Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 55.95

A World of Beautiful Colors comes alive as players choose commission cards picturing 34 of the finest European art works of the past six centuries. Players score their commissions by mixing primary colors through clever tile placement, and recreating the palette of colors used by the masters who created these works. Explore the paintings, palettes, and pasts of the artists in this unique and challenging game for the whole family.

While placing hexagonal pieces to gain palette (color) cards, players become familiar with the different color combinations that produce the many hues of an artist’s palette, all listed on the Player Reference Card. Players also learn to recognize many great artists and their works as they complete commissions.

UPDATE

The new International Edition of Pastiche will be released in late 2011. It incorporates a number of exciting new changes that are highlighted below:

1) The inclusion of 8 mini wooden easels. They are lightweight and stylish and reasonably priced (we will be offering them in packages of 8 to consumers for €7.99 for those who already own the first edition).

2) The size of the box is now deeper by 15mm. The box insert has been modified (deepened) to accommodate the easels. The insert has also been modified in that all 4 card cavities have also been deepened, and a clear plastic lid now clips in and covers all of the card cavities and the center cavity as well. This means no more card slippage within the box and a very neat, clean array whenever you open the box, regardless of how you store or ship it.

3) The commission cards have been modified to show artist bonuses and to highlight the names of the artists. 15 new commission cards replace 15 from the first edition. Both sets are now available as expansion packs.

4) The rules are now available in English-only or in a 60-page rulebook that includes four additional languages: French, German, Dutch, and Italian. The rules are better organized and include a two-page educational section on the history and nature of color theory and the color wheel.

5) A new card has been added to indicate the First Player.

6) Additional printing changes include: 
a) Bisque is now 5 points; 
b) all the cards total exactly the sum of their component cards; 
c) the palette board has been modified and now has a more rational and user-friendly layout;
d) the 5 reference cards are slightly modified in layout for Turn Sequence & color exchanges.

Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 5.95

This is the third of three mini-expansions for Petite Pastiche. Only compatible with the "Petite Pastiche" edition, not with the first edition or international edition of Pastiche.

This expansion pack consists of 3 extra commission cards, with artworks by Edouard Manet, Sandro Botticelli, and Edgar Degas.

Adds the following three new commisions:
- "The Fifer" by Edouard Manet
- "Virgin and Child" by Sandro Botticelli
- "Dancer with Bouquet, Curtseying" by Edgar Degas

Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 5.95

This is the second of three mini-expansions for Petite Pastiche. Only compatible with the "Petite Pastiche" edition, not with the first edition or international edition of Pastiche.

This expansion pack consists of 3 extra commission cards, with artworks by George Seurat, Claude Monet, and Mary Cassatt.

Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 5.95

This is the first of three mini-expansions for Petite Pastiche. Only compatible with the "Petite Pastiche" edition, not with the first edition or international edition of Pastiche.

This expansion pack consists of 3 extra commission cards, with artworks by Franz Marc, Domenico Theotocopuli, and Vincent van Gogh.

Vendor: 5th Street Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 10.95

The Crow and the Pitcher is a trick-taking game based on the Aesop fable of the same name. Players must play off one another in order to gain points, but the highest suited card is not always the one that takes the trick, so one must be as clever as the Crow in Aesop's fable to score points and not perish from thirst.

The deck consists of three colored suits of stone cards (numbered 2-10) and one set of black "thirst" cards (also numbered 2-10); a separate deck of pitcher cards has values from 6 to 13, with some duplicates, and one pitcher is revealed each trick. One player leads the first trick with a stone card, and other players must follow suit, if possible. If a player cannot follow suit, she can play a thirst card instead, and from the next round thirst cards can lead the trick. Whoever wins a trick leads the next trick, so winning tricks helps you dictate play.

If the sum of the colored cards is less than the pitcher value, then the lowest card matching the lead wins; this player gets all cards played (positive points for colors, negative for thirst) and the Pitcher card (worth -5 points). If the sum of the colored cards is equal to or greater than the pitcher value, then the highest card matching the lead wins, and this player gets all cards played (again, positive points for colors, negative for thirst). In all cases, cards valued higher than the trick's pitcher card do not count toward determining whether the pitcher is full.

If the trick is led by a thirst card, the highest thirst card wins, and that player takes all thirst cards played – so make sure you hold onto your low value thirst cards to avoid winning a thirst-led trick!

After three rounds, the player with the high score wins.

Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 47.95

Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 18.50

Note: This is not a standalone product and you'll need the base game Pastiche to play.

The First Edition Commission Card pack contains all 34 Commission Cards for the original Pastiche First Edition. These cards have been edited and re-formatted for the Pastiche International edition and can be substituted for the original first edition cards.

Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 8.50

Note: This is not a standalone product and you'll need the base game Pastiche to play.

Expansion Pack 2 is for those who own the original Pastiche First Edition. It includes 14 new commission cards by Seurat, Cassatt, Vermeer, Homer, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet and Van Gogh.

These cards substitute some cards in the original First edition cards to make the cards the same as the ones in the International edition.

Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 8.50

Note: This is not a standalone product and you'll need the base game Pastiche to play.

Expansion Pack 2 is for those who own the original Pastiche First Edition. It includes 14 new commission cards by Seurat, Cassatt, Vermeer, Homer, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet and Van Gogh.

These cards substitute some cards in the original First edition cards to make the cards the same as the ones in the International edition.