Venables is an abstract two-player strategy game with a special twist: instead of moving your pieces yourself, you control them indirectly by means of a cursor on an auxiliary board where the squares have icons specifying the moves you will make on the main board. Other unusual features of Venables are that you can make more than one move on the same turn, and capture more than one piece in a single move. Despite its novel features, Venables is easy to learn, and the computer itself provides a patient opponent while you're getting used to the game.
Oktagon comprises two separate octagonal puzzles. In the first, you must rearrange a set of four to eight irregular shapes to form an octagon. This is based on a puzzle in our shareware game Uncle Julius and the Anywhere Machine. In the second puzzle, you must rotate six concentric octagonal rings until all have the same orientation. The catch is that the rings are linked, so that rotating one also rotates one or two others.
A word game in which your task is to unscramble a familiar catchphrase. For each letter in the phrase you get from three to six choices. You must pick the right ones to recover the jumbled phrase. Configurable phrase lists! Five time limit options! Four difficulty levels!
A two-player strategy game that combines simple rules with remarkably subtle tactical possibilities. Valvo is a race game in which tactical thinking is complicated by an element of chance, like backgammon, but is much easier to learn and play - you will master the rules in about two minutes. Play against a fellow human, or against the computer.