Recreation at MgrCentral

Recreation Facts File

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Recreation continues to be a priority at MgrCentral Recreation despite the summer months coming to an end!

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Games - Video Games - Strategy - Turn-Based - Chron X

<cite>Chron X</cite> (1997), a turn-based strategy/collectible card game originally developed by Genetic Anomalies. Acquired in March 2003 by Blue Sky Red after Genetic Anomalies closed its doors.

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Games - Video Games - Strategy - Turn-Based

Contains games in the strategy genre that are turned based in nature.

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Games - Trading Card Games - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Collectible card game based on the popular TV series.

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Games - Trading Card Games - Boy Crazy

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Games - Trading Card Games - Bloodwars

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Games - Trading Card Games - Beer

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Games - Trading Card Games - Battletech

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Games - Trading Card Games - Babylon 5

A colectible card game by Precedence Publishing, based in the Babylon 5 universe. Two to four players, each playing one of the major races, use characters from the series to gain power by either diplomacy, intrigue or military might.

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Games - Trading Card Games - Arcanus

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Games - Trading Card Games - Ani-Mayhem

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Games - Trading Card Games - All-Star Baseball Card Game

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Games - Trading Card Games - Aliens Predator

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Games - Trading Card Games - 7th Sea

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Whist

Software for playing Whist on a computer.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Spades

Software for playing the Spades card game.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Solitaire

Software for playing Solitaire games on a computer.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Sheepshead

Sites offering Sheepshead card game software.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Shareware

Downloadable shareware card games.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Rummy

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Games - Gambling - Poker - Software And Tools

Software for analyzing, simulating and studying poker.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Pinochle

Sites offering software to play Pinochle.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Hearts

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Freeware

Downloadable freeware card games.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Solitaire - Freecell

Implementations, Solvers and general information regarding the Freecell variant of Card Solitaire.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Five Hundred

Sites offering software to play Five Hundred.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Euchre

Software for playing Euchre on a computer.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Cribbage

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Crazy Eights

Sites offering Crazy Eights card game software.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Canasta

Software for playing computer Canasta.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Bridge Games

Sites offering software for playing or learning Bridge on a computer.

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Games - Gambling - Blackjack - Software

Software for analyzing, simulating and studying blackjack.

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Games - Gambling - Baccarat - Software

Software for personal use for the study, simulation or playing of Baccarat.

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards

This category and its subcategories are for downloadable or CD/DVD software card games playable on a computer.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - The Ultimate Game Of All Skill

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing

These are trick-taking games in which the aim is to capture cards or avoiding capturing cards. It may be the quantity of cards captured that is important, or it may be that some cards are more valuable than others.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Tridge

Sites devoted to the card game Tridge.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Spades

Spades is a card-capturing game in which spades are always trump. It is usually played as a partnership game with four players, but there are variations for two, three and six players.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Sheepshead

Sites about the Sheepshead card game. Also known as Schafkopf and a close cousin of Skat, Sheepshead can be played by two to eight players using a thirty-two card deck. The game has unique rules for card rankings, point values, partners, and trump.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Rook

Sites devoted to the variations of the card game Rook.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Pitch

Sites devoted to variations of the card game Pitch.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Pinochle

Sites devoted to Pinochle rules, strategy and related information.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Oh Hell

Oh Hell! is also known by many other names, including Blackout, Elevator (l'Ascenseur in France), Oh Shit!, Bust and Up and Down the River (in Australia and New Zealand), Boerenbridge or 10 op en neer in the Netherlands. From 3 to 7 people can play. The game is best when played with 4 to 6. A game of Oh Hell consists of a series of hands, played with a standard 52 card deck. In each hand players bid how many tricks they are going to take and get points at the end of the hand if they took exactly what they bid. Unlike other trick taking games, a player does not score if he takes more than what was bid. The first round, players each start with one card. The next round each player is dealt two cards, and each successive hand size is increased by one, up to the maximum hand size. The maximum hand size is whatever can be dealt out evenly to all the players. Extra cards are set aside after each player has received the appropriate number of cards, and the top one is turned over to define the trump suit. Variants include starting with the maximum hand size and going down to one, starting with one, going up to the maximum, and then back down to one, and starting with the maximum, going down to one, and then back to the maximum. Key characteristics: trick taking, exact bidding, variable hand size Variables: number of hands and order of hand size variation, different scoring systems include losing points for missing the bid, disallowing an even bid (total of all players' bids not allowed to equal the number of tricks), deck variation from standard 52 cards, trump is either random or chosen by high bidder

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Hearts

Sites devoted to Hearts rules, strategy and related information.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Five Hundred

Five Hundred (500) is the national card game of Australia, though it was invented in the USA, and promoted by the US Playing Card Company, who copyrighted the rules in 1904. The Euchre-like game is called Five Hundred because the first team to reach at least 500 points wins.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Euchre

Sites devoted to Euchre rules, strategy and related information.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Bridge

This category is used for sites about bridge in general, sites that are not specialized in one of the subcagtegories.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Botifarra

Sites devoted to the Botifarra card game, most often played in Catalonia, the Northeast country of Spain.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Whist

Sites devoted to Whist rules, strategy and related information.

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Games - Card Games - Trick Capturing - Belote

Sites devoted the card game Belote whose variations include Belote ContrÃÂ©e and Coinche.

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Games - Card Games - Standard Decks

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Zetre

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Zero

Designed by Reiner Knizia. Published 1999 by Berliner Spielkarten. For 3-6 players and takes about 30 minutes to play. Age 8 to adult.56 coloured cards with numbers.Object of the game is to swap one card from their hands with a card from the pool. Each player aims to score as few points as possible at the end of the round. If a player succeeds in achieving a hand with zero points the round ends immediately. After playing a number of rounds, the player with the least points overall is the winner.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Zar

Designed by Lynn Dalton. ZAR is a cross between UNO and speed. The decks are out of print. It's based on Crazy Eights and other folk games that are played with a standard deck of cards.There are three colors. With an Uno deck, use yellow, green, and blue. In each color, use the following cards: 2x 1s, 2x 2s, 2x 3s, 2x 4s, 2x 5s, 2x 6s, 2x skips, 2x draw twos, 2x reverses. Additionally there are these non-color cards: 2x type I wild cards (use Uno wild cards), 2x type II wild cards (use Uno draw fours), 2x type I

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Wizard

Designed by Ken Fisher 1983. Published 1986 by Bicycle and US Games. 1996 it was licensed to Amigo-Spiele for a German version.For 3-6 players and takes about 20 minutes to play.With a 60 card deck comprising a standard deck plus 4 Wizards (high) and 4 Jesters (low). In the first hand 1 card is delt to each player. In the second 2 and so on. The game is over after the hand in which all cards are dealt. After examining your cards you state the number of tricks you will win. Each roud each player puts down one card. The first Wizard played wins the trick followed by the highest trump card followed by the higest card in the suit of the first card played. You get 20 points for correctly predicting how many tricks you will win plus 10 points for each trick won. You lose 10 points for each trick over or under the amount you predicted.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Waterworks

Originally published by Hasbro 1972. Now licenced to Winning-Moves 1996. For 2-4 players, 8 years to adult. Takes about 30 minutes to play.Contains 88 cards and 8 plumber disks. Object is to be the first player to build a complete, leak free, pipeline from your valve card to your spout card. The number of pipe cards you need to place in between them (but not including them) varies by the number of players.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Was Sticht

A German game published by Mosquito 1997. Designed by Karl-Heinz Schmiel. 3-4 players. A card game with a number and a colour as trump. These are hidden from the beginning except for one of the players (the dealer).First is 4 different goal tokens taken by each players. The goals may be

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Vom Kap Bis Kairo

Designed by GÃÂ¼nter Burkhardt. Published 2001 by Adlung-Spiele. For 2-4 players and takes about 30 minutes. The game is only published in German. The title means

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Games - Video Games - Recreation - Cards - Special Decks

Sites devoted to video card games that use a non-standard, special pack of cards.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - UNO

Designed by Merle Robbins 1981. Published by IGI Mattel. For 2-10 players and takes about 30 minutes to play. From 7 years to adult. Players race to empty their hands and catch opposing players with cards left in theirs, which score points. In turns, players attempt to play a card by matching its color, number or word to the topmost card on the discard pile. If unable to play, players draw cards from the draw pile until they are able to place a card. There are also wild and special cards.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Unity

Designed by Dan Olds. Published 1998 by Yeshuateinu Company.Contains 100 cards. Takes 3-30 minutes to play.Unity is an exciting original biblical card game where you can have fun learning biblical principles. You can learn the word of God while playing because each card has a scripture reference. You play righteous cards in Unity to defeat evil attacks, or can defeat the evil attacks in many other ways. You can invite other players to enter into righteousness. If you don’t enter in – watch out!It’s a way to learn biblical principles. You can celebrate the biblical festivals by playing special festival cards.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Tracs

Designed 2001 by K Burns.The game is used as a Tool for Research on Adaptive Cognitive Strategies. Abstract card gamre played with a deck of double-sided cards. The backs of the cards show black shapes and the fronts of the cards show colored sets. The two tread designs illustrate the odds in the deck. The deck can be adjusted for 1-4 players and different levels of skill. The rules are easy for children to learn yet challenging enough for experts to play. The same game (with minor variations) can be played alone, against others or on teams.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Top Drunks

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Toe To Toe Baseball

Published by Head to Head Baseball Inc 1998.A game of baseball played with a custom 72 card deck using all the rules of real baseball.Two players take turns being the hitter or fielder, through 9 innings just like in a real baseball game. The cards let you pitch, hit, strike guys or gals out, hit home-runs, turn double plays, steal bases, sacrifice flys, bunt, pull your pitcher, pinch hit and more. The rules are divided into two parts, a Training Camp to start out and the Major Leagues for more advanced players.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - That Guy

Created by John Heffron and Joel Zimmer. Published by Eleven Eleven Productions 2000.A card game that puts women on a scavenger hunt for types of men. Great for bachelorette parties, or girls night out.Before you hit the town, deal the cards equally to all members of your party.Hit the town, and try to find real-life guys who match the guys you've been dealt, or get real-life guys to do what your card asks. Each time you find a match, or get a guy to do what the card asks, you turn in that card.Whoever gets rid of all their cards first wins.The deck contains 38

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Terra

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Target

Designed by Andy Daniel. Published by Enginuity 1997. For 2-4 players and takes about 20 minutes. Age 8 to adult.Includes 110 cards and instructions.a rummy game like nothing you've ever played. One deck of 80

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Tabula Rasa

Designed by Reiner Knizia 1999. Published by W&L. For 2-4 players and takes about 30 minutes to play.An abstract game where players play cards in an effort to acquire tiles that are either color-coded or number-coded. Players take turns, first playing a card onto a tile that matches either the card's number or its color, then drawing to refill their hands. When all cards have been played, each tile is evaluated, and whichever player has the most cards played to that tile gets that tile's points. After calculating point totals and figuring in bonuses, the player with the highest score is the winner.Ten estates for the taking. Playing clockwise, place one of your knights into an estate to strengthen your claim. In the end, the player with the most knights in an estate takes possession. The player with the most valuable estates wins the game.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Switch

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Survival Of The Witless

Published by Avalanche Press 1997. For 3 - 8 players, ages 12 and up. Use, sex, politics, and the invincible

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Stock Car Championship Racing

Designed by John McLaughlin and Michael Garton. Published 1995 by McGartlin Motorsport Design. For 2-12 players and takes about 60 minutes to play.Flag to Flag Racing has invent a new exciting racing game. Pits, caution flags, driver aurguments, wrecks, its all here in this exciting new game. The Track Deck determines the number of laps for each turn and any major events such as accidents and car problems that can occur during a race. There are 3 Track Decks available and each one has been developed to statistically simulate the action on actual stock car racing tracks. The SuperSpeedway deck allows you to race on large, high speed tracks, while the One Mile Oval and Short Track decks recreate all the action found on the shorter tracks. With all three decks, you can easily create a championship season that follows actual stock car events. A Driver Deck is used to perform actions and respond to events during the race. A Driver Deck is required for each player.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Sting

Copyright 1984 international Game Inc.For 2-6 players, age 9 to adult. Contains 106 cards.Game in the rummy family. The object of the game is to be the first player to rid your hand of all cards by giving them to your opponents.Summary of play: Deal 10 cards to each player. Then each player in turn tries to get rid of his cards by grouping the cards in his hand into runs and sets and then placing the cards in front of any opponents. The round is over when a player gets rid of his cards. Player with the lowest point total at the end of 5 rounds is the winner.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Stack 21

Published by Enginuity LLC. Designed by Andy Daniel. An abstract card game including 104 cards. For 2-4 players, ages 8 to adult. The object is to make as many of your stacks count exactly 21 as possible, while impeding your opponents' progress. You draw a card at your turn, and can add it to one of your own Stacks, or, if you don't want to keep the card, you can place in face up onto one of your opponents' stacks - but if the card you gave them puts their stack over 21, you get it back, and are stuck with it.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Spammers

Design & Graphic Design by Jeff Tidball. Published 1998 by Atlas Games. For 2-6 players (best with 3-4). Age 13 and up. Including 110 cards, 120 counters and a single die. In Spammers, you'll jump on the e-mail bandwagon. You'll send mountains of the stuff to unsuspecting mailing lists like Bigots on Parade, the Ivory Tower Academics, and the Last Few Communists. You'll run scams like the Envelope Stuffer's Clearinghouse, E-Mail Order Brides, and Walter's Wankery. The object of the game is to have at the beginning of your turn a collection of Scams whose ratings sum to 20 or more or a single scam with a rating of 12 or more.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Somerset

Game using a fifty card deck that consists of seven suits that are portrayed as fractions.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Snowball Fight

Family game that incorporates the fun and excitement of a snowball fight with the strategy and skill of a card game.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Skip-Bo

Published 1999 by Mattel Inc. For 2-6 players, individually or partnered. Age 7 and up. Takes 20-40 minutes to play. An abstract card game with 144 cards numbered 1 through 12 plus 18 SKIP-BO cards for a total of 162. Object is to be the first player to play all the cards in your

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - ShowBiz Shuffle

Designed by Joan Wendland 1998 and published by Blood and Cardstock Games 2002. Artwork by Larry DeSouza 1999. For 2-4 players 13 years old and up.Played with 144 cards of 4 types: Bod cards and Biz cards, which are held in the players hand. Genre cards and Cheater cards are used to help play run more smoothly. You play the heads of rival movie studios. Out mogul your competition by using the best actors and directors to make big box office hits. Of course if that doesn't work you could try giving them bad ratings or a drug problem.Bod card has five cells which are color coded to show the movies the actor or director is good at making: Action, Romance, Drama, Family or Specialty.When the last card in the Bod deck is drawn, the end game ensues. Beginning with the current player's turn, each player may complete one final turn. All finished movies scores and unfinished movies gives deduction from the score.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Settlers Of Catan

Designed by Klaus Teuber and based upon his board game 'The Settlers of Catan'. The full name of this is 'Settlers of Catan Card Game'. German edition 'Siedler von Catan Kartenspiele' published by Kosmos.For 2 Players, ages 10 and up, playing time 45-90 minutes.English edition by Mayfair Games.Players begin play with a small principality and two settlements worth two victory points. Victory is yours when you achieve 12 victory points. Players can attack an opponent or focus on expansion through new settlements, holdings and trade to enlarge the principality. Added regions and holdings increase production and improving settlements to cities gains victory points in your struggle to win the contest. Hire knights to engage in tournaments, utilize spies and other special features to thwart your opponents plans.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Set

Designed by M Falco 1991. Published by Ravensburger and by Set Enterprises Inc. For 2-8 players and takes about 30 minutes.Card game based on visual perception. The deck contains 81 cards, with symbols in all combinations. The object of the game is to identify a 'Set' of three cards from 12 cards laid out on the table. Each card has a variation of the following four features: Color, Symbol, Number and Shading.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Scottentots

Designed by Reiner Knizia 1999. Published by ASS. A 2-player game, which takes about 20 minutes to play.Spring is in the air over the Scottish Highlands. Birds chirp peacefully above the grazing pasture between the villages of North- and South-Scottenbury. Suddenly there are heard wild battle-shouts from both north and south, and in no time the fiercest men of both villages face each other across the pasture.There are nine prizes up for grabs in a game, and the goal is to either score five of them or three in a row. Play three cards on your side of the prize that beat your opponent's effort on the other side. Players use the deck consisting of one through nine in six suits to build poker-like efforts.By many compared as a predecessor to 'Lost Cities', by the same designer.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Res Publica

Designed by Reiner Knizia. Published by Hexagames 1991, Queen Games 1998 and Avalanche Press Ltd 2000. For 3-5 players and takes about 60 minutes. Age 8 and up. Contains 140 cards. Won

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Red Dwarf

Designed by Joe Fourhman 1996.There are four types of cards: Mission cards, Travel cards, Re-Cyc cards and four cast cards.Fan-created card game based on the long-running British sitcom. Download and print the cards. Complete rulebook on line.Send the cast of Red Dwarf throughout the ship, outer space and the timestream itself in search of fun, love and an edible pot noodle. Score plot points by completing having the cast complete various missions. Try to keep your opponent from scoring by interfering with his plans.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Red Capture Green Capture

Published by Fair and Square Games. For 2-4 players, age 7 to adult.An abstract games, which includes 144 Cards and Instructions. The object is to according to the Laws of Red and Green, be the first to capture 7 distinct shapes. Excitement builds as first one shape, then another gets captured. The lead changes unpredictably. Easy to learn, yet continually challenging with endless combinations of play.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Rage

The latest (German) edition is from Amigo Spiele 2001, although it has been published earlier by International Games as well as by Mattel 1983. For 2-10 players, age 11 and up. An abstract card game from the makers of Uno. Rage combines strategy, skill and luck for fun and excitement. The object is to score the highest number of points by taking the same number of tricks you bid. The players use the deck of 108 cards total including 6 suits of cards each numbered 0 - 15 (suits coloured red, blue, green, yellow, orange, and purple) and 12 special cards including: 2 wild rage cards, 3 out rage cards, 3 change rage cards, 2 mad rage cards, 2 bonus rage cards.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Rack-O

Published by Parker Brothers 1992. for 2-4 players, age 8 and up. Also possible to play with partnerships. There is at least one really old edition published by Miltron Bradley Company. An abstract card game a deck of cards numbered 1 to 60, four card racks and one card tray. The object is to be first to score 500 points in several rounds of play. Each round, you replace the cards in your rack so their numbers read in any numerical progression from a low number at the front to a high number at the back.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Quiddler

Published by Set Enterprises Inc 1998. A word game for 1-8 players. Two decks of cards, each with a letter or two-letter combination, a point value in the corner, and a Celtic-style illuminated letter in the middle of the card.Each person takes turns drawing and discarding, picking a card either from the deck or the top of the discard pile. When a player can form a word or words using up all of the cards in their hand they lay their cards down on the table.

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Quicksingle

Developed and published by CKC International. From 7 years and up.A card game based upon the cricket sport.The game consists of three decks of cards:- The bowler is dealt a hand of seven bowling cards; These become the selection of possible deliveries for the over.- Each batter is dealt six batting cards. This is the selection of possible batting shots.The batting cards are made up of off side and leg side cards and shots can be played into any of the four quadrants of the field.- The fielder is dealt nine fielding cards, one card for each of the fielders postions. Some of the fielding cards are marked as

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Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Queen's Necklace

Designed by the French designers Bruno Faidutti & Bruno Cathala. Published by Days of Wonder. For 2-4 players and takes about 30-45 minutes to play. Queen's Necklace is a game of gem-selling, influence and intrigue at the Court. Two to four players compete in the role of Royal Jeweler to sell rare jewels to the Queen and her court.Jeweler's loupe in hand, you must decide how best to spend your hard-earned ducats: on the acquisition of beautiful gems: ambers, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies; or to buy the favors of the various court followers. After three years of craftsmanship, the jeweler who sells the most precious gems and builds the largest fortune will receive the coveted title of King's Jeweler and a place at the Court.

2005-02-22T20:46:00.000-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Prefix

A word game for two or more players from 10 years and up. Published by Merriment Incorporated.Will you sprint to print the longest list?... Choose to use the longest words?... or plan to land the bonus points? Whatever you do, it's go to be fast if you're going to win this game of words.From the very first flip of the card, you're in a highspeed race against time and opponents. Fast writing and quick thinking help, but a pinch of luck gives everyone the chance to win this unpredicatable race of words.

2005-02-22T20:33:00.000-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Power Lunch

Designed by Jessie Carr and Rob Anderson 1994. Published by Mayfair Games. For 2-6 players.Each player attempts to score the most points by melding personality cards onto the playing board, a restaurant. If the cards are not sets or sequences (rummy-style), then you need to give a reason why they'd be sitting together. When a player empties his hand or when all tables are closed, the hand ends and points are scored.Conversation flies in this card game involving well-known personalities at power lunches. Players score points for coming up with creative and plausible reasons why the celebrities in their hand would meet over lunch.

2005-02-22T20:17:00.003-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Pit

Original game from 1919. Published by Parker Brothers 1947 and later edition by Winning Moves. For 3-8 players and takes about 90 minutes to play. From age 7 and up. The game is based on the exciting scenes of the American Corn Exchange. There are nine cards each of Barley, Corn, Coffee, Oranges, Oats, Soy, Sugar, or Wheat. The idea is to obtain, by trading, all nine cards of any one kind. If you do this, you have a CORNER. If you corner Wheat, (by getting all nine Wheat Cards), you get 100 points; Corn, 75 points; Oats, 60 points, etc., as indicated on the cards. The game is 500 points.

2005-02-22T20:17:00.002-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Phase 10

Designed by Kenneth Johnson 1982. Published by Fundex. For 2-6 players. Played in 45 minutes. Republished 1992 by Fundex Games / Third Quarter Corporation.Equipment: one deck of 108 cards: 24 each of red, orange, yellow, and green cards numbered

2005-02-22T20:17:00.001-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Overthrone

Designed by Frank DiLorenzo and Stacey Merrill 1999. Published by R&R Games. For 3-6 players and takes about 90 minutes. From 12 years and up.A card game of power and politics in 17th century France. You play one of six Nobles trying to build the largest power base while bringing down your opponents. Power is gained by having Courtiers & Provinces in play. One action each turn which can include Attacks, Bribes and Duels. With the addition of Event cards you can have Rebellions, Uprisings, Bandits and more.

2005-02-22T20:17:00.000-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Once Upon A Time

Designed by Andrew Rilstone, James Wallace and Richard Lambert 1998. (There are earlier edition, at least from before 1994.) Published by Atlas Games. For 2-6 players and takes about 10 minutes to play. The players create a story together, using cards that show typical elements from fairy tales. One player is the Storyteller, and creates a story using the ingredients on her cards. She tries to guide the plot towards her own ending. The other players try to use cards to interrupt her and become the new Storyteller. The winner is the first player to play out all her cards and end with her Happy Ever After card.

2005-02-22T20:02:00.002-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Oh Scrud

A fast-paced spelling game, with everyone working as fast as they can to build words from their cards at the same time. 108 cards.

2005-02-22T20:02:00.001-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Oflameron

Russian game from the early 20th century where players plot markers through a field of cards with different point values.

2005-02-22T20:02:00.000-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Nuclear War

Designer is Douglas Malewicki 1965. Published by Flying Buffalo Inc. For 2-6 players and takes about 60 minutes to play. It's said to be possible to be played with up to 20 players with more decks!A comical cataclysmic card game, a humorous confrontation between touchy world powers as each player attempts to sway his opponents’ populations with diplomacy, propaganda, and finally nuclear weaponry. Little old ladies defect in electric cars and the dread supergerm spreads devastation.

2005-02-22T20:01:00.000-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Nertz

Fast-paced, interactive abstract card game requiring quick reflexes, concentration amid chaos and a desire to enjoy good competitive fun with friends. Played with two opposing teams. The object of Nertz is to score 100 points as quickly as possible in as few hands as necessary. Includes 52 cards numbered 1-13 in four suits. The Blue, Red, Yellow and White suits have corresponding colored numbers. The Nertz deck also includes two cards that have the Nertz logo in black and white. Two Nertz decks (one Red, one Blue) are required to play Nertz. Can also be played with two standard card decks.

2005-02-22T19:47:00.001-08:00

Games - Card Games - Special Decks - Nanofictionary

Designed by Andrew Looney. Published by Looney Labs. For 3-6 players, age 10 and up. Takes 30-45 minutes to play.A game about making up tiny stories. Even an extremely short narrative can tell a complete story, provided it contains each of four specific