This is a card driven horse racing game. The majority of the included cards have one of the horse's number. First, the cards are shuffled and a number of them are dealt to the "Odds" area of the board and are used with a set of dials to determine the odds for each horse. The players then place their bets. Then the cards are dealt to the race part of the...
In this game each player controls a horse and sulky in a harness race. The players control the horse by playing cards from their hands; the strength of their hand determining their handicap. Players must pay an entry fee for (bet on) their own horse but may also bet on other horses. The winner is the first horse over the line. From the box: "Allows you to...
Between December 1941 to August 1945, a sea war was fought in the Pacific unlike any before, as the long-range striking power of aircraft carriers ended the 250-year reign supremacy of the battleship. Pacific Command is a tabletop wargame of WWII naval combat in the Pacific which puts you in control of dozens of warships and hundreds of aircraft; fighting...
12 cards (with positive, negative, and special powers) are revealed one after the other. Each time a card is revealed, the players try to acquire it by secretly choosing a number of flies(each player starts with 5 black plastic flies), and guessing the total number of flies chosen by all of the players. The used flies become the reserve in the middle of...
Pai Gow is a traditional Chinese gambling game played with a special set of 32 dominoes (see Chinese Dominoes). Everyone plays against a banker. Each player gets dealt four dominoes and makes two pairs. A player wins (loses) if each matching pair is better (worse) than the dealers. If they split, it's a draw. The only decision made in the game is how to...
From the back of the box: "The object of the game is to collect cards to form a five-card poker hand by landing on designated squares along the edges of the board, and then to exit the game. The player to exit a hand worth two pairs or better ends the round and wins half the pot; the holder of the highest hand wins the other half." "Pairs of Better uses...
In the trick-taking card game Pala, players are art students who are learning to mix their pigments on the palette to get the right color for their canvases. The cards are the paint colors, and the palette is the table. By playing cards together (that is, mixing colors), you can effectively change the color of your cards as well as the trick itself. The...
Palomino is a casino-style table game with one dealer and up to seven players. The dealer's hand is always four cards or less, is never better than a pair, and is always completely face up. The player can buy up to five cards to try and beat the dealer, winning more money when the dealer's hand is better. In addition to this Palomino board, which is...
Pandánte is a gambling game played by the Pandas of the Pandalands in the Fantasy Strike universe. In this game, lying is okay. (Humans use the softer term "bluffing".) You can lie about which abilities you have access to, and you can lie about whether your cards are strong enough to win the pot! And if you win a pot by lying, you gain the favor of a Panda...
Pandánte is a light-hearted, Panda-themed gambling game with an emphasis on lying. Players lie about their hands all the time, and that's half the fun. It's also suitable to play for real money and has a higher skill ceiling than Human Poker. (Yes, really!) It's a little bit like the Human Poker game Texas Hold'em, but you get to improve your hand with...
Pandánte is a gambling game played by the Pandas of the Pandalands. In this game, lying is encouraged (humans use the softer term “bluffing”). You’ll often have to claim you have a hand that you don’t really have. Be careful though, because other players can call you out for fun and profit. Pandánte: Light & Dark expansion adds different Light and Dark...
Panguingue (pan-ginn'-gay), or "Pan", is a popular rummy game in the Western part of the United States. It was regularly played in gambling halls during the California gold rush. Its exact origin is not confirmed, however, it is thought to have originated among the Tagalogs, natives of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, during the country's Spanish...