|
1996 In Games
__NOTOC__ This page lists board game, board and card games, Wargaming, wargames, Miniature wargaming, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1996. For video games, see 1996 in video gaming. Games released or invented in 1996 Game awards given in 1996 *Origins Awards (for 1995): **Best Card Game: ''Middle-earth: The Wizards'' **Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game: ''Dragon Dice'' **Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game: ''RoboRally, RoboRally - Armed and Dangerous'' **Best Miniatures Rules: ''Warzone (game), Warzone - A Fast & Furious Miniatures Battle Game'' **Best Modern-Day Board Game: ''Empire of the Rising Sun'' **Best Pre-20th Century Board Game (tie): ''Diplomacy (board game)#Colonial Diplomacy, Colonial Diplomacy'', ''Three Days of Gettysburg'' **Best Roleplaying Rules: ''Mage: The Ascension, Mage: The Ascension (2nd edition)'' ** Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame ***''Axis & Allies'' ***''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conspiracy X
''Conspiracy X'' is a role-playing game (RPG) originally released by New Millennium Entertainment in 1996, and since revised and released by several publishers including Steve Jackson Games and Eden Studios, Inc. In all versions, the setting posits that aliens are insidiously taking over the world, reminiscent of ''The X-Files''. The current version is based on the '' Unisystem'', but previous versions have used ''GURPS'' and its own system. Setting A secret American government agency called AEGIS has been aware since the Roswell Incident of 1947 that there is an extraterrestrial presence on Earth, characterized by supernatural and paranormal phenomena. Player characters take the role of AEGIS operatives, usually disaffected government agents employed by real-world organizations such as the FBI or ATF or an organization created for the game, such as the Defense Tactical Information Center or Project Rasputin. The game also touches on many modern popular conspiracy theories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knightmare Chess
''Knightmare Chess'' is a fantasy chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games (SJG) in 1996. It is a translation of a French game ''Tempête sur l'échiquier'' (''Storm on the Chessboard''), designed by Pierre Cléquin and Bruno Faidutti. A stand-alone 80 card expansion called ''Series 2'' was scheduled for a December 1997 release. Overview ''Knightmare Chess'' is played with cards that change the default rules of chess. The cards might change how a piece moves, move opponent's pieces, create special squares on the board or otherwise alter the game. For example, a card called Demotion says: :Replace one of your opponent's pieces (except a King or Queen) with one of his captured Pawns. :''Play this card on your turn, instead of making a regular move.'' There are two sets of cards sold separately, each consisting of 80 cards. The sets are known as ''Knightmare Chess 1'' and ''Knightmare Chess 2''; a single 160 card deck can be created by shuffling both decks together. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Doctor Lucky
''Kill Doctor Lucky'' is a humorous board game designed by James Ernest and released in 1996 by Cheapass Games. In 1998, ''Kill Doctor Lucky'' won the Origins Award for ''Best Abstract Board Game of 1997''. ''Kill Doctor Lucky'' is, in concept, a sort of inversion and perhaps a parody of ''Cluedo'' (''Clue'' in North America). Both games are set in a sprawling mansion full of colorfully named rooms, feature a variety of dangerous weapons, and deal with the murder of the mansion's owner. ''Cluedo'' begins after the murder has been committed, and players compete to solve it; ''Kill Doctor Lucky'' ends with the murder, and players compete to commit it. In October 2015 a "Deluxe 19.5th Anniversary Edition" with new art and updated game mechanics was launched on Kickstarter. Gameplay The gameboard is a floor plan of Doctor Lucky's mansion, and it is accompanied by a deck of cards representing the objects and opportunities that can be found there. Players take turns moving through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Dragon (board Game)
''Iron Dragon'' is a board game by Mayfair Games. Unlike the other Empire Builder games, it is set in a fantasy world with dragon-based locomotives. Eden Games licensed the game from Mayfair to produce a Windows version of the game, ''Rail Empires: Iron Dragon''. Gameplay The goal of Iron Dragon is to connect seven of the game’s eight major cities with rails and amass 250 gold pieces. Players spend money to build railways and earn money by using them to deliver goods such as dragons, wands, spells, pipeweed, gems, wine and ale. Demand cards indicate three different combinations of good requested, city to which to deliver, and payout; generally longer distances between good production regions and destinations yield higher payouts. Players can upgrade trains for speed and cargo capacity, hire foremen to reduce building costs in various terrain, and even set sail to deliver cargo. Interaction between players is limited to competition for routes, as only one player can own the conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The sea was an important route for me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
