Pente is an abstract strategy game. Players place glass markers on intersections of a 19-by-19 grid (the same as in Go). The object of the game is to get five of your own markers in a row (4 with more than 2 players) or capture five pairs of your opponent's pieces. The first to do either wins. Capturing takes place when exactly two pieces are sandwiched...
Pentwall is an abstract strategy game using pentominoes. Two players take turns choosing one of 12 different pentomino shapes to fill a shared 10x10 playing area with that shape of their color. Pentomino shapes can be rotated and flipped. Once a pentomino shape is used, it may not be used by either player again. The game ends when no more pentominoes can...
Using Word cards and Arrow tiles, players create a crossword puzzle together. They discuss the grid, trying to make as much sense of it as possible. Next, players try to guess the arrow associations: For each arrow number (from 1 to 10), they write down on their note sheets the associations they think best summarize the words lined up in front of the...
Perigon is a two-player strategy game. The board is a seven-by-six grid with grooved grid lines. The intersections of the grid are known as Hubs. The pieces are solid cylinders that lie in the grooves of the board in between the Hubs. The grooves that lie along the longer edges of the board are the goal lines. Each player has two Woods and two Granites...
Permute is an abstract strategy game inspired by the Rubik’s Cube. In Permute, two players take it in turns to twist 2x2 sets of pieces on the board, attempting to 'solve' together connected groups of their pieces. The player who builds the bigger solved group wins the game – but at any time, the opponent can step in and twist your groups apart again! How...
Perpend is a connection game for two players: Black and White. It is played on the intersections (points) of an initially empty square grid (board). The top and bottom edges of the board are colored black; the left and right edges are colored white. Black plays first, then turns alternate. On your turn, place one or two friendly stones on empty points. If...
The Pet Cemetery is an exciting pet monster-themed tabletop board game for 2 to 6 players that is easy to learn, family-friendly, and is great for parties and game nights! Players use strategy, planning, and educated guesses to outwit their opponents and be the first to capture the Professor. Game Play: Players start at the edge of the cemetery with 3...
Petrify is a finite territory game for two players: Blue and Orange. It is played on the spaces (squares) of an initially empty square grid (board). The recommended board sizes are between 6x6 and 10x10 squares. Both players must have access to a sufficient number of disks of their own color and a sufficient number of neutral blocks. DefinitionsA group is...
Roughly translated as 'Robbers', this abstract battle game was known to be played by the Romans, and versions of the same game may well have been played before by the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians, and afterwards by the Persians. Games archaeologists and historians disagree hotly about just about every aspect of this game: board size, number and...
The game board represents a pond that is divided into smaller and larger spaces. In the middle of the pond is a small raised plate as an island. The game includes spiders, frogs and flies. The spiders initially use the small island as a place to stay. The large spaces are intended for the frogs, while the spiders and flies are supposed to move on the small...
PHALANX simulates a battle between two armies from the Iron Age. The players take the role of generals facing each other on the field of battle, trying to destroy the enemy’s troops and pushing them out of the battlefield. The player play cards that can act as reinforcements (sending more troops into the fray) or as orders (to direct the ones already on...