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Balderdash

Categories contain real but unbelievable content about People, Words, Initials, and Movies. Players make up phony answers, read them off along with the correct answer, and others vote on which answer is real. Score points for guessing correctly and for bluffing the other players. Grab the bull by the horns and play Balderdash, the game that's hilarious beyond belief

2-6

Players

12+

Age

60

Minutes

Apocalypse Chaos

Your ship has been surrounded by a hostile alien race and the situation looks dire, but you and your crew aint goin down without a fight! You must work together to contest the onslaught of enemy forces, recover items of scientific interest, rescue the innocent, escape imprisonment, and destroy the alien leader.

1-4

Players

13+

Age

60

Minutes

Bloodsuckers

The once quiet small town of Blackwood has become a battleground. A coven of vampires has crept in under the cover of darkness to drain the very life from its helpless citizens. As powerful as these creatures of legend are, they do not prowl the streets unchallenged. A team of skilled vampire hunters with an arsenal of modern weapons has tracked these bloodsuckers down and the battle for the soul of Blackwood is about to begin. Play as either vampire or hunter, using Attack cards to battle for the citizens of Blackwood, Impact cards to enhance your powers, and deadly Strike cards to destroy your opponent. Unleash powerful combos and use Blood or Adrenaline as you fight, alone or with a teammate, through both night and day. Win battles to recruit the innocent bystanders at the Nightclub, Church, Graveyard, Police Station, and Hospital. Claim the most locations to win control of the town. Save the town of Blackwood, or drain it dry. The choice is yours.

2-4

Players

13+

Age

120

Minutes

Arboretum

Arboretum is a strategy card game for 2-4 players, aged 10 and up, that combines set collection, tile-laying and hand management while playing in about 25 minutes. Players try to have the most points at the end of the game by creating beautiful garden paths for their visitors. The deck has 80 cards in ten different colors, with each color featuring a different species of tree; each color has cards numbered 1 through 8, and the number of colors used depends on the number of players. Players start with a hand of seven cards. On each turn, a player draws two cards (from the deck or one or more of the discard piles), lays a card on the table as part of her arboretum, then discards a card to her personal discard pile. When the deck is exhausted, players compare the cards that remain in their hands to determine who can score each color. For each color, the player with the highest value of cards in hand of that color scores for a path of trees in her arboretum that begins and ends with that color; a path is a orthogonally adjacent chain of cards with increasing values. For each card in a path that scores, the player earns one point; if the path consists solely of trees of the color being scored, the player scores two points per card. If a player doesn't have the most value for a color, she scores zero points for a path that begins and ends with that color. Whoever has the most points wins.

2-4

Players

8+

Age

30

Minutes

Happy Pigs

As pig farmers in Happy Pigs, players compete on raising healthy pigs by executing strategic combinations of ?Actions? (Feed, Mate, Purchase, and Sell) and ?Tools? (Vaccines, Nutritional Supplements and Birth Amulets) for each round.
Both the frequency to take these ?Actions? and the number of ?Tools? a player can purchase are restricted by the number of players choosing to take the same action in any given round.
Also, from time to time there are unexpected events (such as Pig Shows and Sausage Fest) which offer players great opportunities to outperform their peers.
There are four rounds to each season, and all unvaccinated pigs die at each season change.
The game concludes at the end of four seasons, when all pigs are sold off at different prices in accordance with their sizes.
The player with the highest profit at the end wins the game.
Players 3-6 Suggested ages 8 Playing time 30-45 minutes.

3-6

Players

8+

Age

45

Minutes

Tibom

A fast-paced card game for 2-8 players where all players need to quickly play cards by matching them to categories on the table!

2-8

Players

10+

Age

15-30

Minutes

Colosseum

In Colosseum each player is a Roman impresario - producing great spectacles in his or her arena in the hopes of attracting the most spectators. Players earn wealth and glory for each event run, using it to create ever more ambitious events. They will need to improve their arena, find the best performers, lure the Emperor and his nobles, and manage assets for long-term success to be granted the title of Grand Impresario, with tales of your extraordinary spectacles acclaimed throughout the empire.

As commanded by the Emperor, the greatest celebration in Roman history has continued unabated for 99 days. All of Rome has borne witness to the grandest spectacles the empire has ever seen— all to commemorate the opening of the Amphitheatrum Flavium, the Colosseum.

Tens of thousands have flocked to the city to experience the sight of a hundred gladiators in battle...rare and exotic animals prowling the arena floor...and to hear and see the greatest musicians and entertainers from throughout the empire. But these events have only been a prelude to today — the closing finale! As a master impresario you have prepared for this moment your entire life. Titus himself has taken his seat in the Emperor’s Loge. At the drop of his hand, the final spectacle will begin. Your moment in the sun has come...

3-5

Players

10+

Age

90

Minutes

Cthulhu Fluxx

Explore the dark and horrifying mysteries of the unknown as you battle insanity and fiendish cults in Cthulhu Fluxx! Follow the wild-eyed Poet, the obsessed Artist, and the expeditions of the Professor as they investigate Eldritch Secrets no mortal was meant to discover.Someone has stolen the Necronomicon from the library at Miskatonic Univeristy, and a Farm in the hills is undergoing a horrifying Metamorphosis.Meanwhile, unspeakable abominations stir in Penguin-riddled Tombs beneath the ice.Are you Inevitably Doomed to a lifetime of Nightmares in the Sanitarium, or are you, in fact, a Secret Cultist, worshiping the Minions of Darkness? Players collect Keeper cards to satisfy the victory requirements but watch out for Cthulhu and other fiendish Creepers that will prevent you from winning - even if you otherwise have the winning combination. Ages 8+,2-6 players, 5-30 minutes playing time

2-6

Players

8+

Age

30

Minutes

Silicon Saga: Wreck of the Andromeda

Silicon Saga: Wreck of the Andromeda is a sci-fi dungeon crawl/exploration game set aboard the floating wreck of a space research station. Players take on the roles of members of a crew of space marauders looking to strip the station of valuable resources. Unfortunately, the station is not quite as abandoned as they had hoped. They will be faced with lurking dangers and struggling survivors. The goal of the game is to collect a determined amount of silicon from the ship and return to the hanger with the silicon before the game ends. There are variable play modes which allow players to compete against each other or to play cooperatively.

The game is played on square tiles with players drawing and placing tiles as they explore the ship. Players move and interact by playing cards. The game is broken into rounds with each player drawing a number of cards and performing a number of action during the round. Players take turns, performing actions one at a time. Players have a chance to add new cards to their deck or hand each round or to gain additional actions.

While exploring the Andromeda, players will find resources such as crafting components, ammo, food and their true goal, silicon. They may also find survivors, dangerous threats or face random events. Interaction with survivors or threats are handles through a chit-pull system. Each player has a bag and a set of different markers, each with a different effect. Throughout the game, the cards they play will have them add markers to their bag to form a pool. When interacting with entities, they can play cards that let them draw markers from the pool in an attempt to cause different effects. Players may face hostile encounters or peaceful encounters. Each marker type has a different effect depending on the type of encounter.

In addition to interacting with entities encountered onboard, players can interact with one another. They can steal from or sabotage other players to take or force them drop any carried silicon.

Silicon Saga can be played by a group or by a single player. For solo play, the game can be played using the base game mode. The rules will also include additional solo player challenges.

1 - 6

Players

14+

Age

90-120

Minutes

Reichbusters: Projekt Vril: Artbook

This artbook features unspeakable things and valiant heroes from Reichbusters: Projekt Vril.

Examine the world of Reichbusters from up close with art from Catalin Lartist, Guillem H. Pongiluppi and Bayard Wu! this hardcover 96 p. book showcases art and painted miniatures for reference.

1-4

Players

14++

Age

45-90 mins

Minutes

History of the World

History of the World works under the assumptions that all empires eventually fade and that the only things differentiating great empires from lesser ones is how much territory they conquer and how long it takes for their civilizations to disappear. The game is played out over 7 epochs or rounds, from the ancient 3000 B.C. Sumerians to the pre-WW1 Germany, with every player controlling a new rising empire from history. Some empires are stronger than others (like the Romans), but the game's clever mechanisms can help balance that out. At the end of each epoch, players score points for all units of their color (from both the current and any previous empires) remaining on the board.

3-6

Players

12+

Age

180

Minutes

Greedy Kingdoms

Two kingdoms are pitted in a race to show which is the more glorious. Neither king will rest until they are on top and they will use all their resources, subjects, and more to get ahead.

Greedy Kingdoms puts you in the role of one of these kings, competing against your opponent to be the first to construct two royal palaces, showing your wealth and prestige to the world. use your heroes to gather needed resources, but your opponent may be able to top them if they can guess who you have sent on missions for you.

Greedy Kingdoms is a tight, tense two player game of deduction and resource management from Japan. Quick play and easy rules make this a game where greed is definitely good!

2-2

Players

10+

Age

20

Minutes

Keyflower

Keyflower is a game for two to six players played over four rounds. Each round represents a season: spring, summer, autumn, and finally winter. Each player starts the game with a "home" tile and an initial team of eight workers, each of which is colored red, yellow, or blue. Workers of matching colors are used by the players to bid for tiles to add to their villages. Matching workers may alternatively be used to generate resources, skills and additional workers, not only from the player's own tiles, but also from the tiles in the other players' villages and from the new tiles being auctioned. Keyflower presents players with many different challenges and each game will be different due to the mix of village tiles that appear in that particular game. Throughout the game, players will need to be alert to the opportunities to best utilize their various resources, transport and upgrade capability, skills and workers.

2-6

Players

12+

Age

120

Minutes

Kawaii

Be the fastest to collect as many ice creams of your favourite flavour as you can, or you might see your score melt like ice in the sun!

To succeed you need to constantly observe other players’ actions, use your memory and act fast, with no hesitation.

3-5

Players

6+

Age

15

Minutes

Babel

In ancient times, monarchs built temples to demonstrate their wealth.
The highest temple belonged to the wealthiest monarch.
In this two-player game by Uwe Rosenberg, you are one of these long-forgotten monarchs.
With the help of various nations, your temples will grow more and more beautiful, reaching ever closer to the sky.
But beware of your opponent and the nations on his side, for they will want to destroy your temples and convince your own people to change sides? So, who will be the greatest monarch?.

2-2

Players

12+

Age

60

Minutes

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Rescuing Robin Hood

Robin Hood has been captured! It's up to you so save him! Build a Merry Band of villagers ready to defeat the Sheriff of Nottingham using Wit, Stealth, Brawn, and Jolliness. Gameplay includes mental math, elementary statistics, and is packed full of puns, history and fun strategies to discover as you prepare to storm the castle and Rescue Robin Hood!

1-5

Players

10+

Age

20 min per player

Minutes

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Prove your friends WRONG! A funny strategy card game for 2-5 players about dumb arguments + absurd insults.

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Crashword

Object of the Game

Win the largest number of points by creating the longest words possible, Unless...!

Unless obstacles appear to obstruct the game!A great game to enjoy with f riends and family.Getting Started❝

The first to reach 100 points wins (or choose your own limits).

❝Each player has 30 seconds to create a word (or choose your own time limit).

❝Each player chooses his color for the game, yellow, blue, red, black, green, or pink and places his two colored pins on the game board (one counts as ten points and the other counts for individual points).

❝Throw one die to see which color rolls first. Example: If the color red is rolled then the player who chose that color begins the game.A game1 Throw the four colored dice.

a The first player throws the four colored dice. If the player’s color is rolled he keeps those dice as Jokers, or wildcard dice which can prepresent any letter to help build a word. If his color is not rolled then the turn passes to the player to his right. Otherwise, the turn passes to the player to his right.

b If the player rolls four identical colors the player who has that color takes the turn and the Jokers and rolls the letter dice.

c Between 1 and 3 dice of his color. Then rolls the lettered dice.

2 Next, the player rolls the 12 lettered dice. a The player has 30 seconds (if the hourglass is used) to create the longest word possible. b Unless.....If a star is rolled al players simultaneously try to create a word using the alphabetical dice and the Jokers in 30 seconds (if the hourglass is used).If a hand is rolled the player whos threw the dice mimes a word (using sounds if agreed before hand). The other players try to guess the word and write down. The first one who guesses correctly wins points for the vowels and the thrower wins points for the consonants.When the skull and cross bones is rolled whoever shouts «CRASH» first wins a turn to throw the lettered dice.Golden RuleHow to steal a turn or win outright.Steal a turn by being the first to shout «CRASH» when the skull and cross bones is rolled. A player gets an extra turn to roll lettered dice if he can create the word «CRASH».A player wins outright if he can create the word «CRASHWORD».

6

Players

7+

Age

30

Minutes

Heroes of Barcadia

In Heroes of Barcadia, two to six players take on the roles of Barcadian champions to battle monsters and bosses, collect Power-Ups with mystical abilities, and race to collect the elusive Drink Hoard hidden in the dungeon! There is a special twist to this drinking game: your character’s health is measured by the liquid in your cup. Getting hit by a monster forces you to take a drink, slowly sipping down your health pool until it’s back to square one.

Players

21+

Age

30-90

Minutes

Zoo King

The "Zoo Tycoon" of card games has arrived. Zoo King is a light to medium-weight card game that puts players in the role of zoo owners competing to acquire the best animals, make the most money, and win the most awards. Plan a strategy as you purchase cards from the market, pick and choose when to push your luck, and build a beautiful tableau of animal card combinations. Immerse yourself in this beautifully-illustrated adventure where your decisions can either break you or make you...the Zoo King!

2-4

Players

10+

Age

20-30

Minutes

Zuckered

Inspired by the cut-throat world of the entrepreneurs - Zuckered is a competitive tabletop game to enjoy with friends and enemies alike. The objective is to grow a successful business empire to deliver cash profits, brand love and planet points - through any means necessary.

Do you have what it takes - or are you about to get Zuckered?

3-6 players

Players

12+

Age

40 mins

Minutes

Troy – the battle card game

Troy is an easy to learn and quick to set up 1 or 2 player game of strategy, with the aim of the game being to break through the opposition’s defence and destroy their defences. Suitable for ages 9+. As with the famous Trojan war told through Homer’s Iliad, the game pits the Trojan army against the Achaean army that has traveled far and wide to reclaim their pride after Helen was taken from them. The game includes a large number of the armies that are written about in the war and also many of the heroes and leaders in the battle such as Hector, Achilles, Agamemnon and Odysseus. There is also the addition of the Greek gods that play their part.

Game play: You take charge of either the Trojan or Achaean armies. Defences are set up (both sides have four) and you make the decisions of which armies to defend the wall/stockade. Then you have the option to level your armies up to make them stronger, choose a leader to improve their abilities or attack the opposing armies. Attacking is done through dice rolling strategy as armies have improved abilities when fighting specific enemies. All armies have the ability to defend each attack and this is done through dice rolling. The leader's capabilities can be even better if they are linked to their respective armies. There are also divinity cards which can be played at any time. These can help to improve the strength of an attack of assist with defence rolls depending on their capability.

The aim of the game is to defeat the enemy army in front of their defences and destroy their wall. The first side to destroy all four levels of the defence of their opposition is the winner.

The solo version of the game follows a set of rules for your opposition to follow, using a simple numbered system. Be prepared to not always win though!

1-2

Players

9+

Age

20-60

Minutes

Traps

In Traps, players take control of a team of two unique adventurers. Each team is desperate to escape the jungle the first.

-You’ll use a variety of cards and special abilities to make it happen.
-Draw from hundreds of unique cards to help you make your escape
-Use your characters’ special abilities to incite game changing moments
-Plan your perfect strategy (and a few backup strategies) to stay one step ahead

Card Types:

TRAPS: Place these cards directly on the board to stop your enemies dead in their tracks, wipe out their funds, or just generally cause chaos.

ACTIONS: Play these super-powered cards right from your hand. They’ll help you tilt the game in your favor—from blocking Traps to giving you special perks that last all game.

MONEY PITS: These Traps are all about the money. When an opponent lands on one, they pay you. When you land on one, the bank pays you. It’s a win-win.

FOUND TREASURE: These cards help you accrue sweet, sweet cash to fund your wildest dreams and schemes. You’ve just got to be lucky enough to draw one.

Each turn consists of rolling and moving, drawing cards (see above), and playing those cards with devastating effect.

These cards reshape the jungle with each playthrough so that no two games are ever the same.

Beyond cards, one of the primary game mechanics is character abilities. These let you perform unique actions such as stealing a ton of extra cash from your foes to dodging a Trap at the last minute.

There are 8 characters (4 humans and 4 animals). Each team is made up of a randomly paired human and animal duo. Since every character has their own ability, you never know what combo (and strategy) you’ll end up with.

Along the way you’ll encounter spaces that protect you, beef up your wallet, or poison you, severely setting your progress back.

Nothing is truly as it seems in this jungle. So be warned: Trust no one. Trap everyone.

2-4

Players

10+

Age

60-90

Minutes

Dinos Not Assembled

In Dinos Not Assembled, you and your fellow players are paleontologists compete for a contract by a museum curator, looking to put together a new dinosaur exhibit.

Each player is assigned an exhibit display area on the game board and starts with 2 dinosaur cards in hand. Each dinosaur card has 3 bones that are required to build the dinosaur.

Bones are displayed as face-up tiles at a common dig site. A player can acquire bone tiles by either digging out 2 of the available bones at the dig site or by stealing a bone tile from another player.

Bone tiles are stored on each player's board, but players only have room to store up to 4 bones at once.

Once bones are taken from the dig site, tiles are pulled from a bag to replace them.

Players may also draw new dinosaur cards, from the facedown deck of dinosaurs.

Players may only take 1 action on their turn. Draw and/or discard a dinosaur card, take 2 bones tiles from the dig site, steal a bone from a player, or build a dinosaur.

When a player has the 3 bones necessary to build the dinosaur, they take a dinosaur meeple and place it at their exhibit on the game board. The first player to place 3 dinosaur meeples in their exhibit wins the contract and the game.

2-4

Players

5+

Age

30-45min

Minutes

Jungle Party

In Jungle Party, the animals are splashing down the river at night, and you need to remember where they all are: Which animal is swimming in the river? Which is diving under the bridge? Who can discover each of the critters out there and more importantly remember where they're hidden. If you move the right animal cards down the right river branch, you can be sure to advance rapidly...

2-4

Players

5+

Age

20

Minutes

Kawaii

Be the fastest to collect as many ice creams of your favourite flavour as you can, or you might see your score melt like ice in the sun!

To succeed you need to constantly observe other players’ actions, use your memory and act fast, with no hesitation.

3-5

Players

6+

Age

15

Minutes

Kahuna

Originally published in 1997 as Arabana-Ikibiti by the designer's own publisher Bambus Spieleverlag, then reprinted by Funagain in the U.S., Kosmos' Kahuna – part of its Kosmos two-player series – is the best known implementation of this design. It's a two-player game, played on a board depicting twelve islands. Players use cards to place bridges between these islands or remove opponent's bridges. If you get the majority of bridges around an island, you place one of your marker stones on it and also remove any of your opponent's bridges to that island – which might cause them to lose a bridge majority on an adjacent island and lose a marker stone there. The game is played in three rounds. A round ends when all cards from the face down deck and the three face up cards have been taken. Then points are scored for the islands with a marker stone on them. The game can also end sooner when one player has absolutely NO bridges left on the board. The Kosmos edition has excellent graphics and nice wooden pieces and plays very well.

2

Players

10+

Age

30

Minutes

Forbidden Sky

Forbidden Sky continues the tale of the ill-fated adventurers who first went looking for treasure on Forbidden Island. Picking up where Forbidden Desert left off, it sees our adventurers land on a mysterious platform in the sky.

Buffeted by high winds, and with an electrical storm brewing, our adventurers must complete a working electrical circuit to launch a rocket that will allow them to reach safety.

Forbidden Sky is the third in the ‘Forbidden’ series of co-operative games designed by Matt Leacock. Players will need to work closely together with limited information to avoid being struck by lightening or blown off the platform by the storm.

Taking familiar elements of the Forbidden series, such as unique player roles and variable difficulty, as well as new elements including components to build a working electrical circuit, Forbidden Sky will challenge players like never before.

Have you got what it takes to power up the rocket and escape before the storm grounds your adventure permanently?

Player Count: 2-5
Time: 60 Minutes
Age: 10+

2-5

Players

10+

Age

60

Minutes

Gretchinz!

The greenskin’s passion for speed and violence is known throughout the galaxy. It is not uncommon to see (from a reasonably safe distance of course) little crowds of Orks from different klans take any excuse to launch their best Gretchinz into insane races where they pilot buggies which have been slapped together with whatever is at hand. There is no need to point out that firepower and speed are far more important than the safety of the racers when it comes to the design of such contraptions. Now you too can recreate these frantic races, pitting these crazy speed freaks against each other. Play your cards cunningly and try to manage your attacks and movements intelligently, before your rivals have a chance to get ahead. Come on, you must finish them! Gretchinz! is a crazy racing game for 2 to 4 players (which can be expanded to up to 8 players with a second copy of the game).

2-4

Players

8+

Age

30

Minutes