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A simple, clever tile laying game that brings new challenges with every turn
Simple to learn, lots of strategy
A great game the whole family can enjoy
Product Description: A clever tile laying game. The southern French city of Carcassonne is famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications. The players develop the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the cities, in the cloisters, and in the fields. The skill of the players to develop the area will determine who is victorious. Special rules for the 12 river tiles: Remove the special starting tile from the game. Instead, begin the game by laying the spring that starts the river. Set aside the lake tile and shuffle the remaining 10 river tiles face down and draw from these before drawing from the tiles from the normal game. These tiles are played and followers may be played as in the normal game with one exception: a river tile may not be placed so that the river makes a U turn. Followers may not be placed on rivers. Once these 10 river tiles have been played, the next player plays the lake and then play continues with the normal tiles. Klaus-Juergen Wrede created Carcassonne. It is for 2 to 5 players and takes about 60 minutes to play
Product Description: One of the most successful games of all time, Settlers of Catan is a trading and building game set in the mythical world of Catan. Players roll dice to determine which resources are generated each round and then must strategically trade those resources with other players to get what they need to build their settlements, cities, and roads. With multiple ways to gain victory points and a board that changes in every play, Settlers of Catan is a game that can be played hundreds of different ways. The base of a hugely successful franchise, with multiple engaging expansions, Settlers is the core game of many collections, and is a wonderful way to spend time with family and friends. For 3 to 4 players.
Start out in ancient Rome, defending the empire against rival factions
Build up your cities&fortifications to increase wealth - build roads and exapnd military units while contending with rising inflationBuild up your cities&fortifications to increase wealth - build roads and exapnd military units while contending with rising inflation
Product Description: In Conquest Of The Empire you'll relive the fun and challenge of the classic Milton-Bradley board game. It is set during the Roman era and depicts a civil war in the Mediterannean as rival factions attempt to take control of the empire. Take control of Caesar and guide Rome to wealth and glory.
Rumis sharpens spatial awareness and critical thinking skills as players strategize to outwit their opponents while reconstructing historical Inca monuments of a pyramid, tower, stairs and wall
Rumis comes with 4 game boards, 44 Rumis "stones", and instructions for variations on the game
Fun for young and old!
Product Description: Rumis Game, the Exciting Game of Three-Dimensional Strategy - Inspired by the architecture of the Inca, Rumis sharpens spatial awareness and critical thinking skills as players strategize to outwit their opponents while reconstructing historical Inca monuments of a pyramid, tower, stairs and wall. The player with the most stones showing from above wins! Product Description Grades 3&up. Build historical Inca monuments of a pyramid, tower, stairs and wall while sharpening spatial awareness, and critical thinking skills. Also meets NCTM standard for 3-D geometry concepts.
Product Description: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award National Parenting Center Seal of Approval Dr. Toy's 10 Best Games of The Year Dr. Toy's Top 100 Children's Products Major Fun Award Canadian Toy Testing Council (Highest Rating) Parents' Choice Silver Honor Raise your castle! Raze the enemy! In this clever game of medieval maneuvers, build a castle with walls, towers, and a keep by matching color, shape, or both. Will you use your game tiles to strengthen your fortress or to attack vulnerable opponents? Choose wisely, or you may find yourself in royal ruins! The first player to build a complete castle rules the land. Transport yourself to a time when protecting your possessions meant defending your keep, the most secure part of the castle. Keeps were often called "great towers" because of their imposing structure - walls over 10 feet thick and 75 feet high. They served various functions, from last resort strongholds during battle to sites of castle dungeons. While there are few remaining keeps still standing today, you can get a small taste of what it was like to build and defend a castle in this game that is simple to learn, yet full of strategy and decision-making elements that will challenge all ages. Only takes about 20 minutes to play!
Five Crowns, with its beautiful cards, is easy to learn. A fast paced ingenious new card game.
The Five Suited Card Game! -- The Games isn't Over 'Til The Kings Go Wild!
Product Description: Five Crowns is a fast paced ingenious rummy-like card game. Its double deck contains five suits (the stars are new), but it has no aces or twos. This unique deck gives you many more options for arranging your hand into sets and sequences. The challenge is to see them make the right combinations, be the first to go out, then watch the others scramble as they get one last chance to cut their losses. Five Crowns, with its beautiful cards, is easy to learn. It starts with three cards and 3's are wild. The next hand has four cards and 4's are wild, and so on. You'll need luck and skill throughout the game because even in the last hand a worthy opponent can come from behind and win. Remember, "the game isn't over 'til the Kings go wild!" Five Crowns is for up to 2 to 7 players.
This classic game of strategy takes a minute to learn, a lifetime to master
Great fun for the entire family
Includes 64 reversible discs, one playing board, six playing board feet and instructions
Product Description: An internationally acclaimed strategy game, Othello takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. Simple enough for children, yet challenging for adults, it's great, fast-moving fun for the entire family. Choose to be black or white and strive to get the most discs flipped with your color face-up at the end of the game. White can turn to black and black can turn to white again and again in this constantly changing game. Includes: 64 reversible discs, one playing board, six playing board "feet" and instructions. For 2 players. Board measures 14.25"L x 10.19"W x 1.25"H.
Product Description: Ages 7 & up. Play a card from your hand, place a chip on a corresponding space on the game board. When you have five in a row, it's a SEQUENCE. Learn to block your opponents - remove their chips. Watch out for the Jacks - THEY'RE WILD! With a little strategy and a little luck, you're a winner! For 2 - 12 players.
The Classic Game of Intrigue, Trust, and Treachery
European political theme
Product Description: At the turn of the 20th century, prior to World War I, the seven Great European Powers engage in an intricate struggle for supremacy. Military forces invade and withdraw, shifting borders and altering empires with subtle maneuvers and daring gambits. Alliances are formed and trust is betrayed as players negotiate and outwit one another in a delicate balance of cooperation and competition to gain dominance of the continent. Diplomacy challenges players to rely on their own cunning and cleverness, not dice, to determine the outcome of this game of conspiracies and conquest. New artistic treatment to game components. First time back in print since 1999. Social interaction, interpersonal skills and negotiation make up an essential part of the game play. Classic negotiating game in existence since 1959. Game board measures 30"L x 20"W. Includes 315 army, navy and national control markers, 20 count strategy map pad and 24-page rulebook. Compact box, bookshelf ready.
Children will gain spatial orientation, eye-hand coordination, logic and problem-solving abilities with this mind-twisting game.
Comes with handy travel case
Product Description: Pentago is a fast and fun strategy game that is both simple and sophisticated. The object of the game is to create a row of five marbles anywhere on the board. The mind twisting part is that you'll twist one of the four game blocks as part of your move. This causes the game to dynamically change, making for a fun and challenging game experience, both for beginners and masters alike. Play duration is 3 to 30 minutes. Seconds to Learn- It takes just under a minute to learn how to play Pentago, as it's a basic five-in-a-row game, with a twist. Fun to Play- Pentago is immediately fun for beginners and continues to be fun and challenging for intermadiate players. Years to Master-As you become a master Pentago player, the style of play, spatial orientation techniques and strategies get perplexity complex. Deep logic and skill is required to conquer another master player. Pentago is a game that comes from Sweden. Sweden is a nation that is very clever and enjoys a sense of simplicity. Thus it's no surprising that the Swedes would create a game that is so simple and stylistic, yet very smart and deep with strategy and logic. Pentago has won the prestigious Swedish award "Game of the Year" in 2005 along with several other awards of excellence.
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