Vendor: Czech Games Edition
Type: Board Games
Price:
32.95
Designer | Vlaada Chvátil |
Publisher | Czech Games Edition |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honors | |
Expansion |
Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends – Everfrost |
Accessories |
Meeple Realty - Tash Kalar Arena Laserox - Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends Organizer |
Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends is a game played by masters of magic. Two to four summoners encounter each other in the Tash-Kalar arena, either in teams or each on his own, and prove their skill and strategy in a short but intense battle. By clever deployment of their minions, they create magic patterns for summoning powerful beings, and then use those to destroy their opponent’s forces or to prepare patterns for the ultimate legendary beings.
The game includes three different factions, each with a unique deck of beings to summon and one deck of legendary creatures. Players take turns placing their common pieces on the board, and if they succeed in creating patterns depicted on one of the cards in hand, they may play it. When played, the card summons a particular being and allows the player to perform an effect described on the card: a giant destroys neighboring pieces, a knight moves through enemy pieces, a warlord orders previously placed pieces to move and fight, an enchantress converts enemy pieces to player's own color, etc. After that, the player discards the card and the summoned being turns into a motionless piece which may be used in patterns for summoning other beings – or even be awakened and moved into combat by the effects of other cards.
Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends offers two game modes. In the standard mode you score points for fulfilling various quests set by the Arena Masters: controlling certain points or areas of the arena, destroying a number of enemy pieces in a single turn, performing a certain combination of summonings, etc.
In melee mode, your only goal is to entertain the crowd. You do that by destroying your opponents and making them beg (i.e., making them use the catch-up mechanisms) and by summoning legendary beings. After all, people want to see a dragon! Both modes can be played as a two-player duel or as a team game with teammates sharing pieces and legendary cards, but with each controlling his own faction. (The game includes a duplicate of one faction in a different color.) The melee mode can also be played as a fierce free-for-all battle, but don't expect alliances; to achieve a good score, you need to destroy all opponents evenly as you track points scored on each opponent separately, and your lowest score is your final score.
The rules of Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends are simple and easy to understand, but as you start to discover the tactics and are able to anticipate the opponent's moves and patterns, it turns into a real clash of wits.
Vendor: Blue Orange Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
38.95
Designer | Hjalmar Hach |
Publisher | Blue Orange Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 30-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Accessories |
Laserox - Forest Organizer (Compatible with Photosynthesis) E-Raptor - Insert compatible with Photosynthesis |
Honors |
2017 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Winner 2017 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee |
Vendor: Mayfair Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
31.45
In Patchwork, two players compete to build the most aesthetic (and high-scoring) patchwork quilt on a personal 9x9 game board. To start play, lay out all of the patches at random in a circle and place a marker directly counter-clockwise of the 2-1 patch. Each player takes five buttons — the currency/points in the game — and someone is chosen as the start player.
On a turn, a player either purchases one of the three patches standing clockwise of the spool or passes. To purchase a patch, you pay the cost in buttons shown on the patch, advance your time token on the time track a number of spaces equal to the time shown on the patch, move the spool to that patch's location in the circle, then add the patch to your game board. You're free to place the patch anywhere on your board that doesn't overlap other patches, but you probably want to fit things together as tightly as possible. If your time token is behind or on top of the other player's time token, then you take another turn; otherwise the opponent now goes. Instead of purchasing a patch, you can choose to pass; to do this, you move your time token to the space immediately in front of the opponent's time token, then take one button from the bank for each space you moved.
In addition to a button cost and time cost, each patch also features 0-3 buttons, and when you move your time token past a button on the time track, you sum the number of buttons on your game board, then take this many buttons from the bank.
What's more, the time track depicts five 1x1 patches on it, and during set-up you place five actual 1x1 patches on these spaces. Whoever first passes a patch on the time track claims this patch and immediately places it on his game board.
When a player takes an action that moves his time token to the central square of the time track, he places the purchased patch (assuming he had purchased one and wasn't passing), then takes one final button scoring from the bank. Once both players are in the center, each player loses two buttons for each blank square on his game board. Whoever has the most buttons wins.
Vendor: Brotherwise Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
26.95
Designer |
Aaron Mesburne |
Publisher | Brotherwise Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 20-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: MindWare
Type: Board Games
Price:
54.95
Designer |
Susan McKinley Ross |
Publisher | MindWare |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 45 mins |
Suggested Age | 6 and up |
Honors |
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Expansions |
Qwirkle: Erweiterung 1 (German Import) Qwirkle: Erweiterung 2 (German Import) |
Reimplemented By | Qwirkle Cubes |
This collector's edition offers silky smooth acrylic tiles and wood tile racks.
Vendor: ThinkFun
Type: Board Games
Price:
29.95
Designer |
Cara Weiss |
Publisher | ThinkFun |
Players | 4 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: Tabletop Tycoon Inc.
Type: Board Games
Price:
13.46
Designer |
Zoran Dobrijevic |
Publisher | Tabletop Tycoon Inc. |
Players | 1-2 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: Devir
Type: Board Games
Price:
11.95
Designer |
Jog Kung |
Publisher | Devir |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 10-20 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: Brotherwise Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
29.95
Designer |
Aaron Mesburne |
Publisher | Brotherwise Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 20-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: Smirk & Dagger Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
35.95
Designer |
Scott Brady |
Publisher | Smirk & Dagger Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 25-35 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: CrowD Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
66.95
Designer |
Peter Vibe |
Publisher | CrowD Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 40-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Vendor: Game Factory
Type: Board Games
Price:
14.95
Designer | Gene Mackles |
Publisher | Game Factory |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Honors |
Note: This game includes German and French.
Look, see, play and score... a lot! Add cards to a grid, making sure that color, shape, and number are either all the same or all different across the line. Sounds easy but as the grid expands, so do the possibilities. Whoever sees the opportunities will seize the win! Iota – the pocket-sized game that’s big time fun!
Vendor: Game Factory
Type: Board Games
Price:
14.95
Designer |
Bernhard Weber |
Publisher | Game Factory |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 20-20 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Honor | 2019/Fall Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner |
Vendor: Pops & Bejou Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
38.95
Designer |
Austin Foss Jenna Radtke Jake Sells |
Publisher | Pops & Bejou Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 20-50 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Honors |
Vendor: Mayfair Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
27.95
Designer |
H. Jean Vanaise |
Publisher | Mayfair Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: Steve Jackson Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
25.95
Designer |
Francis K. Lalumiere |
Publisher | Steve Jackson Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: Giga Mech Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
26.95
Designer |
Giampaolo Razzino |
Publisher | Giga Mech Games |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 15-20 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: 25th Century Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
15.95
Designer |
Kwibus Gamedesign |
Publisher | 25th Century Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 20 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: Draco Ideas
Type: Board Games
Price:
54.95
Designer |
Jaime González García |
Publisher | Draco Ideas |
Players | 1-6 |
Playtime | 30-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Accessories |
Sector 6 Hexagonal Box Limited Edition Sector 6 Playmat |
Vendor: Cheatwell Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
24.95
Designer |
Raymond Haysman |
Publisher | Cheatwell Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 10 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: ThunderGryph Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
32.95
Designer |
Alessandro Cuneo |
Publisher | ThunderGryph Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 20 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: Pandasaurus Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
16.95
Designer |
Nobutake Dogen Nao Shimamura |
Publisher | Pandasaurus Games |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 10-20 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Honor |
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Vendor: 25th Century Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
42.95
Designer |
Reiner Knizia |
Publisher | 25th Century Games |
Players | 2-6 |
Playing Time | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: 25th Century Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
4.59
Designer |
Reiner Knizia |
Publisher | 25th Century Games |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Expansion For | Tutankhamun |
Vendor: Unique Board Games LTD (UBG)
Type: Board Games
Price:
56.95
Designer |
Izik Nevo |
Publisher | Unique Board Games LTD (UBG) |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 30-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
ECO: Coral Reef - Deluxe Edition features the same rulebook with improved editing. All the game components have been replaced with better shapes/materials.
Here are the main differences from the first edition:
• Deluxe tin box
• Playmat map
• Silicone turtles
• UREA tiles (like Dominoes)
• 2 extra variants to play the game