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Turnbound

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Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler. Will your design outlive your ghostly opponents… or join them?

Empire at Risk

Empire at Risk is a simple strategy game in which you control one of four empires. The goal is to rule the entire map. Regions and city fields add tactical depth.

Expand your empire and dominate dynamic maps. Conquer regions to increase your supply per turn, and move your troops wisely to outmaneuver your enemies.

Mini Bash

Punch, Grab, and Throw your friendships away in Mini Bash! Join your friends online or locally in this chaotic party brawler and compete in a variety of physics-based mini-games! Laugh, cry, and never speak to your friends again!

Jinsei Game for Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch

Create your own avatar, refine its parameters and grow yourself! The jobs you can get will change depending on the parameters!
There are various jobs, such as office workers and doctors, which automatically rank up if you meet certain conditions, and baseball players and idols, which rank up by successfully playing roulette.

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YEKO

Quatro!

Make regrets and lose the rest of your friends in this terrifying card game

Chessmaster Live: Lewis Set

Xbox 360

Add this faithful 3-D reproduction of the earliest known European chess set to your collection.

Galactic Economy

Can you become a leader in the Galactic Economy? Buy spaceships and spacestations on you way to get some additional income. Roll the dice and see what you can achieve in this board game.

Chessmaster Live: Mushrooms Set

Edible or not this set represent one of Chessmaster's most unconventional chess sets.

Chessmaster

Chessmaster is the mobile version of the long running PC chess game series. It is similar to the Palm OS game released two years earlier but has some differences in available game modes and features. It is played from a simple top down perspective with 2D graphics but there are several different chess sets to choose from. Games can be played either human vs. human or human vs. computer with eleven different computer skill levels to choose from. During games it is possible to ask for a quick advice and the game then suggests the next move. It is also possible to show opening hints as well as info on legal squares and threatened pieces. There are also options to take back moves and to switch sides during a game.
In addition to the main game mode there is also a quiz mode and classic games. The quiz mode is a series of ten chess puzzles which has to be solved in the shortest time to give a good score. Classic games are recreations of real life chess matches.

Family Diamond

PlayStation

PlayStation 3

PlayStation Portable

Family Diamond is a very basic digital version of Chinese checkers. The goal (just like in the board game) is to move your marbles across the board to the opposite site and, if possible, use you opponents' marbles to get further each turn. This game has no extras or special effects, it's just good old fashioned board gaming.

You can play alone or against a friend and face computer opponents.

Game Boy Color

This portable version of the game comes with 16 different skill levels along with multiple features incorporated including color and sprite choices for the board and pieces, a teaching mode, move automations, customizable game rules, a clock, chess board orientations, a move counter, and chess piece coordinates.

Chessmaster is the mobile version of the long running PC chess game series. It is similar to the Palm OS game released two years earlier but has some differences in available game modes and features. It is played from a simple top down perspective with 2D graphics but there are several different chess sets to choose from. Games can be played either human vs. human or human vs. computer with eleven different computer skill levels to choose from. During games it is possible to ask for a quick advice and the game then suggests the next move. It is also possible to show opening hints as well as info on legal squares and threatened pieces. There are also options to take back moves and to switch sides during a game.

In addition to the main game mode there is also a quiz mode and classic games. The quiz mode is a series of ten chess puzzles which has to be solved in the shortest time to give a good score. Classic games are recreations of real life chess matches.

Real Time Strategy (RTS)

Play Abalone

Play Abalone game online for free - the classic two-player abstract strategy board game. Push your opponent's marbles off the hexagonal board and challenge AI opponents of varying difficulty levels.

Kasparov Chessmate

Palm OS

The game is backed by grand chessmaster, Garry Kasparov.
Players can create a personal profile using their own name, MSN nickname for online/network play, country and a facial icon.
Select a side black or white and game type: "Local" against the computer or other human to either no time limit or specified; "Online" via MSN Game Zone or over a computer network; and "Kasparov Chess Club" of 45 club members in a single "exhibition" game versus any member or "championship" to become Club Champion against all members each has different abilities and ratings ranging from Bronze to Gold with "hints" available during play.
Actual play has accessible "history" record of all movement, option to "resign" or "draw" a game. The chessboard is viewable in 2D or 3D and styled as Staunton Black & White, Staunton Rosewood or Modern set with notation in algebraic or figurine. Movement is instant or adjustable by a slide for fast or slower paced game.
For a novice unfamiliar with Chess, the "training" (tutorial) segment covers basic rules of play to winning. Strategies for openings and defenses to middle/end games. Useful tips, possible traps and problems.
Review a selection of 64 historical games played by the grandmaster himself, Kasparov including famous matches against various top chess players to IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue.
Install or synchronize the game using a handheld device: Palm OS 3.5 or PocketPC docked in the cradle from Windows PC CD-ROM.

Tali: A Roman Empire Game of Chance

Playdate

Attention all Romans! In celebration of Saturnalia, all are invited to take part in a tournament of TALI. Should you prove worthy you could find yourself showered in glory and riches, and earn the chance to face Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus himself!

Catacomb Chess

The city of Chessfield is being menaced by bloodthirsty monsters crawling out of the ancient catacombs. Together King, Queen, bishops, knights, rooks, and pawns embark to end the evil menace deep down below.

The lawful chess pieces follow the chess rules, HOWEVER THE CHAOTIC MONSTERS FIGHT WITHOUT HONOR.

Fatenames

Fatenames is a team-based word deduction game. Two teams, Red and Blue, compete to reveal their Fates first. Fateweavers give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. Their teammates (Seekers) try to guess words of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team. And everyone wants to avoid the Disaster.

Carrom Slam!

The classic tabletop game Carrom is brought to you in a true to life 3D simulation. Play the turn-based coin-flicker your way with customizable rules, boards, and strikers. All games modes available to play with 4+ friends, strangers, or variable difficulty bots.

Best of Chess: Volume I - American Triumph

Commodore C64/128/MAX

Best of Chess volume 1: American Triumph (1984) is interesting for being an early program with large amounts of content for learning chess. In this case, it presents games of Bobby Fischer in an interactive guess-the-move fashion. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any good documentation.

World's Best Chess: Fritz 8 Deluxe

World's Best Chess: Fritz 8 Deluxe is an enhanced edition of Fritz 8, an interactive game for chess players of all levels, from beginners to experts.

Like the previous version, this Deluxe release offers the player choices of either 2D or 3D interactive boards. This adds 6 new 3D boards including one called the "Spanish Room". The searchable database has been enlarged and the engine has been improved.

In addition, world champion chess player Garry Kasparov provides his knowledge and expertise in a training video during gameplay. A one-year membership in playchess.com opens up internet play.

Chessmaster Live: Classic Set

Download this brand new 3D chess set and have more fun playing chess!

Chessmaster Live: Spheres Chess Set

A chess set with nice and warm colors, with lots of appeal for kids who want to learn chess.

Chessmaster Live: Pyramids Chess Set

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