Board Game Posts

Components

• 2 Scoring wheels
• Trump die.
• 2 Custom card decks
• Instructions

Euchre is a trump game normally played by four people divided into two teams. Partners sit directly across from each other.

The Deck

The most common deck contains 24 cards; Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades (six "ranks" of four "suits"). That's simply a regular poker deck without 2's through 8's.

Trump

Trump is the strongest suit; it could be Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts or Spades. The trump suit is determined during the bidding process. …

Bunco is a light-hearted, friendly game of rolling three dice. It's fun to ring the bell each time a "Bun- co" is rolled or when a player reaches "21".

You'll find everything you need to play Bunco in this package-9 dice (3 of each color-red, white and blue), a two-sided score pad and a silver-toned game bell.

A full Bunco party with 12 players is loads of fun; rules for Party Bunco are included. And for the many times when fewer Bunco players are present, rules are provided for 2-11 players as well! …

Components

• 110 cards made up of 4 color sets
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Be the player with the fewest points when someone reaches 100 points.

Setup

Remove all jewelry from hands. Select a player to shuffle deck and deal 7 cards face down to each player. The remaining deck is placed face down in center of play area to form a draw pile.

The top card is turned face up and placed next to the draw pile forming a discard pile. If the card is a "WORD CARD", the first player to take a turn must do what the card says. …

Components

• 1 plastic Slam-O-Matic unit
• 1 deck of 41 cards
• 4 rubber feet
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Hay the most card pairs by slapping your Slam-O-Matic hand.

Setup

1. Apply the 4 rubber feet to the raised squares on the underside of the game unit.

2. Place the unit in the center of the play area, and take a seat in front of one of the colored hands. All players do the same. Caution: Do not place the unit directly on wood or other surfaces that could become damaged during play. …

Components

• 9 Game Tiles
• 1 Die
• 55 Mission cards
• Sand timer
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Find objects on the tiles to win cards. Win the most cards or be the first to collect six cards to win the game

Setup

1. Lay out the tiles in a 3x3 grid.

   
   
   

2. Separate the cards into piles of the same color and put them face down. Make sure each pile is well shuffled.

3. 

   For the green and red cards, agree which layer c of missions to play: top, middle or bottom. …

In Solo Mode, you play against a virtual player. Alexis is the game designer of Small Islands and he will be your opponent in this game. He has his own cards: Alexis Cards and Expedition Cards.

Your goal is to beat Alexis at his own game. You can play in Normal Mode or Advanced Mode. Rules are identical but for a few changes, notably in the Set Up phase. …

Botmegistus, The Solo Opponent

Botmegistus is a virtual opponent that allows a player to play Trismegistus solo, playing against the virtual opponent. "You" refers to the lone human player throughout these rules.

Setup for Solo Play

Set up the main game board, and your components, for a 2-player game, with you being first player. Put the 4 specialization cards aside for now, they will be needed later.

Give Botmegistus its tracker card (place it nearby the board somewhere). Shuffle the Automa basic cards into a draw deck, and place it face-down near its tracker card. Give Botmegistus 1 Ethereal Die token and 2 Gold (kept on its tracker card until used). …

Components

• Custom Playing Cards
• 80 Playing Chips
• Unique Fold-Away Control Center
• Instructions

Object of the Game

To win a hand by being the first to get rid of all your cards, and ultimately to accumulate 100 points to win the game.

Setup

Joker

Distribute the 80 playing chips as equally as possible among the number of players. Shuffle cards thoroughly.

Deal SEVEN cards face down to each player, one at a time from the dealer's left.

Load control center tray with one card in all four tabbed stalls. Each card must be face up under tab. Do not place cards in Kings stall at this time. If Kings show up under tabbed stalls, they should remain there until first player makes the transfer in his normal play. …

Components

• 540 Obama Llama cards
• Score sheets
• Pencil,
• Die
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The key to this game is to rhyme your socks off and win points for your team. The more points you win, the more Rhyming Pair cards you get to turn over.

Find two Rhyming Pair cards that rhyme to keep them. The team with the most pairs at the end of the game wins.

Game Play

First, split into two teams of two or more. Then shuffle the Rhyming Pair cards and deal them out face down in the middle of the table, like this: …

What is the hilarious party game of who-said-what. Players are asked to create responses to humorous questions and situations, and everyone must guess who wrote what.

Just remember, there is no need to be truthful when answering questions. With players trying to come up with the most comical and outrageous answers possible, WHAT is absolutely the funniest game you will ever play.

WHAT is a perfect game for get-togethers and parties with big groups of people, and can be played with 5 to 17 players. …