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Ninja Taisen (French Edition)

2024-10-10T22:45:12-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 24.95

Designer	Katsumasa Tomioka
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	162041/ninja-taisen http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162041/ninja-taisen/forums/63

Note: This game is in French language.

Ninja Taisen is a two-player, dice-driven open information abstract game with a random set-up. Both players have identical sets of ten fighters, with three fighters in each of three colors with values 1–3 along with a tri-colored boss valued at 4; these fighters are placed in small stacks of varying size onto a line that's eleven steps long. On a player's turn, he rolls the three colored dice and can make up to three moves accordingly, with the blue die moving a blue fighter, etc. Moving a fighter that has other fighters on top of him moves these other fighters as well.

If, as a result of movement, his fighter (or stack of fighters) encounters an enemy, a fight between the two top cards in each stack occurs, the result of which is decided primarily by the color (via a rock-paper-scissors mechanism) and secondarily by the number (highest wins). If the boss wins a fight, its power is reduced by the enemy's power for the remainder of the current fight; if two fighters draw, they both retreat one step toward their own village, possibly precipitating other fights on the same turn. The fight continues until either pile is depleted.

The first player to either defeat all of the opposing fighters or reach the end of the line (and clear out the opponent's fighters in his village) wins.

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.

Guilty: Monaco 1955

2024-09-17T01:45:43-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 19.95

Designer	Yohan Servais
Publisher	IELLO
Players	1-99
Playtime	180-240 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	415079/guilty-monaco-1955 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/415079/guilty-monaco-1955/forums/63

In this second entry in the Guilty series (after Guilty: Houston 2015), you will lead the investigation in a game with chillingly realistic details!
"Damn it, has he forgotten me or what!?" Worried, you take a few steps towards the harbor, leaving the mechanics in the paddock behind. The Prince isn't the kind of man to bail out... Admittedly, your promotion to lieutenant-colonel of the Monaco Carabinieri is nothing more than a golden early retirement, but after twenty years in homicide, your cop instincts are intact: something's going on this morning. Something that's likely to make far more noise than the fury of the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

In Guilty: Monaco 1955, immerse yourself in the dark and fascinating world of the game series that reinvents the interactive detective story!

Which leads will you follow in this labyrinth of lies, false trails and shocking revelations? Each card you play brings you closer to the truth, but also closer to danger. In this game where every detail counts, you'll have to fit the puzzle pieces together while keeping an eye on the clock. Because, yes, your time is running out! At every moment, the hourglass of justice runs out, and the choices you make have irreversible consequences.

Will you be the methodical investigator who follows the evidence to the end, or the instinctive one who takes calculated risks to nail the culprit? And beware: any misstep could lead you down a blind alley, or even worse. You can assume the consequences of your choices... or bitterly regret them.

Whether illuminated by the harsh light of the crime scene or shrouded in the darkness of a notorious alleyway, Guilty offers an immersive gaming experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the ultimate revelation. Each entry is a new challenge, a new story and a new opportunity to demonstrate your deduction skills.
If you have the soul of a detective and are looking for a challenging gaming experience, Guilty is for you. So, are you ready to take control of your destiny and solve the most complex investigations? The countdown has begun...

Ancient Knowledge: Heritage

2024-09-17T01:38:27-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Rémi Mathieu
Publisher	IELLO
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion For	Ancient Knowledge
Additional Info	404354/ancient-knowledge-heritage http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/404354/ancient-knowledge-heritage/forums/63

The Ancient Knowledge: Heritage expansion consists of two elements:

16 solo mode cards that allow you to play a campaign. You choose 1-5 objectives, placing them in the artifact slots on the player board (and thereby denying you the potential use of artifacts!), and whichever objectives you complete become powers that you can employ in future games.

36 new builder cards and 12 new technology cards that you can shuffle into the decks, making them 25% larger.

King of Tokyo: Duel

2024-09-06T11:28:27-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Richard Garfield
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	422484/king-of-tokyo-duel http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/422484/king-of-tokyo-duel/forums/63

As night falls on Tokyo, two massive silhouettes rise from the smoke snaking up from destroyed skyscrapers. There can be only one who will be crowned King of Tokyo, either by annihilating their rival or by inspiring terror and awe from the crowds.

King of Tokyo Duel is a two-player tug-of-war dice game in the King of Tokyo line. Choose your uniquely-powered monster and roll new dice to draw the fame and destruction tokens toward you...or smash your rival with new special power cards to become the ultimate King of Tokyo!

—description from the publisher

Clash of Magic Schools

2024-04-29T18:11:01-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Hagen Dorgathen Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	401185/clash-of-magic-schools http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/401185/clash-of-magic-schools/forums/63

In the two-player game Clash of Magic Schools, each player is the headmaster of one of the magic schools facing each other in the finals of the Tournament of Sorcerers. Be prepared to do anything it takes to help your school win this prestigious challenge.

During the game, send your students to face danger in a series of perilous trials across different arenas, while knowing that the rival school will try to steal victory from you at any cost, even by using forbidden magic. Tensions are high...

Who will win the Tournament of Sorcerers this year?

—description from the publisher

Guilty: Houston 2015

2024-04-29T18:10:00-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Yohan Servais
Publisher	IELLO
Players	1-99
Playtime	180-240 mins
Suggested Age	16 and up
Additional Info	404349/guilty-houston-2015 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/404349/guilty-houston-2015/forums/63

Someone has died in the county women's prison — and not just anyone, but Senator Kowalsky's daughter.

You're heading to the prison now with a press conference scheduled for tomorrow at which you have to explain what happened, so you need to find answers over the next few hours.

To start Guilty: Houston 2015, you'll read the introduction, then place the specified cards on the table. Choose a card, then turn it over and read it. What will you find there? Time will keep passing, possibly leading to surprises before you face the journalist pack at game's end to answer their questions as best as you can.

Tails on Fire (French)

2024-04-24T02:43:48-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 22.95

Designer	Thomas Sellner
Publisher	HeidelBÄR Games
Players	2-6
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	371071/tails-fire http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371071/tails-fire/forums/63

Note: This game is in French language. English rules can be found here.

Tails on Fire is an interactive card game in which the ever-changing selection of the best three playing cards for a round leads to a permanent dilemma.

At the start of a round, players choose only 3 cards out of up to 10 to use this round. On their turn they can either play a card exactly 1 higher than the last or pass. If your card is still on top of the playing pile when your turn comes around again, then you win the round and take a fire card and sometimes steal some more from others.

At the end of the game, the player with the most flames wins!

Diamant: Caution and Betrayal (French Edition)

2024-03-20T12:30:25-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 11.95

Designer	Bruno Faidutti Alan R. Moon
Publisher	IELLO
Players	3-8
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	360880/diamant-caution-and-betrayal http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360880/diamant-caution-and-betrayal/forums/63

This expansion for Diamond contains 8 Warning tiles and 8 Betrayal cards. This expansion is definitely full of surprises! Steal your opponent's rubies with the Betrayal Module and deploy the Warning Module to taste the real danger with each new round!

Prophecy

2023-11-06T02:23:48-05:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 16.95

Designer	Christopher Haviland Robert A. Kamp
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Playtime	40 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	373435/prophecy http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373435/prophecy/forums/63

As a Mayan priest in Prophecy, your role is to interpret the cycles of creation and destruction on the different calendars. Make the most accurate prophecies to become the one and only Grand Priest. Sacrifice cards and try to win the corresponding tricks to prove your worth.

Porco Crasso (a.k.a. Drecksau Total) (French Edition)

2023-09-12T00:42:51-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 25.95

Designer	Frank Bebenroth
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-4
Playtime	10 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Additional Info	377591/drecksau-total http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/377591/drecksau-total/forums/63

Note: This game in French language.

Only a dirty pig is a happy pig!

In Drecksau, each player has 3-5 clean pigs in front of him and three cards in hand. Each turn one card is played. By playing a mud card, one pig can be sent into the mud. The pig card is flipped over to show a dirty pig on the back. Rain cards clean all pigs, even your own! Barn cards protect pigs from the rain, while lightning cards destroy barns – but lightning rod cards protect barns from lightning cards. Farmer cards can be sent to dirty pigs: the farmer likes clean pigs... Pigs in a barn that are protected with a lock card are safe from the farmer. The first player who has dirtied all of his pigs wins!

Drecksau Total is 10 years anniversary edition in the practical Open & Play Magnetbox, includes two new action cards (extra mud and lipstick) and both the Drecksau base game and the Sauschön expansion that lets players decide how they want to participate in the pig parade, whether with full makeup and styling fit for a beauty pageant or a more traditional wallow in the mud.

—description from the publisher

Get on Board: Paris & Rome

2023-09-08T04:36:31-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designer	Saashi
Publisher	IELLO
Players	1-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	380105/get-board-paris-roma http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/380105/get-board-paris-roma/forums/63

Who will have the best Metro line? Organize your passengers' trips across the most romantic cities in the world! Feel free to double up with other players and create connections that will earn you even more points.

Over multiple rounds in Get on Board: Paris & Roma, you reveal a new route card, then plot the ideal route to cross off the best passenger and place spaces. Complete your objectives, and try to get the most points!

Foodie Forest

2023-09-06T15:34:53-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 16.95

Designer	Reiner Knizia
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honor	2003 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee 2005 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee
Additional Info	3632/foodie-forest http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3632/foodie-forest/forums/63

This Reiner Knizia concoction is a sort of a trick-taking game, but instead of everybody playing one card and seeing which one wins the trick, everybody takes turns adding cards until the total adds up to 10 or more and the player who added that card takes the whole pile.

This can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the player's goal for that particular round! There are five rounds in the game and exactly five different goals to be fulfilled: to take as many mushroom cards as you can, or as many pea soup cards, or as many onion cards, or as many chili pepper cards, or to take no cards at all. (The pepper cards, incidentally, count minus 1 unless your goal for the round is to collect them.) Goals are revealed simultaneously, so you may or may not be in competition with another player for the same cards during the round. And you can't choose a goal you've already chosen, so things can get pretty tough especially on the last hand, where no matter what cards you're dealt, you *have* to go for whichever of the five goals you haven't done already.

Since the game is always exactly five rounds, it lasts a good dependable half an hour every time.

Hula-Hoo!

2023-09-05T09:35:20-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Jacques Zeimet
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	328859/hula-hoo http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/328859/hula-hoo/forums/63

Animals from around the world are gathering for the hula hoop championships. Their goal is to keep up the hoop for as long as possible.

This is represented by cards. The goal is to get rid of all of your cards; or make all other players drop out ("drop their hoop").
Each player starts with five cards in their hand, plus five cards openly in front of them. When it's their turn, they can choose to play one of their open cards or one from their hand. The first player plays any card and demands the next player to play "higher" or "lower". A player can follow this, or "double" - play the same card as the player before them. Then everyone has to double (or break the double with a neighboring card or a joker. A player who cannot play drops their hoop and is out of the round.

When only one player is left, or when one player has gotten rid of all their cards, they get as many cards as have been played in that round. First player to reach 77 points wins the game.

Allegra

2023-09-05T09:26:30-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 14.95

Designer	Bella Lucca
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Playing Time	30-40 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	316407/allegra http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/316407/allegra/forums/63

In Allegra, based on the public card game "Golf", you want to keep your score as low as possible, but to do this sometimes you must help your neighbors along the way.

The deck consists of cards numbered -1 to 11, and in each of the three rounds, each player starts with twelve cards face down in a grid of four columns and three rows. Your rightmost column is also considered to belong to your right-hand neighbor, and likewise your area includes the rightmost column of your left-hand neighbor. Each player reveals any two cards in their area, then the round begins.

On a turn, you either draw the top card of the deck and reveal it, or draw the top card of the discard pile. If you draw from the discard pile, swap that card with any card in your area, then discard the replaced card. If you draw from the deck, you can discard that card (turning any card in your area face up) or you can swap that card with any card in your area.

If you draw from the deck, any other player can knock on the table to indicate that they want this card. You can ignore the knock, or you can give them the card; in the latter case, they then replace one card in their area with this new card, taking the old card in their hand. You then take any one card in their area and swap it for a card in your area, discarding the replaced card. The other player then places the card in their hand into the hole you created when you took one of their cards.

Any time you have three identical cards in a row or column — even a row that includes a card in your left neighbor's rightmost column! — you discard those cards from play.

Whenever one player has all their cards face up, each other player takes one more turn, then players sum the value of the cards in their area (which includes any cards remaining their neighbor's rightmost column). If the player who triggered the end of the round doesn't have the lowest sum, their sum is doubled. The player with the lowest total score after three rounds wins.

My Gold Mine (French Edition)

2023-07-19T00:52:36-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 25.95

Designer	Dr. Hans Joachim Höh Michael Loth Christof Schilling
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Playtime	25 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Honor	2021 Swiss Gamers Award Kids Nominee 2022 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Additional Info	331571/my-gold-mine http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/331571/my-gold-mine/forums/63

Note: This game is in French. English rules can be found here.

Diamonds, precious stones, and gold — an immeasurable treasure is hidden deep in the cave in My Gold Mine, and each dwarven player wants to dig for gold nuggets. The keeper of the mountain, a fire-breathing dragon, will chase after you, though, so who can leave the gold mine with the most nuggets, and who will be too greedy and get caught by the dragon?

Little Town: Artisans

2022-12-27T10:45:23-05:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 18.95

Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-4
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion For	Little Town
Additional Info	359133/little-town-artisans http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359133/little-town-artisans/forums/63

Little Town is a clever and accessible strategy worker placement game, designed to be played with family but also between more experienced gamers. Simple to handle, its depth allows everyone to quickly develop their own way to play.

Calling all Artisans! Specialists are heading into the valley and working on new buildings like the school, museum, and forge…
Collecting resources and constructing structures has never been so easy! That is, as long as each worker is assigned to the right tasks.

After each action taken by your worker, you can specialize it into either Gathering Resources or Building. Once done, it will grant you a bonus for this specific action for the rest of the game.

More resources, more buildings, more victory points, more fun!

—description from the publisher

King of Tokyo: Even More Wicked!

2022-12-27T10:45:13-05:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 9.50

Designer	Richard Garfield
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Expansion For	King of Tokyo King of Tokyo: Monster Box
Additional Info	364182/king-tokyo-even-more-wicked http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/364182/king-tokyo-even-more-wicked/forums/63

The King of Tokyo Dark collector's edition Wickedness Gauge is getting its own micro expansion!

This expansion includes the Wickedness board, 10 Wickedness tiles and all 15 counters representing every monster in the King of Tokyo base game and expansions.

In addition to Victory Points, 1's and 2's grant you Wickedness Points as follows:

For each three-of-a-kind of 1's, gain 2 Wickedness Points;
For each three-of-a-kind of 2's, gain 1 Wickedness Points;

Track any points gained by moving your Monster counter up the Wickedness Gauge.

If your counter moves onto or beyond the 3 , 6 or 10 space, you may take a tile of your choice from the tiles available at that Wickedness level.

—description from the designer

Infernal Wagon

2022-12-01T21:27:02-05:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 15.95

Designer	Alexandre Emerit Florian Fay
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-5
Playtime	7 mins
Suggested Age	7 and up
Additional Info	358805/infernal-wagon http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358805/infernal-wagon/forums/63

Oh no, the mine is collapsing!

Hurry, get in the wagon and head towards the exit!

Infernal Wagon is an intensely fun cooperative game in which players must work together to create a path to the exit… before time runs out! But be careful: each card played has a high chance of triggering devastating effects!

A game of Infernal Wagon plays in 7 minutes at most, until one of the end game conditions is met. In this cooperative game, all players win or lose together.

At the start of the game, place the 3 starting cards and the wagon on the last one. There is no turn order: when the time is right, the player with the best card plays and activates its effect. They draw a card and any other player can take a turn (in the 2 players variant, you can play 2 cards consecutively). Once a card is played, move the wagon onto it. Place the exit card in the 7 minutes time span to win the game!

—description from the publisher

King of Monster Island

2022-11-29T09:26:23-05:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 64.95

Designer	Richard Garfield
Publisher	IELLO
Players	1-5
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	350755/king-monster-island http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350755/king-monster-island/forums/63

A new King of Game rises: King of Monster Island

We have detected irregular movement on the Monster Island. The volcano is erupting like never before. Monsters from all around the world are gathering on the Island, what is happening? They don’t even fight each other anymore!
Because is a greater menace is lurking. Something big enough to threaten every monster and make them fight together against the same enemy…

Was this in the script? Wait… Is this a cooperative King of game?

To be continued…

—description from the publisher

Break the Cube

2022-07-04T07:05:58-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 17.95

Designer	Ryohei Kurahashi
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-4
Playtime	15-25 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	354669/break-cube http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/354669/break-cube/forums/63

Break the Cube is the multiplayer puzzle solving game that will let you go brain-to-brain with your friends! To compete, you will need to build the most complex shape possible behind your screen.

Your goal is to recreate the shape hidden behind your opponent's screen before they recreate yours using Break the Code's system of questioning and guessing, but now with a 3D shape!

The first player finding their opponent shapes initiate the end of the game. Everyone else will get a chance to guess their respective opponent shape to share the victory.
If the challenge is not hard enough, spice up your games with additional rules, like only one final guess, or adding another piece to you shapes!

Each player starts the game by building a shape with their wooden pieces behind their screens.
On their turn, players can:

Asking what their opponent sees from the top of one square.
Asking EVERY players what they see in a column or line. Everyone at the table, even the one asking it, must answer this question.
Trying to guess the shape once they think they recreated. If it is correct, every other player gets a chance to guess their opponents shape.

—description from the publisher

Codenames Québec (French)

2022-06-14T21:51:45-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 34.95

Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-8
Playtime	15 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	178900/codenames https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1623144/codenames/reviews

Note: This game is in French

Find the right code names with themes specifically for Quebec!

Codenames is an idea association game for 2 to 8 players in which, divided into two teams, you play as either a spymaster or an agent on a mission. To find out what code name your informants are hiding under, listen carefully to the clues given by the two Master-Spies and be careful not to contact an enemy informant, or worse... the dreaded assassin!

The two Spymasters know the identity of the 25 Informants on the table, but their Agents only see their Code Name. The teams compete in ingenuity to be the first to make contact with all their Informants. For this, the Spymasters give one and only one clue word that can designate several Code Names on the table. Their Agents therefore try to guess the Code Names of their color and avoid those of the other team. And above all, everyone wants to avoid the Assassin! The first team to identify all of their Informants wins the game.

King of Tokyo: Monster Box

2021-12-27T09:10:28-05:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 65.95

Designer	Richard Garfield
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Expansion	King of Tokyo: Even More Wicked!
Additional Info	336755/king-tokyo-monster-box http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336755/king-tokyo-monster-box/forums/63

The whole King of Tokyo shebang in one Monster Box.
The fight for dominating the city of Tokyo has never been so competitive! This explosive Monster Box is filled with fun and adrenaline! Get King of Tokyo and all of its indispensable Power Up! and Halloween expansions for hours and hours of smashes. Use your Monster's Evolution Cards to get even more special properties, and dress them up for even more fun! The Monster Box also comes with a brand new version of Gigazaur, exclusive cards and a new dice tray, some much needed bonuses to destroy Tokyo in style!
With the Monster Box awesome content, smash like never before!

—description from the publisher

Sticky Cthulhu

2021-07-06T11:36:15-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 21.95

Designers	Cédric Barbé Théo Rivière
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-6
Playing Time	15 mins
Suggested Age	6 and up

In Sticky Cthulhu, each player has a long sticky "tentacle", and the table is covered with six types of creature tiles in six colors, along with a few investigator tokens.

To start a round, someone rolls the two dice — one showing a color, the other a creature — then everyone rushes to "grab" the appropriately colored creature tile by slapping it with their tentacle. The round doesn't end until someone removes the tile from their tentacle and holds it in their hand. This player scores a point, then you do it all again.

As you collect "Deep Ones" point tokens, you'll suffer curses that will force you to wield your tentacle in unusual ways. Whoever first scores the predetermined number of points wins!

For the King (and Me)

2021-07-06T11:35:32-04:00

Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price: 27.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	IELLO
Players	2-5
Playing Time	30 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	333553/king-and-me http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/333553/king-and-me/forums/63

The young monarch has no knack for governing. Take advantage of this by taking on all the most prestigious government duties! Share cards, choose the most high-profile jobs...then experience an auction phase as belligerent as it is clever!

In For the King (and Me), you wish to become the most valuable minister by collecting the right cards while lowering the value of your opponents' objectives. The game plays the same as the designer's earlier game Biblios, while allowing for play with up to five people at once.

The game lasts multiple rounds with players first collecting cards, then bidding for cards. During the collection phase, as the active player you draw cards one at a time, keeping one for yourself, placing one in an auction pile, and placing the others face up for the other players to draft. Once you take a card, you can't take another, so sometimes it's a tough call to decide when you want to take something. Once you've had multiple collection phases, the cards in the auction pile will be auctioned one by one.

Some cards are worth points depending on their color, some are worth gold, and some allowing you to manipulate the value of the various colors. Once all the cards have been auctioned, players reveal their hands and tally their points to see who wins.