Odyssey: Wrath of Poseidon from Ares Games

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Sep 102015
 

odysseyOdyssey: Wrath of Poseidon

$39.90

 

The war is over, and your ships are trying to sail back to your homeland after a long absence. To do so, you must beg forgiveness of the wrathful sea god, Poseidon. You need to reach the Sacred Island to make offerings and prayers to the gods…but the irascible Poseidon will use all his powers to prevent you from getting there!

 

As one of up to four players commanding the Greek ships, you must sail through endless storms, blind to all around you, trying to gather clues to your whereabouts to stay on course.

 

As Poseidon, you throw powerful storms against the sailors, driving them off-course and confounding them, so they can’t reach the Sacred Island in time.

 

The game uses two boards, hidden from each other. The Poseidon player uses special tiles to secretly move one or all the ships on his game board, which shows the real position of the ships, giving information to the sailors about what they see around them. The navigators have to guess where they are, moving their ships on their own game board based on their deductions, as they trace their course to the Sacred Island. Multiple game boards enhance replayability; special overlays are included to make the game easier or harder, according to the players’ preferences.

 

2-5 players

Ages 13+

30+ minute play time

 

Contains:

1 Rule book

2 Game boards

1 Punched board

8 Plastic ships

FORETOLD: Fatesworn

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Sep 102015
 

FateswornFORETOLD: Fatesworn

$20.00

 

Fatesworn is an expansion to Foretold: Rise of a God in which players take on the role of a deity who gathers followers, builds a temple and then smites rival gods.

 

Foretold is a deck-building game with a tower defense element. During the game you may purchase cards or tiles from the Marketplace to grow your followers and your temple. Players may raid a rivals temple and if they get past defenses, roll a mighty smite die to deal damage. You win the game if you build a full set of 4 aligned Fate Relics or your rivals life points drop to zero.

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Thunderbirds: The Game of International Rescue

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Sep 102015
 

mutantMutant: Year Zero: Lair of the Saurians

$18.99

 

Zone Compendium 01: Lair of the Saurians is the first official supplement to the award winning Mutant: Year Zero RPG.

 

This 32-page booklet is packed with thrilling scenario locations and useful tools for the the game.

 

Features:

-Lair of the Saurians: By an islet in the dark waters of the Zone rests a huge rusted metal tube, rumored to hold rich treasures of the Ancients’ days. But are its reptilian inhabitants friends or foes?

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One Night Revolution Review

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Sep 032015
 

Okay, Imagine this. You are a revolutionary in a dystopian future. The the government is run by a massive monopoly of corrupt corporations bent on using the population as an easy source of income to satisfy their corrupt and greedy desires. You have put together an elite team that you not only believe is capable of overthrowing said government, but have also earned your implicit trust. But… one day, the evening before the revolution is set to take place you learn that one or more of you is in fact an informant for the government! However could you have missed it? Who could it possibly be?

Or was it you all along…

This is the plot behind Indie Boards and Cards newest release One Night Revolution. A fifteen minute social deduction game for three to ten players which mixes the theme and ideals of The Resistance with the chaotic card swapping mechanics of One Night Ultimate Werewolf. If you have not played either of these games, I highly recommend you check them out. I will proceed with the game explanation assuming you have not played either of these, and review the game on it’s own merit. Though I will make references to those games near the end of the review during the opinion segment. If you already know how the game is played, feel absolutely free to skip to the opinion portion of this review.

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