Archimedes is a nautical battle game for 2 players. The board is an 8×8 grid, and each player has 10 (in the original version) or 12 "ships" represented by pieces of one color. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's ships. Pieces may move any distance in any direction. They do not capture by moving; instead, a piece that could move to an...
In Arctic Armies, two teams of penguins throw snowballs at each other to score points. It's part area control, part deck builder in which your 4x4 group of penguin troops first throw snowballs in a ranged attack phase and then go head to head in melee attack. You use cards to buff both ranged and melee attacks, or use special ability cards to get an edge...
This game was attached to the ioGioco 16 magazine Peloponnesian War: Sparta and Athens face off in a clash. Ares and Athena, patron deities of the two city-states, direct the strategies of their respective sides by communicating with the forces on the battlefield through the souls of the deceased warriors. But this time, even the gods took the field ......
Arimaa, pronounced "a-ree-muh," is a game where stronger animals like elephants and camels freeze, push, and pull the weaker ones from the opposing team around and into traps, while one of the rabbits tries to sneak across the board and harmlessly reach the other side. The first player to get one of their rabbits to the other side wins. This may sound like...
The chivalrous strategy game! By turning over the tiles, each player builds or destroys Walls, creating rather ramparts that protect their pawns, or Paths that allow their movement and the capture of the adversary's pawn. There are 3 possible types of actions : build a Wall destroy a Wall move a pawn During his turn, a player can decide to do 1, 2, or 3...
Arkendom Conquista Starter Set is a competitive game of cards and dice for 2 or 4 players, which simulates field battles in the fantasy world of Arkendom. By leading their armies against enemies, players can take control upon terrains and resources to secure victory. Arkendom is a mysterious world rich of amazing landscapes and mythological beings, first...
Arms Race is a chess-like abstract strategy game for two players, which uses dice instead of chess pieces. Each of the six faces of the dice match a chess piece: 1 is the Pawn, worth 1 point 2 is the Rook, worth 3 points 3 is the Knight, worth 3 points 4 is the Bishop, worth 5 points 5 is the Queen, worth 9 points 6 is the King, worth 13 points Pieces move...
Just like the name suggests, The Art of War pays homage to the legendary treatise by Sun Zi, in how it attempts to capture and emulate its essence of extolling the depth of strategy and tactics in actual warfare, within a medieval-fantasy setting. The objective of the game is won threefold, to either destroy all 7 Resource Areas of the opponent, to defeat...
アルバ・シビタスのあるきかた (Aruba Shibitasu no Arukikata) (How to walk Alba Civitas) is a game from Japan. Players are travelling around the city of Aruba at night, seeking hidden treasures. They meet local residents, find tools and clues that help them unearth the treasures. A mixture of memo and actions, the city is a layout of face-down cards. On their turn, a...
Asia Crossroads: The Great Game, simulates the conflict between the British and Russian Empires in the 19th century for control of Central Asia, especially Afghanistan. Central Asia was the frontier between the expanding Russian Empire in Asia and the British Empire in India. Central Asia also controlled vital trade routes. At stake was the fate of all of...
Asli is a territory game for two players: Black and White. It is played on the intersections (points) of an initially empty square grid (board). There is also an off-board location called prison. This game is based on Lifeline. DefinitionsA group is a stone along with all stones one can reach from it through a series of steps onto orthogonally adjacent...
The Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9th to April 12th, 1917, was part of the Battle of Arras in north-eastern France and took place during World War One. It was the first time that the four Divisions of the Canadian Corps fought together as one and is arguably Canada’s most celebrated military victory. The Ridge itself was a crucial strategic location and...