moved away away from a track, all progress...
ESSEN: The Press Room is one of the ESSEN bonus tiles When playing with the bonus tiles, players have one additional action during the Action phase. By placing their player token next to the bonus tiles, a player is allowed to either place a bonus disc on to a tile, or move one disc from one tile to another. If a disc is moved away away from a track, all...