By Drumond Park
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Welcome to Cat Attack: a brand new game for all the family that is guaranteed to appeal to board game enthusiasts, cat lovers and lunatics everywhere!
Cat Attack is a fast action, classically hilarious strategy boardgame for the family and for serious gamers. Inspired by the close observation of the ordinary domestic cat in its natural environment: attitude, treachery, cunning and theft.
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In Elfenland, young elves have to pass a very special test before they are accepted as grown-ups. All elf girls and elf boys receive a map of Elfenland, and they have to visit as many famous towns in Elfenland as possible, using the common types of transp ortation: dragons, unicorns, giant pigs, elfcycles, troll wagons, magic clouds, ferries and rafts. These types of transportation, however, are available in limited numbers and can only be used in specific regions. Thus, an exciting race starts am ong the elves to find out who will make the best use of the available transportation. The one to visit the most towns will win the game.
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Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for the most exciting news of the year! Formula D will be available in the US by the beginning of November! Formula D is a new updated version of the 90's best seller 'Formule Dé', a fabulous game which sold more than 100,000 copies all over the world during a 15 year span! This new version will be released simultaneously in French, German, Spanish, English, Dutch and Italian.
Fans of the original will be in familiar territory, as the new version is based on the former mechanics of 'Formule Dé' and will also be playable with the original racing boards. Gamers who are not familiar with the original version will discover that the content of this newer version creates a thrilling Formula One experience.
Formula D has been completely re-designed, the graphic contents have been updated and modernized and each element has been thoughtfully revitalized to generate a more realistic gaming sensation. Players now enjoy beautifully painted cars, super-realistic gear levers, and many more hidden surprises!
Two different rule books are included: a short, simple version for beginners who want to jump directly into the game without blowing a fuse, and a more advanced version for hardcore gamers who enjoy exploring the entangled mechanisms within their brains!
Reach new levels as you step up to the podium.
It's still not over! A second board allows you to feel the speed and excitement of street racing. Get ready to enjoy a wild ride on the big city streets!
Two race boards are included: the legendary Monaco circuit and a street racing track too! Formula D invites you to enjoy two exhilarating experiences in a single box!
Play your cards - or rather your dice - right and you could become the new Schumacher!
Board Game, 2-4 Players by Phalanx
At the Pole Penguins jump from ice floe to ice floe hunting for fish. They block their Penguin rivals whenever they can while trying to secure the best fishing grounds. The clever Penguin flock that catches the most fish wins!
Board game by Reiner Knizia, published by the Green Board Games Company.
A strategy game for the whole family, Ingenious is easy to learn, quick to play and beautifully made. Game play involves scoring points by placing coloured tiles on the hexagonal board, all the while trying to block your opponents and avoid being blocked off. Players 1-4, Ages 8+
Contents: playing board, 34 maze cards, 24 treasure cards, 4 playing pieces
Be the first to collect all of your treasures by shifting the walls of the Labyrinth to create a clear path to get to them. Watch out for traps as the walls constantly move. This mysterious maze game is magic!
"It's better by Tube". Take 6 secret destination tickets and get ready for a trip on the Underground. You'll have to think carefully and plan ahead for it's the person who commutes from a main line station of their choice and back again who'll be the winner.
Buy your way to fame & fortune with Modern Art, the high stakes gallery auction game. Each player runs a gallery, choosing which pieces of art to sell from the collection, and which pieces to buy from other galleries. Bid on the right one and at the end of the round you could be rolling in the dough. Mistake a Pissaro for a Picasso and you could be out of luck and money. Perfect for the armchair art critic.
Players play on a 3D board, representing the Niagara River and the falls. Canoes float down the river as the river flows, but players can row their canoes up-river or down-river to collect gems, to return them to shore, and to avoid the waterfall. This game is great fun for the family, but is strategic and gives players the chance to plan and steal from one another.
A classic game for generations and probably the best dice game ever! These pigs are truly addictive! Throw the pigs - how they fall determines the points you get. Dare you risk throwing again? Beware, if you get too greedy you might 'Pig Out' you lose the points you have scored!
The classic game of liar dice!
‘The second most addictive thing to come out of South America’
Stephen Fry
Perudo is a version of the popular dice game played in Peru; a version of liar dice which is part-luck and part-skill. It requires a quick mind and excellent bluffing ability.
The combination of deception, skill and laughter make it the perfect after dinner game.
Royalty play it. Supermodels play it. Socialites play it. Musicians play it. London’s private member’s clubs are obsessed by it. Perudo’s famous fans including Stephen Fry, Sting, Hugh Laurie, Richard Branson (who even used to keep it on his aeroplanes!), Mariella Frostrup, Viscount Linley, Tom Stoppard, Susannah Constantine, The Jaggers, Keith Allen, Sienna Miller and Jonathan Ross.
#Skill game, 2-8 players by Ferti
From the outset, you have to weave, jostle, accelerate, slow down, and choose the best trajectories. Only the most skillful will manage to avoid running off the track! PitchCar is a game of dexterity and of racecars, combining carom with Formula One. Superbly manufactured, this wooden game lets you to construct ten different circuits over 12 feet long. Entertaining and family oriented, PitchCar will enchant players of all ages.
Important note to owners of Carabande: PitchCar is NOT compatible with Carabande. There is a slight difference in track thickness between the two; and contrary to popular belief, the jigsaw-cut ends of the PitchCar track segments which attach onetrack segment to the next do NOT match with those in Carabande.
Project X is a new visual search made by game inventor Arne Lauwers and the 'doodle' artwork of Euegene.
Playable from 2 players on with no maximum number of players, it is a simple to learn, hard to win piece of art you can play wwith. Project X is playable from the age of 6 and lasts 15 to 40 minutes.
On an ever changing game board you need to be the first to accomplish 6 missions successfully. There are over 100 missions in 3 different categories. There are individual missions, outbid missions and missions where you need to be the first to find the unique item.
Guess too slow and you lose some dough! Rapidough is the original game of modelling charades. There’s never a dull moment as everyone plays at once - every round! Players take turns at modelling the card entries for their teammates. The first team to guess what THEIR sculptor is creating wins that round. But there’s a sting in the tail - the losing team loses a plunger of dough. If the opposition loses a few rounds they can find themselves attempting to sculpt, ‘The Eiffel Tower’ with a pea-sized piece of dough..........the results are hilarious. GO! Is it a...giraffe? Is it a...pyramid? Is it a...rocket? It’s The Eiffel Tower! Players 4+, Ages 8+
Please note this is the version of Rapidough in the purple box rather than the current release. Gameplay is otherwise unchanged.
The classic game of strategic conquest with 3 ways to play, faster gameplay, and updated map and playing pieces. Includes gameboard, 7 dice, deck of 42 cards, 5 sets of coloured units, 5 capitals, 15 cities, parts sheet and instructions. Players 3-5, Ages 12+
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For 2 to 4 players
With Rummikub Travel, presented in a compact travel case - you can enjoy Rummikub wherever you go!
One player is Mr X, on the run somewhere in London. The other players are detectives and work together to catch Mr X before time runs out. With strategy and teamwork the detectives can trap Mr X but if he escapes, he wins the game.
For 3-6 players, aged 10+
Contents: 1 board, logbook, 6 playing pieces, 20 cards, 125 tickets, visor.
Board Game; 3-4 Players by Mayfair Games
Players are recent immigrants to the newly populated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements, roads, and villages by harvesting commodities from the land around you. Trade sheep, lumber, bricks and grain for a settlement, bricks and wood for a road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings, services and specials.
Trade with other players, or at local seaports to get resources you might lack. The first player to achieve 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins.
Extend your The Settlers of Catan? game to include more players and more scenarios. More tiles, more resource cards, more development cards, and components (settlements, villages, roads) for two additional players.
Allows for two additional players to be added to The Settlers of Catan?.
"The Best Game Ewe Ever Herd!"
Ah, do ewe long for the life of a sheep? Bright summer days filled with games of tag and attempts to flock closer to Roger, the Heartthrob Ram? But Watch Out! The shearer wants to drag you away from all the fun and games!
In Shear Panic, ewe maneuver your ewes to score points, playing tag, standing close to Roger, or trying to avoid the shearing scissors! Will your brave sheep score the most points, or will it be "Off with the wool" for ewe?
Shear Panic includes:
9 sheep figures, 1 Roger figure, 1 Shearer figure, 4 player boards, 1 scoring board, 1 sheep panic die, 1 "return to flock" die, 5 track markers, 48 "mutton buttons" (12 each in four colors) Rules sheet.
A new railroad adventure board game from noted game designer, Alan R. Moon. With elegantly simple gameplay, Ticket to Ride can be learned in 3 minutes, yet players face strategic and tactical decisions that vary with every turn. Players collect cards of various types of train cars that are then used to claim railway routes connecting various cities across a map of North America. The longer the routes the more points they earn.
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Tri-ominoes is a fun-to-play game of number matching that is played with triangular shaped pieces!
Try to match a side of one of your Tri-ominoes to one that has already been placed down. Every time you place one, you score the total number of points on that piece. Special plays will give you bonus points!
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