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Tajemnicze Domostwo (aka Mysterium)

2023-06-02T06:21:50-04:00

Vendor: Portal Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 46.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	Portal Games
Players	2-7
Playtime	42 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	113997/mysterium http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1156056/mysterium/reviews

Mysterium is a co-operative game for 2-7 players. One player takes the role of a ghost who lives in a mysterious ancient manor. Other players are a group of psychics invited by the manor owner to solve the mystery of the place and bring peace to its residents, as any person who stays in the castle sees strange dreams.

The ancient legend says the ghost is the soul of the manor's previous resident, who was unjustly executed for a crime he didn't commit, more than 100 years ago. Now he tries to use the mysterious signs to tell people the truth about what really happened then, so that justice would be establishes and he might rest in peace for ever. The specialists in the supernatural were invited to try to understand what the ghost wants to tell and in case of success be honoured by one more victory and receive a generous reward. They have 7 days and 7 nights to reach their goal. If they succeed in time, they win the game.

Detective Club (French Edition)

2022-12-30T14:44:19-05:00

Vendor: IGAMES
Type: Board Games
Price: 33.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy
Publisher	IGAMES
Players	4-8
Playtime	45-45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honor	2019 5 Seasons Best International Party&Coop Nominee 2019 5 Seasons Best International Party&Coop Winner 2019 Tric Trac Nominee 2020 GEEKS d'OURO Best Family/Party Board Game of the Year Winner 2020 Guldbrikken Best Parlor Game Nominee 2021 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game Nominee
Additional Info	256788/detective-club http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256788/detective-club/forums/63

Detective Club is a board game for players who enjoy party games, with simple rules that take just a minute to explain. Intrigue, sudden revelations, limitless creativity, and tons of fun await you in this game! Lead the investigation as a detective, or cover your tracks as the infiltrated conspirator. Discuss, accuse, object and try to convince everyone.

In Detective Club, on each round, one of the players secretly teams up with another — the Conspirator — and tries to make them guess a secret word using just two illustrated cards! Other players are detectives, who also know the word, but don't know the identities of each other. Detectives have to find out who the conspirator is, making sure they don't get accused by their fellow players!

Settlement (French Edition)

2022-11-05T02:42:02-04:00

Vendor: IGAMES
Type: Board Games
Price: 67.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy
Publisher	IGAMES
Players	1-4
Playtime	45-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	329593/settlement http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329593/settlement/forums/63

You are the leader of settlers who have discovered new lands. Using powerful artifacts, you will explore terrains, hunt monsters, construct buildings, and create outposts. Collect diamonds and gold and welcome mighty heroes to make your settlement the most famous one!

In more detail, in Settlement you need to effectively manage settlers and resources. The goal of the game is to score as many victory points as possible by the end of the last round. Each round, players take turns in clockwise order, beginning with the starting player. On your turn, you can invite a hero or use one of your settlers to take one of these seven actions:

1. Construct a building
2. Explore a terrain
3. Hunt a monster
4. Build an outpost
5. Activate a region
6. Activate a street
7. Activate an outpost

On your turn, if you have the required resources, you may spend them to invite a hero in your settlement. Heroes are useful because they bring you victory points. Sometimes, a hero's score depends on your buildings, terrains, or outposts; some heroes also provide you with extra settlers. You may pass immediately after playing your turn if you're ready to end the current round. If you cannot do anything on your turn, then you must pass. Take a new artifact among the available ones, then return your previous artifact. Once all players have passed, the round ends.

At the end of the sixth round, the game ends, and you sum points from your hero cards and buildings. The player with the most victory points wins, and their settlement becomes the main outpost of the land!

—description from designer

Detective Club: Noir (French)

2021-05-18T11:39:35-04:00

Vendor: IGAMES
Type: Board Games
Price: 18.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy
Publisher	IGAMES
Players	4-8
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	330678/detective-club-noir http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330678/detective-club-noir/forums/63

Note: This game is in French. The game itself is language independent.

Detective Club: Noir is a first expansion for critically acclaimed Detective Club.

84 new morvelous illustrations
7 notepads
unlimited creativity in every card

—description from the publisher

Mysterium Park

2020-06-24T00:18:33-04:00

Vendor: Libellud
Type: Board Games
Price: 33.99

Designers	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	Libellud
Players	2-6
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion	Mysterium Park: Vision Promo Card
Additional Info	301767/mysterium-park http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301767/mysterium-park/forums/63

Welcome to Mysterium Park!
Its cotton candies, its circus, its dark secrets...
The park’s former director has disappeared, but the investigation came to nothing. Since that night, weird things are happening on the fairground. As psychics, you’re convinced that a ghost haunts this carnival... You’re now intent on giving it a chance to reveal the truth.
In this cooperative stand-alone game, the ghost sends visions with illustrated cards. The psychics try to interpret them in order to rule out certain suspects and locations. Then, they’ll seize their only chance to piece together what happened to the director. You have only six nights before the carnival leaves town... Open your minds and find the truth!
Set in the lights of a 1950's US fairground, Mysterium Park shares the same core mechanism with the famous award-winning game it reimplements, though bringing a different approach: it is smaller and faster, thanks to very quick setup and simplified rules.
Mysterium is a milestone in immersive and eye-catching experiences close to role-playing; with Mysterium Park, you can enjoy the heart of it in a more condensed way.
Mysterium Park will be released at the end of 2020.

— description from the publisher

Detective Club

2019-09-18T16:02:42-04:00

Vendor: Blue Orange Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 47.99

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy
Publisher	Blue Orange Games
Players	4-8
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honor	2019 5 Seasons Best International Party&Coop Nominee 2019 5 Seasons Best International Party&Coop Winner 2019 Tric Trac Nominee 2020 GEEKS d'OURO Best Family/Party Board Game of the Year Winner 2020 Guldbrikken Best Parlor Game Nominee 2021 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game Nominee
Additional Info	256788/detective-club http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256788/detective-club/forums/63

Detective Club is a board game for players who enjoy party, with simple rules that take just a minute to explain. Intrigue, sudden revelations, limitless creativity, and tons of fun await you in this game! Lead the investigation as a detective, or cover your tracks as the infiltrated conspirator. Discuss, accuse, object and try to convince everyone.

In Detective Club, on each round, one of the players secretly teams up with another — the Conspirator — and tries to make them guess a secret word using just two illustrated cards! Other players are detectives, who also know the word, but don't know the identities of each other. Detectives have to find out who the conspirator is, making sure they don't get accused by their fellow players!

Tejemnicze Domostwo: Ukryte Tropy (aka Mysterium: Hidden Signs) (Polish Import)

2017-07-11T18:10:23-04:00

Vendor: Portal Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 39.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	Portal Games
Players	2-7
Playtime	42 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	192661/mysterium-hidden-signs http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/192661/mysterium-hidden-signs/forums/63

Description from the publisher:

They thought the secret of Warwick mansion had been solved and the spirit had found peace, but now new signs have emerged that were previously hidden. New suspects, places, and objects that do not fit into the picture — and the presence of the ghost is strong once again.

In Mysterium: Hidden Signs, the spiritualists must return to the old mansion and investigate these disturbing visions. Will they understand all the instructions this time and give the ghost its final rest?

Mysterium: Secrets & Lies

2017-07-04T21:55:20-04:00

Vendor: Libellud
Type: Board Games
Price: 28.95

Designers	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	Libellud
Players	2-7
Playtime	42 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion For	Mysterium
Accessories	Folded Space - Mysterium & Expansions E-Raptor - Insert compatible with Mysterium and Expansions
Additional Info	216465/mysterium-secrets-lies http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/216465/mysterium-secrets-lies/forums/63

Mysterium: Secrets & Lies consists of six new characters, six new locations, six new items, and 18 story cards. This latter group of cards can replace the object cards in the game, with each card representing one way in which the ghost died. Now instead of trying to get each investigator to identify an object — a singular item that wouldn't have much nuance to it — the ghost must instead use the dream cards to convey the story of their demise, something far more challenging.

Behind the Throne

2017-01-25T18:32:00-05:00

Vendor: Ares Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 19.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	Ares Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	20-30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	175763/behind-throne http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175763/behind-throne/forums/63

Four powerful secret organizations are fighting for the right to rule in the old kingdom, and you can acquire safety, control, and economic dictates only through the conquest of political influence at the royal court. The more servants, nobles and dignitaries you can control, the closer you will be to the purpose. Intrigue, blackmail, or threats are suitable for all those who are struggling in the shadow of the royal throne. Power over each new aristocrat gives you a new method for influencing others. The man of absolute power behind the throne will be known soon.

Behind the Throne is quick and simple card game in which players collect sets of cards to get new special abilities. Player earn victory points for the heroes they collect, and whoever has the most victory points at the end of the game wins.

Mysterium

2016-05-12T00:10:00-04:00

Vendor: Libellud
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.95

Designers	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	Libellud
Players	2-7
Playtime	42 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2015 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Winner 2015 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2015 Tric Trac d'Argent Winner 2016 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee 2016 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Winner 2016 Gouden Ludo Nominee 2016 Hra roku Finalist 2016 Juego del Año Recommended 2016 Lys Grand Public Finalist 2016 Lys Grand Public Winner 2017 Hra roku Finalist 2017 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee 2017 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee 2019 Gioco dell’Anno Nominee
Expansions	Mysterium: Hidden Signs Mysterium: Secrets & Lies
Accessories	Insert Here - Mysterium Organizer Folded Space - Mysterium & Expansions Broken Token - Mysterious Organizer Laserox - Mystical Organizer (Compatible with Mysterium) E-Raptor - Insert compatible with Mysterium and Expansions
Reimplemented By	Mysterium Kids - Captain Echo's Treasure
Additional Info	181304/mysterium http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1697445/mysterium/reviews

Mysterium is a purely co-operative game for 2-7 players. One player takes the role of a helpful ghost who lives in a mysterious ancient manor. Other players are a group of psychics invited by the manor owner to solve the mystery of the place and bring peace to its residents, as any person who stays in the castle sees strange dreams.

The ancient legend says the ghost is the soul of the manor's previous resident, who was unjustly executed for a crime he didn't commit, more than 100 years ago. Now he tries to use the mysterious signs to tell people the truth about what really happened then, so that justice would be established and he might rest in peace for ever. The specialists in the supernatural were invited to try to understand what the ghost wants to tell and in case of success be honoured by one more victory and receive a generous reward. They have 7 days and 7 nights to reach their goal. If they succeed in time, everyone wins the game (including the ghost).

Pirates of the 7 Seas

2015-11-09T16:40:00-05:00

Vendor: IDW Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 53.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	IDW Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	172613/pirates-7-seas https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1608899/pirates-7-seas/reviews

Pirates of the 7 Seas is an innovative, fast and competitive board game full of events from everyday pirate life: plundering, old maps, and horrible gigantic krakens. Adventures, new ports and powerful rituals are waiting for you. Sometimes pirates have to rely on the other pirates, but don't forget that you can get stabbed in the back anytime.

As the waves break on your ship, take a turn for the topsy-turvy motion of the ocean by rolling your ship dice — but remember that where they land on the board means as much as what you roll! Choose to remain an independent vagabond, or maybe cut a deal with a Governor to become all official-like in your pirating ways. Consult with a shaman to curse the other pirates or pay a visit to the cartographer to find a map with some hidden treasure.

In the game, the turn begins with players choosing the character card whose action they want to play — because each character has its own ability to help you get rich quickly — and places it facedown in front of them. When everyone has chosen their character cards, the first player announces the characters one by one. When you hear your character, you reveal your character card and play your adventure, curse, or port card, and everyone gets involved in a new adventure, which usually ends with a grandiose sea battles, or some curse, or finding a new port.

The pirate with the most booty wins the day, but a pirate's life isn't always on the up and up. Savvy?

My Happy Farm (Second Edition)

2013-11-13T16:20:00-05:00

Vendor: Portal Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 29.95

Designer	Oleksandr Nevskiy Oleg Sidorenko
Publisher	Portal Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2014 Origins Awards Best Children’s, Family or Party Game Nominee

My Happy Farm is a game in which players strive to become the best farmer.

All players have their own farm with four nice animals. They feed those cuties. Animals which are fed well fill their stomachs with tasty food, grow and become longer and longer, even reaching unnatural lengths. The longer your animal, the better a farmer you are. The owner of the longest animal receives bonus points. Animals which aren't fed even one time lose their weight, take offense, and leave their bad master. Moreover, they will take some victory points from the bad master to punish him, so players have to be good and careful farmers and feed their animals well to create Their Own Happy Farm.