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Giganten (board Game)
Giganten , also named as "Dinosaures Giganti" is a 2-player board game designed by Herbert Pinthus and first published in 1981 by Carlit. Gameplay is inspired by another game " Stratego" and created in prehistoric setting. There were two editions. * Small edition, added variable terrain (land, swamp, lakes). Lakes were not terrain but obstacles. * Large edition: added variable board consisting of 4 parts and added 2 more dinosaurs. The large won the Essen Feather-prize (prize for the best rules) in 1983. Gameplay Each player has a set of 23 saurians (dinosaurs of various kinds, pterodactyls, plesiosaurs, etc) which are stand-up cardboard pieces with plain backs, so the opponent cannot tell which piece is which. Pieces move and attack each other Stratego-fashion, with the goal being to find your opponent's eggs. Pieces have numbers to indicate their strength. Awards * 1983 Essen Feather The Essen Feather (german: Essener Feder) is an award for German-style board games, giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essen Feather
The Essen Feather (german: Essener Feder) is an award for German-style board games, given at the Deutscher Spiele Preis ceremony at the ''Spiel'' game fair in Essen, Germany. The award is given to games with well-written rules, as it was felt that too many good games were spoiled by incomprehensible rules. The trophy is a brass goose quill and inkwell on a chessboard. Winners *1981 Focus *1982 Dark Tower *1983 Giganten *1984 Inka *1985 Wildlife Adventure *1986 Das Blaue Amulett *1987 Spy & Spy *1988 Holiday AG *1989 No game was found worthy of the award *1990 Lifestyle *1991 Hotu Matua *1992 Coco Crazy *1993 Acquire *1994 New Games in Old Rome (German: ''Neue Spiele im Alten Rom'') *1995 The Settlers of Catan *1996 Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix (German: ''Top Race'') *1997 Mississippi Queen *1998 Die Macher *1999 Union Pacific *2000 Taj Mahal *2001 Entdecker *2002 Puerto Rico *2003 Alhambra *2004 Fifth Avenue *2005 Piranha Pedro *2006 Nacht der Magier *2007 Chateau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a competition between two or more players. To show a few examples: in checkers (British English name 'draughts'), a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. '' Pandemic'' is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person. There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as ''Cluedo''. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in snakes and ladders; to deeply complex, as in ''Advanced Squad Leader''. Play components now often include custom figures or shaped counters, and distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratego
''Stratego'' ( ) is a strategy board game for two players on a board of 10×10 squares. Each player controls 40 pieces representing individual officer and soldier ranks in an army. The pieces have Napoleonic insignia. The objective of the game is to find and capture the opponent's ''Flag'', or to capture so many enemy pieces that the opponent cannot make any further moves. ''Stratego'' has simple enough rules for young children to play but a depth of strategy that is also appealing to adults. The game is a slightly modified copy of an early 20th century French game named ' ("''The Attack''"). It has been in production in Europe since World War II and the United States since 1961. There are now two- and four-player versions, versions with 10, 30 or 40 pieces per player, and boards with smaller sizes (number of spaces). There are also variant pieces and different . The International Stratego Federation, the game's governing body, sponsors an annual Stratego World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Games
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a competition between two or more players. To show a few examples: in checkers (British English name 'draughts'), a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. ''Pandemic'' is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person. There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as ''Cluedo''. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in snakes and ladders; to deeply complex, as in ''Advanced Squad Leader''. Play components now often include custom figures or shaped counters, and distinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
