IntroductionLonsi (from Old Norse: lǫng sýn, meaning "distant sight") is a strategy game for two players: Black and White. It is played on the hexes (cells) of a hexagonal board, initially set up with white stones, black stones, and empty cells, arranged in such a way that each stone is adjacent to enemy stones but not to others of the same color. The...
At the climax of the American Civil War the armies of the Confederacy were pressed back into their heartland as the rebellion tried desperately to sustain itself against Union forces. One of the most important campaigns occurred in southeastern Tennessee and Georgia, as Federal armies pressed toward the Confederacy’s vital city of Atlanta, home to much of...
The French town of Loos (Lōs) was the British contribution to a massive Allied offensive on the Western Front in the Fall of 1915. Masterminded by the French General-in-Chief Joffre, the offensive was intended both to draw German strength away from the reeling Russians and to pinch out the German salient (“the Noyon Bulge”) aimed at Paris. Launched with...
Loot the World is a tile ownership, connect-the-board, & push-your-luck strategy game for 3 to 4 players. Take control of Victorian era trading companies in a rabbid race to convert land into cold hard cash over a series of rounds where each player takes their turn using a Progressive Turn Order mechanism. There are two ways to win the game: either be the...
“How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula Lord of the Dead is a tribute to the classic hex & counter microgames from the 70s & 80s such as Chitin: I, Rivets, and Ice War. In this game, you play an evil Lord of the Dead with...
Elements of the game are: building up a civilization and fighting. The aim of the game is to become king after cultivation and colonization of the country. Winner of the game is the one who manages to become king two times in a row. Elections take place in a defined intervall. Game includes: - 1 board with a map of Britain (Hex-fielded) - 12 ships (white...
". . . that above the drowned lands, the Middle Sea as is known to men, or else as the Shroud. It buoys we of the Salvar, its issue strengthens our bellies, it alike washes storm womb and the ashy roots of the Forges, it salutes the steaming Godwall and the last island Wardom before the Greater Sea, it guards us well from the lost lands where iron walked ....
The is the first published edition of the Lords of the Sierra Madre game, which was later re-designed and re-published by Decision Games in 1995. Players are hacendados, rich foreigners who are looking to multiply their fortunes in the rich and newly open for business land in Northern Mexico, under the rule of the pro-business dictator Porfirio Diaz. The...
Microgame #18 in the Metagaming Microgames series. From the box: Underearth is the ancient stronghold of the Dwarven Lords. This game covers the earthy realms' full history: from the height of Dwarven power to its decline in the days of dragonfire and destruction. Here, you will lead bands of Humans, Dwarves, Orcs and monsters on raids, wars and treasure...
From the box: "Mighty, magical holocausts, awe-inspiring Dragons, weird and terrible monsters, military battles on a grand scale. Which of the combatants, Order or Chaos, shall win? And can the forces of Neutrality maintain the precarious balance of power . . . An exciting, fast moving game of movement and combat in a fantastic world, where skill and...
A wargame in French published in 1982. It's about the general Patton and the 3rd US army liberating Metz on the way to attack the Saarland. It's a small scale little wargame with hex and counters. It's based on usual rules from that time: zones of control, communication lines, combat table based on attack vs defense ratio. One hex is for 3 km - 2 miles....