This book is mostly devoted to making toys from household objects, but includes boards and rules for several new board games: There and Back, Matchmake, Hop Over, Cops and Robbers, Floor War, Space Mission. ISBN 0860200183 hard bound edition (48 pages) ISBN 0590119303 paperback edition (32 pages) ISBN 8473740092 Spanish edition (48 pages) Contents...
Modern War #14, Nov-Dec 2014 Carrier Battlegroup: Solitaire puts you in command of a US Navy carrier task force operating against the Soviet fleet in the North Atlantic in the 1980’s. This is a solitaire game, played in scenarios. The player must accomplish the scenario’s Objective, which will be generated at random at the start of the scenario. You, the...
The year is 1942 and the Japanese navy is on the offensive. With American naval units heavily depleted after Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Coral Sea, the Imperial Japanese Navy is seeking to strike a decisive blow and consolidate their hold on the Pacific, a prelude to further expansion for the Empire of Japan. “Battle of Midway” is a turn based game of...
Quote: This new educational game was designed by the CBC to enable listeners of all ages to better visualize the mobilization of this country's vast resources in the gigantic war effort in which we are now engaged. Its purpose is also to show the problems associated with the transporting of munitions and supplies of all kinds to Great Britain. The part...
DROP - Each stone is dropped on an empty cell, next to and below a stone of the same color MOVE - First player drops one stone at the first turn, then each player drops up to two stones (he may pass). GOAL - Wins the player with more stones on the bottom row. Some words from the author: For some time now [Apr 16, 2001] I have been toying with the idea of...
Abstract strategy game in which 2 players try to reach their opponent's throne with one of their 8 soldiers. The throne is defended by walls on which soldiers can walk freely, but moving from the ground to a wall (or vice versa) is only possible on two orthogonally adjacent cells. The game can be played on a go board, with 8 stones in each color. This game...
CASTLE UNDER SIEGE Castle under Siege is an 18-card - 1 or 2-player Dexterity Medieval Castle Siege game. Player-1 controls the Catapult and tries to loft "boulder, fireball, and disease" towards a castle. You use one of the cards as an actual catapult; tossing ammunition at the castle. Player-2 maintains the castle and must use his forces to put out...
The board is a hex grid with an island in the center, and sea surrounding. Set the game up by randomly placing fish tiles into the seas, with more valuable fish placed closer to the island (different colored tile backs). Each player starts with a fishing rod and 5 Curo (Cat Euro). The game starts in Spring; play through till Winter. Each season, players...
The earliest recorded hunt game in Europe, Catch the Hare was mentioned in Libro de los Juegos (Book of Games) commissioned by Alfonso X in 1283. It is played on an alquerque board, with one side taking the part of a hare and the other taking 12 hunters. The hunters must trap the hare so that it cannot move; the hare must kill enough hunters to make their...
1,000 questions from the Bible to the modern world, from the literature to movies, from the saints to modern teachings. You play under the banner of one of the four evangelists. As you correctly answer questions, you advance to your chapel at the end of the cathedral and return crowned with glory. Catechic is a game to entertain and broaden your and your...