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Talisman: The City Expansion From Fantasy Flight Games

Jan 172013

Talisman: The City Expansion

Release Date: Jan 2013

$ 39.95

The City, an expansion for Talisman, provides players with six new characters, three alternative endings, its own deck, and a host of shops for all your questing needs. Collect bounties listed on the Wanted Posters at the City Gate and fill your pockets with gold before doing some serious spending. Secure a steed from the Stables, pick up Pets or Potions, or head to the Armoury and the Magic Emporium. Visit The City in Talisman as you compete for the Crown of Command!

Key Selling Points

• An expansion for Talisman that adds an entire new region to one corner of the board

• Shops give players a wide range of options for spending gold for treasure, followers, and more

• Includes a special City-themed deck of adventure cards featuring new monsters and events specific to the City environment

• Bounties let players use combat to earn more gold

• Contains one hundred and seventy-seven new cards and six new characters with plastic figures

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Suburbia From Bezier Games

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Nov 172012

Suburbia

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 59.99

Plan, build, and develop a small town into a major metropolis. Use hex-shaped building tiles to add residential, commercial, civic, and industrial areas, as well as special points of interest that provide benefits and take advantage of the resources of nearby towns. Your goal is to have your borough thrive and end up with a greater population than any of your opponents.

Suburbia is a tile-laying game in which each player tries to build up an economic engine and infrastructure that will be initially self-sufficient, and eventually become both profitable and encourage population growth. As your town grows, you’ll modify both your income and your reputation. As your income increases, you’ll have more cash on hand to purchase better and more valuable buildings, such as an international airport or a high rise office building. As your reputation increases, you’ll gain more and more population (and the winner at the end of the game is the player with the largest population).

During each game, players compete for several unique goals that offer an additional population boost – and the buildings available in each game vary, so you’ll never play the same game twice!

This is my type of game where you get to build system to grow and work all by it’s self Bezier Games made one I know I want to try.

Article 27 from Stronghold Games

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Nov 152012

Article 27

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 49.95

Your country has chosen you to protect their interests. If that means you have to bend the rules a little bit, well that’s just the cost of justice, right? In Article 27, you assume the role of one of the members of the UN Security Council, which means you wield the power of the veto. No proposal can pass when a member uses their veto, so there had better be something in the deal for you! Negotiations on the proposals can include side-deals, threats, or outright influence-peddling! But once the gavel comes down it’s time to vote, so you better have greased all the right palms with influence or your proposal is sunk! Article 27 requires no knowledge of politics or the UN to enjoy. If you like negotiation games, you’ll love Article 27! Sales Points: • An easy to play, pure negotiation game • Very fast paced, plays in ~6 minutes per player • Awesome components including a huge game board, thick cardboard player mat and player screens, 100s of wood and cardboard tokens, and a real wooden gavel! • Beautiful, colorful and funny cartoony artwork • No knowledge of politics or the UN is required at all!

Now is time to prove what you have told your friends when you all sat around and said you could do it better then the politicians Stronghold Games has done it again and give us all a chance to put our money where are mouths are.

Legends of Andor from Fantasy Flight Games

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Nov 052012

Legends of Andor

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 59.95

Legends of Andor is a cooperative adventure board game for two to four players, in which a band of heroes must work together to defend a fantasy realm from invading hordes. To secure Andor’s borders, the heroes will embark on dangerous quests in one of five unique scenarios. But as the clever game system keeps monsters on the march toward the castle, the players must balance their priorities carefully. Uncover epic tales of glory as you live the Legends of Andor.

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1775: Rebellion From Academy Games

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Nov 032012

1775: Rebellion

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 65.00

1775 – Rebellion’ is the second game in the Birth of America series that began with the popular ‘1812 – The Invasion of Canada’. 2-4 players form teams representing the British and the Colonial rebels. Players control British Regulars, British Loyalists, German Hessian Mercenaries, American Regulars, American Patriots, Native Americans and the French in the epic American struggle for independence from the ‘tyranny’ of King George! TEAMWORK – Interactive play for team objectives and decisions. FUN – Easy rules with continual involvement by all players. EDUCATIONAL – Learn about this important chapter in American and British history. 1775 is the perfect introduction to tactical boardgames! 2-4 Players. 1-1.5 hours.

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LotR: LCG: Heirs of Numenor Expansion From Fantasy Flight Games

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Oct 242012

LotR: LCG: Heirs of Numenor Expansion

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 29.95

Heirs of Númenor is the second deluxe expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, transporting your games to the realm of Gondor with 165 new cards (including three copies of each player card). Two new heroes and a host of new allies arrive to join an escalating war against the forces of evil, and three new scenarios lead you from the relative safety of the streets of Pelargir to the heat of an epic battle with an army of Orcs and Southrons.

Sheepland From Coffee Haus Games

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Oct 022012

Sheepland

$ 50.00

Now Available

Sheepland: A sunny land of rolling green meadows, lush forests, and majestic mountains. The peaceful, happy people of the island want nothing more than to roam the land with their fuzzy little flocks of fluffy white sheep. All is well and good, until somebody has the bright idea to put up some fences…Now the shepherds must compete for the most profitable lands to raise their flocks, driving the sheep to the lands they own—and fencing them in so they don’t wander off and join some other shepherd’s flock! And then there’s that strange black sheep that keeps showing up. His rare black wool is certain to fetch a pretty price in the market for the shepherd that can pen him in! Can you corral the finest herd in the best lands and become the richest shepherd in Sheepland? 2-4 Players Ages 10 and up 30 Minutes

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