Horsepower is a change on the classic game of HORSE, requiring that 4-6 people follow the leader shooting a ball into a bucket set in the middle of the table. However, there is a difference in that the players will not be calling their own shots for the others to follow. Instead, there will be a set of cards showing various shots (Like the “Power Hour” where each player must shoot from a classic muscle flex pose, or “Nothin’ But Net” where the player must shoot like a basketball player) that a player can claim.

There is a set of three cards face up, each with 4 symbols indicating the category of the shot, like a picture of a lobbed shot, a muscle for strength, or a “POW” symbol for physical contact. There will be 9 symbols total to use. The goal of the game is to claim 3 of one type of symbol, regardless of the other symbols on the cards.

When it is your turn, you pick one of the three card face up, present with the action required, a silhouette of the pose required to shoot, any special rules for the shot, symbols for the shot, suggested OVERTIME conditions (Explained below), and a difficulty rating, ranging from TOTES EASY to WICKED SICK.

The player would then perform the shot. The goal is to sink the ball in the bucket. If you miss the shot, you’re out.

If multiple people make the shot, OVERTIME is entered. Everyone who made it attempts the shot again, with a condition applied to make the shot harder. The first person to make the original shot chooses a condition suggested off of the card or makes up their own, and all others must follow it. This continues until the cycle is complete again. If there is still more than one player to make the shot in OVERTIME, the DOUBLE OVERTIME goes into effect.

In DOUBLE OVERTIME, Everyone who had made the shot in OVERTIME must all make the shot at the same time. Whoever makes it in first, gets the card. Be fair with the rulings, if no one can agree on who sunk first, the card is discarded and play moves on to the left of the person who chose the previous shot.

Example: Mark, Julia, and Sam are playing. Mark picks “Over and Under” where he has to try and toss a shot from under his leg. Mark makes it in the bucket and play passes to Julia, who misses. Julia is out for this shot. Sam makes it too. Play would cycle back to Mark, for OVERTIME. He chooses the suggested condition on the card of shooting with the “Off-Hand”. He makes it and play goes to Sam, who misses this new shot. Mark takes the card for winning. Julia draws a new card to replace it and then chooses a new card to attempt.

Parts:
6 Balls
1 Medium Sized “Bucket”
36 Shot Cards

Digger, Trader, Conqueror

Move about space mining resources, trading with others, and conquering worlds in an active twist on classic 4X games

In DTC, players move around the room (outer space) to planets that are spread about. At each planet is a messy pile of cards that contains three kinds of resources (Ore, Crystal, Ice).

The planet also has a stack of square magnets that are Equipment. These will attach to each player's "Ship cube" which is a 1.5 inch D6 with magnetic sides.

Gameplay

Players start at their home planet. The other planets are too far-away to see what resources or what Equipment is for sale.

In turn order (rotates), players announce what they are doing:

• Digging: Going to flip over a single resource card at current planet. If it flips additional cards, fine. Take one of the revealed cards.
• Trading: Going to spend resources to buy Equipment to stick to your cube, or trade resources/equipment with another player at your planet.
• Moving: Going to walk to an announced planet. Players may fight if there is a player entering a planet with another player.
• Conquering: Going to claim a planet if you have on your cube an equipment set matching the planet's requirement. Attach one of your Equipment to planet to increase set-cost of re-conquering.

Set collection

You collect specific sets of Equipment to conquer a planet. You also score points at the end of the game for sets of Resources.

Line auction

The Equipment at the planets is laid out for a line auction. Each planet accepts two of the three resources, and each Equipment has a cost decreases the longer it goes unpurchased. (eg - Cannon comes out. 1st slot for planet is cost 5 ore or 3 Ice. If something else is bought, line shifts down and Cannon now is 4 ore or 3 ice, then 3 ore or 2 Ice, then 2 ore or 1 ice).

Moving

Since planets are so far apart in the room, a player can only see their current planet. Actions at the planet change the planet (revealing additional resources, changing equipment costs), so they may wish to have information on the other planets before they move. They may bargain, "I'll give you this ore if you tell me what equipment is available on Alpha Centauri" or "If you don't tell me what resources are showing I'll come attack you."

Fighting

Only when two players come together and one elects to fight. Roll ship cube. Strength is value of side showing plus any effect from Equipment on that side. Winner chooses to take some resources or make loser discard an Equipment.

Scoring

Game ends after a set number of rounds based on number of players. Big points for each planet you own at game end, and points for sets of resources you still hold.

Notes

Moving around allows privileged information based on physical proximity. Announcing actions lets you infer player intent.

A worker placement game for 3-6 players where YOU are the worker.

Players represent engineers overseeing the installation of hydro, water, and communication infrastructure at two new subdivisions. Players must balance time between both sites and their office. The challenge is remembering your progress when you are not at a site.

The game uses 144 small hexagon tiles. One side has an infrastructure icon in the centre and connection points on the edges. The other side has special actions. Each player starts with 10 tiles in a cloth bag.

There are three game boards representing the two work sites, and the office. The boards should be setup such that components at one board cannot be seen from the others, but close enough to move readily between them. There are two actions per board which are numbered and designated to specific chairs. There is a token for each action to place at its assigned chair. Before placing these tokens players draw them randomly for starting seats.

Players take one action per turn, starting with the player at the lowest numbered action. The player may either perform that action or move to an action at a different chair. To use an occupied chair, players pay the occupant one tile. The displaced player goes next unless they have already had a turn in that round in which case they move to the highest unoccupied chair. If no one is displaced, the next lowest action goes.

Whenever playing/paying tiles, players draw 5 from their bag to choose from.

Two actions allow players to use the special actions on the tiles. One allows a player to play one special action, the other two. The special actions give players bonus actions and bonus points.

Two actions allow players to pick up tiles. One displays the tiles infrastructure side up, the other, action side up. Each pick up action has three spaces to choose from. They start with 2, 3, and 4 tiles. The space with the least tiles costs 1 tile, next costs 2 tiles, most tiles costs 3. The cost is paid to the other pick up spaces changing the quantities available each time. The selected space gets two new tiles.

Two actions allow players to work on a site. Each site is represented by 37 hex spaces and has a scoring track. Each player has 5 surveying spaces at each site. Players play one tile on a surveying space. Once a player has a set (three matching icons or one of each) it is added to the site. Tiles must be placed such that they’re linked to the player’s starting space and with the connection points matching on all sides. Players score 1 point for each connection plus the value of the spaces where the tiles were placed.

Once a tile has been placed on the centre space of both sites, each player takes one more turn and the game ends.

A player’s final score is the lesser of the two sites.

Tagged is a hidden information set collection game.

Each player tries to collect sets of items in the room to meet their secret goals by tagging them with stickers or post-its of their own color,
while stopping their opponents from doing the same.
Your goal could be to tag 5 black items or to tag 5 electronic gadgets or something completely different. You want to do this without arousing suspicion with your opponents.

Components:
- 30 small post-it notes or easily removable stickers for each player (each player has their own color).
- A deck of goal cards.

Setup:
- Each player gets 3 goal cards and their own color of post-its or stickers.
- The rest of the goal cards are placed in the center of the room.
- Player start out evenly spaced around the edge of the room.

Gameplay:
- On a turn, a player can move 3 steps heel to toe and tag an item in the room with one of their stickers. These moves have to happen in sequence. You either move and tag or tag and move.
- Secondly, after the first phase of their turn, they can point to one opponent and declare that they know what one of their goals is.
If they are right, they obtain their opponent's goal card that has that goal on it and get the points on that card. Their opponent will have to draw a new goal.
If they are wrong, they lose a point in the form of one of their stickers.

Play then continues in a predetermined order.
Players are only allowed to tag or look at items within their reach and once an item has been tagged, it can NOT be used by another player.
You're not allowed to move from your place in the room to check what another player tagged. You are encouraged to block your opponents' view. :)

The pile:
If you reach the pile of remaining goal cards in the center of the room, you can (only once in the game), exchange one or more of your cards (without altering your previously tagged items).
You place the cards you want to exchange face-down underneat the stack and draw the same number of new goals.

Reaching a goal:
As soon as you reach one of your goals, you declare it, show the card to the other players and obtain the points on the card. You keep it with you for final scoring.
You return to your original starting position from the beginning of the game.

Ending the game:
The game ends when one player has reached all their goals (and declares this). The person with the most points wins.
Goals that have been reached count as the score written on the card. Each tagged item that helped reach a goal counts as +1.
All the points on unmet goals and all unused tagged items will be substracted from your total.

Unused stickers are not counted in the final scoring phase.

If all players have played their final stickers before someone has reached all their goals, the game also ends and final scores are calculated.