A monopoly (from Greek monos μόνος (alone or single) + polein πωλεῖν (to sell)) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity. Monopoly is a roll-and-move game where players move around the game board buying or trading properties, developing their properties with houses and hotels. When opponents land on players...
With a board showing various tracks, business, partner, self-discovery & mystic, politics, good life & travel, there are matching cards with German text. This early semi-pro production appears to be a game to spark discussion of your true beliefs or values. The cards have various statements and I think the other players must judge your reaction before you...
A simple, luck-based racing game for children. The game consists of one island tile, 4 wooden turtles, 43 cards and one six-sided number die. The island tile is the target space that all the turtles (= wooden player pieces) want to reach as fast as possible. The cards, which show either one of several sea creatures or a smaller island, are used to create a...
Schinderhannes is a historical character similar to Robin Hood. He lived around 1800 in the region of Hunsrück, Taunus and Eifel (center of Western Germany). Easy dice game. Players roll and move on a board of a network of spaces. One player is the "Schinderhannes" and tries to take as much loot as possible by landing on the appropriate space, the other...
An educational game aimed at teaching the rules of conduct on ski pistes ("Pistenregeln"). The game combines roll-and-move elements with trivia game elements. The board shows four different skiing areas. Players move their player tokens up the ski lift according to their die roll results. Once they've reached the top, they can ski downhill (again using die...
シュラハ (Schlacht) is a two player strategy game from Japan, which pits two small armies against each other, akin to Chess. The game board is a mix of land and sea hexes. Both players have a set of 12 pieces; spears, archers, shields, cavalry, longship, infantry, and a castle to protect. The players take turns rolling a die numbered 1-3, and move their pieces...
This 19th-Century game may be the earliest ever based on a specific Napoleonic battle, with the board showing a fairly detailed map of the area around the city. (While undated, it probably pre-dates Parker Bros. 1895 Waterloo.) The game is for 2 - 7 players, each of whom plays the role of one of the Coalition commanders advancing on Napoleon's central...
There is an actual Schlafmütze ("sleeping hat", meaning someone who is a bit slow and clumsy) included in this game. In the beginning, a random player has to wear it. Each player has four pawns and moves them over the 13x13 game board. This is done by rolling two dice of which one can choose one for the movement. When both dice show a red dot, the player...
Each player has a snake which is made of colorful pearls. The game has no board, instead, a starting line and a finish line are determined at the players' discretion. The snakes are laid out at the starting line. Each player rolls two color dice in his/her turn, then moves one end of his/her snake forward until the two colors are adjacent to each other....
Objective: Be the first reaching space 100 - moving by turns - Each player moves forward according die/dice roll (use one die only during very first three rounds and after passing space 90); follow instructions glued into the lid ending on a marked space. Notes: Translation: cockaigne, mythical land of plenty; Educational approach praising work &...