Jeu de Cavagnole is a game of Genoese origin, notably played in the eighteenth century in France, where it was introduced in the 1730's. Its name comes from the Italian words cavagnolo or cavagnola "small basket". The game was mostly played by women of the aristocracy. Jeu de Cavagnole is made up of a variable number of square cards, each card with five...
Jujuman is a single-sheet roll-and-write game of exploration and potion crafting. Each player becomes a mystical potion maker navigating a hex-based map. On a turn, three dice (red, green, and black) are rolled for all players. Each player uses the dice to simultaneously fill potion bottles with strategic number placements, move across the map, and collect...
Keenograms combines the word-spelling of anagrams with the gameplay of keno/bingo. Each player gets a 5x5 card with 25 letters of the alphabet on it. (There are 6 cards in the Popular edition, 16 in the Deluxe edition.) Player agree on length of the word allowed, e.g. 3 letters, or 5 letters, etc. The dealer then shuffles the deck of 26 letter cards -- one...
Combining Go’s open gameplay with the chance taking of Bingo, this game does not only require strategic thinking, but also a good memory. It is divided into two phases: stone acquisition and stone playing. Your goal is to get a bingo by playing your chosen stones. Choose what information you will give your opponent and try to remember what you know about...
You and your hot air ballon have entered the "RED BALLOON" contest, where the best traveller in Turkey will be decided. To win you need to travel to the most destinations within 51 days. On your turn you will draw 1 card from the deck on each trip day and choose a city from the opened cards. Some tickets have 2 city names, but you can only visit 1 city on...
In Let's Make a Bus Route (バスルートをつくろう), you and others each control a bus company in Kyoto and are creating new bus lines to respond to the needs of local students, the elderly, and tourists and commuters visiting the city, while also trying to avoid traffic jams. Can you bring people by sightseeing spots while also getting them to their destinations?...
The Liangzhu Civilization, located in Hangzhou, China, dates back to around 5300-4000 years ago, is one of the oldest civilization of mankind. In the game of Liangzhu, each player takes on the role of a tribe leader aiming to develop their agriculture by selecting cards and completing mission cards across three eras to increase taxes, bolster their...
Loteria is a traditional Mexican game combining cards and Bingo, and it has been played as a game of chance, as a pastime and for educational purposes. Cards are drawn and the illustrations matched to Bingo-like grid cards, each showing 16 of the 54 possible cards. Like Bingo, one may win by matching all of the fields on the grid-card, or by matching a...
A Bingo-like lottery game where set numbers 1-6 on the letters of their LOTTERY strip. Then the caller pulls cards pairing letters and numbers together. The first player to have the correct numbers called for each of the corresponding letters of their LOTTERY wins the round and gets a chance to spin the jackpot wheel to see what prize they win. The player...
By a lake, in the garden, by the sea or in the forest - there's lots to discover in the company of these two elves. You must look carefully and memorize the motif in order to find the right tile to place on the the right board. Four beautifully illustrated scenes make up this lotto game that can be adapted for different age groups. An adventurous journey...