End of August 1870. Bazaine and the principal French army have shut themselves up in Metz for a week. The marshal had time to send a message indicating his desire to attempt an exit if a rescue army arrived. But since then, there has been no news. To break the encirclement, Mac Mahon, at the head of the army of Châlons, receives the formal order from the...
Strategy combines with visual gimmickry in this title. Each player (offensive and defensive) secretly chooses a slide depicting their play choice, and one player sets the randomizing knob on the game's slide projector. They then view the two overlaid slides which produce an image of the play in progress, moving them through until a yardage/penalty result...
Seega is a very old game of indeterminate age, which may have been a descendent of the Roman Latrunculi and, ultimately, related to the Hnefatafl family, as the "sandwiching" method of capture is identical. Seega persists today in parts of North Africa. It is played on a 5x5 board (a "Knights" solitaire board is ideal for this) with each player having 12...
Seeing Red is a solitaire game on the British Royal Navy’s raid on the Kronstadt naval base during the Russian Revolution. Even before the armistice with Germany ended the fighting along the Western Front in WWI, British, French and US forces were deployed to attack Soviet controlled Russia to undermine and perhaps overthrow the Communists from power in...
Seekers of Astrod is a search-based game set in the future where all players or teams are looking for the planet that holds Astrod, an element that can power entire planets at once. The players need to travel between Labs and other points in space to collect clues/findings and narrow down to the correct planet. Movement and other special actions are...
Earl Von Venture’s Guide! In Seekers: Treasure Hunt, you are an archeologist, and your goal is to find the buried treasure. Objective: There are 4 clues in every game. Land on all 4 eye stones to collect clues to find the exact location of the treasure and dig for the treasure. Gameplay: In order to play the game, each player starts by selecting two...
"Adventure at Sea - The great submarine hunt" An abstract naval strategy game for 2 players. One player is the submarine commander and controls a mothership-submarine and nine mini-subs; the other is the surface commander and controls a fleet of sixteen destroyers. The board has an asymmetric (roughly 10 by 16) grid on which the vessels move; initial setup...
This is a very rare and unusual Japanese game published during WWI. It uses traditional Shogi (Japanese chess) game pieces, but is designed to be played by eight players rather than the usual two. The playing positions represent all of the major powers involved in the Great War: Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Great Britain, the United States...
You are a spaceship captain and you cruise your ship between planets to create your own destiny. You can perform different kinds of jobs. You can be a bounty hunter or sabotage others. You can deliver cargo or perform heroic acts. You want to become famous and it is up to you to decide how to reach your objectives. You might get involved into politics and...
Diplomacy, warfare, and statecraft from 1850 to 1920. Imperial Elegy is a card driven game that blends diplomacy, warfare, and statecraft. Players take control of one of six unique major powers in the game: Germany/Prussia, the United Kingdom, France, Austria / Austria-Hungary, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. IE takes place over 7 turns, with each turn...