Your goal in Rival Restaurants is to be the first restaurant to get 20 popularity points and be crowned The Wiener! Players earn popularity points by buying and trading for ingredients and using them to cook (complete) recipes. The more advanced the recipe the more points it's worth.Each day players move through three phases:1. MONEY and MOVE: Players collect their income for the day and decide where they want to move. Turn economy is crucial as players are not permitted to move for the rest of the day once their location has been chosen.2) BUY and BARTER: Players have one minute to buy as much as they want but only from the location they're in. Players can also barter/trade with anyone in the game not just the people in their location.3) COOK and COUNTER. Any player who has all the ingredients required for their recipe can cook it and collect popularity points.In addition each player controls a chef equipped with their own chef power. Chef powers are asymmetrical and allow players to bend the rules in their favor. The base game of Rival Restaurants has twelve chefs and additionally at the beginning of the game each player must choose a restaurant to play with each restaurant having a unique level-up structure with rewards for reaching 3 7 and 12 popularity points. Lastly players can also choose to buy action cards that is development cards that are typically for one-time use.
For several decades during the Viking age parts of England were occupied by the Norsemen. Under their influence one of the larger cities turned into a flourishing center of trade and craftsmanship. The Vikings called the city and its surrounding kingdom Jórvík which is today known as the city of York.In the game Jórvík players assume the roles of Viking jarls. They gather prestige points by trading goods holding big feasts funding pillages commissioning craftsmen and hiring soldiers to defend the city against recurring invasions. The player with the most prestige points wins.The game is a re-design of Die Speicherstadt (2010). In this game players acquire cards from a card display through a simple yet brilliant worker placement and bidding mechanism to build up their trading empires. Jórvík includes two versions: A base game that is equivalent to Die Speicherstadt and an advanced game that equates to Die Speicherstadt including its expansion Kaispeicher.
Nyakuza is a competitive game for 2-4 players. Each player is the head of a Cat Yakuza Clan vying for control over the fishing industry. Get ahead of the competition! Bid for Boats to go out and net the freshest catch in the Bay and establish your seafood Stalls before your rivals. The first Clan to build their Grand Market Stall wins the game!Control the Fishing Industry Around Oki-Yo BayThe waters of Oki-Yo Bay are teeming with fish. Such a lucrative spot would be a great place to set up operations for the different Nyakuza Clan. But in the end only one can be top-cat. In Nyakuza players take on the role of heads of their respective Nyazuka clan. They will bid for boats that will catch the freshest fish out in the bay then sell them in their seafood Stalls. Each player is racing to build their own Grand Market Stall first which will prove that they are the best clan and win the game.
