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Tasty Minstrel Games Announces ‘Village’ Expansion

Tasty Minstrel Games will release Village Port, the second expansion for the 2012 Kennerspiel des Jahres winner Village in January.

 

Inka and Markus Brand’s Village is a worker placement and set collection game that has players take control of families in a small historic town.  Each player pursues a different career path (a friar, a public official, an adventuring merchant) to find fame and glory and bring honor to their family name.  The first expansion, Village Inn, was released in 2013.  This new expansion, Village Port, allows players to board their own ship and travel the seven seas, perhaps as missionary or a merchant.  It includes life goal cards, so players can pursue a specific career (writer, historian, knight).   As an expansion, it requires the base game to play.

 

The box contains: a sea travel board, 5 wooden ships, 6 cocoa baskets, 6 tea bales, 5 ship tiles, 6 treasure chests, 15 captain cards, 4 setup cards, 12 influence cubes, 7 life goal cards, and 4 new villager cards (for use when combining Village Port and Village Inn expansions).  The game is for 2-5 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in 60-90 minutes.  MSRP is $34.95.

 

If this sounds like a board game you can get behind, let the friendly staff at Battleground Games & Hobbies know! Original article by ICv2.com.

 

 

 

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Announcing Tap ‘N Turn Gaming’s ‘Ravnica Battle of the Guilds’ Episode One

Do you love Commander (Elder Dragon Highlander/EDH)? Then this is a video series you don’t want to miss, brought to you by local gaming ground TapNTurnGaming, in association with your’s truly – Battleground Games & Hobbies!

 

Check out Episode One – Azorius Vs Simic:

 

Wondering what this is all about? Check out the introduction to this great new series by TapNTurnGaming:

 

Finally, here is all the deck techs for the decks that TapNTurnGaming will be playing:

 

About TapNTurnGaming

From their YouTube Channel: We love Magic: The Gathering. Specifically the EDH or Commander format. On this channel we will be going over all sorts of things pertaining to our favorite format:

  • Deck Techs
  • Gameplay
  • Booster Openings
  • Set Reviews
  • Cards of the week

And anything else you, the viewers, may want to see – let us know!

 

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Z-Man Games Announces ‘Lords of Scotland’ Board Game

Z-Man Games has announced plans to release a new edition of Richard James’ card game Lords of Scotland in Spring 2015.

Lords of Scotland  is set in the historic era surrounding the wars for Scottish independence.  The hand management and strategy game casts players in the roles of Scottish lords, out to lay claim to the vacant throne.  Players recruit soldiers, build their army, and recruit clans to face rivals, proving their worth on the battlefield.  Players vie to reach forty or more points worth of supporters in order to claim the throne.

Z-Man has not released specific details about the new edition, other than announcing a redesigned look.  The previous edition included 99 cards, was for 2- 5 players, ages 12 and up, and played in 25 minutes.

 

Overall, a great game to pick up and play. Just ask our friendly staff at Battleground Games & Hobbies to order this game for you!

 

Original article by ICv2.com.

 

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Komani Announces ‘Premium Gold: Return of the Bling’ Set for Spring 2015

Konami will release the new Premium Gold: Return of the Bling set for its Yu-Gi-Oh!  TCG on March 20, according to the original article first reported on ICv2.com.

 

The Premium Gold booster was introduced last year.  The release takes the best cards from the past Gold Series sets, and “enshrines” them in a gold color (gold card frames, gold art boxes frames, gold text box frames, card names and even gold level stars for Monster cards).

 

For this set, 22 previous Gold Rare cards have been revised with the new-and-improved advanced Gold Rare technology.  This release includes 48 top cards released with Gold Rare technology for the first time, including all five pieces of “Exodia,” and “Number 101: Silent Honor ARK.”  There will also be 21 new Gold Secret cards, including cards for Blackwing, Stardust and HERO decks.

 

Each five-card “Premium Gold” mini-pack contains two brand new, never-before-released Gold Secrets cards.  Each mini-pack also contains three standard Gold Rares (one card an upgraded prior Gold Rare, plus two new Gold Rares).

 

Each Premium Gold box contains three mini-packs (for a total of 15 cards:  six Gold Secrets and nine Gold Rares.

 

Join us at Battleground Games & Hobbies on Sunday’s for our featured Yu-Gi-Oh events! Please see our event calender for more details.

 

 

 

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Holiday Hours for Battleground Games & Hobbies

XMAS BGS

 

Battleground Games & Hobbies retail stores will be open the following holiday hours in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Eve/Day:

  • Christmas Eve: Noon to 6:00 PM
  • Christmas Day: CLOSED
  • New Year’s Eve: Noon to 6:00 PM
  • New Year’s Day: Noon to 10:00 PM

Please note that any online store orders placed on Christmas Day will ship the following business day.

 

If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet, now is your chance! Can’t decide, consider picking up a Battleground Games & Hobbies gift card!

 

On behalf of the entire Battleground Games & Hobbies staff, we would like to wish you all a very safe, fun and happy holiday!

 

 

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Steve Jackson Games Announces ‘Mars Attacks’ Game

 

Steve Jackson Games has announced Mars Attacks; Ten-Minute Takedown, a new dexterity game featuring the classic Martians, for April release. The fast-paced game has players trying to destroy earthling cities by flicking the custom die from their flying saucer, scoring points as cities fall.  MSRP is $9.95.

Steve Jackson Games recently released Mars Attacks: The Dice Game this fall.  Mantic Games has also recently announced the first expansions for its Mars Attacks–The Miniatures Game.

 

If this is a game you want to see on the shelves at Battleground Games & Hobbies – let us know!

 

Original article on ICV2.com.

 

 

 

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