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Spiel des Jahres

AGRICOLA

Players of Agricola will find themselves playing the role as a farming family in the 17th century. Starting out in a simple two-roomed hut, these families work to improve their quality of life through home improvements, breeding their animals, and improving their fields. During the 14 rounds of this turn-based game, players can generate building resources like wood and clay, add more people to their family, and see to that they don't starve. Family growth is important as each family member is allowed one action. But growth means that more food must be produced by plowing fields, planting seeds, and harvesting. Pastures must be fenced in order to allow grazing animals to be raised. Occupations and Improvements can ensure a family's growth and give players small advantages in the game. Agricola is a balancing act between comfort and quality of life versus food requirements. Victory points are awarded for the number of fields, pastures, and fenced stables, as well as for Grain, Vegetables, Sheep, Wild boar, and Cattle. Points are lost for unused farmyard spaces. After the Harvest at the end of the 14th round, all players' points are tallied and the player with the most wins the game. Contents of Agricola: 9 Double-sided Game Boards 138 Goods Tokens 36 Food Tokens 54 Animal Cubes 25 Person Tokens 75 Fences 20 Stables 24 Hut Tiles 33 Stone House/Field Tiles 3 Guest/Claim Markers 9 Multiplication Tokens 1 Scoring Pad 1 Starting Player Marker Game Rules 360 Cards: 2 Deck Cards 169 Occupation Cards 149 Improvement Cards 14 Round Cards 16 Action Cards 5 Begging Cards 5 Summary Cards 		ALHAMBRA

Winner of Game of the Year Award 2003 in Germany! In Granada, the year 1278, one of the most interesting projects of the Middle Ages begins - the construction of Alhambra. Now you have a chance to take part in this amazing experience, and plot the fate of this Spanish wonder. Players must decide the best way to build their Alhambra and gain victory points in the process. Contents of Alhambra: 60 building and start tiles 110 cards 6 summary boards 12 playing pieces 1 game board 1 scoretrack 1 rule booklet		CARCASSONNE

In the game of Carcassonne, players develop the area around the southern French city of Caracassonne by placing land tiles. During each turn the area becomes larger as the players expand and add roads, fields, cities, and cloisters. The players may also deploy their followers as thieves, farmers, knights, and monks to control and score points for the land that they are able to claim. As each player only has a few followers, it pays to plan each move carefully and deploy followers when and where they can earn the most points. This clever game is beautifully designed on thick, elegant tiles. Contents of Carcassonne: 84 land tiles 1 scoring track 40 wood followers Instructions
CARCASSONNE BIG BOX

This is the ultimate set for tile game fans! Carcassonne Big Box comes with the base game, 4 expansions, and 4 mini expansions. In the game of Carcassonne, players develop the area around the southern French city of Caracassonne by placing land tiles. During each turn the area becomes larger as the players expand and add roads, fields, cities, and cloisters. The players may also deploy their followers as thieves, farmers, knights, and monks to control and score points for the land that they are able to claim. As each player only has a few followers, it pays to plan each move carefully and deploy followers when and where they can earn the most points. Carcassonne expansions include Inns and Cathedrals, which adds the ability for players to triple the value of a city or road, and adds the large follower who can double the chances of controlling a city, road, or field. Traders and Builders allows players the chance to earn extra points, and grow cities and roads faster than normal. The Princess and the Dragon expansion adds 30 new landscape tiles and introduces a new fantasy storyline involving the dreaded dragon! With Abby and Mayor, the players have new possibilities of strengthening their influence in the area around Carcassonne. The cities in the surrounding countryside can increase to a size large enough to elect their own mayors. Mini expansions include The River II, which gives players a new way to start again and a river to do it on. The Count of Carcassonne actually temps players to aid their opponents! King (and robber knight) earn players extra points for biggest city and longest road. And The Cult mini expansion gives players a means by which to counter the cloisters. You can use these 4 mini expansions together or separately. Contents of Carcassonne Big Box: Carcassonne Carcassonne - Inns and Cathedrals Carcassonne - Traders and Builders Carcassonne - The Princess and the Dragon Carcassonne - The Tower The River II The Count of Carcassonne King (and robber knight) The Cult		CATAN: SEAFARERS EXPANSION

In The Seafarers of Catan Game Expansion Revised Edition you control a group of seafaring settlers exploring and taming the uncharted Isles of Catan. Embark on a quest to settle the island, build ships, and chart the nearby waters. Guide your settlers to victory with clever trading, cunning development, and by establishing the most productive sea lanes. Acquire your resources through card play and the luck of the dice. Discover far-off mines and use gold and combinations of resources - grain, wool, ore, brick, and timber - to develop your ever-expanding empire. Please note: This is not a stand alone game. A copy of The Settlers of Catan is required for play. Contents of Seafarers of Catan Game Expansion Revised Edition: 60 Wooden Ships 1 Pirate Ship 6 Frame Pieces 19 Sea Hexes 11 Unique Hexagonal Region Tiles 2 Gold Fields Tiles 2 Desert Tiles 1 Fields Tile 1 Forest Tile 1 Pasture Tile 2 Mountain Tiles 2 Hills Tiles 50 Catan Chits 10 Number Tokens 10 Harbor Tokens Color Rules and Scenarios 		CAYLUS

The year was 1289. To strengthen the borders of the Kingdom of France, King Philip the Fair decided to have a new castle built. For the time being, Caylus is but a humble village, but soon, workers and craftsmen will be flocking by the cartload, attracted by the great prospects. Around the building site, a city is slowly rising up... The players embody master builders. By building the King's castle and developing the city around it, they earn prestige points and gain the King's favor. When the castle is finished, the player who has earned the most prestige wins the game! Contents of Caylus: Game board 40 building tiles 100 wood houses 31 wood pawns 36 wood discs 140 wood cubes 40 plastic coins 1 Rulebook
CHICKEN CHA CHA CHA

There is chaos in the chicken yard! Today's practice for the Chicken Cha Cha Olympics is feather stealing. Each chicken Cha Chas to catch each of their opponents without being caught themselves. Their reward for catching another chicken is tail feathers. The first chicken to have all the tail feathers is the winner! But only a chicken who knows what is in the chicken yard will be able to catch the others and win the game. A chicken with a leaky memory will find himself standing bare-rumped and medal-less when the prizes are distributed! Contents of Chicken Cha Cha Cha: 24 egg-shaped tiles 12 chicken yard tiles 4 chickens 4 tail feathers Rule book		MANHATTAN

Reach for the sky! There is a building boom in Manhattan. Skyscrapers are also popping up in Sydney, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, and Cairo. Players aim to build skyscrapers in these cities, but the cards in their hands limit the exact building locations. Everyone can help build any particular skyscraper, but only the player who builds the top floor can own it. At the end of every six turns, players score for owning buildings, having the tallest building, and for the most buildings per city. After four rounds, the player with the most points is the winner! Manhattan is a short and suspenseful board game with visual appeal as players watch their empires grow straight up! Manhattan won the prestigious "Speil des Jahres" (Game of the Year) award in Germany for 1994. Contents of Manhattan: 96 Building Pieces 4 Single Story Building Pieces 1 Yellow Start Player Piece 45 Building Cards 1 Game Board 1 Rule Booklet 		NIAGARA

Niagara is a rapid family strategy game that's exciting for both young and old! In the wild rapids of the Niagara River, fearless canoers battle the water and each other to collect gems along the riverbank. Of course, the most valuable gems are found furthest down river, close to the waterfall! Players must return collected gems to land in order to be counted. In the end, the player who collects the most value in gems is the winner! This game is a Spiel des Jahres 2005 nominee. Contents of Niagara: Gameboard 12 river disks 10 canoes 35 paddle cards Rainmaker marker Life preserver 40 gems Rule booklet
RUMMIKUB - 60TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION

Rummikub is the fast moving rummy tile game that has been enjoyed by people everywhere for over half a century! Players make points by collecting sets or building runs in the same color. This Deluxe Anniversary Edition comes in a lined, leatherette carry case and features special anniversary joker tiles printed in metallic colors. A great combination of strategy and luck makes Rummikub the perfect game for all ages and this top quality set has been designed to give players hours of special Rummikub fun! Contents of Rummikub 60th Anniversary Collector's Edition: 1 Lined, Leatherette Carry Case 106 Playing Tiles with 2 Special Anniversary Jokers 4 Sturdy 2-tier Racks with 8 Rack Holders Regular and Tournament Rules 		RUMMIKUB ORIGINAL

Rummikub is the fast moving rummy tile game! Players make points by collecting sets or building runs in the same color. Now featuring thicker playing tiles with an easy-grip contour, this classic game is better than ever! A great combination of strategy and luck makes Rummikub the perfect game for all ages. Contents of Rummikub Original: 106 easy-grip tiles (1 1/2" x 1 1/16" x 1/8") 4 one-piece plastic playing racks (approximately 10" x 4") Illustrated instructions 		SCOTLAND YARD

An international super-spy, so secretive that he is only known as Mr. X, is detected in London, and Scotland Yard is on the hunt. In the game Scotland Yard, one player takes the role of Mr. X and the others take the roles of the detectives on the chase. Mr. X leaves small clues to his whereabouts as he moves by bus, taxi, or underground. To deaden his trail, Mr. X can take advantage of his limited supply of "black tickets" and move in secret. The vigilant members of Scotland Yard must deduce the location of Mr. X by his mode of transportation and occasional sightings before he can escape the city. Contents of Scotland Yard: 1 game board6 game pieces18 start pieces125 tickets (54 taxi, 43 bus, 23 underground and 5 black tickets)2 double move piece (2x)1 log book with paper as inlay1 "eye screen"
SHADOWS OVER CAMELOT

Shadows Over Camelot is a unique collaborative game featuring a malevolent twist! As the incarnation of the Knights of the Round Table, you join forces against the game itself in an attempt to protect Camelot. But beware, all is not as it seems among these noble Knights. One of your number might yet turn out to be a traitor-in-waiting, biding his time while sowing havoc and destruction from the shadows! Featuring a richly illustrated gameboard of Camelot and its surroundings, finely carved miniatures of the Knights and their foes, and seven Quests to embark upon - Shadows Over Camelot is your gateway to many a memorable game night among friends! Contents of Shadows Over Camelot: Master gameboard 3 double-sided Quest boards 30 miniatures 168 character, event and loyalty cards 7 coats of Arms and 8 dice 16 swords of the Round Table 1 rules book 1 book of quests		THEBES

Prepare yourself for a competitive, archaeological treasure hunt! With the help of assistants, players of Thebes board game will acquire the equipment and services necessary for their expeditions. They will then travel across Europe as archaeologists in an effort to attain as much knowledge about the ancient Egyptian, Palestinian, Cretan, Greek, and Macedonian civilizations as they can. Next, they will use this knowledge to excavate historical sites in the areas of these civilizations. Thebes board game is played over a virtual period of two or three years with each action players perform taking a certain amount of time. Traveling between locations takes a week, gathering knowledge takes time to achieve a new level, and digging at each excavation site takes time to obtain a number of artifact tiles. Excavation sites can yield the highly valued artifacts players may expect to find there, but the site may also return fruitless dirt. Players can also arrange exhibitions and visit congresses to add to their reputations (Victory Points). The player who uses his time for planning excavations and exhibitions most resourcefully, will score the most Victory Points and win the game. Thebes won a Spiel des Jahres award in 2007. Contents of Thebes Board Game: 1 Game Board 4 Archeologists 4 Time Markers 1 Year Marker 85 Researcher Cards 10 Exhibit Cards 5 Summary Cards 4 Time Wheels 4 Sets of Excavation Permissions 1 Summary Sheet 1 Rule Book 		THURN AND TAXIS

In 1490, Kaiser Maximilian I awarded Franz von Taxis the contract to deliver mail between the Kaiser's residences in Innsbruck and Brussels. He did such a good job, that postal services in the country continue to be connected with the name Thurn and Taxis. With the introduction of postal carriages in the middle of the 17th century, members of the family were raised to Count status and given the hereditary title of Postmaster General. The game begins at this point in history. Can you emulate the achievements of this family and build a successful postal network? Do you have the talent to connect the right cities to create an effective network and not lose sight of the need to acquire new carriages when they are needed? Plan your moves carefully and watch your opponents' moves carefully, so you are prepared to respond to them. The game takes you back in time and gives you challenges that will bring you back to the game over and over.
TICKET TO RIDE

All aboard for a great family game! Ticket to Ride is easy to learn but requires strategic thinking and quick decision making. Your goal is the collect cards of different types of train cars that you then use to lay claim to railway routes in North America. The longer your route, the more points you earn. You can also get more points by fulfilling "destination tickets" which are goal cards connecting distant cities (ex. New York to Salt Lake City). Each turn you draw more cards, clam a route or get more Destination Tickets. You have to balance greed with speed! Ticket to Ride won the prestigious "Speil des Jahres" (Game of the Year) award in Germany for 2004. Contents of Ticket to Ride: 1 board map of North American train routes 240 colored train cars 110 train car cards 30 destination tickets 1 summary card 5 wooden scoring markers 1 rules booklet 1 Days of Wonder online access number		ZOOLORETTO

Families are going ape over Zooloretto, winner of the Spiel des Jahres 2007 Award! By displaying a combination of several types of animals and their young offspring, players must beckon as many guests as possible to their particular zoo and thereby securing points. This takes careful planning and consideration because overcrowding conditions can easily ensue. Fortunately, players have the advantage of expanding their zoos and subsequently escaping negative points (calculated by the spillage of animals housed in the barns for lack of room in the zoos). The person with the most points at the end of the game is the winner! Components of Zooloretto: 5 Zoo Boards (Game Boards) 5 Expansion Boards 5 Delivery Trucks 30 Coins 1 Red Wooden Disk 5 Summary Cards 88 Square Animal Tiles 16 Round Offspring Tiles 12 Vending Stall Tiles 12 Coin Tiles Instructions in English and French		ZOOLORETTO EXPANSIONS

The Zooloretto Expansions contain the following 5 expansions for the Zooloretto base game: Building Sites Petting Zoo Polar Bear Three Extra Enclosures Three New Buildings Please note: This is not a stand alone game. A copy of Zooloretto is required to play.
  
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