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Rolling Ranch: Celeiros e Rebanhos (Brazil Import)

2024-08-21T12:42:42-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.21

Designer	Jordy Adan
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	1-10
Playtime	15-20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	423080/rolling-ranch-celeiros-e-rebanhos http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/423080/rolling-ranch-celeiros-e-rebanhos/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. The game is language independent.

The day starts early on the farm. You wake up and get out of bed like any other normal day, only to discover that the sun is already over the horizon... Wait, the sun is already up?... The clock says 8 AM! You should already be working on the day's tasks. What happened to the rooster? You head outside to check, but as soon as you step out, you see the devastation all over the farm. During the night, a hurricane destroyed the farm fences and the animals have escaped! You need to recover them. Hopefully, they haven't gone too far. Now, you must go out to fix the fences and rescue them from the nearby forest.

Rolling Ranch: Celeiros e Rebanhos reimplements the original game with a new scoring system and new missions. With a pencil and a Farm Sheet, players use the results of a dice roll to rescue animals and improve their farm. Each player tries to place the animals on their farm in the best way possible and build structures to receive bonuses that will help them achieve the highest score. Everyone plays at the same time! Who will rescue the most animals and be the most successful farmer?

—description from the publisher

The Good, the Bad and the Goat (Brazil Import)

2024-08-19T21:38:38-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 46.95

Designer	Sérgio Halaban
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	417561/the-good-the-bad-and-the-goat http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/417561/the-good-the-bad-and-the-goat/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. The game is language independent. English rules can be found here.

In The Good, The Bad and the Goat, players assume the roles of various Old West characters, striving for wealth, control, and dominance in a frontier town.

Throughout the game's three rounds, players engage in a dynamic exchange of Character Cards. As the dealer rotates among players, each turn involves checking four cards and offering one face-down to another player. The dealer must declare which character is being offered but may lie about this. The recipient then faces the choice to accept or decline the card. If accepted, they gain control of the character; if declined, the dealer gains control of the character. In either case, the player on the left becomes the new dealer. Characters grant players with coins or valuable belongings, but some, like the Sheriff and the Gunslinger, bring trouble or arrest. And, of course, no one wants to get the Goat because it's worthless.

Following three rounds (or four in two-player games), the game concludes. The player with the highest total of money in coins and Belonging Tokens is the winner.

—description from the publisher

This is Mine (a.k.a. 2023 Isso é meu!) (Brazil Import)

2023-09-07T20:37:59-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.95

Designer	Sérgio Halaban
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	387911/mine http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387911/mine/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

Uncle Howard has left us for good. An inveterate beatnik, he lived life to the fullest. Throughout his life, he visited many countries around the world and always brought back incredible memories and stories of his adventures. In his will, Uncle Howard was amused to propose that his heir nephews and nieces divide his estate between them through a game.

In This Is Mine! each player represents one of Uncle Howard's heirs, who receives parts of the inheritance to be divided among all. As the uncle lived with great artists, many of these objects belonged to famous musicians, poets and writers of his time, all very precious!

In each round, the starting player divides the revealed cards from the deck into lots. Each lot must contain at least one card, but the player can split it however they see fit. Then the starting player chooses one of the lots, placing his marker on it: "This is Mine!". Each of the other players must either agree or disagree. To disagree, a player must exchange the marker on the lot for his own and value one of the other available lots, adding money to it. When everyone accepts that the lot belongs to one of the players, a new round of claims begins, with one of the remaining players choosing one of the remaining lots.

Inheritance Cards bring different types of items, and each type of item has a set-collection scoring. At the end of the game, the player with the most valuable inheritance wins. So, players must pay attention when dividing and try to gather the best collection of items.

—description from the publisher

Stonks (Brazil Import)

2023-09-07T20:33:32-04:00

Vendor: Grok Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 34.95

Designer	Robert Coelho Luis Francisco
Publisher	Grok Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	20-45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	364277/stonks http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364277/stonks/forums/63

Note: This game is in Portuguese. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

It's 10 am and the Animalia Stock Exchange opens its doors, attracting many investors in search of the best business opportunities. Jacques and Marie, a couple of rabbits, want to secure a quick profit on Carotte Orange SCA shares. Felipe, the shark, tries to convince Karl, the pig, that Peixe Azul S.A. It's a good deal, but the pig is only interested in Roter Apfel AG, whose shares have already earned him good profits recently. Hank the bull is confident of Green Grass Inc.'s rising profits, but Sofia the bear prefers to be more cautious and make a safe investment in Miele Giallo S.p.A. Finally, Harshad, the wolf, tries to convince everyone that he is a successful investor, but there are rumors that he became a millionaire with a pyramid scheme. Before the Exchange closes its operations, anything can happen! Who will raise both arms and shout “STONKS!” in celebration?

Stonks it's a trick taking and stock market game. One of the players leads the trick by playing a card and everyone must follow suit. Whoever played the highest card wins the trick and chooses one of the played cards to put in the wallet. All cards have shares, which yield victory points according to the companies' market value. Some cards, when used, allow the player to modify a company's stock exchange rate, either in his favor or to ruin opponents dreams. After all cards are used, the player with the most victory points is the winner.

-description from designer