Star Africa Spiel Kartenspiel (2010)

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Category	Wargame Movies/TV/Radio theme Dice Abstract Strategy
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Memory
Description	A map for use with the Railway Rivals game. Players start with hands of 8 cards which come from a deck consisting of nations from Africa, bodies of water, and wild cards. The players try to remember these inhabitants. You also compete to establish major multi-stage shipping routes to bring A, P & E maximum profit. The company rewards its managers in shares of company stock. Each ship is rated by speed, ramming factor, and boarding factor. The aim of the game is to move the furthest ahead on the spook path.

Comments

Play.

Classic game, inclined to think I would enjoy this.

Olympiaden Pirates maar - Expansion Chronicles Trail of Discovery (1995)

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Category
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
Description	This is an expansion for Paris Paris, published in the Abacus Spiel catalog. Historical boxers are grouped into two weight categories (light heavy/heavy and Middle to light) and rated on 8 different punch strategy categories, with 23 cards corresponding to the ratings (3 for each of first 7 strategies but only 2 clinches) plus an endurance rating. The action occurs amidst the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, Star Wars style (e.g. Instead, they must lay traps along the paths it will take and chase it into their own traps while avoiding those set by the other players.

Comments

I seem to remember a highlight in this game was roaming asteroids that would, once in a great while, smack into a ship and instantly destroy it.

We could never make it work right. ;o) The original is so well-balanced that I wouldn't want to take the chance of making the game longer or changing the various ways to score. I love the marble launcher which I steal to use in Wood Wars!

A trick-taking game with a trump order that is counter-intuitive.

I seem to remember a highlight in this game was roaming asteroids that would, once in a great while, smack into a ship and instantly destroy it.

Potopoly Inferno Buzz (2004)

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Category
Mechanic	Hand Management Roll and Move
Description	This game, based on popular 1920s and 30s fictional detective Philo Vance, revolves around each player trying to collect a set of clue cards which matches one of ten suspect, whose attributes are kept hidden in play. After collecting a set of clues, a player may accuse one of the suspects, and if enough of their clues match the suspect, the suspect can be arrested and brought to court. You must appease the god of the darkness with sacrifices while making sure that your civilization grows and flourishes.

Comments

The name says it all!

Nicely themed friendly game where you buy and sell collectible items. But (to my disappointment) has little connection to the book "Dante's Inferno."

Profit Treasure D.O.W. (1987)

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Category
Mechanic	Partnerships Variable Player Powers
Description	Now here's a game from 1977 with a relatively short title and a mouthful of a game maker's name. When the squirrel has collected all of the 36 tokens the player with the most nuts in his/her tree wins. This is a simple roll and move game with a little twist: The players share one piece (a squirrel) that they move on the board, and certain fields on the board will either force players to swap trees, or give the player an opportunity to swap trees with a player of his/her choice. However, victory goes to the first player to reach $1,000,000, so at the end of the game it may be worthwhile to dump items at a loss to reach the finish first.

Comments

CULL.

It uses an interesting system, but the rules would need a full revamp.

Crop Ness (1998)

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Category
Mechanic	Roll and Move Trading
Description	This may be the strangest game you have ever seen!

Comments

Boomgaard.

Rating is somewhat difficult: it is nicely done with the fruits and small baskets - perfect for small children who cannot stand yet to lose on their own. Smaller map that is better suited for fewer players (unless you like total chaos from a crowded board). Could be convinced to play this again! Also, try it with the Nuclear War variant for some silly upping of the stakes. Making loud raven noises also enhances the experience (at least in my three year old's eyes).

I love crayon games :) This one is an easy lesson in geography and a difficult lesson in pronunciation.

Artes (2010)

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Category	Dice Children's Game Card Game
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Memory Set Collection
Description	As Thief or Bounty Hunter you must brave the war-torn streets of Ladroness and manage your men well beyond the boundaries of this city. Each player is a Noble Family in Spain, trying to serve the Crown by arranging the loans and manpower to fight the Wars and Discover, conquer, and exploit new lands in the name of Empire." It features thirteen ready-to-play scenarios that require only the contents of the boxed game to play: 9 scenarios for BattleTech, Fourth Edition, including a 3-part mini-campaign; 3 scenarios for CityTech, Second Edition, featuring battles from teh Clan invasion; and one huge scenario that combines them both in a titanic struggle for survival!

Comments

Very fun game. I wouldn't play it with a group of adults. BUCKET of interesting scenarios. The art and figures are fantastic.

Not recommended for people over 12 years old.

The Drive The Planet (1998)

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Category	Dice Sports Trivia
Mechanic	Point to Point Movement Set Collection
Description	The classic Monopoly with constructions and other elements from Nürnberg, in Germany.

Comments

PnP This was a little filler we played while waiting for our food. It has some learning, but the whole game clicks nicely. No real desire to play again. GIFT TO SISTER'S BF. All of the clues are represented by stickers on the bottom of character card stands. At the beginning of the game, two stands are placed inside of a doghouse -- a small, 3D structure. Players roll and move around the house, and when they land on a colored dot (Clue Jr.'s version of rooms), they can peek underneath the empty base for that room, and mark down the toy on their list. Worker placement wherein you don't stop others from taking the action, but maybe from taking the bonus that may or may not go with that action.

Evolution General (2006)

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Category	Educational Children's Game Action / Dexterity
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter Roll and Move Simulation
Description	The topic is the history of the Netherlands in the 17th century. This is a satirical game based on the career of General Ernest Boulanger who was a reactionary politician seen to be a potential military dictator in France. Uh, I mean, Casting Call card -- ???? Two different games are included in this early electronic device. In the first (like 3d tic-tac-toe), players have to put 4 stones in a row; the computer will keep track of the moves and tell the players if some of them won. Over the next four weeks the action see-sawed back and forth as reserves were committed and attack followed counterattack.

Comments

If ever a game is decided by the opening setup, this must be a leading candidate.

I'm kind of surprised I liked this one as much as I did, since it tends to be the sort of game I find boring.

An interesting title with more weight than a lot of Colovini's games.

Well, this is decent enough I guess. There's a heavy emphasis on luck of the draw, and Settlers-style dice rolling for resources (i.e. Overall the game blends luck and strategy well, offering many interesting decisions and is a game that I can easily teach to people who may have only gone as far as Monopoly in terms of boardgaming. I drew 9 blue cards in my last game only making 1 set of 3. Placement at the beginning seems unbalanced, maybe players should place one piece at a time and no doubling up any pieces in any province at the start. You roll the dice and move, and then you take a couple actions. Impossible to win for the german I would say after 5 replays. I will play, but might mock you a little for suggesting the game. The income is determined by two dice, almost like in Monopoly by walking around a fixed track, and my sweetheart complained bitterly about this nonsensical mechanism. Anyway, there are some ambiguities and questionable bits to the rules.

Yld (1969)

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Category	Wargame Educational Children's Game World War II
Mechanic	Pattern Building Secret Unit Deployment
Description	Classic Hungarian game from the mid 1980s. Word$tock -- the unique definitional word game of skill, strategy, and chance --- is designed to increase vocabulary, build word power, and enhance verbal expressive ability in children and adults by utilizing selected word categories and graduated vocabulary levels.

Comments

Simple game, but I have yet to see a group a kids who want to play this game. I don't think anything was missing this time, but the play balance is a sham. I disagree that the tilting of the pot ruins the game.

A dramatic toy, but not so much a game. Not highly rated, but on a subject that I'm interested in. Had a copy for my kids for a brief time, but it never seemed to work right and wouldn't balance even for a few beans. One day I'll do that, since the campaign is interesting. Even my two children end up yelling at each other when they play. Even my 3-year old realizes how absolutely lame this is and despite owning it for months now we've only played it four times and she now passes it over time after time. I was on holiday with my girlfriend and I found this buried at the back of a half collapsed shelving unit in a freezing back room of a thrift store for 50p.

Karlerw (1988)

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Category
Mechanic	Acting Point to Point Movement Simulation
Description	Bug Strife is a tabletop game that reminds me of many real time strategy games for the PC. "Challenge a friend to checker-dropping fun with CONNECT 4! The Dragonfly, Tiger Cat, Dog, and Ferret are here to help you search the different locations to find all four of your pets (one Cuddliest Pet, one Fanciest Pet, one Friendliest Pet and one Sportiest Pet). Then you'll need to catch the Dragonfly to help you get home. Be the first to gather your pets and catch the Dragonfly and you win!" More than 1,000 tanks and 200,000 men are available to break through the thinly held American line.

Comments

The kid's (6-10) love LPS so this was a no-brainer for them. Sorry!)

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