The theme of this game is building sheep farms. Each farmer (player) owns a farm consisting of hexes radiating out from the center of the board, and whose boundaries (and therefore, sizes) are initially undefined. The placement of fences -- each of which is shared by the two surrounding farms -- defines the boundaries. Some hexes are clearly going to be in...
"Bay of Bengal" simulates the World War II carrier struggle for control of the northern Indian Ocean. It includes the historical Japanese Indian Ocean Raid, but also examines other hypothetical options, in the period from April to November 1942. One player commands the Allied (largely Commonwealth) forces and the other the Japanese. Victory is obtained by...
Beachhead is a squad-level Pacific theater wargame. Each hex is 25 yards, each counter represents 1 squad (~10 men), 1 heavy weapons team (~5 men), or 1 tank, bunker, emplacement or gun. One turn represents 10 minutes of time. The game is divided into basic and optional rules. The basic rules cover the basics of movement and direct and indirect fire. The...
Bear Trap: The Soviet-Afghan War is a quick-playing, low-complexity game simulating the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989). Bear Trap adapts the game system from Sekigahara to this new setting. One player takes command of the ruling Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and its forces, supported by the Soviet 40th Army. The other player takes command of the local...
A fantasy wargame, The Beastlord involves hidden movement (using dummy counters), magic, spies, ambushes, goblins, elves and monsters of all sorts. The map shows the entire valley where the action takes place at the "strategic" level, and close-up tactical maps used to resolve the specific encounters (somewhat like Titan's main map and battle lands). The...
You are a sheep farmer. You have raised a surprisingly similar flock of sheep to all of your neighboring farms. Because of this none of you can tell who is the finest at raising sheep. A cunning contest of sheep trading results! Each farmer secretly selects which sheep to trade with each neighbor, and which to send to the grazing fields. Lying and...
Beehive is a fun simple game where players take on the role of a swarm of bees making honey. A game usually take 6-8 rounds and lasts about 30-45 minutes. Each player starts with a swarm of bees and each bee is carrying a different amount of nectar. On a round different areas of the hive are made available to fly bees into. Using a secret bidding mechanic...
BeerHex is a game with bluffing elements using bottle caps as pieces. You can play it casually (even while drinking beer). The players take turns to place a bottle cap face down on the board. Under each cap, a disk with a faction symbol is attached by magnet. The faction may be that of you or your opponent. Since the bottle caps are placed face down, the...
Revised July 2024 Torpedo Junction: Beneath the Southern Cross, Part I is the first installment of simulations of the Guadalcanal Campaign and other naval/air battles in 1942. Torpedo Junction includes the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, and several other scenarios occuring in the eastern portion of the Solomons -- around the area known as...
Beneficiary is a 2-player game of scheming and second-guessing, with a side-order of push-your-luck. Each player is one of two siblings, both prominent political figures within Nigeria's government. In an unfortunate circumstance, their rich father, a foreign national from Connecticut, was killed in an airplane crash. His bank account is now being locked...
"Berlin 1945 (Fall of the Reichstag)" is a two-person card assisted wargame that recreates the Battle of Berlin April 24 - May 2 1945, the last great battle and the end of World War II. One player represents the German army and the other the Soviet army. The final chapter in the destruction of Third Reich began on April when Stalin unleashed the brutal...
A trading card game based on the "Berserk" manga series by Kentaro Miura. The goal of the game is to seize control of 3 of the 5 cities in the game including the capital city or to reduce the cards in your opponent's deck to 0. This is done by playing character and effect cards at the cities' locations. All cards enter play face-down, even the cities, and...