Grenade Salad is a light-weight tactical combat game in which soldiers (cubes) battle it out in an open playing field in the middle of the table. Continue reading “Grenade Salad – Game #9”
Gold Mine is a push-your-luck game inspired by Diamant(2005)/Incan Gold(2006). The players venture into an underground cavern looking for precious gold, but the cavern can collapse at any time! The key is to get out with your loot before the roof comes down. Continue reading “Gold Mine – Game #8”
This game is heavily inspired by the great game Cartagena (2000), developed by Leo Colovini. We fully recommend getting a copy of the game for the full pirate experience, but you can also mimic some of the game mechanics using the Green Box.
One really cool thing about Cartagena is that although it’s labelled as an 8+ game that provides sophisticated strategic choices to all ages, you can easily reduce the rules and complexity to play with younger kids. All the way down to the most basic: Draw one card, find the right symbol on the board and move your piece forward to that symbol. This plays right into the flexibility of the Green Box as well, where we encourage players to come up with their own games and variations. Continue reading “Tunnel run – Game #7”
Andreas Seyfarths classic game Manhattan (1994) is a clean game concept combining the “area control” mechanic with the joy of building skyscrapers. While the skyline you can build with the Green Box is not half as impressive as the original, you can still recreate the basic experience, and maybe add a few twists of your own?
Continue reading “Skyline – Game #6”
Backgammon is one of the oldest boardgames known, dating back more than 5000 years. It features simple rules, but often difficult choices. Its combination of luck, strategy and lots of interaction makes for a rich and rewarding game experience for players of all ages and skill levels. Continue reading “Backgammon – Game #5”
Tic-tac-toe is a simple and ancient game that you can easily play with the Green Box. Perhaps more an exercise than a game, as experienced players know that you can not really play to win, only to draw.
The game of Ludo is probably familiar to most people. Based on the Indian game of Pachisi, it was patented and introduced in England in 1896. Playing Ludo with the Green Box makes the board smaller, but allows you to play with the rules.
Halma is a classic game invented in the 19th century, and the original game behind the variant Chinese Checkers. It has simple rules but provides plenty of interesting strategy, while including enough unpredictable interaction to make it fun for the whole family. Continue reading “Halma – Game #2”
A timeless classic offering complex strategy with simple rules. Continue reading “Checkers – Game #1”
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