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Gen Con Count Down T-5 and Counting part two, Beyond Baker Street

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Jul 302016

If you are Holmes fan Beyond Baker Street might be the game you want to grab at Gen Con 2016. Beyond Baker Street is being brought to us by Z-Man Games. Again this is a game that I’m yet to play, but that’s what this is about – games I want to play. From What I can tell it will use one of my favorite mechanics ever, revealed hands.

In Beyond Baker Street you and your friends will work cooperatively to solve a case before Sherlock Holmes. The real twist to the game is that you play with your hand revealed only to other players, you can’t see them. If you have played Bomb Squad you know what I’m talking about. that is one of my favorite mechanics of all time.

River Dragons from Asmodee

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Nov 232012

River Dragons

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 39.99

In Dragon Delta, you want to move your pawn over a system of bridge-like planks to the other side of the board. An easy task! Or at least it would be if everyone were working together, but alas you’re not. Instead you’re all working on your own right next to one another, each convinced that your way is best.

In game terms, players simultaneously select one card from a set of five actions that’s available to each player. The actions allow players to place plank foundations, place planks, move their pawns, cancel other players’ actions, or remove planks or foundation stones. As can be expected for a design with simultaneous action selection, the game is rather chaotic.

The 2012 edition of the game includes a double-sided game board not present in earlier editions.

Any game that gives you a chance to mess with the other players as openly as this one does I want it Asmodee Editions has so many games I want to play check them out and see for yourself.

Archipelago from Asmodee

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Nov 232012

Archipelago

Release Date: Nov 2012

$ 79.99

Are you ready to take-on your discovery mission to the archipelago? Each player takes on the role of an explorer and their team, mandated by a European nation to discover, colonize and profit from the archipelagos. These missions are supposed to happen diplomatically, by answering the needs of the local population as much as the regular demands from the continent. You’ll have to respect the archipelago and its natives as otherwise, they’ll begin to revolt and that might end up with a war for independence. That’s not taking into account that among you a separatist and a pacifist might be hidden, who will both tip the scales toward revolt or peace, respectively! Archipelago combines exploration, resource management, optimization, cooperation, strategy, negotiation, corruption, commerce, suspicion, alliances and betrayals, even a hint of investigation!

Features:

• Modular game with vast possibilities.

• A semi-cooperative game by Christophe Boelinger (Dungeon Twister, Earth Reborn).

• The possibility of choosing the length of your game – from 30 minutes to 5 hours.

Come check out this ever changing game from Asmodee Editions and see if you can rule a new colony today.

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective From Asmodee

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Sep 282012

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

$ 40.00

Ten Sherlock Holmes adventures in which you are the hero! You are a member of the Baker Street Irregulars working to solve mysteries before the Master! You are either investigating the mysteries as an individual, or trying to win against up to 8 other investigators. The curse of the mummy, the murders of the Thames, the mysteries of London, the stolen paintings… strange cases of the most famous detective ever: Sherlock Holmes! Equipped with a copy of the Times, a map of London, a directory and more importantly – your logic, you will roam the streets of London trying to solve the most heinous crimes. Will you visit the crime scene? Meet Inspector Lestrade? The decision is in your hands and each clue that you follow will bring you a step closer to the truth. Unravel the string of intrigue, answer a series of questions and compare your score to that of Sherlock Holmes. Can you beat the Master?

To see more of their games go visit them at Asmodee edition: board games

Lady Alice From Asmodee

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Sep 272012

Lady Alice

$ 42.99

Releasing this Oct.

You are the Baker Street Kids in this game of intrigue, flair, bluff and mischief. Players must uncover the time, place, the culprit of the kidnapping of Henry Morton Stanley, as well as the stolen object from his room. At the start of the game play, each player receives 4 pieces of evidence, while trying to keep your clues secret from the other Baker Street Kids, you try to uncover what they know. Over three phases, players will try to solve the puzzle. The games ends when one player is successful. The box contains: Game board, 1 notebook, 32 clue cards, 36 deduction cards, 28 Sherlock Holmes business cards, and 4 verdict folders.

To see more of their games go visit them at Asmodee edition: board games