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Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Lesser Himalayas and is noted for its tea industry, the spectacular views of Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

Tea planting in Darjeeling began in 1841 using seeds of the Chinese tea plant (Camellia sinensis); the Brit- ish government also established tea nurseries during the period, and the Alubari Tea Estate was opened by the Kurseong and Darjeeling Tea company in 1856 to be quickly followed by more than 80 Tea Estates. …

1303. The war against England is over but Guyenne remains theirs. The castle of Caylus, located close to the border, must, therefore, be reinforced and modernized.

As a master builder, you will supply the construction site with materials, food, and the workforce. Construct buildings, recruit powerful characters, and manage as best as you can your workers to become the most prestigious builder of Caylus. …

Components

• 60 Clue cards
• 5 Player boards
• 5 Card stands
• 18 Paw Print tokens
• 2 Furriarty/Award tokens
• 1 Rulebook

Object of the Game

Each round, Furriarty commits a new crime and escapes one space further through the streets of London. As a team, you must catch Furriarty before he reaches the end of the trail and escapes.

If you collectively solve enough Investigations before Furriarty escapes, you will catch him, and the player with the most victory points will be declared the winner and promoted to Scotland Pound's Chief Inspector. …

Components

• 6 galley counters
• 6 sailing ships counters
• 6 steamship counters
• 17 city discs
• 20 merchant cubes
• 1 player display
• 55 game cards
• 25 free action cubes
• 56 gold coins
• 20 navigation counters
• 30 industry counters
• 14 food counters
• 8 oil counters
• 8 metal counters
• 10 wine counters
• 20 cloth counters

Setup

Place the game board in the center of the table.

Place all of the goods counters close to the side of the board. It helps if they are arranged in piles of the same type of good.

Place the gold, navigation counters, industry counters, and free action cubes close to the side of the board. …

Components

• 12 Miniatures
• 1 Double-Sided Battlefield
• 10 Dice
• 24 Objective Hexes
• 6 Profile Cards
• 3 Dashboards
• 85 Tokens
• Rulebook

Overview

In Godtear, players take command of a warband made up of champions and their followers, and attempt to gain victory in a scenario-based battle.

During each turn, players compete to influence the momentum of the conflict by carrying out heroic actions, allowing them to gain the upper hand. This is represented by the turn token moving one or more steps on the Battle Ladder, which shifts dynamically back and forth between each player. …

Components

• Player Mine pieces
• Player Money and Time tokens
• Player Investment cubes
• 1 Black pawn
• 10 Miner pieces
• 8 Port pieces
• 3 Train pieces
• 4 Adit pieces
• 50 Water cubes
• 60 Copper cubes
• 50 Tin cubes
• 3 special dice
• Instructions

Starting The Game

You should select a set of pieces, which will consist of six mines, four player tokens and twelve investment cubes.

For the first turn randomly determine the order of play.

Mark the order of play by placing player tokens in their respective positions on the Order of Play column. …

Components

• 7 Double-sided Game Boards
• 52 Learning Cards
• 50 Wooden Discs
• 1 Parchment (to count the turns)
• 1 Hourglass Pawn
• 1 Excalibur Pawn
• Coat of Arms
• 1 Bet Card
• 1 Cup
• 1 Secret Codex Card
• 2 Scrolls
• 1 Turn Order Card
• Instructions

Setup

A Place the game boards at the center of the table (white-bordered face down) as shown on the picture.

B The hourglass is placed on turn I of the parchment.

C The Learning cards are shuffled.

D Sort the coats of arms and place them next to the corresponding game board. …

Open Space

Open Space is like a wide-open drag strip. The leader announces the strength of his or her engines. (See Parameters of Your Ship above).

The leader must decide whether or not to spend battery tokens on any double engines. Then the leader moves his or her marker ahead of a number of spaces equal to the engine strength.

In order, each player decides which engines to power, announces strength, and moves his or her ship forward that many empty spaces. …

Citizens, soldiers, and allies of the Roman Empire unite in Pandemic: Fall of Rome! Raise armies, defend your cities, and forge alliances to ward off the relentless incursions. Can you hold the line against the invading hordes and prevent the fall of Rome?

Pandemic: Fall of Rome is a cooperative game. The players all win or lose together.

Your goal is to ally with and/or eliminate each of the five invading barbarian tribes before the Roman Empire is overwhelmed. You and your teammates can lose in several different ways: if either Roma or too many other cities are sacked; if any tribes have overrun Roman territory; or if the Empire's resources have run dry. …

Components

• 60 Contagion cards
• 24 City cards
• 12 Event cards
• 6 WHO cards
• 5 Player disease boards
• 5 Score markers
• 5 Petri dishes
• 75 Player disease cubes
• 1 Scoring board
• Instructions

Setup

for 3 - 5 players

Determine a first player with the method of your choice.

Each player chooses a color and takes a Petri dish and the following in their color: 1 score marker, 1 player board and 15 disease cubes. Then, each of you must:

Place a disease cube on the Level 1 position of each mutation on your player board.

Place the Petri dish inside the circle on your player board and put your 12 remaining disease cubes inside. …