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Gootmu
''G.O.O.T.M.U.'' is a board game that was published by Jolly Games in 1992. Description ''G.O.O.T.M.U.'' (''Get Out of the Maze Unit'') is a game for 2–6 players where players try to navigate around a maze of randomly laid tiles. Components The game comes with * 32 isomorphic tiles, each printed with 16 squares * 6 player pawns * cardboard and wooden counters representing pieces of "Get Out of the Maze Units" (each one divided into three pieces), tools and encounters * a six-sided die * 4-page rulesheet Setup Each player chooses a different colour of pawn, and is given the matching three pieces of their own GOOTMU. From the pool of 32 board tiles, the first player draws a number of tiles randomly and creates a square or rectangular board with them. The number of tiles and the shape of the board are dependent on the number of players: * 2 players: 3 x 3 * 3 players: 3 x 4 * 4 players: 4 x 4 * 5 players: 5 x 4 * 6 players: 5 x 5 The first player then places their pawn anyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Jolly (game Designer)
Tom Jolly is a board game inventor. Career Tom Jolly's games include ''Wiz-War'', ''Drakon'', '' Cavetroll'', ''Light Speed'', ''Camelot'', ''Cargo'', and he co-designed '' DiskWars'' and ''Vortex/Maelstrom''. Additional games he has designed include '' Gootmu'', ''Knots'', '' WayWord'', and '' Got It!''. The publisher of Wiz-War, Chessex, printed the fourth through the 7th editions of Wiz-War.The seventh edition, came out in 1997. The eighth edition was released by publisher Fantasy Flight Games in 2012. The first expansion set, Malefic Curses, came out in January 2014. The ninth edition will be released by ''Steve Jackson Games''. Fantasy Flight Games published Jolly's ''DiskWars'' game in 1998, and a later fusion of the game was made with Alderac Entertainment Group's Rokugan setting resulting in ''DiskWars: Legend of the Five Rings'' (2000), and another mashup with Pinnacle Entertainment Group's ''Deadlands ''Deadlands'' is a genre-mixing alternate history role-playing g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cover Of GOOTMU 1992
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Board Game
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Jolly Games
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Wiz-War
''Wiz-War'' is a 4-player board game created by Tom Jolly and first published in 1985 through Jolly’s company, Jolly Games. It is described as a " beer and pretzels game". The board in ''Wiz-War'' is made up of individual segments that form a labyrinth that the players must navigate. The layout is different each time the game is played and can also be modified by players during gameplay. ''Wiz-War'' uses cards to represent (among other things) spells cast by players. Publication history Tom Jolly started designing Wiz-War in 1983. After several rejections and redesigns he self-published and hand-assembled the first edition of ''Wiz-War'', selling the game through his company Jolly Games. The first edition has low production value, consisting of photocopied typewritten rules, simply designed two-by-three-inch cards, hand- silkscreened cardboard boards, and photocopied chits, all contained in a clear plastic Ziploc bag. The second, third, and fourth editions feature higher produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (magazine)
''Dragon'' is one of the two official magazines for source material for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game and associated products, along with ''Dungeon (magazine), Dungeon''. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, ''The Strategic Review''. The final printed issue was #359 in September 2007. Shortly after the last print issue shipped in mid-August 2007, Wizards of the Coast (part of Hasbro, Inc.), the publication's current copyright holder, relaunched ''Dragon'' as an online magazine, continuing on the numbering of the print edition. The last published issue was No. 430 in December 2013. A digital publication called ''Dragon+'', which replaces the ''Dragon'' magazine, launched in 2015. It is created by Dialect in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast, and its numbering system for issues started at No. 1. History TSR In 1975, TSR, Inc. began publishing ''The Strategic Review''. At the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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