Corvette Command is a solo narrative campaign game in which you guide convoys in World War II.
Board Games
Take Your Games Online
Take Your Games Online
The pandemic has shut down a lot of in person gaming, but fortunately places like Board Game Arena, Tabletopia, Table Top Simulator and online casino games at the PowerPlay website offer options. Gamers can also try browser based and app-based games.
One of the hottest free browser games these days is Wordle. This surprisingly engaging game asks players to guess a daily five letter word using process-of-elimination clues.
Board Game Arena offers a large selection of modern board games such as Pandemic, 7 Wonders, Viticulture, Parks and Fluxx. To play, you just log into the site with your browser. One of the nice things about Board Game Arena is that the rules are built into the system; the software will not allow you to make mistakes or illegal moves. Board Game Arena has both free and paid options. The free accounts offer a selection of the 419 games on the paid edition.
PowerPlay.Com offers table games such as poker, blackjack and roulette as well as online betting on all major sports. There also are live Vegas games such as Roulette, Casino Stud Poker, Casino Hold’em and James Bond’s favorite game, Baccarat. It’s all played with real money, though. On the other hand, you can win real money as well.
Tabletopia offers the chance to play more than 1,500 tabletop games in a virtual, physics driven environment. Unlike Board Game Arena, it does not have any rules enforcement. In many ways, Tabletopia is the closest to a live table game experience you can have in a virtual environment. Tabletopia works on Windows and Macs, and runs in most modern desktop web browsers. There are both paid and free versions of Tabletopia.
Table Top Simulator is another virtual table games sandbox. You must purchase the base software from Steam, but from there, gamers have access to more than three thousand “mods.” Mods are user-created games that can be played through the Table Top Simulator interface. Some of the mods are original games, but more are fan-created versions of real board and card games. This makes Table Top Simulator a bit controversial, since it allows people to play games without royalties being paid to the designers or publishers. It’s a bit of Wild West there and the quality of the games varies.
Illuminati New World Order Solitaire Rules
If you already own a set of the Steve Jackson Games Illuminati New World Order ccg (as I do), then you might be interested in these solo rules.
La Bataille Premier ME 11111 Free Hex and Counter Napoleonic Wargame
La Bataille Premier ME 11111 is a free print and play wargame of Napoleonic warfare. From the introduction:
This document has been provided for the use of all players who strive to enjoy the multiplayer effort of participating in the Age of Napoleon. Yet the rules are flexible enough to facilitate one-on–one play for smaller scenarios and battles—especially corps versus corps engagements.
The authors of this script believe this drama can best be played in the recreation of larger battles, like Austerlitz and Eylau, in which there are a number of commanders for each side. If you are playing with just one other player; or just trying to familiarize yourself with the system; or even playing solitaire, then try your hand with one of the smaller engagements like Auerstadt or Halle. As you gain more confidence with the system, then you may want to escalate to the larger multi-player games where you will be able to experience the intrigue and symphonic dynamics inherent to La Bataille.
This is your script to become a character in a play and the theater is a battlefield in Europe during the early 19th Century. The emotions of tragedy and comedy; glory and humiliation; envy and self-sacrifice; and jealousy and compassion; are an important part of the politics and wars of the period. The authors passionately believe the interaction of human players is the only way to create this drama.
Catan Oil Springs Free Expansion
Oil Springs is a new expansion for the ubiquitous Settlers of Catan game.