In Lovelace & Babbage, players adopt the roles of 19th-century computing pioneers including Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage. Each player has their own unique abilities and subroutines, providing asymmetric gameplay and new challenges. Programming an early mechanical engine, players complete tasks for famous 19th-century patrons who award influence in...
Welcome to Hawaii! You’ve arrived for your vacation, and it’s time to hit the luau! As you arrive, you see a table full of beautiful and vibrant flowers. Here’s how it works: Once you find out who’s hosting the party, you’ll take flowers, leaves, nuts, and other items from the pile to string and match together the most impressive lei! Whoever has the best...
In Lucky Xmas you are allowed to use Santa's magic to alter the outcome of the biggest lottery ever. Our aim: give everybody a great Christmas. The winner will become Santa's helper. On your turn you will choose 1 card to add to your tableau in row 1, 2, 3 or 4. Once a row consists of 3 cards, you raise money for Santa’s lottery. You try to maximize the...
Ludothèque is a game of games collecting and club development. It uses Games Cards system. Players are owners of the game clubs trying to buy good games, organize game tables in order to acquire the most prestige points. On your turn, you may (1) sell and buy games, and (2) add 1 game to make game table more attractive for gamers. New game on a table must...
The game board shows pairs of shoes. The players draw tiles and and place them face down on the board, starting on the left side (there are four rows). The tile has to match the picture under it. The other players can doubt that and check - if they doubted correctly, the wrong-doer removes two tiles, if not, the accuser does that. Each column of four...
In a world of darkness and uncertainty, Luminaries light the way. True light comes in many forms and colors but must always flow from the River. In Luminary, you are in fact a Luminary yourself, bringing light in a time of darkness. In this quick 24 card-tile game, you draft colored-light tiles, lay out a variety of light groupings, and modify your...
Lupercalia is a matchbox game from Japan, for two co-operative players. The designer is hoping that it will bring the players closer to a better friendship. Lupercalia is a Roman festival for cleansing and purging, held from February 13th to 15th. In this game, it stands in for Valentine's day, and the them is bringing male and female couples together. The...
Two players take turns placing stones on empty spaces of an initially empty hexagonal grid of hexagons, one stone per turn. There must never be a stone adjacent to six other stones on the board. You win if, after your placement, there is an empty space whence the edge of the board cannot be reached through a series of steps onto adjacent empty spaces. The...