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Kompromat

2022-10-04T21:49:38-04:00

Vendor: Helvetiq
Type: Board Games
Price: 21.95

Designer	Rob Fisher Adam Porter
Publisher	Helvetiq
Players	2
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	299569/kompromat http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299569/kompromat/forums/63

In this one-on-one game, take on the mantle of rival spies competing by undertaking daring missions and trying to remain undercover. The two players compete using blackjack hands to win missions and collect special abilities. To complete a mission successfully, overtake your opponent but be careful not to go over 21 or you will collect notoriety tokens! Being famous is great, but being too well-known might bring you down... The game is played in 6 rounds unless one spy loses their cover.

Ready to push your luck to be the most successful and elusive spy in the world?

Thrown

2019-03-04T11:48:38-05:00

Vendor: WizKids
Type: Board Games
Price: 9.95

Designer	Adam Porter
Publisher	WizKids
Players	3-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	264154/thrown http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264154/thrown/forums/63

Thrown is a trick-taking game with a new way to play into a trick, namely by using dice! The colors of the dice represent the suits. The lead player rolls 1-3 dice of a color (the suit), then the other players try to roll in-suit to get the highest value on the table. If you do not have the right suit, then you can roll for trump; rolling a natural 6 on one of your dice in an off-suit will beat the highest value in-suit.

Winning a trick gives you gold. The game ends following a number of rounds played equal to the number of players, at which time whoever has the most gold wins.

But wait, there are cards in the game, too! These cards give special abilities which are paid for, or activated with, dice of particular colors. Some of the effects include flipping your dice or an opponent's dice to their opposite sides, removing dice, re-rolling dice, and automatically winning with a particular roll!

Pikoko

2018-06-12T10:33:27-04:00

Vendor: Brain Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 29.95

Designer	Adam Porter
Publisher	Brain Games
Players	3-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	244505/pikoko http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244505/pikoko/forums/63

Pikoko is a trick-taking game that follows conventional trick-taking rules with two twists:

Each round, players receive a hand of eight cards, but they don't see their own cards — only cards held by the other players.
Each player plays cards of the player to their left, not their own cards.

Doodle Rush

2018-01-04T20:44:09-05:00

Vendor: Brain Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 2.95

Designer	Adam Porter
Publisher	Brain Games
Players	3-6
Playtime	10-15 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	232090/doodle-rush http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232090/doodle-rush/forums/63

Doodle Rush is a fast-paced party game that will keep you on your toes for the whole time.

In each game, each player receives two cards with total of six words that the player has to draw. The game consists of six 1-minute rounds: three drawing rounds and three guessing rounds, which are interchanged. In the drawing rounds, the players try to draw as many of their words as possible, whereas in the guessing rounds they try to correctly guess other player drawings and want their own ones to be guessed.

Everyone plays at the same time, therefore the gameplay is very active and you have to be quick and attentive. In the end, the player with the most points (drawings that they guessed + their own drawings that were guessed by others) wins.