February 24th, 2007

* A request for help: If you happen to know how to contact Ken
Maher please drop me a line and let me know.
* I've added 10 new games to the list this week and 16 new games
last week.

February 10th, 2007

* If y'all were ever wondering if I'd ever run out of games to add
to the list.... well, don't worry. As far as I can tell, there are a
few hundred more for me to add (that I know of.) Sometimes I just have
to say it out load (so to speak) just so I can grasp the enormity of
the task that I've taken up. Don't get me wrong -- I'm enjoying this
immensely, but I wonder just how big this list'll be when I'm through
(assuming that I even complete the list.) That said, please let me
know about any free games that aren't yet on my list.
* I realized that I had some broken links on all of the new games
that I added last week, as well as a few games from the week before.
The problem has been fixed.
* I've added 15 new games to the list.

Random Game of the Week (02/24/07)

[OrkoMondo] - You will be in the shoes of the Dwarves Commander, the
Commander of Elves, of Humans or Orks trying to get the absolute
domination of a 'midland' divided in 36 territories and crossed by a
river... may it be the Dreamland?
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/games/o/OrkoMondo.html

New Games
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/new_games.html

As of 02/24/07

* [Alquerque] - The 'father' of checkers/draughts, dating back to
at least ancient Egyptian times -- played on a 5x5 board, in much the
same way as checkers/draughts.
* [Alva] - Jump over enemy stone while minimuzing the number of
your own pieces left on the edge of the board in this abstract games
played on a 9x9 board.
* [Atomic] - A game for two that's a real blast! An abstract game
with a connection element -- be the player that has the most pieces
showing in your color by the end of the game.
* [Bushido] - A wargame set in feudal Japan. WIll your force be
victorious, or does Seppuku await you instead? (currently available in
Italian only, but an English translation is on its way.)
* [Double Blind] - Deduce your opponent's secret pattern and
complete both it and your own secret pattern in this interesting
deduction game.
* [Kabalam] - Play cards from your hand that equal the compounded
sum of the packets in this card game based on Hebraic Cabala.
* [Micrun] - A simple set of rules to play races with models of
cars, trucks, race cars... you got the idea.
* [Quadrant Z] - A paper and pencil game of galactic warfare. How
will you win -- by occupying the most of the galaxy, by capturing your
enemy's home base star, or by completely destroying your enemy?
* [Question vs. Question] - A brilliant literary invention that is
also a game, included by the English playwright Tom Stoppard in his
memorable Rosencrantz and Guildestern Are Dead.
* [The Tide] - You and your friends are collecting shells and
cleaning up the beach in this clever tile game.

As of 02/17/07

* [Alphatian Roulette] - The most violent game in the world (after
chess, that is). Played with 5 six-sided dice, you attempt to massacre
your opponent by inflicting ten points of damage on him.
* [Anchor] - An abstract game played on an 8x8 hexagonal board
where you attempt to create 'anchors' that surround the most space on
the board.
* [Battle Zone] - Be the first player to have a piece of each of
the 10 colors in play cross over and off your opponent’s home row in
this fast-paced icehouse game.
* [Bears, Foxes & Hares] - Use your team of animals (a grumpy
bear, an impatient fox and a nervous hare) to get to the center of the
board first.
* [Blockade (Icehouse)] - A two-dimensional race game for two
players, played Volcano-style. A Volcano board is helpful but not
necessary.
* [Coup D'Etat] - Overthrow your enemy by either assassinating him
or turning the populace against him --but to do this you'll need to
find him! An entry into the About.com: 2005 Deduction Game Design
Competition.
* [Decipher] - Can you crack the code in time? In Decipher, you
must figure out your opponent's hidden code before they figure out
yours. An entry into the About.com: 2005 Deduction Game Design
Competition.
* [The Deck of Boards] - The Deck of Boards set (DoB) is a game
system for playing abstract games.
* [Depth Charge] - It's time to test what the new crewmen have
learned about using sonar. The first team to find the other team's
mines wins the trophy; the other will be scrubbing toilets. An entry
into the About.com: 2005 Deduction Game Design Competition.
* [Don-Cha] - Figure out your opponent's words before he deduces
yours. An entry into the About.com: 2005 Deduction Game Design
Competition.
* [The Gamers Constellation] - Look at the stars, and you'll win
if you're the first to spot your own Gamers Constellation. It's easy,
it'll always stick somewhere around the silver disk of the moon...
* [Knights (Shared Pieces Competition)] - Players move the knights
around the board and collect points for landing on squares that have
never been visited before. An entry into the About.com: 2004 Shared
Pieces Game Design Competition.
* [Liar!] - Try to guess the card in the middle of the table --
but don't get caught lying! The winner of the About.com: 2005
Deduction Game Design Competition.
* [Package War!] - Players take on the role of package shipping
moguls determined to dominate the industry and crush the competition.
An entry into the About.com: 2004 Shared Pieces Game Design Competition.
* [Tonga] - Players use special dominoes to build islands, the
larger the better. An entry into the About.com: 2004 Shared Pieces
Game Design Competition.
* [Yin-Yang] - Claiming territory is the goal here, as players
stake out their claims on a 6x6 board. An entry into the About.com:
2004 Shared Pieces Game Design Competition.

As of 02/10/07

* [6x5] - Each player must create a pattern of 5 elements, using
the same building items and same area. There's a great chance that
you're helping your opponent as well while you're trying to create
your own pattern.
* [Aboyne] - Slide and jump your pieces until you reach your goal
on the opposite corner in this abstract game.
* [Abstract Crosse] - An abstract version of the game Crosse -- a
sort of revserse checkers played on a 10x10 board, with a special
center area called the Crosse.
* [Abyss] - Slide enemy stones out of the board in this abstract
game played on a 5x5 board.
* [Alchemy ICE] - Noughts and crosses (aka 'Tic-Tac-Toe') with
randomized 'symbols' of five different types, played with icehouse pieces.
* [All the King's Horses] - Stalemate your adversary with a set of
shared horses.
* [Antshouse] - An Icehouse game. Ants running the gauntlet over a
pavement while mean kids tries to splat them.
* [Arena (Icehouse)] - A combat game with Icehouse pyramids. By
keeping track of, and selecting, the speed of your ship you will move
around an imaginable arena for space combat, where the galaxys' aces
settle the score!
* [Godsend] - A minuatures wargame where players take the roles of
gods, competing to determine which of the is the king of a fictitous
world called The Verse.
* [Golem] - Players allocate resources to orientation, movement,
harvesting, and regeneration in an attempt to be the first to reach 30
points. The winner of the About.com: 2004 Shared Pieces Game Design
Competition.
* [Gosix] - You're trying to control 4 of the 7 hexagons. The
trick is: whenever you get control over an hexagon, you lose some of
the pawns that made you win.
* [House of Doors] - Players try to lock each other into a small
space by swinging doors. An entry into the About.com: 2004 Shared
Pieces Game Design Competition.
* [Höyük] - A game of building and placement played without a
board. The replica of a village is built on the table using small
square pieces representing houses.
* [Tortellini Football] - A game of American football, using a
piece of tortellini pasta as the ball. An entry into the About.com:
2003 Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition.
* [Tumbling Down] - Grab control of the important stacks by
placing your piece on top. But don't let your opponent capture your
tallest tower. An entry into the About.com: 2001 8x8 Game Design
Competition.

Updated Games (as of 02/17/07

* [Homeworlds] - I've added info on the 2-player version of this
game, called Binary Homeworlds.




Donald Seagraves
GiY!
http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/