To steal or not to steal? That’s the question here! The top card of the draw pile shows three colours – but only one of these is on the front of the card. Now you need to decide: steal or score? Going on a stealing spree …
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It’s thrilling to be able to use objects to listen to the soundscape of days gone by. As an investigator with supernatural abilities it’s our job to do just that in “Echoes: The Dancer”. An app lets us do this: by scanning picture cards showing objects …
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Island-hopping is a thing of the past. The future of tourism lies in visiting historically important events in time. Discuss the art of war over breakfast in 506 BCE with the Chinese general Sun Tzu, then take afternoon tea with Marie Curie in 1911, before enjoying …
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You have eight square cards, each with four different words, arranged randomly on a plastic four-leaf clover to make four unusual word pairings. You need to come up with an umbrella term that connects these pairs, without using translations, abbreviations or parts of the words. So …
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Three times three – that’s how you win the game of ‘Trio’. The game is made up of three sets of cards numbered one to twelve – some will be in players’ hands, others face-down in the middle of the table. The aim is to carefully …
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From shark to shell, from boat to swimmer, maritime motifs abound in the small-box card collection game “Sea Salt & Paper”. The salt of the game is clear in the well-seasoned central mechanic. Players take turns drawing cards, some face-up, some face-down, trying to either collect …
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The Himalaya mountain range forms the unusual backdrop to this clever and tactical dice game, with famous locations such as Sarangkot serving as score sheets with various degrees of difficulty. Each round, players must roll two dice showing results between 0 and 6 and make a …
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Newspaper, magnifying glass, roller skate, fried egg, computer. Surely it’s possible to remember this small number of objects… or so you would think. But while the fried egg card is always passed clockwise around the table – face-down of course – the roller skate goes in …
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In traditional Indian teachings, the seven energy centres that link the physical body with the astral form are known as chakras. These chakras are depicted on players’ tableaus as coloured circles, each with three spaces. Competing against their opponents, players must fill these spaces with energy …
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