Quinten is a connection game for two players: Black and White. It is played on the intersections (points) of an initially empty square grid (board). The top and bottom edges of the board are colored black; the left and right edges are colored white. DefinitionsA region is an empty point along with all points one can reach from it through a series of steps...
The abstract strategy game Quot has one simple rule: you must control surrounding spaces to claim new ones. The game starts by using 13 of the 20 unique two-sided mats to construct the board. You will never play the same game twice, so you will always be challenged to adapt your strategy to the layout of the board. Each board space displays a value from...
Rampart is an annihilation game in which players grow a set number of groups attempting to capture the opponent's groups. Play starts with black. On his turn a player may either drop a stone of his color or remove a dead enemy group. Players may only legally drop stones adjacent to at least one of their stones already on the board. For boards sized 11x11...
Ranka is subtitled "Easy Go" and the gameplay lives up to that description. The game takes place on a hexagonal game board divided into triangles, and players alternate turns placing one triangular piece of their color on the board. If you completely surround an opponent's piece or pieces with pieces of your own (or with a combination of pieces and the...
This started life as a computer game by Ingo Althöfer and has been worked into a board game by Reinhold Wittig. The board is in the shape of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and has 45 spaces. Each player has 2 pieces which are placed on the board. On a turn a piece is moved to an adjacent empty space and a wooden die-holder is then put in the place just moved...
Red X: Facility 342 is a hidden role playing game where team loyalty is constantly changing. Players are either part of an alien race that reproduces by taking over the mind and body of a living host, or part of the research team that is attempting to assemble a purification device that will cure the infected players, ultimately saving the entire human...
Reef Encounters of the Second Kind was released at Essen 2006. It is an expansion set for Reef Encounter, introducing new creatures, opportunities, and tactics to the basic game. The crown of thorns starfish with their voracious appetites have now found the reef and will consume any corals that they can reach. Blue shrimps will assist host shrimps in...
Rekushu (semi-transliteration of "Rectangle" into Japanese) is a territory game played on a square board. Players take turns placing their stones on empty intersections trying to form the vertices of rectangular regions. A rectangle that doesn't have other stones or claimed territory in its interior can be claimed by a player. The object is to have the...
A casual family game of spatial strategy, tree planting and animal rescue for all ages above 6. In Replantica, you restore lost forest and rescue displaced animals. Players start by planting saplings, then water them to grow large trees. Special planting configurations on the playmat yield various bonuses for the players. Throughout the game, players must...
Rin is an abstract board game played on a 16x16 grid. Two players, Black and White, take turns placing their own stones on the board and surrounding territory with rings. Black takes the first turn of the game. From then on, each player takes two turns in succession before the other player moves. The object of the game is to have the most territory (and...