"Grasshopper is a Backgammon variant invented by Matt Crispin and its most significant feature, compared to the classic Backgammon, is that there are no dice and no luck factor at all. The game strategy fully depends on player's skills." My brief description of how the game is played and the goal: During the game, players attempt to race their 14 pieces...
The objective of this Roll and Move game is to be the first player to exit the graveyard. The mummy and the skeleton may send players flying off the board if they land on their spaces. Players can turn the Dial-of-Doom to trigger surprises. From the box Welcome to Grave Danger, the game that features a gruesome graveyard packed with all kinds of strangely...
Gravelotte 1870 covers the decisive battle of Gravelotte/St Privat on the 18th of August 1870 in the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War. Each player plays either the French or the Prussian in an epic battle to surround the city of Metz. The gameplay is simple: players have their own deck of 6 cards and plan for a sequence of action each turn that will...
"The Great British Train Game" is a trivia-based family board game that takes players on an exciting train journey around the British Isles with questions on history, customs, sport, music, famous people, landmarks, literature and much more.But beware, players can find themselves stuck in a siding, on an unexpected detour, facing a delay on the line, or...
In this strategy boardgame, players will enact the European military campaign of the 7 Years' War (1756-1763). The combatants are alliances centered around Prussia and Austria; each side fights to consolidate their great power status in the region. The game map covers almost the whole central European theatre of war, including the sites of the major...
Players compete as dragon riders using special cards to advance to the finish, while dodging attacks like ballista bolts and flaming balls. The victor wins the treasure - and even more priceless - a place in dragon-racing history! The goal is to race from start to finish using a handful of cards to make strategic choices. Special cards that block other...
Simulate the entire war of the Imperial navy and army in Asia and the Pacific. Attempt the heretofore impossible, such as forcing a decisive fleet battle in the East Pacific without the Pearl Harbor attack, or focusing your war effort agains the Soviet Union or United Kingdom. Rise to the challenge! Using a variant of the Paths of Glory CDG system, GEAW...
The Great Escape Recon is a mini solitaire card game played in 3 stages and an expansion for The Great Escape. Stage 1 At night you must escape the compound by making your way between huts avoiding any guards and searchlights. Reach the blind spot in the fence and, with a good pair of wire cutters, you should be able to make your escape. Stage 2 Pursued by...
(from the company website) The Great Game recreates the 19th Century Anglo-Russian struggle for supremacy in Central Asia. In the actual contest, Tsarist Russia resented British expeditions into the Steppe Khanates while Victorian Britain feared that Russian entreaties to Persia and Afghanistan would jeopardize India's security. So the two imperial powers...
During the nineteenth century, settlers expanded rapidly across North America, from the eastern seaboard all the way to the west coast. Players' pieces represent the wagons of a bold family just arrived from the Old World and working to reach the west coast. Performance is based not on how well any one wagon does, but on how well players manage all of...