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Pantarei

2023-02-15T21:43:14-05:00

Vendor: Cosmoludo
Type: Board Games
Price: 33.95

Designer	Claude Leroy
Publisher	Cosmoludo
Players	2
Playtime	10 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	189830/pantarei http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/189830/pantarei/forums/63

Your challenge in Pantareï is to be the first player to create a stack of seven pieces, but the more the game progresses, the more limited your choices become. Try to ensure that your choices will be better than the opponent's!

Each player has nine pieces, either black or white, with three pieces each of 1, 2, or 3 markings. The game includes one neutral piece. Shuffle the pieces with the markings hidden, then place them in a wiggly snakelike row, then reveal the markings. One player chooses the color they want, then the other player takes the first turn.

On a turn, choose a stack that you control — that is, that has one of your pieces on top — then move the topmost piece of that stack or the top two pieces of that stack left or right a number of spaces equal to the number of markings on that piece. As you create gaps in the row, you can squish the stacks closer to one another to create a shorter snake. Instead of moving a piece or a stack of two pieces, you can choose two stacks that you control and swap them. (You cannot swap stacks if the opponent swapped stacks on their previous turn.) The neutral piece can be landed on, and it becomes part of a stack.

As soon as someone creates a stack of seven pieces, they win!

Mana

2022-05-13T03:47:42-04:00

Vendor: Cosmoludo
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.95

Designer	Claude Leroy
Publisher	Cosmoludo
Players	2
Playtime	10-30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honor	2006 Tric Trac Nominee
Additional Info	21703/mana http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21703/mana/forums/63

Your goal in Mana is to capture the opponent's Daïmio, but sometimes getting captured yourself will prove to be the best plan of attack.

Each player has six pieces — one Daïmio and five ronin — with these pieces, either white or black, set up on the back row of a 6x6 game board. Each square of the board has 1, 2, or 3 markings in it. The starting player (black) moves one of their pieces, moving it 1-3 squares depending on the number of markings on its starting location; a player can move a piece orthogonally in any direction, making 90º turns if they wish. A piece cannot move through other pieces, but if it ends its movement on an opponent's piece, that piece is captured and removed from the board.

After the first movement, the player looks at the number of markings of the square where their piece landed, then they take the neutral mana bird from the side of the board and place it on an unoccupied square that has the same number of markings. The next player must move one of their pieces standing on a square that has the same number of markings as the square where the mana bird is located — moving that piece a number of squares equal to that number — then they'll move the mana bird in a similar manner based on where that piece lands.

If the opponent places the mana bird on, say, a 2 square and you have no pieces on a 2, then you can either (a) move any of your pieces a number of squares equal to the markings on its starting location or (b) reintroduce one of your captured ronin on any unoccupied square of the game board. If you can't move a piece on the appropriately numbered square since they're all blocked, then you can move any of your pieces.

Whoever captures the opponent's Daïmio first wins!

Hokito

2022-05-13T03:42:59-04:00

Vendor: Cosmoludo
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.95

Designer	Claude Leroy
Publisher	Cosmoludo
Players	2
Playtime	6-20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	114562/hokito http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/114562/hokito/forums/63

In Hokito, you want to dominate the opponent's pieces — and possibly your own! — to create valuable towers that will score for you at game's end.

Each player has 18 pieces — six each with 1, 2, or 3 marks — with one player taking black pieces and the other white. Gameplay takes place on a 6x6 board, and to set up, you each spread your 18 pieces at random on your half of the board. The black player begins.

On a turn, choose a piece or a stack of more than one piece that you control — and you control a piece/stack if your color is on top — then move that piece/stack so that it lands on a something of the same type, i.e., a single piece needs to land on a single piece and a stack on a stack. You move the piece/stack orthogonally 1-3 occupied spaces, with the number of moves matching the number of marks on the topmost piece. You can move the piece/stack at a 90º angle when crossing an occupied space, so a piece/stack that moves 2 can move orthogonally to the second occupied space (as long as it's occupied with a piece/stack) or it can make a single 90º turn as it passes over the first occupied space.

As more spaces become empty, fewer movement options remain open to players, and as soon as any one player cannot move, the game ends. Each player then scores for the pieces and stacks they control. The value of a piece/stack is the number of marks on the topmost piece multiplied by the number of pieces in that stack, which means a piece on its own is worth only 1-3 points. Whoever has the higher score wins.

Kang

2018-03-21T23:05:29-04:00

Vendor: Blue Orange Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 31.99

Designer	Claude Leroy
Publisher	Blue Orange (EU)
Players	2
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Additional Info	241486/kang http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/241486/kang/forums/63

As a sport, these kangaroos like to rocket in the air, change sides, and impersonate trampolines or punching balls. Be the best coach for your team in Kang and make them score for victory! This is a kangaroo game that's not for roo-kies!

—description from the publisher

Gyges

2014-06-25T18:35:00-04:00

Vendor: Gigamic
Type: Board Games
Price: 28.95

Designer	Claude Leroy
Publisher	Gigamic
Players	2
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	1985 Concours International de Créateurs de Jeux de Société
Additional Info	10527/gyges http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/35612/gyges/reviews

The object of Gygès is to move a piece to your opponent's last row. The catch is that no one owns the pieces. You can only move a piece in the row nearest you. Pieces are made up of 1, 2, or 3 rings; this number is also the number of spaces it must move. If it lands on another piece, it can move the number of spaces equal to that piece's number of rings. It can also displace that piece to another space. Played with tournament rules, you cannot win on an opponent's mistake, but rather only by creating a situation in which your opponent cannot block multiple winning combinations.

Mana (Import)

2014-04-06T21:49:05-04:00

Vendor: Blue Orange Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 37.95

Designer	Claude Leroy
Publisher	Blue Orange (EU)
Players	2
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2006 Tric Trac Nominee
Additional Info	21703/mana http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/14921/mana/reviews

Abstract strategy game for 2 players. Players try to capture the opponent's Damyo with their own Damyo or one of their 5 Ronins.

Game contains one 6×6 Leather Board (12 single spaces, 12 double spaces & 12 triple spaces), 2 Damyo (one for each player) and 10 Ronin (5 for each player).