A map of the Mediterranean features cities linked by lines. Move Ulysses' ship along these lines to four secret destinations to win the game. Players accept the lead player's choice of direction or object and challenge this destination. Alternative destinations are proposed and one winner will emerge. It is important to be the lead player, as this person...
Umbra Turris is new skirmish level miniatures game in which players control 6-12 heroes who create a party, trying to gain fame and wealth in ruins of old, grim city of Umbra Turris. Using high quality miniatures and free intuitive rules players can assemble and highly customize their own band of heroes and then lead them to death or glory in one of six...
Un Tetto In Prato ("A Roof in Prato") is the game of bargaining and investment for those who feel at home in the chaotic creativity of Prato. Retrace the narrow streets of the center, the agricultural areas of Tavola or the hills of Galceti to invest and give prestige to this "blessed" city! In this fun game, suitable for young and old, challenge Prato and...
Uncle Scam has its roots in Monopoly but adds to it the effects of Politics and Bribing. The game is won when the first player goes broke and then the money is counted and the winner is declared the player with the most money. There are Capitol Investments, Rents, Prison, and Bribery but no mortgaging, borrowing, or selling between players allowed. The...
Under Construction is a 2-6 player worker placement game that puts players in the role of general contractor. You need to win contracts (lowest hidden bid wins), collect the necessary resources, and then build them in order to get cash and increase your reputation. With a modest amount of bluffing, resource management, worker placement and Development...
Undercut is a game created using Icehouse Pieces. It's an auction game where the players score points based on sets of similar pieces, but the twist is that the player with the lowest score wins. During each round, players are required to bid on a set of pieces, and it is desirable to win the auction on the set of pieces which most avoids matching pieces....
Unequalopolis is a marketplace game where users can buy, sell and trade properties while playing with rules that vary according to the "gender" of the player. The goal of the game is to become the richest player. Players are assigned genders through an initial roll of the dice, and restrictions (based on real-life gendered legal and social barriers)...
Set in the chaotic city of Orcwood you play the part of a prominent family. Grow your wealth and power by arranging marriages with the other families. The only problem is that this is a fantasy land; Witches, Goblins, Gelatinous Cubes, Vampires, Ogres and many more crazy creatures. Only the best matches will secure your victory, so who will you choose?...
Uni-Spec (also called Spec in the rules) is played on a 7x7 grid. The grid spaces are purchased one at a time by players; on each turn the active player chooses an unowned space to be sold. If it is one of the spaces on the main diagonals, it has a printed price (from 1-7 units) and the player simply buys it. Otherwise an auction is conducted. Each space...
from the publisher's website: A game for train lovers across America! More than 140 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act. With this historic stroke of a pen, the stage was set for Union Pacific to open the American West to settlers and, in the process, connect a continent. The transcontinental route heralded the Industrial...
From the turn of the 20th century, Chicago's Union Station rose to prominence as one of the busiest and most used train station hubs in the United States. At one point, five railroad companies each owned stock in the Chicago Union Station Co, collaborating to build the greatest train station at the time. Union Station is a quick-playing cube rails game...
Unlur, the winner of the 2002 Unequal Forces Game Design Competition (sponsored by About Board Games, Abstract Games Magazine, and the Strategy Gaming Society), is an abstract strategy game played on a hexagon-shaped tessellation of hexagons with eight hexagons on each side. Unlur is also a game of unequal forces -- each player has a different objective....