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ROOM: Agus and Monsters

2022-07-27T06:02:30-04:00

Vendor: GDM Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 8.95

Designer	Francisco Gallego Arredondo
Publisher	GDM Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	5-10 mins
Suggested Age	6 and up
Additional Info	336491/room-agus-and-monsters http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336491/room-agus-and-monsters/forums/63

Tada! This is Agus Pianola, a very absent-minded and a bit cheeky boy who should tidy up his room, but he always waits for his mother to remind him of that because he never finds a good moment to do it. And obviously, in a messy room you can lose many things such as: balls, video games, essays... but you can also find others...

What would you do if one day you woke up and you found your room full of monsters?

HOW TO PLAY
The game is played in rounds until all the cards have been played. A different player starts each round!
The starting player decides which category rules (books, clothes or food) and then, each player, in turn order, places 1, 2 or 3 cards facing up on the table.
If you play a character card, you shall think which effect it will have!

When all the players have made their play, the one with the most icons of the ruling category, scores all the cards.

Then it’s the turn of the player on their right and another round starts. And we continue like this until all players run out of cards.

And if a player has no cards left, their turn is skipped and it’s next player’s turn.

WHO WINS?
When there are no cards left, each player will count the monsters drawn on their scored cards (the ones which they won!).

The player with the most monsters is the winner!

In case of a tie, Mr. Flat scores double; if there is still a tie, you shall play again to break the tie!

—description from the designer

Tempo

2021-12-27T09:14:01-05:00

Vendor: GDM Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 8.95

Designer	Francisco Gallego Arredondo
Publisher	GDM Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	10-15 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	341501/tempo http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341501/tempo/forums/63

Welcome to the unique show of Tempo, where your voice harmony, rhythm and melody will be the stars. Aren't you good at singing? Do you have no rhythm? Don't worry, it'll be fun!

Choose one player to be the metronome, they'll be in charge of keeping the tempo and dealing the cards.
The metronome chooses the cards according to their difficulty and shuffles them.
The first times you play, we suggest starting with value 1 and 2 cards.

The metronome deals one card facing up to each player and starts marking a time signature (one, two, three, four) repeating it throughout the round. This will mark the rhythm to follow.

After the first time signature (one, two, three, four) the rest of the players will sing the note on their card at the same time.

It the player has a (crotchet) card, it will last the same time that a number of the 4/4 time signature. A quaver will make us sing the two syllables in that same time, a triplet quaver, three and a semiquaver, four.

In each time signature, before number three, the metronome will give a new card to one of the players. Those will have to switch between their notes from now on. For each number of the time signature, they will sing a note. A player shall never have two cards more than another.

If at any time, the metronome detects a mistake, stops the song shouting 'TEMPO!'. All the players keep their card with the highest score, except the one who made the mistake, who gives their highest card to the metronome.

If nobody makes any mistakes and all the players get to sing their 4 notes during a time signature, each one keeps their card with the highest score and the metronome doesn't keep any.

The remaining cards are shuffled again and the player on the right of the previous metronome becomes the new one.

The game ends when all the players have played as a metronome once. The one with more points wins.

Nishikigoi

2019-10-25T18:30:54-04:00

Vendor: GDM Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 0.00

Designer	Francisco Gallego Arredondo
Publisher	GDM Games
Players	1-6
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	280200/nishikigoi http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/280200/nishikigoi/forums/63

The design of the Koi ponds may have a great effect on the Nishikigoi’s health and well-being. The Emperor has chosen you to build perfectly suitable ponds, so the carps can reach their highest potential. To do so, you must assign each Koi colony its proper place.

In each round, players have to cooperate assigning a different group of carps splitting the pond. It’s important to optimise the area to shelter the most colonies.

In turn you need to build the perfect home to the colony.

First, determine the perfect pond rolling the 3 dice. These dice show you the exact number of nishikigoi you must have inside a pond area when it’s closed.

To shape the pond, each player must play a Pond card (placed partially other cards) in turn order until a pond area is completely (the wather lilies line is closed). To do so, the card can be partially placed over other cards in play (never underneath).

When the pond is closed, if the exact number of nishikigoi of each colour matches the dice, remove 5 of the played cards and put them at the bottom of the deck. The rest are set aside to show you have built a perfect pond area.

The game ends when all cards have been played. There is no more space in the imperial pond and it’s time to evaluate how well you have done.

—description from the publisher

The Sherlock Files: Elementary Entries

2019-08-20T12:07:05-04:00

Vendor: Indie Boards & Cards
Type: Board Games
Price: 24.95

Designer	Francisco Gallego Arredondo Martí Lucas Feliu Josep Izquierdo Sánchez
Publisher	Indie Boards & Cards
Players	1-8
Playtime	40-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	282673/sherlock-files-elementary-entries http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282673/sherlock-files-elementary-entries/forums/63

Are you a modern mastermind detective?

The Sherlock Files: Elementary Entries includes three confounding cases for you to solve. First, you need to discover the cause of a fatal heart attack aboard Flight TJ1309. Next, you dig up a cold case from 1923 involving the violent and unexpected death of a famous explorer and archaeologist. Last, unravel the story behind the mysterious body that put a damper on one family's 4th of July party.

Decipher clues to determine which are relevant to the case and which are not. Share the clues you deem relevant with your detective partners. Which theories will you chase?

How will you fare compared to the world's greatest detective? Work together to solve each case to find out!

Sherlock: Last Call (Import)

2019-06-19T11:29:07-04:00

Vendor: Enigma Studio
Type: Board Games
Price: 17.95

Designer	Francisco Gallego Arredondo Martí Lucas Feliu Josep Izquierdo Sánchez
Publisher	Enigma Studio
Players	1-8
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	250780/sherlock-last-call http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/250780/sherlock-last-call/forums/63

Note: This game is in English

In each Q case, you try to solve a mystery case with 32 clues, with players revealing one clue at a time until all cards have been revealed or discarded. During your turn, each player must perform one of the following actions:

A) Reveal information:
Choose a card from your hand and place it on the table, so all players can read or see the entire information.
We recomend you read out loud all shared info when you place it on the table. If you play a clue that happens to be irrelevant
to the case, you lose points at the end of the game, but be careful! Some clues are vital to resolve the case.

You can share and expose your theories at any moment and talk about the cards you have in your hand but you cannot show them to the other players and you may only read out loud the words written in bold or the text framed inside an image:

At the end of the game, when all clue cards have been revealed or discarded, you must check carefully all the available information and prepare a theory of what happened, working all together. Then, open the questionnaire and answer all questions. During this phase of the game, you can speak freely about your discarded cards, or the information you remember of them. Each right answer will add two points.

In Q: Last Call, a man has suffered a heart attack during a flight.

"Commander: Commander of flight TJ1309 asking for priority to land.
CT: South Indian Lake control tower. Request received. What’s the emergency?
Commander: One of our passengers suffered a heart attack at 7 hours 30 minutes after the take-off. His companion suffered an anxiety crisis.
CT: Roger, TC1309, we’ll initiate the standard CPR protocol. We’ll send a resuscitation team, a forensic doctor and an investigation team. We’ll enable passengers’ transfer and custody.
Commander: Affirmative, CT. Requesting vectors as soon as possible.
CT: CT to flight TJ1309, you are lucky. Runway is clear right now. Authorized to South Indian Lake, six thousand feet transponder two-one-five-seven.
Commander: Flight TJ1309 to South Indian Lake. Six thousand feet transponder two-one-five-seven. Thanks you."

—description from the publisher

Sherlock: The Tomb of the Archaeologist (Import)

2019-06-19T11:28:22-04:00

Vendor: Enigma Studio
Type: Board Games
Price: 20.95

Designers	Francisco Gallego Arredondo Martí Lucas Feliu Josep Izquierdo Sánchez
Publisher	Enigma Studio
Players	1-8
Playing Time	40-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2019 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Additional Info	247436/sherlock-tomb-archaeologist http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/247436/sherlock-tomb-archaeologist/forums/63

Note: This game is in English.

In each Q case, you try to solve a mystery case with 32 clues.

In Q: Tomb of the Archaeologist, you must answer some questions about Edward Carter's murder.

«we start this news broadcast on 25th of August of 1923 with a sad new: the passing of famous archaeologist and explorer Edward Carter.

According to sources close to the family, the renowned professor was found by his wife inside his study, with a letter opener stabbed on his back.

Because the violent nature of the happening, Scotland Yard has begun a formal investigation and is interrogating his closest friends and colleagues.

This afternoon all university classes at Oxford will be stopped for some minutes to pay homage to one of the finest members of its community.

Sherlock: Death on the 4th of July (Import)

2019-06-19T11:27:55-04:00

Vendor: Enigma Studio
Type: Board Games
Price: 17.95

Designers	Francisco Gallego Arredondo Martí Lucas Feliu Josep Izquierdo Sánchez
Publisher	Enigma Studio
Players	1-8
Playing Time	40-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2019 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Additional Info	250779/sherlock-death-4th-july http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/250779/sherlock-death-4th-july/forums/63

Note: This game is in English, the Spiel des Jahres 2019 jury recommended

In each Q case you try to solve a mystery case with 32 clues.

Play in turns, one player at a time, until all cards have been revealed or discarded.
During your turn, each player must perform one of the following actions:
A) Reveal information:
Choose a card from your hand and place it on the table, so all players can read or see the entire information.
We recomend you read out loud all shared info when you place it on the table. If you play a clue that happens to be irrelevant
to the case, you’ll lose points at the end of the game, but be careful! Some clues are vital to resolve the case.

You can share and expose your theories at any moment and talk about the cards you have in your hand but you cannot show them to the other players and you may only read out loud the words
written in bold or the text framed inside an image:

At the end of the game, when all clue cards have been revealed or discarded, you must check carefully all the available information and prepare a theory of what happened,working all together.
Then, open the questionary and answer all questions. During this phase of the game, you can speak freely about your discarded cards, or the information you remember of them. Each right answer will add two points.

In Q: Death on 4th of July, a mysterious death happens in Rockvalley's mansion:

"EMERGENCY
911, Emergency, how may I help you?

GARDENER
Yes, hello. We’ve found a body in the Rockvalley’s property.

EMERGENCY
May I have the address, please?

GARDENER
It’s here, in Rockvalley’s estate.

EMERGENCY
Rockvalley’s Manor?

GARDENER
Yes, yes. I found it hidden in the bushes, in the middle of the grove.

EMERGENCY
Have you checked for vital signs?

GARDENER
I can assure you it’s not necessary, this guy is as dead as he can be.

EMERGENCY
Do you know the victim?

GARDENER
I don’t know, it’s a white male. He isn’t anyone from the family though. Mr and Mrs Rockvalley are safe as well as the children.

EMERGENCY
Whom am I speaking with?

GARDENER
I’m William Greggs, gardener and keeper of the estate grounds.

EMERGENCY
Very well. There’s a police car already on your way.

GARDENER
Thank you."

—description from the publisher

SCAPE (Second Edition)

2016-02-18T01:09:00-05:00

Vendor: GDM Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Francisco Gallego Arredondo
Publisher	GDM Games
Players	3-10
Playtime	5-20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	178051/scape https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1625171/scape/reviews

New version with 10 more cards, up to 10 players

SCAPE is a game based on an escape attempt by British and Commonwealth prisoners of war from Stalag Luft III (a German POW camp) during World War II. Can the British and commonwealth prisoners escape? Only one of them? None?

During the game, players have to play cards in order to make the tunnel or play the action on the card in order to know who's who. In turn order, the active player has to play a card (if possible) and pass the turn until all the cards of the game are played. There are two ways to play cards:

1) FACE DOWN: Place a tunnel card in the center of the table to complete the word "SCAPE". If another card with same letter has already been played this way, you have to play it on top.

2) FACE UP: Play the action indicated on the card, then discard it, showing the letter and identity of the card.

Finish your turn by drawing until you have four cards (if able), then the player on your right becomes active.

When all the cards have been played, the first card of each tunnel pile is revealed. If the SCAPE word is not complete, the “SS” player wins the game. If there is any card with the "SS" identity revealed in any heap, the "SS" player wins; otherwise, the team (RAF/USAF) with most heaps with its affiliation wins the game.

Myths at War

2016-02-18T01:09:00-05:00

Vendor: GDM Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 29.95

Designer	Francisco Gallego Arredondo
Publisher	GDM Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	144479/myths-war https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1428173/myths-war/reviews

Myths at War, first published as Guerra de Mitos, is a card game set in a fantastic world where different mythologies coexist. It is a different, dynamic game designed to be able to build different decks with very distinct and varied strategies, and each expansion increases both the number of available mythologies and the game possibilities.

This first installment of Myths at War contains 300 cards split between the Nordic, Egyptian and Japanese mythologies (GDMI+GDM3 spanish editions). Each mythology includes two pantheons (cards that define your game strategy) + cards for the gods deck (which includes characters, events and resources) + cards for the designs deck (actions, equipment and summonings).

Each player in Myths at War needs to build his own deck of at least 51 cards (1 pantheon / 20 gods / 30 designs) of his choice, and each expansion increases the diversity of characters, actions and strategies you can use in order to achieve victory but all expansions can be played on his own.

During the game, each player has to bring into play the cards his oracles offer him and play actions from the designs deck both in the influence phase (where the gods plan from their pantheon) and in the confrontation phase (where the characters who decide to go to battle fight to decrease the opponent’s power) to obtain supremacy or consign the opponent to oblivion.