IntroductionSgibun (from Scottish Gaelic: sgìre buidhne, meaning "territory of group") is a strategy game for two players: Black and White. It is played on the hexes (cells) of an initially empty hexagonal board. The recommended size is 6 cells per side, but boards with 5 or 7 are also valid. Each player has access to a sufficient supply of stones of their...
Shaktis: Mind the Plot is a 2-player strategic board game where nature, mysticism, and metaphysics intertwine in an enchanted forest of botanical secrets and contemplative insight. As players, you are seekers—cultivating your own garden plots by placing Seedstones with intention and guiding your choices through the wisdom of Yaksis, mysterious guardians of...
Sheep & Garden is a tile-placement game for 1 to 4 players that takes about 15 minutes. Each player starts the game with three objective cards, and while in the two-player game each player has their own secret cards, with 3-4 players you have one personal objective in addition to sharing an objective with each of your neighbors. Try to work well together...
INTRODUCTION Shibumi is the essence of beauty, or elegance in its minimal form. A shibumi object may appear simple but will reward the viewer with hidden depths as it is explored over time. Shibumi is simplicity hiding complexity. COMPONENTS The Shibumi set is not a single game but many games; it is the simplest of game systems. The set includes a square...
Shih Tzu is a fast-paced zoo building game that starts out calm and strategic, then gradually introduces chaos. Players compete to build the most prestigious zoo by managing animal diets, habitats, and card synergies, while adapting to twists that can disrupt even well-planned strategies. Twist of Fate cards and the Shih Tzu add unpredictability, rewarding...
In Shinobi Empire, you are trying to lead your ninjas to infiltrate the castle quicker than all the other players. Infiltration is not enough though, you must get your ninjas to the room where intelligence are gathered. You do not know the internals of the castle at the beginning of the game but as the game progresses, the castle will slowly reveal itself....
SHRINE: Completion SHRINE is a competitive abstract strategy game, where two players take turns placing stones on a beautiful board of tiled pentacles. The stones and the pentacles each come in three colors: crimson, cream, and cobalt. Stone placement follows this order, and players take turns placing the next color of stone on the board. There are only...
Siege Master is a two-player abstract strategy game of continental conquest. To set up, players create a map-like shape on a hexagonal grid, then they alternate placing an odd number of neutral fortresses on hexes within this map such that most fortresses are at least three spaces from all other fortresses. The variability of map shapes makes every game a...
Sigil is an abstract strategy dueling game. Place stones to surround and crush opposing pieces. A board of Sigil is populated by 9 random spells. If you fully control a spell, you may sacrifice your stones in it for a powerful effect. Can you outwit your opponent and gain control of the Sigil? A game of Sigil ends either when one player has a 3-stone...
Sigma is a new deck of playing cards. There are 52 total cards in the deck with 15 distinct types of cards. Each card has a geometric shape on it consisting of 6 squares that are either black or white. Shojiro Doi, the designer, is an amateur 7-dan Japanese Go player. Three games have been create by the designer: Escape (2 players) - A "Cat and Mouse" game...
Play On the first turn, white makes one move; on each subsequent turn, take two moves (12* protocol). Each move, select one of your pieces and move it in a straight line, over empty spaces only. At the end of your move, place a neutral piece in your starting space.If you have no legal moves (and only then), pass. Goal: When both players pass in succession...