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The Canonical List of Free Print-and-Play Games -- Games Starting with M
Note: All game descriptions/summaries are taken from either the game's
website or from the rules for the game, so any reference to 'I' or 'me' refers to the
game designer.
Please report any errors to me at
donald.seagraves@gmail.com.
Quick descriptions -- click on the game's title for more info
- [The M8 Map System] -
Modular hex maps for creating almost any land or land/sea map you can think of.
- [Macadam] -
Macadam was born on the street and now spreads out on the web. It's an easy strategy
board game. This game looks alike football or basketball: you simply need to bring
your pawns in your opponent side and 'score' a goal.
- [Mafia] -
(aka Werewolf)
A public domain game that takes place in a small village which is haunted by werewolves -- will the
werewolves devour the villagers, or will the villagers discover the monsters in their midst?
- [Magic Spell] -
A combination of Concentration and Scrabble, set in a 'magician's school'. For three
or four students of the mystical arts.
- [Magneton] -
Magnetic forces in action. This game requires careful planning and deep thought. The
runner-up in the 2001 8x8 Game Design Competition.
- [Malaya: V-Mail Postcard Game #1] -
This 5x8 inch postcard game recreates the Japanese invasion of Malaya -- Can you, as the British commander,
slow the Japanese advance? Or will the Japanese succeed in capturing Singapore?
- [Manic Minelayers] -
Litter the playing field with mines to trap your pitiable opponent in this
two-player strategy game. Triumphant laughter is optional.
- [Marea] -
You and your friends are collecting shells and cleaning up the beach in this clever tile game.
- [Marchands d'Empire] -
(aka Merchants of Empire)
Each player is a rich merchant trying to extend his influence in the religious,
political and economic spheres; the stakes are nothing less than the Emperor's
favour.
(No longer available)
- [Martian Backgammon] -
A variation of backgammon, played with Icehouse pieces
- [Martian Chess] -
Martian Chess is a chess-like strategy game in which location, rather than piece
color, determines which pieces you may move.
- [Martian Mud Wrestling] -
A 2-player Icehouse Game with 3 rules. Not a lot like mud wrestling, but what can
you expect from martians?
- [A Master Stroke: The Battle for Meiktila, March 5-14, 1945] -
Covering the battle in Burma that resulted in the final liberation of Mandalay and Rangoon. Not a fight
in the impenetrable jungle, this was a mobile battle featuring tanks in the armor-friendly central plain
of the country.
- [Matrix] -
A simple abstract game played on a board that has a 3x3 area in the middle with the
numbers 1 through 9, plus 3 blank spaces adjoining each side of the board. The object
of the game is to reach all 9 numbers by creating 'matrixes'.
- [Maven] -
Every player is given the same 25 letters, in the same order, and they compete to make the most of them.
- [The Mayor of Hooverville] -
Who will eat the most food? Who will wear the least tattered clothes? Who will live
in the finest hovel? Who will become The Mayor of Hooverville?
- [Maze of Good & Bad] -
A solitaire card game not unlike those 'Choose your own adventure' game books -- explore the maze with single
player mode, or duke it out in a two-player Duel Battle! Choose from 13 possible characters, good and bad!
- [Mecha Dice] -
A free Mecha Combat dice game. Each player uses special dice to represent their
M.E.C.H.A (Machine Enhanced Combat Hazard Armor).
- [Merchants of Empire] -
Each player is a rich merchant trying to extend his influence in the religious,
political and economic spheres; the stakes are nothing less than the Emperor's
favour.
(No longer available)
- [Mental Disorder] -
Imagine yourself, an eccentric psychopath, being diagnosed with schizophrenia and
having the opportunity to submit to toxic lifetime maintenance medication every day
for the rest of your life.
- [Mesopotamia: Birth of Civilisation] -
Mesopotamia follows the rise and fall of twenty nations from the Sumerians to the
Persians over two thousand years of history.
- [Metaboo] -
A variant of the word-describing game 'Taboo', where players attempt to
communicate a word or phrase to their team-mates without using certain words. Where
Taboo requires cards that specifically list the banned words, though, Metaboo only
requires a book or a random-word-generator, and allows players to say anything they
like.
- [MetalTalon] -
A futuristic wargame with dynamic pieces for 2, 3, 4, or 6 players. Essentially,
this is a space warfare miniatures game using pocket change in place of little
spaceships.
- [micropul] -
micropul is a strategic & tactical tile-laying game in which players are scientists
trying to extract precious micropul matter from an energy core.
- [Micrun] -
A simple set of rules to play races with models of cars, trucks, race cars... you got the idea.
- [Middleman] -
Players take the part of traders dealing in tins of some commodity -- buy and sell with the object of
ending the game with more money than your competitors.
- [Midnight Banshees]
You're one of four Banshees racing to be the first to collect five skulls from
the surrounding tombs.
- [Mine-Shaft Gap] -
A game that simulates a battle for resources on, above, and under the surface of a lifeless but treacherous
planetoid. Tunnels can cave in nd market forces are unpredictable. The resource making your planet rich today
might be better off greasing the treads of your tanks tomorrow!
- [Mini Mao] -
A simple but rapidly-inflating card game for three or more players, in which the
winner of each round is allowed to add a new rule to the game. All such rules are
kept as closely-guarded secrets, however, and their effects must be deduced by
the other players through observation and experimentation.
- [Mini-Combat] -
Mini Combat is a generic rule set for massive battles using small scale miniatures.
The rules are generic enough to play historical, fantasy and sci-fi battles. It is
also possible to play across genres.
- [Minizoomerz] -
The minizoomerzTM board game puts you in control of your
own minizoomerzTM racer. Competing for fame and glory over
countless minizoomerz tracks and circuits across the globe.
- [Miskatonic Madness] -
Miskatonic Madness takes place at the fabled Lovecraftian University -- Play the
Investgators or the Cultists, save the day or summon your dark god!
- [Missions? Impossible!] -
'Missions? Who ... Us? Impossible!' It's time to go out on a limb and invest
yourself in a scheme that's just so absurdly crazy it might even work! Or not ...
(No longer available)
- [Missle Match] -
Dominoes are put to creative use as missiles (one number is the missile power; the other is the travel
distance) in this game. An entry into the About.com: 2003 Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition.
- [Mitchell: The Card Game] -
The adventures of a boozy, puffy-faced detective... Will Mitchell's tireless
technique and bottomless hunger find you guilty? Or will you be fortunate enough to
fly under his immense, sloppy radar? Only clever cardplay and a sense of humor will
keep you safe... from Mitchell.
- [Modern Naval Battles] -
(aka Cold War Naval Battles)
Naval card games for two to six players based on Cold War sea power with an emphasis
on action. Released for free as Cold War Naval Battles.
- [Monkey Trouble] -
A huge catastrophe has happened during the reception the Countess organised in her
garden! Koko the little monkey has escaped and is handing out the Countess's
unmentionables!
- [Monster in the Cabbages] -
Monster in the Cabbages is a quick-playing dice game for two to five cabbage
harvesters. Your goal is to harvest as many cabbages as you can.
- [Moriarty] -
A deduction game in which two players each choose one of four colors and then try to determine which color
their opponent has chosen. An entry into the About.com: 2003 Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition.
- [Mosaico] -
A strategic tile-laying game: every player is an artist working on the Imperial Mosaic and has to show his
skills, putting on the mosaic the tiles the emperor gave him before the other players do it.
- [Mozaika Numernabisa] -
A game loosely based on a scene form Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra where Numernobis is showing
a mosaic he's building.
- [Mundialito (Gold Cup)] -
Move your pieces, push and jump over your opponents pieces until you score a goal in this Icehouse game.
- [Mysteres] -
Three to eight players compete among themselves in order to find the solution of a
famous 'mystere'. The treasure of Templars, the secret of Abbee Sauniere, the Sacred
Grail, the mistery of Sphynx, Atlantis, Mu, etc. etc. All most famous great misteries
are present.
- [Mythfire] -
Build an army of centaurs, harpies, griffons, and giants, then bash your opponents into the ground.
On to N ------->
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