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This is really two sites in one: the game store and the Blog, which contains a constantly-changing set of links to games and ... whatever.

There are Online Games (and Puzzles) but the experience of playing these as computer games is not as good as playing physical games face to face with another player.

What is an Abstract Strategy Game?  In this article Mark Thompson waxes lyrical about abstract strategy games.

The Original Games were invented by Oak Games.

The U.S. prices have been deprecated with brackets because the PayPal account uses Canadian funds for now, although U.S. credit cards can certainly be used.

Mu Torere always seems as though it would be a better game if only a little modification was made. In the past we had tried every variation we could think of, without success.

Just now we took another stab at a new blockade game, and created Stripes. The grid for it happens to fit perfectly on the fanorona board. The mechanism seems to be completely original. Because it's so new and a bit odd, it's hard to say with certainty that it's a great game, but it's fun to play over and over, and that's a good sign.