"Waka Waka" means "Do it" in Swahili, and what players are doing in this game as African traders is buying goods – hides, salt, tea, textiles, jewelry and fruit from faraway lands – as cheaply as possible. The goods on offer, however, are mostly obscured, so whoever doesn't want to buy a pig in a poke, so to speak, might want to send out his chimpanzee for...
The WAKOUWA-Apparat is a device where the entire game board beneath a glass pane is shifted by turning the wheel, while the playing pieces remain stationary on the glass pane. When the wheel stops, all, or at least a larger or smaller portion of the pieces, are positioned on different images on the game board. This creates a completely new game situation...
Walk the Rainbow is a Pad Pad Game. Pad Pad games are board games on small pads (1/3 A4). The board and the rules are on every sheet and everyone gets a sheet. The pad and a pencil is all that is needed. No big board to lay out, no fiddly pieces, easy to carry and simple rules, so the games can be played almost anywhere; on a ferry, train, waiting room...
While Canadian publisher Somerville clearly licenced the name Easy Money from Milton Bradley, it published a very different version of MB's 1935 game during WWII and for a short period of time afterwards (dropping the word wartime from the title). The Monopoly-like mechanics are the same: roll and move, buy properties and businesses and make money. In this...
The World is adrift, in dire conditions. Climate change has upset every corner of the Planet, causing average temperatures to rise everywhere. The Desert is spreading everywhere creating new threats and new paths. The inhabitants of the Globe are fighting for control of the few remaining sources of drinkable water. Lead your Faction in this fight for...
The aim of the game is to teach players the regulations for amateur fishing in Poland. The game is played in a series of round where player have to answer questions about minimum catch sizes and protection periods of various fishes found in Poland. The first person to get to certain number of points wins. —user summary Celem gry jest zapoznanie graczy –...
The answer cards are evenly dealt among the players, which take turns to roll and move one lone pawn about the game board. When the pawn stops on a space the player reads the question printed on the space. The player who thinks he has the right answer card gives the answer. If the answer is right the player gest a commendation, if not he gets a rebuke. The...
The players start at the ship, then dive to the wreck on the ocean floor and come up again to the ship. The first player to achieve this, wins the game. Movement is determined by two dice. If one of the diece Shows a 6, the shark (black meeple) is placed on the black space on the diving track and blocks any movement of the diver. It stays there untill...