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The White Castle

2023-09-05T09:43:51-04:00

Vendor: Devir
Type: Board Games
Price: 39.95

Designer	Isra C. Shei S.
Publisher	Devir
Players	1-4
Playtime	80 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	371942/white-castle http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/371942/white-castle/forums/63

The heron flies over the Himeji sky while the Daimio, from the top of the castle, watches his servants move. Gardeners tend the pond, where the koi carp live, warriors stand guard on the walls, and courtiers crowd the gates, pining for an audience that brings them closer to the innermost circles of the court. When night falls, the lanterns are lit and the workers return to their clan.

In The White Castle, players will control one of these clans in order to score more victory points than the rest. To do so, they must amass influence in the court, manage resources boldly, and place their workers in the right place at the right time. The authors are Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero, the duo known as Llama Dice who also designed the successful The Red Cathedral with Devir. In this case, we leave the Moscow of Ivan the Terrible behind to explore the most imposing fortress in modern Japan, Himeji Castle, where the banner of the Sakai clan flies under the orders of Daimio Sakai Tadakiyo.

The White Castle is a Euro type game with mechanics of resource management, worker placement and dice placement to carry out actions. During the game, over three rounds, players will send members of their clan to tend the gardens, defend the castle or progress up the social ladder of the nobility. At the end of the match, these will award players victory points in a variety of ways.

The central panel shows Himeji Castle in all its splendor, divided into several zones. The largest is inside the castle, with the Room of the Thousand Carpets, where the courtiers must ascend socially until they reach the circle closest to the Daimio to enjoy his favor. There is also the pond and the gardens, patiently tended by the gardeners where everyone can relax and contemplate its beauty without restriction. Another important area is the wall and the outside of the castle, where the warriors patrol and stand guard. Finally, we find the area of the three bridges, where the three types of dice that can be used to carry out actions are accumulated, and the personal domain of each player, where they will keep track of their resources and where they will have the reserve of workers.

With accessible rules and a very careful setting, The White Castle is a very versatile title that will fit in with different gaming groups. As is tradition with Llama Dice titles, its sleek and simple design belies a great deal of strategic depth within the grasp of players.

—description from the publisher

Flowar

2022-09-16T21:26:21-04:00

Vendor: Primigenio
Type: Board Games
Price: 0.00

Designer	Isra C. Shei S.
Publisher	Primigenio
Players	1-4
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	240357/flowar http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240357/flowar/forums/63

Note: ETA Q4 2022

For four weeks, Graceful Rain attracts thousands of workers willing to collect and transport the most beautiful flowers of the kingdom for the Flowar, an annual festival that commemorates the anniversary of the end of the Two Hundred Years’ War.

In Flowar, you should decide where and at which moment to use your workers to get better contracts, flowers, and money so that you stand out from the competition. However, the flower business is tough, and sometimes you will be pushed to fire your workers –which might lead to a strike. Earn more mastery points than your rivals to become the best flower merchant in the whole Graceful Rain.

The Red Cathedral: Contractors

2022-07-04T07:14:40-04:00

Vendor: Devir
Type: Board Games
Price: 29.95

Designer	Isra C. Shei S.
Publisher	Devir
Players	1-4
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion For	The Red Cathedral
Additional Info	359747/red-cathedral-contractors http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359747/red-cathedral-contractors/forums/63

The construction of St. Basil’s Cathedral is going at a steady pace. The moment has arrived to seek out the best specialists of each guild and to apply their skills and knowledge to turn this monument into something that will even surprise the Tsar himself. It’s necessary to send contractors to the far reaches of Russia to be able to stand out from the competition and achieve victory.

Contractors is the first expansion of The Red Cathedral, the hit game from Shei Santos and Isra Cendrero in which players construct Moscow’s St. Basil’s Cathedral and compete to make the most memorable contribution and win the favor of the Tsar. The expansion is also illustrated by Pedro Soto and Chema Román, two artists inspired by the work of Ivan Bilbin, the Russian artist renowned for his majestic representation of Slavic folklore in his works. The Red Cathedral stands out among recent games for its original rondel mechanism, winning the hearts of thousands of gamers around the world.

The expansion comes in a box that contains almost as much content as the original game and takes the experience into another dimension. In Contractors we find 10 new guilds that can be combined with those from the basic game, 6 additional blueprint cards, and a new card for the solo mode. Many of these new guilds use the Contractors module, which among other things, adds a new board containing a map of Russia. We Will send our contractors throughout Russia to recruit the talent of the best specialists and artisans of the country to aid in the construction of the cathedral.

As in the original game, each of these guilds contains 3 different cards, of which one per guild can be included into the game, meaning that Contractors offers 30 new different ways to play The Red Cathedral. And among other highlights are a black die that can be used alongside the 5 existing dice used to obtain resources, diamonds which serve as a wild-card form of resource, and the contractors, which are Cossack meeples that incorporate a worker placement element into the game.

Shinkansen: Zero Kei

2022-07-04T07:13:15-04:00

Vendor: Ludonova
Type: Board Games
Price: 36.95

Designer	Isra C. Shei S.
Publisher	Ludonova
Players	1-4
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	339614/shinkansen-zero-kei http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339614/shinkansen-zero-kei/forums/63

The Tōkaidō line of the Shinkansen began being built in 1959 with the aim of inaugurating the fastest train of the time, just before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

In Shinkansen: Zero Kei, players take on the role of its builders. They will take charge of constructing this historic railway line and all its corresponding stations. They can also help the Olympic venues in their preparation for the Games. The player who proves themselves to be the most efficient in their role will be declared the winner.

In each round of a game of Shinkansen, you will build your own bullet train, each carriage card you add to your train will provide you with an action or an ability. These actions will mainly allow you to build tracks and stations, collaborate in the preparation of the Olympic venues and obtain new carriage cards. The carriage cards are associated with cities through which the line passes. If you manage to build them in the correct order you will be rewarded in victory points. After five rounds, corresponding to the five-year construction of the line, the player with the most victory points wins.

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La línea Tōkaidō del shinkansen comenzó a construirse en 1959 con el objetivo de que el tren más veloz del momento estuviese listo para los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio en 1964.

En Shinkansen Zero Key, los jugadores, en el papel de constructores, se encargarán de edificar esta histórica línea férrea, así como las estaciones que la forman. Además, podrán contribuir a que las sedes olímpicas estén listas para los Juegos. El jugador que desempeñe su tarea con mayor eficacia se proclamará vencedor.

En cada ronda de una partida a Shinkansen,irás formando tu propio tren bala, cada carta de vagón que añadas a tu tren te proporcionará una acción o una habilidad. Estas acciones te permitirán principalmente, construir vías y estaciones, colaborar en la preparación de las sedes olímpicas y obtener nuevas cartas de vagón Las cartas de vagón, están asociadas a ciudades por las que pasa la línea, si consigues construirlas en el orden correcto obtendrás una recompensa en puntos de victoria. Tras 5 rondas, que corresponden a los 5 años que duró la construcción de la línea. El jugador que haya obtenido más puntos de victoria se proclamará vencedor.

Walkie Talkie

2022-02-10T11:13:07-05:00

Vendor: Devir
Type: Board Games
Price: 9.95

Designer	Isra C. Shei S.
Publisher	Devir
Players	2-8
Playtime	1-4 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	351540/walkie-talkie http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351540/walkie-talkie/forums/63

Get rid of your cards as quickly as possible to obtain the most points. Over and out!

Walkie Talkie is a cooperative game in which players will have a very limited amount of time (30 seconds per player) to get rid of all the cards in their hand. If they manage to do so they beat the game and they can write down their score. AS its a coop game, either we all get rid of our cards and win together, or we don't win at all.

Everybody is playing their cards at the same time. There will be a pile of coulored cards on the table, next to a pile with letters. In order to get rid of a card from their hand, a player must say a word that starts with the letter and matches the color of the card that they wish to play, combining that with the card that is not getting covered. For example, in order to play a "B" card next to a yellow card you could say "Banana!". Or if you want to play an orange card next to an "L" you could say "Lion!". Communication is vital to being successful in this addictive co-op card game.

Image Credit: Walkie Talkie | IG: @doctor_meeple