A simple train game for children in which a player spins a spinner and then moves his train down a track. Special spaces on the track can force the child to blow his whistle or to lose a turn, possible destroying a deeply developed strategy. The game is significant for its theme. Pictured prominently on the box is the ventriloquist Paul Winchell and two of...
The game board contains a track on which a battery-powered engine named Wilson moves toward the railway station. The players join the race with their engine pawns. These are moved by dice rolls. A color as a roll result means the pawn can move forward to the nearest space in the rolled color; a green light means it can move ahead of the leading engine, a...
From the box: Oh bumpers! The animals have escaped from the Safari Park! Only one has stayed behind. Work together to help Wilson, Brewster and Koko travel around Chuggington as they pick up the remaining animals. Discover who decided to stay with Mtambo in the Safari Park. Guess correctly and you're a winner! A children's game based on the Chuggington...
This Edo-era (early 1800s) game is perhaps the earliest to focus on the famous story of the 47 Ronin or Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers). It is a Mawari-Sugoroku style of game, with die rolls determing movement around the board. Each panel illustrates an episode in the story of the group of samurai who were declared ronin after their master...
You could call this a Jewish version of Monopoly, without all the houses and hotels to build. Instead of Community Chest and Chance cards, you have Shlemiel and Shlemazel cards. If you have a little mazel with the dice, you could end up with 5 weeks in Miami Beach. Add a little Chutzpah, buy some smaltzy properties, avoid Tsoris and you could end up the...
This satirical game was inspired by the former Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, who was very controversial and got involved in many questionable adventures, often resulting in police investigations and corruption accusations. 'Bureš' is the codename he assumed when he collaborated with the former communist secret police. Bureš is an "honest" politician...
Each player has four small pawns and a larger pawn called Ciblux. In his turn player roll dice and move one of his smaller pawn accordingly. There are 3 areas in the game board to move.: - A white area where small pieces can move "with impunity". - A yellow box called 'danger zone' where small pieces can be ejected by the Ciblux of the opponent. - A...
Hard to find Spanish cycling game that appeared in the early '90s released by small independent Spanish sports game publisher Azul 4 Juegos. The game consists of a one-day race, but the rules offer the possibility of playing a five stage race (In fact, nothing prevents us from playing three or twenty stages...) Although the game is quite simple, there is...
Spanish cycling game produced in the 1940's. This game, made out of wood, consisted of a 30x20cm oval racetrack. The game also had dice, shakers, cardboard lap counters and the cyclists that were represented by wooden counters (each a number), game mechanics involved dice rolling to move the counters. There were different disciplines that could be played:...
From the Publisher: Evolua também! Estratégia e planejamento são fundamentais para vencer esses emocionante jogo. Use de estratégia para escolher o melhor momento para evoluir e mudar de CICLO. 1º CICLO: Ganhe heranças dos terrenos e adquira conhecimento para se formar e escolher uma profissão. 2º CICLO: Compre terrenos, invista em negócios, acumule...