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5 Wards

2023-12-27T14:44:45-05:00

Vendor: Dragon Egg Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 42.95

Designer	Dickie Chapin
Publisher	Dragon Egg Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	382182/5-wards http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/382182/5-wards/forums/63

Assemble your Gang and step into the bustling streets of a booming Victorian city in this 2-4 player competition for control of the 5 Wards. Recruit and deploy your Thugs, brawl with rivals, execute devious schemes and establish your colorful crew as the most notorious and powerful bunch of hooligans around.

5 Wards is a lite-weight blend of area control, worker placement, dice selection and card play.

5 Wards is played over a number of rounds, and your goal is to deploy your Thugs to the map to gain control of the city. Each of the 5 Wards has a different Victory Point (“VP”) scoring condition, drawn randomly at setup. Each ward scores only once at the end of the game, so every point is precious! The final round is triggered when the Landmark deck runs out, after which the Gang with the most VPs is the winner.

16 Candies

2023-12-27T14:44:39-05:00

Vendor: Envy Born Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 11.96

Designer	Dickie Chapin
Publisher	Envy Born Games
Players	3-4
Playtime	20-40 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	376932/16-candies http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376932/16-candies/forums/63

16 Candies is a fast-paced and sweet family game for 3-4 players. In each round, players draw and discard cards featuring different types of candy, trying to form the best hand they can with their 3 cards.

When a player thinks they have the best hand, they can shout "I GOT CANDY!" Opposing players will have 1 final turn to optimize their hand before the round ends, at which point all players will reveal their hands. The player with the worst hand must remove a penalty amount of candy from their starting supply of 16 cardboard candies (or real candy, if you choose to play with it).

The game ends when only one player has candy left in their supply, and that player is the winner. With quick turns and a fun theme, 16 Candies is a tasty treat for game nights with family and friends.

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Joystick Heroes

2023-01-30T21:40:18-05:00

Vendor: Frown Clowns Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 38.95

Designer	Dickie Chapin
Publisher	Frown Clowns Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	341193/joystick-heroes http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341193/joystick-heroes/forums/63

Joystick Heroes is a board game about playing video games - radical! Grab your friends and family and head to the arcade, where you’ll burn through tokens to play games and compete for the best scores. Each game tests different skillz, like your joystick agility or button-pressing prowess. Earn tickets, prizes, and power up your skillz. Kick butt on games in your favorite genre and win big by beating high scores. Challenge other wannabe heroes to 2-player games, grab a friend for co-op mode, and compete in arcade tournaments. The player with the most prizes when everybody’s out of tokens is the new Joystick Hero! Righteous!

At setup, create your arcade by laying out a number of Games cards. Each player starts with 10 arcade tokens. A round consists of 2 phases: (1) In the PLAY phase, choose any available Game card in your arcade, place 1 arcade token on it, and play it by rolling a number of dice based on the skills the game requires and your own skill levels. Use your hand of Power cards to boost your scores. Refer to the Top Scores chart and collect your winnings (tickets). (2) In the POWER UP phase, players spend the tickets they earned on skills upgrades or to purchase prizes.

When all players run out of arcade tokens, the player with the most prizes is the new Joystick Hero!