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MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House (Box Damage)

2024-05-16T15:22:42-04:00

Vendor: Pegasus Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designer	Johannes Sich
Publisher	Pegasus Spiele
Players	1-4
Playtime	15-45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2022 International Gamers Award Two-player Nominee 2022 International Gamers Award Solo Nominee 2021 Golden Geek Light Game of the Year Nominee 2021 Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game Nominee
Reimplemented By	MicroMacro: Crime City – All In
Reimplements	MicroMacro: Crime City
Additional Info	338834/micromacro-crime-city-full-house http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/338834/micromacro-crime-city-full-house/forums/63

Crimes have taken place all over the city, and you want to figure out exactly what's happened, so you'll need to look closely at the giant city map (75 x 110 cm) to find all the hidden information and trace the trails of those who had it in for their foes.

MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House includes 16 cases for you to solve. Each case includes a number of cards that ask you to find something on the map or uncover where someone has gone or otherwise reveal information relevant to a case. The city map serves as a map in time as well as space, so you'll typically find people in multiple locations throughout the streets and buildings, and you need to piece together what happened, whether by going through the case card by card or by reading only the starting card in the case and trying to figure out everything that happened for yourself. Will you be able to answer all questions about the case without fail?

Unlike the original MicroMacro: Crime City, Full House marks each case with symbols so that parents can decide which cases the youngest investigators are cleared to research.

Dogfight!: Rule The Skies in 20 Minutes! (Minor Damage)

2024-05-11T16:09:18-04:00

Vendor: PSC Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 25.95

Designer	Carlo A. Rossi
Publisher	PSC Games
Players	2
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes/forums/63

Dogfight! is the latest game to join the acclaimed Blitzkrieg line of 20-minute games.

In Dogfight! two rival aviators of the First World War duel each other with Biplanes across the sky. To defeat your enemy, you must maneuver yourself to get behind them and shoot at exactly the right moment!

Dogfight! is played over a maximum of three rounds or until one of the Biplanes has been shot down. If a Biplane is shot down, the game ends immediately and the surviving player is declared the winner! If the third round ends and neither Biplane has been shot down, the player who has taken fewer hits is the winner.

Both players choose a tile to play from behind their player screens and simultaneously reveal them. Each player then moves their Biplane the number of spaces equal to the value of the tile played, which may also have "hit" icons. The game features nine Biplanes, and they have different tile distributions. Several scenarios are also included.

The Biplanes must follow the direction of the arrows around the white path (except when Looping the Loop). Each circle counts as one space and the colors on some spaces affect shooting. Biplanes may move past one another and even finish in the same space, but be careful -- one wrong move and your enemy will loop behind you and blast away!

—description from the publisher

Dogfight!: Rule The Skies in 20 Minutes! (Box Damage)

2024-05-11T16:09:17-04:00

Vendor: PSC Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Carlo A. Rossi
Publisher	PSC Games
Players	2
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes/forums/63

War of the Ring: Lords of Middle-Earth (Minor Damage)

2024-05-09T08:29:34-04:00

Vendor: Ares Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.35

Designers	Roberto Di Meglio Marco Maggi Francesco Nepitello
Publisher	Ares Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	180 mins
Suggested Age	13 and up
Expansion For	War of the Ring (second edition)
Accessory	Folded Space - War of the Ring (Second Edition)
Additional Info	122328/war-ring-lords-middle-earth https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1281950/war-ring-lords-middle-earth/reviews

What if the Keepers of the Elven Rings had used their Rings of Power to challenge the might of the Dark Lord? What if the Balrog had risen out of Moria to bring fire and fury to the lands of the Free Peoples? What if the Council of Elrond had decided differently regarding the Fellowship of the Ring?

With Lords of Middle-earth, the first expansion for the War of the Ring (second edition) board game, players may explore these possibilities together with many other ones to create fresh gaming opportunities and new strategies.

Important personalities, previously featured in the game only through Event Cards, are represented by specific figures and rules. New Characters include Elrond, Galadriel, Sméagol, Gothmog and the powerful Balrog of Moria, as well as alternate versions of Gandalf, the Witch-king and the Mouth of Sauron.

New special Action Dice are included: Elven Ring Keepers dice for the Free Peoples player and Lesser Minion dice for the Shadow player. New versions of all the Companions of the Fellowship of the Ring are also included, to play the optional "Council of Rivendell" rules.

As an added bonus, figures for Aragorn and Gandalf the White are provided, accessories to the game that fans have been eagerly awaiting!

This is your chance to forge the destiny of an age...

Space Alert (Box Damage)

2024-05-07T16:08:05-04:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.45

Designer	Vlaada Chvátil
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2009 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Gamers' Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Winner 2009 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee 2009 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2009 JoTa Highlights of the Year Critic Award 2009 JoTa Highlights of the Year Nominee 2009 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2009 Spiel des Jahres "New Worlds Game" Winner
Expansion	Space Alert: The New Frontier
Accessory	Sleeve Kings - Space Alert Large (110 pack)
Additional Info	38453/space-alert http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1388/space-alert/reviews

Space Alert is a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew members of a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of the galaxy. The missions last just 10 real-time minutes (hyperspace jump, sector scan, hyperspace jump back) and the only task the players have is to protect their ship.

During play, the central computer will announce the presence of various threats on one the supplied 10 minute soundtracks that also acts as a game timer. The threats vary from space battleships and interceptors to different interstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders and malfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of which task and coordinate their actions (moving around the ship, firing weapons, distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guided missiles, etc.) in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team can survive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety.

The game offers several difficulty levels, huge variability and a unique experience for one to five player teams. One mission lasts only about 30 minutes, including setup and evaluation.

(Based on a description from Czech Games Edition)

Concordia (Rio Grande Games Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-04-27T23:36:39-04:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 56.95

Designer	Mac Gerdts
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	100 mins
Suggested Age	13 and up
Honors	2017 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee 2016 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee 2015 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Winner 2015 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee 2014 Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee 2014 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist 2014 Jogo do Ano Nominee 2014 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2013 Meeples' Choice Winner 2013 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2013 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Finalist
Expansions	Concordia: Britannia & Germania Concordia: Salsa Concordia: Gallia / Corsica Concordia: Aegyptus / Creta Concordia Venus Concordia: Balearica / Cyprus Concordia: Solitaria Concordia: Roma / Sicilia
Accessories	Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Concordia Folded Space - Concordia & Venus & Salsa
Additional Info	124361/concordia http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1239862/concordia/reviews

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire ruled the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. With peace at the borders, harmony inside the provinces, uniform law, and a common currency, the economy thrived and gave rise to mighty Roman dynasties as they expanded throughout the numerous cities. Guide one of these dynasties and send colonists to the remote realms of the Empire; develop your trade network; and appease the ancient gods for their favor — all to gain the chance to emerge victorious!

Concordia is a peaceful strategy game of economic development in Roman times for 2-5 players aged 13 and up. Instead of looking to the luck of dice or cards, players must rely on their strategic abilities. Be sure to watch your rivals to determine which goals they are pursuing and where you can outpace them! In the game, colonists are sent out from Rome to settle down in cities which produce bricks, food, tools, wine, and cloth. Each player starts with an identical set of playing cards and acquires more cards during the game. These cards serve two purposes:

They allow a player to choose actions during the game.
They are worth victory points (VPs) at the end of the game.

Concordia is a strategy game which requires advance planning and consideration of your opponent's moves. Every game is different, not only because of the sequence of new cards on sale but also due to the modular layout of cities. (One side of the game board shows the entire Roman Empire with 30 cities for 3-5 players, while the other shows Roman Italy with 25 cities for 2-4 players.) When all cards have been sold, the game ends. The player with the most VPs from the gods (Jupiter, Saturnus, Mercurius, Minerva, Vulcanus, etc.) wins the game.

Smartphone Inc. (Box Damage)

2024-04-26T15:46:46-04:00

Vendor: Arcane Wonders
Type: Board Games
Price: 54.75

Designer	Ivan Lashin
Publisher	Arcane Wonders
Players	1-5
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Smartphone Inc.: Status Update 1.1
Additional Info	246684/smartphone-inc http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246684/smartphone-inc/forums/63

In Smartphone Inc., you become a CEO of one of the largest smartphone-producing companies in the time when smartphones were only beginning to conquer the world. Research technologies, develop your factory, build your worldwide office network, and outprice your competitors.

Smartphone Inc. is an economic simulation Eurogame. Over five rounds, players program their decisions about price, production, research, and expansion in order to earn more profits and become the most successful company in the world by earning more money than rivals. The game features a unique mechanism of planning, which combines patching mechanisms with bidding and action selection. Each of the rounds consists of eight simple phases: planning, pricing, production, development, research, expansion, selling, and profits.

In the planning phase, all players simultaneously make a decision for the next year by patching their two plan cards and all of their development tiles. This plan determines all of the other phases, as players will use planned actions in them.

During the pricing phase, players change their price, according their decision. A lower price helps to go earlier and sell more smartphones on the market, but higher price while risky help player to earn more money.

In production, all players simultaneously produce smartphones, based on their plan.

In development, players in turn order take the development tiles, which expands their plan possibilities in further rounds. All following phases will be played in turn order.

In research, players in turn order use their research points based on their decision to discover new technologies. Each technology has not only expanded players' ability to sell smartphones to the customers, but also give them special power. There are 6 different technologies in the game, with every one of them has two different powers to use.

In the expansion phase, players use expansion points from their plan to open offices in neighbor regions, which allow them to sell in that region and develop their network of offices to more regions in further turns.

In the sale phase, players sell produced phones in regions, where they have offices. But there is limited space in regions - if your price is to high, faster rivals can block you from selling. At the end of the phase all unsold smartphones are utilized.

In the profit phase, you get income for your smartphones. All sold phones get you as many dollars, as their price. Also the player who sold more phones in the region gets profits for controlling the accessory market. At the end of this phase all sold smartphones discarded from the map - and a new round begins.

After five rounds, the richest player wins.

Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game

2024-04-24T22:38:14-04:00

Vendor: Upper Deck Entertainment
Type: Board Games
Price: 68.95

Designer	Devin Low
Publisher	Upper Deck Entertainment
Players	1-5
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2013 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2013 Origins Awards Best Traditional Card Game Nominee
Expansions	Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Annihilation Expansion Marvel - Legendary Deck Building Game: Dark City (Expansion 1) Marvel - Legendary Deck Building Game: Fantastic Four (Expansion 2) Marvel - Legendary: Paint the Town Red Legendary: Secret Wars - Volume 1 Legendary: Guardians of the Galaxy Legendary: Civil War Legendary: Deadpool Legendary: Noir Legendary: X-Men Legendary: Champions Legendary: World War Hulk Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Venom Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Dimensions Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Revelations Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – S.H.I.E.L.D. Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Heroes of Asgard Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – The New Mutants Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Into the Cosmos Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Messiah Complex Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Doctor Strange & Shadows Of Night Expansion Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Black Panther Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Black Widow Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Realm of Kings Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Marvel Studios' The Infinity Saga Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Midnight Sons Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – 2099
Integrates With	Legendary: Marvel Studios Phase 1 Legendary: Villains - Marvel Deck Building Game
Accessories	The Broken Token - Legendary Box Organizer The Broken Token - Extra Dividers for Legendary Organizer Folded Space - A Marvel Deck Building Game & Expansion Marvel - Legendary: Spider-Man Playmat Marvel - Legendary: Spider-Man Sleeves Sleeve Kings Sleeve Bundle - Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Base Game
Reimplemented By	Legendary Encounters: A Predator Deck Building Game Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Legendary Encounters: The X-Files Deck Building Game Legendary: A James Bond Deck Building Game Legendary: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Additional Info	129437/legendary-a-marvel-deck-building-game http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1290806/legendary-a-marvel-deck-building-game/reviews

Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game is set in the Marvel Comics universe. To set up the game, players choose a number of hero decks – Spider-Man, Hulk, Cyclops, Wolverine, etc. – and shuffle them together; since players use only a handful of hero decks out of the fifteen included, the hero deck can vary widely in terms of what's available. Players then choose a mastermind villain (Magneto, Loki, Dr. Doom, etc.), stack that particular villain's attack cards underneath it, then modify the villain deck as needed based on that villain's particular scheme.

Over the course of the game, players will recruit powerful hero cards to add to their deck in order to build a stronger and more resourceful deck. Players need to build both their recruitment powers (to enlist more heroes) and their fighting ability (to combat the villains who keep popping up to cause trouble). Players recruit heroes from an array of six cards, with empty slots refilled as needed. At the start of a player's turn, he reveals a villain and adds it to the row of villains. This row has a limited number of spaces, and if it fills up, the earliest villain to arrive escapes, possibly punishing the heroes in some way. Some villains also take an action when showing up for the first time, such as kidnapping an innocent bystander. The villain deck also contains "master strike" cards, and whenever one of these shows up, the mastermind villain (controlled by the game) takes a bonus action.

As players fight and defeat villains, they collect those cards, which will be worth points at game's end. Players can also fight the mastermind; if a player has enough fighting power, he claims one of the attack cards beneath the mastermind, which has a particular effect on the game. If all of these cards are claimed, the game ends and players tally their points to see who wins. If the mastermind completes his scheme, however – having a certain number of villains escape, for example, or imposing a certain number of wounds on the heroes – then the players all lose.

Dominion (Second Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-03-23T16:56:52-04:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 37.95

Designer	Donald X. Vaccarino
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2008 Meeples' Choice Award 2008 Origins Awards Best Traditional Card Game Winner 2009 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee 2009 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner 2009 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming - Winner 2009 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming Nominee 2009 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2009 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Card Game Winner 2009 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Gamers' Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Winner 2009 Gouden Ludo Nominee 2009 Guldbrikken Special Jury Prize 2009 Hra roku Nominee 2009 Hra roku Winner 2009 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2009 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee 2009 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Winner 2009 JoTa Best Card Game Audience Award 2009 JoTa Best Card Game Critic Award 2009 JoTa Best Card Game Nominee 2009 Juego del Año Finalist 2009 JUG Game of the Year Winner 2009 Lucca Games Best Card Game Winner 2009 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner 2009 Mensa Select Winner 2009 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee 2009 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2009 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2009 Spiel des Jahres Winner 2009 Tric Trac Nominee 2009 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Nominee 2009 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Winner 2010 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee 2010 Årets Spill Best Family Game Winner 2010 Games Magazine Best New Family Strategy Game Winner 2010 Juego del Año Tico Nominee 2010 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection
Expansions	Dominion: Alchemy Dominion: Cornucopia Dominion: Dark Ages Dominion: Guilds Dominion: Hinterlands Dominion: Hinterlands (Second Edition) Dominion: Hinterlands – Update Pack Dominion: Prosperity Dominion: Seaside Dominion: Base Cards Dominion: Adventures Dominion: Guilds & Cornucopia Dominion: Empires Dominion: Nocturne Dominion: Renaissance Dominion: Menagerie Dominion: Seaside – Update Pack Dominion: Plunder
Integrates with	Dominion: Intrigue
Family	Dominion
Accessories	Board Game Card Holders: Card Holder - Dominion Dominion: Base Cards Gripmat - Dominion 24" x 16" Anti-Slip The Broken Token - Custom Engraved Dominion Case and Organizer Set The Broken Token - Unfinished Wooden Artist Case and Organizer Set The Broken Token - Kit For Humanity - Dominion Gaming Trunk - Powerful Organizer for Dominion (Walnut. For sleeved cards) Gaming Trunk - Powerful Organizer for Dominion (Walnut. For unsleeved cards) Go7 Gaming - DOM-001 Insert for Dominion Go7 Gaming - DOM-002 Insert for Dominion Go7 Gaming - Dominion-005 Insert for Dominion Go7 Gaming - Dominion-006 Insert for Dominion Laserox - Sleeved Card Crate Folded Space - Dominion
Additional Info	209418/dominion-second-edition https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/209418/dominion-second-edition/forums/63

"You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.

"But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud, but your grandparents, on your mother's side, would be delighted.'"'

In Dominion, each player starts with an identical, very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can "buy" as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy and how they play their hands as they draw them, the players construct their deck on the fly, striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end.

Dominion is not a collectible card game (CCG), but the play of the game is similar to the construction and play of a CCG deck. The game comes with 500 cards. You select 10 of the 26 Kingdom card types to include in any given play—leading to immense variety.

Dominion (Second Edition) replaces six Kingdom card types from the first edition with six new types of Kingdom cards, while also replacing the blank cards in the game with a seventh new Kingdom card. These new cards are available on their own in the Dominion: Update Pack. The rulebook has been rewritten, three cards have mild functional changes ("you may" added to Moneylender, Mine, Throne Room), and other cards have been rephrased (while remaining functionally the same).

Smash Up: 10th Anniversary (Box Damage)

2024-03-08T16:35:59-05:00

Vendor: AEG
Type: Board Games
Price: 42.95

Designer	Paul Peterson
Publisher	Alderac Entertainment Group
Players	2-4
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	358808/smash-10th-anniversary http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358808/smash-10th-anniversary/forums/63

Smash Up celebrates 10 years with an all-new set including new factions, a new way to play, and lots of goodies for fans of the game!

We're announcing the factions over time before the release, and so far we've previewed Skeletons, World Champs, and Mermaids! We'll update this BGG entry when more are previewed.

The set will also include special items such as a Goblin collector coin (FINALLY you can actually flip a coin with your Goblin faction!), the 10th Anniversary Art Book, the all-new Big Base mode of play, and more!

Yeah we'll update those too when we preview them!

—description from the publisher

Frosthaven: Play Surface Books PRE-ORDER

2024-03-07T23:52:23-05:00

Vendor: Cephalofair Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 119.95

ETA Q2 2024

Inspired by the critically acclaimed play surface books from Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, this set of 4 Scenario Play Surface Books eliminates the need for your Frosthaven map tiles & the majority of overlay tokens in favor of quicker and easier setup times. Just open the book to your scenario and start playing! Includes scenario narrative text and special rules for all 138 Frosthaven scenarios!

Ages 14+
1-4 players
30-120 minutes play time

Detective: City of Angels (Minor Damage)

2024-02-26T09:15:54-05:00

Vendor: Van Ryder Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 89.95

Designer	Evan Derrick
Publisher	Van Ryder Games
Players	1-5
Playing Time	30-150 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansions	Detective: City of Angels – Bullets over Hollywood Detective: City of Angels – Gen Con 2019 Promo Cards Detective: City of Angels – Secret Cabal Promo Cards Detective: City of Angels – Smoke and Mirrors Detective: City of Angels – Saints and Sinners
Accessory	Detective: City of Angels – Chisel Screen
Additional Info	218074/detective-city-angels http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218074/detective-city-angels/forums/63

Detective: City of Angels, set in the dark and violent world of 1940s Los Angeles, is a game of mystery, deception, and investigation for 1–5 players. Most players will step into the shoes of LAPD homicide detectives, hungry for glory and willing to do whatever it takes to successfully close a case, even if that means intimidating suspects, concealing evidence, and hiring snitches to rat on their fellow detectives. One player, however, will take on the role of The Chisel, whose only goal is to stall and misdirect the detectives at every turn using bluffing, manipulation, and (often) outright lies.

Detective: CoA uses the innovative ARC (Adaptive Response Card) System to create the feel of interrogating a suspect. Suspects do not simply give paragraph-book responses; instead The Chisel carefully chooses how they will answer. When Billy O'Shea insists that the victim was a regular at Topsy's Nightclub, is he telling the truth or is The Chisel subtly leading the detectives toward a dead end that will cost them precious time? Detectives can challenge responses that they think are lies but at great risk: If they're wrong, The Chisel will acquire leverage over them, making the case that much harder to solve.

Detective: CoA includes separate, detailed casebooks for both the detectives and The Chisel. Each crime is a carefully constructed puzzle that can unfold in a variety of ways depending on how the detectives choose to pursue their investigations. As the detectives turn the city upside down, uncovering fresh evidence and "hot" leads, hidden suspects may be revealed and new lines of questioning will open up, creating a rich, story-driven experience.

Inspired by classic film noir like The Big Sleep, the works of James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential), and the video game L.A. Noire from Rockstar Games, Detective: City of Angels is a murder-mystery game unlike any other. Will one detective rise above the rest and close the case on L.A.'s latest high profile murder? Or will The Chisel sow enough doubt and confusion to prevent the detectives from solving the crime?

—description from the publisher

A "sleuth" mode allows 1 or more players to play fully cooperatively, solving the cases together.

New Frontiers (Box Damage)

2024-02-24T14:22:05-05:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 61.95

Designer	Thomas Lehmann
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	45-75 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansion	New Frontiers: The Starry Rift
Additional Info	255692/new-frontiers http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/255692/new-frontiers/forums/63

In New Frontiers, a standalone game in the Race for the Galaxy family, players build galactic empires by selecting, in turn, an action that everyone may do, with only the selecting player gaining that action's bonus.

The developments to be used are determined during setup, allowing players to make strategic plans based on them before play begins. One group of eight developments is always in play. The game includes a suggested set of sixteen additional developments for your first game; in later games, players randomly select which side of eight double-sided "small" developments and eight double-sided "large" 9-cost developments to use during setup.

Many worlds that players can acquire have special powers, with these worlds being drawn from a bag during the Explore phase. Unlike in Race, in New Frontiers worlds need colonists to be settled, in addition to either payments or conquest.

Some worlds are "windfall" worlds and receive a good upon being settled. Others are production worlds and receive goods when the Produce action is selected. Goods can be traded for credits or consumed for victory points.

Play continues until one or more of four game ending conditions is reached. After all actions for that round have been done, the player with the most victory points from settled worlds, developments, 9-cost development bonuses, and VP chips earned from consuming goods wins.

Smartphone Inc. (Open Box / Box Damage)

2024-02-22T05:57:13-05:00

Vendor: Arcane Wonders
Type: Board Games
Price: 50.95

Designer	Ivan Lashin
Publisher	Arcane Wonders
Players	1-5
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Smartphone Inc.: Status Update 1.1
Additional Info	246684/smartphone-inc http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246684/smartphone-inc/forums/63

Head of Mousehold (Minor Damage)

2024-02-05T14:25:59-05:00

Vendor: FoxMind
Type: Board Games
Price: 14.25

Designer	Adam Wyse
Publisher	FoxMind
Players	2-5
Playtime	30-40 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	215389/head-mousehold http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/215389/head-mousehold/forums/63

Wise clan leaders know the old saying: "The second mouse gets the cheese!" Now it's time to claim your cheese supremacy!

In Head of Mousehold, you are the leader of a mouse clan battling for cheese morsels in a house full of traps! Carefully choose the best mice to send on perilous missions in order to outwit the opposing mouse families. Place your mouse cards under the right mousetraps and claim the most cheese points by the end of the week.

Have the most cheese points at the end of five game turns, and you win!

Gosu X (French Edition)

2024-01-16T21:33:09-05:00

Vendor: Hachette Boardgames
Type: Board Games
Price: 36.95

Publisher	Hachette Boardgames
Players	2
Playtime	20-40 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	368119/gosu-x http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368119/gosu-x/forums/63

Note: This game is in French.

The Jalaanx universe is dominated by 8 Immortals, demigods engaged in conflicts since the dawn of time. Alliances are made and broken every time a new war comes. The Red Moon approaches, forge a new alliance and be prepared for an epic battle. Even if a military victory is always honorable, especially for the great Goan-Sul, a hidden 9th demigod offers new ways to win the battle...

Gosu X is a combo card game in which players build up their army using the card from their deck made of 3 clans. Those clans are drafted at the start of the game, and the 2 unchosen one change the game rules ! A game is played in 3 rounds maximum.

Each round, you will:

Add cards to your Army (Troops, Heroes and Immortals) and trigger their effects.
Engage in a Great Battle. The player with the strongest Army wins a Supremacy Token.
Honor the Song for the Dead. Each player sacrifices half his army.

There are several ways to win: get 2 Supremacy Tokens OR unlock 5 Activation Tokens OR have 15 face-up cards in your Army OR reach an alternate victory condition (Goan-Sul or Justice).

Stone Age (Italian Edition)

2024-01-16T21:19:54-05:00

Vendor: Z-Man Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 52.95

Designer	Bernd Brunnhofer
Publisher	Z-Man Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2008 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game 2nd Place 2008 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Gamer's Board Game Nominee 2008 Hra roku Nominee 2008 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2008 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee 2008 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2008 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2008 Tric Trac Nominee 2009 Games Magazine Best New Family Strategy Game Winner 2009 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Gamers' Board Game Nominee 2009 Hra roku Nominee 2009 JoTa Best Artwork Audience Award 2009 JoTa Best Artwork Nominee 2009 JoTa Best Family Board Game Audience Award 2009 JoTa Best Family Board Game Critic Award 2009 JoTa Best Family Board Game Nominee 2009 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee 2009 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Nominee 2010 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection 2010 MinD-Spielepreis Nominee 2012 MinD-Spielepreis Nominee 2017 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee 2017 Hungarian Board Game Award Winner
Expansions	Stone Age: Style is the Goal Stone Age: The Expansion Stone Age: The Mammoth Herd
Accessories	Top Shelf Gamer - Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Stone Age (set of 97) Top Shelf Gamer - Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Stone Age™ V2 (set of 109) Kings Wooden Token Set - Deluxe Stone Age Wooden Token Set Euro Token Expansion - Deluxe Folded Space - Stone Age & Expansions
Additional Info	34635/stone-age http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/594/stone-age/reviews

Note: This game is in Italian.

The "Stone Age" times were hard indeed. In their roles as hunters, collectors, farmers, and tool makers, our ancestors worked with their legs and backs straining against wooden plows in the stony earth. Of course, progress did not stop with the wooden plow. People always searched for better tools and more productive plants to make their work more effective.

In Stone Age, the players live in this time, just as our ancestors did. They collect wood, break stone and wash their gold from the river. They trade freely, expand their village and so achieve new levels of civilization. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this pre-historic time.

Players use up to ten tribe members each in three phases. In the first phase, players place their men in regions of the board that they think will benefit them, including the hunt, the trading center, or the quarry. In the second phase, the starting player activates each of his staffed areas in whatever sequence he chooses, followed in turn by the other players. In the third phase, players must have enough food available to feed their populations, or they face losing resources or points.

Monumental (Minor Damage)

2024-01-04T15:43:56-05:00

Vendor: Funforge
Type: Board Games
Price: 87.45

Designer	Matthew Dunstan
Publisher	Funforge
Players	1-4
Playtime	90-120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansions	Monumental: Lost Kingdoms Monumental: African Empires
Honors	2020 Kanga Best Visuals Winner 2020 Kanga Best Visuals Finalist
Additional Info	248125/monumental http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/248125/monumental/forums/63

In Monumental, each player will control a civilization that will evolve through his city: a grid of 3x3 cards (coming out from the player's starting civilization deck) that can each be activated to gather various resources such as Science, Military, Production, Culture, and Gold that will allow them to trigger many actions. But there’s a trick: one cannot activate all their cards at once, which means that tough choices will have to be made each turn in order to select the cards that are the most needed.

The resources gathered from the activated city cards will allow the players to acquire cards from a common pool, allowing them to get improved buildings, technologies, wonders, etc. and therefore to leverage their civilization deck to new heights through more and more efficient card combos. As the common pool of cards progresses (either as players have acquired cards or because they didn't - which leads to one card from the pool to be discarded per turn), the game progresses through eras. Medieval cards are better than classical cards, and industrial cards are even better, but of course those cards are more and more expensive to acquire.

A modular board, at the center of the table, holds each civilization's army. The board is made of Provinces to be conquered. Unoccupied Province's inhabitants are barbarians who will provide resources to the player who defeats them. Holding a conquered province also brings victory points.

The player with the most impressive civilization at the end of the game will be remembered for all time (and they also win the game!).

—description based on the publisher's

Dinosaur World (Minor Damage)

2023-12-17T14:26:24-05:00

Vendor: Pandasaurus Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 51.95

Designer	Brian Lewis David McGregor Marissa Misura
Publisher	Pandasaurus Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Accessories	Folded Space - Color: Dinosaur World
Expansions	Dinosaur World: Recruiter Promo Card Dinosaur World: Water Pack Dinosaur World: Hybrid Pack Dinosaur World: Add On Pack Dinosaur World: Ice Age Pack
Reimplemented By	Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write
Reimplements	Dinosaur Island
Additional Info	317457/dinosaur-world http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317457/dinosaur-world/forums/63

The triumph of science that led to dinosaurs returning to the world once more has become public knowledge. New parks spring up regularly, often beginning operations even before everything has been finalized. There is no shortage of patrons eager to be entertained by these returned species in new and exciting ways. However, as with any form of entertainment, elements of triumph are often accompanied by elements of tragedy. This means it is of the utmost importance that you take every precaution by ensuring each visitor signs the safety waiver before enjoying the wonders of Dinosaur World!

Each round in Dinosaur World, you draft a new résumé card to acquire new workers; spend workers to take public actions building your park and acquiring DNA; spend further workers to take private actions improving that park; then drive your jeep around experiencing the wonder and excitement of what you have built! Throughout the game you acquire victory points through a variety of means — and possibly a few visitor deaths as a natural consequence of overly enthusiastic dinosaur encounters. At the end of the game, you lose points if you accumulated too many deaths, then the player with the most points wins!

Magic: The Gathering - Warhammer 40,000 Commander Deck Collector's Edition - Set of 4 Decks

2023-06-10T02:12:00-04:00

Vendor: Wizards of the Coast
Type: Trading Card Games
Price: 789.95

Includes:

1 x Forces of the Imperium Commander Deck - Collector Edition
1 x Necron Dynasties Commander Deck - Collector Edition
1 x The Ruinous Powers Commander Deck - Collector Edition
1 x Tyranid Swarm Commander Deck - Collector Edition

Hansa Teutonica: Die Ost Erweiterung

2023-06-09T23:03:05-04:00

Vendor: Argentum Verlag
Type: Board Games
Price: 10.95

Designer	Andreas Steding
Publisher	Argentum Verlag
Players	3-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expands	Hansa Teutonica
Additional Info	83404/hansa-teutonica-east-expansion http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/853538/hansa-teutonica-east-expansion/reviews

This is the first expansion for Hansa Teutonica. This expansion includes nine mission cards for the basic map. Each mission card shows three cities and the player can receive additional victory points for Kontors in these cities.

In addition the expansion includes a new map: The East-Expansion
This map introduces new items into the game: e.g. Ocean trade routes and permanent bonus markers.

Heroes of Normandie: Gazette #0

2023-06-09T22:38:40-04:00

Vendor: Devil Pig Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 5.95

Publisher	Devil Pig Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expands	Heroes of Normandie
Additional Info	186360/heroes-normandie-gazette-0 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/186360/heroes-normandie-gazette-0/forums/63

This Gazette was issued to combine the 2 existing errata sheets, for the first printing base box and expansions, with a few scenarios, some background and a new recruitment tile.

Contents:
–2 punchboards
–Heroes background text about D-Day and Heinrich Von Kamptz
–Landing scenario “No mercy for the brave! (part.1)” – Americans (640 pts) against Germans (455 pts)
–Scenario “No mercy for the brave! (part.2)” – Americans (270 pts) against Germans (330 pts)
–Correction of errors in 1st print Core box (Juin 2014 à November - December 2014)
–Correction of errors in 1st print expansions (June 2014 - January 2015)
–1 FFI recruitment tile, you can add it to any American or British army

How to identify a first printing core box :
–No language symbol on the upper right corner of the top box, under “Heroes System Tactical Scale”
–On the back, near barcode : “Lot” number finishing by “113”

How to identify a first printing expansions :
–Near barcode : “Lot” number finishing by “113”

Heroes of Normandie: Guardians' Chronicles Expansion Pack

2023-06-09T22:24:39-04:00

Vendor: Devil Pig Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 2.95

Designer	Yann and Clem
Publisher	Devil Pig Games
Players	2
Playtime	90 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expands	Heroes of Normandie
Additional Info	186519/heroes-normandie-guardians-chronicles-expansion-pa http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/186519/heroes-normandie-guardians-chronicles-expansion-pa/forums/63

Heroes of Normandy opened the liberation paths of Europe. This has been made possible with strong and powerful icons, going beyond what the simple man could do.

These men and women have become something greater. They have become superheroes!

Fast, agile, endowed with extraordinary faculties, with mythical equipment or advanced technology.

Send Captain Justice, the Super Yankee, at the front. He will stand in the front line of German armies, equipped with its only strength and patriotism. Meanwhile, Lady Britain will illuminate the dark sky with mighty lightnings.

The Allies were not the only ones to have their superheroes! The Reich has his own figurehead facing the opposing titans. Animal rage accompanies her and bloodlust is her reason for living. Her opponents are her next meal. A dark she-wolf gets in the way of these superheroes. She will leave them no chance, and if they ever manage to escape, her pack of werewolves will track them … Evil Anja is the mother of the pack.

Superheroes will have access to a new type of recruitment option: the superpowers! Instead of suffering hits, they can decide to lose superpower.

The Witcher: Old World: Metal Coins

2023-06-09T01:15:25-04:00

	Vendor: CD Projekt RED Type: Tokens Price: 48.95
Immerse yourself into the Witcher world even more! This product contains 30 metal coins in a special bag. Coins are in 3 different designs to represent variable currencies on the Continent, but each is worth 1.

The Witcher: Old World: Dice Set

2023-06-09T01:13:54-04:00

	Vendor: CD Projekt RED Type: Dice Price: 34.95
25 additional dice to bring even more comfort to the game! It contains 5 sets of dice, so each player can have their own set. Every set contains 5 dice with a witcher sign engravement and a different color. Those are used for dice poker and some Exploration Cards.