Manchester Games

What is Manchester Games

8 different games, using a board which represents Greater Manchester (England), in as much as each of the spaces is named after a Greater Manchester place name and the positions are approximately related to geography. Wigan borough place names have been excluded presumably because it upsets the symmetry of the board.

As well as the board, the games use counters, different colour skittle pieces. Some of the games use a die and/or cards.

The rules to each game are brief (one A5 sheet or less) and simple. They have varying degrees of tactical scope. Some are race games but most are abstract strategies. The main appeal is the use of local names, assuming that the player is 'local'.

Some of the games use a random element in the piece set up (by drawing place name cards), some of the games use a random element in the movement allowance. Only one game, Werneth, has no random element.

Game details

Players

2–6

Age

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Duration

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Difficulty

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Type

Board game

Year

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Mechanics

Area Movement · Open Drafting · Point to Point Movement

Categories

Abstract Strategy · Card Game · Dice

Designer

(Uncredited)

Publisher

Noetic Pastimes Limited