HFoG New Arrivals

Agricola

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:58:35 +0000

The 17th century: not an easy period for a farmer!

Players start the game with two family members living in a two-room wooden hut. In each round, each member of their family may choose one action.

If they collect wood and reed, they can extend their hut and then add to their family.

Family growth allows additional actions, but has the disadvantage that more food must be produced.

And to get food, the players plow fields and plant seeds.

The planted grain and vegetables are harvested during the harvest, when animals breed as well. To raise animals, pastures must be fenced to allow sheep, wild boar and cattle to graze.

Occupations or Improvements can ensure a family's upkeep. Each of these cards allows the player a small advantage in the game.

Victory Points are earned when players renovate their wooden hut to a clay hut and later even a stone house. But everything else to do with balancing food requirements or making every day life a little more comfortable can earn Victory Points - especially family growth.

Each game uses a different group of the 166 different Occupation cards and 146 different Improvements, ensuring that no two games are exactly alike. Additional rules for a Solo game and a shortened Family game ensure appropriate challenges for each gaming table.

This game won a special Spiel des Jahres award for complex games in 2007! It has taken the gaming world by storm and rocketed to the top of the ratings charts on Board Game Geek!

Star Munchkin

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:58:35 +0000

The Munchkin's are back - and they're in space! Now they're Mutants, Cyborgs, and Cat People grabbing Lasers, Vibroswords, and Nova Grenades fighting Fanged Fuzzballs, Bionic Bimbos, and the fiendish Brain In A Jar.

This is a complete, stand-alone game using the best-selling Munchkin rules (with a few new twists like Sidekicks). Yes it CAN be combined with Munchkin! And of course it features the twisted humor of Steve Jackson and the wacky cartoons of John Kovalic.

C & C Ancients Exp. 3: The Roman Civil Wars

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:44:38 +0000

Command & Colors Ancients allows you to re-fight epic battles of the ancient world. In this expansion see the formidable Roman army dividing and fighting itself as Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, and Pompey, his former partner in the Triumverate, contend for sole control of the Roman Empire.

Units in both armies can only move and fight when ordered. The command playing cards supply those orders, providing an element of luck that creates a fog of war and presents players with both challenges and opportunities. You must maximize your opportunities by playing your command cards judiciously. How well you handle the diverse units, their weapons, and the terrain, will determine victory.

Important: in order to play this expansion, you will need a copy of the basic Commands & Colors Ancients game, plus Command & Colors Ancients Expansion 2.

C & C Ancients Exp. 2: Rome vs. the Barbarians

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:44:17 +0000

Command & Colors Ancients allows you to re-fight epic battles of the ancient world. In this expansion the vaunted Roman army fights an array of fierce barbarian tribes and rebellious slaves, winning smashing victories, but also suffering some of their greatest defeats at Arausio and in the Teutoburger Wald.

Important In order to play this expansion, you will need a copy of the basic Commands & Colors Ancients game.

Units in both armies can only move and fight when ordered. The command playing cards supply those orders, providing and element of luck that creates a fog of war and presents players with both challenges and opportunities. You must maximize your opportunities by playing your command cards judiciously. How well you handle the diverse units, their weapons, and the terrain, will determine victory.

Airships

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:43:33 +0000

The aim of this dice game is to build a successful airship company. Game cards with dice symbols show how many dice you have to do this in each round.

At long last the construction of the majestic airship has been completed and the gigantic craft can take off towards the horizon on its maiden flight.

Race for the Galaxy

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:43:33 +0000

Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need the most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!

Power Grid

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:43:33 +0000

Ever dream of being a power mogul? Now's your chance! In Power Grid, players compete to build the best network of power lines and stations, choosing which cities to supply and what sources of power to use.

This is the new and improved (rules and graphics!) edition of Funkenschlag from Friedemann Friese. The original game received rave reviews and this newly-released version is no different.

There is very little luck in this game; it's all about managing economics. How much are you willing to spend to increase production this round? Is it worth it to expand your power network this round or should you save your cash for the next when you might better afford to power all the cities in your network? And should you supply all the cities in your network with power or should you conserve resources and wait for the price to come down?

This game is fast becoming a new family favorite.

Medici

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:43:33 +0000

Return to the trading days of the ancient Medici family when ships sailed throughout the Mediterranean and beyond. Bid at the markets for the best prices on valuable and not so valuable goods. Corner the market on a commodity and reap additional rewards. Fill your ship and set sail for foreign markets where your goods will fetch high prices.
After three trips to the market, the player with the most money wins!

This is the new version with new and improved artwork.