Board Game Posts

Game Map

The Map represents a part of the Alps and is divided horizontally into three areas: Mountains, Hills and Plains (from top to bottom). Each area is identified by a different background and a specific symbol.

There are a number of basins in each of the three areas. Each basin has building spaces where players can build their structures. Basins are naturally connected by rivers; colored conduits connect the dams of a basin to the powerhouses of another basin.

• There are 4 basins in the Mountains, each containing two spaces for Bases and two spaces for Conduits. …

Power Yahtzee is the high-scoring version of the classic "shake and roll" game Yahtzee. If you know how to play Yahtzee you'll be playing Power Yahtzee in minutes.

Components

• Five standard dice
• One Power die
• Dice rolling tray
• Score sheets
• Instructions

Setup

Separate the snap-together dice cups, so there are two individual cups available. Each player gets a pencil and score sheet. Write your name or initials on your sheet.

Object of the Game

To have the highest point total score when one player completes scoring in all of his "slots" (rows on his score sheet). While the other players may not have as many scores, one of them may win-this creates anticipation and an exciting ending. …

Apple Hill

In Apple Hill mode, apples (Granny Smith - green, and Red Delicious - red) are communal resources, in that any player may gain or spend them, regardless of who gained them last. When you gain them, you increase the value of the respective apple supply track (to the maximum of 6 per kind). When you spend apples, you decrease the value of the respective track.

Components

• Game case
• 100 Letter tiles
• Letter pouch
• 4 Racks

Setup

Letters: Place all letter tiles in the pouch, or facedown beside the board, and mix them up. Draw for first play. The player with the letter closest to "A" plays first.

A blank tile beats any letter. Return the letters to the pool and remix. All players draw seven new letters each and place them on their racks.

Scorekeeper: Pick a player to keep score on paper (not included).

Object of the Game

In the SCRABBLE game, players form interlocking words, crossword fashion, on the gameboard using letter tiles of different values. Each player competes for high score by taking advantage of the letter tiles, as well as the premium squares on the board. …

Place the game board in the middle of the table. The board is divided into two sections. The left side of the board represents the Mars Space Station in orbit above Mars [Orbit]. The rest of the board represents the Colony on the planet's surface [Colony].

The main board represents a computer display where the colonization of the planet can be monitored in real time from satellites in orbit.

Orbit Side

1 Shuffle the Discovery tiles and place them face down in a stack beside the board. Turn the top 2 tiles face up and place them on the Exploration space. …

Components

• 1 gameboard
• 1 Game Unit
• 6 Monopoly bank cards
• 6 movers
• 30 Title Deed cards
• 32 houses
• 12 hotels
• 2 dice
• Rulebook

Object of the Game

To be the only player left in the game after everyone else has gone bankrupt.

For a quicker game, play until the first player goes bankrupt Then all other players add up how much they're worth (taking money and properties into account). The richest player is the winner.

Overview

Play Monopoly the way you've always played it, but with 3 new twists!

1. Sounds and Music

   Celebrate with a party tune as you pass Go, and listen to the sound of your fate when you land on a Zone space or take a Chance! …

Components

• 3 Wooden blue monopolist pawns
• 3 Wooden green competitor pawns
• 25 Competitor cards
• 25 Monopolist cards
• 28 Title cards/mortgage notes
• Money
• Dice
• 35 Wooden houses
• 15 Wooden apartments
• Rulebook

Object of the Game

Players have a choice of two ways of playing and winning the game:

1. Game A: To win by bankrupting all other players.

2. Game B: To be the richest competitor after all monopolists have been bankrupted or to be the richest monopolist after all competitors have been eliminated

Treasurer

Select one player as Treasurer to manage and distribute the money, title cards, houses and apartments. The Treasurer must keep his/her own money strictly separate from the Treasury money. …

These rules detail how to incorporate an automated squad of annoying heroes (Defenders of Planet Earth) into the game. This automata is required for 2-player games; you may also adopt it for 3-player games, if you want a tighter, more competitive experience.

Additional Components

• 30 Heroes cards
• 10 +1/+2 tokens

Setup

Shuffle the Heroes deck and place it near the gameboard. Choose a set of wooden tokens to represent the automata.

The automata will not need a score token. Place the automata's 4 small tokens on the starting spaces of the Attraction score tracks along with the players'. …

Components

• 21 Red Checkers
• 21 Yellow Checkers
• 4 Pillar Pieces
• 2 Trays
• 1 Red Checker Launcher
• 1 Yellow Checker Launcher
• Rulebook

Setup

Use this setup for all 3 games. Assemble the game as shown.

One player takes the red checkers and launcher; the other player takes the yellow checkers and launcher. ignore markings on the checkers until Game 3.

Place the game on a flat surface between players. Players must launch from anywhere on their own side of the game.

Launchin' Checkers

Before starting a game, take a few practice launches (always keep the launchers on the playing surface). …

Sour Apples to Apples brings a tart twist to the classic party game! It's as easy as comparing "apples to apples". Select the Red Apple card from your hand that you think is best described by a Green Apple card played by the judge.

If the judge picks your card as the best match, you score a point... but, if the judge picks your card as the worst match, you have to spin the Sour Apple to determine your fate - will it be bitter or sweet? …