The Ypres salient, a 6 mile (10 km) jut into German held territory, was established after the First battle of Ypres in the autumn of 1914. The position was tentative being surrounded by German forces on three sides. As a result, the Allies started to dig-in forming defensive trenches. The Germans followed suit starting the race to the sea that culminated...
The environmental police are out to save this kooky Mobius wannabe world (illustrated by Caza). There are 4 different environmental Monsters that are invading our planet. They start eating up territories of the wrap around "earth". Players are subject to wind conditions a spinner that controls the movement of pollution. The rules are fully illustrated and...
Meridians is an abstract strategy game for 2 players. It has a territorial nature, but the goal is to annihilate opponent's stones. "Meridians" is named after the meridians system. DEFINITIONS “Group” means like color stones adjacent each other on the board. Singletons are also considered as groups of size 1. “Path” means an empty point or an uninterrupted...
Meteor shower mayhem is sweeping the moon! Launch satellites deep into space to seize these valuable cosmic rocks and sabotage your opponent's lunar mission with laser blasts in the new LEGO Games Meteor Strike! A fast paced action game for 2 players. By placing satellites on the board you can try to guide the meteors to your base. The dice decide if you...
The dying King is a shrewd man with more gold than compassion. Unable to choose between his two offspring whom to name as his successor, the King devised a challenge, bequeathing to them small Kingdoms in the far corners of his vast territory. Who will earn the right to the throne? Only the most clever will succeed either by building an impenetrable...
Midgard is a two player abstract strategy game of area enclosure and dominance. Players take on the role of Odin and his brothers in creating Midgard, the homeland of humanity from the remains of the vanquished ice giant Ymir. One player-god creates the seas and other the land masses. The board is composed of 124 equilateral triangles; a 10 x 10 regular...
By the hundreds, creatures are emigrating from the Old World in search of hope and prosperity. The New World offers endless opportunity, but only to those who arrive first. In this clever new game by designer Joe Cannon, players seek out territories to conquer and compete for the most fertile properties, making critical decisions to gain the advantage....
Migration is a game suitable for 2-4 players, in which each player takes the role of multiple anthropomorphic animals migrating to a new continent. Players take turns to place an animal token on the board, representing towns. Each new town must originate from the last town placed (with certain exceptions). Each animal token has a unique ability...
Military Decisions is a strategy game in the vein of wargames, but units have no stats. Each player dispatches 100 military units on their side of the board. There are land, naval and air forces. Players have a choice of either moving units or drawing a card that will dictate what the player must do. The card may benefit or penalize them. Units are placed...
Mimic is a new game by a first time publisher, Funmaker Games. Players attempt to collect sets of like animals of the same color from a set of cards laid out on a 7 x 7 card grid. Players also have a set of special power cards that allow you to bend the rules (play an extra card, etc.) The first player to get rid of their cubes wins the game. From the...
Mindrubble is a combination of abstract gaming and trivia games. That is: to make a move on the board, you have to answer a trivia question first. The game has 400 question cards in 3 categories: numbers, cities, people. Furthermore there is a board with a 8x8 grid, containing symbols of the 3 categories and 64 chips, grey on one side, black on the other....
Minimize is a game that seems to yield some fierce tactics despite being extremely simple. You could even play with Xs and Os. You almost always want to play your opponent's color, trying to build small "territories" that you can create tiny groups in. Beginners should definitely start out on the base 5 grid and slowly work their way up to larger boards....