The wolf and 17 sheep are placed on the spaces indicated on the game board and the game can begin with 1 player taking on the role of the wolf and the other that of the sheep. The wolf starts in the middle of the board whereas the 17 sheep occupy two neighboring sections. The wolf begins moving from point to point, forward or backward in any direction. His...
This game is a variant of chess inspired by international chess, shogi, and xiangqi. The differences from chess are: 1. the board is 8x9, where the startup position contains the traditional pieces at left hand-side and the additional pieces at right hand-side; 2. various additional pieces were introduced: - a wizard piece which can teleport or move two...
Each player in turn throws a number die and moves along his line of advance by the number thrown until he reaches the middle space 13. This space can only be reached if the corresponding number of free spaces is rolled. If, on the other hand, the player has thrown more eyes than there are spaces up to 13, he must wait until he rolls the right number. The...
リトル2キングダム (Little II Kingdom) is a 2 player card game from Japan. Players build up a tableau of cards and send units across to fight the opponent and capture their castle. The designer likens the strategy to Shogi, in that a player must be careful which units are deployed and how they attack with a longer view to win. Each player has a deck of cards and...
Four-Player Chess (Four-handed chess, Chess-4, and 4-Chess) is often credited to Capt Charles Verney, who was the first known to have documented the game in England in 1881. Four-player versions of chess probably have existed for hundreds of years prior to Verney in one form or another. Verney's four-player board consists of three rows added to each side...
4th Dimension is a very spacey-looking game with a small circular board divided into sectors each track of which has twice as many spaces as the one closer to the center. Each player get 6 warriors, 3 rangers, 2 guardians, and one time lord. Guardians can capture warriors and rangers; rangers can capture warriors; the time lord can capture rangers and...