Board Game Posts

The king is dead

His last wish was to be laid to rest in the royal crypt with all of his prized possessions, the very same family heirlooms he once promised to you and his other children.

Feeling cheated and betrayed, you summon your most loyal servants to help you break into the crypt and claim that which is rightfully yours.

Unfortunately, your siblings had the same idea.

Components

• 48 Treasure Cards
• 12 Servant Dice
• 4 Player Cards
• 2 Torch Cards
• 6 Collector Cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

At the end of the game, the player whose Treasure is worth the most Coins wins. …

Everyone knows the cake rules: one person cuts, the other chooses. In this way, one makes the slices as equal as possible so that one does not end up with the short end.

But this rule does not apply to "piece o' Cake". Here a person can cleverly offer larger pieces to the others and still get the most in the end. 5 cakes with 11 slices of different varieties are divided.

Each variety awards a different amount of points. One can immediately eat slices to guarantee a number of points, or collect them in the hope of scoring bonus points for having the most of that variety at the end of the game. …

Components

• 9 Double Sided Map Cards
• 5 Player Truck / AI Cards
• 40 Order Cards
• 13 Ability Cards & 1 Key Card
• 1 Employee of the Month Card
• 1 Starting Player Token
• 5 Wooden Truck Tokens
• 38 Wooden Mint Tokens
• 15 Ability Tokens
• 6 Road Condition Tokens
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Mort's Candy Company has become one of the most successful businesses in Mintopia City, and the demand for mints in the surrounding area is higher than ever before!

Mort now needs your help to deliver all these delicious mints to his loyal customers! …

The chickens are hanging out on their colorful perch, but if one decides to move, the perch starts to teeter! Collect as many chickens, hay bales and wagon wheels before the rocking roost topples.

A game of balance, laughs and fun where the roost goes Chickyboom!

Components

• 6 wooden chickens (3 big, 3 small)
• 7 wooden hay bales
• 7 wooden wagon wheels
• 1 wooden rocking perch (1 platform. 1 base)
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Collect as many chickens, hay bales and wagon wheels as you can without making the perch fall. …

Components

• 96 animal cards
• 9 special cards
• 5 "-2 points" cards
• 1 rules sheet

The Nanuks are determined - they don't want to become sitting "bears" due to global warming. Sourcing a supply of canned fish may be a way to survive the diminishing sea ice.

At least it gives them a very good reason to travel all the way from the North Pole to Germany, and party up with their doggie friends there!

Basic Game

Setup

Only the 96 animal cards will be used in the basic game. Put the other cards back into the box. Choose a player to be the dealer and do the following in order: …

Components

• 45 animal cards
• 19 chicken run cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The first player to get rid of all his cards wins.

Setup

Shuffle the 19 chicken run cards and spread them across the table face down. Shuffle the 45 animal cards and deal them out equally to the players. With 2 or 3 players, each receives 15 animal cards.

With 4 players, each gets 11 cards, with 5, 9 cards, and with 6 players, each gets 7 cards.

Return any left-over cards to the box. Each player places his cards in a face-down stack in front of himself, without looking at them. Then each picks up the first five cards from his stack. …

During the game, players use their resources to build a variety of buildings, represented by Building cards.

Each player has his own set of Common Building cards, which only he can use during the game. Each player's deck of Common Building cards is identical.

However, 12 Unique Building cards are placed on the game board at the beginning of the game. Each Unique Building card can be built by only one player during the game.

Unique Building cards are treated like Common Building cards in all other ways, but their benefits are generally more powerful. …

A lot of barrels are opened in "The Wild Boar" tavern. But the innkeeper is a sly old dog! Whereas he treats humble guests to free rounds, he just closes the tap to hard-drinking boozers and keeps the cool brew for himself.

Components

• 1 barrel-rolling cup
• 7 number barrels
• 2 dark special barrels
• 6 coasters
• 48 game cards in 6 colors
• 1 notepad
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Each round, a different player is the generous innkeeper. His thirsty guests compete to guzzle down as much as possible from the free-flowing cool brew. Basically, this is quite simple: Whoever orders more, gets more. …

Components

• 4 hexagonal game
• 80 markers
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Be the first player to mark a continuous line of objects that connects the same colored border on opposite sides of your game board.

Setup

Give each player a game board. (Hold your board so that it cannot be seen by opponents). Place the markers in the center of the playing area, reachable by all.

Game Play

The first player to spot Seymour on her board starts the game. Play continues to the left. …

Components

• 45 Clothing Cards
• 30 Long Nose Cards
• 6 Player Cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Catch a player bluffing about his Clothing Cards, so that he's forced to take a Long Nose Card.

But be careful: If the player is telling the truth, you must take a Long Nose Card. The player who has the shortest nose at the end of the game wins!

Setup

Each player chooses one of the Player Cards.

Place your Player Card face up in front of you and pile all the Long Nose Cards in the center of the playing area. …