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FateFlip: Washed Ashore PRE-ORDER

2024-07-02T10:26:36-04:00

Vendor: Alley Cat Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner
Publisher	Alley Cat Games
Players	1-99
Playtime	35-35 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	401493/fateflip-washed-ashore http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401493/fateflip-washed-ashore/forums/63

ETA Q3 2024

You come to on a sandy beach. The sun is burning your back, the sea salt makes your skin itchy, your tongue barely moves in your mouth… You remember a huge wave washing you overboard, and you quickly lost sight of the ship. You are lucky to stay alive. But where are you? Is this place inhabited and do ships sail here? Will you ever return to your homeland? And will you be able to even survive?

Washed Ashore is a story-based solo adventure in which the player takes the role of the game's main character who is shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted island. The player reads parts of the story on cards and makes decisions related to them, the consequences of which are revealed to the player immediately or after some time.

As the player progresses through the game and follows the story map by map, he finds/creates resources that he can further use to achieve the goals of the game.

The game consists of several parts/chapters, during which the main character tries to get off the island, finds and lives in a tribe of natives and tries to sail to his homeland on a ship that sailed to the islands.

—description from the publisher

Noobs in Space

2023-09-05T09:38:31-04:00

Vendor: KOSMOS
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner Markus Slawitscheck
Publisher	KOSMOS
Players	3-5
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	376472/noobs-space http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376472/noobs-space/forums/63

You are a team of newbie astronauts sent on an actual mission in an actual spaceship in actual outer space! Exciting, right? It would be...if any of you actually knew what you were doing. Would have been nice to have at least one experienced pilot on board, but now that you're here, you'll just have to figure it out as you go along.

In Noobs in Space, a team of two to five players must complete a series of tasks and challenges together, using what little knowledge you have. Not all hope is lost because each of you has a small part of the solution; you just need to figure out how to put it all together. While one player may know the task at hand but not have the resources to implement it, those resources may be shared among three other players. They, on the other hand, do not know what is necessary based on the information they have. Since players cannot show cards to each other, there must be a lot of clear communication and interaction by describing or reading out cards in order to gradually find out what should be done — and all of this must be done as quickly as possible.

The story leads through several levels, and each level consists of several tasks, so the whole game is an action-packed event from beginning to end.

Challengers! Beach Cup

2023-09-05T09:28:56-04:00

Vendor: Z-Man Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner Markus Slawitscheck
Publisher	Z-Man Games
Players	1-8
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	390340/challengers-2 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390340/challengers-2/forums/63

Challengers! 2 is an interactive deck-management game for 1-8 players that plays in about 45 minutes independent of player count. With the tournament gameplay style, you meet another opponent every round.

In the Deck Phase, you choose new members and add them to your deck, which might consist of a wizard, alien, cat, gangster and kraken. Dozens of distinct characters with more than forty effects create a unique experience every game. Choose from seven different sets and discover new strategies and synergies every game.

In the Match Phase, stay in possession of the flag to win the trophy of that round. Try to get the most fans and trophies over the course of seven rounds to be able to qualify for the final. If you can best your opponent in the final, you win!

Challengers! 2 contains a 16-card "Trainers" expansion that gives each player a unique power. Some give you bonuses when defending, some when you're on the offensive, and others can extend your bench or even let you rearrange your deck.

Challengers! 2 is a standalone game that can also be mixed with Challengers! to create new set combinations and new experiences.

Challengers!

2022-09-09T11:24:38-04:00

Vendor: Z-Man Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 45.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner Markus Slawitscheck
Publisher	Z-Man Games
Players	1-8
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honor	2023 Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner 2023 Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee 2023 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Initié Winner 2023 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Initié Nominee 2022 Tric Trac Nominee 2022 Tric Trac Famille Nominee 2022 Tric Trac de Bronze Famille 2022 Golden Geek Light Game of the Year Nominee 2022 Golden Geek Best Party Game Nominee
Additional Info	359970/challengers http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359970/challengers/forums/63

Challengers! is an interactive deck-management game for 1-8 players that plays in about 45 minutes independent of player count. With the tournament gameplay style, you meet another opponent every round.

In the Deck Phase, you choose new members and add them to your deck, which might consist of a wizard, alien, cat, gangster and kraken. 75 distinct characters with more than 40 exciting effects create a unique experience every game. Choose from six different sets and discover new strategies and synergies every game.

In the Match Phase, stay in flag possession to win the trophy of that round. Try to get the most fans and trophies over the course of seven rounds to be able to qualify for the final. If you can best your opponent in the final, you win Challengers!

(If you think that all sounds a lot like a board game adaption of a digital Autobattler, we are proud to tell you that this is the first of its kind!)

—description from the publisher

Kyoto

2020-12-27T00:09:42-05:00

Vendor: Pegasus Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designers	Sabine Harrer Johannes Krenner
Publisher	Pegasus Spiele
Players	3-6
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	317643/kyoto http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/317643/kyoto/forums/63

Kyoto takes players straight into one of the burning issues of our time: climate change — and not with a wagging finger, but by putting them into the shoes of the decision makers.

As delegates from different countries, players face a few quick rounds of negotiation at a climate conference. Together, they try to hit reduction targets and provide the needed funding, knowing that each round they fail to do so they inflict severe damage on the planet. But bent on preserving their own country's wealth and following their secret agendas, none of them may be eager to give more than absolutely necessary. After all, the winner will be whoever best preserves their wealth...unless the impending damage to earth becomes too severe, in which case the conference fails immediately and the greediest player can't win.

Escape Room: The Game – The Magician

2020-06-12T16:21:49-04:00

Vendor: Identity Games International B.V.
Type: Escape Games
Price: 10.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner
Publisher	Identity Games International B.V.
Players	3-5
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	16 and up
Expansion For	Escape Room: The Game
Additional Info	262887/escape-room-game-magician http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262887/escape-room-game-magician/forums/63

Expansion for Escape Room The Game. Finally the night falls over London. The lamplighter runs through Lockholm Street. You and your friends sneak around Pharaoh Hall, where the famous Flaubert Moudin gives his shows. You wait until the night porter starts his first round around the building. Then you sneak in through the main entrance. In exactly one hour he will come back for his second round. You just want to search the reception desk in the Red Velvet Lobby, when the entrance door hits the lock with a bang. Do you know how to escape?

—description from the publisher

Age of Dirt: A Game of Uncivilization

2019-05-02T14:23:01-04:00

Vendor: WizKids
Type: Board Games
Price: 48.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner
Publisher	WizKids
Players	2-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	277131/age-dirt-game-uncivilization http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/277131/age-dirt-game-uncivilization/forums/63

In Age of Dirt: A Game of Uncivilization, you control a small tribe at the dawn of civilization, sending out your workers in the hopes of collecting the resources you need to grow and thrive. Unfortunately, they won't always listen. Before collecting resources, you have to drop all the workers in that resource's space through "The Passage", a three-dimensional, mountain shaped tower where they will tumble and get stuck, leaving only a few to get out and actually collect that resource. The rest will have to wait to be knocked loose on a future turn.

So if you send a worker to the forest to collect wood and berries, they might end up in the mountains collecting herbs, on the plains hunting for fur, or in the "Love Tent" making...your population larger. They might also bring some predators out of The Passage with them — or not come back at all.

Players use the resources their workers end up with to arm their workers with spears and drums, to build a larger cave, or to create an invention, which earns victory points for their tribe. The first player to have 10 victory points wins!

Junta: Las Cartas

2017-10-13T00:48:19-04:00

Vendor: AEG
Type: Board Games
Price: 18.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner Christoph Reiser Sebastian Resl
Publisher	Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)
Players	3-6
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Reimplements	Junta
Additional Info	192777/junta-las-cartas http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192777/junta-las-cartas/forums/63

Junta: Las Cartas is a card game based on Junta that differs from the earlier such card game Junta: Viva el Presidente!

Römisch Pokern (German Import)

2016-06-06T02:27:00-04:00

Vendor: AMIGO
Type: Board Games
Price: 19.95

Designer	Johannes Krenner, David Parlett
Publisher	AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH
Players	2-6
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	181956/romisch-pokern https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181956/romisch-pokern/forums/63

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

Roll dice as in Ancient Rome, trying to form the highest possible Roman numerals from your results. But don't be too quick to roll for the highest value because "Alea iacta est"; the dice might no longer form a valid Roman numeral. What's more, the results you roll must be placed in ascending order on the scoresheet.

In Römisch Pokern, each player gets six action cards. On your turn, you first roll a die. After each roll, you must decide whether to stop or to continue by rolling an additional die. You may continue to roll as long as your results can still form a Roman numeral. If you end your turn with a valid number, this number is noted in your column of the scoresheet. You can decide in which of the seven rows the number gets written. The only restrictions are that the numbers must be in ascending order from top to bottom, and you cannot repeat a number.

If you rolled an invalid number, or the number is already in your column of the scoresheet, your turn ends. All is not lost, though! You can still use your action cards to turn a bad roll into a good one; however, you must make this choice carefully because each action card still unused at the end of the game provides bonus points! The game ends when someone has seven numbers in their column of the scoresheet, and the player with the most points wins.