Reavers of Midgard is a single worker placement game with elements of set collection dice combat and engine building set in the Champions of Midgard universe.In Champions of Midgard your quest was to become Jarl. You battled back the trolls draugr and some of the epic monsters that once threatened the sanctity of your humble port town. Now it's time to go on the offensive.In Reavers of Midgard you'll be looking to gain glory by raiding nearby villages for their riches sacking well-fortified castles and battling both man and monster on the open seas. You'll not only need to take your rowdy crew of vikings and the food needed to keep them happy along for the ride but you'll also have to recruit a crew of elite warriors - the Reavers.Reavers can be used in three different ways. They can be made your ship's leader earning you a one-time bonus and enabling your warriors to be more versatile in combat. They can also be used to rally more warriors to your cause filling your ship to the brim with the right fighters for the right situations. Finally they can also be used to help your crew specialize earning you a bonus every time your crew sails into battle.Whoever can earn the most glory after six rounds will be the winner.
In Royals players take on the roles of the great noble houses of the 17th century fighting for supremacy in Europe at that time. With the help of the right country cards they occupy influential positions and obtain bonuses for this in the form of victory points. The higher the rank of the title associated with the position the more country cards required. Already-occupied positions can be contested by playing intrigue cards.The game proceeds over three periods with a scoring taking place after each of them. During scoring the players with the greatest influence in each of the four countries score victory points. After the third period scoring the game ends with the scoring of the individual titles. The player with the most victory points wins.
Autumn is coming to an end in the Savernake Forest… Help the animals gather and store food for the winter! Savernake forest is a game where 2-4 players build their own section of the forest with paths where animals and food will appear. To get the highest score players must ensure that on each path the animals can collect their favorite food.Foxes hedgehogs beavers owls rabbits woodpeckers wild cats... Up to 23 different types of animals live together in the Savernake Forest. At the end of autumn they all prepare to spend the cold winter with enough provisions and here you are to give them a hand… Or a paw! To play Savernake Forest you have two decks of square cards one showing the animals and the other with forest paths full of succulent food. Each player is randomly given an animal card showing how many foods they can store and their preferences. For example the fox loves eggs but not berries or nuts. To get the best score you must try to get each animal to collect its favorite foods.During setup three road cards and one animal card are laid out for all players to see. Each player on his turn will choose one of them and add it to his forest always respecting three rules: there can never be two animals on the same path; cards must be adjacent and no cards can be placed outside of a 4x4 grid. The game ends when all participants have completed their forest with a total of 16 cards.Throughout the game players will have the help of some animals depending on the card they choose from the central market. The rooster will help you get up early so you can be the first to choose a card in the next turn. The armadillo teaches you how to dig better shelters to store more food so you can take a burrow token and add it to one of your animal cards to increase that animal's storage capacity by 1. The goat teaches you to hydrate yourself better offering a water drop token that can be associated with a food and increase its value by 1. Finally the rabbit helps you attract new animals to your forest.For players looking for more advanced challenges the rulebook includes a two-player variant with some modifications that increase the difficulty. Quite a boost if you already master the basic rules!With a dreamy art Savernake Forest offers a perfect balance between fun and strategy that makes it perfect for any type of playgroup. Family and friends will have a great time helping the animals of the forest while trying to make the most of their paths to reach the highest score. Stroll through Savernake in the fall and be swept away by the enchantment of its wildlife!—description from the publisher
You are a painter in Colors of Paris and you've decided to participate in Bateau Lavoir a friendly competition between several painters in a workshop in Montmartre Paris. The newspapers know about this challenge so perhaps this is a good opportunity to become famous following the path of Cézanne Toulouse-Lautrec Monet or Renoir...Colors of Paris is a management game in which you must take care of your paint tubes mixtures and time to create works all the while anticipating others to perform as needed within a rotating set of actions.
Downtown Farmers Market takes you to your favorite time of the weekend but today's trip might require a little bit more thinking than usual. Your task: Line up eight challenge tiles to create two axes then place an ingredient tile at the intersection of two challenge requirements each turn.At the end of the game check which rows and columns have the ingredients required to complete the corresponding challenges and earn points!—description from the publisher
Kitara is a strategy game that mixes conquest movement and battle. Manage your cards to plan your actions: the more territories you control the more options you get! Strengthen your army of hunters cheetah-centaurs and heroes! Protect livestock and crops move your troops and go to war. Kitara is a dynamic strategy game full of tension and suspense.A play turn consists of drafting kingdom cards recruiting pawns moving pawns and attacking neighboring areas. A successful attack garners one or more hero tokens which allots victory points. Attacking and retreating is based on the number of pawns in each group. The player with the most victory points wins the game.—description from the publisher
Seek out prestigious stamps and compete to build the most lucrative collection in Penny Black. In each round choose which three stamps to add to your collection then strategically place them in your stamp album to score the most points based on your collection criteria. Each player's criteria varies and there's no telling which stamps will be available next.Keep an eye out for the Penny Black the world's first adhesive postage stamp that ushered in the art of stamp collecting – and that is a highly sought-after prize in this game since it can enhance the value of your album.The player with the most valuable collection after ten rounds wins!—description from the publisher
Award-winning quilt makers devote considerable effort to collecting fabrics for their stashes. They shop for specific colors often ranging into neighboring hues to achieve a nuanced scrappy look. Quilters love a sale where they may buy fabric just to have it on hand. If they can't find the colors they want they sometimes hand dye their own fabric. They use their time and skills converting fabric into blocks which they combine to make quilts. Often quilters work on more than one quilt at a time to keep things interesting. They may embellish their quilts with intricate quilting stitches. The best quilters make good color choices combine blocks skillfully use their time well and win generous purchase awards when they enter their quilts in shows.In Quilt Show quilters collect fabric cards which can be exchanged for block tiles. The quilters race the clock as they amass block tiles that they can combine into one or more quilts at a time. They can mix block tiles of a single color or a single pattern to make a quilt. Three times during the game when the clock reveals it is time for a quilt show quilts are entered and prize money is awarded. At game's end the quilter with the most prize money wins!
In the faraway land of Ethnos a new Age is dawning. The ashes of the old Age have left the Six Regions empty and the twelve Clans scattered to the winds. Now is the time for a clever leader to unite them into a powerful alliance skillfully using the unique talents of each Clan to control the Regions. Do you have the wit and the wisdom to become the next Emperor of Ethnos and usher in a Golden Age?Unite the Clans to Control EthnosWhat was old has been made new again. The land of Ethnos has been rendered empty and a new Age is beginning. Someone must take up the mantle of Emperor. Will it be you?In Ethnos 2nd Edition players must take control of the various clans of Ethnos gathering members and unleashing them into the six regions. Each clan has different special abilities and depending on who you choose to lead your groups different strategies can be employed. 2nd Edition includes updated rules and rules for Solo mode.
