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The White Box: A Game Design Workshop-in-a-Box (Box Damage)

2024-05-16T15:05:58-04:00

Vendor: Atlas Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 27.95

They Say Everyone Has a Game Inside Them

Almost everyone who’s ever played a game has had an idea for how to make it better. To tweak it, improve it, or even build something new from its miniatures, cards, cubes, and concepts.

We think making games is awesome. We believe it's one of the most challenging, fun, rewarding things you can do. If you’ve ever thought about making a game of your own, we want to help.

We made The White Box for you.

Learn, Plan, and Prototype

The White Box is a learning, planning, and prototyping tool for tabletop game designers.

Inside you’ll find The White Box Essays, a book of 25 essays on game design and production. It covers subjects like where to find a great concept, how to use randomness, what to ask playtesters, whether you should self-publish, how to crowdfund wisely, and what to do at game conventions.

The White Box also contains a ton of components to get you designing right away:

3 counter sheets with 71 pre-printed and 49 blank counters
150 small wooden cubes in six colors
36 wooden meeples in six colors
6 giant wooden cubes in six colors
12 six-sided dice in six colors
110 plastic discs in eight colors

If you believe designing board and card games sounds challenging, rewarding, and fun, The White Box is for you.

Get the Game In Your Head Onto the Table

The White Box is a co-production of Gameplaywright and Atlas Games, in cooperation with Cartamundi. Atlas Games distributes physical editions of The White Box, while digital editions are available via Gameplaywright in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, and audiobook formats.

Dogfight!: Rule The Skies in 20 Minutes! (Minor Damage)

2024-05-11T16:09:18-04:00

Vendor: PSC Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 25.95

Designer	Carlo A. Rossi
Publisher	PSC Games
Players	2
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes/forums/63

Dogfight! is the latest game to join the acclaimed Blitzkrieg line of 20-minute games.

In Dogfight! two rival aviators of the First World War duel each other with Biplanes across the sky. To defeat your enemy, you must maneuver yourself to get behind them and shoot at exactly the right moment!

Dogfight! is played over a maximum of three rounds or until one of the Biplanes has been shot down. If a Biplane is shot down, the game ends immediately and the surviving player is declared the winner! If the third round ends and neither Biplane has been shot down, the player who has taken fewer hits is the winner.

Both players choose a tile to play from behind their player screens and simultaneously reveal them. Each player then moves their Biplane the number of spaces equal to the value of the tile played, which may also have "hit" icons. The game features nine Biplanes, and they have different tile distributions. Several scenarios are also included.

The Biplanes must follow the direction of the arrows around the white path (except when Looping the Loop). Each circle counts as one space and the colors on some spaces affect shooting. Biplanes may move past one another and even finish in the same space, but be careful -- one wrong move and your enemy will loop behind you and blast away!

—description from the publisher

Dogfight!: Rule The Skies in 20 Minutes! (Box Damage)

2024-05-11T16:09:17-04:00

Vendor: PSC Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 23.95

Designer	Carlo A. Rossi
Publisher	PSC Games
Players	2
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369154/dogfight-rule-skies-20-minutes/forums/63

Ra (New Standard Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-05-11T15:17:32-04:00

Vendor: 25th Century Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 48.95

Designer	Reiner Knizia
Publisher	25th Century Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honor	1999 Meeples' Choice Award 2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2016 Juego del Año Recommended
Additional Info	12/ra http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra/forums/63

Ra is an auction and set-collection game with an Ancient Egyptian theme. Each turn players are able to purchase lots of tiles with their bidding tiles (suns). Once a player has used up his or her suns, the other players continue until they do likewise, which may set up a situation with a single uncontested player bidding on tiles before the end of the round occurs. Tension builds because the round may end before all players have had a chance to win their three lots for the epoch. The various tiles either give immediate points, prevent negative points for not having certain types at the end of the round (epoch), or give points after the final round. The game lasts for three "epochs" (rounds). The game offers a short learning curve, and experienced players find it both fast-moving and a quick play.

From the Box:
The game spans 1500 years of Egyptian history in less than an hour!
The players seek to expand their power and fame and there are many ways to accomplish this: Influencing Pharaohs, Building monuments, Farming on the Nile, Paying homage to the Gods, Advancing the technology and culture of the people. Ra is an auction and set collecting game where players may choose to take risks for great rewards or... And all this is for the glory of the Sun God Ra!

Dr. Eureka (Box Damage)

2024-05-07T16:13:43-04:00

Vendor: Blue Orange Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 21.59

Designer	Roberto Fraga
Publisher	Blue Orange Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	5-15 mins
Suggested Age	6 and up
Additional Info	181345/dr-eureka https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1698779/dr-eureka/reviews

The brilliant Dr. Eureka has important experiments for you to complete! You must solve his scientific formulas by mixing the molecules from tube to tube without touching them with your bare hands. Transfer your molecules faster than your competition inDr. Eureka to prove you're the smartest scientist in the lab...

Scythe (Minor Damage)

2024-05-04T16:44:19-04:00

Vendor: Stonemaier Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 94.95

Designer	Jamey Stegmaier
Publisher	Stonemaier Games
Players	1-5
Playtime	90-115 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2017 Scelto dai Goblin Winner 2017 Jogo do Ano Nominee 2017 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2017 Goblin Magnifico Nominee 2017 Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Nominee 2017 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Winner 2017 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Nominee 2016 Tric Trac Nominee 2016 Tric Trac d'Or 2016 Swiss Gamers Award Winner 2016 Swiss Gamers Award Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Winner 2016 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Winner 2016 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Winner 2016 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Winner 2016 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee 2016 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Winner 2016 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee 2016 Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel Nominee 2016 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Nominee 2016 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game Winner 2016 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game Nominee 2016 Board Game Quest Awards Best Production Values Nominee
Accessories	The Broken Token - Scythe Organizer Scythe: Metal Coins Scythe Encounter and Expansion Tokens (19 pcs) Full Set of Worker Meeples for Scythe (56 pcs) Meeple Realty - Scythe Factory (Compatible with SCYTHE™) Deluxe Token Bundle for Scythe Scythe Promo #10 - 15 Metal $2 Coins Scythe: Realistic Resources Scythe Promo #15 -15 Metal $10 Blue Coins Scythe - Set of Large Action Tokens for Scythe Scythe Automa Deck (Stonemaier Games) Encounter Tokens for Scythe (set of 12) Scythe Neoprene Board Game Mat (36" X 28") Insert Here - Scythe (v2) Organizer Folded Space - Scythe & Invaders from Afar Folded Space - Scythe Fenris and Expansions Gamegenic - Scythe / Lost Cities Matte Sleeves (60ct) Gamegenic - Scythe / Lost Cities Prime Sleeves (60ct) Laserox - Scythe Modular Board Laserox - Scythe Legendary Silo Laserox - Scythe Silo Full Set of Enlist Tokens for Scythe (for Scythe base game and all expansions) (Stonemaier Games) Sleeve Kings Sleeve Bundle - Scythe The Dicetroyers - Scythe (Italy Import) 40-piece Set of Base Game Worker Meeples for Scythe 16-piece Set of Worker Meeples for Scythe: Invaders from Afar 16-piece Set of Worker Meeples for Scythe: The Rise of Fenris 16-piece Set of Influence Tokens for Scythe: The Rise of Fenris
Expansions	Scythe: Board Extension Scythe: Invaders from Afar Scythe: The Wind Gambit Scythe: The Rise of Fenris Scythe Encounters Scythe: Modular Board
Promo Pack	Scythe Kickstarter Promo Pack #1 - 4 Promo Encounter Cards (Stonemaier Games) Scythe Kickstarter Promo Pack #2 - 4 Promo Encounter Cards (Stonemaier Games) Scythe Kickstarter Promo Pack #3 - 4 Promo Objective Cards (Stonemaier Games) Scythe Kickstarter Promo Pack #4 Factory Cards - 6 Promo Cards (Stonemaier Games) Scythe Kickstarter Promo Pack #5 - 3 Promo Power Dials (Stonemaier Games) Scythe Kickstarter Promo Pack #9 -7 Metal $50 Coins Scythe Kickstarter Promo Pack #10 - 15 Metal $2 Coins Scythe Promo #17 -15 Metal $5 Red Coins Scythe Promo #8 - 2 Promo Power Dials (Stonemaier Games) Scythe Bonus Promo Pack - 6 Promo Encounter Cards numbers 37-42 Scythe Promo #16 -25 Metal $1 Coins
Books	Scythe: Art Book Scythe Complete Rulebook (Spiralbound)
Additional Info	169786/scythe https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1565736/scythe/reviews

It is a time of unrest in 1920s Europa. The ashes from the first great war still darken the snow. The capitalistic city-state known simply as “The Factory”, which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, has closed its doors, drawing the attention of several nearby countries.

Scythe is a 4X board game set in an alternate-history 1920s period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. In Scythe, each player represents a character from one of five factions of Eastern Europa who are attempting to earn their fortune and claim their faction's stake in the land around the mysterious Factory. Players conquer territory, enlist new recruits, reap resources, gain villagers, build structures, and activate monstrous mechs.

Each player begins the game with different resources (power, coins, combat acumen, and popularity), a different starting location, and a hidden goal. Starting positions are specially calibrated to contribute to each faction’s uniqueness and the asymmetrical nature of the game (each faction always starts in the same place).

Scythe gives players almost complete control over their fate. Other than each player’s individual hidden objective card, the only elements of luck or variability are “encounter” cards that players will draw as they interact with the citizens of newly explored lands. Each encounter card provides the player with several options, allowing them to mitigate the luck of the draw through their selection. Combat is also driven by choices, not luck or randomness.

Scythe uses a streamlined action-selection mechanism (no rounds or phases) to keep gameplay moving at a brisk pace and reduce downtime between turns. While there is plenty of direct conflict for players who seek it, there is no player elimination.

Every part of Scythe has an aspect of engine-building to it. Players can upgrade actions to become more efficient, build structures that improve their position on the map, enlist new recruits to enhance character abilities, activate mechs to deter opponents from invading, and expand their borders to reap greater types and quantities of resources. These engine-building aspects create a sense of momentum and progress throughout the game. The order in which players improve their engine adds to the unique feel of each game, even when playing one faction multiple times.

Divvy Dice (Box Damage)

2024-04-30T14:59:09-04:00

Vendor: Stronghold Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 22.45

Designers	Ulrich Blum Jens Merkl
Publisher	Stronghold Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	297895/divvy-dice http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/297895/divvy-dice/forums/63

In the dice-rolling game Divvy Dice — first released as Man muss auch gönnen können ("You have to also grant others something") — players determine their own targets for what to roll by buying cards during the game to build their own score sheet.

All players are involved in the game because if the active player re-rolls their dice, then everyone else can use those results for themselves.

Roll Player (Minor Damage)

2024-04-27T23:16:37-04:00

Vendor: Thunderworks Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 52.95

Designer	Keith Matejka
Publisher	Thunderworks Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2016 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
Expansions	Roll Player: Monsters & Minions Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars - Big Box Roll Player: Lenticular Monster Cards Promo Pack Roll Player: Lockup Pack Roll Player: Frogkin Promo Punchboard Roll Player: Minotaur Promo Punchboard Roll Player: 3 Card Promo Pack
Accessories	Meeple Realty - Roll Player’s Guild Hall Meeple Realty - Monsters and Minions Card Tray Folded Space - Roll Player & Expansions Laserox - Rollganizer (Compatible with Roll Player) Roll Player - Playmat Roll Player - Custom Metal Coin Set Roll Player - Dice Tower
Additional Info	169426/roll-player https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169426/roll-player/forums/63

Summary
Mighty heroes don’t just appear out of thin air -- you must create them! Race, class, alignment, skills, traits, and equipment are all elements of the perfect hero, who is ready to take on all opposition in the quest for glory and riches.

In Roll Player, you will compete to create the greatest fantasy adventurer who has ever lived, preparing your character to embark on an epic quest. Roll and draft dice to build up your character’s attributes. Purchase weapons and armor to outfit your hero. Train to gain skills and discover your hero’s traits to prepare them for their journey. Earn Reputation Stars by constructing the perfect character. The player with the greatest Reputation wins the game and will surely triumph over whatever nefarious plot lies ahead!

Overview of Gameplay
A game round is divided into 4 phases. The Roll Phase, the Dice Phase, the Market Phase and the Cleanup Phase.

ROLL PHASE - The Start Player draws dice out of a bag, rolls them, and places them in numerical order on Initiative cards in the center of the table.
DICE PHASE - Players take turns selecting an Initiative card, placing their die on their Character Sheet and taking Attribute Actions associated with the Attribute the die was placed in.
MARKET PHASE - Players purchase cards from the market that represent Traits, Skills, Weapons, and Armor.
CLEAN UP PHASE - Return unselected dice to the bag. Return Initiative cards to the center of the table. Refresh 1 Skill card. Pass the Dice Bag to the player on the left.

The game ends at the completion of the round in which all players have filled all Attribute Rows on their Character Sheets.
Players then calculate their Final Scores to determine the winner!

Smartphone Inc. (Box Damage)

2024-04-26T15:46:46-04:00

Vendor: Arcane Wonders
Type: Board Games
Price: 54.75

Designer	Ivan Lashin
Publisher	Arcane Wonders
Players	1-5
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Smartphone Inc.: Status Update 1.1
Additional Info	246684/smartphone-inc http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246684/smartphone-inc/forums/63

In Smartphone Inc., you become a CEO of one of the largest smartphone-producing companies in the time when smartphones were only beginning to conquer the world. Research technologies, develop your factory, build your worldwide office network, and outprice your competitors.

Smartphone Inc. is an economic simulation Eurogame. Over five rounds, players program their decisions about price, production, research, and expansion in order to earn more profits and become the most successful company in the world by earning more money than rivals. The game features a unique mechanism of planning, which combines patching mechanisms with bidding and action selection. Each of the rounds consists of eight simple phases: planning, pricing, production, development, research, expansion, selling, and profits.

In the planning phase, all players simultaneously make a decision for the next year by patching their two plan cards and all of their development tiles. This plan determines all of the other phases, as players will use planned actions in them.

During the pricing phase, players change their price, according their decision. A lower price helps to go earlier and sell more smartphones on the market, but higher price while risky help player to earn more money.

In production, all players simultaneously produce smartphones, based on their plan.

In development, players in turn order take the development tiles, which expands their plan possibilities in further rounds. All following phases will be played in turn order.

In research, players in turn order use their research points based on their decision to discover new technologies. Each technology has not only expanded players' ability to sell smartphones to the customers, but also give them special power. There are 6 different technologies in the game, with every one of them has two different powers to use.

In the expansion phase, players use expansion points from their plan to open offices in neighbor regions, which allow them to sell in that region and develop their network of offices to more regions in further turns.

In the sale phase, players sell produced phones in regions, where they have offices. But there is limited space in regions - if your price is to high, faster rivals can block you from selling. At the end of the phase all unsold smartphones are utilized.

In the profit phase, you get income for your smartphones. All sold phones get you as many dollars, as their price. Also the player who sold more phones in the region gets profits for controlling the accessory market. At the end of this phase all sold smartphones discarded from the map - and a new round begins.

After five rounds, the richest player wins.

Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game

2024-04-24T22:38:14-04:00

Vendor: Upper Deck Entertainment
Type: Board Games
Price: 68.95

Designer	Devin Low
Publisher	Upper Deck Entertainment
Players	1-5
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2013 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2013 Origins Awards Best Traditional Card Game Nominee
Expansions	Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Annihilation Expansion Marvel - Legendary Deck Building Game: Dark City (Expansion 1) Marvel - Legendary Deck Building Game: Fantastic Four (Expansion 2) Marvel - Legendary: Paint the Town Red Legendary: Secret Wars - Volume 1 Legendary: Guardians of the Galaxy Legendary: Civil War Legendary: Deadpool Legendary: Noir Legendary: X-Men Legendary: Champions Legendary: World War Hulk Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Venom Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Dimensions Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Revelations Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – S.H.I.E.L.D. Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Heroes of Asgard Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – The New Mutants Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Into the Cosmos Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Messiah Complex Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Doctor Strange & Shadows Of Night Expansion Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Black Panther Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Black Widow Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Realm of Kings Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Marvel Studios' The Infinity Saga Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – Midnight Sons Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game – 2099
Integrates With	Legendary: Marvel Studios Phase 1 Legendary: Villains - Marvel Deck Building Game
Accessories	The Broken Token - Legendary Box Organizer The Broken Token - Extra Dividers for Legendary Organizer Folded Space - A Marvel Deck Building Game & Expansion Marvel - Legendary: Spider-Man Playmat Marvel - Legendary: Spider-Man Sleeves Sleeve Kings Sleeve Bundle - Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Base Game
Reimplemented By	Legendary Encounters: A Predator Deck Building Game Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Legendary Encounters: The X-Files Deck Building Game Legendary: A James Bond Deck Building Game Legendary: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Additional Info	129437/legendary-a-marvel-deck-building-game http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1290806/legendary-a-marvel-deck-building-game/reviews

Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game is set in the Marvel Comics universe. To set up the game, players choose a number of hero decks – Spider-Man, Hulk, Cyclops, Wolverine, etc. – and shuffle them together; since players use only a handful of hero decks out of the fifteen included, the hero deck can vary widely in terms of what's available. Players then choose a mastermind villain (Magneto, Loki, Dr. Doom, etc.), stack that particular villain's attack cards underneath it, then modify the villain deck as needed based on that villain's particular scheme.

Over the course of the game, players will recruit powerful hero cards to add to their deck in order to build a stronger and more resourceful deck. Players need to build both their recruitment powers (to enlist more heroes) and their fighting ability (to combat the villains who keep popping up to cause trouble). Players recruit heroes from an array of six cards, with empty slots refilled as needed. At the start of a player's turn, he reveals a villain and adds it to the row of villains. This row has a limited number of spaces, and if it fills up, the earliest villain to arrive escapes, possibly punishing the heroes in some way. Some villains also take an action when showing up for the first time, such as kidnapping an innocent bystander. The villain deck also contains "master strike" cards, and whenever one of these shows up, the mastermind villain (controlled by the game) takes a bonus action.

As players fight and defeat villains, they collect those cards, which will be worth points at game's end. Players can also fight the mastermind; if a player has enough fighting power, he claims one of the attack cards beneath the mastermind, which has a particular effect on the game. If all of these cards are claimed, the game ends and players tally their points to see who wins. If the mastermind completes his scheme, however – having a certain number of villains escape, for example, or imposing a certain number of wounds on the heroes – then the players all lose.

Dragon Shield - Matte Sleeves: Midnight Blue (100ct)

2024-04-20T16:37:06-04:00

Vendor: Dragon Shield
Type: Card Sleeves
Price: 11.95

The cool mysterious air of midnight, the space between sunset and sunrise.

Comes with 100 Standard size card sleeves for trading cards measuring up to 63x88 mm's (2½"x3½"). Great for TCGs like MTG, Pokémon, Lorcana & Flesh and Blood!

Matte Sleeves, a tactile delight. Durable sleeves with a textured backing for a great hand feel and buttery smooth shuffle feel. Experience the popular feel of Dragon Shield Mattes!

Dragon Shield - Matte Sleeves: Turquoise (100ct)

2024-04-20T16:31:49-04:00

Vendor: Dragon Shield
Type: Card Sleeves
Price: 11.95

Turquoise surrounds you as you drift along, relaxing atop the crystal waters of a tranquil sea.
Community designed sleeve.
Box art created and voted upon by the Dragon Shield online community. Art contest winner Kate Becker co-owns a local games store in Oregon. She plays loads of TCGs including MTG and Flesh and Blood and dreams that one day she will see her art on a trading card.
Color also chosen by the Dragon Shield online community.

Welcome to the Moon (Box Damage)

2024-04-06T15:17:09-04:00

Vendor: Blue Cocker Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 40.45

Designer	Alexis Allard Benoit Turpin
Publisher	Blue Cocker Games
Players	1-6
Playtime	25-30 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	339789/welcome-moon http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339789/welcome-moon/forums/63

Both in English and French

You've built housing for humanity in neighborhoods and New Las Vegas. Now you need to save humanity through space colonization...

Welcome to the Moon uses the same flip-and-write game mechanisms as the earlier title Welcome To..., but now you can play in a campaign across eight adventure sheets. On a turn, you flip cards from three stacks to create three different combinations of a starship number and a corresponding action, then all players choose one of these three combinations. You use the number to fill a space in a zone on your adventure sheet in numerical order, and everyone is racing to be the first to complete common missions.

The eight adventure sheets feature very different mechanisms from the classic Welcome To... concept, and when you play in campaign mode, you'll make choices that change the next adventure, which means that each campaign will differ from the previous one.

Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition) (Box Damage)

2024-03-27T03:24:22-04:00

Vendor: Wizards of the Coast
Type: Board Games
Price: 62.95

Designer	Dave Chalker Banana Chan Noah Cohen Bruce Glassco Brian Neff Will Sobel Jabari Weathers
Publisher	Avalon Hill
Players	3-6
Playtime	60-60 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2005 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Advanced Game Nominee 2004 Origins Awards Gamers’ Choice Award Winner
Expansion	Betrayal: The Werewolf's Journey – Blood on the Moon
Additional Info	358504/betrayal-house-hill-3rd-edition http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/358504/betrayal-house-hill-3rd-edition/forums/63

The House on the Hill still sits abandoned, and fearless group of explorers has been drawn to the house to discover its dark secrets. Immerse yourself in the narrative gameplay as you take on the role of one of those explorers.

The co-operative board game Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition includes fifty haunts and dozens of danger-filled rooms that will terrify even the strongest among you. At first you'll work together, but beware...one explorer will betray the others and then the haunt begins.

This edition of the popular haunted house traitor game features content and gaming elements that help new players jump right in. So gather friends for a game night of monsters, miniatures, and modular board pieces in this immersive, story-driven hidden traitor game.

—description from the publisher

Quartermaster General: 1914 (New Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-03-22T14:54:54-04:00

Vendor: PSC Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 46.45

Designer	Ian Brody
Publisher	PSC Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	90-120 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	208773/quartermaster-general-1914 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/208773/quartermaster-general-1914/forums/63

Quartermaster General: 1914 is a new, fast-paced game in the critically acclaimed Quartermaster General series, designed by Ian Brody, that pits the Central Powers against the Entente Powers. Based on the popular Quartermaster General system, this card-driven wargame reflects the military, economic, and political intrigue of the time.

In Quartermaster General: 1914, each power has its own unique deck of cards, with its own strengths and strategies, providing strong replayability as you try your hand at playing the different powers. Each card has two different uses: one when played, and another when prepared. On their turn, players have the opportunity to both play and prepare a card. They can also spend cards to draft more troops or use cards to subject their opponents to attrition.

Each Power’s deck represents the resources of that player: “digging” too quickly through the deck in the early game might result in unsupported armies being swept away in the final rounds. This is worth it if a player can capture Berlin or Paris in 1915 - but if the gambit fails, you may have a tough road ahead. The game ends after 17 rounds of play, or earlier if one side has a commanding enough lead.

Quartermaster General: 1914 is a must have for all fans of the Quartermaster General series, and for anybody looking for an accessible grandstrategy game on the “Great War.”

Sprawlopolis: Wrecktar, Points of Interest and Construction Zones

2024-03-20T14:48:46-04:00

Vendor: Button Shy
Type: Board Games
Price: 1.97

Designer	Steven Aramini
Publisher	Button Shy
Players	1-4
Playing Time	15-20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Expansion For	Sprawlopolis
Additional Info	262043/sprawlopolis-wrecktar http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/262043/sprawlopolis-wrecktar/forums/63

This 6 card expansion combines 3 mini-expansions into one set.

Wrecktar - A one card disaster hits Sprawlopolis.

Adds a monster card to the deck that covers the previously played card when it comes to the top of the draw pile and incurs scoring penalties.

Points of Interest - A one card assistant visits Sprawlopolis.

A starting card that has a point of interest that generates scoring for surrounding it with appropriate block types.

Construction Zones - A four card irritation comes to Sprawlopolis.

One (random) Construction effect scoring card is part of scoring. The other three go into deck. If the construction blocks are not completed (built over) by game end, they incur scoring penalties.

Sprawlopolis: Beaches

2024-03-20T14:48:44-04:00

Vendor: Button Shy
Type: Board Games
Price: 1.87

Designer	Jason Tagmire
Publisher	Button Shy
Players	1-4
Playtime	15-20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Expansion for	Sprawlopolis
Additional Info	276862/sprawlopolis-beaches http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276862/sprawlopolis-beaches/forums/63

4-card mini expansion.

Setup:
Choose a random Beach card to add to your 3 scoring conditions and shuffle the others into the deck with the blocks side face-up.

How To Play:
When you draw a Beach card, you must play it immediately. Each Beach will create a new border that you cannot cross with other cards (imagine that the beach continues beyond the edge of the card).

During the game, you must define 3 out of 4 borders (north, south, east, west) and continue to build your city within those edges.

The Beach scoring card may provide extra points to offset the new challenges.

Mystic Vale: Essential Edition (Minor Damage)

2024-03-11T15:24:50-04:00

Vendor: AEG
Type: Board Games
Price: 81.45

Designer	John D. Clair
Publisher	Alderac Entertainment Group
Players	2-4
Playtime	45-60 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	308762/mystic-vale-essential-edition http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/308762/mystic-vale-essential-edition/forums/63

Mystic Vale - 2 to 4 players take on the role of druidic clans trying to cleanse the curse upon the land. Each turn, you play cards into your field to gain powerful advancements and useful vale cards. Use your power wisely, or decay will end your turn prematurely. Score the most victory points to win the game!

Mystic Vale - Big Box is a great edition containing the basic version of the game and 3 additions:

Mystic Vale: Vale of Magic (2016)
Mystic Vale: Vale of the Wild (2017)
Mystic Vale: Mana Storm (2017)

—description from the publisher

Frosthaven: Play Surface Books PRE-ORDER

2024-03-07T23:52:23-05:00

Vendor: Cephalofair Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 119.95

ETA Q2 2024

Inspired by the critically acclaimed play surface books from Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, this set of 4 Scenario Play Surface Books eliminates the need for your Frosthaven map tiles & the majority of overlay tokens in favor of quicker and easier setup times. Just open the book to your scenario and start playing! Includes scenario narrative text and special rules for all 138 Frosthaven scenarios!

Ages 14+
1-4 players
30-120 minutes play time

Smartphone Inc. (Open Box / Box Damage)

2024-02-22T05:57:13-05:00

Vendor: Arcane Wonders
Type: Board Games
Price: 50.95

Designer	Ivan Lashin
Publisher	Arcane Wonders
Players	1-5
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Expansion	Smartphone Inc.: Status Update 1.1
Additional Info	246684/smartphone-inc http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246684/smartphone-inc/forums/63

Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks (Second Edition) (Minor Damage)

2024-02-06T21:19:35-05:00

Vendor: Gale Force Nine
Type: Board Games
Price: 54.95

Designer	Andrew Haught
Publisher	Gale Force Nine, LLC
Players	2-4
Playtime	120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansions	Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks – Fifth Doctor & Tenth Doctor Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks – Seventh Doctor & Ninth Doctor Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks – Second Doctor & Sixth Doctor Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks – Third Doctor & Eighth Doctor Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks – River, Amy, Clara & Rory Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks – Mickey, Rose, Martha & Donna Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks – Third Doctor & Thirteenth Doctor
Additional Info	186995/doctor-who-time-daleks http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/186995/doctor-who-time-daleks/forums/63

The second edition of Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks contains the 1st, 4th, 11th and 13th Doctors.

"Exterminate!" They muttered about their sacred hatred, the Oncoming Storm. Their creator had a plan, a plan to make the Daleks great again. A plan to turn all their defeats into victories. A plan to remove the one variable that has always interfered with the master plan. The Doctor must be erased from time itself!

Ever wanted to be the Doctor? Travel in time and space, meet companions and have adventures? In Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks you do just that, with every player picking a Doctor and trying to thwart the Daleks' master plan of erasing the Doctor from history. Do you have what it takes to fill a Time Lord's Shoes? Join us on an adventure in space and time with a game that is bigger on the inside...

Doctor Who: Time of the Daleks is a semi-cooperative board game that puts players in the roles of their favorite Doctor, pulled from various timelines to stop the Daleks: Either one player/doctor wins, or the Daleks win and all the players/doctors lose.

—description from the publisher

Monumental (Minor Damage)

2024-01-04T15:43:56-05:00

Vendor: Funforge
Type: Board Games
Price: 87.45

Designer	Matthew Dunstan
Publisher	Funforge
Players	1-4
Playtime	90-120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansions	Monumental: Lost Kingdoms Monumental: African Empires
Honors	2020 Kanga Best Visuals Winner 2020 Kanga Best Visuals Finalist
Additional Info	248125/monumental http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/248125/monumental/forums/63

In Monumental, each player will control a civilization that will evolve through his city: a grid of 3x3 cards (coming out from the player's starting civilization deck) that can each be activated to gather various resources such as Science, Military, Production, Culture, and Gold that will allow them to trigger many actions. But there’s a trick: one cannot activate all their cards at once, which means that tough choices will have to be made each turn in order to select the cards that are the most needed.

The resources gathered from the activated city cards will allow the players to acquire cards from a common pool, allowing them to get improved buildings, technologies, wonders, etc. and therefore to leverage their civilization deck to new heights through more and more efficient card combos. As the common pool of cards progresses (either as players have acquired cards or because they didn't - which leads to one card from the pool to be discarded per turn), the game progresses through eras. Medieval cards are better than classical cards, and industrial cards are even better, but of course those cards are more and more expensive to acquire.

A modular board, at the center of the table, holds each civilization's army. The board is made of Provinces to be conquered. Unoccupied Province's inhabitants are barbarians who will provide resources to the player who defeats them. Holding a conquered province also brings victory points.

The player with the most impressive civilization at the end of the game will be remembered for all time (and they also win the game!).

—description based on the publisher's

Root: Riverfolk Expansion

2023-12-27T14:51:51-05:00

Vendor: Leder Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 40.64

Designer	Cole Wehrle
Publisher	Leder Games
Players	1-6
Playtime	60-90 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Expansion For	Root
Expansions	Root: The Clockwork Expansion 2
Honors	2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Nominee 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Game Expansion Nominee
Accessories	Meeple Realty - Root Forest Laserox - Root Organizer Folded Space - Root & Expansions
Additional Info	241386/root-riverfolk-expansion http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/241386/root-riverfolk-expansion/forums/63

A new faction is added to the forest fray.

The Riverfolk expansion includes:

A New Core Faction: The Riverfolk Company
A New Core Faction: The Lizard Cult
An Extra Vagabond
1 Custom Card Holder
Cooperative Scenarios
Rules for Bot Play
and Four Additional Vagabond Variants

This expansion now allows Root to be played with 1-6 players.

—description from the publisher

Minecraft: Builders & Biomes (Minor Damage)

2023-12-07T09:49:36-05:00

Vendor: Ravensburger
Type: Board Games
Price: 47.45

Designer	Ulrich Blum
Publisher	Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
Players	2-4
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	269603/minecraft-builders-biomes http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269603/minecraft-builders-biomes/forums/63

As in the original Minecraft digital game, in Minecraft: Builders & Biomes players explore the Overworld, build structures, and mine resources, earning points for structures and the largest connected biomes of forest, desert, mountain, or snowy tundra spaces on their player boards.

Familiar foes like Endermen, Creepers, and other mobs also appear throughout the game, and they need to be defeated using weapons collected from the board. Defeating mobs earn players points in addition to granting additional awards. Game scoring occurs as the resource cube's layers are depleted. As soon as the third layer runs out, the adventure comes to an end, and the builder with the most points wins.

In more detail, on a turn you take two different actions from the following possibilities:

• Collect two blocks: At the start of the game, you set up a 4x4x4 cube of building blocks with 16 wood, 14 sand, 12 stone, 10 obsidian, and 12 emerald being placed together at random. When you collect a block, the top face and at least two other sides must be revealed.

• Move: Your character starts in the center of a 4x4 grid of tile stacks, with each stack holding four tiles. Weapon tiles are placed at the end of each column and row. Move 0-2 spaces between stacks, then reveal all adjacent tiles that are face down.

• Build: Discard blocks from your personal supply to match the building requirements on a tile next to your character. Place this tile on your personal 3x3 building board.

• Fight a mob: Choose a mob adjacent to your character, then reveal three tiles from your weapon stack, which starts with a stone sword, a wooden sword, and three poisonous potatoes. Tally the number of hearts revealed; if this sum is at least as large as the number of hearts on the mob, you defeat it. Remove it from the board, and place it next to your personal building board. Mobs might grant you an endgame scoring bonus, immediate points, or a one-shot bonus action.

• Collect a weapon: If your character is next to a weapon tile at the edge of the playing grid, you can shuffle it into your weapon stack.

Scoring takes place three times during the game, specifically after the final block is removed from the first, second, and third level of the building block cube. In the first round, you choose one of the four biomes (forest, desert, mountains, or snowy tundra) and score for the largest connected area of this biome on your personal building board. The board comes pre-printed with biome spaces, and as you place buildings on this board, you can alter the biome of a space. In the second round, you choose one of three materials (wood, sand, stone, or obsidian) and score for the largest connected group of structures on your personal building board that are made of this material. In the third round, you score for the largest contiguous group of structures (decoration, dwelling, animal house, or bridge) of your choice on your board. After scoring in the third round, tally bonus points from the mobs you've collected.

Angel Fury (Minor Damage)

2023-11-17T23:44:32-05:00

Vendor: Stronghold Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 119.95

Designer	Daniel Fryxelius
Publisher	Stronghold Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	60-120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	337853/angel-fury http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337853/angel-fury/forums/63

Welcome to the world of the unseen!

Armies of angels and demons clash in an epic battle over a human soul. While the forces of heaven try to influence for good, the demonic fallen angels strive to draw the soul into darkness and despair. In the realm of the spirital world, mighty angel warriors try to hold their positions against onstorming demons and tormentors, by seeking to break their defenses, or by taking control of valuable crystals and living water fountains to slowly turn the tide of war to their advantage. The mighty and mysterious 6-winged seraphs summon new angels to gain a foothold on the enemy´s flank. Meanwhile the archangels, God´s chosen messengers, move like lightning over the battlefield, commanding their forces, and bringing fear to the hosts of evil. The archdemons, false gods of the ancient world, no less cunning, rise up to meet them in battle. They all know the victory belongs to the wisest leader. Are you that leader?

—description from the publisher

Take control of the forces of good or the hordes of evil. Command mighty seraphs or fierce tormentors. Each player begins with a starting deck customized by a unique general - either an archangel or archdemon. Each turn, you will use your Command markers to move troops or initiate battles and then use the cards in your hand to modify those movements or battles - or build your turn around an epic Tactics card that provides even more value! You can use your resources to deploy more units, increase your handsize, or gain more Command markers! At the end of your turn, you’ll gain more resources if you control certain Areas - or even 1 Soul Point if you control the Human Soul. When either the good or evil side has 7 Soul Points - the game is over and the soul has been claimed!