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The Paradox Initiative - Deluxe Components PRE-ORDER

2024-09-03T11:32:43-04:00

Vendor: Elf Creek Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Elf Creek Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	332614/paradox-initiative http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332614/paradox-initiative/forums/63

ETA Q4 2024

The Paradox Initiative PRE-ORDER

2024-09-03T11:32:43-04:00

Vendor: Elf Creek Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 42.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Elf Creek Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	332614/paradox-initiative http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332614/paradox-initiative/forums/63

ETA Q4 2024

"Our newest discovery changes everything! Our paradox engine lets us manipulate paradox particles, the fundamental building blocks of reality. Past, present, and future—none are beyond our grasp, and nobody can stand in our way! Except, that is, maybe the frauds at that rival paradox lab down the street. Quickly, to the control room. Switch off the safeties, there’s renown to be won!”

In The Paradox Initiative, players are mad scientists competing to claim strands of spacetime from worlds all across the multiverse. Who can most efficiently operate their particle-matching "Paradox Engine" to collect data from the different worlds? Be careful! Your collecting sends ripples throughout existence, collapsing the connections that future generations will need to reap the benefits of your reckless experiments.

The Paradox Initiative takes the familiar board game elements of card drafting, set collection, and resource management, then adds a Bejewelled-like grid of discs for each player to manipulate. As a result, The Paradox Initiative is simple to learn, yet challenging to master, with players navigating three interlocking systems to grab as much spacetime as they can to be hailed the greatest scientist in the universe!

—description from the publisher

Merchants of the Dark Road (Standard Edition)

2021-12-27T09:11:23-05:00

Vendor: Elf Creek Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 39.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Elf Creek Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Merchants of the Dark Road: Patron's Provisions
Accessories	Merchants of the Dark Road - Deluxe Resource Upgrade Merchants of the Dark Road - Deluxe Player Wagon Upgrade Merchants of the Dark Road - Lumi Metal Coins Merchants of the Dark Road - Coin Pouches Merchants of the Dark Road - Card Sleeves Set
Additional Info	300217/merchants-dark-road http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300217/merchants-dark-road/forums/63

After half a year of daylight, we must now prepare for the dark season. The roads will be treacherous but they will still need to be braved by a select few in order to keep our cities thriving. In Merchants of the Dark Road, you are one of these brave few merchants that travel the dangerous paths between cities. While the job is perilous, fame and fortune await.

Discover the capital city where most of your actions will take place using a rondel action system. Collect and produce items to add to your caravan, or sell these items to local heroes and hire them to travel with you. Manipulate the market price of items, visit the back alley sellers, or delve a nearby dungeon for magical items to gain the potential for even more coin and notoriety.

Gather lanterns to ease your passage along the dark roads as you guide your caravan to distant villages. Deliver goods and heroes to the best destinations and gain fame for your bravery! Balance the money you earn with the height of your fame because your final score after a number of game rounds will reflect the lowest of these two values.

After all, what good is a purse full of the coin if the people don’t sing songs about you, and what good is a song with an empty mug of ale?

—description from the publisher

Contents

1 Kingdom Board
1 Market Wheel
5 Building Tiles
2 District Markers
16 Lantern Tokens
24 Quartz Tokens
12 Horseshoe Tokens
60 Coin Tokens
4 Wagon Boards
4 Player Screens
4 Prestige Markers
4 Wagon Pawns
48 Hero Cards
22 Companion Cards
26 Event Cards
7 Steed Cards
19 Deed Cards
30 Commission Tiles
6 Wagon Upgrade Tiles
81 Goods Tiles
28 Night Dice
8 Illuminated Dice
5 Market Dice
5 Travel Dice
1 Oracle Die
1 Ruins Die
1 Private Concern Wagon Pawn
1 Private Concern Prestige Marker
1 Private Concern Goods Marker
10 Private Concern Action Cards
6 Guild Notice Cards
3 Sarcophagus Cards
6 Delivery Tiles
1 Rulebook
1 Solo Rulebook/Adventure book

70 cards size 44×67mm, 45 cards size 59x91mm, 26 cards size 87x112mm

Merchants of the Dark Road (Deluxe Edition)

2021-12-27T09:11:22-05:00

Vendor: Elf Creek Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 127.22

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Elf Creek Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Merchants of the Dark Road: Patron's Provisions
Accessories	Merchants of the Dark Road - Lumi Metal Coins Merchants of the Dark Road - Coin Pouches Merchants of the Dark Road - Card Sleeves Set
Additional Info	300217/merchants-dark-road http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300217/merchants-dark-road/forums/63

Merchants of the Dark Road: Patron's Provisions

2021-05-12T04:52:53-04:00

Vendor: Elf Creek Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 5.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Elf Creek Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion For	Merchants of the Dark Road
Additional Info	333935/merchants-dark-road-patrons-provisions http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/333935/merchants-dark-road-patrons-provisions/forums/63

Be extra prepared for every part of your journey on the Dark Road, including deluxe steed tiles and the Watchers' Words mini-expansion module.

—description from the publisher

Winterborne

2020-02-25T15:16:40-05:00

Vendor: Talon Strikes Studios LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Talon Strikes Studios LLC
Players	1-4
Playing Time	45-90 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	265917/winterborne http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/265917/winterborne/forums/63

Winterborne is a Euro-style medium weight game with light deckbuilding and tableau building. Players will use three different characters; the Viking, the Shaman, and the Explorer to lead their clan and expand their kingdom. The game is played over the Norse calendar year and each clan is preparing for the harsh winter. Players will enjoy the light interaction by exploring for cards and conquering nearby lands. Once winter is over the game ends and the player with the most Victory Points wins the game.

Winterborne has multiple paths to victory and each player can decide the best route based on card collection, expanding and settling, or trading with allies. Each path provides a rich and enjoyable play.

—description from the publisher

Freshwater Fly

2019-12-27T07:52:09-05:00

Vendor: Bellwether Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 48.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Bellwether Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	40-90 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	262540/freshwater-fly http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262540/freshwater-fly/forums/63

Freshwater Fly is the second standalone game in a series from designer Brian Suhre that integrates modern game mechanics with the surprisingly rich and uniquely refreshing world of angling. In Freshwater Fly you will encounter a rushing mountain stream teaming with fish, armed solely with a rod, reel and selection of flies. To catch fish and earn valuable achievement points you will need to carefully perform a series of tactical maneuvers while executing a deliberate and evolving strategy.

Begin by examining the ever-changing hatch in the current, and tie a fly to match your target fish at just the right time and turn of the river. Then choose to cast upstream to drift your fly with the current and gain extra bites on your line, or push your luck with a pinpointed cast for the perfect catch. In either case, it is wise to cast near rocks to boost your skill and uncover new fishing techniques, while keeping your supply of finesse charged for the next challenge. Your rondel reel, which physically spins, provides you different bonuses as you draw in your line, depending on how aggressively you choose to fight the fish you've hooked. Applying drag, for instance, will negate the fish's strength, but leveraging your momentum could provide you a unique action to set you up perfectly for your next cast.

At its core, Freshwater Fly is a dice drafting and set collecting game, with elements of creative puzzle solving and pushing your luck. Each turn you select one die from the dice pool and assign it an action that relates to the particular fishing maneuver you want to take. Higher valued dice typically earn you more powerful actions, but accumulating lower dice totals can earn you free turns. The dice you select will also unlock or multiply various bonus actions you can use to solve the most stringent fishing puzzles in unique and rewarding ways.

The sets of fish and flies you collect will help you achieve personal and common goals, but to obtain victory you must focus on those goals which overlap in the most valuable ways, while not falling behind in your total fish count. The game ends when a single player catches a seventh fish, achievement points are awarded, and the winner is declared.

—description from the publisher

Coldwater Crown: The Sea

2019-01-02T00:46:08-05:00

Vendor: Bellwether Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 27.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Bellwether Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	40-90 mins
Suggested Age	13 and up
Expansion for	Coldwater Crown

"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy or too impatient." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

In Coldwater Crown: The Sea, you may use a Port action to go to Sea in search of new, big, deep water fish. Sea fish are especially lucrative to catch and can be caught with any color of bait, but while at Sea you won't be able to catch fish from the Shore, Lake or River. How long will you choose to ride the open waves in search of Pollack, Red Sea Bream or the massive Blue Shark, knowing that every turn at Sea is a turn lost at the mainland? Patience, planning and a little bit of luck will help you find victory in this game-changing expansion to Coldwater Crown.

Coldwater Crown: The Sea adds five new species of fish, including one new wild-color Master Angler species, a beautifully illustrated Sea board and uniquely-scored Sea Challenge, one new turn option, four fishing vessels, one new type of fishing tackle, and expansion rules for solo-play.

—description from the publisher

Paradox

2016-04-26T07:42:00-04:00

Vendor: Split Second Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.95

Designer	Brian Suhre
Publisher	Split Second Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	40-120 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	161297/paradox https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161297/paradox/forums/63

In the near future of Paradox, a space-time disturbance called The Quake is fracturing entire worlds’ timelines and removing these worlds from existence. Two to four players take on the roles of scientists working quickly to repair these worlds’ connections to their past, present, and future by making new time strands — however, every repaired connection ripples through time and fuels the Quake to fracture more worlds. When the storm’s power fades, the most successful scientist will be hailed as a hero throughout the multiverse.

Paradox takes familiar board game elements such as card drafting, set collection, and resource management, then adds a Bejewelled-like grid of colorful disks for each player to manipulate, along with a universe of worlds that must be protected by game’s end. As a result, Paradox presents players with a unique experience that is simple to learn yet challenging to master as players navigate three interlocking systems to protect these worlds from the chaotic forces of the Quake.

Paradox is designed by Brian Suhre and is illustrated by 15 artists, each with their unique view of one of the worlds.Paradox plays in about 20-30min per player.