May 16 , 2012: New game - UNITY
A strategy board game for 2 to 3 players by Néstor Romeral Andrés.
UNITY is a board game for 2 to 3 players, in which each player strives to unite his pieces… at any cost. By sacrificing the right pieces at crucial moments, you can shatter your opponents' groups as they coalesce, or eliminate a pesky splinter group of your own pieces — anything to create unity.
In UNITY, each player’s pieces start dispersed on the board. Your goal is to create a single group of connected pieces of your colour. UNITY was initially designed for 2 players, with the neutral pieces being just unmovable discs, but was later adapted to accommodate a 3rd player.
There are 2 editions:
Deluxe Edition: It comes in a new format. The board size is 6 hexes per side (so you can play with 2 sizes: 5 hexes per side or 6 hexes per side). It includes 108 white walls, a laser-cut 8mm thick 'ice' acrylic board, 90 ring-shaped laser-cut acrylic pieces in 3 colours (green, orange and purple), 90 asterisk-shaped laser-cut acrylic pieces in 3 colours, one counter of each colour and a briefcase. No additional pieces are needed. You can see a size comparison between both editions below. The briefcase is big enough to keep some other nestorgames, too.
UNITY Deluxe Edition is the first board game in history that can only be purchased with Bitcoin. If you want a copy please email me. Thank you!
Basic Edition: Produced in nestorgames' format 1. The board size is 5 hexes per side. It includes 54 black 'walls', 30 ring-shaped foam pieces in 3 colours (green, orange and purple), 30 asterisk-shaped foam pieces in 3 colours, one counter of each colour, a board (pad) and a carrying case. Additional sets of pieces can be purchased here in order to try different setups (but not needed for playing the basic game).
April 25 , 2012: New game - Crosshairs
A game of WW1 aerial combat by Stephen Tavener.
Crosshairs straddles the line between abstract strategy game and wargame.
It captures the essence of a WW1 aerial dogfight in a game with no random elements or hidden elements; so hang up your assumptions at the door, and go along for the ride. Combat is simple – if a plane is within line of sight of two enemy planes, it is shot down. You lose if you are reduced to one plane, and can therefore no longer shoot the enemy.
The base game includes components for a 2-player game. If you wish to add more players you'll need the expansion (one per additional player).
COMPONENTS
Base game (2 players): Board (2 pads), 16 foam clouds, 40 altitude rings (laser cut 8mm 'ice' acrylic), 2 small plastic boxes, 5 red biplanes, 5 green biplanes, carrying case.
Expansion (per extra player): 5 biplanes (orange or yellow), 20 altitude counters, carrying case. Please indicate colour if you purchase one set only.
Note: The biplanes come unassembled and you will need some glue to assemble them. If you want me to assemble them for you please email me. Thank you!
April 18 , 2012: New game - BASKETmind
A strategy game for 2 players, by Miguel Marqués
Play a 5-on-5 basketball game on your table: with just a few
rules you will find yourself dribbling other players, passing
the ball, shooting, blocking shots, ghting for rebounds, committing fouls... Become an experienced coach and try to get your players to the best shooting positions, if you do not want to rely on lucky rolls!
COMPONENTS
Basic set: Board (the court), score panel, 10 players in different heights (5 blue and 5 red), one orange cylinder (the ball), one blue disc, one red disc, 6 gray discs, 2 blue frames, 2 red frames, one 6-sided dice, one 8-sided dice, a carrying case..
Expansion (special players): 5 new blue players, 5 new red players.
March 27 , 2012: New game - TOP SPEED MINI
TOP SPEED MINI is a fast and furious racing game for 2 to 8 players (recommended 2 to 5) by Néstor Romeral Andrés. It’s the simplified version of TOP SPEED. It uses one single TOP SPEED deck shared by all players, one small car for each player and a small board. The games are shorter than in TOP SPEED and are based on Kart racing.
The rules are quite different from TOP SPEED. For example, there is no Safety Car, Pit Stop or Drive Through penalty in TOP SPEED MINI. Also the number of laps for the race is smaller. You can play TOP SPEED MINI with a TOP SPEED set, but not the opposite.
Components: A small board (one pad) depicting the Montmeló circuit (SPAIN), a TOP SPEED deck of 72 cards (some of the cards are not used in TOP SPEED MINI), 8 plastic cars in different colors, 8 color markers, 2 small card boxes, a carrying case.
March 1 , 2012: New game - Margo
A board game for 2 or 3 players by Cameron Browne.
Margo is similar to Go but played with balls that stack.
Pinned balls survive capture to remain active in the game. There are 2 editions: Ninja and Samurai. You can also purchase aditional components here (such as red balls for a 3rd player, or bowls).
Margo Ninja (2 players) : Small, light, portable. It includes a white bag, a 6x6 blue foam board, 72 plastic balls (19mm diameter) in 2 colours (36 white, 36 black).
Margo Samurai (2 players) : Big, solid, strong. It includes a big white bag, a laser-cut 8mm thick 'ice' acrylic board and 72 phenolic resin balls (25mm diameter and same material as snooker balls) in 2 colours (36 white, 36 black).
February 15 , 2012: New game - Volo
An abstract game for 2 players by Dieter Stein
This game is dedicated to the nature and beauty of birds. Their colors, their singing, and the art of flight. The simplest mathematical models of animal aggregations generally instruct the individual animals to follow three rules:
Components: Board, 50 yellow counters, 50 blue counters, carrying case.
February 10 , 2012: New LIMITED EDITION of 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.
This game is a LIMITED EDITION (25 copies) and can only be purchased by emailing me here. Thank you.
February 1 , 2012: New game - Sleepers
A board game for 2 players by Stephen Tavener
In Sleepers, you are the leader of a resistance network operating in occupied France during World War II. Your primary mission is recruit a network of operatives working throughout the country; failing that, eliminating the other networks which are interfering with your own would allow you to build your network without interference. When first recruited, agents are face-down and inactive (sleeper agents); later in the game, they may be activated to perform some task (active agents). The unqualified term ‘agents’ applies to both active and sleeper agents. Tiles in hand or the bag are merely tiles, bribes and blackmail material which can be used to recruit agents.
Components: 1 hexagonal board of 61 hexes (France map), 30 Agents for each player (see piece summary), 2 foam racks, carrying case.
January 23 , 2012: New game - Hello Dolly!
A game by Pak Cormier, for 2 players.
A terrible storm has rumbled throughout the mountains and Albert’s sheep have all run away. Help them to come back home! The player who first takes a majority of his sheep back home wins the game.
COMPONENTS: A boardgame with a landscape showing 18 mountains on the outer side, one light brown path in the middle and 9 cells leading to the sheep barn, 18 laser-cut 9mm acrylic sheep (9 black, 9 white), Albert, the shepherd (laser-cut 9mm red acrylic).
January 17 , 2012: New game - Sheep, dogs and wolves
Sheep, dogs and wolves was invented by Néstor Romeral Andrés and his daughter Elena when she was 4.
Sheep, dogs and wolves is a tile-laying game. Two players (sheep and wolf) share a common pool of rectangular pieces depicting a sheep, a dog and a wolf, in that order. The ‘sheep’ player must save as many sheep as possible, and the ‘wolf’ player must eat as many sheep as possible.
Sheep, dogs and wolves includes 23 identical tiles (sheep-dog-wolf), 32 counters and a carrying case.
January 17 , 2012: New game - Sheep, dogs and wolves
Sheep, dogs and wolves was invented by Néstor Romeral Andrés and his daughter Elena when she was 4.
Sheep, dogs and wolves is a tile-laying game. Two players (sheep and wolf) share a common pool of rectangular pieces depicting a sheep, a dog and a wolf, in that order. The ‘sheep’ player must save as many sheep as possible, and the ‘wolf’ player must eat as many sheep as possible.
Sheep, dogs and wolves includes 23 identical tiles (sheep-dog-wolf), 32 counters and a carrying case.
January 5 , 2012: New game - Sugar gliders
Sugar Gliders is a strategy board game for 2 to 4 players by Néstor Romeral Andrés. Each game lasts about 20 minutes. Each player has a sugar glider that has to collect as many fruits as possible by jumping from branch to branch. The sugar glider is a small marsupial that loves nectarous foods and tree sap. As its name suggests, it’s capable of gliding through the air, much like a flying squirrel.
Components: Board, 4 sugar gliders in different colours, 60 cardboard rounded tiles, carrying case.
December 30 , 2011: Coffee is now available for iOS devices!
http://itunes.apple.com/app/coffee-masters/id490099426?mt=8
December 30 , 2011: Mole Hill and Battle for Olympus no longer available
December 21 , 2011: Hippos & Crocodiles is now available for iOS devices!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hippos-crocs/id490086932?mt=8
December 15 , 2011: New edition of LIMIT
No more games till 2012. Merry Christmas and happy new year!
November 29 , 2011: New game - STAX
A strategy board game of tile placement, movement and stacking for 2 or 3 players by Cameron Browne.
Each player has thirteen hexagonal tiles, each of which has a unique arrangement of pointers to various edges. Tiles may be added to the playing area or moved in the direction of any of their pointers, possibly to stack on pieces of either colour which are then pinned. A player wins when the opponent's king (0-pointer) is stacked upon.
COMPONENTS
Basic set (2-player): 13 white tiles, 13 red tiles and a carrying case. The tiles are made of 6 mm thick laser cut acrylic. They are 2 cm side (that's 4 cm diameter).
Expansion to 3-player game: 13 blue tiles.
November 28 , 2011: Discounts!
I've found two ways to avoid the abusive paypal fees. One is sending the money as a personal transfer. The other is using 'Mass Payment'.
So I can make a discount of up to 1 € per game by using one of these. If you wish to benefit from this please email me instead of placing an order directly on my site, as I'll use a separate account.
I've added this information to my 'orders' page on my site, too.
Thx!
November 21 , 2011: New game - Feed the Ducks
A strategy game for 2 to 4 players, by Néstor Romeral Andrés
Three old men and a small child all sit around a small duck pond, tossing breadcrumbs into the water. With each ripple from a crumb, ducks race toward the new treat. (They never actually get the snack, due to the wily fish just below the surface, but it doesn't dissuade them from trying!) Passersby watch the scene for a moment, then smile, charmed by these four people idling away their time. Little do they realize that these crafty individuals actually have a standing wager: Each has chosen a color of duck in the pond as his own, and whoever can gather his ducks into a group first gets to choose the adventure for the day!
COMPONENTS;
Basic set (2-player): 12 white ducks, 12 black ducks, 1 white counter, 1 black counter, board, carrying case.
Expansion to 3-4 player game: 8 red ducks, 6 blue ducks, 1 red counter, 1 blue counter.
November 21 , 2011: Vicious Fishes no longer available.
November 17 , 2011: New game - RED
A board game for 3 players by Néstor Romeral Andrés.
RED is a three-colored tile-laying game for three players. The three colors in the game are black, white, and red, and each player will be a different color. Each tile has a background color and a different-colored circle in the middle.
Players place tiles on the table trying to connect groups of their border color and groups of their circle color.
Components: 36 tiles, 3 counters (white, black, red), carrying case.
November 16 , 2011: New game - Amazons
Amazons (in Spanish, El Juego de las Amazonas; often called Amazons for short) is a two-player abstract strategy game invented in 1988 by Walter Zamkauskas of Argentina. It is a member of the territorial game family, a distant relative of Go and chess.
Components: a 10x10 board, 4 laser-cut 'ice' acrylic discs (white amazons), 4 laser-cut black acrylic discs (black amazons), 90 red plastic counters (arrows) and a carrying case.
November 3 , 2011: New game - Hop it!
Hop It! is a game for two players by Cameron Browne set in a lily pond full of nervous frogs and tadpoles.
They’re nervous because the pond is also a nesting ground for the Blue-Headed Frogmuncher.
The pond is a 6x7 hex grid with lily pads down the left and right sides, surrounded by Frogmunchers. Each player has nine pieces of their colour showing a tadpole on one side and a frog on the other. The pieces are made of laser-cut acrylic, and the images on them have been laser-engraved and then painted.
November 1 , 2011: New game - HEX (14x14) Deluxe set
HEX (14x14) Deluxe set is a special edition of HEX, that includes:
- Black leatherette case (36 cm tall, 10 cm diameter).
- Modular board composed of 14 transparent laser-cut acrylic strips of 14 laser-engraved hexagons each (6mm thick), to configure a 14x14 HEX board.
- 98 laser-cut 'ice' acrylic discs (8mm thick).
- 98 laser-cut black acrylic discs (8mm thick)..
- Foam label.
- Total weight is around 1,5 Kilograms.
October 6 , 2011: New game system - Shibumi
Shibumi is the essence of beauty, or elegance in its minimal form. A shibumi object may appear simple but will reward the viewer with hidden depths as it is explored over time. Shibumi is simplicity hiding complexity.
The Shibumi set is not a single game but many games; it is the simplest of game systems. The common components are a square board with 4x4 holes and 48 white, black and red balls (16 each). It was invented by Cameron Browne in 2011.
Shibumi is presented in 3 different editions: Shogun, Samurai and Ninja. You can also get aditional components in the 'Extras' section.
September 23 , 2011: New game added - Isaac
A board game for 2 players by Emiliano “Wentu” Venturini.
In ISAAC, two players strive to get the highest score by first filling a 10x10 square board with their rectangular pieces and then scoring ponts by removing them.
ISAAC includes: a 10x10 board, 2 sets (light and dark) of 15 rectangular pieces each in different sizes and values, one light counter and one dark counter, carrying case, rulebook.
It includes the rules of another 2 games by the same designer that can be played with the ISAAC set: FOUNDATIONS and HARI.
September 22 , 2011: Recycled paper.
nestorgames will gradually migrate the rulesheets to recycled paper.
September 16 , 2011: New game added - Tattoo Turtles
A board game for 2 players by Vincent Everaert.
Tattoo Turtles is a variant of Tortuga by the same designer. In Tattoo Turtles each player controls 8 turtles on his side of the board. The winner is the one who will send one of his turtles to the opponent's side. Turtles can be moved one step forwards, or jump over other turtles. Jumping over an opponent's turtle neutralizes it, while jumping over a neutralized turtle activates it again - on either side. In this variant, jumping over tattooed turtles will trigger some special effects.
Tattoo Turtles includes: 24 laser-engraved green turtles, board, carrying case.
August 4 , 2011: MOMENTUM: Beat the bot !
August 03 , 2011: New game added - 9
A game for 2 to 4 players by Adam Kałuża.
In ‘9’(nine), players move their counters along the
rows and columns of the board in order to
‘conquer’ its 9 sections. The counters move
until a stone is found on their way.
Components: Board, carrying case, 9 red counters, 18 yellow counters, 18 blue counters,
12 orange counters and 8 green
counters.
July 25 , 2011: The following countries have been added to the '8 EUR shipping only' group:
- Brazil
- Hong Kong
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- China
- Singapore
July 21 , 2011: New game added - TALPA
TALPA (‘MOLE’ in Latin), by Arty Sandler (AKA Artyom Tchebotaryov), is a member of the connection game family.
Components: 64 squared pieces in 2 colours - red and blue (32 each), a square board of 8x8 cells, with an inner board of 6x6 cells for shorter games, carrying case.
June 21 , 2011: New game added - International Checkers
International Checkers is a widely played game of the Checkers Family.
It is played on a 10 by 10 checkerboard and it features backward capturing men and "flying" kings which move like bishops in Chess.
It is the national checkers game in the Netherlands, France and a few other countries, and is the one for which the FMJD (World Draughts Federation) organizes the world championship.
Components: Board, 20 white counters, 20 red counters, carrying case. No rulebook included.
June 14 , 2011: New game added - ConHex
A connection game for 2 players by Michail Antonow
Conhex is a 2-player abstract game in which the winner is the first player to connect his or her assigned sides of a square board. The board is a pattern of non-regular hexagons with a few non-hexagonal polygons. Players alternate turns placing pieces of their own color on a vertex, and a player can claim a space after placing pieces on at least half the vertices of that space.
Components: Board, 26 yellow pegs, 26 yellow plates, 26 red pegs, 26 red plates (laser-cut acrylic), carrying case.
June 13 , 2011: Bitcoins
nestorgames accepts Bitcoin payments. If you wish to pay with Bitcoins please contact me, as my website doesn't have a Bitcoin shopping cart.
June 7 , 2011: Yavalathon!
June 6 , 2011: New game added - Murus Gallicus
A game for 2 players by Phillip Leduc
Murus Gallicus is a two-player breakthrough game in which players try to create impenetrable walls of stone as menacing formations approach, reminiscent of Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars.
Components: Board, 16 black onix laser-cut acrylic pieces, 16 translucent white laser-cut acrylic pieces, carrying case.
June 1 , 2011: New expansion added - SYMBOL2
2 new boards for SYMBOL: 'Hexagonal Warfare' and 'Battle Bay'. Discover new strategies!
20 May, 2011: Martha's students win the Hippo-Crocco-Botto contest !
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/6803548#6803548
10 May, 2011: Hippo-Crocco-Botto!
April 15, 2011: New game added - REALM
A strategy game for 2 players, by Philip E. Orbanes
Realm is a wonderful and unique two-person abstract strategy game invented in 1973. It involves capturing territory and blocking and immobilizing the other player's pieces. New pieces are generated and added to the game as the game progresses, and strategy and objectives dramatically change through the course of the game. A few rules generate a game of great complexity and depth. With the special Realm board and pieces you can play some other quicker-playing games, too. These versions range from easy to challenging and appeal to players of all ages.
Components: Case, board, 4 white powers (circular), 9 white enforcers (triangular), 14 white bases (square), 4 red powers (circular), 9 red enforcers (triangular), 14 red bases (square).
You can also purchase an extra set of pieces (blue and black) in order to play some 4 player games that have been designed for this set or to invent new ones!
13 April, 2011: ¡Free shipping to the European Union for 'Cash on Delivery' orders of more than 100€!
More information...
March 24, 2011: New game added - TOP SPEED
A board game for 2 or more players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés.
This is not a driving school, ladies and gentlemen.
We know you can all change gears, accelerate, brake, turn, pass... But that is not all there is to it. This is racing. And you're the elite of the elite. And racing is about taking risks. About knowing when and how much to risk.
TOP SPEED is a fast and furious racing game for 2 or more players in nestorgames' Format 3, which allows the components to be purchased separately. You need at least the circuit and one team per player to play the game:
March 18, 2011: New game added - Coffee
Coffee is a two-player abstract board game designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés.
The goal of the game is to create a line of stones of your color, or to prevent your opponent from making a legal placement of the white rod.
When placing the rod in a black or orange stone, it looks like a coffee seed. Hence the name ‘Coffee’.
Components: One 5/6/7 square board, one 4/5 hexagonal board, 30 orange stones, 30 black stones, 2 small white rods (so 2 pairs can play at the same time, one on each board), carrying case.
March 16, 2011: 'Cash on Delivery (European Union)' lower limit changed to 100€!
March 15, 2011: New game added - Hnefatafl
A classic board game for 2 players illustrated by Nathan Morse.
Hnefatafl is one of numerous games in the greater Tafl family of board games, hearkening back to the time of the Vikings. Hnefatafl is a game of uneven sides. In every game of the greater Tafl family of board games, you have a king plus a 2:1 ratio of invaders to defenders.
Although strong evidence for the setup of the board and pieces can be found, there are numerous reconstructions of the rules. Nonetheless, there is a good degree of consistency in the interpretations and translations, so nestorgames proudly presents a Viking classic that will fit in your pocket.
The vikings are made of 8mm thick laser-cut acrylic (black and translucent white).
February 22, 2011: New game added - Mecca
A board game for 2 to 6 players designed by Javier García and illustrated by Chechu Nieto.
We are in Mecca, the holiest Islamic city in Saudi Arabia and prophet Muhammad's birthplace. Year after year, Mecca receives more than a three million faithful on one of their faith's pillars: the Holy Pilgrimage or Hajj. We are going to access the inside of the Holy Mosque of Mecca right now, the main shrine of Muslim pilgrimage during the Hajj... the imposing Sacred Kaaba is just in front of us...
In order to avoid crowds during the massive influx of the faithful in the Holy Mosque the organizers have devised an innovative system to control the placement and organization of the pilgrims during their prayers to Allah. The player who successfully introduces more pilgrims in the Holy Place according to this organization system will be the winner.
Game contents: 1 Game Board,108 Pilgrims/counters (in 6 colors: yellow, red, green, blue, black and white): 18 for each player, 1 Rule Book, 1 case.
February 10, 2011: Essentia and Truffle Scuffle tiles are now made of foam!
February 8, 2011: nestorgames joined Facebook a few days ago!
February 7, 2011: New game added - 11
A game like soccer for 2 players, by Dieter Stein
Enjoy the soccer addiction!
Soccer teams can be purchased separately, so that players can choose their favorites. Available teams are Spain, Brazil, Germany, France/Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Argentina, England/Switzerland, Australia/South Africa and USA.
January 24, 2011: New game added - PiFroG
A board game for 2 players designed and illustrated by Angelo Porazzi.
PiFroG is a checkers-like game, where a team of frogs and a team of pigs fight for victory. Frogs are agile and can easily jump, while pigs are strong and can crush their opponents. Do you like frogs or pigs? Choose your side and play!
January 21, 2011: New game added - PILUS
An abstract strategy game
for 2 to 4 players by Kris J Wolff
In PILUS, players are laying colorful tiles in order to create regions of color. The regions that are larger and higher off the table score the most points. Players may also use their own pieces to protect what’s theirs. When all the tiles are placed, the player with the most points wins!
It contains 30 tiles and 4 pawns.
RAINBOWS expansion available!
January 12, 2011: New game added - Gardens of Mars
A board game for 2 to 5 players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés.
No, Martians are not green. But some Martian flowers are. The spectrum of Martian flora also include blue, yellow, white, gray and red.
Help your little Martian gardener plant flowers to create the grandest, most beautiful garden on Mars. The Martian with the greenest thumb wins! (Just the thumb: Martians are not green.)
COMPONENTS: A board representing a Martian garden (91 hexagonal spaces) and a scoring track, 60 flowers in 6 different colours (10 each), a carrying case, 6 black Martians in 3 types (2 each), 4 white Martians in 2 types (2 each) and 6 dice.
¡NestorGames on TV again!
December 13, 2010: New game added - The Aztec Market Expansion
Designed by: Joan Ribera, Mark Gerrits, Diego Ibáñez, Lee Valentine, Sergio Camina.
In November 2010, nestorgames ran a contest on boardgamegeek.com, where the participants had to create new tiles for the original game ‘The Aztec Market’. All of the profits derived from the sales of this expansion will be donated to ayudarjugando.org. nestorgames wants to thank all the participants of this contest. A wonderful group of altruist designers.
Ten tiles where selected by Néstor Romeral Andrés (producer) and Victor Melo Barbero (base game designer) to conform this expansion, that also includes an orange marker as a tribute to the 'Ayudar jugando' staff.
December 1, 2010: New game added - SUPERADAPTOID
SUPER-ADAPTOID is a special edition of ADAPTOID, a board game for 2 players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés.
This special edition features...
- Black leatherette case (36 cm tall, 10 cm diameter).
- 37 transparent laser-cut acrylic discs to configure the custom board (8 mm thick, 65 mm diameter each).
- 12 black bodies, 12 legs and 12 pincers for the black army (8 mm thick laser-cut acrylic).
- 12 translucent white bodies, 12 legs and 12 pincers for the white army (8 mm thick laser-cut acrylic).
- 5 nini-adaptoids on eacj color for score tracking (8 mm thick laser-cut acrylic).
November 26 , 2010: New game added - NYSE
A game for 1 to 10 players by Ben Stanley.
In the ironically mean game of NYSE, you and up to nine other players compete as investment bankers playing the New York Stock Exchange to make more money than anyone else. As you claim stock holdings in chemicals (blue), technology (black), fossil fuels (red), and foodstuffs (green), the value of those holdings increase as a result of the demand. But beware of speculative markets, because a market bust, intentionally caused by one of the other players, could drop the value of all of your holdings to nothing!
November 17 , 2010: New game added - Momentum
A board game for 2 to 3 players by Phil Leduc .
Momentum is a dynamic abstract strategy board game for 2 or 3 players in which the lead swings back and forth like the steel spheres of Newton’s cradle. Grabbing the lead and holding onto it is the challenge.
Players take turns dropping one of their eight pieces onto a square 7x7 game board (also 7x9 or 9x9). The momentum of the dropped piece is transferred in up to eight (orthogonal and diagonal) directions through adjacent contiguous lines of pieces. The last piece at the end of each of these lines is pushed away one cell from the dropped marble. Some fall off the board and are returned to the owning players.
The first player to have all eight of his or her pieces on the board at the end of his or her turn wins the game.
Special price until Nov-24-2010 is 14 € instead of 17€!
November 1 , 2010: MAYDAY GAMES distributes Nestorgames in USA and Canada at lower shipping costs! (except Cannon and Nestortiles).
October 9, 2010: Award !
I've just received the "Spanish designer of the year 2009-2010" award (Jugamos Tod@s).
I'm so happy!
September 30 , 2010: New game added - Vicious Fishes
A board game for 2 to 6 players by Tom Vasel.
Be vicious or delicious!
There is a problem at Johnson’s pond. Not only have strange denizens taken up residence, but overcrowding has led to hurt feelings and worse. The fish have divided into schools and are at war!
Vicious Fishes is a game where six different schools of fish fight to become the dominant power in the pond. It’s better to be a big fish in a small pond, goes the old saying, and this is a VERY small pond. Players are actively supporting schools of fish – hoping their schools will win. At the same time, they are secretly betting against one school to lose. Which player will back the right school? Who will go belly-up? The battle for Johnson’s Pond has begun!!
September 20 , 2010: New game added - Gauss
A magnetic duel for 2 players by Susumu Kawasaki.
In GAUSS, each player has a set of fifteen discs: ten in their color and five in the opposite color. Player take turns placing a disc on the board. Like the poles of a magnet, discs of opposite color are attracted to each other whereas discs of the same color are repelled. Each time 4 or more discs of your color get connected you score points. The player with the highest score at the end of the game wins
September 2 , 2010: New game added - OMEGA
A board game for 2 to 4 players by Néstor Romeral Andrés.
OMEGA was born as an experiment on complexity and intuitive arithmetic. Both concepts teamed up to create this little monster. It feels like a cross between Hex and Go. In OMEGA, players try to create groups of their colors by placing stones in a hexagonal grid, in order to score the most points. But each player places stones of all colors in play. The final score for each color is calculated by multiplying the sizes of the different groups of that color.
Components:
- OMEGA board (hexagonal grid of 10 hexes per side. 2 pads).
- 6 ‘corners’ to configure the board size and shape.
- 136 white stones (player A), 136 black stones (player B), 91 red stones (player C) and 68 blue stones (player D).
August 24 , 2010: New game 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 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 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 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.
Suddenly, an opportunity arises! They discover three glimmering magical portals that they might be able to use to find freedom. Desperation sets in quickly, because they know the portals won't be open long, so the ghosts scramble and jostle one another, trying to slip through the portals while they have the chance. They certainly don't want to see each other's ethereal faces for another 500 years!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.