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Rolling Ranch: Celeiros e Rebanhos (Brazil Import)

2024-08-21T12:42:42-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.21

Designer	Jordy Adan
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	1-10
Playtime	15-20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	423080/rolling-ranch-celeiros-e-rebanhos http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/423080/rolling-ranch-celeiros-e-rebanhos/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. The game is language independent.

The day starts early on the farm. You wake up and get out of bed like any other normal day, only to discover that the sun is already over the horizon... Wait, the sun is already up?... The clock says 8 AM! You should already be working on the day's tasks. What happened to the rooster? You head outside to check, but as soon as you step out, you see the devastation all over the farm. During the night, a hurricane destroyed the farm fences and the animals have escaped! You need to recover them. Hopefully, they haven't gone too far. Now, you must go out to fix the fences and rescue them from the nearby forest.

Rolling Ranch: Celeiros e Rebanhos reimplements the original game with a new scoring system and new missions. With a pencil and a Farm Sheet, players use the results of a dice roll to rescue animals and improve their farm. Each player tries to place the animals on their farm in the best way possible and build structures to receive bonuses that will help them achieve the highest score. Everyone plays at the same time! Who will rescue the most animals and be the most successful farmer?

—description from the publisher

The Good, the Bad and the Goat (Brazil Import)

2024-08-19T21:38:38-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 46.95

Designer	Sérgio Halaban
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	417561/the-good-the-bad-and-the-goat http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/417561/the-good-the-bad-and-the-goat/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. The game is language independent. English rules can be found here.

In The Good, The Bad and the Goat, players assume the roles of various Old West characters, striving for wealth, control, and dominance in a frontier town.

Throughout the game's three rounds, players engage in a dynamic exchange of Character Cards. As the dealer rotates among players, each turn involves checking four cards and offering one face-down to another player. The dealer must declare which character is being offered but may lie about this. The recipient then faces the choice to accept or decline the card. If accepted, they gain control of the character; if declined, the dealer gains control of the character. In either case, the player on the left becomes the new dealer. Characters grant players with coins or valuable belongings, but some, like the Sheriff and the Gunslinger, bring trouble or arrest. And, of course, no one wants to get the Goat because it's worthless.

Following three rounds (or four in two-player games), the game concludes. The player with the highest total of money in coins and Belonging Tokens is the winner.

—description from the publisher

Àiyé (Brazil Import)

2024-01-29T20:54:24-05:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 51.95

Designer	André Teruya Eichemberg Igor Knop
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-4
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	322626/aiye http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322626/aiye/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. English rules can be found here.

The collective is stronger than the individual. In the civilization of Àiyé, these words hold true. They prioritize harmony amongst their people, resulting in a strong and powerful society. With the help of the natural elements, their leaders will harness the power of the sun and moon to lead the Àiyé civilization to fulfill their destiny.

Àiyé brings a fresh look at one of the first board game mechanisms, the mancala. On each turn players sow seeds on a mancala of cards columns, activating abilities of the last sowed column. During the game players will expand and improve their columns, building a unique mancala full of possibilities and combinations.

Each player's turn is divided in 3 steps: Sow, Column Activation and Village. Sowing is the mancala motor that allows players to choose which column is activated.To Sow, players pick up all energy seeds from one space below a column and add one seed to each space below the following columns.

In the Village energy seeds may be spent to summon up characters and gain masks. Cards grant columns different abilities, like gaining energy seeds, moving cards or seeds and block other players' columns. Mask cards also reward points at the end of the game based on different scoring conditions.

The game ends when a player gains the fourth Mask card or if a player has 18 cards in their play area at the end of the round. Whoever manages their cards and sowings best is the winner who will lead the community to a bright future.

Whoever manages their cards and sowings best is the winner who will lead the community to a bright future.

Dobro (Brazil Import)

2023-09-07T20:44:08-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 29.95

Designer	Fel Barros Lucas Castanho Pedro Vinicius
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	15-20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	357991/dobro http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357991/dobro/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

Dobro is a fast and fun climbing game where you have 3 options on your turn:
- Play a card higher than the value in play;
- Play two identical cards, doubling their value;
- Or play a card with the same value in play to double it!

If you can't play any card… That's bad! Put all cards in play in your Score Pile and start a new climbing.

When a player plays the last card in their hand, the round ends and players receive points based on the cards in the Score Pile. The less cards you have, the more points you get!

So, take advantage of the Special Cards, using them at the right time in order to change the direction of play, skip your turn or even play any number to avoid getting cards.

At the end of three rounds, the player with the highest score wins the game!

This is Mine (a.k.a. 2023 Isso é meu!) (Brazil Import)

2023-09-07T20:37:59-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.95

Designer	Sérgio Halaban
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	387911/mine http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387911/mine/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

Uncle Howard has left us for good. An inveterate beatnik, he lived life to the fullest. Throughout his life, he visited many countries around the world and always brought back incredible memories and stories of his adventures. In his will, Uncle Howard was amused to propose that his heir nephews and nieces divide his estate between them through a game.

In This Is Mine! each player represents one of Uncle Howard's heirs, who receives parts of the inheritance to be divided among all. As the uncle lived with great artists, many of these objects belonged to famous musicians, poets and writers of his time, all very precious!

In each round, the starting player divides the revealed cards from the deck into lots. Each lot must contain at least one card, but the player can split it however they see fit. Then the starting player chooses one of the lots, placing his marker on it: "This is Mine!". Each of the other players must either agree or disagree. To disagree, a player must exchange the marker on the lot for his own and value one of the other available lots, adding money to it. When everyone accepts that the lot belongs to one of the players, a new round of claims begins, with one of the remaining players choosing one of the remaining lots.

Inheritance Cards bring different types of items, and each type of item has a set-collection scoring. At the end of the game, the player with the most valuable inheritance wins. So, players must pay attention when dividing and try to gather the best collection of items.

—description from the publisher

Stonks (Brazil Import)

2023-09-07T20:33:32-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 34.95

Designer	Robert Coelho Luis Francisco
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	20-45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	364277/stonks http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364277/stonks/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

It's 10 am and the Animalia Stock Exchange opens its doors, attracting many investors in search of the best business opportunities. Jacques and Marie, a couple of rabbits, want to secure a quick profit on Carotte Orange SCA shares. Felipe, the shark, tries to convince Karl, the pig, that Peixe Azul S.A. It's a good deal, but the pig is only interested in Roter Apfel AG, whose shares have already earned him good profits recently. Hank the bull is confident of Green Grass Inc.'s rising profits, but Sofia the bear prefers to be more cautious and make a safe investment in Miele Giallo S.p.A. Finally, Harshad, the wolf, tries to convince everyone that he is a successful investor, but there are rumors that he became a millionaire with a pyramid scheme. Before the Exchange closes its operations, anything can happen! Who will raise both arms and shout “STONKS!” in celebration?

Stonks it's a trick taking and stock market game. One of the players leads the trick by playing a card and everyone must follow suit. Whoever played the highest card wins the trick and chooses one of the played cards to put in the wallet. All cards have shares, which yield victory points according to the companies' market value. Some cards, when used, allow the player to modify a company's stock exchange rate, either in his favor or to ruin opponents dreams. After all cards are used, the player with the most victory points is the winner.

-description from designer