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Chandigarh

2024-06-26T21:38:44-04:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 40.95

Designer	Toni López
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	2-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	374134/chandigarh http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/374134/chandigarh/forums/63

In 1951, the Indian government commissioned the renowned architect Le Corbusier to design a new capital for the state of Punjab. Thus, Chandigarh was born.

In the game Chandigarh, players in the role of urban planners are in charge of building this modern city from scratch. They will construct buildings, try to take advantage of buildings constructed by others, use the abilities of the different municipal employees, and try to position themselves in the key locations of the city, all with the aim of achieving the patterns of the plans they have chosen. Whoever scores the most prestige points wins.

In more detail, the city of Chandigarh is represented by a 4x4 grid of sector tiles, with each sector having multiple plots. These sectors intersect at junctions, with the edges of these tiles creating streets between the sectors. You each start with a project card that shows an arrangement of buildings, along with two different colored buildings from the four colors available; your architect starts on a junction in the city.

On a turn, you can move your architect up to the total numbers of footprints on your active project cards, stopping at each junction (if you wish) to place a building from your reserve on an empty plot next to a street that's adjacent to the junction you occupy. If you occupy the final plot of a sector, place one of your supervisors on this tile. Alternatively, on a turn you can choose a new project card from the display, placing it on the left or right side of your row of active project cards and taking buildings from the reserve based on the card you just placed and the card adjacent to it. If you now have four cards in a row, you immediately score the card at the opposite end of the row from the card you just placed. Score the points listed on this card each time the pattern on it occurs in the city.

Four specialist tokens start in the corners of the city, and if you construct a building of the specialist's color in the sector where they are located, you gain the power of that specialist for the remainder of the game and move them to a different sector. Each specialist has six different abilities, some that score you bonus points and others that give you special powers during play.

Polynesia: Expansion Map (Import)

2024-03-20T14:41:40-04:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 12.60

Designer	Peer Sylvester
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	2-4
Playing Time	60-75 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion For	Polynesia
Additional Info	322826/polynesia-expansion-map http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322826/polynesia-expansion-map/forums/63

Note: This game includes English and Spanish.

This expansion map provides a different configuration of routes for the base game, Polynesia.

Fictions: Memoirs of a Gangster (Import)

2023-11-18T16:46:47-05:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 83.95

Designer	Fabien Riffaud Juan Rodriguez
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-90 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	378731/fictions-memoirs-gangster http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378731/fictions-memoirs-gangster/forums/63

My good fellas, we have gathered you here today to share great news and possible plans. As you know, our family is renowned and respected throughout the neighbourhood, but I ask myself this: is it enough? What if we made this beautiful city our home? For this to happen, we need to be able to take the reins from a true position of power: the mayor's office. We start by making ourselves known in every corner of the city, we must ensure that our name is not only respected but feared, as it should be!

Fictions is a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players based on the classic gangster novels of the 1920s and 1930s, also known as "pulp". During this adventure, you will play the role of a mafia boss whose objective is to gain power and take control of the city and ultimately win the mayoral elections in the last Scenario. To do so, you will have to complete two previous Scenarios in order to achieve enough prestige so that the most feared gangsters in the city join the ranks of your clan and help you carry out your ambitious plan.

—description from the publisher

Sabika

2022-12-27T10:48:11-05:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 66.95

Designer	Germán P. Millán
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	1-4
Playtime	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	360265/sabika http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360265/sabika/forums/63

On the hill of Al-Sabika in Granada, the Nasrid dynasty created one of the most impressive constructions in history, the Alhambra.

In Sabika, you play the role of one of the Nasrid nobles who contributed to the construction of the towers, gardens, and palaces of this ancient monument. In addition to this honorable task, you have to establish trade routes through Europe and the Maghreb. These routes will provide you with sufficient income to be able to take on the demanding tribute that has been commanded by the Catholic Monarchs. In exchange for your work, you will receive military protection against the various conflicts of the Taifas Kingdom.

Sabika implements a novel mechanism that integrates three interrelated rondels. Each rondel focuses on a different scenario: the construction of the Alhambra, the carving of poems in its halls, and the export of goods along the trade routes. All of this takes place over five eras (rounds), and at the end of the fifth round, the player who has accumulated the most prestige points takes the victory.

—description from the publisher

The Siege of Runedar (English Edition)

2021-10-21T07:49:22-04:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 62.95

Designer	Reiner Knizia
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	1-4
Playing Time	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion	The Siege of Runedar: Mercenaries Promo Cards
Additional Info	333539/siege-runedar http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/333539/siege-runedar/forums/63

Since time immemorial, the mines of Runedar have supplied gold to generations of dwarves. Today, only a handful of them remain, guarding the fortress surrounding the entrance to the old, depleted mine... or so it was thought. This group of dwarves have been fortunate enough to accidently stumble upon a new vein of the purest gold and have managed to extract a small treasure. Unfortunately, just as they were about to set off to the safety of the nearest stronghold, they discover that the old fortress of Runedar is surrounded by orcs who are willing to do anything to get their hands on the precious metal. Now, the dwarves not only need to defend the fortress, they also must dig a tunnel under the mountain to escape and get their hard-earned gold to safety.

The Siege of Runedar is a co-operative game for 1-4 players who take on the role of dwarves charged with defending the walls of Runedar and the treasure they keep within. They will have to face orcs, goblins, and trolls, fighting in hand-to-hand combat against those who manage to get past the walls and shooting from a distance at those who try to enter. A deck-building system allows players to upgrade their weapons and tools as they must hold off the raiders long enough to build a tunnel to escape the terrible siege they have been subjected to and get the treasure to safety.

—description from the publisher

Sumatra (Import)

2020-11-24T11:25:11-05:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 64.95

Designer	Reiner Knizia
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	2-5
Playing Time	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	313000/sumatra http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/313000/sumatra/forums/63

Note: This game includes English and Spanish. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

Join this expedition, and you will have the unforgettable opportunity to explore Sumatra, from the top of its majestic volcanoes to the depths of its tropical rainforest. Find the most exotic animals and the most exuberant flowers, and discover the endless variety of cultures that coexist on the largest island in Indonesia. Your expedition sets out with the mission of writing a travel notebook that will help raise awareness of one of the richest ecosystems in the world. Whoever makes the best contribution to this exciting mission will win.

In Sumatra, players move around the island to explore its multiple landscapes. On a turn, your possible actions depend on where you're located in relation to the travel notebook token that starts the game in base camp with all the players:

If you're one space behind the token, you move to the notebook's space and end your turn.
If you're on the same location as the token, either you move ahead one space or you stay put, take a tile from the pool of "available information" tiles, and add it to your personal notebook.
If you're one space ahead of the token, you move the token to your space, move all the "available information" tiles to the "known information" pool, draw tiles from the bag equal to the number shown at your location, add those tiles to the pool of "available information", then take one of these new tiles and add it to your notebook.

Thus, you're catching up with the group, researching with the group to add info to your notebook, moving ahead, or digging into new tiles ahead of everyone else.

Tiles score and have effects in various ways, for example, with players gaining or losing points for meeting the most or fewest inhabitants. Flora and fauna tiles score only if you have a pair in a column, but only the highest-valued of this pair scores. Villages score only if you have more pairs of reception and GPS tiles than the number of villages, while the reception and GPS pairs net you no points, but allow you to get a tile from the pool of "known information". Equipment makes it safe to explore volcanoes on the island, and if you don't have enough equipment, you might lose other tiles you've collected.

Sumatra also includes badges that players can collect. Be the first to collect, say, three flora tiles or a combination of two inhabitant and two craft tiles, and you can claim the badge for this, which is worth 3 points at game's end. You can also claim one diversity badge for having at least one tile in at least six rows of your notebook. The more rows you have a presence in, the higher the value of the diversity badge, but you can claim at most one during the game — and if someone else claims the six-row badge, then you'll need to have a tile in at least seven rows for the next one...

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Únete a esta expedición y descubre Sumatra desde la cima de sus majestuosos volcanes hasta las profundidades de su selva. Encuentra los animales más exóticos, las flores más exuberantes y conoce la interminable variedad de culturas que conviven en la isla más grande de Indonesia. La expedición parte con la misión de escribir un cuaderno de viaje que ayude a dar a conocer uno de los ecosistemas más ricos del mundo. Aquel que contribuya en mayor medida a esta apasionante misión se alzará con la victoria.

En Sumatra, los jugadores se irán desplazando por la isla para explorar sus múltiples parajes. En cada uno de ellos encontrarán información útil, representada por losetas, que deberán registrar en sus cuadernos de viaje colocándolas en su fila correspondiente. El jugador con el cuaderno de viaje e insignias de más valor al final de la partida se alzará con la victoria.

—description from the publisher (Spanish)

Ceylon

2019-01-19T00:05:27-05:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 27.95

Designer	Chris Zinsli Suzanne Zinsli
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	2-4
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	248900/ceylon http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/248900/ceylon/forums/63

During the second half of the nineteenth century in what was then Ceylon, today known to all as the nation of Sri Lanka, a deadly fungus killed off all the coffee plantations on the island thus causing a serious economic crisis. The Scot James Taylor, and later many other entrepreneurs, set about substituting coffee plantations for tea plantations and hence creating what many connoisseurs today consider to be the best tea in the world.

In Ceylon, players take on the role of the pioneers who developed the Ceylon tea industry. As such, they build plantations in different districts and at different altitudes. They produce tea and try to sell it to the most important export companies. To favor this task, they must win the favor of the counselors of each district and develop the necessary technology that allows them to get ahead of their competitors.

At the end of the game, players score points for having plantations in each district, for meeting demands that have been set, for the level of technological development reached, and for the amount of money collected. In the end, the player who has the most points wins.

—description from the publisher