Vendor: DPH Games Inc
Type: Board Games
Price:
24.95
Designer |
Alan D. Ernstein |
Publisher | DPH Games Inc |
Players | 2-5 |
Playing Time | 60-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 13 and up |
Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
61.95
Designer | Alan D. Ernstein |
Publisher | Rio Grande Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playing Time | 90-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
43.95
Designer | Alan D. Ernstein |
Publisher | Rio Grande Games |
Players | 3-4 |
Playtime | 45-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
In Alan's Adventureland, players are a part of the design team for a new amusement park. There are four themed neighborhoods within the facility, and each player is responsible for constructing the attractions in one of those neighborhoods: Animal Kingdom, Tour America, Sky World, and Foreign Lands. Each turn represents the passage of one week.
During the game, players draw cards representing purchase orders (POs) for different types of attractions. These cards have two uses: first, as POs approved by the finance office to expedite construction of specific types of attractions each turn, and second, as the actual financing to construct the attraction represented on the card. At the end of each month, the review board meets, evaluates the progress of each neighborhood, and awards bonuses for meeting a set of predetermined preferences. These preferences relate to how attractions in a park are arranged. Points are awarded to the players who meet the review board's preferences.
At the end of the game, the owners of the facility come in and award points to the finished themed neighborhoods. These points are awarded based on four criteria:
The player who earns the most points wins the design contract for the owners' next project.
Vendor: Plaid Hat Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
55.24
Designer | Emerson Matsuuchi |
Publisher | Plaid Hat Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 60-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 13 and up |
Expansions | Specter Ops: Broken Covenant |
Honors | 2015 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee |
A secret agent of A.R.K. has infiltrated a top secret Raxxon facility, attempting to complete three mission objectives before they escape — but they are hunted by genetically modified Raxxon Hunters. Players can choose which side they wish to join.
Specter Ops is a sci-fi, stealth ops game of hidden movement that's similar to Scotland Yard. Players are trying to locate/capture a mysterious agent, who keeps track of their sneaking via a private map. The other players take control of unique characters who must use their wits, abilities and technology to help them hunt down this infiltrator. Items like flash grenades, scanners, and the like are at the disposal of this covert agent.
Vendor: Z-Man Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
39.95
Designer | Alan D. Ernstein |
Publisher | Z-Man Games |
Players | 3-4 |
Playtime | 120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honors | 2011 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee |
In INCA EMPIRE the players are "Apus" (leader of one of the four regions/suyus). Your job as an Apu is to increase your status in the eyes of the divine emperor ("Sapa Inca") by doing the best job of expanding and improving the empire. Each Apu begins with the manpower of their region of the original empire. They build roads and conquer neighboring regions, increasing the manpower and resources available to them. Apus are awarded for each new region they add to the empire and for improvements such as terraces, garrisons, cities and temples.
The player who has the most victory points (VP) at the moment Pizarro arrives in the Inca capital at Cuzco wins the game.
Note! Due to the highly interactive nature of the Sun card placement, Inca Empire cannot be played with only two players.