Ponte del Diavolo by Martin Ebel is a game that honors both game designer Alex Randolph and Twixt, one of Randolph's most enduring designs. In this tactical 2-player placement game (ostensibly set in Venice, but this is an abstract), players place wooden squares to build "islands" and then attempt to connect them with bridges. Sounds simple, but it's not....
Pook is an easy-to-learn, hard to master, strategic card game. 2 minutes of rules and here we go! You're an overlord fighting over the fantasy world of Pook. With the help of the 4 factions available each with their own skillset ! The greater their power, the greater the requirements to use them. Use cunning to ensure the presence of your allies on the...
Although the author is a late convert to the joys of Napoleonic wargaming, he soon began to see why so many wargamers love the period. As a result, he set out to write several sets of rules that would use similar game mechanisms to those in his other PORTABLE WARGAME rules, and that would enable him to fight a range of small, medium, and large battles on a...
A set of simple miniatures wargame rules designed to be played quickly on a small board with a square or hex grid and using only a small number of figures. There are specific rules for two periods within the book: a nineteenth century 'Colonial' warfare set and a set for the first half of the twentieth century. The book contains some mechanisms for playing...
You are the king’s last fortune-tellers, but after tonight he’s going to make another budget cut and heads will roll. The sacrifices are scattered on the altar and the king is demanding a reading. It’s time to make a future for yourself. OBJECT Manipulate the Bird Sacrifice Tiles (referred to as “BS Tiles”) into lines of 3 with a shared attribute, called...
Positano: The Crowded Cliffside includes components in two new colors so that now up to six players can bid for building spaces in Positano. To give players more room in which to build, the expansion includes a new set of cliffside steps that expand the playing area to a 5x5 area instead of 4x4. This larger cliffside also allows for a four-player variant...
Post Office is a game in which you will arrange packages on your Shelves pads in order to complete challenges. By placing your packages of the same type next to each other and taping them up in certain ways, you will create combinations of symbols to score Victory Points. The more efficient you are the more Victory Points you get. Earn the most Victory...
The Siege of the Bastille is a game for two. Each person has four stones with which he must try to reach the Bastille in the middle of the board before his opponent. Players take it in turns to move their stones, advancing only one square at a time, but in any direction. The first person to occupy three of the positions on the fort is the victor. —user...
Пришелец ("Alien") is an asymmetric game. It’s one player against the rest of the table. All players are Astronauts except for one of them who is an Alien. The Astronauts are weaker, but they are many, and everyone has a trick up his/her sleeve. The Alien is stronger, yet it is alone. Every round you roll the die, move your character across the spaceship...
Once upon a time, there was a world where far too many kings made promises and would not keep them. Your name is Tom Thumb. You and your younger sister Anna have made it your mission to help these kings and get rid of those who want to claim the royal promise. The Promise is an 18-card boss battler in the Grimm World universe. You battle with two...
Prudh (“Prew”) is a classic-style abstract game. It uses a 6x6 two-color board and 36 identical pieces. The color of each space determines who controls each piece. Players take turns consolidating their power and attacking their opponents’ spaces. The goal is to score the most points without running out of moves. Prudh is a derivation of “Prudhomme,”...
It might seem like it's all fun and games being psychically linked, but have you ever tried to hit a nice fairway drive while your opponent is moving the entire green with their mind? Players first take turns to draw cards and place them building the course (until the hole card is placed). Each player starts with his token (ball) on a solid green square of...