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Zooloretto (New Edition) PRE-ORDER

2024-09-03T11:22:09-04:00

Vendor: Z-Man Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 42.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Z-Man Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2007 Australian Games Association Game of the Year 2007 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Winner 2007 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Winner 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Winner 2007 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2007 Spiel des Jahres Winner 2007 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Nominee 2008 Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Children's Board Game Winner 2008 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee
Reimplemented By	Zooloretto Mini
Integrates With	Aquaretto Zooloretto Junior
Expansions	Zooloretto: Polar Bear Zooloretto Boss Zooloretto Boss (Rio Grande Games Edition) Zooloretto: The Gorilla Zooloretto XXL Zooloretto XXL (Rio Grande Games Edition) Zooloretto Exotic Zooloretto Christmas Gift (German Import)
Additional Info	27588/zooloretto http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/3938/zooloretto/reviews

In Zooloretto, each player uses small, large, wild, and exotic animals and their young to try to attract as many visitors as possible to their zoo – but be careful! The zoo must be carefully planned as before you know it, you might have too many animals and no more room for them. That brings minus points! Luckily, your zoo can expand. A zoo of a family game in which less is sometimes more...

Alhambra: Designers' Expansions Box

2024-07-02T10:22:21-04:00

Vendor: Queen Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 66.95

Designer	Rüdiger Dorn Mike Elliott Stefan Feld Dirk Henn Emanuele Ornella Louis-David Péloquin Michael Rieneck Marko Ruskowski Frank Sander Michael Schacht Stefan Schiltz Macel Süßelbeck Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Publisher	Queen Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	252429/alhambra-designers-expansions-box http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/252429/alhambra-designers-expansions-box/forums/63

Originally available as part of the Alhambra Designers' Edition Kickstarter. This expansion contains 14 expansion modules by 9 famous designers, plus 3 fan expansion modules.

The expansions are:
Dirk Henn: New Building Grounds
Dirk Henn: Major Construction Projects
Emanuele Ornella: Palace Staff
Emanuele Ornella: Orchards
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede: Travelling Craftsmen
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede: Bathhouses
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede: Wishing Well
Marco Ruskowski & Marcel Süßelbeck: Fresh Colors
Marco Ruskowski & Marcel Süßelbeck: Palace Designers
Michael Schacht: Alhambra Zoo
Michael Rieneck: Gates without End
Mike Elliott: Buildings of Power
Rüdiger Dorn: Extensions
Stefan Feld: Handymen

Fan Expansion Modules:
Louis-David Péloquin: Personal Building Market
Frank Sander: Treasures
Stefan Schiltz: Caliph‘s Guidelines

Patrician: Towers of Influence

2023-12-27T14:51:17-05:00

Vendor: Calliope Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Calliope Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	20-50 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	392767/patrician-towers-influence http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/392767/patrician-towers-influence/forums/63

The definitive version of a Michael Schacht classic, Patrician: Towers of Influence features an updated presentation, new two-player rules, and two expansion modules.

Welcome to 13th Century Italy, a time when wealthy Patrician families build magnificent towers to represent their power and prosperity: the more influential the family, the taller the tower! You are a master builder, ready to profit from the vanity of the Patrician families. You take building orders, adding floor after floor, and when a tower is complete, you’ll be there to take the credit. At the end of the game, the builder with the most victory points wins!

Patrician: Towers of Influence is delightfully effortless to play. Each turn, play a Building card, which allows you to add to a tower in the matching city. Some cards allow you to take special actions that help you or hinder others. Next, take the face-up card from the pile next to the city where you just built a tower. As the game goes on, players will continue to build up the various towers, and points are scored for who controls the tallest towers in each city, as well as for playing Patrician portrait card sets. In the end, the builder with the most points wins!

This new version of the classic game includes several expanded ways to enjoy the game. When playing with two players, you compete against the Architetto, a wily bot opponent who thwarts your plans. The Trade Routes and Delegates modules can optionally be added in to increase the decisions and affect final scoring.

—description from the publisher

Lucky Numbers (Deluxe Edition)

2023-11-02T22:00:55-04:00

Vendor: TIKI Editions Inc.
Type: Board Games
Price: 52.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	TIKI Editions Inc.
Players	2-4
Playing Time	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	118247/lucky-numbers http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118247/lucky-numbers/forums/63

Be the first to fill your garden in ascending order!

Draw numbered clovers, place them and organize your grid wisely to provoke your luck and achieve victory. At the crossroads of Sudoku and lotto, Lucky Numbers is a game where you can provoke your luck! Your goal is to be the first to fill your garden with clovers. But you must respect THE rule at all times: That each row and each column of your grid are always classified in ascending order. So, draw, place and rearrange your garden to improve your chances of victory. But be careful not to leave your opponents with the clovers that will allow them to finish their gardens before you!

This Deluxe Edition includes a double-punch board and braille elements.

Zooloretto (New Edition 2023) (German Import)

2023-10-27T06:34:24-04:00

Vendor: ABACUSSPIELE
Type: Board Games
Price: 74.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE
Players	2-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2007 Australian Games Association Game of the Year 2007 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Winner 2007 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Winner 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Winner 2007 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2007 Spiel des Jahres Winner 2007 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Nominee 2008 Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Children's Board Game Winner 2008 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee
Reimplemented By	Aquaretto Zooloretto Mini
Additional Info	27588/zooloretto http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/3938/zooloretto/reviews

Note: This is an import game in German. English Rules can be found here.

Templari

2022-08-02T23:30:10-04:00

Vendor: Igiari
Type: Board Games
Price: 22.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Igiari
Players	3-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	235468/templari http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/235468/templari/forums/63

In Templari, players take on the role of members of the Order of the Temple who have discovered part of the Templar treasure. Instead of donating this to museums, they decide to organize unusual auctions amongst themselves to distribute the spoils.

The innovative bid mechanism is that players cannot bid a number whose "ones" digit matches the number on any card they have previously won. Thus, if you have cards showing "2" and "4", you cannot bid 2, 4, 12, 14, 22, etc. What's more, when someone wins an auction, the money is paid out to those owning a card whose number matches the "ones" digit of the winning bid. Thus, while you need to acquire cards in order to win the game, you don't want to enrich your opponents too much.

Templari differs from the earlier releases Don and Serengeti in that the game has a maximum count of five players, all players start with twelve coins, and in each round players bid on lots of exactly two cards (whereas in earlier versions, the lots would have one, then two, then three cards, then back to one).

Zooloretto Duell (Import)

2022-05-03T22:28:30-04:00

Vendor: ABACUSSPIELE
Type: Board Games
Price: 34.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE
Players	2
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	232481/zooloretto-duell http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232481/zooloretto-duell/forums/63

Description from the publisher:

In Zooloretto Duell, two players compete to have the best zoo. Players draft cards through the mechanism used in the original Zooloretto; each turn a player adds a card to one of the piles or takes a pile. They score points for having the majority of animals in a species when a specific number of this species is in the zoos. The game includes six different species. Some of the animal cards have symbols triggering special actions when a player takes a second card of this species with the same symbol:

Heart: The player takes a baby animal of that species, if available.
Card: The player looks through the discard pile and takes a card of their choice.
Lightning bolt: The player must take a -1 point marker.

If a player collects a symbol a third time, the special action is not carried out; instead the player discards the card and takes a -1 point marker.

Some cards have food stalls, which give you money if you have the same symbol (pretzels, soft drinks, or ice cream) twice. This money can be used to steal an animal from the opponent or get rid of all -1 point markers. The first player to have all different types of stalls scores bonus points.

The end of the game is triggered after the sixth in-game scoring or when the "last round" card is revealed. After the endgame scoring, the player with the most points wins.

Magellan: Elcano

2021-10-18T12:06:12-04:00

Vendor: Geek Attitude Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Geek Attitude Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	15-30 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Additional Info	329529/magellan-elcano http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329529/magellan-elcano/forums/63

September 20, 1519: The activity on the deck is frantic. Sailors run from side to side, loading the final batch of supplies. On the royal stand in the harbor, the preparation is intense. The King has arrived to watch the fleet set sail: five mighty ships, commanded by five shrewd captains whose intelligence will be put to the test in the years to come. The cannons roar, giving the departure signal. The anchors are pulled up, and the sails unfurled. The voyage that will circle the globe has just begun.

In Magellan: Elcano, you assume the role of a captain on one of these ships circumnavigating the world, and you want to collect as many goods as possible. Each player has an identical deck of 15 cards, and you start with five random cards in hand. These cards have values on them in two colors (from red, blue, and green) on opposite ends, and three decks of ocean cards in red, blue, and green lie in the center of the table.

Reveal the top card of each deck. Each player then takes turns playing a card from their hand in front of them, building up to three piles — one in each color — and rotating a player card as desired to make it one color or another. Continue around the table until all players have passed or have no cards remaining in hand. Whoever has played the highest total in red discards their played cards and claims the matching ocean card; all other players return their played red cards to hand. In the event of a tie, all players return their cards to hand, with the red ocean card remaining in place. Do the same with the blue and green cards.

All players draw two cards from their personal deck, then you reveal a new red, blue, and green ocean card, piling up cards of the same color if they weren't claimed the previous one. Continue playing rounds until all players' decks are empty. Total your claimed ocean cards. Whoever has the highest sum wins!

Lucky Numbers

2021-03-22T23:10:23-04:00

Vendor: TIKI Editions Inc.
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	TIKI Editions Inc.
Players	2-4
Playing Time	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	118247/lucky-numbers http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118247/lucky-numbers/forums/63

Your challenge in Lucky Numbers is to fill your grid first, but you never know which tiles you'll have to work with!

To set up, take a set of tiles numbered 1-20 for each player in the game, then shuffle all of these tiles face down. Each player has a 4x4 grid, and to complete set up, each player takes four tiles at random, then places them in order from low to high down the diagonal that goes from upper left to lower right.

On a turn, you take either a face-down tile from the pile or a face-up tile from the table. You can (1) place this tile in an empty space in your grid, (2) swap this tile for a tile already in the grid, or (3) discard this tile face-up on the table. However, all tiles in your grid must obey one rule at all times: A tile must be higher in value that any tile directly above it or to its immediate left and lower in value that any tile directly below it or to its immediate right. Whoever first fills their grid with sixteen tiles wins. (If the draw pile runs out, then whoever has the most tiles in their grid wins.)

You can play Lucky Numbers tournament style by playing multiple games and having each player start once. The winner of a game receives 2 points, while each loser receives -1 point for each empty space in their grid. After as many games as the number of players, whoever has the highest score wins.

The 2020 edition of Lucky Numbers includes a solo mode with forty puzzles to solve.

Rat Attack Party (Import)

2021-03-14T22:00:37-04:00

Vendor: White Goblin Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 18.95

Designers	Stefano Negro Michael Schacht
Publisher	White Goblin Games
Players	2-4
Playing Time	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	303635/rat-attack-party http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/303635/rat-attack-party/forums/63

Note: This game includes English and Dutch.

You are hungry and can find lots of delicious food in the kitchen. Watch out for the Chef and be aware of the cats in the game! If you don’t get rid of them on time, you will lose points. Rat Attack Party is a challenging card game where you collect as many points as possible in groups of three. But you only grab food from the kitchen workbenches when the Chef isn’t looking.

Are you able to secure enough food from the kitchen to score the most points at the end and win the game?

—description from the publisher

Lyttle Wood (Import)

2021-03-14T21:48:24-04:00

Vendor: White Goblin Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 31.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	White Goblin Games
Players	2-4
Playing Time	20-30 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Additional Info	301399/lyttle-wood http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301399/lyttle-wood/forums/63

Note: This game includes English and Dutch.

When the days are getting shorter, little creatures range through the forest in search of valuable food trying to prepare for the winter. In Lyttle Wood, you try to collect points by combining gang and prey cards. Be aware that everyone is seeking for the most valuable food and the competition in the forest is huge. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins and will be the king or queen of the forest!

—description from the publisher

Zooloretto XXL (Rio Grande Games Edition)

2021-03-11T09:06:08-05:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Expansion For	Zooloretto Aquaretto
Additional Info	38896/zooloretto-xxl http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/252502/zooloretto-xxl/reviews

The zoo grows and prospers: new animals are added regularly and the animals provide offspring from time to time. But what if space becomes limited in the zoo?
Those who know other zoo managers find it useful to send some of their animals to other zoos. Of course, the new zoos like the additions and reward those who sent them.

Two extra trucks are added for the game for two and bonus material is included for Aquaretto.

Zooloretto Boss (Rio Grande Games Edition)

2021-03-11T08:52:49-05:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 29.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion For	Zooloretto
Additional Info	80358/zooloretto-boss http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/831247/zooloretto-boss/reviews

From the box:
Good co-workers and charitable donations make life easier for the zoo director. If he uses the donations skillfully, he will acquire additional animals and vending stalls. If done right, he can make the zoo even more attractive and new to those who visit. In this way, he will attract more visitors and earn more income.
With correct management of these new resources, a player can become the Zoo BOSS.

Gameplay:
Beside the money you have a new currency: the donations.
Donations you get f. e. when filling the small, new sponsor enclosure (you also get point tiles).
You can use donations as money but just for specific things.
For example for things on the new supply board.
That can be animals, vending stalls or co-workers.
The last you can place on the new office board.
Depending on the office you choose the co-worker has different effects.
For example earning more donations, extra points for vending stalls, extra points for bought tiles and additional extra point tiles.

Diabolo (French Edition)

2021-02-23T01:04:45-05:00

Vendor: Kikigagne?
Type: Board Games
Price: 14.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Kikigagne?
Players	3-5
Playing Time	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	21613/diabolo http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21613/diabolo/forums/63

It’s a thin line between good and evil, and you’re going to have to find the right balance and avoid ending up
In Limbo!

Play your cards on either the good or evil side of each of the five colors, as you tip the balance towards good on some colors and bad on others. However, since you only score on the cards left in your hand, you’ll need to carefully weigh the consequences of each of your choices.

With a lot of strategy and a little luck, you can do yourself a world of good even if things heat up for your opponents.

Zooloretto Christmas Bundle (Löwenedition Version) (German Import)

2020-11-17T03:54:27-05:00

Vendor: ABACUSSPIELE
Type: Board Games
Price: 52.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE
Players	2-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2007 Australian Games Association Game of the Year 2007 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Winner 2007 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Winner 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Winner 2007 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2007 Spiel des Jahres Winner 2007 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Nominee 2008 Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Children's Board Game Winner 2008 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee
Reimplemented By	Aquaretto Zooloretto Mini
Additional Info	27588/zooloretto http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/3938/zooloretto/reviews

Note: This is an import game in German. English Rules can be found here.

Zooloretto + 5 promos:
Zooloretto lion family + Zooloretto rabbit family + Zooloretto petting zoo + Zooloretto reindeer + Zooloretto Christmas tree

Game content: 5 zoos, 5 extensions, 5 transport carts, 30 coins, 128 tiles, 1 wooden disc, 5 overviewcards, additional lion family, rules of the game

California

2020-08-26T00:38:59-04:00

Vendor: Überplay
Type: Board Games
Price: 27.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Überplay
Players	2-5
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	21464/california http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/13482/california/reviews

Who doesn't dream of owning a large Mansion in the sun-drenched hills of California? But before you can furnish the house according to your wishes the interior must be renovated. Just as you have completed furnishing the first rooms you curious neighbors begin to drop by, some bearing housewarming gifts. A good thing too ... because victory will go to the one with the most beautifully renovated house and the largest collection of gifts.

Description of the game from The Goblins' Lair:

Players have inherited a small amount of money and a house on the sunny hills of California. Unluckily the house is in a very bad condition. It will be to the players make it habitable again: renewing the rooms with the most exclusive furniture. Better and more friendly will be the house, more neighbors will come bringing presents and friendship.

During the game the players could take money from the bank or buy tiles from the shops to place in the house. Before furnishing a room and welcoming people they have to renovate the room. Bonus cards could be gained being the first to furnish the rooms with particular combination of objects. It will be always possible to get loans ...

At the end of the game (the 12th day) every player will score points for every present, every bonus card and every renovated room in their house. After paying debts the player with the most victory points will be the winner.

Traders of the Air

2020-08-23T23:19:20-04:00

Vendor: Compass Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 54.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Compass Games
Players	2-4
Playing Time	50-75 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	271150/traders-air http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/271150/traders-air/forums/63

In Traders of the Air 2 to 4 leaders of a steampunk trading guild visit cities to acquire goods and to place influence markers.

Influence in cities is important to increase power and prestige.

In true Michael Schacht tradition, Traders of the Air is simple to learn yet complex to master.

The game contains two different game boards (backprinted).

Traders of the Air is a new edition (with some extras) of the critically acclaimed Hansa.

—description from the publisher

Iwari

2020-04-22T22:26:24-04:00

Vendor: ThunderGryph Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 46.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	ThunderGryph Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	270109/iwari http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270109/iwari/forums/63

Evermore have they walked the world of Iwari. Evermore have they embodied its spirit and shaped its lands. They are stewards of the earth. Five Titans that make the cosmos breath. On Iwari, there are no teeming masses, no continent-wide civilizations. Humanity is in its infancy, living in scattered tribes in forest, tundra, and desert.

Now we have left our ancestral homelands to explore the vast uncharted regions, encountering other fellow tribes and exchanging knowledge, culture and wisdom. In our journey, we all live in harmony with the Titans, and though distant to us, they decide our fate. And yet only we don't know if they created us, or we created them.

Iwari is an abstract-like Eurogame in which players represent different tribes looking for their identity by traveling around far lands and expanding their settlements into five different regions on the board. In the game, players use cards for two different actions:

1) Place tents and expand their settlements into five different regions on the board in a majority game that scores on each territory.
2) Construct nature totems to bond with the Titans by placing them on regions and score points based on the totem majorities in adjacent territories.

During the game, players can complete missions that grant small perks and score points by having the majority of tents in each territory after the end of the first card cycle. At game end, the majority of tents will be scored again, along with the majorities of nature totems in two adjacent regions and settlements that players have created (i.e., four or more tents in an uninterrupted sequence along one of the roads on the board).

Iwari reimagines the award-winning game Web of Power by Michael Schacht by adding new layers of strategy, tribe player boards, different maps with their own set of rules, modules that can be added to the game, and unique co-operative and solo modes.

Rat Attack

2019-11-17T00:26:52-05:00

Vendor: White Goblin Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 26.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	White Goblin Games
Players	2
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	287678/rat-attack http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/287678/rat-attack/forums/63

Two merchants load their stocks of spices into the warehouse. They try to group their merchandise together as much as possible. Big stocks are very valuable. However, rats also roam the warehouse who see these spices as a tasty snack. Drive the rats out and keep them away from your stocks, otherwise you can close your shop immediately!

Place tiles in the playing area and try to create groups of matching spices. Groups score points immediately. Also try to cover the rats of your colour, because if there are too many visible at the end of your turn you immediately lose the game.

—description from the publisher

Dragon Boats of the Four Seas: Rising Tide (Expansion)

2019-09-24T16:27:41-04:00

Vendor: Maple Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 19.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Maple Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion for	Dragon Boats of the Four Seas
Additional Info	258287/dragon-boats-four-seas http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258287/dragon-boats-four-seas/forums/63

Hellweg westfalicus (Import)

2019-05-17T13:48:43-04:00

Vendor: Spiele aus Timbuktu
Type: Board Games
Price: 36.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Spiele aus Timbuktu
Players	2-4
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	166276/hellweg-westfalicus http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/166276/hellweg-westfalicus/forums/63

Up through the Middle Ages, the Westphalian Hellweg, a road between Duisburg and Paderborn that's more than five thousand years old, was of great importance for trading.

In Hellweg westfalicus, players try their hand at trading, trying to buy salt, beer, and ironware at low prices, then sell them for maximum profit. If you wait too long, you might get a good purchase price, but only for what little is still left to sell. You can create trade routes with the help of coaches and thus supply distant towns. The player who owns the most money after twelve rounds wins.

Hellweg westfalicus includes the expansion module "Warehouse and Privileges" for expert players.

Dragon Boats of the Four Seas

2019-05-07T15:48:35-04:00

Vendor: Maple Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	Maple Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion for	Dragon Boats of the Four Seas:Rising Tide

In Dragon Boats of the Four Seas, Zhong-Guo, the Middle Kingdom, is an island surrounded by the four Dragon Seas. After a long period of strife, Zhong-Guo has once again been unified and the noble houses rise from the ashes, hoping to cross the Dragon Seas and reach the wealthy vassal states of the former Empire. In Zhong-Guo, Dragons are believed to be good luck and sources of celestial power, so the people make offerings to Dragons at temples and cast coins with the images of Dragons on them to bring fortune at the marketplace. Farmers invoke Dragons over their fields for a bountiful harvest and boats are made in the likeness of Dragons for protection on the dangerous waters. As the leader of one of the noble houses of Zhong-Guo, you must build farms, trade, and make offerings for the safe passage of your ships to these forgotten lands. Recapture the glory of the old Empire and ride the Dragon Boats to victory!

Valdora + Expansion (Import)

2019-04-02T12:37:51-04:00

Vendor: ABACUSSPIELE
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE
Players	3-5
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2009 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2011 Games Magazine Best New Family Strategy Game Winner
Additional Info	40769/valdora http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/5972/valdora/reviews

Note: This game is multi language including English

Hidden far away from our time lies a valley of unimaginable riches. Drawn by the lure of gold, silver, and precious jewels, adventurers from all over the world soon find their way there. While some of them still carefully choose commissions and provisions, others quickly rush off to bring valuable gems back to their patrons. But those who wish for fame and fortune will have to be cleverer than their opponents!

Contents: 1 game board, 78 gemstones, 4 books, 111 cards, 1 craftsman board, 59 tiles, 30 coins, 5 pawns, 1 bag, rules

The Gold Trilogy

Part two of "The Gold Trilogy" (besides The Golden City and Felinia)

Awards

Empfehlungsliste "Spiel des Jahres" 2009
Familijna gra roku 2009 Magazynu Świat Gier Planszowych (Best Family Game 2009)
Deutscher Spielepreis, 6th place
Årets spel 2009 Sweden, Nominee
Gameflash Nuremberg 2009
Pfefferkuchel 2009, 2nd place
XVth ludopathic 2009, Top Three
Rosenheimer Spielefrühling 2009, Top Five
Gra Numeru Magazynu Świat Gier Planszowych 10/09
Best Family Strategy Game, GAMES Magazine, 2011
Game by Game 2011, Recommendation
Game by Game 2010, Recommendation

Fist of Dragonstones: The Tavern Edition

2018-05-08T11:05:49-04:00

Vendor: Stronghold Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 43.95

Designer	Bruno Faidutti Michael Schacht
Publisher	Stronghold Games
Players	3-6
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	247963/fist-dragonstones-tavern-edition http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/247963/fist-dragonstones-tavern-edition/forums/63

Fist of Dragonstones: Tavern Edition is a closed-fist, bidding game. Players try to outwit their opponents by using gold and magic coins to buy control of an ever-changing cast of enchanted character cards. The powers from those characters help collect valuable Dragonstones, lend their magical powers, help foil other players, and convert Dragonstones into victory.

For each character card, players choose the number of coins they want to bid by placing them in a closed fist. All players reveal their bets at the same time, and the winner of the auction gains control of the card's powers. Depending on the card, you may win additional coins or Dragonstones, gain powers, place spells on other players, or score points.

The rules of Fist of Dragonstones: Tavern Edition have been updated from the original Fist of Dragonstones to improve gameplay, including the introduction of the King's Favor, which speeds up play. The game includes more than 70 special character cards in the game, compared to 25 special characters in the original game. Some of these special characters can be saved for later use in the game. Thematically and artistically, the game has been re-imagined into The Dragon & Flagon universe.

The Legend:
Many, many years ago, an enchanted forest lay hidden between two great mountain ranges. The forest valley was home to several kingdoms whose rival princes battled with each other to unite the entire realm under one flag. To gain advantage, princes vied with each other to collect powerful magic amulets called Dragonstones.

Like many royals, over time the princes began to prefer the comfort and safety of their fortified castles. Rather than risk their own lives by venturing out to search for these amulets, they paid handsome rewards to Adventurers who could bring them the Dragonstones. The allure of the princes' wealth soon filled the enchanted forest with all manner of wizards, witches, dwarves, goblins, and many other enchanted creatures — all in pursuit of the magic Dragonstones.

This enchanted land is now almost entirely lost to legend, yet at a cozy inn known as The Dragon & Flagon, the memory of Dragonstones is kept alive by the Adventurers that frequent the tavern. Even today, a nod from a knowing traveler may persuade the Adventurers to recount some of the ancient tales. And if they take a particular liking to you, those Adventurers may bring out their own collection of magic coins and challenge you to a simple game of skill and luck, giving you a chance to have your own Fist of Dragonstones.

Spirits of the Forest

2018-05-02T01:40:15-04:00

Vendor: ThunderGryph Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 21.95

Designer	Michael Schacht
Publisher	ThunderGryph Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	235375/spirits-forest http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/235375/spirits-forest/forums/63

Once an age, a mythic wind lifts the veil between the spirit world and ours. Whimsical seraphs, drawn to the vigor of an ancient forest, descend through clouds to once again take up their centennial game. You are one of these seraphs – a being of great power and curiosity. The life of the forest fascinates you, and you eagerly gather plant, animal, and sprite alike to add to your mystical menagerie. But beware, for you are not alone. Other beings just like yourself contest to collect the life of the forest as well!

In Spirits of the Forest, players represent the four elements that nourish the forces of nature. Up to four players compete to acquire the most (of nine different) spirit symbols which are bound to a different element of nature. Each turn, a player drafts up to two spirit tiles from the forest (a common pool of 48 spirit tiles), collects favor tokens and moves, places, or recovers gemstones. Players continue taking turns until all tiles have been collected from the forest. At the end of the game, players score nature points for each spirit (augmented by favor tokens) of which they have a majority. Whoever has the most nature points at the end of the game wins.