Boardgames.co.za - New Products (July 2015)

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6 July 2015 Summary July 2105 sees the most significant expansion to our range of products in the last several years. We have selected a combination of additional games from our existing publishers and have also signed up with some new & exciting publishers!

These new games are mostly focussed on kids, casual play, or light strategy. These should complement our existing range very nicely with the build up to the Christmas season!

Information below was taken from the world-wide authority on board games –

BoardGameGeek.com – covering and ranking over 75,000 board game products!

So, without further delay …

Presenting our new games!

Airlines Europe (RIO444) RRP = R949 BoardGameGeek overall rank = 204 | Family Game rank = 25 Multiple award winner & nominee “Highly rated family game from Alan Moon, designer of the Ticket to Ride series. It is Ticket to Ride with a stock market. Excellent production values and game play.”

Bananagrams WildTiles (WTB001) RRP = R229 “It’s the highly addictive Bananagrams, but with six wild monkey tiles to completely change the game!”

Castles of Mad King Ludwig (BEZCAST) RRP = R949 BoardGameGeek overall rank = 60 | Strategy Game rank = 37 2015 Mensa Select Winner, Nominee & winner of several other awards “Build an amazing, extravagant castle for King Ludwig II of Bavaria...one room at a time. Absolutely perfect game. So much strategy and so few rules. Everything works to perfection.”

Catan Histories: Settlers of America (MFG3203) RRP = R799 BoardGameGeek Strategy Game rank = 425 2010 Origins Awards Best Historical Board Game Winner “Catan is off the island and in America. It is Ticket to Ride with a stock market. Excellent production values and game play. Brilliant … better balanced against luck than original Catan, more strategy and decision making.”

Catan Histories: Settlers of the Stone Age (MFG3201) RRP = R749 BoardGameGeek Family Game rank = 253 2003 Origins Awards Gamers’ Choice Best Historical Board Game Winner “A fantastic and fun Settlers variant! Love the nomadic feel and the desertification mechanism to force migration.”

Double Feature (RGS01692) RRP = R329 New Party Game!

“Earn points by naming a movie that links elements from two "Double Feature" cards, with categories including Character, Genre, Location, Production, Prop, Scene, Setting, and Theme.”

Dungeon Fighter (IE51212) RRP = R799 BoardGameGeek Party Game rank = 41 “Explore spooky dungeons, find glorious treasure, buy powerful magic items, and challenge the most horrible creatures. Will your party be able to defeat the final boss? You will feel truly part of a centuries-old battle between good and evil...with a touch of foolish stupidity.”

Elasund: The First City (MFG3031) RRP = R749 BoardGameGeek Family Game rank = 173 Multiple award nominations “Compete and cooperate to build the premier city of Catan. Takes the interesting mechanics of Settlers and makes a much better game with them.”

Friday the 13th (IE00037) RRP = R249 BoardGameGeek Family Game rank = 303 Award winner & multiple award nominee “PUSH YOUR BAD LUCK AWAY! It’s a simple and clever push-your-luck card game of tough luck! A beautiful re-theme of Reiner Knizia’s game, Poison”

Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension

(RGS01614) RRP = R549 BoardGameGeek Abstract Game rank = 57 2014 Mensa Select Winner & multiple award nominee “A fantastically simply concept - 26 unique cards that move your ship towards the nearest opponent most of the time. A great twist on racing games that doesn't take long, but provides great decisions to make!

Master Fox (IE51235) RRP = R599 Fun new family game!

“How quick and careful are your hands as you attempt to become the new Master Fox? It's a frantic race of tactile recognition as you hurry to capture the correct loot.”

ROFL! (RGS01481) RRP = R469 Fun new family game!

2014 Origins Awards Best Children’s, Family or Party Game Nominee “Can you condense a well-known phrase down to just a few letters and symbols? Can you do it using fewer characters than any other player, but still get your message across? Find out with ROFL!”

Saint Petersburg (second edition) (ZMG71530) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) BoardGameGeek overall rank = 153 | Strategy Game rank = 110 (first edition rankings) Multiple award winner & award nominee (first edition) “Super elegant play with a ton of strategy but not overwhelming at all.”

Shipyard (CGE00006) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) BoardGameGeek overall rank = 331 | Strategy Game rank = 185 Multiple award nominee “This is a very, very good medium weight game. The theme works well, it is fun and challenging.”

Steam Torpedo: First Contact (IE51222) RRP = R459 New game of underwater battle tactics for two players “Very simple, effective and addictive Submarine combat simulation game!”

Tales & Games #4: The Grasshopper & the Ant (IE51218) RRP = R449 Fun new family game!

“The fourth title in the "Tales & Games" series, each of which comes packaged in a book-shaped box.

Players take turns playing the part of the industrious ants and the grasshopper content to sponge off the labor of the ants.

Welcome to the Dungeon (IE51234) RRP = R249 BoardGameGeek Party rank = 40 | Family Game rank = 229 Our next of many Microgames!

“Great push your luck game of dungeon dwelling! Very quick to play and, if played with the right crowd, can lead to hilarity!!”

Presenting our new expansions!

Dominion expansion: Adventures (RIO510) RRP = R719 “The ninth addition to the game of Dominion, contains 400 cards, 60 tokens and six mats. The events are an AMAZING addition to the game, and Reserve cards are just great. A great supplement to the "planning ahead" theme introduced via the coin tokens in Guilds.”

Galaxy Trucker: Big Expansion (CGE00003) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) 2009 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Nominee “The first expansion for the hit game, Galaxy Trucker. A new truckload of interstellar destruction!”

Galaxy Trucker: Another Big Expansion (CGE00018) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) “The second expansion for the hit game, Galaxy Trucker. It’s just as big as the Big one: New tiles, new support team to be hired to enhance your shipbuilding experience, new ship classes, including huge IVB ships.”

Galaxy Trucker: Latest Models (CGE00022) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) “Another Galaxy Trucker expansion which consists of new game boards for 2-5 players with model C spaceships - a number of new ship plans that add some additional challenges and lead to some very interesting ship designs.”

Memoir '44 expansion: Sword of Stalingrad (DOW-730014) RRP = R299 “Another great expansion for the series and this one comes with a whole new deck of cards and 2 overlord and 2 regular scenarios.”

Small World expansion: Royal Bonus (DOW790012) RRP = R219 “A mini-expansion for that contains three Races (Fauns, Igors and Shrubmen) and three Special Powers (Aquatic, Behemoth and Fireball).”

Space Alert expansion: The new frontier

(CGE00012) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) “This is quite possibly the greatest expansion ever. Space Alert was already fantastic, but this adds everything it ever needed and then some.”

Steam Torpedo expansion: R&D (IE51223) RRP = R249 “A non-collectible booster pack for the tactical submarine battle game Steam Torpedo that includes ten new submarine compartment tiles.”

Stone Age: The Expansion (ZMG71261) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) “Great expansion that adds another player and a new space on the board! Trading resources change the board tactics a lot and the new hut and civ cards truly mix up the old rotations.”

Tzolk'in expansion: Tribes & Prophecies (CGE00026) RRP = TBD (arriving mid-July) “In this expansion each player now becomes the leader of a particular tribe, each of which has a special ability that only that player can use. The game includes 13 tribes to provide plenty of variety.”

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