Posts Tagged ‘Board Game’
Rio Grande Announces Plans to Release Special ‘Power Grid’ Deluxe
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Rio Grande will release a special deluxe version of its popular Power Grid game next month to celebrate the 10th anniversary, first reported by ICV2.com. Power Grid Deluxe will feature a number of new components while continuing to offer the game’s fan-favorite play mechanics.
This deluxe version promises to be bigger than the regular game, literally. The enlarged game board shows all of Europe on one side and all of North America on the other, replacing the USA and Germany in the basic version. New custom wooden pieces represent power generators and resources in thematic shapes. An updated deck of power plants features natural gas, with changes to all of the power plants in the game, while new resource cards will improve the process of refilling resources.
The game mechanics of players buying assets in auctions, speculating on resources, and building networks of power plants are not changed from the original, but a new two-player version called “Against the Trust” will be included in the box.
Rio Grande plans to release Power Grid Deluxe on October 16th. It will not be a “limited” edition.
Tags: Board Game, Deluxe, New Release, Power Grid, Rio Grande, Special Edition, TableTop
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Coming in 2015: ‘Mouse Guard’ Board Game
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
The Burning Wheel, in conjunction with Mouse Guard graphic novel creator David Petersen, will release Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds, a two-player strategy board game based in the world of the popular all-ages series, according to hobby channel news website ICv2.com.
The game was conceived by Petersen for use as a unique pastime for his Mouse Guard graphic novel characters, and Petersen partnered with game designer Luke Crane (creator of The Burning Wheel RPG and the Origins Award Winning Mouse Guard RPG) to adapt the game for the real world. The two-person light strategy game is intended as a simple to learn but engaging pastime in which players move mouse pawns across a gridded wooden board while playing sword, stronghold and diplomacy cards.
The box will include a wooden board, eight plastic mouse pawns, 30 cards, and a rules sheet. The game is for 2 players, and takes 10 – 20 minutes to play.
The game is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter for January 2015 fulfillment, and has raised over $28,000 from more than 683 backers as of this writing. The campaign features two retailer pledge levels.
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Tags: Board Game, David Peterson, Mouse Guard, RPG, TableTop, The Burning Wheel
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Looney Labs Announces ‘Holiday Fluxx’
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Popular hobby channel news website ICv2.com broke the news last week that Looney Labs will release a festive new edition of their hit card game this fall. Holiday Fluxx will arrive on October 3rd to a Battleground Games & Hobbies near you!
The 100-card set will encompass holidays from Halloween to New Year’s, and is intended as a family-friendly introduction to Fluxx, and perfect for use as stocking stuffers.
The ‘Keeper’ cards will feature new retro-style painted art from artist Ali Douglass, who has illustrated several American Girl books, as well as North Star Games’ Happy Birthday and other titles. The ‘Keeper’ cards are all new with this deck, and Looney Labs will have an exclusive “Mrs. Claus” promotional card for stores that order the launch kit.
Stores that sign up for the Looney Labs marketing list will also be able to request multiple copies (25 -30) of Looney Labs’ annual holiday giveaway in early fall. In the past these giveaways have included everything from exclusive promo cards or pieces for a current game to a new micro game or a puzzle. Let us know if you’d like us to sign up for their promotions!
The game is for 2 -5 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in 5 -30 minutes.
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Tags: Board Game, Card Game, Fluxx, Holiday Fluxx, Looney Labs, New Release, TableTop
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Fantasy Flight Games Announces ‘Descent: Journey’s in the Dark’ Expansion Pack
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Reported by hobby news website ICv2.com late last week, Fantasy Flight Games has announced the latest Lieutenant Pack for its Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) semi-cooperative fantasy board game. The Lieutenant Packs for Descent: Journeys in the Dark bring new life to the Overlord’s most powerful agents, while also providing an additional level of strategic depth to the gameplay. The Skarn Lieutenant Pack, which is not a stand-alone game, requires a copy of Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2nd Edition) to play, but in the context of the game, it unleashes massive new powers. The Skarn is a magical construct infused with life by the death of a high mage, and it possesses the ability to increase its size and strength endlessly by incorporating pieces of its environment. If left unchecked, The Skarn has the potential to threaten all of Terrinoth with its enormity.
The new Skarn Lieutenant Pack brings one of the Overlord’s most feared minions to life with a detailed and dramatically sculpted figure that players can use to replace the lieutenant taken from the Manor of Ravens expansion.
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
The Skarn Lieutenant Pack also contains a ten-card plot deck, “Twisted Soul,” which can impart some of Skarn’s potent defenses to a player’s other monsters. The Plot Deck also invites overlords to harness the Skarn’s brute power and regenerative nature in any campaign.
The Skarn Lieutenant Packincludes one highly detailed plastic Skarn figure, 2 Agent Cards, 10 Plot Cards, 16 Threat & Fortune Tokens, and a rulesheet.
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Tags: Board Game, Descent 2nd Edition, Fantasy Flight Games, Journey's into Darkness, New Release, RPG-in-a-box, Skarn Lieutenant Pack, TableTop
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Days of Wonder Announces ‘Five Tribes’ Board Game
Monday, June 30th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Days of Wonder has announced, according to hobby news website ICv2.com, a September release for Five Tribes, a new Euro-style big box board game designed by Bruno Cathala (Senji, Dice Town). Five Tribes builds on the long tradition of German games with wooden Meeples and provides a unique twist on the standard “worker placement” economic board game. A bit more of a “gamer’s game” than the typical Days of Wonder fare, Five Tribes has clear, easy-to-understand rules, but requires a clever and calculated strategy to win.
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
In this “worker displacement” game players score points by carefully maneuvering the Five Tribes of Meeples over the tiles that make up the ancient Sultanate of Naqula. They need to look ahead to what moves will not only position them to score, but also put their opponents at a disadvantage. It’s when, how, and where players “dis-place” the five tribes of Assassins, Elders, Builders, Merchants, and Viziers that determines victory or defeat.
‘Five Tribes’ board set up. Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Designer Bruno Cathala, who Days of Wonder is bringing to GenCon to demo the game, explained his affection for the game: “After designing a series of smaller games, my inner-self began to insist that I work on something bigger and more substantial. While I’ve already played the prototype hundreds of times, it’s still the game I want to play most often. So please don’t hesitate to come to play with me at festivals–I never grow tired of Five Tribes.”
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Five Tribes is for 2 to 4 players, ages 13 and older and takes approximately 40-80 minutes to play. It includes 30 Tiles depicting the Sultanate of Naqala; 4 Player sets with Camels and Turn Markers; 90 Wooden Meeples (Yellow Viziers, Red Assassins, Green Merchants, Blue Builders and White Elders); 12 Palm Trees & 10 Palaces; 22 Djinn cards; 54 Resource cards; 96 Victory Coins; a Scoring Pad; 5 Djinn & Turn Order Summary Sheets; 1 Betting Order & 1 Turn Order Tracks; and a Rules Booklet.
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Tags: Big Box Board Game, Board Game, Days of Wonder, Euro Game, Five Tribes, ICv2.com, New Release, TableTop
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Fantasy Flight Games Announces ‘Blood Bowl’ Expansion
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Reported late last week via ICv2.com, Fantasy Flight Games is preparing the Blood Bowl: Team Manager Foul Play Expansion for a Q3, 2014 release. Foul Play is a lowdown, cheating expansion that adds three new teams from the Putrid Players Guild in a new subdivision of the Team Managers’ Union. The newcomers include the disease-spreading Nurgle’s Rotters, the anarchic Chaos Dwarves of the Zharr-Naggrund Ziggurats, and the cheating Goblins of The Lowdown Rats.
Nurgle’s Rotter Cards. Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Stadium Cards. Photo courtesy of ICv2.com.
Another addition to the BBTM game provided by the Foul Play Expansion is the introduction of stadiums, which provide the right treacherous environment for this most corrupt of all sports. Venues like the Nehekara Death Dome, The Ogham Stonefield, and Castle Waldenhof, not only present entirely different playing surfaces, but also different rules, since certain skills are outlawed in some venues.
The Foul Play Expansion comes in a colorful box that contains 10 stadium cards, 65 Bridge-size card for players and Spike/Magazine cards, 58 small cards split between Staff Upgrades, Team Upgrades, and Penalty cards, 23 cardboard tokens, and 1 rulesheet.
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Tags: Blood Bowl, Board Game, Expansion, Fantasy Flight Games, Foul Play, New Release, TableTop
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