August 24 , 2010: New game system added - 19x19 portable GO set

This 19 x 19 portable GO set includes:

- 2 cotton cases tied with a white rope.
- Go board (2 pads).
- 181 black counters and 180 white counters(15 mm diameter, 5 mm thick). This set uses plastic counters instead of Go stones.

July 23 , 2010: New game system added - Ostriches

A 2-player game by Bruno Faidutti and Bruno Cathala.

In Ostriches, 2 players confront their armies of special-powered ostriches in an ever changing landscape. Unfortunately, the ostriches bury their heads in the sand, so you cannot tell which one is yours and which one is not! Not even which powers they have!

Wait! Special-powered ostriches? Yes, well... It is a game. Just have fun!

July 26 , 2010: New game system added - Pentactic

PENTACTIC is a game in the line of FITS or Ubongo, but with more player interaction, where players try to place all their pentominoes on their boards while dropping stones on the opponents’ boards to prevent them from doing the same. A pentomino is a piece composed of five congruent squares, connected along their edges. There are 12 different pentominoes.

There are 4 types of gameplay:

1. Solo play (1 player): You’ll need 1 PENTACTIC set.
2. Basic play (2 players): You’ll need 1 PENTACTIC set.
3. Duel (2 players): You’ll need 2 PENTACTIC sets.
4. Multiplayer (3-6 players): You’ll need as many PENTACTIC sets as players.

July 23 , 2010: New game system added - Backgammon

Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players in which the playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. Players win by removing all of their pieces from the board.

July 21 , 2010: New game system added - NESTORTILES

Nestortiles is the first game system published by nestorgames.

Nestortiles are interlocking foam panels in different colors, numbered like dice or dominoes, with 1 to 6 pips on each. They can be used to play many games. You can use them as tiles, creating flat maps like dungeons, or assemble them three-dimensionally to create custom six-sided dice. These dice can range from the standard D6 numbered 1 to 6 in one color to any D6 you can imagine, by mixing colors and numbers.

Nestortiles are sold in packs of 60 tiles in 10 colors, (6 tiles per color, numbered 1 to 6), and can only be purchased here, on the nestorgames site.

July 20 , 2010: New game added - Topology

An abstract tile placement game for 2-4 players by Markus Hagenauer and Gerd Breitenbach

Topology is a tile placement game for two players. The players alternately place double-hex shaped tiles with 5 curved lines in order to build rings. The longer the ring, the higher the score.

July 16 , 2010: Cash on delivery:

nestorgames accepts 'Cash On Delivery' for orders to the European Union. If you wish to use this payment method simply e-mail me here with the list of the games that you want, your name and your shipping address. The prices of the games and the shipping costs are the same.

July 14 , 2010: nestorgames is 1 year old!

July 12 , 2010: New game added - Snorkels

A strategy board game for 2 players by Mark Engelberg.

Meet the Snorkels, the friendly aliens from Deneb Gamma IV. One player will control the green Snorkels, and the other player will control the purple Snorkels. Each turn, you place one of your Snorkel pieces on the board. Snorkels never move once they are placed. Each Snorkel has four breathing tubes coming out of its body. If all of its tubes get blocked by the walls at the edge of the board or by enemy Snorkels, it passes out from lack of air and gets captured by the enemy. The first player to be captured loses the game.

A common practice among Go educators, especially those who work with kids, is to begin by teaching a somewhat simpler variant of Go known as The Capture Game. Snorkels is an adaptation of The capture game by Mark Engelberg, who will donate his share of the proceeds to the American Go Foundation.

July 08 , 2010: New game added - Linkage

A strategy board game for 2 players by Ethan Larson.

Linkage is played on a 7x7 board with the center square blacked out. There are 24 pieces, 6 of 4 different colors. Each piece is a domino covering exactly two cells of the board. Both players use exactly the same pieces. The starting player is called "More" and the other player is called "Fewer". The goals of the game are opposite for both players. The "Fewer" player wins a finished game if the number of distinct groups of cells of the same color is less than 12. Otherwise the "More" player wins.

June 10 , 2010: New game added - Symbol

An abstract strategy war game for 2 players by Ben Stanley.

This abstract battle simulation game is played on a 7x7 grid divided into three areas and nine regions. Players use green, blue, white, red, and black pieces symbolizing the Aristotelian elements (earth, water, air, fire) and the element of "death" to control the board’s regions and attempt to kill their opponent’s leader piece.

June 3 , 2010: New game added - Cannon

A strategy game for 2 players by David E. Whitcher.

Cannon is an abstract war game where each player first places a city on the back row, then pieces move trying to capture the opposing city or shoot it with a cannon, which is a special arrangement of three pieces in a row. The rules for Cannon may be learned quickly yet it is a game that takes time to explore fully.

May 21 , 2010: New game added - EPAMINONDAS

A classic masterpiece invented by Robert Abbott in 1975.

Epaminondas is named after the Theban general who invented the phalanx, a formation he used to defeat the Spartans in 371 B.C. The term "phalanx" is used in the game to describe a connected group of two or more pieces in a straight line, either orthogonally or diagonally.

Epaminondas is played on a 14 x 12 checkered board with 28 black pieces and 28 white pieces. The objective is to move your pieces across the board onto your opponent's back rank, the row closest to him, by moving your phalanxes and capturing enemy pieces.

April 28 , 2010: New game added - 18 ghosts

A strategy board game for 2 players by Michael Rieneck .

For half a millenium, a group of ghosts have been growing quite weary of one another's company in an old Scottish castle. Since they are thoroughly bored with the social scene of the stony structure, each ghost secretly wishes to escape the castle and go on wild adventures.  Unfortunately, the ghosts are trapped there.

April 22 , 2010: New game added - Celtic!

A beautiful 2-player game by Cameron Browne.

Celtic! is a tile placement game in which players strive to complete the best knot.. The game is played with a set of 25 tiles (4x4 cm) showing path segments. The first player (Orange) owns the 10 tiles with orange background, the second player (Blue) owns the 10 tiles with blue background, and both players share the 5 neutral tiles with white background.

April 13 , 2010: New game added - Colorito

Originally published in 1892. Updated rules, board designand variants by Daniel Danzer (2010)

Colorito was first published in London, 1892. To the new genre of boardgames with the final goal to cross the board with the pieces (established by Halma in 1883), the unknown author added two crucial elements: Numbered pieces and two colours per player. Colorito became popular enough to be one of Anastasias (youngest daughter of the last Czar) favourite leisure activities at about 1915. The original rules were researched at the British Library for this edition and now you can play this truly unique abstract again - with two added variants. Colorito has a light feeling, but enough depth to be a challenge for experienced gamers.

April 07 , 2010: New game added - Zaic

Zaic is a 2-player 15-minute abstract by Erik Dresner that can be played on any flat surface without a board. Inspired by the ziggurats of Mesopotamia and the tiles of the designer's bathroom floor, each player vies for the largest area of his tiles by connecting his own and covering his opponent's.

Each player is given 19 tiles in three sizes. As the game progresses, it gets more difficult to play the larger tiles. However, the game ends when one player cannot make a move, so forcing a quick end by having no playable tiles left may be an advantage.

March 18 , 2010: New game added - Jin Li

A Fishy Little Game for 2 players by W. David MacKenzie.

Jin Li is the Chinese word for Koi. Koi are friendly fish. They love getting close to other koi, rubbing up against each other, gathering in small groups. In Jin Li the players each control two koi in a pond. They swim their fish through the placid water, maneuver around or jumping over stones that are dropped into the pond, and score points by getting close to any of the other koi.

March 15 , 2010: New game added - Star Fleet Scramble

A board game for 2 players by Jacob Davenport .

This is it, pilot. The ultimate battle. Your fleet is flying toward the enemy, breaking formation to engage individual ships. Each ship charges toward an enemy sector, raising shields to prevent attacks. You have three classes of ships, and your goal is to destroy enough fighting capacity of the enemy fleet to defeat it.

March 08 , 2010: New game added - Way of the Dragon

A board game for 2 to 5 players by Néstor Romeral Andrés .

This is the ultimate race between the five elements. The earth dragons, the water tortoises, the metal tigers, the fire birds and the wood dragons cross the way of the Great Celestial Dragon to gain immortality.

March 03 , 2010: New game added - taiji

A strategy board game for 2 players by Néstor Romeral Andrés.

TAIJI is a Chinese term that means ‘Great Duality’. TAIJI represents the fight of Good vs. Evil, Light vs. Darkness, YIN vs. YANG. But YIN and YANG are indivisible! That’s why both players use the same indivisible “dual” pieces. This piece is called TAIJITU. The goal of the game is to get the highest score summing up the largest shapes of connected squares of your colour by placing TAIJITUS anywhere you want in the board, as long as there’s a free space to do so. Be careful! Every time you put a TAIJITU you’re playing both colours! So you might be helping your opponent!

March 02 , 2010: New game added - Essentia

A strategy board game for 2 players by Fernando Lafuente Clavero.

Far away, in a land called Essentia, two Orders of spell casters have fought for the territory’s possession through the years. Sworn enemies, the Wizards of Dawn and the Sorcerers of Twilight strive for their opponents’ end in every battle. But the number of magicians is small and their life is priceless, so they do not fight on their own but by means of golems under their command.

February 08 , 2010: New game added - Truffle Scuffle

Truffle Scuffle is a quick strategy game by Micah Fuller in which two players race to collect the most of each type of truffle.

Players take turns moving their truffle hogs (whose keen noses can sniff out a truffle miles away) through the forest, collecting any of the five different types of truffles they find. Your reputation as the best hunter of truffles is at stake!

February 02 , 2010: New game added - Penguin Soccer

A strategy board game for 2 players by Avri Klemer .

It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone loves to see penguins sliding and spinning on the ice. And soccer is the world's game, right? So take some cute families of penguins, give them an icy soccer field and a ball, and watch the slippery goodness that ensues...

January 18 , 2010: New game added - Robosoccer

A strategy board game for 2 players by José Carlos de Diego Guerrero.

ROBOSOCCER is board game of movement and ball control whose objective is to score a goal (taking your ball to the last row) before your opponent does. Move your robots, and push, and jump over your opponent's robots until you score a goal.

January 07 , 2010: New game added - Buffalos

Buffalos is an expansion of Hippos & Crocodiles by Néstor Romeral Andrés that allows a 3rd player to play the game. It comes with a new 16×20 board and 8 buffalo pieces.

The buffalo can be used for 2 player games too, thus bringing new combinations and strategies to the game.

December 09 , 2009: New game added - Fanorona

Fanorona is a two-player ancient board game that originates in Madagascar and derived from Alquerque. The goal of Fanorona is to capture all opponent's pieces.

November 24 , 2009: New game added - The aztec market :

The aztec market is a game by Victor Melo for the whole family, in which each player controls four buyers who have traveled to the market of Tlatelolco in order to buy commodities from the local vendors, trying to match the capricious tastes of the king. The Aztec Market is the winner 2009 Game design contest “Ciutat de Granollers”

Preorders: Preorders: 11/24/2009 - 12/03/2009 Extended to 12/06/2009

November 24 , 2009: New game added - Rebel Moon Defense :

A board game for 2 players by Cameron Browne and Stephen Tavener. Winner of the 1st nestorgames game design contest!

The Imperials have discovered the last Rebel outpost on a moon colony surrounded by an asteroid belt, and launched a devastating Chaos Bomb to destroy it. Will the Chaos Bomb reach the moon and annihilate the Rebels? Or can they destroy it and evacuate their base?

November 24 , 2009: New game added - Battle for Olympus :

A strategy board game for 2 players by REINER KNIZIA.

Battle for Olympus is a two-player game where the heroes and creatures from Greek mythology battle for control of the gameboard.

November 6 , 2009: New game added - CROSS :

CROSS is a two-player abstract board game designed by Cameron Browne in 2008.

A player wins by connecting three non-adjacent board sides with a chain of their pieces. But a player loses by connecting two opposite board sides with a chain of their pieces (without also connecting three non-adjacent sides).

October 26, 2009: New game added - QUERNI :

QUERNI: A board game for 2 players by Enrique Fernández Alcázar.QUERNIis the winner 2009 Game design contest “Ciutat de Granollers”.

The goal of QUERNI is to remove all of your pieces from the board, by forming chains of consecutive numbers of your colour.

October 16, 2009: New game added - MUTTON :

MUTTON: A game of deduction and farmyard intrigue for two players.

All is not well in the farmyard. The cock crows, the farmer wakes and sees another sheep eaten in the night. Grabbing his trusty gun he takes careful aim... but at which blood-spattered suspect? Can he shoot the wolves in sheep's clothing before they eat all his sheep?.

October 06, 2009: New game added - TRITT :

TRITT is a two-player abstract board game, designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés in 2009. TRITT uses a special piece called Tritton, consisting in 3 aligned dots coloured blue-orange-blue or orange-blue-orange. The goal of TRITT is to place three dots of your colour in a row without making three dots of the opponent’s colour in a row at the same time.

September 17, 2009: New game added - Reiner Knizia's MOLE HILL :

nestorgames publishes a limited edition of Dr. REINER KNIZIA's classic "MOLE HILL" in a portable format, serialized and signed by Dr. Knizia himself. Pre-order deadline is OCT-04-2009!

MOLE HILL, a devious battle between gardener and mole. In this garden, there can only be room for one! (it includes a new variant!)

September 11, 2009: New game added - 11x11 HEX set :

HEX could be the perfect abstract board game. It has the simplest rules of almost any known game, yet is remarkably difficult to play well. nestorgames portable 11x11 HEX set contains 120 pieces in two colours (red and blue).

August 30, 2009: New game added - ABANDE (and ATTANGLE) :

ABANDE is an abstract board game for 2 players designed by Dieter Stein.

Two players in turn enter new pieces on the board or move pieces already placed to capture opponent pieces and end up with the highest score. With this set you can play Attangle too, also invented by Dieter Stein. You can also get 2 new extra boards here!

August 28, 2009: New game added - LIMIT:

LIMIT is a tile-placement game of movement and capture for two or three players designed by Cameron Browne .

The last player with pawns in play in a constantly shrinking board wins.

August 16, 2009: 1st nestorgames game design contest

Read the rules here and participate!

August 12, 2009: New game added - ORDO:

ORDO is an abstract board game for 2 players designed by Dieter Stein.

The aim of the game is to reach the opponent's home row while keeping your pieces always connected.

August 10, 2009: I'm back!

The shop is open again.

August 1, 2009: VACATION!

July 14, 2009: New game added - ADAPTOID:

Adaptoid is a board game for two players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés in 2007. Each game lasts around 15 minutes.

An adaptoid is a creature that constantly evolves to adapt itself to its surroundings. To survive it needs to be fed. In adaptoid, two players must confront their armies of adaptoids with the aim of eliminating the opponent.

July 14, 2009: New game added - YAVALATH:

Yavalath is a two-player abstract board game played on a hexagonal board that was designed by a program called Ludi (invented by Cameron Browne) in 2007.

The goal of the game is to place four stones in a row without first making three in a row.

With this set you can play Pentalath too, also invented by LUDI.

July 14, 2009: New game added - HIPPOS & CROCODILES:

HIPPOS AND CROCODILES is a board game for 2 players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés in 2007. It takes 10 minutes to play.

The object of the game is to fill up the river with hippos and crocodiles. If a player can’t place a piece on the board, he loses.

July 14, 2009: New game added - HEXELLATION:

A strategy board game for 2 or more players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés in 2009 .

In HEXELLATION, the players try to create a previously fixed star constellation named ‘MODEL’ without creating a different one named ‘AVOID’. The first one to achieve this wins the game. No ties are possible.

The game admits more than 2 players.

July 14, 2009: nestorgames site launched.