World Conquerors From Gorilla Games in February

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Jan 282012
 

World Conquerors

$ 39.95 SRP

Throw dice and have your armies roll across the map. Play cards to change the tide of the battle and the course of history. This simple board game of global conquest plays fast and fun with tactical texture and flavor provided by cards featuring history’s greatest warlords. Contents 22×17” mounted mapboard 100 cubes (25 in each of 4 colors) 8 pawns (2 in each of 4 colors) 50 card conqueror deck 6 dice 8 page rulebook 10 clear glass beads 10 black glass beads

 

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New from Mayday Games Lemonade Stand Coming in April

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Jan 272012
 

Ahhhh… it’s a hot lazy summer in your little suburb of the world and you’re eleven years old again! You’ve played with your friends and explored on your bike and you’re old enough to get excited by the prospects of earning some money. You’ve got $0.25 burning a hole in your pocket and your mom even offers to give you a shiny silver dollar to invest in your scheme. You’re starting a lemonade stand! You’ve got just one week until the 4th of July and you want to earn as much as possible to blow all of your profits on smoke bombs, bottle rockets and even some M-80s this year!

Of course some of your friends are copying your idea, why do they always do that? It is going to be an epic battle for bragging rights and fireworks as you compete with one another to see who will have the most money at the end of the week!

The game is played in 7 turns (days) and each turn players start out by turning over a forecast card which shows the weather forecast for the day along with number of customers and the price they will be willing to pay for each possible weather outcome. Players then place a 5, 10 or 15 cent price card down along with any signs or lemonade inventory they want to put out, all face down. All players reveal their cards at the same time and then a new forecast card is revealed which has an arrow pointing to one of five spots on the old forecast card, which determines which weather event occurred. Each player then collects money based on their price and # of glasses of lemonade invested versus the actual weather that happened.

Money is gained or lost and play continues for 7 rounds. Most money wins!

Descent Journeys in the Dark Second edition from Fantasy Flight Games

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Jan 232012
 

Mennara is a world of magic, mystery, and adventure. In the deep places beneath the earth lurk terrifying monsters and foul villains, conspiring to plunge the land into shadow. The darkest parts of the forests hide things better forgotten, and in the mountains gather hordes of savage creatures whose only ambition is bloodshed. And behind all that evil and all that malice lurks the Overlord, the hidden threat that seeks to work his dark design across the realm. Fortunately, Mennara is also a world of heroes. Heroes clever of mind, strong of sword arm, and stout of heart. Heroes in many shapes and sizes, unlikely heroes of many races and creeds and from many walks of life. Heroes like you…

Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition is a narrative board game in which one player takes on the role of the treacherous overlord, and up to four other players take on the roles of courageous heroes. This updated version of the classic dungeon-delving board game features a host of enhancements, including new heroes and monsters, streamlined rules, a class-based hero system, and campaign play.

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Catan Junior from Mayfair Games Arrives in April

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Jan 202012
 

A Catan adventure for fledgling swashbucklers.

 

Explore the Seas! Catan: Junior™ introduces a modified playing style of the classic game giving  younger players the opportunity to experience the world of Catan! Designed for players as young as  5 and is a perfect introduction to the Catan series of games for kids and families.

Catan: Junior™ takes place on a ring of islands where 2 to 4 players build hideouts, and the mysterious Spooky Island, where the Ghost Captain lives. Each island generates a specific resource: wood, goats, rum or swords and players can acquire gold.

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Jan 202012
 

In this Box Breaking Danny busts open the Ninja Board Game. Ninja is a blind board game revolving around stealth and intrigue. Alderac Entertainment Group has a done a fine job with this one.

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Thunderstone: Advance From AEG Releasing in March

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Jan 172012
 

In Thunderstone: Heart of Doom, you had a chance to face Doom’s very heart, the eighth Thunderstone, and defeat the ancient evil – but winning that battle had unexpected consequences. It banished Doom, but also freed him to visit other worlds, so you advanced to the next world with him.

Thunderstone Advance, which is fully compatible with all previous Thunderstone offerings, is the next stop in your adventure. In Thunderstone Advance you build your party of heroes to defeat the dreaded Thunderstone Bearers in their dungeons or wilderness. The player who defeats the most valuable monsters will win the day, but beware – those monsters have all-new tricks up their sleeves, and victory will not come easy.

Thunderstone Advance includes new rules, all new cards in new card frames, and a new village and dungeon board.

Contents: More than 500 new cards, dividers, learn to play booklet, rulebook, game board, XP tokens, and enough space to hold this set, plus expansions.

 

Thunderstone: Advance $49.99 SRP

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Zombie Survival 2 : There Goes the Neighborhood Coming in February

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Jan 172012
 

Let’s face it, zombies are many things but, graceful is not one of them. Thankfully, you didn’t listen when the wife told you to clean the yard. Those lawn gnomes and pink flamingos don’t seem to stop them. They do however, slow ’em down. Maybe it will be enough! Zombie Survival 2 adds: -Outside Item tiles (To “Slow ‘Em Down!) -3 Additional Store Decks (More Shopping…Hurray!) -A new card type! “The Fate Deck” (Wasn’t the Event Deck Enough?!?) -Damage tokens (For use with the Flak Jacket) -Lots more Zombies (As if there weren’t enough)

 

THIS EXPANSION REQUIRES THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL BASE SET

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Lords of Waterdeep Boardgame From Wizards of the Coast

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Jan 172012
 

Waterdeep, the City of Splendors — the most resplendent jewel in the Forgotten Realms, a den of political intrigue and shady back-alley dealings. In this game, the players are powerful lords vying for control of this great city. Its treasures and resources are ripe for the taking, and that which cannot be gained through trickery and negotiation must be taken by force!

 

Lords of Waterdeep is a strategy board game for 2-5 players. You take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep, secret rulers of the city. Through your agents, you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf, earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board, and hinder—or help—the other lords by playing Intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans.

 

This game includes the following components: Game board Rulebook 5 card stock player mats 121 Intrigue, Quest, and Role cards 130 wooden cubes, pawns, and score pieces Wooden player markers Card stock tiles and tokens representing buildings, gold coins, and victory points.

Lords of Waterdeep Boardgame SRP $ 49.99

I am not normally a board game person, but I am looking forward to this one.  I have always been fond of the Waterdeep setting.

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Invasion of Canada from Academy Games

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Jan 162012
 

The year is 1812. Great Britain and her allies are battling Napoleon for control of Europe. In response to British seizure of American ships and goods, the young United States declares war on Britain and invades Canada. You and up to 4 other players take command of the armies of the British Redcoats, Canadian Militia, and Native Americans, or of the American Regulars and American Militia to decide the fate of the Americas. The action takes place on a huge historically accurate map that spans the United States and Canada from Detroit to Montreal. Players from each faction cooperate to gain control of key towns and forts.

Invasion of Canada will be out later this month and it has an MSRP of 64.99

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