From GAMES Magazine: The grass always seems greener on the other side of this six-level hill, so everyone's going over the top to win by reaching four enemy bases there. Dice rolls determine movement. You can jump single enemies (except uphill) and flip them over to become yours. A piece landing on the summit becomes a Field Marshal, which cannot be jumped...
Himizu is a game of strategy and cunning where the spirits of Fire 火 (hi in Japanese) and Water 水 (mizu in Japanese) face off in an unprecedented duel that will determine the fate of a clearing in the forest. Objective of the game: Fire 火: Have all 16 burning/charred terrain tiles on the board. Water 水: Have no flame figures on the board. If no one has...
A simple strategic game from F.X. Schmid's old Logiplay series (probably 1970). Logiplay game 3. two players - two colours. Goal is to move all (!) of one's meeple's from one end of the board to the opposing end - in a row. It is similar to Salta and Halma, but much simpler and thus suitable for primary school children. No skipping allowed, only straight...
A 2 Player abstraction of a Ship Battling game using a standard 52 Poker Card Deck of Cards. Poker Hands are resolved as 3-Card Poker. Playable with Optional Rules which bring the game to a whole nother level! Played on a 3x3 Map grid, Players, otherwise known as Captains, place Cards down as Ships, called Card Ships, and use combinations of Poker Hands as...
Immerse yourself in the world of new boardgame Hnefetafl: The Viking Tales and lead your troops to victory in a strategic game for up to four players! Play as a various characters from the Viking history and mythology while competing with your friends in various scenarios. The game of Hnefatafl, often translated as "Kings' Table" began its life in...
The game is similar to Chess or Draughts. The game board is a 17x25 square grid with red lines demarcating the center circle and penalty areas, hence resembling a soccer field. Five squares on each half of the playing field has a ball. Each player has 11 pawns. Players move alternately and the objective is to move the players directly behind the ball...
In Hokito, you want to dominate the opponent's pieces--and possibly your own!--to create valuable towers that will score for you at game's end. Each player has 18 pieces--six each with 1, 2, or 3 mark--with one player taking black pieces and the other white. Gameplay takes place on a 6x6 board. To set up, you each spread your 18 pieces at random on your...
In the mid-2000's, something is opening Holes, corridors into other dimensions, which are destroying the Earth's ecological balance. These passages are filled with hostile aliens and mechanical life-forms. Your objective as a Trained Holebusting Operative is to get to the core and destroy it. Holes has a wicked sense of humor, with such hostile and funky...
Hollerith⁵ consists of a 6x6 game board with a hole in each space large enough to hold a marble, as well as marbles in two colors and five perforated plates; each plate covers a 3x3 area, which means that four of the plates together cover the entire game board. Each perforated plate has nine holes so that you can see whether a hole in the game board is...
This is a compilation of 4 skiing games. 1. Der Spezialsprunglauf (Ski jumping) Each player has 3 jumps and the 2 best results count to the end result. First the player rolls the 3 white dice to determine the length of the jump. If one die shows a "0" the jumper has fallen. Then the 3 black dice determine the posture grade. The Result of each jump is...
HOME is a bone-chilling paranormal investigation game that fits in a mint tin! The house stands silent, but you are not alone. As a paranormal investigator, you've come to uncover the truth. Identify the ghost, withstand the terror, and cleanse the house of its haunting. Keep your wits sharp, your flashlight steady, and pray you make it out alive. In HOME...
HOMM3B is an unpublished, author-designed tabletop adaptation inspired by the classic computer game Heroes of Might & Magic III. It is an adventure strategy board game focused on map exploration, resource management, and tactical combat. Players reveal and connect map tiles to explore the world, collect resources, develop their castles, recruit armies, and...