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Carcassonne (New Edition) (Box Damage)

2024-09-28T20:15:59-04:00

Vendor: Z-Man Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.95

Designer	Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Publisher	Z-Man Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Honors	2000 Meeples' Choice Award 2001 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner 2001 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2001 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee 2001 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2001 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2001 Spiel des Jahres Winner 2002 Årets Spel Best Family Game Winner 2004 Hra roku Nominee 2004 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Nominee 2004 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Winner 2011 Jocul Anului în România Best Game in Romanian Finalist 2012 Ludo Award Best Board Game Editor's Choice Winner
Expansions	Carcassonne: Inns & Cathedrals Carcassonne: The Princess & the Dragon Carcassonne: The Tower Carcassonne: Abbey & Mayor Carcassonne: Count, King & Robber Carcassonne: Bridges, Castles, and Bazaars Carcassonne: The Flying Machines Carcassonne: The Messengers Carcassonne: The Ferries Carcassonne: The Gold Mines Carcassonne: Mage & Witch Carcassonne: The Robbers Carcassonne: Traders & Builders Carcassonne: Under the Big Top Carcassonne: Das Labyrinth Carcassonne Maps: Deutschland (Import) Carcassonne Maps: France (Import) Carcassonne Maps: Benelux (Import) Carcassonne Maps: Great Britain (Import) Carcassonne Maps: Península Ibérica (Import) Carcassonne Maps: USA West Carcassonne Maps: USA Eas t Carcassonne: Halb so Wild (New Edition) Carcassonne: Burgen in Deutschland (Second Edition) Carcassonne: Die Klöster (aka Carcassonne: Klöster in Deutschland) (New Edition) Carcassonne: Mini Extention - Les Presents (a.k.a. Carcassonne - The Gifts) (French Edition) Carcassonne: 4 Seasons – The Spring (Import)
Accessories	19-Piece Set of Lavender Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of Lime Green Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of Orange Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of Pink Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of Purple Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of Salmon Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of Sky Blue Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of Turquoise Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) 19-Piece Set of White Meeples (Compatible with Carcassonne & Expansions) The Broken Token - Carcassonne Organizer E-Raptor - Insert compatible with Carcassonne™ Carcassonne: Meeple Stickers Folded Space - Carcassonne & Expansions
Family	Carcassonne: The Castle Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers Carcassonne: Over Hill and Dale
Reimplemented By	Carcassonne: Gold Rush Carcassonne: The Discovery
Integrates With	Mists over Carcassonne
Additional Info	822/carcassonne http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/375/carcassonne/reviews

Note: This game includes River Expansion

"What's that game with those cute little figures?"
"You mean meeples?"
"Yes, I see them everywhere on the Geek!"
"They are from Carcassonne."

Carcassonne is a tile-placement game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The tile might feature a city, a road, a cloister, grassland or some combination thereof, and it must be placed adjacent to tiles that have already been played, in such a way that cities are connected to cities, roads to roads, etcetera. Having placed a tile, the player can then decide to place one of his meeples on one of the areas on it: on the city as a knight, on the road as a robber, on a cloister as a monk, or on the grass as a farmer. When that area is complete, that meeple scores points for its owner.

During a game of Carcassonne, players are faced with decisions like: "Is it really worth putting my last meeple there?" or "Should I use this tile to expand my city, or should I place it near my opponent instead, giving him a hard time to complete his project and score points?" Since players place only one tile and have the option to place one meeple on it, turns proceed quickly even if it is a game full of options and possibilities.

Carcassonne: The Princess & the DragonCarcassonne: The Princess & the Dragon

The Chase of the Bismarck: Operation Rheinübung 1941 (Minor Damage)

2024-09-28T20:02:26-04:00

Vendor: VUCA Simulations
Type: Board Games
Price: 174.95

Designer	Patrick Gebhardt Jack Greene
Publisher	VUCA Simulations
Players	2
Playtime	120-360 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	353326/chase-bismarck-operation-rheinubung-1941 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353326/chase-bismarck-operation-rheinubung-1941/forums/63

Chase of the Bismarck is played in turns, each representing nearly five hours of real time. In each turn, both players secretly move any or all ships and air units under their command on their own search board.

Each player may then call out zones in which he has enough search factors to locate his opponent's ships. This is the “operational part of the game”.

If opposing ships are discovered to be in the same zone, they may proceed to combat on the Battle Board. This is the “tactical part of the game”.

Battle is resolved with a fairly simplified system, with both players moving on a map indicating the distance to their opponent's ships.

The game ends if the Bismarck is sunk, arrives at a friendly port or the last turn of the game (evening of May 29th) has been played.

The Chase of the Bismarck: Operation Rheinübung 1941 (Box Damage)

2024-09-28T20:02:20-04:00

Vendor: VUCA Simulations
Type: Board Games
Price: 174.95

Designer	Patrick Gebhardt Jack Greene
Publisher	VUCA Simulations
Players	2
Playtime	120-360 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	353326/chase-bismarck-operation-rheinubung-1941 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/353326/chase-bismarck-operation-rheinubung-1941/forums/63

QE: Commodities (Minor Damage)

2024-09-28T17:52:50-04:00

Vendor: BoardGameTables.com
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Jonathan Gilmour
Publisher	BoardGameTables.com
Players	3-5
Expansion For	Q.E. (Quantitative Easing)
Additional Info	360699/qe-commodities http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360699/qe-commodities/forums/63

Q.E. Commodities now presents new investment opportunities for each country! As an expansion to Q.E., you will now have the ability to diversify your portfolio by investing in gold, oil, and crypto. Each commodity adds additional variable victory points to bolster your score. The biggest element of the expansion however is that it now enables you to lower your total spend throughout the game, providing extra layers of strategy and unexpected twists!

-description from publisher

Spirit Island (Minor Damage)

2024-09-28T16:14:29-04:00

Vendor: Greater Than Games, LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 79.95

Designer	R. Eric Reuss
Publisher	Greater Than Games (Fabled Nexus)
Players	1-4
Playtime	90-120 mins
Suggested Age	13 and up
Expansions	Spirit Island: Branch & Claw Spirit Island: Jagged Earth Spirit Island: Feather and Flame Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate
Accessories	Insert Here - Spirit Island Organizer E-Raptor - Insert Spirit Island and Branch & Claw Expansion Folded Space - Spirit Island & Branch and Claw Expansion Broken Token - Spirit Island Organizer Spirit Island: Premium Token Pack Folded Space - Spirit Island and Branch & Claw Expansion or Jagged Earth Expansion (v2) Laserox - Spirit Organizer (Compatible with Spirit Island and Branch & Claw Expansion) Laserox - Spirit Expansion Organizer (Compatible with Spirit Island Expansions) Spirit Island: Deluxe Invader Board Spirit Island: Foil Panels
Honors	2019 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Experten Recommended 2019 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee 2017 Cardboard Republic Striker Laurel Nominee
Additional Info	162886/spirit-island http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island/forums/63

In the most distant reaches of the world, magic still exists, embodied by spirits of the land, of the sky, and of every natural thing. As the great powers of Europe stretch their colonial empires further and further, they will inevitably lay claim to a place where spirits still hold power - and when they do, the land itself will fight back alongside the islanders who live there.

Spirit Island is a complex and thematic cooperative game about defending your island home from colonizing Invaders. Players are different spirits of the land, each with its own unique elemental powers. Every turn, players simultaneously choose which of their power cards to play, paying energy to do so. Using combinations of power cards that match a spirit's elemental affinities can grant free bonus effects. Faster powers take effect immediately, before the Invaders spread and ravage, but other magics are slower, requiring forethought and planning to use effectively. In the Spirit phase, spirits gain energy, and choose how / whether to Grow: to reclaim used power cards, to seek for new power, or to spread presence into new areas of the island.

The Invaders expand across the island map in a semi-predictable fashion. Each turn they explore into some lands (portions of the island); the next turn, they build in those lands, forming settlements and cities. The turn after that, they ravage there, bringing blight to the land and attacking any native islanders present.

The islanders fight back against the Invaders when attacked, and lend the spirits some other aid, but may not always do so exactly as you'd hoped. Some Powers work through the islanders, helping them (eg) drive out the Invaders or clean the land of blight.

The game escalates as it progresses: spirits spread their presence to new parts of the island and seek out new and more potent powers, while the Invaders step up their colonization efforts. Each turn represents 1-3 years of alternate-history.

At game start, winning requires destroying every last settlement and city on the board - but as you frighten the Invaders more and more, victory becomes easier: they'll run away even if some number of settlements or cities remain. Defeat comes if any spirit is destroyed, if the island is overrun by blight, or if the Invader deck is depleted before achieving victory.

The game includes different adversaries to fight against (eg: a French Plantation Colony, or a Remote British Colony). Each changes play in different ways, and offers a different path of difficulty boosts to keep the game challenging as you gain skill.

World Wonders (Minor Damage)

2024-09-23T13:47:31-04:00

Vendor: Arcane Wonders
Type: Board Games
Price: 47.95

Designer	Zé Mendes
Publisher	Arcane Wonders
Players	1-5
Playtime	50-70 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	World Wonders: Mundo Wonders Pack
Additional Info	365258/world-wonders http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/365258/world-wonders/forums/63

Take on the role of the great leaders of the past to build your own Ancient City.

Each player will use their Gold each round to build tiles that will increase their city's economy. A city that produces more food and generates commerce brings more population. Make your city grow!

There are 5 types of buildings, and each of them provides a type of resource that will make your city evolve from a simple settlement to the largest city in the world. If your buildings are completely enclosed from all sides, you've created a very well-planned city block. This will earn you a lot of points.

To place new buildings to your city, you will also need a lot of roads. Adjacency with roads will allow you to place buildings further away from the map. This will reach natural resources, which in addition to other benefits, bring victory points.

As important as the buildings, are its monuments and wonders tokens. This will bring you a lot of victory points, but will consume all your Gold. Be wise in choosing when and where to place it. Each monument requires buildings, roads, natural resources or even water in its adjacency to be placed. It won't be easy to fit them into your city, but the benefits will be great.

If your Gold runs out, your turn is also over. Once all players have spent their Gold, a new round will begin and new buildings and roads will be available to everyone.

In the end, as soon as a player reaches the maximum population limit, the leader of the best city in the ancient world will be the winner of World Wonders!

—description from the publisher

Coup (Box Damage)

2024-09-21T17:16:28-04:00

Vendor: Indie Boards and Cards
Type: Board Games
Price: 13.95

Designer	Rikki Tahta
Publisher	Indie Boards and Cards
Players	2-6
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
French Edition	Complots
Honors	2013 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2013 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee
Expansions	Coup: Reformation
Additional Info	131357/coup http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1308043/coup/reviews

You are head of a family in an Italian city-state, a city run by a weak and corrupt court. You need to manipulate, bluff and bribe your way to power. Your object is to destroy the influence of all the other families, forcing them into exile. Only one family will survive...

In Coup, you want to be the last player with influence in the game, with influence being represented by face-down character cards in your playing area.

Each player starts the game with two coins and two influence – i.e., two face-down character cards; the fifteen card deck consists of three copies of five different characters, each with a unique set of powers:

Duke: Take three coins from the treasury. Block someone from taking foreign aid.
Assassin: Pay three coins and try to assassinate another player's character.
Contessa: Block an assassination attempt.
Captain: Take two coins from another player, or block someone from stealing coins from you.
Ambassador: Draw two character cards from the Court (the deck), choose which (if any) to exchange with your face-down characters, then return two. Block someone from stealing coins from you.

On your turn, you can take any of the actions listed above, regardless of which characters you actually have in front of you, or you can take one of three other actions:

Income: Take one coin from the treasury.
Foreign aid: Take two coins from the treasury.
Coup: Pay seven coins and launch a coup against an opponent, forcing that player to lose an influence. (If you have ten coins, you must take this action.)

When you take one of the character actions – whether actively on your turn, or defensively in response to someone else's action – that character's action automatically succeeds unless an opponent challenges you. In this case, if you can't reveal the appropriate character, you lose an influence, turning one of your characters face-up. Face-up characters cannot be used, and if both of your characters are face-up, you're out of the game.

If you do have the character in question, you reveal it, the opponent loses an influence, then you shuffle that character into the deck and draw a new one, perhaps getting the same character again and perhaps not.

The last player to still have influence – that is, a face-down character – wins the game!

A new & optional character called the Inquisitor has been added. The Inquisitor character cards may be used to replace the Ambassador cards.

Inquisitor: Draw one character card from the Court deck and choose whether or not to exchange it with one of your face-down characters. OR Force an opponent to show you one of their character cards (their choice which). If you wish it, you may then force them to draw a new card from the Court deck. They then shuffle the old card into the Court deck. Block someone from stealing coins from you.

Coup (Minor Damage)

2024-09-21T17:15:35-04:00

Vendor: Indie Boards and Cards
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Rikki Tahta
Publisher	Indie Boards and Cards
Players	2-6
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
French Edition	Complots
Honors	2013 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2013 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee
Expansions	Coup: Reformation
Additional Info	131357/coup http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1308043/coup/reviews

In Coup, you want to be the last player with influence in the game, with influence being represented by face-down character cards in your playing area.

Duke: Take three coins from the treasury. Block someone from taking foreign aid.
Assassin: Pay three coins and try to assassinate another player's character.
Contessa: Block an assassination attempt.
Captain: Take two coins from another player, or block someone from stealing coins from you.
Ambassador: Draw two character cards from the Court (the deck), choose which (if any) to exchange with your face-down characters, then return two. Block someone from stealing coins from you.

On your turn, you can take any of the actions listed above, regardless of which characters you actually have in front of you, or you can take one of three other actions:

Income: Take one coin from the treasury.
Foreign aid: Take two coins from the treasury.
Coup: Pay seven coins and launch a coup against an opponent, forcing that player to lose an influence. (If you have ten coins, you must take this action.)

The last player to still have influence – that is, a face-down character – wins the game!

A new & optional character called the Inquisitor has been added. The Inquisitor character cards may be used to replace the Ambassador cards.

Inquisitor: Draw one character card from the Court deck and choose whether or not to exchange it with one of your face-down characters. OR Force an opponent to show you one of their character cards (their choice which). If you wish it, you may then force them to draw a new card from the Court deck. They then shuffle the old card into the Court deck. Block someone from stealing coins from you.

Agricola 15 (Box Damage)

2024-09-12T15:09:08-04:00

Vendor: Lookout Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 134.95

Designer	Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher	Lookout Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Agricola: Ephipparius Deck
Additional Info	359999/agricola-15 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359999/agricola-15/forums/63

Agricola 15 celebrates the 15th anniversary of Uwe Rosenberg's Agricola by packing a lot of material created since the game's debut into a single XXL box: the revised edition of the Agricola base game, the complete Artifex and Bubulcus expansion decks, promo items that were previously long gone (adapted to go with the revised edition), some novelties (and no, you don't have all the L-Deck cards yet...), and a well-organized inlay for quick set-up and storage.

In total, Agricola 15 contains 430 cards, more than 200 tokens, and more than 270 wooden components. This set is compatible with both the Farmers of the Moor expansion and the expansion for five and six players.

Captain Sonar (Second Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-09-09T14:50:48-04:00

Vendor: Matagot
Type: Board Games
Price: 53.95

Designers	Roberto Fraga Yohan Lemonnier
Publisher	Matagot
Players	2-8
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2017 SXSW Tabletop Game of the Year Nominee 2017 Lys Passioné Finalist 2017 Kennerspiel des Jahres Recommended 2017 Guldbrikken Special Jury Prize Winner 2016 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2016 Juego del Año Recommended 2016 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Winner 2016 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Best Party Game Nominee 2016 Cardboard Republic Socializer Laurel Winner 2016 Cardboard Republic Socializer Laurel Nominee
Expansions	Captain Sonar: Upgrade One Captain Sonar: Operation Dragon
Additional Info	171131/captain-sonar https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171131/captain-sonar/forums/63

At the bottom of the ocean, no one will hear you scream!

In Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer.

All the members of a team sit on one side of the table, and they each take a particular role on the submarine, with the division of labor for these roles being dependent on the number of players in the game: One player might be the captain, who is responsible for moving the submarine and announcing some details of this movement; another player is manning the sonar in order to listen to the opposing captain's orders and try to decipher where that sub might be in the water; a third player might be working in the munitions room to prepare torpedoes, mines and other devices that will allow for combat.

Captain Sonar can be played in two modes: turn-by-turn or simultaneous. In the latter set-up, all the members of a team take their actions simultaneously while trying to track what the opponents are doing, too. When a captain is ready to launch an attack, the action pauses for a moment to see whether a hit has been recorded — then play resumes with the target having snuck away while the attacker paused or with bits of metal now scattered across the ocean floor.

Multiple maps are included with varying levels of difficulty.

In the Footsteps of Darwin PRE-ORDER

2024-09-03T11:29:16-04:00

Vendor: Sorry We Are French
Type: Board Games
Price: 40.95

Designer	Grégory Grard Matthieu Verdier
Publisher	Sorry We Are French
Players	2-5
Playtime	20-30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	376683/footsteps-darwin http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376683/footsteps-darwin/forums/63

Twenty years after his expedition around the world, Charles Darwin is writing On the Origins of Species. He wants to gather new information about animal life, particularly about continents he hardly explored. Who other than young naturalists, eager for discovery, could help the renowned scholar finish writing his most famous work?

In In the Footsteps of Darwin, players are junior naturalists who have just arrived aboard the Beagle to help Charles Darwin finish his book On the Origin of Species. During this journey, you will study animals, carry out cartographic surveys, publish your findings, and develop theories. Starting with the naturalist controlling the Darwin token, naturalists take turns in clockwise order, performing these two steps in order:

Study an animal or take inspiration from a character: Choose one of the three tiles facing the Beagle and place it onto your naturalist's notebook. It may be either an animal to study or a character from the Beagle's previous journey who will inspire you. Gain the bonuses depicted or any additional scoring bonuses triggered by the tile's placement.

Voyage of the Beagle: After placing a tile on your notebook, move the Beagle as many spaces forward as the distance between the Beagle and the tile you just selected (1-3 spaces), then draw a new tile to replace the empty space on the journey board.

Your goal is to score more points than your opponents to determine who contributed the most to On the Origin of Species.

—description from publisher

Heat: Pedal to the Metal PRE-ORDER

2024-09-03T11:26:25-04:00

Vendor: Days of Wonder
Type: Board Games
Price: 79.95

Designer	Asger Harding Granerud Daniel Skjold Pedersen
Publisher	Days of Wonder
Players	1-6
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2022 Tric Trac Nominee 2022 Tric Trac Initiés Nominee 2022 Tric Trac d'Or Initiés 2022 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee 2022 Golden Geek Medium Game of the Year Winner 2022 Golden Geek Medium Game of the Year Nominee 2022 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Winner 2022 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2022 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee
Expansion	Heat: Heavy Rain
Additional Info	366013/heat-pedal-metal http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366013/heat-pedal-metal/forums/63

Based on simple and intuitive hand management, Heat: Pedal to the Metal puts players in the driver's seat of intense car races, jockeying for position to cross the finish line first, while managing their car's speed if they don't want to overheat. Selecting the right upgrades for their car will help them hug the curves and keep their engine cool enough to maintain top speeds. Ultimately, their driving skills will be the key to victory!

Drivers can compete in a single race or use the "Championship System" to play a whole season in one game night, customizing their car before each race to claim the top spot of the podium. They have to be careful as the weather, road conditions, and events will change every race to spice up their championship. Players can also enjoy a solo mode with the Legends Module or add automated drivers as additional opponents in multiplayer games.

—description from the publisher

The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition (without Sundrop)

2024-08-12T17:17:06-04:00

Vendor: Ravensburger
Type: Board Games
Price: 298.95

Designer	Stefan Feld
Publisher	Ravensburger
Players	1-4
Playtime	70-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	363622/castles-burgundy-special-edition http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/363622/castles-burgundy-special-edition/forums/63

Includes both Core and Stretch Goals

Castles of Burgundy is a legendary Board Game design created by Stefan Feld. In this 1-4 players tabletop experience, you will take on the role of an aristocrat controlling a small princedom. Trying to build a settlement with powerful castles, practice trades, exploit silver mines, and use the knowledge of travelers.
Now, this timeless game is coming back with an extremely polished, high-end special edition resulting from a collaboration between Ravensburger and Awaken Realms.

In this special edition, you can expect a complete re-design of art and layout to ensure that every piece will have great art and enhance in-game usability. Only the best materials (cardboard, cart paper, box, insert, etc.) will be used to provide endurance, and a premium feel. Many extra components will bring the gaming experience to the next level, such as double-layered player boards, special bags for hexes, 30% bigger tiles, or metal coins.

The Castles of Burgundy is set in the Burgundy region of High Medieval France. Each player takes on the role of an aristocrat, originally controlling a small princedom. While playing, they aim to build settlements and powerful castles, practice trade along the river, exploit silver mines, and use the knowledge of travelers.

The game is about players taking settlement tiles from the game board and placing them into their princedom, which is represented by a Duchy board that is placed in the Player board.

Legends of Andor (Minor Damage)

2024-07-30T06:55:10-04:00

Vendor: KOSMOS
Type: Board Games
Price: 58.85

Designer	Michael Menzel
Publisher	KOSMOS
Players	2-4
Playtime	75 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2012 Lucca Games Best Family Game Nominee 2012 Lucca Games Best Publishing Project Winner 2013 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee 2013 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Winner 2013 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2013 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2013 Graf Ludo Best Family Game Graphics Winner 2013 Juego del Año Finalist 2013 Juego del Año Winner 2013 Le Lys Passioné Finalist 2013 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner 2013 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2013 Spiel des Jahres Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee 2013 Spiel des Jahres Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner 2013 Tric Trac Finalist 2014 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee 2014 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Winner
Expansion	Legends of Andor: New Heroes Legends of Andor: The Star Shield Legends of Andor: Journey to the North
Integrates With	Legends of Andor: The Last Hope
Accessories	Insert Here - Legends of Andor Organizer
Additional Info	127398/legends-of-andor http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1268388/legends-of-andor/reviews

Legends of Andor is a cooperative adventure board game for two to four players in which a band of heroes must work together to defend a fantasy realm from invading hordes. To secure Andor's borders, the heroes will embark on dangerous quests over the course of five unique scenarios (as well as a final scenario created by the players themselves). But as the clever game system keeps monsters on the march toward the castle, the players must balance their priorities carefully.

At the heart of Legends of Andor is its unique narrative, the linked scenarios of which tell an overarching story as the players successfully complete objectives. For each scenario, or "Legend", a legend deck conveys the plot of an ever-unfolding tale...one in which the players are the protagonists. A wooden marker moves along the board's legend track at key points during each scenario, triggering the draw of a new legend card, the introduction of new game-altering effects, and the advancement of the story's plot. In the end, the players must endeavor to guide the fate of Andor through their heroic actions, bringing a happy ending to their epic fantasy tale.

Will their heroes roam the land completing quests in the name of glory, or devote themselves to the defense of the realm? Uncover epic tales of glory as you live the Legends of Andor!

Shikoku 1889

2024-07-02T10:18:46-04:00

Vendor: Grand Trunk Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 75.95

Designer	Yasutaka Ikeda
Publisher	Grand Trunk Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	90-210 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	23540/shikoku-1889 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23540/shikoku-1889/forums/63

1889, an 18xx game in the series originated by Francis Tresham's 1829, is set in Shikoku Japan. The rules are similar to 1830: Railways & Robber Barons on a smaller and terrain-heavy map.

In 1889, 2-6 players will use money to purchase shares in railroad companies during Share Dealing Rounds. Between subsequent Share Dealing Rounds, railroad corporations then conduct operations on the game board, with the decisions being made by the player who is the major share holder. The game simulates the progression of railroad development during an historic period on Shikoku. Old trains become obsolete while the revenue earnings from cities grows over time. Players will try to purchase the most profitable shares at the right times of the game to maximize earnings in dividends and stock value gains. In the end, the player with the highest value of personal cash and held stocks is the winner.

The game was originally available in kit form from Wild Heaven, and is now also being published by Grand Trunk Games.

Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West

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

Vendor: Days of Wonder
Type: Board Games
Price: 135.95

Designer	Rob Daviau Matt Leacock Alan R. Moon
Publisher	Days of Wonder
Players	2-5
Playtime	20-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	390092/ticket-ride-legacy-legends-west http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390092/ticket-ride-legacy-legends-west/forums/63

In Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West, players embark on twelve journeys across North America as 19th century pioneers. The campaign begins on the East Coast, with players working their way to the West from one adventure to the next, meeting challenges along the way. As in Ticket to Ride, completing your tickets will remain your primary goal, but you will need to develop other skills if you hope to overcome the unexpected events and your resourceful rivals. Game after game, route after route, you will continuously fill your vault with earnings. As the story progresses, you will open frontier boxes that unlock new rules, content, and many more surprises.

In the Legacy style, Legends of the West is a unique experience molded by player choices. Each player has their own role to play, allowing them to change the way the story unfolds around them. Combined with evolving mechanisms that change as the game progresses, players will have a new experience every time they gather around the board.

At the end of the twelve games in this legacy campaign, you will have transformed your game into a unique copy that you can continue playing for a lifetime.

—description from the publisher

Puerto Rico 1897

2024-03-11T12:10:16-04:00

Vendor: alea
Type: Board Games
Price: 54.95

Designer	Andreas Seyfarth
Publisher	alea
Players	2-5
Playtime	70-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	367272/puerto-rico-1897 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367272/puerto-rico-1897/forums/63

Puerto Rico 1897 takes place the year after Puerto Rico achieved political autonomy and separated itself from the colonial Spanish government. In the game, you take on the role of an independent Puerto Rican farmer in this new era and compete against others to hire workers to grow, sell, and trade valuable crops. You will also be in charge of resurrecting parts of the country as you attempt to build vital city infrastructure. Your goal throughout the game is to acquire more wealth and prestige than your opponents and become the most prosperous farmer across the country.

Each player has their own small board with spaces for city buildings, plantations, and resources. Shared between the players are three ships, a trading house, and a supply of resources and doubloons.

The resource cycle of the game is that players grow crops that they exchange for points or doubloons. Doubloons can then be used to buy buildings, which allow players to produce more crops or give them other abilities. Buildings and plantations do not function unless they are staffed by workers.

During each round, players take turns selecting a role card from those on the table (such as "Trader" or "Builder"). When a role is chosen, every player gets to take the action associated with that role. The player who selected the role also receives a small privilege for doing so; for example, choosing the "Builder" role allows all players to construct a building, but the player who chose the role may do so at a discount on that turn. Unused roles gain a doubloon bonus at the end of each turn, and the next player who chooses that role gets to keep any doubloon bonus associated with it. This encourages players to make use of all the roles throughout a typical course of a game.

Puerto Rico 1897 uses a variable phase order mechanism in which a token is passed clockwise to the next player at the conclusion of a turn. The player with the token begins the round by choosing a role and taking the first action.

Players earn victory points for owning buildings, for shipping goods, and for occupied "large buildings". Each player's accumulated shipping chips are kept face down and come in denominations of one or five. This prevents other players from being able to determine the exact score of another player. Goods and doubloons are placed in clear view of other players, and the totals of each can always be requested by a player. As the game enters its later stages, the unknown quantity of shipping tokens and its denominations require players to consider their options before choosing a role that can end the game.

Shogun no Katana (English Standard Edition)

2024-02-01T20:43:13-05:00

Vendor: Post Scriptum
Type: Board Games
Price: 89.95

Designer	P.S. Martensen Federico Randazzo
Publisher	Post Scriptum
Players	1-4
Playtime	60-180 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansions	Shogun no Katana: Wandering Characters Expansion Set Shogun no Katana: Wandering Character Geisha Shogun no Katana: Wandering Character Unsuiso
Accessory	Shogun no Katana: Metal Katana
Additional Info	319807/shogun-no-katana http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/319807/shogun-no-katana/forums/63

Feudal Japan, land of mystery, tradition, honor and sharp steel! The katanas have always been fundamental for the outcome of the battles that have elected or overthrown the noble and powerful families that dominate the different regions. But behind these beautiful masterpieces, lies a millenary art made of technique,discipline and sweat poured into the most ancient forges scattered around Japan. The smiths masters, keepers of ancient secrets, have the fate of entire families and the history of their country in their hands. Now it’s up to you, you have been called to carry on this ancient tradition. Will you beable to offer your masterpieces to the most powerful Daimyo in Japan and even tothe Shogun himself?

Shogun no Katana is a strategic Eurogame that will transport you to the magical atmosphere of feudal Japan. Use your workers to choose which swords to make, among those requested by the powerful local Daimyo. Collect resources to improve your craft, and request your artists to create breathtaking decorations. Have your family members admitted to the most strategic rooms of the Shogun’s palace to obtain the privileges of their rank. And finally, create the most beautiful SHOGUN NO KATANA!

You will have to manage your Forge wisely, as crafting Katanas will be the real beating heart of the game. The original and innovative sword-making mechanism allows you to activate an entire row or column to work on different Katanas at the same time. Each player has its own forge where all the katana crafting will take place.

During the game you will obtain resources, either by visiting the market, the palace among other places. By activating a row or column you can add resources to all matching Katanas, moving them accordingly on the grid. But be careful! Having a lot of Katanas on the grid means that you can accomplish more with fewer actions, but it also increases the risk of them hindering each other. You will have to build your engine cleverly to maximize your turns.

Stone Age (Italian Edition)

2024-01-16T21:19:54-05:00

Vendor: Z-Man Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 52.95

Designer	Bernd Brunnhofer
Publisher	Z-Man Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2008 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game 2nd Place 2008 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Gamer's Board Game Nominee 2008 Hra roku Nominee 2008 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2008 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee 2008 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2008 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2008 Tric Trac Nominee 2009 Games Magazine Best New Family Strategy Game Winner 2009 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Gamers' Board Game Nominee 2009 Hra roku Nominee 2009 JoTa Best Artwork Audience Award 2009 JoTa Best Artwork Nominee 2009 JoTa Best Family Board Game Audience Award 2009 JoTa Best Family Board Game Critic Award 2009 JoTa Best Family Board Game Nominee 2009 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee 2009 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Nominee 2010 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection 2010 MinD-Spielepreis Nominee 2012 MinD-Spielepreis Nominee 2017 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee 2017 Hungarian Board Game Award Winner
Expansions	Stone Age: Style is the Goal Stone Age: The Expansion Stone Age: The Mammoth Herd
Accessories	Top Shelf Gamer - Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Stone Age (set of 97) Top Shelf Gamer - Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Stone Age™ V2 (set of 109) Kings Wooden Token Set - Deluxe Stone Age Wooden Token Set Euro Token Expansion - Deluxe Folded Space - Stone Age & Expansions
Additional Info	34635/stone-age http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/594/stone-age/reviews

Note: This game is in Italian.

The "Stone Age" times were hard indeed. In their roles as hunters, collectors, farmers, and tool makers, our ancestors worked with their legs and backs straining against wooden plows in the stony earth. Of course, progress did not stop with the wooden plow. People always searched for better tools and more productive plants to make their work more effective.

In Stone Age, the players live in this time, just as our ancestors did. They collect wood, break stone and wash their gold from the river. They trade freely, expand their village and so achieve new levels of civilization. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this pre-historic time.

Players use up to ten tribe members each in three phases. In the first phase, players place their men in regions of the board that they think will benefit them, including the hunt, the trading center, or the quarry. In the second phase, the starting player activates each of his staffed areas in whatever sequence he chooses, followed in turn by the other players. In the third phase, players must have enough food available to feed their populations, or they face losing resources or points.

Zombie Kidz Evolution (French Edition)

2024-01-16T21:08:31-05:00

Vendor: Le Scorpion Masqué
Type: Board Games
Price: 25.95

Designer	Annick Lobet
Publisher	Le Scorpion Masqué
Players	2-4
Playtime	5-15 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Reimplemented By	Zombie Teenz Evolution
Honors	2020 Kinderspiel des Jahres Recommended 2020 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee 2020 Gra Roku Children's Game of the Year Winner 2020 Gra Roku Children's Game of the Year Nominee 2019 UK Games Expo Best Children's Game People's Choice Winner 2019 Tric Trac Nominee 2019 Lys Enfant Winner 2019 Lys Enfant Finalist 2019 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Enfant Nominee
Additional Info	256952/zombie-kidz-evolution http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256952/zombie-kidz-evolution/forums/63

Note: This game is in French.

Zombie Kidz Evolution is the first "legacy"-style game for kids, with basic gameplay similar to the 2013 title Zombie Kidz — but things will quickly evolve!

In the game, the young players are at school when zombies start to attack, infiltrating the entryways, then barring the way to classrooms. Players move through rooms and entryways to eliminate zombies and keep the zombie reserve full. If a zombie must enter the school but none are available, then the school has been overrun and the players lose. To win the game, players need to lock each of the four entryways as apparently the custodian has abandoned the post and given up the school for lost.

As players get better, they can complete missions, track their development through a trophy-sticker system reminiscent of video games, and open envelopes that contain new material for the game, upping the challenge they face while also providing them with new powers and new heroes as well.

Power Grid: The Robots (Recharged Edition)

2024-01-15T17:38:24-05:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 9.50

Designer	Friedemann Friese
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expands	Power Grid
Additional Info	108667/power-grid-the-robots http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1098745/power-grid-the-robots/reviews

Power Grid: The Robots is an expansion that requires Power Grid: Recharged or Power Grid.

Robots are now available as opponents in Power Grid!

Robots are composed of five modular tiles explaining how that robot behaves during the game:

where it builds its first city
when and how it bids on power plants
which resources it buys
where it builds
and a special ability that gives the robot an edge.

Robots are great for two-player games and can even fill in seats for larger games. Multiple robots can even play in the same game!

Disney Lorcana "Rise of the Floodborn" Booster Pack (Sleeved Pack)

2023-12-25T14:36:18-05:00

Vendor: Ravensburger
Type:
Price: 8.95

Note: The Booster Pack comes encased in packaging; the cards themselves are not sleeved.

1 Random Sleeved Pack

Disney Lorcana "Rise of the Floodborn" Booster Pack

2023-12-21T11:57:49-05:00

	Vendor: Ravensburger Type: Price: 8.95
1 Random Pack

Disney Lorcana - The First Chapter - Booster Box

2023-11-21T12:46:14-05:00

Vendor: Ravensburger
Type: Accessories
Price: 238.80

Disney Lorcana is a trading card game (TCG) that features Disney characters in both original and reimagined art styles that live in an all-new world with unique and magical gameplay.

The game is set in the rich and fantastical world of Lorcana, a combination of the words "lore" and "arcana". Players will take on the mantle of Illumineer, a powerful sorcerer, and band together Disney characters from Lorcana's "The Great Illuminary", a treasury of all Disney songs and stories ever made.

Unlike starter decks, booster packs contain twelve random cards from Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter. Use booster packs to build and customize your deck with abilities and characters beyond those found in starter decks.

Each booster contains twelve randomized cards:

6 common cards
3 uncommon cards
2 rare, super rare, or legendary cards
1 foil card (random rarity level)

Disney Lorcana - Rise of the Floodborn Starter Deck - Tactical Teamwork

2023-11-18T18:51:43-05:00

	Vendor: Ravensburger Type: Price: 17.95