The Prisoner’s Dilemma is the most famous conundrum in Game Theory. Two criminals are caught by the police for a minor crime. They are suspected of a major crime which, if convicted, would put them behind bars for a long time indeed. The police separate the two partners in crime and offer them a bargain. If they betray the other prisoner, they will be...
Qo is a 'creative strategy' game played on a game board with an 8x8 grid where players remove the lodestones of their opponent to keep the game in balance. It uses the new DiCe game mechanic where every move you make also benefits your opponent (and every move you make against them can also work against you). Qo can be considered a di-centralized version...
Quarry Quarrel is a card-collecting game that works in voting rounds: all players secretly vote on which face-up card pile they want to collect, but if any pile gets multiple votes, then no one gets it! Outsmart your opponents so you can add to your hand or stop them in their tracks. And discard sets of 3 cards between votes to draw more cards, double your...
In Risky Chicken, each player is a chicken who wants to get rich. The winning player is the first to obtain a certain number of Gold Coins. Players take turns being the Leader of climbs up the Golden Mountain, each turn choosing a Sidekick to join them on this journey. As players ascend the Golden Mountain, they land on levels with increasing amounts of...
2-5 minions of evil ancient deities come together to attempt to break the seals keeping them at bay and awakening them in 3 Rituals (rounds of play). Typically this is done by "following the suit" of play, with a twist. If everyone plays ritual chant cards matching the current "spell", everyone gets a point. If, however, someone differs, committing an...
In Roll to Escape, players take on the identities of prisoners in Alcatraz, plotting a daring dash at freedom. Using three dice, players use randomly generated numbers on their sheets showing the time they spend in different parts of the facility, including the yard, storehouse, and mess hall. Due to the rotation of the guards, which rooms are available...
Sea Shanties is a pirate-themed strategy game for 3-5 players. Players will compete to be the most renowned captain to ever sail the Kanvus Sea. In doing so, players will plunder islands for valuable loot, pillage loot from other captains using a unique sea battle mechanic, and complete objectives to write shanties that will become their legacy once Davy...
Smiles & Daggers is based on one of the most famous dilemmas of game theory. The term counter-competition, a neologism invented by the authors, describes the main mechanism of the game. It is a competitive game in which victory is more achievable through co-operation, but there can be only one winner. In other words, keep your friends close, but your...
Spelet om Allsvenskan ("The Allsvenskan Game") is a casual strategy game themed for the professional league for men's association football, Allsvenskan (Eng: ”the All-Swedish”). In Spelet om Allsvenskan, four players (called Rivals) compete in either a complete or short season (double or single fixtures). The game requires four Rivals: in case you are only...
In Spelunk or Dunk players are racing against rising waters to get out of the cave with the most gems. The water rises faster and faster each round and carrying those valuable gems is going to slow you down. Players all start out by creating their working hand of cards to use throughout the game. Each round all players play 1 card and then figure out how...