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Nine Tiles Extreme

2023-11-28T00:17:25-05:00

Vendor: Oink Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 24.95

Designer	Jens Merkl Jean-Claude Pellin
Publisher	Oink Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	6 and up
Additional Info	391084/nine-tiles-extreme http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391084/nine-tiles-extreme/forums/63

It's the "Extreme" version of "Nine Tiles" - now more chaotic than ever before!
After having sold over 200,000 times, the popular board game "Nine Tiles" has received an advanced version that is available now! Move and flip your 9 tiles to get them to match a given pattern.

While the basic rules of arranging tiles to match a theme card are the same as in the regular "Nine Tiles", this version introduces multi-purpose patterns that can be matched by either color or shape. Will you have to match the shapes this time? Or is it the colors? Here comes the speed puzzle game that will confuse your brains even more!

Spaceship Unity

2022-08-06T23:19:21-04:00

Vendor: Pegasus Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 59.95

Designer	Ulrich Blum Jens Merkl
Publisher	Pegasus Spiele
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	367361/spaceship-unity http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367361/spaceship-unity/forums/63

Spaceship Unity takes gaming to a whole new level, transforming your home into a spaceship! As recruits of the IPA, i.e. the Interplanetary Alliance, the players experience an extraordinary story full of action and adventure and have to steer their own spaceship, with the fan turning into a jet engine, the blinds into a protective shield, the bookshelf into a diplomatic database, and much more!

In Spaceship Unity – Season 1.1, the focus is on the story. As in a TV series, the story continues over several episodes (five in this case). Each of them is divided into multiple chapters with branching story paths for a different experience. As in real life, the story keeps going no matter how the crew performs. However, that doesn't mean the mission is to be taken lightly! After all, the players are the last hope for galactic peace, and the course of the story will change depending on the players' success or lack thereof, for better or for worse.

—description from publisher

Divvy Dice

2020-08-10T11:44:27-04:00

Vendor: Stronghold Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 24.95

Designers	Ulrich Blum Jens Merkl
Publisher	Stronghold Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	297895/divvy-dice http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/297895/divvy-dice/forums/63

In the dice-rolling game Divvy Dice — first released as Man muss auch gönnen können ("You have to also grant others something") — players determine their own targets for what to roll by buying cards during the game to build their own score sheet.

All players are involved in the game because if the active player re-rolls their dice, then everyone else can use those results for themselves.

Man muss auch gönnen können (German Import)

2020-03-21T19:30:24-04:00

Vendor: Schmidt Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designers	Ulrich Blum Jens Merkl
Publisher	Schmidt Spiele
Players	1-4
Playing Time	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	297895/man-muss-auch-gonnen-konnen http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/297895/man-muss-auch-gonnen-konnen/forums/63

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

In the dice-rolling game Man muss auch gönnen können ("You have to also grant others something"), players determine their own targets for what to roll by buying cards during the game to build their own score sheet.

All players are involved in the game because if the active player re-rolls their dice, then everyone else can use those results for themselves.

Nine Tiles Panic

2019-07-04T15:57:23-04:00

Vendor: Oink Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 39.95

Designer	Jens Merkl Jean-Claude Pellin
Publisher	Oink Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Additional Info	279869/nine-tiles-panic http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/279869/nine-tiles-panic/forums/63

In Nine Tiles Panic (ナインタイルパニック), each player has a set of nine double-sided town tiles.

At the start of a round, three scoring cards are revealed, such as most aliens on a single road, most dogs visible, or longest road. All player then race to assemble their town in whatever pattern seems best, trying to score points for one, two, or three of the scoring cards as they wish. As soon as the first player decides that they're done, they flip the sand timer and everyone else has 90 seconds to complete their town, then players determine who scores for which cards, with ties being broken in favor of whoever finished first. Players score points based on the number of players in the game, and players track their score on a chart over multiple rounds.

Rat Trap

2017-11-24T22:28:21-05:00

Vendor: TIKI Editions Inc.
Type: Board Games
Price: 9.95

Designer	Jens Merkl Jean-Claude Pellin
Publisher	TIKI Editions Inc.
Players	3-5
Playtime	15-30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	232385/rat-trap http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232385/rat-trap/forums/63

In Rat Trap, players make up a rat-pack of burglars who work together to try to score as much cheese as possible while avoiding both traps and cat attacks — but can you really trust your partners in crime?

To set up, decks of cards are placed face down on the table, with these decks representing locations that the rats try to search (by drawing from them during the round). You want to find cheese in these decks, but you must also avoid the traps they contain. When it's your turn, you must roll two dice (or in the advanced rules four dice). The dice represent the actions available for this turn: draw cards, steal cards, send the cat to eliminate the competition, heal yourself, etc. Unfortunately, you may not use the dice you roll! You must choose one or two partners to whom you will give the dice. They decide which action they keep for themselves and which action they give back to you, so discuss and choose your partners carefully!

Rat Trap is a 15- to 25-minute family game that may also be played with gamers who want a quick and fun game with a bit of treachery in it. The game includes both basic rules and advanced rules, with the latter having more dice for more complicated choices and role cards that give you special abilities during the game. The game also includes a two-player variant.