Building Upon A Classic By Ian Birdsall Marketing & Brand Management, Off Duty Ninja
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onstruction on the Sagrada Familia began in 1882. Over its 150 years of continued construction, it has become one of the most well-known pieces of architecture in the world. While the main cathedral was opened to the public years ago, the final work on the three great facades continues. Likewise, the three Great Facades expansions to Sagrada the board game aim to expand on the core gameplay of Sagrada with additional flourishes. Passion, Life, and Glory, set to be released in early 2022. These will complete the set of the Sagrada: Great Facades expansions, well ahead of the real-life cathedral’s timeline. Passion was released in 2019 as the first of the Great Facades expansions to Sagrada. Like each of the others, Passion includes three modules that can be added individually or all together depending on the type of game you’re in the mood for. The most striking addition of this expansion is the addition of the Rare Glass Dice. These silver-colored dice coincide with new scoring options and are coupled with additional window and symmetry objective cards. Inspiration cards offer
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each player an ability to use during play that mirrors the public tools, adding even more flexibility to the dice placement. The first, but not the last, Passion is a great addition to Sagrada. Next in the series, Life added something completely unique to Sagrada. For the first time, players could draft dice that had no numerical value! These Masterwork Dice offer players additional scoring opportunities if they take on the added challenge of satisfying the die’s restrictions. Toil public objectives can be added to throw a twist on end game scoring objectives, but the Apprentice Cards may be the quiet heroes of the Life expansion. Apprentice Cards can be obtained directly from fulfilling specific window spaces on an all-new set of Sagrada Windows that players can select at the beginning of the game. Offering bold new abilities, the Apprentice cards can be single or multi-use, making their abilities highly prized. Completing the Great Facades expansions to Sagrada is no easy feat. Like the fabled cathedral, the final piece must be impressive indeed. The Glory expansion
is scheduled to release in early 2022. Like the two previous expansions, Glory will include three new modules to mix and match for each game. Still putting the finishing touches on this final expansion, Floodgate Games is planning on including more player interaction options in Glory. If it’s anything like the first two, this final installment to the Great Facades expansions will be as highly prized as it is anticipated by Sagrada fans everywhere. To help retailers introduce new customers to the Sagrada family of games, Floodgate Games has created an eye-catching point of purchase display for stores to showcase these titles. With room for Sagrada, the 5 & 6 Player expansion, Passion, Life, and soon Glory, game stores and retailers will have an easy go-to when customers ask for their next family-friendly game. Sagrada fans are a loyal bunch - when introduced to new content for their favorite game, they’re excited to try it! Simply ask your distributor about this display wherever you acquire Floodgate Games products.
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