In Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective - Baker Street 221B, detectives venture to the darkest parts of London trying to solve six different Sherlock Holmes cases. On their turn, a player moves their detective piece one or two spaces on the board. Travelling from location to location, they collect clues to be the first to solve a case. Once all clues have...
In Sherlock Holmes, detectives venture to the darkest parts of London trying to solve one of six different Sherlock Holmes cases. At the start of the game, each player is given one of the six cases to solve (kept secret). On their turn, players move their detective piece one or two spaces on the board. Travelling from location to location, they collect...
(from MMP website:) Shifting Sands is a point-to-point movement, card driven game based on the World War II African campaigns of 1940-1943. From the first Italian attempts to cross "The Wire" through the Torch invasion, all aspects of the campaign for North Africa are covered including the Abyssinian Campaign of 1940-1941. Like the commanders of the day...
史记:楚汉相争 (Shiji: The Chu-Han Contention) is a strategic war game set during the historical Chu-Han Contention period in ancient China. The game allows players to reenact the famous power struggle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, as well as other significant figures such as Han Xin, in a bid to unify China under one rule. Game Flow1. New Round Based on the...
Issue game of Wargame Japanese History #19. Strategic level wargame for the civil war in ancient Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinshin_War "Shingeki no Ohama" means Advance of Prince Ohama. Prince Ohama was the winner of the Jinshin War, and then he became Emperor Tenmu. Players control a faction of either Prince Ohama or Prince Ohtomo. On each turn...
In Shinjuku, a strategic network-building and pick-up-and-deliver board game, you build stores in Tokyo and the rail lines to connect them so that you can build the most successful shopping/rail conglomerate. Every turn, new customers arrive on the map looking to purchase one of four goods. On your turn, you choose two different actions from: (a) build a...
Shinobi is a game for 2-4 player, players take turns being Ninja to submerge mazes of other players who need to find out hidden treasures. Player can set their very own maze with walls, traps and treasures on the map, to keep other player not easily to find the treasures. And into mazes with other players' Ninja at the same time. By moving their own Ninja...
From the game: The actual game of Shipping Empires is based on sea-borne trading, as owners of shipping companies the players must collect various cargoes from eight different ports from around the playing board, there are short and long trips on offer, the distance to travel between the ports and the different types of cargo will govern the payment that...
Maka daidai shōgi ('ultra-huge chess') is a large board variant of shogi (Japanese chess). The game dates back to the 15th century and is based on dai dai shogi and the earlier dai shogi. The three Edo-era sources are not congruent in their descriptions of the pieces not found in smaller games. Apart from its size and number of pieces, the major difference...
Tai Shogi (泰将棋 tai shōgi or 無上泰将棋 mujō tai shōgi "grand chess", renamed from 無上大将棋 mujō dai shōgi "supreme chess" to avoid confusion with 大将棋 dai shōgi) is a large-board variant of Shogi (Japanese chess). The game dates to the 15th century and is based on earlier large board shogi games. Before the discovery of Taikyoku Shogi in 1997, Tai Shogi was...
Wa shogi (peaceful chess) is a large board variant of shogi (Japanese chess) in which all of the pieces are named for animals. Other than the initial board setup and moves of the pieces, little definite is known about the game. It is assumed that in most respects the rules were identical to Shogi, but it is unclear whether or not the game was played with...
Kō shōgi is a large-board variant of shogi, or Japanese chess. The game dates back to the turn of the 18th century and is based on xiangqi and go as well as shogi. Credit for its invention has been given to Confucian scholar Ogyū Sorai. Unlike standard shogi, pieces may not be dropped back into play after being captured. Promotion rules are complex, and...