Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
12.74
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: Zygomatic
Type: Board Games
Price:
28.95
Designer |
Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Zygomatic |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 20-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Star Wars: Bounty Hunters is a light strategy game, in which players compete to be the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. Players have three goals which will help them earn points: capturing targets, completing contracts, and purchasing droids and crates at the Jawa market.
There is no down-time in this drafting game: everyone plays at the same time. Players start with 4 cards in hand. Each turn, players pick a card from one of the available piles (targets, hunters, contracts, and Jawa market). Then, they can choose to either play or sell a card. Finally, they pass their remaining hand to their left-hand neighbor.
Target cards have defense values, while hunter and droid cards have attack values. To capture a target, players must equal or exceed the target’s defense values by placing hunter and droid cards in front of their targets. Once a target is defeated, it is placed horizontally.
Players may also fill contracts by choosing contract cards. These grant bonus points for capturing specific targets and purchasing crates.
The first player to capture 4 targets earns bonuses, and this triggers the final 2 turns. Using the scorepad, players count the points they earned from capturing targets, filling contracts, and purchasing crates, and they deduce points they spent to hire hunters. The player with the most points is declared the best bounty hunter in the galaxy!
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Vendor: Zygomatic
Type: Board Games
Price:
19.95
Designer |
Frédéric Henry Corey Konieczka |
Publisher | Zygomatic |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 20-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Integrates With
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Timeline Twist |
Vendor: Bombyx
Type: Board Games
Price:
19.95
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Bombyx |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Diplodocus is clearly heavier than Tyrannosaurus, but what about Brachiosaurus? I imagine the Stegosaurus is lighter than those three, but is it lighter than a woolly mammoth? Not easy, I think I'll just place the saber-toothed tiger, at least I know where to put it… Well, I think? This box contains 110 cards on the theme of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. It can be played alone, or combined with the other titles of the Cardline series.
Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
19.95
Designer |
Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Vendor: Zygomatic
Type: Board Games
Price:
17.95
Designer |
Frédéric Henry Corey Konieczka |
Publisher | Zygomatic |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 20-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Integrates With
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Timeline Twist |
Vendor: Zygomatic
Type: Board Games
Price:
19.95
Designer |
Frédéric Henry Corey Konieczka |
Publisher | Zygomatic |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 20-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Integrates With
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Timeline Twist: Pop Culture Edition |
Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
20.95
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Honors |
Challenge yourself and your friends to a test of logic, intuition, and memory skills in CardLine Animals! Each turn, you'll play a card from your hand, correctly positioning it in the line according to the animal's size, weight, or lifespan. With each card played, the game gains more complexity, and the choices get harder and harder. Best of all, everyone is guaranteed to learn something new whenever you play. The first player to successfully place all of their cards during a round is the winner!
The first player to get rid of all her cards by placing them correctly wins. If multiple players go out in the same round, then everyone else is eliminated from play and each of those players are dealt one more card for another round of play. If only one player has no cards after a bonus round, she wins; otherwise play continues until a single player goes out.
Vendor: REBEL.pl
Type: Board Games
Price:
26.95
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher |
Rebel Sp. z o.o. |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Note: This game is in Polish.
Cardline: Marvel is similar to Cardline: Animals — but with superheroes and other characters from the Marvel Comics universe! It is a card game played with approximately 100 cards. Both sides of each card depict a character and its name, while its weight, IQ and fighting ability are printed on only one side of the card. For each game, players decide before playing which of the three statistics they're comparing.
At the start of the game, each player places a number of character cards on the table in front of them with the characteristics hidden. One card is placed in the center of the table with its characteristics revealed. Players then take turns placing a card from their tableau in a row on the table; a player can place a card between any two other cards. After placing the card, the player reveals the characteristics on it. If the card was placed correctly – that is, with the particular characteristic in numerical order compared to all other cards on the table – the card stays in place; otherwise the card is removed from play and the player takes another card from the deck and adds it to their tableau.
The first player to get rid of all their cards by placing them correctly wins.
Vendor: Zygomatic
Type: Board Games
Price:
11.95
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Zygomatic |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: Monolith
Type: Board Games
Price:
67.99
Designer |
Bruno Cathala Gaël Goumon Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Monolith |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Expansion For
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Conan |
Vendor: Monolith
Type: Board Games
Price:
67.99
Designer |
Antoine Bauza Eric Bourlett Eric Gehres Frédéric Henry Ludovic Maublanc |
Publisher | Monolith |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Expansion For | Conan |
Vendor: Monolith
Type: Board Games
Price:
67.99
Designer |
Croc Frédéric Henry Sippik |
Publisher | Monolith |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 60-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Expands | Conan |
Vendor: Monolith
Type: Board Games
Price:
33.99
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Monolith |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 60-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Expands | Conan |
Vendor: Bombyx
Type: Board Games
Price:
46.74
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Bombyx |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 30-40 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: Monolith
Type: Board Games
Price:
131.74
Designer | |
Publisher | Monolith |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Honors | 2016 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee |
Expansions |
Conan: Yogah of Yag Conan: Crossbowmen Conan: Kushite Witch Hunters Conan: Nordheim Conan: Khitai Conan: Stygia |
Accessories | Conan: Dice Pack |
Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
56.95
Designer | Guillaume Blossier, Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Rio Grande Games |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Asteroyds is a racing and pre-program game similar to RoboRally but with enough significant differences to make it stand out as its own design.
Each player takes on the role of a famous Shuttle Racer Pilot and they have been drawn to a deadly event put on by a mega-rich entrepreneur that has recently bought the Ujitos system.
The aim of Asteroyds is to navigate the highly dangerous asteroid field and pass through four gates. What sets the game apart from other games of this design is that almost everything in the race zone can move position, so the players need to plan with that in mind.
So each round begins with the rolling of three dice; red, white and blue. These relate to coloured asteroids of the matching colour and each rock has a set of numbers from 1-6 printed on them. This gives every pilot the information they need to know where each object will most likely move to (the value rolled for each dice determines which direction the object moves in) using the hex based board.
The trick is that some objects move a differing number of spaces and objects react differently when collisions occur, thus a player's best laid plans may not pan out due to mistakes.
Mistakes introduces the other unique aspect of Asteroyds. The players only get a given amount of time to work out their best flight path and then plan their moves on their planning board. A minute is recommended and 30 seconds for experts. This real-time tension in the planning is tense and helps the game to stick to a good play length.
Asteroyds also offers advanced rules such as shooting, special pilot powers and also varied play modes such as; Shooting, Targets and drones. Some of these allow for team play.
Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
24.95
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Note: This game includes English
Cardline: Marvel is similar to Cardline: Animals — but with superheroes and other characters from the Marvel Comics universe! It is a card game played with approximately 100 cards. Both sides of each card depict a character and its name, while its weight, IQ and fighting ability are printed on only one side of the card. For each game, players decide before playing which of the three statistics they're comparing.
At the start of the game, each player places a number of character cards on the table in front of them with the characteristics hidden. One card is placed in the center of the table with its characteristics revealed. Players then take turns placing a card from their tableau in a row on the table; a player can place a card between any two other cards. After placing the card, the player reveals the characteristics on it. If the card was placed correctly – that is, with the particular characteristic in numerical order compared to all other cards on the table – the card stays in place; otherwise the card is removed from play and the player takes another card from the deck and adds it to their tableau.
The first player to get rid of all their cards by placing them correctly wins.
Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
24.95
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Timeline: Star Wars is a card game played using 110 cards. Each card depicts a Star Wars Universe event on both sides, with the number referriong to the point in time in which that event occurred on only one side. Players take turns placing a card from their hand in a row on the table. After placing the card, the player reveals the time information on it. If the card was placed correctly with the number in chronological order with all other cards on the table, the card stays in place; otherwise the card is removed from play and the player takes another card from the deck.
Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
46.74
Designer |
Frédéric Henry Cyril Demaegd |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-10 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Honors | 2015 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee |
Timeline is a card game played using 110 cards. Each card depicts a historical event on both sides, with the year in which that event occurred on only one side. Players take turns placing a card from their hand in a row on the table. After placing the card, the player reveals the date on it. If the card was placed correctly with the date in chronological order with all other cards on the table, the card stays in place; otherwise the card is removed from play and the player takes another card from the deck.
The first player to get rid of all his cards by placing them correctly wins. If multiple players go out in the same round, then everyone else is eliminated from play and each of those players are dealt one more card for another round of play. If only one player has no cards after a bonus round, he wins; otherwise play continues until a single player goes out.
Timeline Challenge incorporates the original mechanic of the series into progressive game track, of which players can move between 0-4 spaces per turn. Players will have to make use of pre-determined time periods and guess where the incident depicted on the card occurred. There are four different challenges, and they are played depending on the color of the game space of the lead player. Additionally there are two further challenges which allow the two players at the back of the pack to catch up. Although the game comes with its own cards, it can be integrated with any or all of the previous sets.
Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
21.24
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 30 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Integrates With |
From the hanging gardens of Babylon to the pyramids of Egypt, and without forgetting the Greek Parthenon, The Builders: Antiquity— a standalone card game based on The Builders: Middle Ages — offers a whole range of challenges to its builders. To face these challenges, you must put on your foreman clothes. Between hiring workers, managing their organization, purchasing slaves or tools, and taking out loans, you'll have to make the right decisions to fulfill your dream: Becoming the greatest builder the age has ever known.
In the game, players score points (and gain money) by completing the construction of buildings. Each building has four characteristics — carpentry, masonry, architecture, painting — rated between 0 and 5, and the workers have the same characteristics valued in the same range. To complete a construction, the player must add enough workers to cover the four characteristics of the building, but placing a worker on a construction site costs money.
Each turn players have three free actions; however, for an added cost players may also chose to buy additional actions during their turn. Unlike in The Builders: Middle Ages, players can acquire slaves and put them to work, but if they don't pay to free the slaves by the end of the game, they lose points. Other changes from the original game include the ability to send your workers to universities or purchase tools to improve their characteristics.
Make use of your workers, of your slaves, or your freed slaves to build your buildings and amass victory points to ultimately be named the greatest builder of all!
Vendor: (Unknown)
Type: Board Games
Price:
17.84
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Family |
Timeline: Discoveries |
From the first Stetson hat to the unveiling of the first iPad, America's history and its popular culture have gone hand in hand. See if you can remember when the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth, or when Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic. American popular history was never this much fun!
Timeline: Americana takes the players through a historical tour of the popular history of the country. Each player has a hand of cards, and they take turns trying to place those cards correctly into the growing timeline. Guess correctly to get rid of all your cards and win!
Vendor: (Unknown)
Type: Board Games
Price:
17.84
Designer | Frédéric Henry |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Family |
Timeline: Discoveries |
From the first Stetson hat to the unveiling of the first iPad, America's history and its popular culture have gone hand in hand. See if you can remember when the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth, or when Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic. American popular history was never this much fun!
Timeline: Americana takes the players through a historical tour of the popular history of the country. Each player has a hand of cards, and they take turns trying to place those cards correctly into the growing timeline. Guess correctly to get rid of all your cards and win!
Vendor: Edge Entertainment
Type: Board Games
Price:
59.95
Designer | |
Publisher | Edge Entertainment |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 45 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Honors |
Note: This game is in French, based on BoardGameGeek the game itself is language independent.
The publisher says:
The Adventurers features a fast-paced thrilling run through the Temple of Chac, the Mayan rain god. As your intrepid adventurers delve through the ruins, they will face deadly traps guarding the ancient relics they prize.
User Summary:
A very light dice-roller, basically a fun simulation of Indiana-Jones-style temple robbers. Players move through a Mayan temple, risking constant death while trying to get to the exit, carrying as much treasure as they dare. The more treasure cards you have, the fewer actions you might get this round. If your character gets killed, a second one can drop in and you may still get enough treasure and escape to win.
The temple starts with a room of crushing walls, leading into a winding passage that takes you past a lava pit and locked alcoves. The passage goes on, with two short-cuts that might save you time; a fast river or a rickety wooden bridge. You must balance attempts to grab treasure from the rooms, as you pass through, with staying ahead of a massive boulder, tumbling down the passage after you. If you have to let the boulder pass or be crushed to death, then you're forced to jump in the river and risk drowning just to get ahead. Otherwise, the boulder reaches the exit before you, blocking it and you're trapped forever.
A mix of very basic lucky dice-rolling, lucky card draw for the treasure, and some decision-making about possible risks. Beautifully produced, with 12 small but detailed plastics miniatures, and an exotic and deadly temple. Adults may tire from repeats of The Adventurers, but kids will get lots of thrills.
Vendor: Fantasy Flight Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
57.95
Designer | |
Publisher | Fantasy Flight Games |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 45 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Honors |
The publisher says:
The Adventurers features a fast-paced thrilling run through the Temple of Chac, the Mayan rain god. As your intrepid adventurers delve through the ruins, they will face deadly traps guarding the ancient relics they prize.
User Summary:
A very light dice-roller, basically a fun simulation of Indiana-Jones-style temple robbers. Players move through a Mayan temple, risking constant death while trying to get to the exit, carrying as much treasure as they dare. The more treasure cards you have, the fewer actions you might get this round. If your character gets killed, a second one can drop in and you may still get enough treasure and escape to win.
The temple starts with a room of crushing walls, leading into a winding passage that takes you past a lava pit and locked alcoves. The passage goes on, with two short-cuts that might save you time; a fast river or a rickety wooden bridge. You must balance attempts to grab treasure from the rooms, as you pass through, with staying ahead of a massive boulder, tumbling down the passage after you. If you have to let the boulder pass or be crushed to death, then you're forced to jump in the river and risk drowning just to get ahead. Otherwise, the boulder reaches the exit before you, blocking it and you're trapped forever.
A mix of very basic lucky dice-rolling, lucky card draw for the treasure, and some decision-making about possible risks. Beautifully produced, with 12 small but detailed plastics miniatures, and an exotic and deadly temple. Adults may tire from repeats of The Adventurers, but kids will get lots of thrills.