Congo is a game created by the Frenchman Charles Watilliaux between 1874 and 1907. This game would have fallen into oblivion were it not for another Frenchman named Michel Boutin after a public inquiry into this game in his book: "Jeux de pions pour aujourd 'hui" in 2001 and reintroduced by Oriol Comas in his book "The World Games " Congo is a very simple...
Conhex is a 2-player abstract game in which the winner is the first player to connect his or her assigned sides of a square board (thus the goal is similar to the goal in Twixt.) The board is a pattern of non-regular hexagons with a few non-hexagonal polygons. Players alternate turns placing pieces of their own color on a vertex, and a player can claim a...
A remake of “Catena” (designed by Reiner Knizia), released in 1992.The artwork has been changed to appeal to a wider range of modern players, and the rules have also been changed to provide more depth of play. Discs are revealed simultaneously, and the player who reveals the highest number may place the disc. All discs are used up (except for “0”), so if...
User summary: こねくとこねくと (Connect Connect) is a game based on the lottery mechanic called Ghost Leg ('Amidakuji' in Japan). In this game, you use strings to make connections between face-down cards, trying to reach a high score. The true paths are hidden but you get to see two cards. Can you make the right connections? Designer's summary:...
Game description The player who scores the most points, wins the game. You can score points by eating your opponent's tokens (1 point each eaten token) or achieving a Connect 5 (5 points). Once any player achieves Connect 5, the round is over. Rules The player who, at the end of all rounds scores more points, wins the game. If, during a round, none of the...
The King has passed and foreign invaders are knocking at your door. With no true heirs the rival bastard children must plot and scheme to gather enough influence to unite the realm against these invaders. Their advance scouts, spies, and sorcerers have already been dispatched to slow you down. Are you enough of a bastard to take the throne and rule the...
Conquering Corsairs is a card game in which you take the role of pirates, trying to gain gold and reputation to become the most feared and famous ship to sail the Silver Seas. You will take your ship to strange and dangerous locations, recruit new crew members to your cause, do battle with other pirates, and put plunder in your hold! During the game...
Conqueror: Duels is a FREE 2 player expansion of Conqueror: Final Conquest. The game is set in the ancient world and pits the Roman Republic against its eternal nemesis - the Carthagian Empire. Relive the epic rivalry between both these great nations. Will Rome conquer Carthage once more? Or will you re-write history? The game also includes 5 scenarios...
From the rules: In brief the purpose of the game is to conquer as many of the 48 states shown on the map of the United States as possible. Description from the rulebook: Three hundred years ago the world powers were moving. Far off to the west a great unknown wilderness was opening up. North America was being conquered and empires were being built. Today...
In Conquest, players alternate turns placing an influence chip on a space adjacent to 3 or 4 cards, and then moving their marker to the next numbered space. One player starts on the 1 space, then moves to the 2, 3, and so on; the other player starts on the 18, then moves to the 17, 16, and so on. The game ends after 17 turns. The player with the most chips...