Vendor: ABACUSSPIELE
Type: Board Games
Price:
14.95
| Designer | Alessandro Zucchini |
| Publisher | ABACUSSPIELE |
| Players | 3-5 |
| Playtime | 20-30 mins |
| Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Note: This game is in German. The game itself is language independent. English rules can be found here.
This game has been published by dV Giochi as a reward for winning the 2004/2005 edition of the Gioco Inedito – Best Unpublished game contest. Powered by Lucca comics & Games and dV Giochi, the contest aims to identify the best new card game design from all prototypes received and to reward it by publishing the game in a fully professional and high-quality format, overseen directly by dV Giochi. All prototypes submitted must conform to the technical and style requirements, fixed components and a given theme which changes every year. Everybody can join the contest and this is a great opportunity for emerging game designers to see their idea published.
For more information:
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www.luccacomicsandgames.com
The theme of the award was “Cities and Walls;” Lucca Città is a very clever and elegant card game that won hands down, and daVinci is proud to introduce it to the public.
It features a deck of 110 cards, divided in 96 Palace parts, 4 towers, 5 Coat of Arms, and 5 Quarters. Each player belongs to a Quarter and tries to increase his family’s fame by building palaces and walls and by giving parties in the completed palaces.
During his turn, the player chooses a triplet of cards from the table and uses them to build his buildings; resources and time are very limited, and you need careful planning and master play in order not to have at the end of the game too many unfinished palaces, have lots of parties and... be the winner!
Vendor: Queen Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
54.95
| Designer | Alessandro Zucchini |
| Publisher | Queen Games |
| Players | 3-4 |
| Playtime | 60 mins |
| Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Description from the publisher:
In Liguria, players take the role of merchants who sail the Ligurian Sea to discover beautiful and exotic colors. By trading, conquering and engaging in diplomatic relationships, they can earn valuable prestige points. Fulfilling contracts with the bishop can prove very lucrative...
Make sure to collect all special colors in the various harbors and bring them back home to make your cathedral stand out the most.
Liguria is a prequel to the award-winning game Fresco. As a standalone game, it tells the story of how the colors came to the markets of the Ligurian cities to paint the beautiful frescos.
Vendor: Selecta Spielzeug
Type: Board Games
Price:
32.95
| Designer | Alessandro Zucchini |
| Publisher | Selecta Spielzeug |
| Players | 2-4 |
| Playtime | 20 mins |
| Suggested Age | 5 and up |
| Honors |
Note: Multi-language Edition including English.
The farm animals are going on holiday! But alas, the farmer has messed up everyone's tickets and it's not clear to him who's going where. Thankfully you and your fellow players can lend a hand, but the sorting challenge won't be easy. When you're the active player, you must wear glasses that cover your eyes; the player to your left then draws a task card and places the animal pictured on it in your hand. You try to identify the animal by touch and announce what animal you think you hold. The player then explains your task and you try to perform it, such as placing the animal in the correct location (as marked on the gameboard that game). You can feel the gameboard and other animals already in place, but knock any of them over and your turn ends immediately.
Other tasks include removing the proper animal from the gameboard and stating how many are currently on the board. The animals on parade change nearly every turn, so you'll need sensitive fingers and a good memory if you want to help them see the world...
Available in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian.
Vendor: Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
12.95
| Designer | Alessandro Zucchini |
| Publisher | Gryphon Games |
| Players | 3-5 |
| Playtime | 20 mins |
| Suggested Age | 10 and up |
When the gods throw a party: The Roman god of wine, Bacchus, has organized three great Bacchanalias to be held in his honor. He has given his satyrs the enviable task of recruiting young nymphs to come to these wild parties.
These lovely ladies dress very colorfully and love to romp and cavort with the satyrs… and oh boy, do they love to party!
As a player, you are one of Bacchus’ satyrs. Your task is to gather together as many like-dressed nymphs at the bacchanalias as possible, driving up the point value of these stylish nymphs and scoring as much as possible in the process.
So party on, you insatiable hoofed ones, all in the name of Bacchus!
Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
17.95
| Designer | Alessandro Zucchini |
| Publisher | Rio Grande Games |
| Players | 2-6 |
| Playtime | 30 mins |
| Suggested Age | 10 and up |
| Honors |
VOLLE WOLLE is a clever dice-game, where players try to get the most valuable sheep while trying to avoid black sheep. So you need a little luck, a portion of risk and some self-confidence because only the player, who rolled the predicted dice sum, can choose from the available cards. And if you're too careful you might only get what's left over. And as mentioned above, no one wants to have black sheep because they equal minus points.