In this game, one player is the explorer, who needs to find the treasure in the jungle, the other player is the guardian of the treasure, who places traps and hides the treasure. There are cards that let the explorer pass the traps without losing one of his time counters. If the explorer loses all of his time counters, the guardian wins the game, but if...
This game AVIATION is a L'Attaque variant and hence another predecessor of Stratego. Together with L'Attaque and Dover Patrol these games were sold by Gibsons along with a more complicated incorporation of all three, a game called Tri-Tactics. Together the games were marketed at the time as Series: The Big Four (Gibsons) A later game called Battle of...
Become an award winning game designer...AT HOME! The game is played in six rounds each for a different award. In each round each player is secretly assigned to be one of six game companies. Players then place cards on each of six companies nominated for that award. The card range in value from -1 to 2 votes. At the end of the voting, each player, beginning...
Axis & Allies expansion with new units (commandos, destroyers, artillery) and changes to existing units. Battleships-repairing and defending with damaged battleships. Submarines-German U-boats. Bombers-Paratroopers, Strategic bombing of AA guns, Air Drop Missions and Air Supply Missions. Transports-Antiaircraft defense for transports and Transport...
You are the emperor of one of four great fifteenth century peoples that resided in the valleys of Mexico - Aztecs, Toltecs, Chichimecs, or Tepanecs. Your goal is to appease the god of creation, Quetzalcoatl, before his enemy, the god of night, Tezcatlipoca destroys the universe. Players gather finances enabling them to plan battles, organize expeditions...
B ATAKY! ("To the attack!") is a Soviet-era board game described as being for secondary school students clearly has its roots in chess, with a mapboard laid out in squares, 15 across by 20 deep. There are three terrain features: a six-square box at the centre of each side representing the headquarters that must me captured; a river (which slows movement)...
A fast paced card game where competing burrow fight for scraps of food and territory. Select your favorite kind of badgers and lead them to conquer their favorite food. Play the right badger at the right time to either defeat a competing badger or to strengthen your position. Use special abilities or tunneling as you chose to conquer the field and gain...
Players take the role of powerful Dons in the post-apocalyptic western city of Prosperity. They send their family members, or minions, to do their bidding and accomplish important tasks for the family. Players compete against each other to become the most prestigious family by rebuilding the city, defending from raiders, and outsmarting their opponents....
First off, I should point out that "meatgrinder" is being used in professional literature about the battle. An example is the 18th April 2023 article "How Long Should Ukrainian Forces Defend Bakhmut? Lessons from Stalingrad," by Gælan Hanlon on West Point's Modern War Institute website. This seemingly conventional hex-and-counter combat-odds-resolution...