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Click for larger view of StarSlide gameboard and detailed rules of play

Larger view of StarSlide (60K)
and detailed rules of play

STARSLIDE^TM
...created by Kate Jones, expanded by Martin H. Samuel

Ingeniously unique in game concept, play method and board design: the goal is to slide your pieces along lines to an empty circle and to block the next player from being able to slide. Rules include an advanced variation and four solitaires. Beautiful wood board, 14x14", is laser-engraved and handfinished. Four colors of acrylic counters have contrasting felt on top for a yin-yang effect. Each color gets 6 counters plus a crown. For 1 to 4 players, ages 10 to adult.$49

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Deluxe wood edition
On deluxe wood board with handpainted highlights, in velvet satchel. Includes the Flying Colors companion. $75

COLORMAZE^TM ... by Dwayne Mears
Originally a thesis in design by a future urban planner, this good family game is versatile, too: it's playable as two games of strategy, plus two categories of solitaire puzzle. In Colormaze, form a 6-color pattern with tiles on the board to match the secret pattern on your card, while strategy options may let you reposition tiles on the board. In Alphamaze, gain points by getting 5 different colors in a row, or blocking opponents' colors. The black 18" vinyl game mat really makes the bright acrylic tiles stand out.

A fabulous companion for Colormaze...

FLYING COLORS^TM
... by Stephen Sniderman

A Games 100 selection for 2002. With 12 additional tiles and a bag of black and white stones, the Colormaze set's possibilities expand to over 1000 different and original games! The 40-page book of variations, especially for games that never have a tie, also adds many intriguing solitaire puzzles using the 36 tiles, 6 each in 6 colors, a rainbow-like visual treat.

The combo set, for 1 to 6 players, ages 8 to adult, $65

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PROTEUS^®
...invented by Michael Waitsman

On Omni's list of best new games, 1983.
Reviewed in Games, April 1983.
Michael's concept was to create a meta-game that allowed for rule-changing but had a fixed slate of rules, unlike the fluid game of Nomic. The rules on 9 wood tiles determine how the players may move their pieces, trade the tiles, or even win. A rule is activated when a player's piece enters a correspondingly shaped tile, and the previously active rule is turned off. A placement phase precedes the movement stage. Experienced players can sometimes win even before movement begins. The strategy is intense because long-range moves are not calculable. For two players, ages 12 to adult. We offer Proteus in a deluxe wood version and a travel style:

Deluxe Proteus, 16" wood board, fabric satchel, $95		Add to Order Form
Softpack Proteus, roll-up vinyl, drawstring pouch, $65		Add to Order Form

Gallop gameboard - click for detailed game rules

GALLOP^TM
...invented by Christopher Clark, styled by Kate Jones

A Games 100 selection for 2002. This game is one of our most popular and handsome sets, from the inventor of Transpose. Get just five of your twelve pawns into your opponent's end zone while eluding capture. Two pawns move on every turn by dice rolls, and capturing is as in chess. Rules for three other games and many moving and jumping puzzles are included. Nice touches are the two wood dice and tailored carrybag. For 1 and 2 players, ages 8 to adult. Made in two attractive styles.

More! We've added a fifth game, Sidle, to the Gallop ensemble. Same goal, new way to play. The 4 unique stick dice let you roll any number from 0 to 14 to determine how far you move straight forward or backward. Then move your piece sideways any open distance to line up the next move. A capturing move gets you another turn.

Contemporary style: Sculptured black-and-white acrylic board, 13x17", red and blue accents to match the wood pawns. $85		Add to Order Form
Traditional style (24.2K): The wood board is finely handcrafted by Christopher himself in signed and numbered editions, 14x17", with feet, 24 wood horses. $135		Add to Order Form

Power of Two gameboard - click for larger view (39K)

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Boardgamegeek review

THE POWER OF TWO^TM
...created by Arthur Blumberg

A Games 100 selection for 2000 A totally unique concept, play method and board design: the goal is to bring all 16 of your pieces onto the board. When two pieces on the board meet on adjacent intersections, a new piece enters on the third vertex that completes a triangle with the original two. Pieces of your own color that formed the doorway are turned over to show they've been used once. Use them twice and they "retire" from the board to re-enter on a future turn. Your best strategies involve your opponent's pieces to help bring your own onto the board. Rules include a second game, "David and Goliath," and some solitaires. Beautiful wood board, 17x17", is laser-engraved and handfinished. Dark and light wood counters have felt on one side. For 1 or 2 players, ages 10 to adult.

$59

Read the rules in German!

MORE OR LESS^TM
...created by Arthur Blumberg

Another brilliant innovation of strategy: having "More" is not the only goal. Win by having more than 18 or less than 7 of your color on top. Jump your piece over others — every jump reverses the pieces jumped over (either player's). Sometimes it pays to reduce your own holdings and go for the "Less" goal. Intense! Striking 17" handcrafted wood board is engraved with intricate decagonal matrix of intersections, an artwork in its own right. 25 reversible wood counters. Two square see-through markers slide along the game name to track turns, a maximum of 12 per game. One or two players, ages 10 to adult.$59