Area movement, simultaneous combat, NO CRT (though there will be plenty of die rolling), options for both true Offensive and Defensive combat for both players, chrome in the form of special units, rules and die roll modifiers and best of all, only two to four pages of rules so you can get into the game quickly. Once you learn the rules to one game, you...
Content: 1 board, 49 tiles, 72 chips Each player has an closed deck of tile in front of him. All players try at the same time, to place their own tiles at the right location on the board. At the placed card a chip of the own color is put. As soon as a player has laid down all of his cards, the game is over. For each correct Karte the player gets a point....
(From the website) Gavin Birnbaum's third release in the 'bouncy ball' Cubiko series sees the cubes adopting cat, mouse and cheese characters which can 'snap' together via magnets. Crafted by the designer, the game takes place on a wooden platform that represents a cheese factory. The factory has 4 zones and at the centre is the larder wherein lies the...
Translated from the Missio website. This game by Dirk Henn was done by a Christian charitable organization to highlight the plight of AIDS: The Cherubim supports projects in the fight against AIDS and its consequences in South Africa. On the Philippines they engage themselves against Sextourismus. And in Germany they try to win over, by information and...
A chess variant intended to introduce classic board games to young children. Made available as a print and play game, it has been released under public domain. Each player starts the game with 5 animals: a kitten (pawn), a lynx and a leopard (bishops), a tiger (rook) and a lion (king). Each piece may move one square towards any direction shown on the...
CHEZZLE is something like "chess played with puzzle pieces". Players move puzzle shaped pieces around a checker style board in an attempt to capture the opponent's pieces. Movement is similar to chess in the sense that each pieces shape / type has it's own unique movement. The captured pieces are used to create a puzzle pattern or CHEZZLE which is selected...
extrapolated from the English translation of the rules. Chicago is played in a city in which the bars and casinos are being fought over. The winner is the person who succeeds at one of the following three goals, and can stay that way up through the end of a game phase. - The owner of 3 of the 4 casinos, - The owner of all 8 bars in the central square, -...
A game on the clash between protesters and police at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Released with Strategy & Tactics magazine #21 (January 1970) along with Flight of the Goeben. Also available from SPI as a separate game. Per Jim Dunnigan "[Chicago, Chicago! was a] serious attempt to model the situation...Non-war games were never expected to be...
For years, Prohibition has poured Americans a tall glass of austerity and condemned the whole country to a life of secret transgressions. In Chicago Dry, players look for a way around Prohibition to bring bottled fun to Chicago's hidden pubs and speakeasies. In this game, 2-4 players secretly distribute alcohol across city districts as they face off...
Break your flock of chickapigs free while dodging opponents, hay bales, and an unruly pooping cow in this strategic board game. The first player to get their six chickapigs off the board wins. You must coordinate your chickapigs, hay bales, and the cow to help your chickapigs escape through their goal. At the same time, play defense against your opponents...
"Chile '73" is played in two phases. In the first, Pre-Coup phase, each turn represents weeks or months of assorted furtive activity. Players secretly choose factions uprising against (or supporting) President Salvador Allende, and take turns recruiting units to their cause, or interfering with other players, in preparation for the impending challenge to...