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Moon

2023-10-12T21:00:07-04:00

Vendor: Sinister Fish Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 42.95

Designer	Haakon Gaarder
Publisher	Sinister Fish Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	45-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	358386/moon http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358386/moon/forums/63

Moon depicts an almost plausible rush to construct lunar bases that are attractive places to live and work for the people of Earth. The most prestigious base will become the new lunar capital!

The game employs the familiar "pick & pass" or "hand drafting" mechanism for players to select a new structure cards to add to their base. Each hand of cards represents a convoy of experts and equipment travelling between the players' outposts, giving the player the choice of one new construction each turn. In a new twist on the genre, each hand always contains one of a number of "Expedition" cards that grant a special free action every turn before passing on to the next player.

Wooden lunar rover tokens are a neutral resource that add a worker placement element to the game. They are also used to break ties and so must be used with care.

Over the three distinct eras of the game, players compete for majority in 5 aspects of their bases: housing, transportation, science, industry, and food production. At the end of each era, the leader in each of these areas as determined by flag icons on their constructed buildings, collects bonus victory points.

Each game also features a number of randomly selected "Reputation" cards which provide one-time or ongoing bonuses for the player who meets the requirement and claims the card.

Moon is the third game of a loose trilogy, preceeded by Villagers and Streets.

—description from the publisher

Villagers: Shifting Seasons

2022-07-04T07:15:22-04:00

Vendor: Sinister Fish Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 19.95

Designer	Haakon Gaarder
Publisher	Sinister Fish Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Expansion For	Villagers
Additional Info	333503/villagers-shifting-seasons http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/333503/villagers-shifting-seasons/forums/63

Through the year various traditions, visitors, and events give the villages interesting opportunities for business and expansion.

Shifting Seasons features several new modules for the Villagers base game, allowing for greater variability, more opportunity, and even more crucial decisions. The expansion adds enough new cards and official rules for games to last an extra round on average, allowing players to build even bigger and better villages!

- Event cards offer new actions and scoring opportunities for all players.

- Powerful new Special villagers like the Engineer, Inventor, and Merchant offer rule-bending abilities.

- A whole new suit of villagers allows for longer games at 4 & 5 players, or can be used to mix up any game by replacing the Grapes suit.

- Teams are a new villager type that can be recruited at any time to add an extra food or build icon.

- A new way to play solo: The Monastery Solo Mode offers a more relaxed single player experience.

-description from publisher

Streets

2021-12-27T09:13:38-05:00

Vendor: Sinister Fish Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 33.95

Designer	Haakon Gaarder
Publisher	Sinister Fish Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	279720/streets http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279720/streets/forums/63

The city was once a small and sleepy town, but the affordable properties have attracted artists, startup companies, and families. Celebrities and influencers are moving in, and after some recent archeological findings, the tourist industry is booming. Street by street, the city is transforming into a centre of culture and commerce.

Players are investors creating attractive new streets in the growing city, investing in new businesses and homes. Some streets will become hotspots for hipsters, others will be dominated by tourists or families with children. Others still will become designated shopping areas. Where will your Microbrewery profit the most? What is the best location for a Toy Store? What kind of environments are the other investors creating, and can you exploit their work for your own gain?

As each street is completed, the people on it will move to new buildings that interest them - hopefully one of your buildings in an up-and-coming street. Can you compete with the hype of your rivals and grow your following over time? To earn the most money and win the game you need to manage your limited investment funds cleverly, planning ahead while keeping your mind open to fresh opportunities.

Streets is a tile-laying game where players build a city together. Each building has a simple valuation formula which earns money for the owner when the street is scored. Valuations are affected by the other buildings in the street, so smart placement is essential to maximise profit. On top of this, the city is populated by hipsters, families, shoppers and tourists, each with their own preferred building type. Cleverly located properties can benefit from the growing crowds of people who further increase the value of the buildings they visit.

Optional expansion modules add powerful asymmetric player abilities, and extra layers of strategy & tough decisions.

Villagers: Kickstarter Expansion Pack

2019-02-12T14:28:48-05:00

Vendor: Sinister Fish Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 8.95

Designer	Haakon Gaarder
Publisher	Sinister Fish Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion for	Villagers

A set of four modular expansions and a wooden start player token for Villagers, included with the Kickstarter edition of the game.

"Scoundrels" adds 9 new villagers.

"Saints" adds 5 new villagers.

"Profiteers" adds 8 new villagers and a new scoring mechanism.

"Developments" adds building 12 cards and 3 colour printed wooden tokens which add an extra scoring opportunity to the game.

—description from the publisher

Villagers

2019-02-12T14:28:29-05:00

Vendor: Sinister Fish Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 27.95

Designer	Haakon Gaarder
Publisher	Sinister Fish Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansions	Villagers: Kickstarter Expansion Pack Villagers: Shifting Seasons
Additional Info	241724/villagers http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/241724/villagers/forums/63

You are the founder of a new village during the middle ages, in the years after a great plague. The loss of so many people has created big problems for the survivors. Many of the people the villagers used to depend on for essential things like food, shelter and clothes are gone. Craftsmen find themselves without suppliers of raw materials, traders have lost their customers and many have lost their farms and workshops as they escaped the plague.

The roads are full of refugees seeking a new beginning. They come to you, hoping to settle down on your land and make a living. Your grain farm is the ideal starting point for a village, reliably providing food for many people. You must choose wisely who you allow to settle with you, as your food and resources are limited.

The people on the road have valuable and unique skills, but they all in turn rely on other people with very specific crafts to be able to work. Raw materials, tools and services must be provided by other people from the road.

If you manage to find people that can work together to make a profit, while increasing your food surplus and capacity for building new houses, your village will be prosperous.

The game comes with a solo mode where a lone village strives to prosper in spite of the dreaded Countess and her evil machinations.

—description from the publisher