O Canada is a 1-4 player board game depicting the ebb and flow of power relationships in Canada in the 20th and 21st centuries. Each player takes the role of a faction that represents a general political outlook or school of thought in Canadian politics (not a specific political party, though sometimes a party is closely identified with a particular...
Oblasta is a simple, fast playing, two player abstract stategy game. Players take turns rolling two sided playing pieces, and using them to perform actions on the board. Each side allows the player to perform differnt actions on. But, the player is limited to eight pieces, and the pieces used to roll, are also the pieces used as units on the gameboard. So...
A dark-fantasy themed strategy game. Players take turns exploring the dark realm of Obsidia by placing terrain tiles to create a dynamic and treacherous landscape. They'll send travelers from their home colonies out to found new towns, battling any enemy players or creatures in their path. Players will also cast spells unique to their colony class in order...
Description from the publisher: A semi co-operative board game for two to five players, Ocean in the Sky tells the tale of a village in a wondrous post-apocalyptic world where the world is a barren desert because most of the waters in rivers, lakes and oceans has been sucked into the atmosphere and created a huge ocean that surrounds the world. Now, great...
Getting your treads wet . . . This 4-page mini-supplement brings the stream terrain overlay to Ogre Sixth Edition. It includes the rules for streams in the game as well as suggested maps for use with the standard scenarios. In addition, there is a scenario designed to introduce these rules to new players. And best of all, it's free! —description from the...
This morning, the Honorable Judge Forgeflame made the terrible mistake of eating mutton for breakfast and then crossing the "Equal Rights for Ogres" picket line to preside over court. As the court rose to welcome the judge, she was swallowed whole by the large ogre who'd followed the scent of mutton into the building. As the ogre's blood sugar returned to...
Geneva, 1920: The League of Nations convenes for the first time. Proud to be the host for this august world body, Switzerland invites its champion axe-juggling troupe, "Les Bella Lieben Jolie De Von Giorno", to entertain the assembled delegates. Unfortunately, halfway through the demonstration, the Troupe goes insane and begins hurling axes into the...
I spot this game as a published one in about 1980 under the name "Naftowa Gorączka" (Polish: "Oil Rush"), but then I used to play it using only pencil, paper and 2 six-sided dice. Players act as oil companies. The board is 8x8 for 2 players, 9x9 for three ones and 10x10 for four players. Each player has 6 money units at the beginning. TURN ORDER: 1) The...
Discover a New World... And Fight for It! Players start as a small island nation off the coast of a large continent. They receive initial resources, colonists, cash and a ship to search for a rumored new land. Turns are taken by choosing specific roles which allow movement, technology advances, and investment in the Old World or influence on the continent...
The Olive Tree is a co-operative game that focuses on learning and growing the Bible timeline by placing God's "Spiritual Family Tree"/people within the correct spot of history. Players will build-up the tree while there are elements of the game that will try to destroy it. The game is centered around the "People of Faith" written about in (Hebrews 11)....
For those that want a little more of a challenge, this version of The Olive Tree is for you! This game focuses on learning timelines of the Biblical characters and Protestant Reformers that brought the church back into the truth of scripture. Have you ever wondered in what century was Job? Where in the Bible does it show what Martin Luther believed? Why...
Two millennia ago, a loose federation of planets combined to form the Galactic Empire. From that small beginning, the Empire ruthlessly expanded, enslaving or exiling all races that were a threat to their dominion. Recently, the Empire has suffered revolts from conquered races, and on the barren galactic rim, the exiled races gather their forces to strike...