from CELEBRATING BOARD GAMES by Nina Chertoff and Susan Kahn. This is a game that could only come from a different era. Bertie Gertie is a game for 4 players, all servicemen on leave during World War II. Their goal is to take a walk with a beautiful woman on the beach. The object of the game is not to be the player left with the "ugly" one. The token game...
Biznes po europejsku - "Business in an European way" - is a Monopoply-based game. Players buy properties located in various European countries, grouped by their region (e.g. Germany with Austria; Belgium with Holland and Luxembourg; Greece with Cyprus and Malta, Poland with Slovakia and Hungary etc.). There are 10 sets total: 7 of 3 countries and 3 of 2...
Biznes po polsku - "Business in Polish" (not "in Poland!") - is a Monopoly based game. The action takes place in Poland in 1990-s. Socialism is over, capitalism begins. Players try to run their small businesses - hot-dog kiosks, second-hands, money exchange offices, fitness clubs, gasoline stations, etc. There is a lot of jokes and puns connected with the...
"Entrepreneurs" experience Bizness type scenarios while trying to gain control of all 5 "Stock Chips" for each Company to gain the Complete Ownership required to win this game. Players may buy each other's Stocks when Landing on owned companies, however Fate cards can cause "Open/Free" stocks to be lost back to the Bank or Players and available again ......
The title (The bear is sleeping) is a well-known children's song in Norway and Sweden. The game was first released in Norwegian in 2002, and in a much improved Swedish version in 2004. In the original version, the players try to collect gold coins without waking the sleeping bear; in the later version they gather blueberries instead. Before the game...
From Play The Game description: Game for two players Circa 1920 Information on gameplay from Play the Game by Brian Love. Two farmers try to force their apparently 1-eyed if not totally blind pigs up the road to market. The route is a minefield of detours. The only consolation is that the players get to control 2 pigs rather than 1 and can decide in which...
This question and answer style game is played by groups of two to six. Players/partners "bet" on the success of the answers with points. The objective: answer your question correctly or guess whether another landing player will answer his or her question correctly, winning or losing points accordingly. This game presents very positive role models in a way...
A three dimensional board with grooves for train tracks. The board has an inner and an outer track with spur tracks on the corners for passing other trains. A black die and a white die are rolled and the players moves his trains (marbles) on the outer track and the Black Ball Express on the inner track. When the Black Ball Express lands on a train, that...
From the instruction manual: "Become a master of the ancient Martial Art of Karate. Use wit, skill, and luck to battle your opponents as you progress from white-belted novice to Black Belt of the eighth degree!" The game is actually played with the use of cards depicting different karate maneuvers (attack and defense) and generic kung-fu weapons (like sai...
This game teaches children about cooperation, the proper value of money, and how the Black Community works. For adults, the game provides better strategies to help the Black Community. The winner is the player that does the most for the Community. This is determined by the player with the most chips. The white chips represent economic power. The red chips...