Stratagem is an abstract simulation of international conflict. You control a country in a specific historical period and use its resources to accomplish certain objectives. You earn Victory Points by reaching these objectives. The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the game wins. Stratagem is played in Game-turns. A Game-turn proceeds as...
Streams (a.k.a. 20 Express) consists of pens, score sheets, and a deck of forty cards (or bakelite tiles, depending on the edition); the tiles are numbered 1-30, with two copies of #11-19 and one wild. Game play is similar to Bingo in that someone draws a tile and everyone must then write that number on her scoring sheet. This sheet contains a line of 20...
In Streams Cross, players aim to score points by filling out a cross shaped grid with numbers. Players earn more points for longer sequences where numbers do not decrease. The game presents two rule sets for determining how the numbers are chosen. In one, a set of dice are rolled (with a different amount rolled depending upon the round). In the other, the...
User summary: A basic set of skirmish-level miniatures rules for urban combat between street gangs, law enforcement, special forces, etc. Game scale is 1:1 with each figure representing individual fighters, vehicles, etc. Each turn equals 5 seconds of "real" time and the ground scale is 1.5 centimeters equals 1 meter. These rules are intended for use with...
Paper-and-pencil game where players try to score the most points by marking the longest rows of squares. Eight rows "1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4" build a square 8x8 board. In their turn, players throw four dice (or a die four times) and mark each time a field on the board with the thrown number; 5, 6 and numbers already used up on the board are wasted throws. The game...
Created with the spirit of arcade gaming : you put a coin inside the machine, push the start button, play 5 minutes, lose, put another coin, play 5 minutes, lose again, you don't have coins anymore, you leave, it's fun. Play a hand-drawn rally game from behind the wheel with a top notch view ! With a simple accelerate/decelerate mecanism thanks to 3 dices...
How many strikes can you throw in ten frames? Can you pick up a spare? Avoid a split? Find out in this three-card nanogame of dexterity and planning that simulates a full game of bowling in under 20 minutes. Test your eyes, curse your hands, and leave the lane open for better options as you bowl your way to a high score in Strike, Spare, or Split! In this...
String Thing is a pen-and-paper dexterity game. Players draw maps with a start point and an end point, and goals and obstacles in between. Then they take a long string with a bead tied to one end, drop the bead at the start point of a map, and slowly lower the string, attempting to draw a line with it from start to end while connecting the goals and...
Stumpz is a cricket game from the famous Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd, makers of playing cards and printers of English Bank notes. Stumpz is described as "The Indoor Cricket Game Played by The Australian Test Team, English Teams and Keen Cricketers Everywhere". It contains many elements of cricket missing from many cricket board games, including being able...
Submarine is a tactical wargame of World War II submarine warfare. One player assumes the role of a submarine captain, while others are escort and/or convoy commanders. The submarine location is kept secret with the submarine player using plotted movement for the submarine and any torpedoes. The escort/convoy players move their ships on the board. When...
"Voter Beware" (Subrogātor Cave, in Latin) is a political dice rolling game about Food Truck politics. Bernie Salad, Hilaire, Gervais Juanson, and Donny Sausage all wish to become President of the Food Truck Association, the political position which controls all of the menus on local food trucks. In this game, one to four players will take turns rolling...