Talking about old and older obscure abstract games
Cubulous is a 1987 game by Benedict Einstein, and was self-published.
Cubulous is a board game using dice as pieces, and not as random generators. The top face of the die determines its moving range. And the dice move to the next square by flipping to their next face.
The game is played on a 9x9 board, with eight dice per player, plus two shields and one master:
Here are the official rules:
Most of the early posts about new games came from playtesting and discussions between João Pedro Neto and Bill Taylor. But even before Bill's passing on July 2021, the blog had gradually shifted its focus toward old and obscure two-player abstract board games. The blog will tend to avoid Chess variants, Mancala games, and Go Variants, as dedicated sites for those already exist.
Regarding the chronological tags: older games means 1800s-1940s (pre-WW2),
old games means 1950-1989 (pre-video games),
new games means 1990-2005 (at least for now).
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