Board Game Posts

In the world of Treelings, construction is well underway in preparation for the annual firefly festival!

Beautiful, glowing swarms of fireflies may only be released from the highest platforms in the city during the upcoming summer solstice. 6 different guilds reside in the city and will do everything possible to build their own tree as high as possible in each district.

As chief of your district, you decide each round which guild you wish to support in your part of the city. …

You are an FBI agent competing against other agents to see who can catch Bonnie and Clyde. Th e object of the game is to be the fi rst to score 100 or more points.

There are two types of cards used in this game: Evidence (Location) cards and the Ted Hinton card. The game is played like the classic Rummy card game, with players playing melds and layoffs of Evidence cards to score points.

The Ted Hinton card adds a strategic element to the game not found in traditional Rummy. After each hand, you total your points, and if no one has 100 or more points, you play another hand. …

Components

• 1 game board
• 1 rotating board
• 1 suckling pig
• 12 point tiles
• 28 playing figures
• 10 Rings (golden)
• 88 cards
• 1 plastic stand
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The players lead a group of Knights at King Arthur's court. They try to continuously increase their group's prestige by placing as close behind the King at the round table as possible as well as by completing various assignments.

But be careful! Those who don't react quickly enough will soon find their fortunes turning and their Knights back on undesirable seats around the round table again. That can cost a lot of prestige. …

Components

• Game Board
• 120 Settlement Markers
• 70 Technology Cards
• 50 City Cards
• 21 Trade Route Tokens
• 12 Province Tokens
• First player token
• Instructions

Game Elements

Game Board

The board is made up of several tiles: the starting tile (marked with terrain symbols) and land tiles (14 pieces). The starting tile identifies the type of terrain (mountains, woods, grasslands, savannas, deserts, jungles, and the shore), each given a color and a symbol.

Settlement spots are divided into three types: for farmers , herders and hunters . Various technologies allow various types of settlers to occupy various terrains. …

Components

• 5 House miniboards, each with 7 floors
• 5 Rat trackers
• 6 wooden rat figurines
• 1 Pied Piper figurine, and its plastic base.
• 21 Character cards
• 50 Action cards

Object of the Game

You live in Hamelin, a town infested by rats. The easiest way to get the rats out of your house is to send them to your neighbors.

Whenever too many rats are jammed into a house, its occupants get desperate and move out! The player who can best keep the rats out of his house wins! …

In a space station far from Earth, the naked mole rats, known for their exceptional ability to cooperate, are hard at work.

One morning their secure world is shattered when the alarm bells blare.

INTRUDER ALERT!

Snakes have infiltrated their space station and are on the loose! The mole I rats are at risk unless you can save them.

Can you and your teammates help the mole rats gather their emergency equipment and make it to the escape pod before time runs out? …

We are the waiters at a new dessert cafe. Every guest has a different palate to satisfy and some of them are fussy.

Components

• 100 Cards
• Instructions

Setup

Shuffle the Dessert deck and deal three Dessert cards to each player. Then shuffle the Guest deck and deal out three Guest cards, placing them face-up in the center of the table.

Place the two decks side by side on the table where all can reach, and prepare a space next to each deck for a discard pile. …

Components

• 1 game board made of wood
• over 30 pieces of wood
• 1 Pedestal
• 2 Cork balls
• Instructions

Object of the Game

To remove as many wooden pieces from a carefully balanced plate without the plate falling. At the end, whoever has collected the most pieces, is the winner.

Setup

Together, all the players place the wooden pieces on the plate. Two pieces may be stacked if desired. The center of the plate should be left clear, since the parts in the middle are too easily removed. …

Components

• 13 Snowflake tokens
• 1 Game board
• 57 Fairy Garden Cards
• 4 Jewel Tokens
• 44 Snowstorm cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The fairies need your help. Mr. Winter is trying to freeze the garden.

Collect all four colored jewels and place them on the wand before Mr. Winter has placed four Snowflake tokens on one flower. If you can do this, you all win together.

Setup

Set out the game board. Place each jewel in the center of its matching flower. Place the Snowflake tokens in a pile near the board. …

Components

• special dice
• 2 Rainbow Stashes
• Instructions

Zone Names

IceDice uses an invisible gameboard.

In the middle of the table is an area called the Bank, where all the pieces begin.

Near this is a spot called the Counter. In front of each player is an area called their Vault.

Setup

Stack up all the pyramids in the Bank, sorted by size and color.

Whoever is holding the dice goes first.

Game Play

On your turn, roll both dice. Choose a piece of the size and color indicated, take it from the Bank, and place it on the Counter. You may or may not get to put this piece in your Vault when your turn ends. …