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Bugs in the Kitchen (Minor Damage)

2024-11-16T16:55:57-05:00

Vendor: Ravensburger
Type: Board Games
Price: 31.95

Designer	Peter-Paul Joopen
Publisher	Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
Players	2-4
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	5 and up
Honors	2013 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Children's Game Winner 2013 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2013 Kinderspielexperten "5-to-9-year-olds" Nominee 2013 Spiel des Jahres Kinderspiel des Jahres Recommended 2013 Vuoden Peli Children's Game of the Year Nominee 2014 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee
Additional Info	137909/bugs-in-the-kitchen http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1367887/bugs-in-the-kitchen/reviews

Centre of the game is a battery-driven cockroach, called "HEXBUG" "walking" more or less randomly across a labyrinth. The walls can be turned by the players according to a dice roll (for different categories of walls). Aim of the game is to let the electronic bug run into your trap - at one corner of the board. Each time you get this done, you get a cockroach chip ...

Race for the Galaxy (Second Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-11-15T15:20:38-05:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 31.30

Designer	Thomas Lehmann
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2007 Meeples' Choice Award 2008 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2008 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Card Game Winner 2008 Golden Geek Best Gamer's Board Game Nominee 2008 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2008 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Card Game Nominee 2008 JoTa Best Card Game Winner 2008 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Experten Recommended 2008 Tric Trac de Bronze 2008 Tric Trac Nominee 2010 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee 2010 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection
Expansions	Race for the Galaxy: Alien Artifacts Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm Race for the Galaxy: Xeno Invasion Race for the Galaxy: Expansion and Brinkmanship
Accessories	The Broken Token - Race for the Galaxy Organizer The Broken Token - Race for the Galaxy Organizer with Bits Box The Broken Token - Race for the Galaxy Bits Box Meeple Realty - Galaxy Racer Planet
Additional Info	28143/race-for-the-galaxy http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/597/race-for-the-galaxy/reviews

In the card game Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations by playing game cards in front of them that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Some worlds allow players to produce goods, which can be consumed later to gain either card draws or victory points when the appropriate technologies are available to them. These are mainly provided by the developments and worlds that are not able to produce, but the fancier production worlds also give these bonuses.

At the beginning of each round, players each select, secretly and simultaneously, one of the seven roles which correspond to the phases in which the round progresses. By selecting a role, players activate that phase for this round, giving each player the opportunity to perform that phase's action. For example, if one player chooses the settle role, each player has the opportunity to settle one of the planets from their hand. The player who has chosen the role, however, gets a bonus that applies only to him. But bonuses may also be acquired through developments, so one must be aware when another player also takes advantage of his choice of role.

Dorfromantik: The Board Game (Box Damage)

2024-11-14T16:21:16-05:00

Vendor: Pegasus Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 43.15

Designer	Michael Palm Lukas Zach
Publisher	Pegasus Spiele
Players	1-6
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2023 Spiel des Jahres Winner 2023 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2022 Golden Geek Light Game of the Year Nominee 2022 Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game Nominee
Expansion	Dorfromantik: The Board Game – Great Mill
Integrates With	Dorfromantik: The Duel
Additional Info	370591/dorfromantik-board-game http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370591/dorfromantik-board-game/forums/63

Rippling rivers, rustling forests, wheat fields swaying in the wind and here and there a cute little village - that's Dorfromantik! The video game from the small developer studio Toukana Interactive has been thrilling the gaming community since its Early Access in March 2021 and has already won all kinds of prestigious awards. Now Michael Palm and Lukas Zach are transforming the popular building strategy and puzzle game into a family game for young and old with Dorfromantik: Das Brettspiel.

In Dorfromantik: Das Brettspiel, up to six players work together to lay hexagonal tiles to create a beautiful landscape and try to fulfill the orders of the population, while at the same time laying as long a track and as long a river as possible, but also taking into account the flags that provide points in enclosed areas. The better the players manage to do this, the more points they can score at the end. In the course of the replayable campaign, the points earned can be used to unlock new tiles that are hidden in initially locked boxes. These pose new, additional tasks for the players and make it possible to raise the high score higher and higher.

—description from the publisher

Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack (Box Damage)

2024-11-12T14:16:49-05:00

Vendor: USAopoly
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.95

Publisher	The Op
Players	4-12
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Reimplements	Telestrations
Additional Info	153016/telestrations-12-player-party-pack http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1518558/telestrations-12-player-party-pack/reviews

Are you ready to party with a bigger group? With the all new Telestrations Party Pack, you can have a LOL, side-splitting time with up to 12 people! Prepare for more players, more laughs, and more unpredictable results! The silly sketchin’ & guessin’ possibilities are endless!

Combining the schoolyard favorite ‘telephone game’ with a drawing game, Telestrations has players draw what they see then guess what they saw. The result? The Big Reveal, where players get to share how “this” became “that!” The outcomes are unpredictable and sure to create a slide-splitting time!

Bonfire (Box Damage)

2024-11-10T01:28:26-05:00

Vendor: Pegasus Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 53.95

Designer	Stefan Feld
Publisher	Pegasus Spiele
Players	1-4
Playing Time	70-100 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Bonfire: Trees & Creatures
Accessories	Folded Space - Bonfire
Additional Info	304420/bonfire http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304420/bonfire/forums/63

Theme:

The bonfires are sources of light, energy and warmth created by the guardians of light in order to brighten the cities on the otherwise dark planet. The residents of the cities however, took the bonfires for granted and exploited them for their personal gain. Disappointed the guardians of light retreated and let the bonfires extinguish. The citizens could no longer live in the now dark cities and were forced to leave.

You are a group of gnomes living close to the cities and you also need and the light of the bonfires. Missing it now, you try yourself to visit the cities and learn how to ignite the bonfires once again: You must visit the guardians of light on their holy islands and ask for tasks to prove your good will. For each completed task, they will re-ignite one extinguished bonfire. Whoever manages to earn the greatest trust from the guardians and manages to brighten their city the most will win the game.

Game-play:
The engine for the game are the three-coloured tiles you will be puzzling onto your player board. When you manage to place the same colours adjacent to one another, you will receive more action tiles of that specific kind. This will allow you to specialize in certain types of actions and pursue different strategies.
You can use the tiles to perform the following actions:
- Move your ship to an island
- Receive a task from an island by spending two resources
- Invite a guardian of light into your city
- Trigger a procession of guardians through your city and gain resources.
- Add a landscape tile to your city (this is where the processions take place)
- Recruit a gnome gaining a special ability or victory points
- Find support by the last bonfire, gaining portals, resources or action tiles

You will play in turn order until a fixed number of tasks has been solved, after which each player has 5 more turns. During final scoring, you will receive points for your completed tasks (the bonfires) and any improvements made there (portals, landscapes or guardians).

-description from publisher

Brass: Birmingham (Deluxe Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-11-09T23:54:59-05:00

Vendor: Roxley
Type: Board Games
Price: 122.95

Designers	Gavan Brown Matt Tolman Martin Wallace
Publisher	Roxley
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2019 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Winner 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee
Accessories	Folded Space - Brass Lancashire & Birmingham The Dicetroyers - Brass: Birmingham (Italy Import)
Additional Info	224517/brass-birmingham http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham/forums/63

What makes the Deluxe different from the retail version:
- Upgraded player mats
- Foil box upgrade along the edges of the boxes.
- Black chitboard tiles
- Custom 2-piece modular VAC tray insert
- Deluxe edition numbering
- 70 clay style money chips

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870.

As in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in and effort to exploit low or high market demands.

Each round, players take turns according to the turn order track, receiving two actions to perform any of the following actions (found in the original game):

1) Build - Pay required resources and place an industry tile.
2) Network - Add a rail / canal link, expanding your network.
3) Develop - Increase the VP value of an industry.
4) Sell - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods and pottery.
5) Loan - Take a £30 loan and reduce your income.

Brass: Birmingham also features a new sixth action:

6) Scout - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. (This action replaces Double Action Build in original Brass.)

The game is played over two halves: the canal era (years 1770-1830) and the rail era (years 1830-1870). To win the game, score the most VPs. VPs are counted at the end of each half for the canals, rails and established (flipped) industry tiles.

Birmingham features dynamic scoring canals/rails. Instead of each flipped industry tile giving a static 1 VP to all connected canals and rails, many industries give 0 or even 2 VPs. This provides players with the opportunity to score much higher value canals in the first era, and creates interesting strategy with industry placement.

Iron, coal, and cotton are three industries which appear in both the original Brass as well as in Brass: Birmingham.

New "Sell" system

Brewing has become a fundamental part of the culture in Birmingham. You must now sell your product through traders located around the edges of the board. Each of these traders is looking for a specific type of good each game. To sell cotton, pottery, or manufactured goods to these traders, you must also "grease the wheels of industry" by consuming beer. For example, a level 1 cotton mill requires one beer to flip. As an incentive to sell early, the first player to sell to a trader receives free beer.

Birmingham features three all-new industry types:

Brewery - Produces precious beer barrels required to sell goods.

Manufactured goods - Function like cotton, but features eight levels. Each level of manufactured goods provides unique rewards, rather than just escalating in VPs, making it a more versatile (yet potentially more difficult) path vs cotton.

Pottery - These behemoths of Birmingham offer huge VPs, but at a huge cost and need to plan.

Increased Coal and Iron Market size - The price of coal and iron can now go up to $8 per cube, and it's not uncommon.

Brass: Birmingham is a finely brewed sequel to one of history's most industrial economic games. It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. Many of the tried and true strategies of the original are no longer as powerful as they once were, and other interesting new strategies are waiting for you to discover.

Brass: Birmingham (Deluxe Edition) (Box Damage)

2024-11-09T23:54:54-05:00

Vendor: Roxley
Type: Board Games
Price: 113.95

Designers	Gavan Brown Matt Tolman Martin Wallace
Publisher	Roxley
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2019 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Winner 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee
Accessories	Folded Space - Brass Lancashire & Birmingham The Dicetroyers - Brass: Birmingham (Italy Import)
Additional Info	224517/brass-birmingham http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224517/brass-birmingham/forums/63

Sanssouci (New Retail Edition) (Box Damage)

2024-11-09T14:52:40-05:00

Vendor: Imperial Publishing, Inc
Type: Board Games
Price: 42.25

Designer	Michael Kiesling
Publisher	Imperial Publishing, Inc
Players	2-4
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Hornor	2014 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Additional Info	146816/sanssouci http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/146816/sanssouci/forums/63

Your task in the tile-laying game Sanssouci is to create a flower garden for the world-famous Sanssouci Palace. Competing against up to three other landscape architects, you'll have your own garden layout game board on which you'll build rose gardens and vineyard terraces, labyrinths and fountains – but not just anywhere, mind you. No, the landscapers must meet certain building requirements, and unfortunately you won't always have at hand everything that you might need.

In game terms, each player has a personal garden that's divided into rows and columns; each row shows a color, while each column shows one of nine garden elements, such as the wells or a pavilion. Players start with one noble at the top of each column. A shared tile supply board has five rows – with colored spaces matching the colors on each player board – and two columns, which are unlabeled. At the start of the game, ten tiles are placed on this supply board; each tile depicts one of the nine garden elements.

Each turn, a player plays one of his two cards in hand, which determines the tile he can take from the supply, e.g. take a pavilion tile, take a tile from the red or gray spaces, etc. The player has only a single card that lets him take any tile – but if he plays a card showing a garden element that isn't present, then he can instead take any tile! The player must place this tile on his player board in the column that matches the image on the tile and the row that matches the color from which the tile was taken. If this space is already filled, he flips the tile to show the gardener on the other side, then places this tile on any free space in the same row or the same column. After placing the tile, he may move one of his nobles along a path of placed tiles as long as the noble ends up in the same column in which it started, but on a lower row. The player scores points equal to the row reached.

The player then refills the supply and draws a new card. The game ends after 18 rounds. Each player then receives bonus points for each completed row and column. Furthermore, each player has received two order cards at the start of the game, each of which shows one of the nine columns; each player receives bonus points for the row reached by the noble in that column. The player with the most points wins.

Root (Minor Damage)

2024-11-07T15:38:48-05:00

Vendor: Leder Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 56.06

Designer	Cole Wehrle
Publisher	Leder Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Accessories	Meeple Realty - Root Forest Root: Vagabond Pack Root: Resin Clearing Markers Root: Playmat Fall/Winter Folded Space - Root & Expansions Laserox - Root Organizer Laserox - Root Crate Root: Card Sleeves The Dicetroyers - Root + Riverfolk Exp (Italy Imported) The Dicetroyers - Root All In – Lifted Base (Italy Imported)
Expansions	Root: Riverfolk Expansion Root: The Underworld Expansion (Kickstarter Edition) Root: The Exiles and Partisans Deck PRE-ORDER Root: The Clockwork Expansion Root: Clockwork Expansion 2 Root: Upgrade Pack Root: The Underworld Expansion Root: The Vagabond Pack Root: The Marauder Expansion Root: Underworld Hirelings Pack Root: Marauder Hirelings Pack & Hireling Box Root: Landmarks Pack
Honors	2020 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Nominee 2019 UK Games Expo Best Board Game (Strategic Style) People's Choice Winner 2019 UK Games Expo Best Board Game (Strategic Style) Judges Award Winner 2019 SXSW Tabletop Game of the Year Winner 2019 SXSW Best Crowdfunded Game of the Year Nominee 2019 Scelto dai Goblin Winner 2019 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2019 Jogo do Ano Winner 2019 Jogo do Ano Nominee 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Winner 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2019 Goblin Magnifico Winner 2019 Goblin Magnifico Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Winner 2018 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Winner 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Winner 2018 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Winner 2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee 2018 Cardboard Republic Striker Laurel Winner 2018 Cardboard Republic Striker Laurel Nominee 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Winner 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Nominee 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Tactical/Combat Game Nominee 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Game from a Small Publisher Nominee
Additional Info	237182/root http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237182/root/forums/63

Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 (6 with the 'Riverfolk' expansion) players battle for control of a vast wilderness.

The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the region, the proud, squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright. The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.

Root represents the next step in our development of asymmetric design. Like Vast: the Crystal Caverns, each player in Root has unique capabilities and a different victory condition. Now, with the aid of gorgeous, multi-use cards, a truly asymmetric design has never been more accessible.

The Cats play a game of engine building and logistics while attempting to police the vast wilderness. By collecting Wood they are able to produce workshops, lumber mills, and barracks. They win by building new buildings and crafts.

The Eyrie musters their hawks to take back the Woods. They must capture as much territory as possible and build roosts before they collapse back into squabbling.

The Alliance hides in the shadows, recruiting forces and hatching conspiracies. They begin slowly and build towards a dramatic late-game presence--but only if they can manage to keep the other players in check.

Meanwhile, the Vagabond plays all sides of the conflict for their own gain, while hiding a mysterious quest. Explore the board, fight other factions, and work towards achieving your hidden goal.

In Root, players drive the narrative, and the differences between each role create an unparalleled level of interaction and replayability. Leder Games invites you and your family to explore the fantastic world of Root!

—description from the publisher

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-11-04T05:40:39-05:00

Vendor: Fantasy Flight Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 72.15

Designer	Christian T. Petersen
Publisher	Fantasy Flight Games
Players	3-6
Playtime	120-240 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2011 Charles S. Roberts Best Science-Fiction or Fantasy Board Wargame Nominee 2013 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner
Accessories	Board Game Organizers: Organizer - Game of Thrones (Second Edition) Insert Here -Game of Thrones: The Board Game Organizer E-Raptor - Insert compatible with A Game of Thrones™ E-Raptor - Organizer compatible with A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)™ E-Raptor - Insert for A Game of Thrones & Mother of Dragons The Dicetroyers - A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) (Italy Import)
Expansions	A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) – A Dance with Dragons A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) – A Feast for Crows A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) – There is My Claim A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) – Mother of Dragons
Additional Info	103343/a-game-of-thrones-the-board-game-second-edition http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1083094/a-game-of-thrones-the-board-game-second-edition/reviews

King Robert Baratheon is dead, and the lands of Westeros brace for battle.

In the second edition of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, three to six players take on the roles of the great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, as they vie for control of the Iron Throne through the use of diplomacy and warfare. Based on the best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones is an epic board game in which it will take more than military might to win. Will you take power through force, use honeyed words to coerce your way onto the throne, or rally the townsfolk to your side? Through strategic planning, masterful diplomacy, and clever card play, spread your influence over Westeros!

To begin the game, each player receives an army of Footman, Knight, Siege Engine, and Ship units, as well as a set of Order tokens and other necessary components. Each player also receives a deck of unique House Cards, which are used as leaders in battles against rival Houses.

Each round in the game is made up of three phases: the Westeros Phase, the Planning Phase, and the Action Phase. The Westeros Phase represents special events and day-to-day activities in Westeros. There are three different Westeros Decks, and each denotes a different global action, potentially affecting all players.

The Planning Phase is perhaps the most important. Here you secretly assign orders to all of your units by placing one order token face down on each area you control that contains at least one unit (Knight, Footman, Ship, or Siege Engine). This portion of the game emphasizes diplomacy and deduction. Can you trust the alliance that you made? Will you betray your ally and march upon him? Players may make promises to each other (for aid or peace, for example), but these promises are never binding. The result is tense and compelling negotiations, often ending in backstabbing worthy of Westeros!

During the Action Phase, the orders are resolved and battle is entered! When armies meet in combat, they secretly choose one of their House cards to add strength to the battle. Finally, the Houses can consolidate their power in the areas they control and use that power in future turns to influence their position in the court of the Iron Throne and to stand against the wildling Hordes.

In addition to featuring updated graphics and a clarified ruleset, this second edition of A Game of Thrones includes elements from the A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords expansions, including ports, garrisons, Wildling cards, and Siege engines, while introducing welcome new innovations like player screens and Tides of Battle cards.

Tides of Battle cards are an optional mechanism that brings an element of unpredictability to combat, representing erratic shifts in the momentum of war due to factors such as weather, morale, and tactical opportunity. During each combat, both players draw one Tides of Battle card from a communal deck, and its value modifies the strength of his chosen House card. What's more, such a card may also contain icons that can affect the outcome of the battle...all of which delivers a new level of intensity to your military engagements.

Cottage Garden (Minor Damage)

2024-11-01T14:43:26-04:00

Vendor: Stronghold Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 58.85

Designer	Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher	Stronghold Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2016 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
Additional Info	204027/cottage-garden https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204027/cottage-garden/forums/63

In Cottage Garden, you compete in the art of gardening and are working two beds with a variety of flowers. Whenever no unplanted box is visible on a bed, you have completed it, then you count your points and replace it with a fresh, unplanted bed. You gain points for all of the visible plant pots and planting bells.

In more detail, players select various polyomino tiles of flower beds from a central market grid, depending on the location of the "gardener", then place them on one of their two personal garden boards. Each board has several garden elements that are worth points when not planted over, and these are scored on two different tracks as soon as a garden has been finished. Crossing over a line on each track awards bonus tokens that can fill in empty spaces or give you a better selection of the flower bed tiles. Whenever a garden is finished, you receive a new one to complete. After the gardener completes her fifth lap around the market, the game enters its last round. The player with the most points from their completed gardens at the end of the game wins.

Detective: City of Angels (Minor Damage)

2024-10-31T17:34:16-04:00

Vendor: Van Ryder Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 89.95

Designer	Evan Derrick
Publisher	Van Ryder Games
Players	1-5
Playing Time	30-150 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansions	Detective: City of Angels – Bullets over Hollywood Detective: City of Angels – Gen Con 2019 Promo Cards Detective: City of Angels – Secret Cabal Promo Cards Detective: City of Angels – Smoke and Mirrors Detective: City of Angels – Saints and Sinners
Accessory	Detective: City of Angels – Chisel Screen
Additional Info	218074/detective-city-angels http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218074/detective-city-angels/forums/63

Detective: City of Angels, set in the dark and violent world of 1940s Los Angeles, is a game of mystery, deception, and investigation for 1–5 players. Most players will step into the shoes of LAPD homicide detectives, hungry for glory and willing to do whatever it takes to successfully close a case, even if that means intimidating suspects, concealing evidence, and hiring snitches to rat on their fellow detectives. One player, however, will take on the role of The Chisel, whose only goal is to stall and misdirect the detectives at every turn using bluffing, manipulation, and (often) outright lies.

Detective: CoA uses the innovative ARC (Adaptive Response Card) System to create the feel of interrogating a suspect. Suspects do not simply give paragraph-book responses; instead The Chisel carefully chooses how they will answer. When Billy O'Shea insists that the victim was a regular at Topsy's Nightclub, is he telling the truth or is The Chisel subtly leading the detectives toward a dead end that will cost them precious time? Detectives can challenge responses that they think are lies but at great risk: If they're wrong, The Chisel will acquire leverage over them, making the case that much harder to solve.

Detective: CoA includes separate, detailed casebooks for both the detectives and The Chisel. Each crime is a carefully constructed puzzle that can unfold in a variety of ways depending on how the detectives choose to pursue their investigations. As the detectives turn the city upside down, uncovering fresh evidence and "hot" leads, hidden suspects may be revealed and new lines of questioning will open up, creating a rich, story-driven experience.

Inspired by classic film noir like The Big Sleep, the works of James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential), and the video game L.A. Noire from Rockstar Games, Detective: City of Angels is a murder-mystery game unlike any other. Will one detective rise above the rest and close the case on L.A.'s latest high profile murder? Or will The Chisel sow enough doubt and confusion to prevent the detectives from solving the crime?

—description from the publisher

A "sleuth" mode allows 1 or more players to play fully cooperatively, solving the cases together.

Prêt-à-Porter (Third Edition) (Box Damage)

2024-10-26T15:31:50-04:00

Vendor: Portal Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 51.95

Designer	Piotr Haraszczak Ignacy Trzewiczek
Publisher	Portal Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2012 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2011 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee
Additional Info	87890/pret-porter http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/87890/pret-porter/forums/63

Prêt-à-Porter is an economic strategy game set in a world of fashion. Players run clothes companies and fight for dominance during fashion shows. It is – perhaps – one of the most cruel and ruthless of all our games. Money can be a dangerous weapon.

During the game players open new branches and outlets, hire new workers and try to gain new capabilities. New Design Agencies, Brand stores or Preparation rooms are opened, Accountants, Models and Designers are hired, lucrative contracts are signed to allow for short-term profits and expand company’s competencies.

Every single month player’s company gains new capabilities.

Each quarter held fashion shows – each player has to prepare a collection of clothing and has to show it on the show. The public, media, experts estimate collections in four categories and award prizes and diplomas. The more awards (represented by ‘stars’ in the game) will be collected at the show, the more money the players earn for selling their collection!

Will you get award for best Trends? Will you manage to be best in Public Relations and get the Media award? Will you earn more ‘stars’ than your opponent?

If you win ‘stars’, your opponents don’t.
If you win ‘stars’, you earn more money. Your opponents don’t.
If you win ‘stars’, you earn money, you hire new stuff, you get better. Your opponents don’t.

That is why during show you will kill for every single ‘star’. Welcome to the hell…

Prêt-à-Porter is a 2-4 player board game, unique mix of deep economy strategy and direct interaction. Low luck element, many important decisions to be made and many strategies that can be used to acclaim victory. With wide range of different employees, different buildings and contracts you can create your unique company every single time.

Space Alert (Minor Damage)

2024-10-26T15:31:49-04:00

Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 51.95

Designer	Vlaada Chvátil
Publisher	Rio Grande Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2009 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Gamers' Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Winner 2009 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee 2009 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2009 JoTa Highlights of the Year Critic Award 2009 JoTa Highlights of the Year Nominee 2009 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2009 Spiel des Jahres "New Worlds Game" Winner
Expansion	Space Alert: The New Frontier
Accessory	Sleeve Kings - Space Alert Large (110 pack)
Additional Info	38453/space-alert http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1388/space-alert/reviews

Space Alert is a cooperative team survival game. Players become crew members of a small spaceship scanning dangerous sectors of the galaxy. The missions last just 10 real-time minutes (hyperspace jump, sector scan, hyperspace jump back) and the only task the players have is to protect their ship.

During play, the central computer will announce the presence of various threats on one the supplied 10 minute soundtracks that also acts as a game timer. The threats vary from space battleships and interceptors to different interstellar monsters and abominations, asteroids or even intruders and malfunctions on the spaceship. Players have to agree who will take care of which task and coordinate their actions (moving around the ship, firing weapons, distributing energy, using battlebots to deal with intruders, launching guided missiles, etc.) in real time to defend the ship. Only a well-working team can survive 10 minutes and make the jump back to safety.

The game offers several difficulty levels, huge variability and a unique experience for one to five player teams. One mission lasts only about 30 minutes, including setup and evaluation.

(Based on a description from Czech Games Edition)

Expeditions (Ironclad Edition) (Box Damage)

2024-10-25T15:54:51-04:00

Vendor: Stonemaier Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 115.15

Designer	Jamey Stegmaier
Publisher	Stonemaier Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansion	Expeditions: Gears of Corruption (Ironclad Edition)
Additional Info	379078/expeditions http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379078/expeditions/forums/63

This Ironclad Edition features 5 large metal mechs (instead of plastic miniatures) and silicon base snaps (instead of plastic), as well as an individually numbered box with foil lettering.

The sequel to Scythe sends players on a new adventure into Siberia, where a massive meteorite crashed near the Tunguska River, awakening ancient corruption. An expedition led by Dr. Tarkovsky ventures into the taiga to learn about the meteorite and its impact on the land. Itching for adventure, heroes from the war privately fund their own expeditions to Siberia, hoping to find artifacts, overcome challenges, and ultimately achieve glory.

Expeditions is a competitive, card-driven, engine-building game of exploration. Play cards to gain power, guile, and unique worker abilities; move your mech to mysterious locations and gain cards found among the tiles; use workers, items, meteorites, and quests to enhance your mech; and use power and guile to vanquish corruption.

—description from the publisher

Codenames: Pictures XXL (Minor Damage)

2024-10-17T16:11:13-04:00

Vendor: Czech Games Edition
Type: Board Games
Price: 33.95

Designer	Vlaada Chvátil
Publisher	Czech Games Edition
Players	2-8
Playtime	10-20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2016 Golden Geek Best Party Game Winner 2016 Golden Geek Best Party Game Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Winner 2016 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
Integrates With	Codenames
Additional Info	198773/codenames-pictures https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/198773/codenames-pictures/forums/63

The whimsical, mind-twisting illustrations of Codenames: Pictures are now available in the XXL format. The larger size is visually impressive, and it offers more comfortable gameplay for bigger groups.

All components are nicely sorted in a special insert created for the XXL product line.

Tikal (French Edition)

2024-10-04T05:40:12-04:00

Vendor: Keep Exploring Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 69.95

Designer	Michael Kiesling Wolfgang Kramer
Publisher	Keep Exploring Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	90-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honor	1999 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner 1999 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 1999 Spiel des Jahres Winner 2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player 2004 Hra roku Nominee 2017 Juego del Año Finalist
Additional Info	54/tikal http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54/tikal/forums/63

Note: This game is in French language.

Tikal is a game of exploration within the Central American jungles in search of lost temples and the treasures within. Players send their team of explorers into the jungle, exposing more and more of the terrain. Along the way, you find temples that require further uncovering and treasures. Players attempt to score points for occupying temples and holding onto treasure.

Tikal is the first game of the Mask Trilogy.

Sequel:

Tikal II: The Lost Temple

Mountains of Madness (Minor Damage)

2024-10-03T15:27:15-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.55

Designer	Rob Daviau
Publisher	IELLO
Players	3-5
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	214293/mountains-madness http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/214293/mountains-madness/forums/63

1931: Your scientific expedition discovers a new and intriguing mountain range in the middle of the Antarctic polar circle. Under these challenging conditions, the survival of your team will depend on your ability to communicate with each other and to coordinate your efforts to overcome each obstacle — but what you discover on the way to the highest peak will strongly test your mental health. Will you even be able to understand yourself despite the madness that gradually insinuates itself into your mind?

Based on the novel by H. P. Lovecraft, Mountains of Madness is a fully cooperative game with a pinch of real-time gameplay.

Prêt-à-Porter (Third Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-09-28T16:14:30-04:00

Vendor: Portal Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 54.15

Designer	Piotr Haraszczak Ignacy Trzewiczek
Publisher	Portal Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2012 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2011 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee
Additional Info	87890/pret-porter http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/87890/pret-porter/forums/63

Expeditions (Ironclad Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-09-23T14:02:29-04:00

Vendor: Stonemaier Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 121.45

Designer	Jamey Stegmaier
Publisher	Stonemaier Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansion	Expeditions: Gears of Corruption (Ironclad Edition)
Additional Info	379078/expeditions http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/379078/expeditions/forums/63

Concept (Minor Damage)

2024-09-23T13:43:31-04:00

Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price: 41.75

Designer	Gaëtan Beaujannot Alain Rivollet
Publisher	Asmodee
Players	4-12
Playtime	40 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2013 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee 2013 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2014 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee 2014 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Winner 2014 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee 2014 Hra roku Nominee 2014 Hra roku Winner 2014 Juego del Año Finalist 2014 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended 2014 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2014 Tric Trac Nominee
Additional Info	147151/concept http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1438672/concept/reviews

In Concept, your goal is to guess words through the association of icons. A team of two players – neighbors at the table – choose a word or phrase that the other players need to guess. Acting together, this team places pieces judiciously on the available icons on the game board.

To get others to guess "milk", for example, the team might place the question mark icon (which signifies the main concept) on the liquid icon, then cubes of this color on the icons for "food/drink" and "white". For a more complicated concept, such as "Leonardo DiCaprio", the team can use the main concept and its matching cubes to clue players into the hidden phrase being an actor or director, while then using sub-concept icons and their matching cubes to gives clues to particular movies in which DiCaprio starred, such asTitanic or Inception.

The first player to discover the word or phrase receives 2 victory points, the team receives points as well, and the player who ends up with the most points wins.

Hey, That's My Fish!

2024-09-03T11:30:03-04:00

Vendor: Next Move Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.95

Designer	Günter Cornett Alvydas Jakeliunas
Publisher	Next Move Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	20-20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Hornor	2006 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2006 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2006 Golden Geek Best Kids' Board Game Nominee 2006 Golden Geek Best Light / Party Game Nominee 2006 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee 2006 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Winner 2006 Juego del Año Finalist 2006 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Familien Recommended 2006 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2006 Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year Nominee 2012 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee 2012 Lucca Games Best Family Game Nominee
Additional Info	8203/hey-s-my-fish http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8203/hey-s-my-fish/forums/63

In Hey, That's My Fish!, players want to catch as many fish as possible with their waddle of penguins. Each turn, a player moves one penguin in a straight line over hex-shaped ice tiles with 1, 2 or 3 fish on them. The player then collects the hex from where the penguin started its movement from the table, thereby creating a gap which penguins can't cross on future turns. When a penguin can't move, it's removed from play with its owner claiming the tile on which it stands. The player who collects the most fish wins.

Final Girl (S2 Ultimate)

2024-09-03T11:30:01-04:00

Vendor: Van Ryder Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 204.95

Designer	Evan Derrick A. J. Porfirio
Publisher	Van Ryder Games
Players	1
Playtime	20-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honor	2021 Cardboard Republic Immersionist Laurel Nominee 2021 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee 2021 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Winner 2021 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2022 International Gamers Award Solo Nominee
Additional Info	277659/final-girl http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/277659/final-girl/forums/63

S2 Ultimate Box (All of S2 except Mystery Box)

Final Girl (S1 Ultimate)

2024-09-03T11:30:00-04:00

Vendor: Van Ryder Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 204.95

Designer	Evan Derrick A. J. Porfirio
Publisher	Van Ryder Games
Players	1
Playtime	20-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honor	2021 Cardboard Republic Immersionist Laurel Nominee 2021 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee 2021 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Winner 2021 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2022 International Gamers Award Solo Nominee
Additional Info	277659/final-girl http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/277659/final-girl/forums/63

S1 Ultimate Box (All of S1 except Mystery Box)

Forest Shuffle

2024-09-03T11:29:02-04:00

Vendor: Lookout Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 29.95

Designer	Kosch
Publisher	Lookout Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	40-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion	Forest Shuffle: Alpine Expansion
Additional Info	391163/forest-shuffle http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/391163/forest-shuffle/forums/63

In Forest Shuffle, players compete to gather the most valuable trees, then attract species to these trees, thus creating an ecologically balanced habitat for flora and fauna.

To start, each player has six cards in hand, with cards depicting either a particular type of tree or two forest dwellers (animal, plant, mushroom, etc.), with these latter cards being divided in half, whether vertically or horizontally, with one dweller in each card half.

On a turn, either draw two cards — whether face down from the deck or face up from the clearing — and add them to your hand, or play a card from your hand by paying the cost, then putting it into play.

Each tree and dweller shows a cost, and to pay this cost, you must discard cards from your hand into the clearing face up. If you play a tree, flip the top card of the deck into the clearing, then place the tree in front of you. If you play a dweller, pay only the cost on the dweller you choose, then slide this card under a tree that has an empty side that matches the dweller you want to play. (A tree can have cards played on all four sides of it: top, bottom, left, and right.)

Alternatively, you can play a card face down as a tree sapling. This card costs nothing and can have dwellers played on it, but it has no species, whereas each tree is one of eight species.

After you play a card, you can use the effect on this card (drawing cards, placing additional cards, taking another turn, etc.) or gain the bonus you gained if you paid for this card with cards of the same color — or both, if applicable, with the effect taking place before the bonus.

If at the end of your turn the clearing contains more than nine cards, place all of these cards in the box out of play.

During set-up, three winter cards were placed into the bottom third of the deck. When the third winter card is drawn, the game ends immediately, then players tally their points based on the trees and dwellers in their forest. Whoever scores the most points wins.

Forest Shuffle is the first in a line of Lookout games sporting the Lookout Greenline label, produced on FSC certified paper and avoiding plastic completely.