• Octiles
• Game of Y
• Mudcrack Y
• Transpose
• Lemma
• Batalo
• Manoover/Plus

• StarSlide
• Colormaze
• Proteus
• Gallop
• Power of Two
• More or Less

• Six-by-Six/Leap
• Void
• Quantum
• Scoozie
• Fluxx (6)
• Gemstones
• Pearl Fisher

• Tara
• Throw a Fit
• Amazons
• Imago
• Digit
• Megallo

• Teleporters
• End Point
• Overpass
• L-Game/ 3-Spot
• Lewis Carroll's Wordgame
• Fox Blox (Wordgame)
• Pseudo-Coup/Pocket

• *Star
• Nanofictionary
• Game of Solomon
• Brace (and Embrace)
• 9 Men's Morris/
  Fox&Geese

Octiles is one of our most acclaimed sets, repeatedly a Games 100 selection. We frequently hear raves about it from satisfied customers. The 18 all-different tiles have four paths each. Players join the tiles to create routes across the board as their five "runners" race to the opposite side. Tiles move and paths change on every turn, creating a dynamic whirl of strategies. The large tiles are solid handcrafted maple, played on a leather-like white vinyl game mat, 18" square, that rolls up for storage. The book includes three game variations plus 28 puzzles. Read here the full rules for the "Move Over" version. For 1 to 4 players, ages 10 to adult. $125

Larger image of
The Game of Y (60.5K)
and rules of play

Rules in French—
merci beaucoup,
François Haffner!

Games magazine's No. 1 strategy game, 1995.
Games 100 list, 1996, 1997.

Deep, subtle and beautiful, Y has the simplest of rules: place one stone per turn, connect all three sides of the board with a continuous string of your color. No draws! Defense is exquisitely important. Rules for six other games are included, plus solitaire variations. Refined over 30 years of play on hundreds of experimental grids, the definitive Y board is a curved triangle, its matrix like a flattened geodesic dome. The equipment is a tactile pleasure to use: handcrafted 15" wood board with feet, glass go stones, velvet carrybag. For 1 and 2 players, ages 10 to adult. $75

Footnote: We have a limited number of copies of the original 1975 edition of the book, Mudcrack Y & Poly-Y, which was the forerunner of Y, with over 1000 grids to play with colored pencils. Published by NEO Press under the guidance of Irene Schensted, who also contributed greatly to the development of Y and is a co-founder of NEO Press. 196 pages include a chapter by Craige on strategy, charming and lucid with hand-lettered text and drawings. (Craige has since then changed his name from Craige Schensted to, simply, Ea Ea.) The book is available for $12 plus postage.

The 10x10 grid of the Transpose board serves for several excellent games. In "Transpose," be the first to exit 8 checkers off the board, but watch out... some opposing pieces may switch places with yours! In "Peregrine," circumnavigate the board's perimeter to bring 5 checkers to the exit point; they can travel as stacks to advance more quickly, but also risk greater setbacks. In "Upper Hand," cover or capture all opponent pieces. And in "Amazons," block in the opponent's four pieces with arrows: where an arrow lands no move can cross, and each turn adds another block to the board. Four other good games, plus some solitaires, are included. Challenging and entertaining for 1 and 2 players, ages 8 to adult. We make the set in two beautiful styles, each 15½x18" with fabric carrybags:

Our most radical game: the players invent and play out non-contradictory rules. This game may bring out the logician or lawyer in you. It does strange things to your friends' demeanor, too. This can become a very vocal experience, since players may challenge new rules that are inconsistent with any previous rules! Four other games and over 300 topological puzzles are included. The 22" vinyl game mat has a dramatic pattern of nested grids in 3 colors plus black, matched to the 48 lucite disks. Stores in drawstring fabric sleeve. Suitable for 1 to 6 players, ages ingenious 12 to adult. $59

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information, online testing,
detailed rules and reviews.
"Batalo" is a registered trademark of
its manufacturer, Harmony Games, Inc.

On Games 100 list, 2008. This brilliantly original game of strategy we fell in love with the moment Bob Abbott, the inventor's friend and agent, first showed it to us: Roll 3 dice, make a maneuvering adjustment to any of your pieces whose number matches the dice, then move your 6 pieces in numerical order one step in the direction their arrows point. Your goal: to enter your pieces into your goal space, and if possible to push opponent pieces into your goal as well. Incredibly convoluted interplay of pieces, some of which may even wander off the edge of the board. See the full rules. Laser-engraved handcrafted 11½" wood board, 3 wood dice, 6 engraved handpainted wood disks per player. Average playing time: 20 to 30 minutes. A few solitaires included. For 1 or 2 players, ages 10 to adult. $45

By custom order only, MANOOVER PLUS
Order-5 hex grid—for 2 players on one side, with 8 pieces each; for 3 players on flip side, with 6 pieces each in 3 colors.$95