Ortona: The Advance through Italy, Dec. 1943. In December 1943 the Allied advance up Italy was stalling. To regain momentum on the Eastern flank the 1st Canadian Division was given the task of capturing the strategically important city of Ortona. Resistance was expected to be light. However torrential rain turned the countryside into a quagmire and the...
As legendary warlords meeting in the fabled arena of Ortus to decide who is superior, both players command a band of handpicked warriors, all schooled in one of the prime elements. The Ortus arena is believed to be the origin of all things, the place where the prime elements were fed with the raw energies to shape the world as we know it. How true this is...
Ortus Tactica expands the gaming experience of Ortus, the fast paced 2-player tactical game. The box contains new units to add to your band of warriors, giving a big twist to the game. Your tactics will have to adapt to what your opponent brings to the table as well. This expansion also adds Warlord cards, introducing variable player powers. Try and beat...
A tactical simulation for two players between Russian and German armour 1944 - 1945. There are 12 scenarios and the counters display individual vehicles, artillery and infantry sections. A small tactical wargame that plays like a miniatures game. Swedish Game Production was located in Kisa, Sweden and Kowloon, Hong Kong. Game includes: 260 hundred large...
Ostle is an abstract strategy game for 2 or 4 players, played on a 5x5 square grid. Each player starts with five identical pawns placed each on a space on their side of the board. A "hole" pawn is placed in the center space. The aim of the game is to push two of the opponent's pawns either off the board or in the hole. On their turn, each player pushed one...
The water stretches to the horizon. But even though the sea sometimes seems quite calm, the animals of the Baltic Sea know how to pass the time. Who is beating whom here? Does the starfish beat the seagull or the seal beat a cockle? Ostsee-Schach is a refreshing, fast chess variant by Dirk Holdorf, in which 2 players aged 8 and up compete with Baltic Sea...
Otherworlds Zero features the core rules of the Otherworlds System, The Oasai Ruins Adventure, optional encounters, six playable characters, detailed backstories and relationship dynamics noted in the book, to make the story come to life, and so much more! If you're wondering what Otherworlds has to offer, then check out the game's features and benefits:...
Cambodia has several games played on the chessboard of which this is the one most similar to international Chess and most clearly derived from the Indian game of Chaturanga. As in Thai chess (Makruk), the pawns (interestingly called Fish) are set up on the third row. They are promoted to queens on reaching the sixth rank. The bishop and queen have limited...
Outbound is an asymmetric strategy game played on a Goban with Go stones. In this game, there are no draws, no ties, no cycles, no luck, no randomness, and no hidden information. To set up the game, Black begins with a stone in the center, and a crown token. The king is the Black group containing the crown. White can start from a few standard setups, or...
'The year is 1876. The small town of Deadrock is almost deserted; anyone with any sense had already left town. Only Sheriff Jim Murray and his deputies Samuel and Dale remain. Incarcerated in the town's jail is one of the Carson Gang, Luke Young. Jim watches as a cloud of dust approaches from the west. He knows it is the Carson Gang coming to get Luke. He...