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Games Magazine Top Games

25 WORDS OR LESS

This all-new edition of the award-winning 25 Words or Less is even more fun now that every word is a person, place or thing! You've got a minute and 25 words (or less!) of clues to get your teammates to shout out the five words on the card. Start by bidding for control of the card, and the low bid wins. The twist - you can only call out that amount of clue words to get your team to guess the words on the card! Get your team to guess all five words in less than a minute and in 25 Words or Less and your team wins the card. Win ten cards and you win the game! Contents of 25 Words or Less: 575 sets of Word Challenges Countdown game board Sand timer Instructions		APPLES TO APPLES - PARTY TIN EDITION

In Apples To Apples, players attempt to win green cards by finding the closest associated red card from their hand. Each round is filled with surprising comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events. It's as easy as comparing "apples to apples"...just open the tin, deal the cards, and you're ready to play! The Apples To Apples Party Tin Edition comes in a metal tin with with over 1000 cards. Contents of Apples to Apples Party Tin Edition: 756 Red Apple Cards 252 Green Apple Cards Quick Play Rules 		BABEL

Ancient Mesopotamia. You and your opponent try to build and maintain temples that can fall prey to man-made or natural disasters. Join alliances with other tribes, build anew when the temple falls, see how high the temples can go.
BOHNANZA

Bohnanza makes bean farming fun! Each player starts with two or three bean fields and a handful of bean cards to plant in those fields. Through clever trading, players build up their bean farms while trying not to help the other players too much. In the end, the player who has the best farm earns the most gold and is the winner! This already expanded game has 11 bean varieties which is enough for seven players, yet also works great for as few as two. Contents of Bohnanza: 154 Bean Cards 7 Third bean field cards Instructions 		BOHNANZA - FAN EDITION

Bohnanza makes bean farming fun! Bohnanza Fan Edition adds 116 new beans selected from offerings sent in from people all over the world! In Bohnanza, each player starts with two or three bean fields and a handful of bean cards to plant in those fields. Through clever trading, players build up their bean farms while trying not to help the other players too much. In the end, the player who has the best farm earns the most gold and is the winner! Bohnanza Fan Edition can be played by itself or players can mix beans from this edition with the original Bohnanza. Contents of Bohnanza Fan Edition: 104 Cards 6 Bean Field Cards Rules 		BUY WORD

Buyword is an award winning word game with a twist. You pay cash to buy your letters, then make a word to sell it at a profit, if you can. The payoff depends on the number and quality of the letters in your word. Buyword elegantly mixes mathematics, cash management and the well known word building mechanic into a simple yet fun game which keeps every player involved in every turn until the end. The player holding the most cash wins Buyword! Buyword won Games Magazine Game of the Year award in 2005. Contents of Buyword: 108 Wooden Letter Tiles 9 Wooden Wild Tiles 1 Cloth Bag 4 Price Sheets Buyword Cash 1 Special Die
CRANIUM HOOPLA TIN

The makers of Cranium have now developed Hoopla, a game with the feel of a party game and the speed of a card game! The object of Cranium's Hoopla is for all of the players to successfully play the cards in their hands and all of the cards in the "playpile" before the 15 minute timer expires. Each card contains an image and the other player(s) only get to know if the card is a "who, what or where." The player with the card rolls the dice to determine the type of question. Hoopla's questions include Cloodles (drawing questions), Soundstages (players act with gestures and sounds effects, but without words), Tongue-Tieds (without saying the answer, a player may use words beginning with one letter of the alphabet only) and Tweeners (players must guess from statements crafted like "It's bigger than ____ but smaller than ____."). Hoopla is a must have for teens and adults! Contents of Cranium Hoopla Tin: More Than 280 Hoopla Cards 15-Minute Countdown Timer Ten-Sided Cranium Die Hoopla Pad and Pencil 3 Wild Tokens 		FRIEDRICH

Summer, 1756: Frederick the Great is alarmed to learn that almost all of Prussia's neighbors have formed an alliance, whose purpose he suspects to be the annihilation of Prussia. Therefore Frederick makes a preemptive strike against the most vulnerable member of that alliance, Saxony, which surrenders a few weeks later. But this is only the opening round of an epic struggle that would later be known as the Seven Years War. Prussia is completely encircled by her enemies, led by the greatest continental powers: France, Austria, and Russia. On her side, Prussia has only England and Hanover. Accurately based on history while maintaining a slim set of rules, Friedrich offers wide open spaces for brilliant chess-like moves and great depth for decision making. Contents of Friedrich: 24 wood Generals 24 named labels 11 wood Supply Trains 1 countersheet 36 cards of Fate 200 Tactical cards 4 playing aid cards 1 map of Old Europe 5 Army sheets Rulebook		JAMBO

Jambo is the friendly greeting Swahili traders offered their customers in Central Africa before colonization. The players are traders in that day, competing to be the first to earn 60 gold by buying and selling tea, hide, fruits, salt, silk, and trinkets. The game is played with cards which allow players to buy and sell goods, help you or hinder your opponent, and others which add a bit of spice to the game. Return to the dark continent where the players alternate turns with up to 5 actions each until one player reaches the goal and wins the game! Contents of Jambo: 112 cards 36 ware tiles 52 gold chips 5 action markers Rule book
LOUIS XIV

Slip on the role of clever court attendant and try your luck in the court of Louis XIV. Influence his decrees, relax in his radiance on his countless cushions, and bribe his ministers and generals. Spin intrigue and spread your net in the empire of the Sun King. Every plan is right - if it works! A careful plan and provident use of information gained in the court can help you fulfill your mission - and win the game!		MEMOIR '44

Memoir '44 is the official game of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings! From the opening minutes of D-Day to the liberation of Paris and beyond - Memoir '44 airdrops you into the key battles that turned the tide in Western Europe. Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Ardennes - you'll command your troops in battlefields that defined history in the 20th century! Memoir '44 is a unique historical game where players face-off in over a dozen WWII battles on an oversized hex gameboard. Each battle scenario mimics the historical terrain, troop placements and objectives of each army. Deploying forces through a variety of Command and Tactic cards, the smart commander uses the unique skills of their units - infantry, paratrooper, tank, artillery, and even resistance fighters - to it's greatest strength. Easy to learn and fast-paced, Memoir '44 requires strategic card play, timely dice rolling and an aggressive, yet flexible battle plan to achieve victory. Contents of Memoir '44: Double-sided hex board battle map 144 Axis and Allied army pieces 36 obstacles 44 terrain tiles 60 command cards 9 summary cards 8 battle dice 2 card holders Rules and scenario book		MY WORD! WITH EMBOSSED TIN

My Word is the first word game that plays like a party game! Quickly search for words while single and double letter cards are dealt onto the table. The first player to call out a word using at least three cards wins those cards. My Word can be played in English and Spanish. Contents of My Word: 72 Single and Double Letter My Word cards Embossed Tin Quick Play rules for both English and Spanish Bonus Junior Rules for ages 7 and up
NEW ENGLAND STRATEGY GAME

An exciting game of bidding and development. It's 1621 in New England. In a new land of opportunity and challenge, players build shelters, raise animals and grow crops for food. The player who achieves the greatest prosperity wins the game.New England Strategy Game Contents:Game Board72 Tiles65 Cards10 Bidding Chips34 Wooden Figures1 Starting Player Marker4 Marking Stones1 Bag60 Money Chips1 Game OverviewGame Rules		PARLAY

Parlay is an entertaining card game for those who enjoy the challenge of word games and the excitement of poker! The cards come as a standard, 52 count, poker-sized deck which are unique and artistically stylized. Each card contains a letter and number value (for the letter only - much like the concept in Scrabble) inscribed on the sides of the card, below the number value of the card itself. The number values for the letters are determined by how arduous they are for use in words (for example, X is worth more points than an A). Players can play a variety of poker games, such as Quick Draw, Wild I's, Omaha Hold' Em, or Texas Hold' Em, and although players do not place bets, they must decide wether to fold or stay with each hand. The challenge in this game is to gather as many points as possible by using a combination of word points and poker hand points. The first player to score 500 points wins the game. Parlay won "2007 Word Game of the Year" from Games Magazine. Contents of Parlay: 55 Poker Size Cards (includes 2 Jokers and 1 Quick Reference Card) 1 Custom Scorepad 6 Stay/Fold Game Chips 1 Instruction Booklet 		PATHS OF GLORY

They called it the Great War. In over four years of titanic struggle, Imperial Europe tore itself to pieces. The bloody battles fought in the trenches of the Western Front, the icy plains of Poland, the mountains of the Balkins, and the deserts of Arabia, shaped the world we know today. Paths of Glory allows players to step into the shoes of the monarchs and marshals who triumphed and blundered from 1914 to 1918. Both players will find their generalship and strategic abilities put to the test as Paths of Glory's innovative game systems let you recreate all the dramatic events of World War I. Paths of Glory has won numerous awards including Games Magazine "Best Historical Simulation" award in 2001, Gamer's Choice Award "Best Historical Simulation" in 2000, and Charles S. Roberts Awards for "Best Pre-WWII Era Board Game" and "Design Elegance Award" in 1999. Contents of Path of Glory: 22" by 34" map 176 - 5/8" die-cut counters 140 - 1/2" die cut counters 2 player reference cards 110 strategy cards 1 six-sided die Instructions
PRINCES OF FLORENCE

In the Princes of Florence you can experience the golden age of the Renaissance! Assume the role of the head of an Italian Aristocratic dynasty and lead your family like the Medici or Borgia. Build magnificent buildings, cultivate beautiful parks, and invite famous artists and scholars to live and work in your court. The players support the builders, artists, and scholars so that their completed works bring them fame and prestige. As the patrons of such great works, players multiply their reputations, but only one will become the most prestigious prince of Florence! Contents of the Princes of Florence: 6 boards 12 pawns 18 landscapes 30 buildings 12 freedoms 6 builders 7 jesters 53 coins 60 cards Instructions		PUERTO RICO BOARD GAME

It's 1543, and Puerto Rico is beginning to blossom. You have the opportunity to become very wealthy by owning the most fruitful plantation. Carefully decide if you need to play the role of settler, mayor, builder, craftsman, trader, or captain to grow your plantation. Puerto Rico is an exciting game played over several rounds, with players choosing one of the seven roles in the game. Each role allows a player to do a specific action. For example, the settler may take a quarry tile; the mayor may place a colonist; a builder can build a building for less; the craftsman gets one additional good; a trader may sell one good, and finally the captain loads his goods on to the ship to the old world first. Three conditions signal the end of the game and the player with the most victory points (the best plantation) wins the game. Puerto Rico is an excellent game by Andreas Seyfarth and is a must have for any fans of Settlers of Catan series, Carcassonne series, and Domaine. Contents of Puert Rico:6 Game Boards50 Goods100 Colonists8 Quarry Tiles50 Plantation Tiles54 Coins50 Victory Point Chips9 Role Cards50 Buildings6 ShipsRule Booklet		QUORIDOR

Quoridor is an award winning strategy game for two to four players! Move your wooden pawn across the board to the opposite side, as your opponent puts up wooden fence pieces, blocking your path. Can you get your pawn across and block your opponent from doing the same? The path is different each time you play! Contents of Quoridor: Game board 20 wooden fences 4 wooden pawns Rules Awards won by Quoridor: Game of the Year - USA Parent's Choice Gold Award Mensa's Top Five games Grand Prix du Jouet - France Toy Award - Belgium
RIVER CROSSING

From the makers of Rush Hour and Hoppers comes River Crossing! In this challenging brain game, you have to help a stranded hiker cross a snake and alligator infested river. This is a linear problem solving game for one player, much like Rush Hour and its variations, but the movement works differently. Instead of just sliding back and forth, the Hiker can actually pick up a log, carry it down the path, and set it down. The game comes with 40 different puzzles in 4 levels of difficulty. Fans of other Binary Arts puzzles like Prairie Dog Town and the Classic Fifteen Puzzle will find something fun and different with River Crossing.		TIPOVER CRATE GAME

Thinkfun makes some of the best brainteasers around... like Rush Hour. Now they've come up with another mind bender for solitary play. In you set the colorful crates up to match the challenge card. Now put the "tipper" on the starter crate and see if you can tip your way from the beginning to the end! Like all good brainteasres, it sounds easier than it actually is. There are 40 different puzzles to challenge even the most seasonsed tipper! Contents of the Tipover Crate Game: 40 challenge cards Game grid Tipper 10 yellow crates 4 green crates 2 blue crates 1 red crate Travel bag Instructions Solutions		WITS and WAGERS

Wits and Wagers is the trivia game for Everyone! This game makes sure that you are always involved in the action, because every player answers every question. Just make your best guess, then bet on the answer you think is the closest to being correct - even if it's not your own answer! That means you can win based on what you know, and how well you know your friends. Wits and Wagers has won several awards including: 2007 Party Game of the Year - Games Magazine 2007 Party Game of the Year - Board Game Geek Game of the Year - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Game of the Year - Creative Child Magazine Mensa Select award The National Parenting Center seal of approval Top 100 products of 2007 - Dr. Toy Contents of Wits and Wagers: 28" x 14" Felt Betting Mat 80 Plastic Poker Chips 100 Question Cards 14 Player Betting Chips 7 Dry-erase Pens 7 Dry-erase Boards 1 Sand Timer 1 Rules Manual
 
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