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Legends of Andor: Liberation of Rietburg

2020-04-22T22:26:35-04:00

Vendor: KOSMOS
Type: Board Games
Price: 30.95

Designer	Gerhard Hecht
Publisher	KOSMOS
Players	2-4
Playing Time	40 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up

In this stand-alone game set in the fantasy world of Andor, Rietburg Castle has been taken over by evil creatures. Without delay, you — the Heroes of Andor — take on the task of rescuing old King Brandur’s fortress and protecting its remaining inhabitants. But time is of the essence as the dragon Tarok has already set out to destroy the stronghold once and for all. The prophecy foretells that you can only prevent its destruction if you are able to accomplish the four tasks. But which tasks are those? Must you appease the Fire Spirit or kindle the Hadrian Fire? Should you free prisoners from the creatures’ dungeons or submit to the will of the old Skral witch? You are going to have to play to find out.

Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road

2018-04-29T21:57:48-04:00

Vendor: Grail Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designer	Gerhard Hecht
Publisher	Grail Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2014 Fairplay À la carte Winner
Additional Info	143175/kashgar-merchants-silk-road http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143175/kashgar-merchants-silk-road/forums/63

In Kashgar: Händler der Seidenstraße, the players trade different spices that are coming over the silk road from Asia to Europe. Each player has control over three caravans. In the beginning, each caravan consists of three cards that are spread out vertically so that the top part of each card is visible; each card stands for a caravan member with different abilities.

On his turn, a player performs only one action, choosing one of the cards on top of the three families and executing one action shown on that card. Then the card is put at the back of its caravan. To use the same caravan member again, a player must first use all the other cards on top of that caravan row.

These actions can influence the player's stock of spice, gold and mules. To keep track of that stock, each player has his own board with wooden markers that are moved accordingly. Actions can also bring new members to the caravans and can enable the player to fulfill one of four delivery request cards from the middle of the table. Finally, there are actions that mix things up a bit, such as by getting rid of a caravan member or even influencing other players' caravans.

The game ends when one player has earned 25 points by collecting character cards and fulfilling delivery request cards.

The core mechanism of Kashgar could be called "open deck-building". The game plays quickly with little downtime. After having learned the different actions of the cards, players can start trying out different strategies and combinations of caravan members, caravan sizes, etc.

Jäger und Späher (German Import)

2014-10-20T23:54:00-04:00

Vendor: KOSMOS
Type: Board Games
Price: 30.95

Designer	Gerhard Hecht
Publisher	KOSMOS
Players	2
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	161530/jager-und-spaher http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1538923/jager-und-spaher/reviews

Note: This game is in German. English rule can be found here. English paste up for the cards can be found here.

In Jäger und Späher , each player leads a tribe in Stone Age times. Each turn, he decides which character card to play or whether to recall all of his traveling tribe members to the village. For his tribe to grow larger, not to mention survive, hunters must be sent out to collect meat and skins, and scouts must collect raw materials in order to produce valuable goods. The varied characters ensure an exciting and variable game.