Board Game Posts

Viscounts of the West Kingdom is set at a time when the King's reign began to decline, circa 980 AD. Choosing peace over prosperity, our once strong King began offering our enemies gold and land to lay down their axes.

But peace is a tenuous affair. As poverty spread, many people lost faith in his ability to lead and sought independence from the crown. Since finding favor in his courts, our future has also become uncertain.

As viscounts, we must be wise and decisive. Loyalty is to be upheld, but gaining favor among the people must be our priority, should there be a sudden shift in power. …

Components

• 6 Director Cards
• 66 Basic Cards
• 12 Neutral Cards
• 20 Advanced Cards
• 6 Reference Cards
• 1 Sand Timer
• 1 Scorepad
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The age of dinosaurs is back-this time safely behind glass! The public can't wait to get a glimpse, and it's your job to satisfy their curiosity by building the best dino zoo.

You have 3 rounds to draft the most exciting attractions and slide them into place in this frantic, real-time puzzle game. Choose wisely, build quickly, and wow your guests. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins! …

CHA-CHING! is a simple card game full of surprises. Players, in turn, pick up and discard cards of different values and try to have all eight of their cards add up to the Target Number in each round.

The first to do so "GOES OUT" and scores zero points. Everyone else has the value of their hand scored against them. But beware of the CHA-CHING card!

When played it allows the player to RE-ROLL the Target Number OR TRADE CARDS with any opponent mid play. Those who think fast and can add even faster will be able to keep their hand from getting out of hand! …

Components

• 4 wipe-off Answer/Score boards
• 144 cards (864 Text Twist Challenges!)
• 4 Markers
• 1 2-minute timer
• 1 Instructions/Solutions booklet

Object of the Game

Form words from the letters provided. Score points based on the number of words created. The longer the word, the more points scored.

Player with the most points after 5 Rounds is the Winner

Setup

TextTwist can be played by 1 or more players. This game has components for up to 4 players. For more than 4 players, please provide paper and writing utensils.

Each card features 3 TextTwist challenges per side. Before you begin the game, choose a number from 1-3. This will be the challenge number you will play on 5 cards for that game. (For Example, if you choose "2", you will use the second TextTwist challenge on each card played in that game) …

Clash is DropMix's competitive game mode. It's designed for single-players or teams of two, for 2 to 4 players total (ie. 1v1, 1v2, or 2v2).

Components

• Electronic DropMix board
• 60 DropMix cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The goal of the game is to drop cards onto the board to build a mix and earn points to reach 21 to win.

Pre-game

The game is played using decks of DropMix cards. Decks can either be the game's pre-built playlists (as indicated by the symbol on the lower right corner of the card, ie. Sweets, Blade, Controller, Highness, or purchasable Playlist packs such as Derby, etc).; using two playlists if playing single-player, or one each if playing 2-player teams, OR a deck can be custom-built, per the following rules: …

Components

• 252 category cards
• 45 second timer
• 8 HIT or MISS cards
• 8 pads of paper
• 8 pencils
• 1 score pad
• 1 HIT or MISS die
• Instrucitons

Object of the Game

Quickly write down a list of items in a chosen category. Then roll the HIT or MISS die. If you roll a HIT, score points for picking an item on your list that you think other players also wrote.

If you roll a MISS, score for choosing one that you think only you wrote. The player with the highest score wins the game. …

The Tang dynasty (618-907) is considered the first golden age of the classic Chinese garden. Emperor Xuanzong built a magnificent imperial garden, the Garden of the Majestic Clear Lake, near Xi'an, and lived there with his famous concubine, Yang Guifei.

Players take the role of engineers who have been summoned to build a garden while balancing elements of water, rock, and greenery.

They need to decorate the garden with pavilions, bridges, different types of vegetation, and animals such as birds and goldfish. …

Components

• 4 Clifford Pawns
• Clifford Dog House Dice Slide
• 16 Invitation Cards
• Die
• Game Board
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Be the first player to hand out all of your party invitations and make it back to the beach party!

Setup

• Lay the Game Board flat on the playing surface.

• Snap together Clifford's Dog House, and set it near the middle of the Board, in the dotted lines of the square, with the door facing in toward the party.

• Each player chooses a Clifford Pawn and places it in the middle party area of the board. …

Components

• Stinky Pig
• 20 Tokens
• Die
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Pass Stinky Pig quickly...don't be stuck holding him when he toots!

Setup

Players sit in a circle. Place the pile of Tokens, as well as Stinky Pig and the Die, in the center of the circle.

Game Play

The youngest player goes first. Hold Stinky Pig in one hand, and the Die in the other. Press the pig's belly, and when he starts singing, roll the Die!

The Die will tell you where to pass the pig: …

Components

• 8 loops
• 8 clothespins
• 4 bonus buttons
• 114 word tags and 1"Shuffle" tag
• 8 coloring pencils
• 8 numbered spools
• Instructions

Setup

1. Hand each player:

   • an answer sheet and pencil,
   • a number oF loops and spools (see table). Ignore the numbers on the spools For now.

2. Take the bonus buttons listed in the table and stack them From highest (most holes) to lowest (Fewest holes). Place the stack in the center oF the table.

3. Return unused loops, spools, and bonus buttons to the box.

4. Write your name on your sheet then cross out the numbers matching the spools that aren't being used. …