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Expected to arrive: TBD Developed with updated color rules and beautiful new components, Age of Steam® Third Edition will deliver the ultimate railway game experience. Martin designed the new rules to make the game more approachable for beginners and casual gamers. Advanced rules for expert players will satisfy railway game enthusiasts looking for a more complex and challenging game.
Martin notes that the new game:
“…is just as challenging as the original, but plays in a shorter time and is much more welcoming to new players…”
Age of Steam® Third Edition will be fully compatible with earlier expansions, so owners of these products can still use all of their old maps. Old maps fit right on top of the new board. You won’t obscure the information and displays used in the third edition, for they appear around the edge of the new, larger game board.
Improved components include double-sided track tiles and complete sets of track with printed town symbols, so no more town discs are required. The game will include two maps. One covers the northeastern U.S. and part of southeastern Canada and is suitable for three to four players. The other map covers Germany’s Ruhr Valley, the area around Essen. It’s suitable for four to five players.
You’ll see that we’ve replaced the random introduction of new goods cubes with a new (basic and advanced rules) action called “City Growth.” Revised income reduction will smooth game play. To keep every game competitive, game leaders face increased maintenance costs and greater penalties for borrowing money. We’ll make all the rules available for download on our website with the release of the game.
Mayfair Games will also be releasing guidelines for creating your own expansion maps. We hope to encourage third-party expansions by allowing the use of a “Seal of Approval.” We’ll invite prospective publishers of Age of Steam® expansions to contact Mayfair Games for our Seal of Approval guidelines.
Expected to arrive: June/July 2008 In Agricola (Latin for "farmer"), you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. On a turn, you get to take only two actions, one for you and one for the spouse, from all the possibilities you'll find on a farm: collecting clay, wood or stone; building fences; and so on. You might think about having kids in order to get more work accomplished, but first you need to expand your house. And what are you going to feed all the little rugrats?
Agricola is a turn-based game. There are 14 game turns plus 6 harvest phases (after turn 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 14). Each player starts with two playing tokens (farmer and wife) and thus can take two actions per turn. There are multiple options, and while the game progresses, you'll have more and more: first thing in a turn, a new action card is flipped over.
Problem: Each action can be taken just once per turn, so it's important to do some things with high preference. Each player also starts with a hand of 7 Occupation cards (of more than 160 total) and 7 Minor Improvement cards (of more than 140 total) that he may use during the game if they fit in his/her strategy. This amounts to countless strategies, some depending on your card hand. Sometimes it's a good choice to stay on course, sometimes you better react on what your opponents do.
Agricola can also be played without cards (family game) and can even be played solo.
Expected to arrive: Urs Hostettler's party game of creating an accurate timeline is now being printed in English. Originally released as Anno Domini, this game has been a HUGE success in Germany.
In Anno Domini, players in turn place a card on the table, *trying* to put theirs in chronological order. A player may, instead of adding a card, claim that the order in which the cards were put is incorrect. In this case all cards are turned over and the correct years revealed. If the order was correct then the doubting player receives two cards and skips a turn. If the order was incorrect then the previous player, who thought the order as correct, receives three cards. The first player that gets rid of all their cards wins.
Bluffing is just as important as knowledge in this game. Most events are rather obscure or are hard to date exactly, so this ain’t no game for the nerds/geeks of this world. Anno Domini is an excellent social game and you may even learn something.
First player to empty his hand wins.
Expected to arrive: The Stags of Antler Island are getting ready for the rutting season. Only the smartest and strongest will catch the eye of the beautiful does as they head to the best breading grounds. Always remember, it's not how big your antler is, but what you do with it that counts!
Another brilliant game from the Lamont Brothers.
Expected to arrive: May 2008 With a small pond and an increasing population you must guard your territory if you want to survive. Rally your Army of Frogs into one troop and win the fight for territory.
Expected to arrive: October 23, 2008 To celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Avalon Hill, Axis & Allies is launching its most expansive game ever. The AXIS & ALLIES ANNIVERSARY EDITION will feature the debut of Italy as the third Axis nation, the introduction of the cruiser unit to the naval lineup, and the largest Axis & Allies board to-date measuring 24x46 inches. With over 600 pieces, players will be able to recreate and decide the outcome of WWII like never before. The Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition is designed and developed by Larry Harris, the original designer of Axis & Allies.
Expected to arrive: The return of a classic.
The time for maneuver is past. For weeks, Union and Confederate armies have played cat and mouse in the mountains of North Georgia, vying for the prize of Chattanooga. Union Major General William S. Rosecrans’ Army of the Cumberland feinted north, swung south, and leveraged the Confederate Army of Tennessee, with General Braxton Bragg at its head, out of the city.
But Bragg is not yet defeated. Rosecrans, sure of success, has divided his forces and plunged headlong into pursuing a beaten foe, intent on catching the enemy before he retires behind the next mountain range and has to be out-maneuvered all over again. Within Rosecrans’ dispositions, Bragg has seen the seeds of his own dazzling opportunity. If the Confederates can turn and strike before Rosecrans can gather in his own scattered troops, Rebel fortunes can yet be redeemed.
In 1991, the Gamers released Barren Victory, a brigade level game that examined the hard-fought battle in Georgia. With two maps, the game covered three days of action, from September 18-20, 1863: full coverage of the battle that locked 130,000 men in combat and left 35,000 of them casualties.
In 2007, we return to that battle. Barren Victory II is a complete re-design of the original game: new graphics, new order of battle, an expanded map area, and most importantly, a host of new scenarios. We incorporate the optional forces that appear in our regimental treatment of this titanic battle: This Terrible Sound. In addition to expanding the campaign coverage to include actions from September 17th to the 21st (Could Bragg have struck earlier? Were the Rebels remiss in not pursuing immediately on the 21st?) the new map space allows us to examine one of the campaign’s important might-have-beens: Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk’s “lost opportunity” to strike at a lone Union Corps near Lee & Gordon’s Mill on September 13th and 14th, 1863.
As befits a deluxe version of this great game, Multi-Man Publishing will be going all out to make the quality of the components match the quality of the history and game play. Including in the box will be 4 maps to cover the entire field of battle, 528 5/8ths inch counters and a full color rulebook. As the 16th game in the very successful Civil War Brigade series, old vets of the game system will not be forgotten. The game will be fully playable with the current CWB series rules plus a small Exclusive Rules booklet as any other Civil War Brigade series game can be – or, you can use the new and updated rules set created by Adam Starkweather and David Powell that covers the unique aspects of the battle of Chickamauga more comprehensively. You can choose how you wish to play the game.
Take a look at the map here!
For the time and space challenged, you too haven’t been forgotten. Backprinted on two of the maps will be the old Barren Victory game battlefield. Gamers will be able to play the most dramatic moments of this great battle with a game footprint that matches the first version of the game. Lastly, as an added bonus, Brent Easton will be providing his talents as a VASSAL programmer to make the computer aid to this project second to none.
We at IGS hope this is just the beginning of a wonderful partnership with The Gamers and look forward to much more excitement in the future.
Expected to arrive: The pyramids of Egypt are among the most enduring and mysterious symbols of the ancient Egyptian civilization. The pyramids are considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world. The leaders of this ancient time-the pharaohs were clever strategists who would use all manner of tactics to ensure that their dynasties remained in power.
Two powerful symbols of ancient Egypt; the pyramid and the scarab are combined to create a unique game that will challenge you to think like the pharaohs.
“Battle of the Pyramids” is a strategic game for two players that combine the principles of planning, strategic thinking, memory and surprise.
Not for the faint hearted Battle of the Pyramids challenges you to be the first to have your pyramids reach the other-side unscathed. Conceal the scarabs within your pyramids to impede your opponent’s assault. Plan your strategy and attempt to get your opponent to reveal their pyramids hidden secrets.
Expected to arrive: The Scottish Wars expansion takes BattleLore players straight to historical highland battles, but with a new twist - Dwarven armies! Scottish Wars features 42 new figures, plus a rules booklet with five new adventures: Stirling Bridge, Falkirk, Bannockburn, Dupplin Moor, and Neville's Cross.
Expected to arrive: Summer/Fall 2008 Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game will be a semi-cooperative game, in which players work together to solve problems confronting the fleet, ranging from mechanical to political issues, all the while remaining vigilant for Cylon attacks. However, suspicion clouds the ship and its crew, as one or more players may indeed be a Cylon!
Expected to arrive: Overdue Franz-Benno Delonge brings the Big City back to life along with all new artwork by Mike Doyle!
In Big City, players take the role of a competing city planner and builder, each attempting to build a small town into a booming metropolis. But each player will have a different vision for the city’s development, and competition can be fierce!
Big City is played in different neighbourhoods, whose position can change each game. Each player is given control of different building sites throughout the city, onto which they can construct buildings of different sizes and point values. To be truly successful, players must attempt to acquire adjacent plots of land, in order to build larger and more valuable buildings. After all, a player’s vision must be more than just a single house on every corner! Build houses, cinemas, postal offices, malls, banks and the newly added highrises and hospitals. Add an LRT line to increase the value of your buildings even more!
Big City is for 2 to 4 players and takes from 45 – 75 minutes to play. The new Valley Games edition features two new buildings (hospital and highrise) to challenge each player to build bigger and better.
Expected to arrive: September 2008 The animals in the barnyard are ready to be brought in from fields. However, the mischievous black sheep also wants to sneak into the corrals in order to let other animals out!
BLACK SHEEP pits 2 to 4 farm hands against each other as they attempt to wrangle the most valuable animals to score points. In order to corral animals, players form the most successful combination on their side of the fields where the animals frolic. Beware as the infamous Black Sheep will take points away from you if you are not careful.
This game by renowned game designer Reiner Knizia and art by beloved artist and internet personality Ursula Vernon brings home fun for the entire family. However, an advanced game as well as several variants will extend replayability.
Expected to arrive: June 2008 A new Mystery Rummy game from Mike Fitzgerald. This time players try to capture Bonnie & Clyde while collecting sets of cards. May the best bounty hunter win!
Expected to arrive: June 2008 In this two-player game, each player runs a chain of fast-food joints: one specializes in burgers and the other in pizzas. As each expands, he takes on some of the menu items of the other in order to compete for customers. Later, each can open family restaurants and even high-class dining establishments. The most successful chain will win in the end!
Expected to arrive: June 2007 New York in the 1960’s. A new wave of Chinese immigrants is moving into Chinatown. The adoption of the new immigration act has launched the district in a demographic boom! It now reaches Canal Street to the north and Bowery Street to the east. The immigrants, hard-working men and women, are arriving by the thousands to buy buildings, establish businesses and fulfill the American Dream! In this game, you are one of them. With all your savings in hand, the Big Apple is up for grabs! Will you know how to use your talents and acquire the most extraordinary fortune in America?
The board represents the New York Chinatown of the mid-60’s. It is divided into 6 districts containing buildings numbered from 1 to 85. A game is played over 6 rounds. In each round, the players receive income from the businesses they have managed to establish. To generate the maximum income, shops of the same type need to be built on adjacent buildings. At the beginning of each round, players draw new Building cards and new Shop tiles. They must then use their negotiation skills to acquire adjacent buildings and establish businesses. But it is not always that easy…
In this game where everything can be negotiated, only the hard laws of the market prevail.
Expected to arrive: September 2008 The critically acclaimed game of dungeon delving, kill-stealing and cooperative-backstabbing becomes even more challenging with the inclusion of a NEW game mechanic, an Event Deck that makes even the most familiar Encounters new again. And mixed among the Events are ways to earn powerful new Relics that confer game changing abilities upon their owners.
Plus, this set includes 15 of the deadliest creatures yet. Can you resist the lure of a 14-card hand? Will you succumb to the PVP inducing effects of Voodoo? Or will you become a horrific beast yourself in the final moments and turn on your companions? The game will never be the same.
Expected to arrive: April 2008 Who killed the Doctor?
In Detroit's Brighton Hospital, a well-known and well-liked doctor has just been found dead. The staff and visitors present at the time of the murder gather, and the inevitable begins - find out who committed the evil deed before they can escape!
Welcome to the world of Murder Mysteries. You like dark affairs, somewhat twisted plots, mystery, uncertain motives and bulletproof alibis? Stop being nothing more than a spectator - this time, you're the one leading the investigation! Put aside an evening, call+ up a bunch of friends, hand out the roles and the action can begin. A
bloody crime was committed, and the assassin is among the guests present tonight... unless you're the killer! This box contains all the elements you need to spend a fun evening trying to solve a murder - the only thing missing are the guests!
Contains:
• one booklet for the organizer
• one booklet for the players
• 9 character booklets
• 2 game aid sheets
• one clue booklet
• 25 full color clues to be handed out
• one sheet of three fake (temporary) tattoos
• two photographs of ballistic evidence
Expected to arrive: September 2008 Far north of Terrinoth, past the Spires of Thunder, across the Sea of Weik, lies the icy realm of Isheim. Here, unquiet apparitions of a lost people are the harbingers of the age of frost that threatens to swallow the world. Day by day, this arctic blight encroaches further south.
The Tomb of Ice is the fourth expansion for the best-selling board game Descent: Journeys in the Dark. Included are more than two dozen new plastic figures representing spectral shades, volcanic lava beetles, petrifying medusas, stealthy wendigos, and gigantic ice wyrms not to mention six new heroes. Along with new treasures and a new potion type, the heroes gain an entirely new weapon for their arsenal - Feat cards they can use to surprise the overlord.
This product also introduces new features for The Road to Legend campaign games in the form of outdoor terrain and new Dungeon, Rumor, Location, and Incident cards.
Expected to arrive: Unknown The dragons have come from their lair and stolen all the toys. Now you must go and get them back. But where will you search? The dragons certainly aren't talking... In Dragon's Secret there are 49 tiles depicting dark and dangerous dungeons, the lair of the dragons and hiding-place for their many treasures. It's your task to hunt the dragons and collect the missing toys, but beware of the deadly spiders, or everything is lost. A good memory will help, however, knowing when to stop and run before being caught out is crucial in this game. The player who collects the most tiles wins.
Expected to arrive: Announced reprint from Fantasy Flight. Name will likely change as the rumor is that the game mechanics from Dune will be combined with the Twilight Imperium story line. More information will be posted when available.
Expected to arrive: June 2008 On to the New World! is the cry from the fans of El Grande. Leave the Spanish mainland behind and set sail to discover the New World! This time let your trusty Caballeros help you control the islands and the seas of this new land. Both land and sea may contain special treasures to add valuable points to your collection of victory points.
As the players explore the islands, they discover the land and sea areas of the New World. One discovered, they rush their Caballeros to the most valuable areas to claim them for themselves. They buy Castillos to protect their Caballeros from attacks and build ships to support trade and fishing. Power is gained by dominating the land areas and launching ships into the sea areas. All this with the goal of showing up the other Grandes that are trying to take control of the New World.
Governors allow you to further secure your regions. And the Grandes themselves travel to the New World to grant their most prized region with their special protection.
Expected to arrive: ? Evil Ted
Horror has come to the happy town of Cotton Falls! The peaceful teddy bears have become . . . zombears! A few lucky survivors have barricaded themselves in the remaining buildings. Can they escape from . . . the Evil Ted?
Break out of your base, find a vehicle, and escape from the hordes. Along the way, you'll find companions with useful skills, and you'll collect equipment to defend yourself against the ravenous zombears -- and from your companions, when they become undead! Be the first to flee safely from the hungry hordes!
Evil Ted is a twistedly cute take on the zombie genre, designed and illustrated by Kit Cox, with development by Steve Jackson.
Expected to arrive: Karl-Heinz Schmiel’s fast paced game Extrablatt will now be available in an international version as Special Edition. This edition will have all new hilarious headlines in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish and all new artwork by Mike Doyle.
In Special Edition, players take on the role of editors of a major newspaper, choosing stories of various general types (politics, sports, entertainment, etc.) to run in their respective newspapers. Hilarious headlines stream in on the fax machine and it is up to you to decide which ones to run with. How big should the article be? Is it worthy of the front page? Will competing newspapers run the same article? Should you place an advertisement in your competitor’s paper to take up valuable space? While making these decisions, the clock is running! The print deadline is drawing near and you have to get your finished paper done in time for printing. Will your newspaper have the largest circulation?
Two factors determine a story's worth: timing and size. The timing is relevant because the later in the game the story is run the more points it's potentially worth. But in this game (as in the real world) size is important, because only the biggest story of any given headline will score.
This is a 3 - 4 player game with a playing time of approximately 90 minutes.
Expected to arrive: May 2008 Galactic Emperor is a fast paced empire-building board game of exploration, conflict and struggle for dominance. The last Galactic Emperor has met with a sudden and quite fatal accident. Now there is a power vacuum in the galaxy, and you’re one of the Planetary Dukes who wants to fill it. Each player controls a space sector with a home planet, and for a time, shares the power of the galactic throne. During the fight for control, the central Omega Sun is heading toward collapse… a cataclysm that will only accelerate the chaos!
The game plays over several rounds, and within each round, the roles players choose determine what happens next. There are 7 different types of roles: Explorer, Steward, Merchant, Engineer, Warlord, Regent, and Scientist. All players get a turn to act during each role. Players discover planets, gain resources, build ships, and attack space fleets in a desperate effort to grind foes into cosmic dust!
The player with the most victory points at the end of the game wins, becoming the ultimate Galactic Emperor!
Expected to arrive: February 2007 Corporation Incorporated is an interplanetary construction fi rm that builds
sewer systems and low-income housing on the less-developed planets of the Galaxy. For years, Corp Inc. has tottered on the brink of bankruptcy: transporting building materials to the edge of the Galaxy, where the need for their services is greatest, is a risky business.
The company was saved by a few visionaries on the board of directors. Instead
of shipping materials to the Periphery, they reasoned, why not build the materials into spacecraft and let them ship themselves? Furthermore, why hire pilots if there are nut-cases who will do it for free?
That’s where you come in. Just sign the contract, and you gain unrestricted access to a Corp Inc. Warehouse. Build your own space ship from the available prefabricated components, and fl y it to the Periphery. Of course, you may have to eat a loss, but any profi ts you make along the way are yours to keep, and Corporation Incorporated will pay you a bonus for quick delivery.
It’s possible that you will end up with an insurmountable debt and fi nish your days panhandling on the streets of Deneb III, but if Lady Luck should smile upon you, you just might find yourself among the 10 billion richest people in the Galaxy!
Expected to arrive: A Game of Romance from the Height of the Heian Period!
1010 AD: In the Imperial court of old Japan, one book title is on everyone’s lips: The Tale of Genji, the story of the greatest lover in all Japan. In a world where nights are filled with furtive romances, all men at court want to imitate Genji’s success. The most prolific lover will go down in history as the real Genji!
You are a courtier in the court of Emperor Ichijo in a time in Japanese history when poetry and the arts reigned supreme. Your goal is to increase your reputation at court by secretly visiting Princesses and winning their hearts by writing them the greatest love poetry. At the end of the game, the player who has the most Reputation Points is the winner!
Players place beginning and/or ending Poem cards on Princesses in order to match the symbols of the season, the court fashion, and the taste of the princess being wooed in order to give the poem Beauty.
Expected to arrive: In Habitat, your goal is to attract the most complex and diverse animal life to your portion of the great North Woods. The most vibrant ecosystems are those that have organisms from all levels of life, from the producers up to the dominant predators. Therefore, to win a game of Habitat, a player must create a complete collection of cards ranked 1-8.
Cards are stacked in order of rank, from lowest to highest, to form Food Chains. There may be multiple Food Chains and duplicate ranks, but only one card from each rank is needed to win. By contrast, an unsupported chain of cards carries the risk that creatures become hungry—or even begin to starve! When a player has collected the necessary cards and all animals are fed, that player declares a “Habitat” and wins the game.
Expected to arrive: The conflict of political ideas spawned the conflicts of the 20th Century. More than any other era in human history, nations defined themselves not merely by their military or economic might, but by the ideals that inspired their ambitious achievements.
Ideology: The War of Ideas is an exciting new strategy game by Z-Man Games. During the game, each player symbolizes one of the 20th Century's most powerful Ideologies: Capitalism, Communism, Fascism, Imperialism, and Islamic Fundamentalism.
Beginning with one global region completely under its sway, each Ideology attempts to influence and control the independent regions of the earth. The Ideology that acquires the highest level of global influence will dominate the world for generations to come!
This second edition includes enhanced graphics, variant rules, and variant abilities to 4 of the 5 Ideologies in the game. Also, we added more Influence cards.
Expected to arrive: Fall 2008 Ilium is another term for ancient Troy, and players are archeologists following in the footsteps of Heinrich Schliemann, looking for artifacts in the newly excavated site of that fabled city.
The board and game play might remind you of Portobello Market, the first strategy game of this style from Playroom. The board shows a number of dig sites, with paths of different lengths connecting the sites. To start the game, you place a number of discovery tiles on each site equal to the number of paths leading to it. The tiles show one of five types of artifacts, with 1-5 artifacts on a tile. Each player has his own deck of cards, and the card you draw each turn determines how many archeologists (1-3) you place on one empty space on any path. When a path fills, the player with the most archaeologists on the path collects one tile from one of the adjacent dig sites – but in each site he may choose only the tile with the fewest artifacts; the player with the secondmost artifacts takes the tile that the first player didn’t. As the dig sites empty, the more valuable tiles can be claimed.
The game ends after all five tiles with five artifacts on them have been claimed. Each player was dealt a secret card at the start of the game representing one of the types of artifacts, and players must now discard the tile of that type that contains the most artifacts. The player who ends up with the most complete sets wins the game.
Expected to arrive: TBA Winner of the 2008 Spiel Des Jahres (Game of the Year) award, Keltis will be coming to the United States through Rio Grande Games and will be titled "Lost Cities: the Board Game.
Expected to arrive: Killer Bunnies and the Journey to Jupiter is a strategy hex board game with classic Killer Bunnies card play. Move your space ships around the board, engaging in space battles with your opponents, on your way to gathering up carrots from random hexes and bringing them back to Jupiter first. With new hilarious cards and spoofs, Killer Bunnies and the Journey to Jupiter is great strategic fun for new and veteran Bunnies players alike.
Expected to arrive: July 2008 A fast-paced card game with a twist - of lemon? There are four suits, each with a different number of cards. Some cards have point values - some positive and some negative. Your goal - which is determined secretly at the beginning of each hand - is to come as close to your goal as possible. You lose points by missing your goal - either high or low, so precision is the key.
So, like life, when the game gives you lemons (a difficult goal to achieve), you must find a way to make lemonade - or lose the game!
Expected to arrive: 2008 Step back into history with Martin Wallace’s Liberte!
Liberte covers the French Revolution from 1789, including the meeting of the Estates General, to Bonaparte’s coup d’état in 1799. Player’s fortunes rise and fall along with the groups that they choose to support. Clever (or devious) players might even decide to support different sides at the same time to help ensure their victory! In a time of trouble, any tactic may be considered acceptable, including sending rivals to face the guillotine. Just be certain that your characters aren’t the next to be eliminated!
Speaking of characters, Liberte features an entire cast! From Marat to Robespierre, from Danton to Desmoulins, Liberte allows each player the chance to determine the fate of every major player in the French Revolution. Some will hold sway over the masses, and others will meet their fate at the hands of the Radicals.
Liberte is played in four turns. In each turn there will be a variable number of rounds in which each player increases influence in one of three factions: the Royalists, the Moderates, and the Radicals. After each turn, an election will be held to determine which of the three groups forms the government. The player that best uses their characters to win election seats will find themselves one step closer to victory.
The Valley Games reprint of Liberte features beautiful new artwork, new player boards, and upgraded rules resulting from thousands of plays from Liberte’s legions of fans. This is a game for people who love history, interaction, or just great games.
Expected to arrive: Summer 2008 MAGNET is a game of coordinated action and secret identity. Opposing kings fight a battle of force and deception to claim the center.
Place the magnet piece anywhere on the board and "attract" one piece along each vector. Make powerful combined attacks or strong defensive reorganizations in a single move.
Each side owns 12 pieces including 1 king and 2 traps. Pieces begin at the lowest rank with identities hidden. After each move a piece may be promoted, increasing its power but offering clues to the opponent. Use bluff and secredy to conceal the identity of your king and trick your opponent into your traps.
Expected to arrive: Oh no! The wicked witch has taken the magic crystal from Mago Magino deep into the dark forest and has broken it into tiny pieces. What can the magician do now?
Don´t worry! The children will help him to get all the pieces back. Just three pieces are enough to make the magic of the crystal will work again. The children must be very careful on their journey because the wicked witch is lying in wait to bewitch them into frogs. Only Mago Magino can free them from the wicked spell...
Expected to arrive: July 2008 The swallows have long departed, replaced by sinister crows of dark omen. The land has grown more desolate, and travel ever more dangerous since a traitor was discovered in our midst. Rumor has it that Merlin himself is now scouring the plains around Camelot, rallying new knights to our cause. But will that prove enough to counter Morgan's newly assembled coven of witches?
Merlin's Company is an expansion for the popular Shadows over Camelot board game. It introduces a host of new characters - including 7 new knights and Merlin himself - to the Shadows over Camelot epic. The wise old wizard is now a full-blown independent character in the game, complete with his own figure. He travels the board lending guidance and a helping hand to the embattled knights.
Merlin's Company also introduces 63 new cards: the all new Travel cards - events that may occur as you move from Quest to Quest; additional Black cards, including 7 witches allied with Morgan; and additional White cards that will help you and your fellow knights in your battles against the forces of evil.
The Merlin's Company expansion, supports up to 8 players, including 2 possible Traitors, assuring that even the most innocuous Shadows over Camelot Quest will be filled with grave peril.
Contents
Merlin figure and Summary card
7 New Knight's Coats of Arms
A new deck of Loyalty cards including 1 additional Traitor card
16 New Travel cards
14 Black cards including 7 new Special Black cards
23 White cards, including 8 new Special White cards
A bonus figure of Sir Bedivere, complete with his own Coat of Arms and colored die
Merlin's Company rules booklet
Expected to arrive: Fall 2008 “Middle Earth is really the Holy Grail of fantasy settings, and we’re always happy to be allowed to contribute to it.” Christian T. Petersen, CEO and founder of Fantasy Flight Games.
Thematically, Middle Earth Quest will take place approximately ten years after Bilbo Baggins leaves the Shire, and several years before Frodo leaves Bag End on his journey leading to the destruction of the One Ring. Thus, Middle Earth Quest will take place in a time of growing darkness. “Players will meet and interact with characters from the saga, but not be constrained by having to follow a major character’s path,” explained Petersen. Rather than taking the role of a major character, whose destiny will be tied up in ring saga, players will take control of characters such as, for example, a rare adventurous Hobbit, a Gondorian Captain, a Rider from the Westfold, or numerous other character types. Not only will characters be able to experience new adventure in Middle Earth, but we will carefully seek to tie in the experience with the massive amounts of lore and story that takes place around the edges of the central THE LORD OF THE RINGS storyline.
Expected to arrive: 2008 Monsters, a luxury liner, an iceburg, and the mayhem that ensues...
This game was the winner of a game designing contest that Z-Man Games held on the Board Game Designer's Forum.
Expected to arrive: September 2008 This Product is an Expansion for the card game "Kung Fu Fighting!". This is not a stand alone game (a copy of Kung Fu Fighting! is required to play).
More Kung Fu Fighting! adds three exciting new elements to Kung Fu Fighting! You can add any or all of these elements into a game of Kung Fu Fighting!
More Kung Fu Fighting!
Add more damage and more mayhem to Kung Fu Fighting! In addition to new Stances, Weapons, Attacks, and Blocks, you can use Improved cards modify your Weapon and Stance. Now you'll be able to fight with a Demon Possessed Ladder of your Ancestors while in the Panda Stance of the Master. And if that's not enough, Finishing Move cards allow you to kick your opponent Out a Window or Through a Wall!
Archetypes
Tired of being a generic Kung Fu warrior? With Archetype cards, you become a more powerful martial artist with unique powers. Fight with the speed and grace of the Jade Princess, deliver a flurry of blows as The Young Master, or use the unmatched weapon prowess of the Imperial General!
Team Play
Team rules allow you and your friends to face off in teams! Team cards can block attacks meant for your teammates, allow you to toss your weapon to a teammate in need, or combine your Stances for truly impressive damage!
Expected to arrive: April 2008 Mr. Jack has swept the crowds into the bliss of two-player enjoyment.
This is why we are glad to say we will be receiving its expansion, thanks to the kind folks at Hurrican Games who will be providing us with some. For $26.99 you can be the proud owner of new characters, twists and plots to the capturing of Jack the Ripper.
The expansion brings you 5 new interesting and fascinating characters:
John Pizer: An imposing and frightening Butcher.
Madame: A beauty of a woman but not useless as some would think her to be.
Joseph Lane: An anarchist who's not afraid to stand for what he believes in
Abberline: Inspector ''Stuck-on-You-Like-Glue''
Spring-Heeled Man: A strangely mysterious man.
Expected to arrive: September 2008 Sail the Seven Seas. Plunder the treasure. Make your crew walk the plank.
Munchkin Booty brings the greatest gold gatherers in history – pirates! – to the hilarious card game series. In this stand alone card game, use your Silver Long Johns to beat the Lobster Mobster, drink your Demon Rum to fight off the Viking Kittens, and defend yourself with the Cutlass (or Cutlad, for the gents) against the Prince of Whales. But watch out for Sharks!
Plunder the seven seas as a Pirate, Naval Officer, or Merchant. Taunt your foes with your horrible Accent – British, Spanish, Dutch, or French. Equip your Half-Galleon with a Crow's Nest and Figurehead. But above all . . . level up!
Expected to arrive: Kill the monster, grab the treasure, stab your buddy. That's what it's all about. Now, Munchkin comes to the boardgame.
Cooperate with the whole group, adventure with a partner, or strike out on your own. You don't know what's behind a door until you open it . . . then another tile is added to the dungeon. Battle monsters for power and treasure, or send them after your friends. Reach Level 10, and then get out alive if you can!
Designed by Steve Jackson, and illustrated by John Kovalic, this boardgame doesn't take itself seriously. Except for the loot - munchkins are always serious about that!
Coming soon to game rooms everywhere .
Expected to arrive: July 2008 Reiner Knizia’s newest big box game, Municipium. This is classic Knizia at his finest!
A prime mechanism of Roman expansion and control in the provinces (and in Italy during the conquest of the peninsula c. 500 – 265 BC) was the municipium (later the colonia), the premiere Roman provincial town. The game takes place in one of these municipalities.
Players are each in control of a powerful family and try to strategically place their family members in the various institutions throughout the municipium and gain the support of the citizens; Scholars, Merchants, Soldiers, Priests and possibly even the Praefect. At various times in the game, if a player has the most influence in an institution, the player can exert the power of that institution and gain the support of certain citizens. Meanwhile, the preafect moves around the municipium and players strive to have the most influence in the institution that he visits, thereby earning his favour. There are seven institutions; Temple, Baths, Emporium, Praetorium, Tavern, Basilica and Forum, each of which have their unique powers with which players must decide how and when to use in an attempt to become the most influential family in the municipium.
Complete artwork by Mike Doyle.
Expected to arrive: TBA Megacorporations rule the solar system, locked in a state of perpetual war over border space, trade agreements, and past slights that have outlived their perpetrators. Into this chaotic setting come the demonic forces of the Dark Legion, led by the Apostle Algeroth, hell-bent on the destruction of all humanity. In answer to this horror, the Brotherhood, a grim sect of fanatical zealots has arisen to set themselves against the powers of darkness in mankind's greatest hour of need. This is the story of the Mutant Chronicles Collectible Miniatures Game. Are you ready for the fight?
The Mutant Chronicles Collectible Miniatures Game features jaw-dropping 54mm figures with unequalled detail and paint quality. The demons, soldiers, cyborgs, aliens, mutants, undead, and machines of the Mutant Chronicles universe come to life like never before. These pre-painted plastic figures set a new standard for the industry and must be seen to be believed!
Expected to arrive: NAQ, pronounced "Knack", is the FUN and EASY game where you play the players. NAQ is unlike themed board games, which usually leave one or two players feeling left out because they lack enthusiasm or knowledge for the particular theme. In NAQ, the theme is the players and their unique knowledge and interests. This one-of-a-kind game experience allows you to mix players of any age or background with everyone having an equal chance of winning!
NAQ is a groundbreaking Player Interactive game that is simple, strategic and extremely innovative. Most of the time you’re trying to answer a general knowledge question that another player has created. Every five minutes or so it will be your turn to try and do the NAQ. Doing the NAQ is when you make up a question and try to get only half the players to answer correctly. Basically, you’re trying to stump half your friends or family, but not all of them….and it’s Super Easy to think of a question because each player is given a Subject Card before the game begins which includes 24 different categories to help stimulate questions.
It’s amazing how FUN and EASY it is to think of a question, especially after the game begins. Players can ask a question about anything they want as long as it’s considered a general knowledge question. Players can also feed off other players' questions during the game. Let's say a player asks "Who sang the theme song for the movie Titanic?". When your turn comes around, you might ask "Who was the leading actor in the movie Titanic?" or "What year did the Titanic sink?" or "In which ocean did the Titanic sink?" The possibilities are endless! Most players end up having several questions left over at the end of the game that they can always save for their next NAQ game!
NAQ is a timeless game that will last forever. Every game is different and fresh, because there are no pre-written, outdated or repeat questions. Whether it’s your turn or not, you’re always involved in the action!
Expected to arrive: (from the publisher) Rudi Hoffmann’s inspiration for RAMPARTS came from the great medieval towers of San Gimignano built in the Tuscany region of Italy. Now known as “The Manhattan of the Middle Ages,” San Gimignano was home to 72 large towers during the 12th and 13th Centuries, only 15 of which remain standing today. These towers were originally built to offer powerful families protection from gangs and competing families of the aristocracy. However, over time, the towers became symbols of status, prestige and power, so much so that it was decreed that none may be built exceeding the height of the City Hall.
Rudi Hoffmann’s RAMPARTS recreates this era by allowing you to participate in a tower-building competition against one to three other nobles. Your goal is to stack tiles bearing various coats of arms (symbols of aristocracy) into tall towers and maneuver them into the most prestigious districts in town. However, you must be careful with the towers’ construction - just as in the San Gimignano of old, your towers are not allowed to grow too high, and only the family with a coat of arms in their color on top of the tower will earn prestige. The noble who has built the most impressive collection of towers at the end of the game wins!
Expected to arrive: 2008 "Reins of Power" is a game of near-future global supremacy where players wear two hats: they act as the leader of an existing world power (such as the US, EU, China) but the also act as domestic opponent to an opposing player. In this second role players will inhibit their opponents actions from the inside-out, like a political rival stepping in the way, or like Greenpeace driving a boat through an offshore oil derrick. The game's tension points probably won't be battles, but global hotspot outbreaks like famine and terrorism. Quite the interesting dynamic, and a perfect topic for these modern days.
Expected to arrive: January 2008 Renaissance, the last game by Pascal Bernard and edited by Asmodee France this fall and will be translated and distributed in English by Asmodee US on the first quarter of 2008. This is a game where the player controls one of the six greatest cities in Italy during the renaissance period (Venice, Naples, Geneva, Rome, Florence and Milan) who fight for cultural and territorial domination.
Expected to arrive: February 2008 Robert Haines’ and Richard Berthold’s classic game of political intrigue and diplomacy is back in full form! Republic of Rome is a distillation of 250 years of Roman history, from about 265 B.C., all in one evening!
In Republic of Rome, players are in a constant balancing act between personal advancement and the welfare of the state. Players build the empire from scratch and thus develop and change the political environment in which they are competing.
Players’ Senators vie for political power, military commands and economic advantages against the backdrop of a turbulent world. Deals and counter-offers abound. Short the necessary votes for Consul? Trade the Armaments Concession for a faction’s support. Spartacus has destroyed your villa? Send Pompey off with ten legions to crush him. But is that too much power to entrust to one man? What if Pompey rebels and marches on Rome?
The game contains three scenarios which divide the color-coded cards into decks simulating the Early, Middle, and Late Republic. Those wishing a larger game can combine them into a Campaign Game of truly epic proportions. A solitaire and two-player version are also included for those unable to muster more players.
This new version contains all new artwork by Mike Doyle and re-written rules meant to address and clarify all previous errata.
Expected to arrive: TBA Build a thriving civilization--in under an hour!
Collect goods, assign workers to build cities and erect monuments, advance your civilization through cultural and scientific developments, but don't forget to harvest enough food to feed your growing population. Grab those dice and Roll Through the Ages! in this addictive and strategic new game.
Roll Through the Ages plays in 30-45 minutes. The game is for 1-4 players, ages 8 and up.
Expected to arrive: May 2008 The expansion cannot be played alone, but must be played with Saint Petersburg. The expansion is actually two in one. It contains "The Banquet", previously available in Spielbox magazine and new cards and components to allow play with up to 5 players.
Expected to arrive: Overdue The next B-Movie game Z-Man games is doing will be a send-up of Christmas movies and the title is Silent...But Deadly Night and it will come in a holiday tin.
Expected to arrive: Way Overdue Drive Ghost Trains through the ghost towns of the American Southwest to pick up lost souls. Return these restless passengers to their home town, so that they may attain final peace. A brand new train game from new game designer (and BoardgameGeek star), Morgan Dontanville.
Expected to arrive: It's been a bountiful day at the bazaar. The caravan is leaving, and you must quickly pack your items onto the back of the Camel. But beware; even beasts of burden have their breaking point!
Straw is a light-hearted family game where the players try to pack as many item cards as they can on top of the Camel without breaking its back. Be careful not to load the Camel too close to its limit, though. If your card breaks the Camel's back, you lose! But if you can break the Camel's back with the Straw card, you win!
Expected to arrive: 2008 Urs Hostettler's party game of creating some "thing" is now being printed in English. Originally released as Ein Solches Ding, this game has been a HUGE success in Germany.
Such A Thing is a game where players have to think of a thing that fits a number of given characteristics. Players in turn add cards from their hand one by one, until one player doubts there is "such a thing" that matches all the cards currently played. If the previous player can name a REASONABLE thing, the doubting player is penalized with 3 extra cards. If there isn't such a thing, the previous player is penalized 3 cards.
Characteristics such as "heavier than a boot", "is useless once used" and "breaks when left in the freezer" are just some examples of what players have to work with to create "such a thing".
First player to empty his hand wins.
Expected to arrive: Unknown Sun of York is a card game that simulates tactical combat during the English "Wars of the Roses" (1450-1485), where two families with equal claim fought for the crown. Represented in the cards are all major nobles of the period, including such illustrious figures as King Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VI. Battles are fought by maneuvering combat cards across your tabletop without requiring a game map. The game includes 18 scenarios and a campaign game that follows the progress of the Wars to their bloody conclusion. Components include 200 cards and half a sheet of double-sided markers.
Expected to arrive: Supernova is a game of space expansion and exploration. 5 civilizations are abandoning their solar system to escape the upcoming supernova of their sun.
Conquer new solar systems by taking over planets, mining moons, and building the most powerful fleet of ships by upgrading your Weapons, Shields, Communications or Engines. Capture the most space by the time the star goes Supernova to be proclaimed the winner!
The combat system is a simple card driven system that is quite possibly the simplest yet most elegant space combat system to date.
This game features some set collection, area enclosure and tile placement on a completely modular board. Play a short or a long version of the game without changing the board. Possibly the first space exploration game where 3D space not only matters, but could be the key to your victory!
Complete artwork by Mike Doyle. This is a 3 - 5 player game with a playing time of approximately 90 minutes.
Expected to arrive: The mercenary Gorgeï hails from Russia, the land explored in the Tannhäuser expansion Project Novgorod. What caused this deadly fighter with his twin drum-fed machine pistols to leave his homeland?
Expected to arrive: The forces of the Reich and Union are drawn into the snows of Mother Russia by the lure of Operation: Novgorod! There they will encounter the technologically superior soldiers of the Matriarchy and their deadly combat robots as they fight on new battlefields for the fate of all mankind.
Operation: Novgorod is an expansion for Tannhäuser, introducing the new faction of the Matriarchy: Russian soldiers equipeed with sophisticated technological battlesuits and robots. Its features include:
* Three new Matriarchy heroes, complete with pre-painted plastic figures
* Four new Matriarchy robots, complete with pre-painted plastic figures
* Five character sheets for the Matriarchy
* Over 100 tokens for the skills, powers and equipment of the Matriarchy as well as new options for Reich and Union players
* A folding board with a new game map, set in the heart of Mother Russia
Expected to arrive: Ramirez Sergio Delastillas is a decorated Union soldier, a specialist in traps. Whether laying traps for his enemies or using his technical expertise to complete his objectives, Ramirez is sure to be a valuable asset to any Union force.
Expected to arrive: August 2008 This is an updated version of Stephenson's Rocket. set in the United States. In addition to a new map, there are a few rules changes.
Expected to arrive: September 2008 The Red Dragon Inn 2 can be combined with The Red Dragon Inn for games with up to 8 players!
You and your adventuring companions have spent all day slogging through the Dungeon, killing monsters and taking their stuff. Now you're back in town, healed up, cleaned up, and ready to party at The Red Dragon Inn.
Drink, gamble, and roughhouse with your friends. But don't forget to keep an eye on your Gold. If you run out, you'll have to spend the night in the stables. Oh... and try not to get too beaten up or too drunk. If you black out, your friends will continue the party without you... after they loot your body for Gold of course!
The last conscious adventurer with Gold wins the game!
Take on the role of one of these heroic fantasy adventurers - Eve, Fleck, Dimli, or Gog - and enjoy an evening at The Red Dragon Inn!
Expected to arrive: July 2008 Titan is back! And it has brought along a few hundred of its friends!
Titan is a full-out monster slug-a-thon, in which players must be prepared to sacrifice their creatures to cause maximum damage to their opponents. Players take the role of the Titan, and roam the board attempting to recruit bigger and badder monsters to fight for their legions. But just as your own army grows, your opponents themselves will be seeking the clash of battle, and there can be only one true Titan!
Titan is played on a main gameboard, where armies are recruited, and positions set. When two armies meet, the action transfers to a battleboard, where the opposing forces battle for position and power. Only the strongest monsters will survive, bringing both points and glory to their Titan.
Kurt Miller and Mike Doyle combine their artistic talents for this reprint. Titan takes from 2 to 4 hours to play, and is for 2 to 6 players.
Expected to arrive: June 2008 Tomb pits opponents against one another in a fast-paced board game of monsters, traps, and treasures! After assembling their party from a plethora of random characters at the Inn, players set out to plunder the Tomb, which is created before the game begins, with each player secretly hiding treasure, traps, and monsters in each room!
Expected to arrive: TBA Tis’ the dawn of the 19th century; an age of science, superstition, and witchcraft. Howling fills the night as a full moon rises over the small, secluded village of Shadowbrook. Gruesome murders have become a daily occurrence and terror haunts the streets at night. An evil creature has taken up residence here and the countryside is engulfed by a tide of darkness. But all is not lost…not yet.
A small group of heroic individuals, with the courage and strength to fight, have arrived in town. Some just passing through while others have come with a purpose; but all will be put to the test as they race to save this cursed town from falling into darkness. It will take a cunning mind and strength of spirit to determine who is friend and who is foe… to solve the mysteries and hunt the beast to its lair.
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