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Fisheries of Gloucester (Premium Edition)

2023-11-01T01:42:10-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 37.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	327839/fisheries-gloucester http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327839/fisheries-gloucester/forums/63

Kickstarter: base game + a small promo pack

The fisheries of Gloucester lay at the heart of the 19th century New England fishing industry. The city's ports are filled with rugged individuals prepared for the difficult tasks ahead. Gather the crew, board the schooners, cast your nets, and catch loads of fish as you sail toward victory.

The two-player game Fisheries of Gloucester lasts six "days" (rounds). On each day, players have a designated number of hours to spend to perform various actions, such as charting the course, sailing your boats, and catching fish. Each player has a fleet of three boats that can be advanced by first "charting a course" (laying down an ocean tile, which have various polynomial shapes). With courses set, players can move their boats along the course, racing against other boats to find the prime fishing spots.

Players earn points by catching different varieties of fish and by finishing the game on one of the islands in the ocean.

-description from designer

Fisheries of Gloucester (Kickstarter Edition)

2023-11-01T01:41:25-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	327839/fisheries-gloucester http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327839/fisheries-gloucester/forums/63

Premium: base game + a small promo pack + an "Express" version of the game

The fisheries of Gloucester lay at the heart of the 19th century New England fishing industry. The city's ports are filled with rugged individuals prepared for the difficult tasks ahead. Gather the crew, board the schooners, cast your nets, and catch loads of fish as you sail toward victory.

The two-player game Fisheries of Gloucester lasts six "days" (rounds). On each day, players have a designated number of hours to spend to perform various actions, such as charting the course, sailing your boats, and catching fish. Each player has a fleet of three boats that can be advanced by first "charting a course" (laying down an ocean tile, which have various polynomial shapes). With courses set, players can move their boats along the course, racing against other boats to find the prime fishing spots.

Players earn points by catching different varieties of fish and by finishing the game on one of the islands in the ocean.

-description from designer

Alpujarras (Premium Edition)

2023-11-01T01:40:40-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	330208/alpujarras http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330208/alpujarras/forums/63

Premium: base game + a small promo pack + an "Express" version of the game

During the great Arab Agricultural Revolution, hardworking farmers transformed the landscape of the Alpujarra into a world of bounty. With their innovative irrigation and terracing techniques, they brought water to the hillsides to create fertile farmlands. In this game, take on the role of a fruit farmer, diligently working to grow your crops and deliver them to the hillside villages. Life here is not easy, but with tenacity and dedication, you can live a rewarding life close to this wonderful land and all its beauty.

Alpujarras is a turn-based game in which players move their mules around an action track outside the game board. The player who is furthest behind takes the turn and moves their mule to an action space to perform an action.

Actions include: placing a farmer, moving a farmer, expanding an irrigation channel. By performing these different actions, you can grow fruit, which are delivered to the towns, where they are sold for dinars.

—description from the designer

Alpujarras (Kickstarter Edition)

2023-11-01T01:39:58-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 49.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	330208/alpujarras http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330208/alpujarras/forums/63

During the great Arab Agricultural Revolution, hardworking farmers transformed the landscape of the Alpujarra into a world of bounty. With their innovative irrigation and terracing techniques, they brought water to the hillsides to create fertile farmlands. In this game, take on the role of a fruit farmer, diligently working to grow your crops and deliver them to the hillside villages. Life here is not easy, but with tenacity and dedication, you can live a rewarding life close to this wonderful land and all its beauty.

Alpujarras is a turn-based game in which players move their mules around an action track outside the game board. The player who is furthest behind takes the turn and moves their mule to an action space to perform an action.

Actions include: placing a farmer, moving a farmer, expanding an irrigation channel. By performing these different actions, you can grow fruit, which are delivered to the towns, where they are sold for dinars.

—description from the designer

Fisheries of Gloucester

2023-10-20T01:53:34-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 33.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	327839/fisheries-gloucester http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327839/fisheries-gloucester/forums/63

The fisheries of Gloucester lay at the heart of the 19th century New England fishing industry. The city's ports are filled with rugged individuals prepared for the difficult tasks ahead. Gather the crew, board the schooners, cast your nets, and catch loads of fish as you sail toward victory.

The two-player game Fisheries of Gloucester lasts six "days" (rounds). On each day, players have a designated number of hours to spend to perform various actions, such as charting the course, sailing your boats, and catching fish. Each player has a fleet of three boats that can be advanced by first "charting a course" (laying down an ocean tile, which have various polynomial shapes). With courses set, players can move their boats along the course, racing against other boats to find the prime fishing spots.

Players earn points by catching different varieties of fish and by finishing the game on one of the islands in the ocean.

-description from designer

Alpujarras

2023-10-20T01:52:29-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.97

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	330208/alpujarras http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330208/alpujarras/forums/63

The Little Flower Shop Dice Game

2022-08-05T15:08:10-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	20-40 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	327498/little-flower-shop-dice-game http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327498/little-flower-shop-dice-game/forums/63

Spend a relaxing day creating a beautiful display in your little flower shop. Put your carefully arranged bouquets in pretty vases, place them on your shelves, and add cute little knick-knacks as a final touch. Make your shop the envy of all other florists with the most inviting display!

The Little Flower Shop Dice Game, a dice-based take on The Little Flower Shop, is played over six days (rounds). In each round, players simultaneously roll five dice — 3 flower dice, 1 vase die, and 1 initiative die — then take turns based on the initiative die's result. On a turn, you must lock 1-2 dice, or pay money to lock more or none. Unlocked dice must be rerolled on the next turn. When you lock all your dice, you can take an "arrangement tile" that matches your dice roll and place it on a shelf (player board) in your shop. In addition to scoring points for the flowers themselves, you want to accomplish a task set out at the beginning of the game. (Six tasks are included, with only one used each game.)

The player with the best display after six days wins.

-description from designer

Delicious

2022-07-14T12:57:15-04:00

Vendor: Pencil First Games, LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 26.95

Designer	Eduardo Baraf Steve Finn
Publisher	Pencil First Games, LLC
Players	1-100
Playtime	20-30 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	347311/delicious http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/347311/delicious/forums/63

Spend the afternoon in your rooftop or backyard garden. Relax while enjoying this artful game of picking, pairing, and planting fruits and vegetables. Grow your plants in whatever container you can. Wheelbarrows, boots, suitcases – use anything you can to grow delicious eats! Will you create the most delicious garden?

Over the course of a game of Delicious, players fill their respective gardens with fruits and vegetables by sketching them based on cards and tokens that are revealed in the community area. Players take their turns sketching simultaneously each round as these plants are revealed. Earn the most points by planting fruits and vegetables in your makeshift containers and planters.

A game lasts 12 rounds. Every round, 2 Vegetable cards are flipped (1 from each deck) and a Fruit / Tool token is placed on each card. Each player then decides to use one or both cards (and their tokens), given certain restrictions. When you use a card and token, you mark your Garden and Play sheets, trying to get different combinations of fruits and vegetables.

The cards in the middle are common, but players place them in different containers within their garden setting up different combinations and scoring opportunities. Bonus tools and special powers mean that no two gardens are ever alike.

After 12 rounds, the player with the highest score wins.
- If there is a tie, the player whose fruit planter score is higher wins.
- If there is still a tie, the player who has marked the most First Potter Bonus icons wins.

MOB: Big Apple (with MOB Pins)

2021-12-27T09:11:28-05:00

Vendor: TGG Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	TGG Games
Players	2
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	323707/mob-big-apple http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/323707/mob-big-apple/forums/63

New York City, 1926: Two crime families battle for territory to extort local businesses and control backdoor distribution of spirits during Prohibition. Each family fights dirty, doing all they can to seize ownership of alcohol crates, even if that means sending rivals to sleep with the fishes. You are the "Capodecina" for one of these families. Command your henchmen to gain the upper hand in New York City by collecting crates, eliminating rivals, exposing moles, and tipping off the DA on your opponent. Do you have what it takes for your family to become Capo dei Capi?

Each round in MOB: Big Apple, players take turns rolling two dice, then decide how to execute the results. Each roll allows players to allocate henchmen to the two game boards and perform various dastardly tasks, such as loading cars with henchmen to drive to locations, loading crates of contraband, revealing their rival's moles, and eluding the District Attorney.

In more detail, six key locations of New York City are contested each round, with half being represented by a black die and half by a white die. You roll one of each die on a turn, and the die values denote which locations may be interacted with, and how many henchmen may travel to that specific location, with the white die serving as the location and the black die the number of henchmen or vice versa. During every turn, a player must send at least one henchmen to perform a specific task on the action board, which can help command cars, expose moles, move crates, and influence the District Attorney to move in on their rival’s family.

Once both players have allocated all of their henchmen, the round ends, then a battle takes place at each location, with the survivors remaining to guard the contraband. After the third and final round, whichever Capodecina owns the most crates of contraband gains control of the Big Apple!

Floriferous

2021-11-30T11:43:07-05:00

Vendor: Pencil First Games, LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 26.50

Designer	Eduardo Baraf Steve Finn Keith Matejka
Publisher	Pencil First Games, LLC
Players	1-4
Playtime	20-320 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	322622/floriferous http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322622/floriferous/forums/63

YOUR GARDEN AWAITS
Spend the afternoon in your Floriferous garden. Relax while enjoying this elegant game of strolling through your garden and collecting flowers. Find joy in the abundance of nature.

OBJECTIVE
Find the most joy by collecting flowers and pairing them with abundance, desire, and mastery cards.

GAMEPLAY
Floriferous is played over 3 days, which are divided into 5 turns (or 4 turns for 5 players). Each turn, a player moves one step through the garden. After each move, the player picks up a flower or desire card. After 3 days, players sum their scores for their desires, mastery, and points earned during the game. The player with the most points wins.

FLOWER CARDS & BUGS
There are 5 Types of Flowers in Floriferous: Tulip, Poppy, Lily, Daisy, and Mum each of which comes in 5 Colors: Yellow, White, Pink, Orange, Purple. Many flower cards also have a bug on them: Butterfly, Ladybug, Bee, Moth, and Beetle. These 3 card aspects (flower type, color, and specific bug) are used for scoring Desire, Abundance, and Mastery cards.

DESIRE CARDS
Desire cards appear within the garden and are worth points at the end of the game based on the players collection of Flower Cards. They award points based on the specific requirements on the card.

ABUNDANCE CARDS
Abundance cards appear at the bottom of the garden and are worth points at the end of the game based on the players collection of Flower Cards. The more matching aspects of the arrangement you have, the more they are worth.

SCULPTURE CARDS
Sculpture cards appear within the garden and are worth points at the end of the game depending on who has collected the most sculptures.

FACE DOWN CARDS
These cards are picked up like any other in the garden, the player simply doesn’t know what they are until chosen.

STONES
Stones are within the garden and are collected when the card they are sitting on is taken. Every 2 stones is worth one point at the end of the game (rounding down) and they may help you earn a cup of tea.

THE CUP OF TEA
The cup of tea is awarded at the end to the player who has collected the most stones.

MASTERY CARDS
Mastery cards appear at the top of the garden. These cards are not collected but are scored at the end of each day based on the players collection of Flower Cards. Players compete to score mastery cards first.

-description from designer

The Butterfly Garden (Second Edition) (Kickstarter Edition)

2021-09-22T17:22:08-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 26.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	306074/butterfly-garden-second-edition http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/306074/butterfly-garden-second-edition/forums/63

Help save endangered butterflies! Construction projects in your city are disrupting the natural butterfly habitat. Capture butterflies and deliver them to protected butterfly gardens in local zoos, botanical gardens, and museums.

The game is played in a series of rounds. Players start each round by playing a card from their hands to determine the round's turn order. Cards are numbered from 0 to 59, and lower numbered cards go first. On a turn, a player captures butterflies from the field and adds them to the jar. When possible, players "deliver butterflies" from their jars to the different butterfly gardens to score victory points (VPs). Which butterflies can be delivered is indicated on the face-up "delivery cards" and players are often in a race to deliver butterflies to take the cards and score points. The player with the most VPs at the end of the game wins.

During the game, players must carefully decide which butterfly cards to play. By playing lowered numbered cards, players not only get a better pick of butterflies in the field, but they also get first chance at delivering butterflies. However, lower numbered butterfly cards usually have fewer butterflies on them, so players cannot add as many to their jars. Also, butterfly cards with special powers usually have high numbers, so you often must sacrifice turn order in order to use one of these special powers.

In this second edition, the artwork and components have been upgraded. A major rule change is a new set-collection aspect of the delivery cards. There are now 4 types of delivery cards and players score a bonus for having a variety. Also, there are some minor rule changes with scoring butterflies in one's hand and jar at game end. Another small change is in the special powers on some of the cards.

The maximum number of players in the second edition was lowered to 5 from 6.

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.

Mining Colony (Kickstarter Edition)

2021-06-09T03:48:48-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 27.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	40 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	302510/mining-colony http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302510/mining-colony/forums/63

Kickstarter edition with Objective Pack

Your home world is running low on resources. To survive, you send teams of workers to a nearby resource-rich planet, but one with a harsh and inhospitable environment. Will your teams outperform the others to build the best mining colony?

Mining Colony is a tile laying game for 1-4 players in which you use excavation cards to compete for resources. With these resources, you develop your colonies and attempt to build science stations and outposts.

The game is played over ten rounds, each of which consists of three phases: discover, excavate, develop.

In the discover phase, a resource card is flipped and resources are placed in excavation zones.

In the excavation phase, players use their excavation cards to compete for those resources.

In the development phase, development tiles (which are won in the excavation phase and come in a variety of shapes) are placed on the player's individual colony board. The resources, which also include ships, colonists, and crystals are placed in designated spots on the tiles.

In the competitive game, players score points by creating the best mining colony, i.e., having various resources, people, and ships that are determined to be more valuable. Victory point values change from game to game, so different resources have different values from game to game.

In the solo mode, the player competes against a dummy player while s/he attempts to complete her colony.

—description from the publisher

Biblios: Quill and Parchment (Kickstarter Edition)

2021-06-09T03:43:10-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 25.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	40 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	300523/biblios-quill-and-parchment http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300523/biblios-quill-and-parchment/forums/63

Kickstarter edition with Chapel cards.

A "roll and write" version of the popular Biblios.

The life of a monastic scribe is not easy. Every day you spend long hours in the monastery copying books, praying, and performing tasks. Through hard work and prayer, earn the abbot’s trust and display your dedication to the pious life.

The object of the game is to score the most piety points. The game consists of 8 days (i.e., rounds). In the first 4 days, players simultaneously roll their own dice (that show various book types, abbot influence and travel points) and may do so up to 3 times. After each roll, the players have 3 options: (1) to keep the dice as shown, (2) to reroll exactly one die or (3) to roll all the dice.

Most of the dice are resource dice showing books monks are copying, but there are also abbot influence dice (abbot influences is accrued in the first half, but spent in the second half of the game), and a travel die (allowing a player's novice to go out into towns to do good works and find more books).

In the last 4 rounds, players use their abbot influence to bid for a priority of tasks.

This is a rare (if not unique) "roll + write" game that includes auctions and, unlike many roll + write game; it is highly interactive.

After 8 days, the game ends and the players calculate scores. As in the original Biblios, the relative value of books changes during the game, so players are unsure of which books will be most valuable until the end of the game.

—description from the designer

Nanga Parbat (Kickstarter Edition)

2021-06-09T03:39:00-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 24.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2
Playing Time	30 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	300305/nanga-parbat http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300305/nanga-parbat/forums/63

Kickstarter edition with Hidden Objective cards

The Sherpa people are known for their exquisite mountaineering skills and often used that knowledge to be effective guides to explorers on mountaineering expeditions. In this game, you are a member of the Sherpa community that is establishing base camps on Nanga Parbat for foreign explorers. While there, you will also trap animals for food and clothing.

In this 2-player game, players take turns placing hikers on the mountain where they can capture animals and build base camps. Five times during the game, a player may either trade in their animals or build a base camp for victory points.

On a turn, a player must place their hiker in the region containing the guide, who then moves based on the placement of the hiker, thereby forcing the opponent to place their hiker in a new region. However, players may spend their capture animals to perform special actions.

After 15 turns for each player, the game ends and the player with the most points wins.

-description from designer

The Whatnot Cabinet

2020-12-27T00:13:01-05:00

Vendor: Pencil First Games, LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 40.95

Designers	Eduardo Baraf Steve Finn Keith Matejka
Publisher	Pencil First Games, LLC
Players	1-4
Playing Time	20-30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	283242/whatnot-cabinet http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/283242/whatnot-cabinet/forums/63

THE WHATNOT CABINET
A Game of Rare, Unusual and Intriguing Objects

CURIOUS COLLECTIONS
Everyone enjoys discovering small, precious objects along beaches, trails, and the wilderness, but a special few have a knack for assembling those found objects into a curio collection. Leave your house, uncover intriguing objects, assemble them in your whatnot cabinet, and create a wonderful collection of curiosities.

OBJECTIVE
Collect tiny objects and score the most points by creating the best whatnot cabinet. Each round players travel away from home to find trinkets and doodads to add to their cabinets. As they do, they score curio points for sets of like objects, different, and various other unique setups.

—description from the designer

The Butterfly Garden (Second Edition) (Standard Edition)

2020-12-27T00:12:37-05:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 21.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	306074/butterfly-garden-second-edition http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/306074/butterfly-garden-second-edition/forums/63

Nanga Parbat (Standard Edition)

2020-12-27T00:10:24-05:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 20.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2
Playing Time	30 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	300305/nanga-parbat http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300305/nanga-parbat/forums/63

Mining Colony (Standard Edition)

2020-12-27T00:10:18-05:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 25.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	40 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	302510/mining-colony http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302510/mining-colony/forums/63

Biblios: Quill and Parchment (Standard Edition)

2020-12-27T00:05:55-05:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 22.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	40 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	300523/biblios-quill-and-parchment http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300523/biblios-quill-and-parchment/forums/63

Sunset Over Water

2020-06-30T13:30:53-04:00

Vendor: Pencil First Games, LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 26.95

Designers	Eduardo Baraf Steve Finn Keith Matejka
Publisher	Pencil First Games, LLC
Players	1-4
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	224904/sunset-over-water http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224904/sunset-over-water/forums/63

Description from the publisher:

THE BEAUTIFUL WILDERNESS
Sometimes you need to get off the beaten path to find a beautiful landscape to paint. Wake up early, hike deep into nature, and find your perfect spot. Some paintings sell for commissions, others you’ll keep for yourself, but you’re always going that extra mile to find inspiration.

OBJECTIVE
Over six days, players gain Renown by hiking to beautiful locations to paint landscapes, which they’ll later sell. Each day, players choose a Planning Card, which allows them to travel through the Wilderness and paint (i.e., pick up Landscape Cards). At day’s end, they can sell paintings to earn Renown (i.e., turn in Landscape Cards to gain Commission cards worth Renown). Players also earn Renown by completing Daily Goals and by possessing Landscape Paintings at game’s end.

GENERAL PLAY
Each day starts with a simultaneous Planning Phase, followed by individual Trek Phases, and ends with a Clean Up Phase. After the sixth day, a final Scoring Phase occurs.

Planning Phase: Players draw three Planning Cards and select one for the day. This sets the time they'll leave (initiative) how far they can move, and how many paintings they can paint.

Trek Phase: Based on when players started their hike, each player completes their Trek Phase. During their Trek phase they'll move through the Wilderness, paint landscapes, and sell as commissions for Renown. There is also a end of turn check for the Daily Goal.

Clean Up Phase: Once all players have taken their Trek Phase, the Wilderness, Commission Cards, and Daily Goal are update and then next day begins.

School of Sorcery

2020-05-20T01:12:18-04:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 24.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2
Playing Time	40 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	286980/school-sorcery http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286980/school-sorcery/forums/63

School of Sorcery is a reimplementation and revision of The Institute for Magical Arts. The game contains the many of the same game mechanisms, but with a number of new rules changes. Some of the components have also been upgraded and the card powers have almost all changed. It also introduces a number of new cards with a variety of powers.

Collect powerful magical items and build friendships to build your reputation at the School of Sorcery.

School of Sorcery is a two-player dice and area control game in which players use dice rolls to place "crystals" onto different cards in an attempt to win those cards. Once won, cards offer either special powers or victory points or both.

—description from the designer

Waters of Nereus

2019-02-12T15:07:34-05:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	234578/waters-nereus http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/234578/waters-nereus/forums/63

Explore the Waters of Nereus, a fabulous world with wonderful treasures in its vast seas. You lead a capable and talented crew. The captain determines the best direction to sail, the pilot and first mate maneuver the ship through the ocean, the purser controls your funds, the scientist performs important research, the merchant buys your treasures, and the boatswain controls the equipment.

The game consists of 6 rounds. In each round, a round card is flipped, showing how many crew members can be activated during the round. Players simultaneously choose a crew member to use, then, in turn order, perform the action. As you collect treasures, you can pay off the crew to score victory points, as well as gain additional actions.

—description from the publisher

Cosmic Run: Regeneration

2019-02-06T13:31:55-05:00

Vendor: Dr. Finn's Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 37.95

Designer	Steve Finn
Publisher	Dr. Finn's Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	30-45 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	240464/cosmic-run-regeneration http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240464/cosmic-run-regeneration/forums/63

The year is 2123 and the planet earth is becoming uninhabitable. New powers of interstellar travel make it possible for earthlings to find a new home. Competing teams of human explorers use space stations spread throughout the universe as bases for discovering new worlds and befriending aliens to help them in their quest. Explorer teams are not only racing each other, but an alien race also hoping to discover the planets. Will your team be able to reach a planets before the others to establish colonies?

Cosmic Run: Regeneration is a revised version of Cosmic Run. Like the original, Cosmic Run: Regeneration is a quick, push-your-luck, space race for 1-4 players. On a turn, a player rolls dice and must commit at least 1 of them to one of the various exploration tracks or to an alien card. Some of the tracks require multiple identical dice, with the most valuable tracks costing many identical dice. However, once a player commits a die, it cannot be moved. So players have to decide between a conservative approach (making sure and steady progress along less valuable tracks) or an aggressive approach (pushing one's luck to try to move up the highly valued tracks).

Players may opt to use their dice to befriend aliens, rather than explore, because the aliens provide special powers that can eventually help them move along their exploration tracks even faster. The game may be played competitively or cooperatively.

Cosmic Run: Regeneration is different from the original Cosmic Run in many ways. Regarding the rules, these are the main changes:
- A 6th planet track with its own rules for placement
- A 6th type of alien card
- The mechanism for the alien race landing on planets (which used to be meteors hitting planets) is now card-based, rather than dice
- Alien cards must be turned in during the game to score points
- Alien cards are one use and easier to acquire

The game's components are also different, insofar as this game has a full board and some updated graphic design.

Herbaceous Sprouts

2018-10-06T23:17:53-04:00

Vendor: Pencil First Games, LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 35.95

Designer	Eduardo Baraf Steve Finn Keith Matejka
Publisher	Pencil First Games, LLC
Players	1-4
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	244099/herbaceous-sprouts http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/244099/herbaceous-sprouts/forums/63

A FLAVORFUL DICE GAME
Everyone has a green thumb when playing Herbaceous Sprouts. Unwind while enjoying this beautiful and thoughtful game of collecting seeds, using tools, and growing sprouts in the community garden. Gather your seeds and tools from the shed, but don’t take too long or your friend might become the Head Gardner first.

OBJECTIVE
Become the Head Gardener by collecting herb and flower seeds and using your garden tools to plant in the community garden and scoring the most points. Each round, gardeners take turns collecting herb and flower seeds (represented by dice) which they place and save in their wheelbarrow, as well as tools (represented by cards) which they use to plant sprouts. Players can plant quickly for low point spots, or push their luck saving their seeds for premier spots in the garden.

GAMEPLAY
Herbaceous Sprouts is played over a series of rounds, each with a different Lead Gardener. When the last Tool Cards are used, the game ends the final score is tallied.

Each round has three phases:

Phase 1: Preparing the Tool Shed
Phase 2: Picking and Planting Seeds
Phase 3: Clean Up

PHASE 1: Preparing the Tool Shed
This phase is performed by the Lead Gardener of the current round. They set up the Tool Cards and Seed Dice for the round.

PHASE 2: Picking and Planting Seeds
In this phase, all players take turns picking resources from the shed and planting in the community garden. Starting with the Lead Gardener and moving clockwise, each player takes a turn.
Each player performs the following steps, in this order:

A. Take a Tool Card & Seed Dice from the Tool Shed
B. Add Seeds to the Wheelbarrow
C. Perform Special Actions
D. Plants Herb and Flower Seeds

PHASE 3: Clean Up
Players set up for the next round, or proceed to End Game scoring.

—description from the publisher