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Games starting with S


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The Canonical List of Free Print-and-Play Games -- Games Starting with S

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.

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Quick descriptions -- click on the game's title for more info

  • [S-P-O-N-G-E: Fight the Evil] - In the game, each player is a SPONGE Historian, helping out on an investigation in a Cthulu-esque world. The Historian position at SPONGE is often a short-lived one. The object of the game is to last longer than any of your fellow Historians.
  • [S.A.B.O.T.] - Fast land battles meant for a big battlefield, with dozens of kinds of tanks, armored cars, grav tanks, walkers, and others.
  • [S.L.O.B.S. III] - The Simple Large Outer-space Battle System - 42 spaceships on a side, 10 ship types plus fighters. Easy rules, quick set-up, no record-keeping, large-scale mayhem.
  • [Saoirse!] - To build scoring sets of dice – pairs, threes and fours – of 'suits' associated with Irish Republican history.
  • [Saving Private Checkers] - Checkers with an explosive twist for two players. Kinda like a cross between normal checkers and the D-Day invasion....
  • [Saxon Shore] - A game that simulates the warfare and politics of Britain after the Roman withdrawal in the fifth century AD. Two to five players struggle to become the dominant kingdom of the British Isles
  • [Schlock Attack] - A two-player checkers variant inspired by the online comic strip Schlock Mercenary by Howard Tayler. Object: To be the last player with checkers on the board or to meet your special victory conditions.
  • [Scoop!] - A fast-paced game of competitive journalism for two to six players.
  • [Scribe] - A pen and paper game where players try to form 'glyphs' on nine 9x9 mini grids. Wherever you leave your mark will determine where you play next! Capture the most mini grids and win.
  • [Search Diver] - Search Diver is a microgame involving dive planning and underwater search.
  • [Season Harvest] - A resource gathering game for two or more players in which each player is trying to gather the most fruit.
  • [The Second Korean War - 2009] - Will the communists drive the Allies into the sea or will the American and South Koreans press on past the Yalu and bring total peace to the region? (no longer available)
  • [Settlers of Catan: Paper and Pencil] - Settlers? as download print-and-play? Oh yes. When you print the main PDF you find the resources, the rules (in german) and 4 boards. (4 more available in a separate PDF). Cut out the resources (wood, wheat, sheep, ore, brick) and the robber and you're ready to play.
  • [Seven Pennies] - A quicky diversion for two or more players and pocket change where each player selectively gathers tossed pennies, trying to ending each round with more pennies than any other player.
  • [Shangzhou-Gold] - A cyberpunk-themed tile-laying and territory acquisition game with significant resource management, bidding, territory conflict, and negotiation elements.
  • [Shannon] - An elegant abstract game inspired by Sudoku and Triple Triad, a CCG mini-game in Final Fantasy 8 -- you place dice on a chess board, converting your opponent’s dice to your color hoping to score the most points at the end of the game.
  • [Share & Share Alike] - A game of shifting loyalties for 4 players. Players attempt to manipulate the market so that they have the greatest value in shares by the end of the game.
  • [Sharks and Jets] - This is a tactical combat game based on the musical West Side Story (no, really). Gang members attack by snapping their fingers, singing and performing dance moves. All combat is resolved on the Choreography Results Table.
  • [Sherbie vs. The Silverfish] - A light-hearted game of insecticide and stress for three to five players. Amass an army of silverfish and send them to torment Sherbie, or grab a paper towel and some bug spray and attempt to defeat the insectile menace.
  • [Shift] - A quick game of shifting and swapping cards for three or more players.
  • [The Shining] - The Shining is a game based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
  • [Shrine] - A playing card game in which the objective is to remove all cards from the other player’s Shrine. During the play of the game, players may add cards to their Shrine, remove cards from the other player’s Shrine and play special cards and combos to help them win the game.
  • [Sibling Rivalry] - The sibling rivalry between you and your brother is legendary. This game gives you a chance to show him who's better in battle.
  • [Silent Dark] - A traditional miniatures wargame set in the 25th Century with an extremely flexible rules system that is easily converted to many genres, from Super Heroes combat to Fantasy..
  • [A Simple Game] - A tic-tac-toe-like game played on a 4x4 board.
  • [Single Stone Latrunculi] - (aka Petteia)This ancient Roman game is the original version of Latrunculi -- the objective is to either capture or immobilize all the enemies stones.
  • [Slings and Stones] - A strategy boardgame which can played using a chess board, with 4 pawns and 12 checkers. Pawns represent the slings, and checkers represent the stones.
  • [Slipmax] - A dynamic game of gain an loss played on an ever-changing board for two to six players.
  • [Sloppy Seconds] - A trick-taking game where the object is to score the second most number of points in each suit. Also, the secord suit to be broken in in each hand is the trump suit.
  • [Smallville: The Board Game] - Agents of the evil Kryptonian Zod have arrived on Earth and have disguised themselves as Clark Kent -- they want to convince Clark Kent’s friends and family that THEY are the real Clark so that they can banish the real Clark. With him gone, the Earth will be theirs.
  • [Snake Pit] - The idea of the game is to score points by completing snakes. The longer the snake, the more points you score.
  • [Snowblind] - How do you win a game if you have more control over your opponents’ pieces than your own? Figure out the answer in Snowblind, a quasi-strategic Icehouse game for 4 players.
  • [Solarii] - You lead one of the Nation of Solarii. Your goal is at the same time to be the only master of some planets, and also to share other planets with your opponents.
  • [Solo Dungeon Bash] - On your own and stuck for something to do? Try this free Hack and Slash Solo Dungeon Crawl. You only need six sided dice pen and paper and of course the free rules from the game's website. It's simple, it's fun, it's free.
  • [Sorcerer's Apprentice] - An ever-changing checkers game for two players and an Icehouse set. Object: To end the game with the most magic hats in your Hat Rack. Gain magic hats by capturing your opponent's pieces. You can put hats on your pieces to grant them special powers.
  • [Soul Influence] - Take on the role of a recruiter for Heaven or Hell in this card game of soul acquisition!
  • [Sovereign Seas Lite] - Sovereign Seas Lite is a nautical combat war game which simulates the period from 1860-1870.
  • [Space Colony Cheeses] - Can you build a successful dairy colony on another planet? Build barns, ice-cream warehouses, power plants and veterinary modules.
  • [Space Insurrection] - A game of interstellar conquest. Gain the loyalty of all ten worlds or eliminate all enemy units from the map.
  • [Space Junkyard] - Fly through a space junkyard & collect parts for your ship -- the player who best improves his ship when all the tiles are used is the winner.
  • [Spanish Fury] - A complete system of warfare for 16th Century Europe Including Large & Small scale land warfare modules, one for Naval warfare, a Campaign, and Siege Game!
  • [Speckles] - Players add poker chips of five different colors to the 8x8 surface, trying to form a line of four that begins and ends with their own color.
  • [Spellcycles] - Create mysteeeerious patterns to cast mysteeeerious spells on two to five mysteeeerious players.
  • [Sprawl] - A game of strategy, resource management, planning, and diplomacy for three to eight players, played with a chessboard and Icehouse pieces.
  • [Sprouts] - An abstract line-and-dot pen and paper game. The strategy in Sprouts lies in using your lines to divide the paper up into parts that trap dots.
  • [Spyhunting] - A spy is trying to travel from one corner to the opposite corner and back, the hunter is trying to shoot the spy before that happens. An entry into the About.com: 2002 Unequal Forces Game Design Competition.
  • [StapleWars] - A game which combines action games, which involve moving parts (along the lines of Mousetrap or Weapons of War) and strategy games, which involve building and conquering, (like Risk or Axis and Allies) in one. All units and structures are made out of HEAVY DUTY staples, which can be found at any hardware store.
  • [Star Smuggler] - A solitaire game of tense adventure in the far future. For each event, you, as star smuggler Duke Springer must make the decisions which will make you huge profits -- or may cost you your life.
  • [Star Viking] - A game of interstellar raiding and plunder for two players. Using a unique system of 12 mapboard tiles to represent the various star systems in the Outrim sector, it captures the tense uncertainty and the sudden, flashing battles of an interstellar war.
  • [Star Wars: Stolen Plans Card Game] - Players must acquire, and then keep possession of, the droid (R2 unit card), which is carrying secret plans. The player with this card when the deck has gone wins the game. This is an unauthorised, unofficial game produced merely for the entertainment of fans.
  • [Starfighter Combat] - A game of tactics and intuition, players strive to out-maneuver and out think their opponents -- the players may control single Star fighters or entire squadrons.
  • [StarMarines] - If you've ever been intrigued by that game of futuristic land combat by a company whose name rhymes with 'Hames Nerkslop,' but were put off by the cost of figures or the time and skill needed to paint them, this game might be just the ticket.
  • [Statements] - The Enron Game! You and your friends are part of a major corporate malfeasance scheme, together you build up lots of money, blow the whistle on each other and desperately try to get as many beans as possible before the feds catch wind of the cover-up.
  • [Steel and Crystal] - An easy solo game of conquest on a fantasy land. You are the General of your Empire and your mission is simple: defeat the enemies of your Emperor.
  • [Steppin' Stones] - You're Stuck in the Muck and there's only one way out ... lay out a series of stepping stones and run your way across. (no longer available)
  • [Stocking Stuffers] - A rummy-type game pesented as a Christmas present to the gaming community for Christmas 2004.
  • [Stratelite] - The goal of this card game is to collect ore. To do this, one has to invest in ore exploitation and various other constructions (defense and attack ships or technologies) on randomly acquired satellites.
  • [Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: The Card Game] - A free card game about the famous computer game for 2 players. Fight for victory using your favourite player: Blanka, Guile, Balrog and all the others.
  • [SuperGuys] - Create your own 4-person team of superheroes with dozens of possible powers, then fight for the right to defend the city!
  • [Subzero] - Roll your snowball and shoot them 'fast and furious' over your opponents. Move, hit, avoid the flying snowballs.
  • [Supersurf! Championship Sky-Surfing in the World of Judge Dredd] - A game of championship-level sky-surfing, or power-boarding, in the world of Judge Dredd. Race your surfer to the finish line, braving dangerous obstacles, at great heights and great speeds through one of 2000AD’s Mega-Cities.
  • [Surveyors of the Galaxy] - A game where players are flying spaceships in a scientific race to discover and survey the most star systems. After all players run out of fuel, the player who discovered the most systems wins.
  • [Survival Terror] - A free game inspired by George A. Romero's zombie movie series (Night of the Living Dead, etc.)
  • [Sword and Sail] - Embark on an ancient time of political and military upheaval as great empires struggle for world power. A game that combines civilization building, strategic planning, wargaming, and empire building all in one!
  • [Symbio] - The words 'surround' and 'consume' are very important in this creation themed around biological processes.
  • [Symbiote] - An organism-swapping card game for three or four players. Object: To end the game with the most points in symbiotic pairs and royal symbiotes, ideally while hosting the symbiote. Keeping control of the symbiote makes it easier to gather royal and paired symbiotes.
  • [Synapse] - Synapse is a two-player game where players race to arrange their cards into scoring positions. Like many real-time games, the play of the cards is fast and furious, then the scoring takes a little while as players figure out who actually won! (no longer available)

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