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New Arrivals Dec. 8th 2011

Gary Sproul — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:34:19 +0000

Risk Legacy Covered By NPR

Gary Sproul — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:56:30 +0000

NPR has done a story on the new Risk Legacy game from Hasbro.

From NPR:

What makes this different from the original Risk is that choices you make change the game permanently. For example, a player building a city can name it whatever he or she wants. The name gets written in permanent marker on a label, which gets stuck to the board — and it stays there. You could try to pull it off, but you’d ruin both the sticker and the board. So in every game after this, whoever first controlled the city gets a bonus — forever.

At other times, players do destroy parts of the game. After certain events take place, players are instructed to open secret envelopes containing new components that change the way the game is played. At other times, players are instructed to literally rip up game cards and throw them away.

Check out the store at:

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/24/142657733/new-risk-game-remembers-where-you-left-off

New Arrivals Nov 23, 2011

Gary Sproul — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:48:20 +0000

The Haunted Game Cafe will be closed Thanksgiving Day

Gary Sproul — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:18:02 +0000

Since we’ll be closed on Thanksgiving day this year, we’d like to give you a list of some great games to see you through. These games rank very high on many “best of” lists.

Twilight Struggle – A two player game of the Cold War.
Through the Ages – The classic game of civ building.
Puerto Rico – Perhaps the ultimate resource management game.
Agricola – A five hour game about Medieval farming. What could be better?
Power Grid – Buy power plants, manipulate the fuel market and power cities.
Le Havre – A huge variety of possible actions in this simulation of a busy harbor.
Dominion – The game that started a whole new genre, deck building games.
Caylus – The original worker placement game, and still one of the best.
7 Wonders – A card drafting game of civ building
Brass – Designer Martin Wallace’s game of the industrial revolution.

If you’re not exactly looking forward to spending your holiday with your in-laws, check out or list of Games for People Who Hate Their Relatives.

Star Trek Deck Building Game

Gary Sproul — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:30:11 +0000

Ban Dai is very close to releasing their latest Deck Building Game – Star Trek.

AND WE’VE GOT A DEMO COPY!

Here’s a synopsys from the publisher:

The STAR TREK DBG brings the Star Trek: The Next Generation® universe to life in a game of strategy where players construct their card decks while they play. In the STAR TREK DBG you are the Captain of a small starship with a standard crew and basic weaponry. Will you use your crew’s experience to improve your ships systems or to recruit more experienced crewmen to your ship? Will you form diplomatic relationships or conquer civilizations in battle? Build your deck and explore the Star Trek universe!

Anyone who pre-orders a copy of Star Trek the Deck Building Game will get two exclusive promo cards.

Download the Rule Book

http://www.bandaicg.com/startrek/Rulebook.pdf