International Peace (1999)

Information
Category Card Game
Wargame
Children's Game
World War II
Mechanic Hex-and-Counter
Pick-up and Deliver
Description Task Forces at War is a really quick card game for two, pitting the Axis' and Allies' naval vessels against one another. The game simulates tops battling in an arena.
Comments
Sounds interesting.
Only the bowling theme makes this cheezy dice game tolerable. Not too bad to play quickly here and there to pass the time though. Repeat nine more times. Ok components that might be useful in some real game. It's a very portable, inexpensive game, quite suitable for killing a few minutes with an acquaintance.
Simple roll the dice bowling game. Very tense and exciting.
No choices. As a result I made my own faces for the cards. Bowling Dice is a completely random dice fest but a good quick solitaire game. Cool dice. Then again, I like to go bowling. I suppose the game can be fun but there are some design flaws to say the least. One set (4 total) has three pins and three blank sides.

Charlotte's Dice Game (1974)

Information
Category Card Game
Sports
Action / Dexterity
Children's Game
Mechanic Campaign / Battle Card Driven
Route/Network Building
Simulation
Description Carabande Action Set and PitchCar Extension are two remarkably similar products, but each is only compatible with its base-game, and they have differing content. The boxes are stacked on the floor, largest first, in order of size. The game is played with a print-out board, counters, and a standard poker deck. Then you try to pick your card up with your teeth. Napoleon at Waterloo was one of SPI's standard introductory games. If a match is found, it is put down in front of the player that found it.
Comments
Adds some special track sections for Carabande, including the jump and chicane.

Qarmew (1996)

Information
Category Abstract Strategy
Mechanic Pattern Building
Set Collection
Description This trivia game is played on a game board that looks like a football field. "Game Preview: Deal 4 cards face down to each player. There will be a limited print run of 525 games per title. Warmachine: Legends was released at Gen Con Indy 2008. The games will also contain a limited edition certificate. 2009 Winner - Concurso de diseño Granollers - Fira JugarxJugar. 7-8 player Expansion. Because you're a lover as well as a fighter, and all you really want is to steal a kiss from your sweetheart across the blacktop before the school bell rings and recess is over.
Comments
Classic. Robert only.
I own print-and-play version. 아무래도 1회용 장착카드로 인해 좀 산만해지고 루즈해진 측면이 있다. The theming is amazing for only one page of rules, though. A good expansion to own.
Would not want to play the base game without this expansion. But very boring gameplay. The theming is amazing for only one page of rules, though.

Spiral Achse (2011)

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Category
Mechanic Hand Management
Description Wizards of Mickey Gioco di Carte Collezionabili is a brand new Collectible Card Game licensed by Disney. This one has cute little guys in powered armor battling each other. You have to try to build your position while interfering with others by placement or capture, anticipating what they may be trying to do.
Comments
Gets pretty tight in the end game when the money is running out, which forces you to go in certain directions, easily blocked by others, made even worse by the available tiles running out. I thought this game was fantastically kitchy, and at times quite humorous. Still, I enjoyed myself and would play again for sure. There is some player interact with the contract bids and the road black signs. Best played as a series of races. I splurged and got the ArtsCow canvas USA map and USA/English event cards and contract cards. The mechanic is roll and move, however you roll two dice and choose the better result.
Nice enough racing game. The game went on for two hours, instead of the average 45 min.
My compliments to the friends Andrea Chiarvesio and Luca Santopietro that are reaching, thanks to the excellent work-presence of NewMedia in all Luding Cons, a great result with this simple card game. Sure that made it easier to win (which I did not) by those not bidding but it did not make it much fun. I think maybe too many 'gamers' saw "Spiel des Jahres," then played this looking for El Grande, and were disappointed, all the while pronouncing it "Spiel de Jar," as if it is a French award.

Age Trucker (2011)

Information
Category Expansion for Base-game
Movies/TV/Radio theme
Children's Game
Mechanic Roll and Move
Description This track game, based on the theme park ride, is part of the Disneyland series of games. New weapons like Chunk, basic attacks like Spank and Evil Eye, defenses like Backlash and Hide, and specialty cards like Tantrum, Cooties, and Wedgy make Lunch Money: Sticks & Stones a necessity for every Lunch Money fan. You may try to get a Treasure card by moving onto one of the branch tracks leading to a pirate holding a treasure chest. Lunch Money. In French. Spinner.
Comments
An expansion for Lunch Money. But I'm good with either. Again, the game would have been better served if the cards contained essential information. It has enough strategy to entice the serious gamer and enough luck to give the casual gamer a chance.

Travel Math Battles von Jaar (2007)

Information
Category Wargame
Children's Game
Mechanic Point to Point Movement
Roll and Move
Description The classic Monopoly with constructions and other elements from Leipzig, in Germany.
Comments
Your basic starter kids game. Played (unoficially) at Consim Expo 2008.
Only television is slightly more brain-dead. Comes out only very occasionally - it's not packed with fun and it's only so often you really want to move crates around.
I used to dislike it a lot, till we started to play the 6-party version of it with my cousins. Didn't even like this one as a wee lad. :D. Also this game really did a good job of capturing the spirit of the movies. The game includes a Soviet order of battle for all of the USSR from 1939 to 1942 and is the most comprehensive game OB ever published on the Red Army in peace and war. I really would need to play it more to have a strong opinion. 2009??

Monkey Trivia (2003)

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Category
Mechanic Dice Rolling
Description Dwarves and Dice. Looking for a fun, new indoor game idea for children, and kids of all ages? The cards are numbered and have brightly colored and patterned backgrounds (one background per set of numbered cards). But watch out for Tuffy the Cat! Along the way there are spaces that direct the player to go back spaces or sail to a different port before resuming course.
Comments
UP.

Re'do (2008)

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Category
Mechanic Set Collection
Variable Player Powers
Description The board is composed of 4 triangles with 15 holes each in them. Rising up from among the countless inhabitants of the Old World, there are those who are selected by fate to serve as its harbingers. Pacific at War is a multi-player military strategy game taking place in the Pacific theater of operations during World War II. During training you roll dice and choose a pawn to advance, trying to land on beneficial squares and avoid landing on detrimental squares. Player collect up to 5 cards each turn and use these to either attack or defend planets in any 5 dimensions.
Comments
G849 Not even sure if i even looked at it twice.

Sports of Fire Companion (1982)

Information
Category Wargame
Medieval
Miniatures
Ancient
Mechanic Roll and Move
Set Collection
Tile Placement
Description Far from the influence of the powers of Europe and Asia, the jungles, plains and mountains of the Americas saw the rise and fall of many mighty empires built upon blood and gold, from the bloodthirsty Aztecs and the bronze-armed Inca to the enigmatic Maya. You crouch in your desk, maybe the teacher will not notice that you threw your rubber and that you're now reading your comic-book, or that Annicka is just whispering something to Hasse and just imagine getting caught cheating at your next exam...
Comments
I have the "Disney Triva 2" version.

Loose Sams Toe About Grow? (2005)

Information
Category Abstract Strategy
Mechanic Betting/Wagering
Pattern Building
Description In Pyjamaparty players are little vampires who are flitting from bed to bed at night instead of sleeping. The game begins with a stack of 5 pieces on the center intersection, and each player has four home intersections. The game features Flip Wilson on the cover. The move (except the very first one, in which you can only place a piece of yours) consists of: On a turn, a player rolls the die. Raiding rules and events give a feel for the period. If she lands on an empty space, her turn ends. For each pair of Yin and Yang he can buy cards.
Comments
Fun light game.

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