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Planta Nubo PRE-ORDER

2024-09-03T11:38:09-04:00

Vendor: Devir
Type: Board Games
Price: 66.95

Designer	Michael Keller (II) Andreas "ode." Odendahl Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher	Devir
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	388339/planta-nubo http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388339/planta-nubo/forums/63

ETA Q4 2024

"It was our darkest hour. The warnings, the desperate cries … Nobody wanted to hear them. Until it was almost too late. When almost only burned soil was left. We were not saved by ourselves. It was the trees. As if they knew what the hour has struck. They showed us what mattered. But we understood and embraced them. Now we know what to do and help. As good as we can. With those few technologies that we have left. With new natural technologies that we gained from the Arbors. Green energy and oxygen are needed to overgrow burned soil with live-giving greenery. To find hope in our new world of Overgrown …"
(Dr. Ayleen Espero, specialist on oxygen)

In Planta Nubo players grow energy-rich flowers and plants in cloudy gardens – the treetops of the Arbors. Deliver them to bee-like airships which transport them to the biomass converters to be transformed into green energy. Sow woods on the freshly harvested soil. Energize helpful modules while your woods, your bots and the Arbor produce desperately needed oxygen. Make good use of your tools to perform actions and use your garden bot to help you grow flowers. Supply your platform bot with energy to use modules and operate Oxyfarms. Turn your Arbor into the best oxygen production facility! If you produce the most oxygen by the end of the game you win!

—description from the designer

El Burro: A La Granja Game

2024-07-02T10:17:12-04:00

Vendor: Spielworxx
Type: Board Games
Price: 124.95

Designer	Michael Keller (II) Andreas "ode." Odendahl
Publisher	Spielworxx
Players	1-4
Playtime	75-150 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	368386/el-burro-la-granja-game http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/368386/el-burro-la-granja-game/forums/63

In El Burro, you are developing a farm in Majorca and have to move your goods from your farm to the port of La Palma. The game uses multi-purpose cards and dice-drafting as in La Granja, while also containing other elements such as donkey cards, donkey deliveries, and a solo game. You need to manipulate your farm in the best way possible while making maximum use of your cards and the dice.

In a game round, you play cards, draft dice (one at a time) to conduct actions, deliver goods to your own market stands or to local markets, and bring them all the way to the port of Palma.

During the game, you score some points for deliveries, and at the end of four game rounds, you receive more points based on special cards and other elements. The player with the most points wins.

Planta Nubo (German Import)

2023-09-23T13:08:43-04:00

Vendor: The Game Builders
Type: Board Games
Price: 79.95

Designer	Michael Keller (II) Andreas "ode." Odendahl Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher	The Game Builders
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	388339/planta-nubo http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388339/planta-nubo/forums/63

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

"It was our darkest hour. The warnings, the desperate cries … Nobody wanted to hear them. Until it was almost too late. When almost only burned soil was left. We were not saved by ourselves. It was the trees. As if they knew what the hour has struck. They showed us what mattered. But we understood and embraced them. Now we know what to do and help. As good as we can. With those few technologies that we have left. With new natural technologies that we gained from the Arbors. Green energy and oxygen are needed to overgrow burned soil with live-giving greenery. To find hope in our new world of Overgrown …"
(Dr. Ayleen Espero, specialist on oxygen)

In Planta Nubo players grow energy-rich flowers and plants in cloudy gardens – the treetops of the Arbors. Deliver them to bee-like airships which transport them to the biomass converters to be transformed into green energy. Sow woods on the freshly harvested soil. Energize helpful modules while your woods, your bots and the Arbor produce desperately needed oxygen. Make good use of your tools to perform actions and use your garden bot to help you grow flowers. Supply your platform bot with energy to use modules and operate Oxyfarms. Turn your Arbor into the best oxygen production facility! If you produce the most oxygen by the end of the game you win!

—description from the designer

La Granda (La Granja: Deluxe Master Set Upgrade)

2023-09-14T03:27:52-04:00

Vendor: Board&Dice
Type: Board Games
Price: 79.95

Note: Game is not included

"La Granda" is an additional box filled with colossal components: boards, buildings and player markers, dice, and more! Play your games of "La Granja" in a truly epic scale!"

The box is 40x38x10 cm large; the board game is 96x96 cm instead of 56x56 cm large; components, dice and other features are up to 30% bigger.

A copy of "La Granja Deluxe Master Set" is needed to play.

The cards, some of the tokens (such as the Donkey Tiles), player markers (to mark wares delivered to cards), and a few more components of the base game are needed.

La Granja: Deluxe Master Set

2022-12-27T10:45:17-05:00

Vendor: Board&Dice
Type: Board Games
Price: 94.95

Designer	Michael Keller (II) Andreas "ode." Odendahl Tony Boydell Stefan Feld Błażej Kubacki Adam Kwapiński Andrei Novac
Publisher	Board&Dice
Players	1-4
Playtime	90-120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	341945/la-granja-deluxe-master-set http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/341945/la-granja-deluxe-master-set/forums/63

La Granja: Deluxe Master Set is an upgraded and expanded version of the 2014 game La Granja in which 1–4 players manage small farms by the Alpich pond near the village of Esporles on Majorca.

The players must carefully consider the decisions of which dice to draft, which cards to play, when and where to deliver goods to various markets, and how best to utilize the flexible powers afforded by several "anytime" actions.

The multi-use cards offer four different options for players to choose from. Decide whether you want to use the card as an extension to your fields (increasing your ability to grow olives, grain, or grapes), as an extension to your farm (increasing the number of pigs you can house, the deliveries you can make, or the coins you will earn each round), as a market barrow (providing a personal contract you can fulfill for valuable rewards), or as a hired helper (each providing a unique and powerful ability to improve your actions).

Game Round

Each game round follows a consistent and simple structure.

Farm Phase
Play a farm card (optional)
Draw new card(s)
Take income
Farm growth (harvest goods and pigs)
Purchase roof markers (optional)

Revenue Phase
Roll revenue dice
Draft a revenue die and perform the associated action (in turn order; repeated once)
Common action (undrafted revenue die)

Transportation Phase
Choose donkey marker
Advance on siesta track and reset turn order
Deliver goods to common markets in the village, or to fulfill personal contracts

Scoring Phase
Score victory points based on your position on the siesta track
Reset the siesta track

At the end of the sixth game round, the game ends, wherafter the players convert remaining farm goods and coin into victory points. The player with the most victory points is crowned the winner.

Deluxe Master Set

While La Granja Deluxe Master Set reimplements the beloved original game, it also adds a lot of never-before seen content, including modular expansion content designed by Michael Keller and Andreas "ode." Odendahl themselves.

Additional expansion modules have been designed by Stefan Feld, Adam Kwapiński, and Andrei Novac.

Many others have also participated in designing promo cards for La Granja Deluxe Master Set, including Tony Boydell, Mike Murphy, and David Waybright.

This Deluxe Master Set features brand new artwork, redesigned multi-layer player boards, high quality upgraded components, metal coins, and more.

—description from the publisher

La Granja: Size Upgrade

2022-12-27T10:45:16-05:00

	Vendor: Board&Dice Type: Board Games Price: 114.95
Includes upgraded components approximately 30% larger than standard game components. Requires La Granja: Deluxe Master Set to play.

Agra: Ambabari Elephant Promo Card

2019-10-30T13:46:54-04:00

Vendor: Quined Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 7.95

Designer	Michael Keller (II)
Publisher	Quined Games
Players	2-4
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	255599/agra-ambabari-elephant-promo-card http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/255599/agra-ambabari-elephant-promo-card/forums/63

The Ambabari Elephant is an Agra promo card. The traditional Indian style of dressing these elephants was widely used to decorate the elephants of the Maharaj or the King. It was one of the most stylish and luxurious ways of travelling for the royal families.

Usage:
The Elephant is a level 3 notable, just put in the pile, shuffled before the game and randomly placed. Or you can decide to play with the Elephant anyhow.

Rules:
Immediately move the Merchant 1 to 6 steps of your choice. Every time the Merchant passes by one of your Workers you receive 1 Rupee. It doesn’t matter if your Worker has meditated or is still standing upright. You do not receive a Rupee for the space the Merchant ends or starts on, even if this space is occupied by your Worker.

Example: The Merchant moves 5 steps, of these 5 steps he passes through 3 of your own workers. You will receive 3 Rupees.

Agra

2017-11-23T14:14:22-05:00

Vendor: Quined Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 66.95

Designer	Michael Keller (II)
Publisher	Quined Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	90-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	230085/agra http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/230085/agra/forums/63

Description from the publisher:

Agra, India: The year is 1572; this year marks the 30th birthday of Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad, popularly known as Akbar the Great. Akbar is the third ruler of India's Mughal dynasty, having succeeded his father, Humayun. With the guidance of his regent, Bairam Khan, Akbar has expanded and consolidated India's Mughal domains. Using his strong personality and skill as a general, Akbar has enlarged his Empire to include nearly all of the Indian subcontinent north of the Godavari River; his presence is felt across the entire country due to the Mughals' military, political, cultural, and economic dominance.

To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar has established a centralized system of administration; conquered rulers are conciliated through marriage and diplomacy. Akbar has preserved peace and Order throughout his empire by passing laws that have won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects. Eschewing tribal bonds and Islamic state-identity, Akbar has striven to unite his lands. The Mughals' Persian-ized culture has afforded Akbar near-divine status.

Notables and emissaries from all over the country are on their way for Akbar's birthday celebration. As an ambitious landowner, you cannot let this pass; the festivities are a golden opportunity for you to rise in stature and wealth.

On your land in Agra, you cultivate and harvest cotton and turmeric. You possess a forest from which you produce wood, as well as a small, but very profitable sandstone quarry. By trading and processing your wares, you can obtain more luxurious goods, which you will then use to woo notables as they make their way into the capital. Of course, your rivals have the same plan; you must use your wits to outsmart them as Akbar's birthday draws near...

Solarius Mission

2016-05-08T00:36:00-04:00

Vendor: Spielworxx
Type: Board Games
Price: 92.95

Designer	Michael Keller (II), Andreas "ode." Odendahl
Publisher	Spielworxx
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-150 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	170199/solarius-mission https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/170199/solarius-mission/forums/63

The ascending nations from earth start into the age of rockets. In the middle of the cold war space was discovered and the race for the most honorable nation expands into space. Finding the few resource-rich or habitable planets is part of the intergalactic race towards colonization. Exploit planets and develop carefully because too much pollution will slow you down. Build up valuable resources, develop advanced technologies and be a pioneer of space flight into the outer limits of the galaxy.

The players start into space with their own space ship and try to build the biggest space stations, colonized the most valuable planets. Succeed to develop the most and finally evolve into space at the end of this race! The most technologically advanced nation will be honored not only on earth...

Solarius Misson is a tactical and strategic civilization game in a pulp science-fiction setting, with a dice-draft, dice manipulation, and resource-management mechanism. It can best be described as a mid-weight euro-style game.

La Granja

2014-06-12T00:02:00-04:00

Vendor: Stronghold Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 59.95

Designers	Michael Keller (II) Andreas "ode." Odendahl
Publisher	Stronghold Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	90-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2017 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee 2016 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Experten Recommended 2015 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist 2015 Jogo do Ano Winner 2015 Jogo do Ano Nominee 2015 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2014 The Golden Elephant Award Finalist 2014 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2014 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
Reimplemented By	La Granja: The Dice Game - No Siesta! (German Import) La Granja: The Dice Game - No Siesta!

In La Granja, players control small farms by the Alpich pond near the village of Esporles on the island of Mallorca. Over time, the players develop their farms and deliver goods to the village. Players are vying to earn the title of "La Granja" for their country estate!

Over the course of 6 game rounds, players will expand their farm by adding fields, farm extensions, market barrows, and helpers. They will earn VPs by delivering goods to the village of Esporles. It is important to observe the actions of other players, manipulate turn order, and adjust your strategy based on the dice and cards.

La Granja is a fascinating game that requires careful planning. Timing and speed is crucial. However, successful players must cope with the uncertainty of events during the game. The player who has earned the most victory points at the end of the game is the winner and new owner of the La Granja estate!