Free Learn to Play & Open Game Auction Recap 5 Games of Friendly Com- Gaming in February What were the hottest petition for 2 Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on Check out the exciting games items? Who got the Check out this list of Tina and and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or we’ve got on the schedule best deals? How much Tim’s favorite two-player games - 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! this month... did sellers make? at HBB&G’s 8th just in time for Valentine’s Day... provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at game auction... • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, Page 1 Page 5 Page 6 When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s Here Be Books & Games To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough 810 Travelers Blvd, Ste A2, Summerville, SC 29485 of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a (843) 695-1498 Tue & Wed 1 to 7pm, Fri & Sat 11am to 7pm fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I Board game store & gaming salon. We'll teach you how to play! In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition Issue 81 February 2020 and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! Save the Date! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Saturday, February 1, 2pm to 12am Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces Game Night 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make Wednesday, February 5, 1pm to ? from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act Free Midweek Gaming the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. Book Club Meeting - Reading: 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 e Man with the Golden Torc by other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, Simon R. Green number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. Saturday, February 8, 1pm to 7pm type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants Free Open Gaming & Learn to Play 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events Concordia Venus: Balearica/Italia your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won games together since February bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are But I don’t want to leave you and Spy Club stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three 1987, but we don’t play everything sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. with the impression we only sold Wednesday, February 12, 1pm to ? 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you zombie games at the auction. February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to Free Midweek Gaming card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Look at the owers. Dallas teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, Saturday, February 15, 1pm to 7pm two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. teach you how to play! picked Spring Meadow and Bloom we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Free Open Gaming & Learn to Play clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button and I adore. 2-Player Games: Targi, Jaipur, Lost We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Cities, Patchwork and Aton. Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. Wednesday, February 19, 1pm to ? carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with Free Midweek Gaming now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia card game of hard choices. It’s one Saturday, February 22, 1pm to 7pm (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ rubies (6 in a two-player game). Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, e Man with the Golden Torc Free Open Gaming & Learn to Play before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Reading: home with buyers, too. of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! Fertility and Grand Austria Hotel how to play! other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is INSIDE: Our number is (843) 695-1498. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Wednesday, February 26, 1pm to ? has put you in charge of a Metropolis It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Spy Club is a cooperative, Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm your drunk uncle, in the bustling Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite • Free Open Gaming & Learn to Play On to the schedule. Free Midweek Gaming and its surrounding region. e Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery needed. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, • Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club annual ooding of the Nile is nearing • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- Saturday, February 29, 1pm to 7pm solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four • Game Auction Recap cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Free Open Gaming & Learn to Play Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et the table. We’ll teach you how to play! course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve movement card. also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your • 5 Games of Friendly Competition and Spy Club Paladins of the West Kingdom and al. Spy Club can be played as a to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also for 2 - Game Review Istanbul standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e Saturday, March 7, 2pm to 12am games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than • New Arrivals & Back in Stock Lists Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of Game Night from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason • Game Library Additions Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords • Used Games for Sale story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple of us don’t like that month’s book. of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s Issue 81 Here Be Books & Games News February 2020

Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won games together since February bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are But I don’t want to leave you stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three 1987, but we don’t play everything sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. with the impression we only sold 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you zombie games at the auction. February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Look at the owers. Dallas teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. picked Spring Meadow and Bloom while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the teach you how to play! review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button and I adore. We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia rubies (6 in a two-player game). card game of hard choices. It’s one how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you Reading: e Man with the Golden Torc of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and home with buyers, too. 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! how to play! • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is Our number is (843) 695-1498. other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Spy Club is a cooperative, has put you in charge of a Metropolis your drunk uncle, in the bustling It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake On to the schedule. Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery and its surrounding region. e market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current needed. • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree annual ooding of the Nile is nearing means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red the table. We’ll teach you how to play! games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your and Spy Club al. Spy Club can be played as a movement card. to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), 2 in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple of us don’t like that month’s book. of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s Issue 81 Here Be Books & Games News February 2020

Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won games together since February bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are But I don’t want to leave you stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three 1987, but we don’t play everything sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. with the impression we only sold 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you zombie games at the auction. February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Look at the owers. Dallas teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. picked Spring Meadow and Bloom while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the teach you how to play! review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button and I adore. We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia rubies (6 in a two-player game). card game of hard choices. It’s one how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you Reading: e Man with the Golden Torc of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and home with buyers, too. 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! how to play! • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is Our number is (843) 695-1498. other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Spy Club is a cooperative, has put you in charge of a Metropolis your drunk uncle, in the bustling It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake On to the schedule. Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery and its surrounding region. e market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current needed. • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree annual ooding of the Nile is nearing means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red the table. We’ll teach you how to play! games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your and Spy Club al. Spy Club can be played as a movement card. to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple 3 of us don’t like that month’s book. of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s Issue 81 Here Be Books & Games News February 2020

Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won games together since February bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are But I don’t want to leave you stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three 1987, but we don’t play everything sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. with the impression we only sold 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you zombie games at the auction. February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Look at the owers. Dallas teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. picked Spring Meadow and Bloom while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the teach you how to play! review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button and I adore. We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia rubies (6 in a two-player game). card game of hard choices. It’s one how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you Reading: e Man with the Golden Torc of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and home with buyers, too. 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! how to play! • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is Our number is (843) 695-1498. other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Spy Club is a cooperative, has put you in charge of a Metropolis your drunk uncle, in the bustling It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake On to the schedule. Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery and its surrounding region. e market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current needed. • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree annual ooding of the Nile is nearing means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red the table. We’ll teach you how to play! games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your and Spy Club al. Spy Club can be played as a movement card. to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple 4 of us don’t like that month’s book. of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s Issue 81 Here Be Books & Games News February 2020

Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won games together since February bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are But I don’t want to leave you stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three 1987, but we don’t play everything sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. with the impression we only sold 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you zombie games at the auction. February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Look at the owers. Dallas teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. picked Spring Meadow and Bloom while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the teach you how to play! review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button and I adore. We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia rubies (6 in a two-player game). card game of hard choices. It’s one how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you Reading: e Man with the Golden Torc of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and home with buyers, too. 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! how to play! • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is Our number is (843) 695-1498. other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Spy Club is a cooperative, has put you in charge of a Metropolis your drunk uncle, in the bustling It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake On to the schedule. Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery and its surrounding region. e market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current needed. • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree annual ooding of the Nile is nearing means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red the table. We’ll teach you how to play! games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your and Spy Club al. Spy Club can be played as a movement card. to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple of us don’t like that month’s book. 5 of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s Issue 81 Here Be Books & Games News February 2020

Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won games together since February bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are But I don’t want to leave you stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three 1987, but we don’t play everything sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. with the impression we only sold 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you zombie games at the auction. February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Look at the owers. Dallas teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. picked Spring Meadow and Bloom while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the teach you how to play! review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button and I adore. We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia rubies (6 in a two-player game). card game of hard choices. It’s one how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you Reading: e Man with the Golden Torc of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and home with buyers, too. 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! how to play! • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is Our number is (843) 695-1498. other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Spy Club is a cooperative, has put you in charge of a Metropolis your drunk uncle, in the bustling It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake On to the schedule. Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery and its surrounding region. e market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current needed. • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree annual ooding of the Nile is nearing means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red the table. We’ll teach you how to play! games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your and Spy Club al. Spy Club can be played as a movement card. to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple of us don’t like that month’s book. of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s 6 Issue 81 Here Be Books & Games News February 2020

Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won games together since February bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are But I don’t want to leave you stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three 1987, but we don’t play everything sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. with the impression we only sold 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you zombie games at the auction. February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Look at the owers. Dallas teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. picked Spring Meadow and Bloom while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the teach you how to play! review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button and I adore. We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia rubies (6 in a two-player game). card game of hard choices. It’s one how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you Reading: e Man with the Golden Torc of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and home with buyers, too. 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! how to play! • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is Our number is (843) 695-1498. other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Spy Club is a cooperative, has put you in charge of a Metropolis your drunk uncle, in the bustling It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake On to the schedule. Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery and its surrounding region. e market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current needed. • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree annual ooding of the Nile is nearing means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red the table. We’ll teach you how to play! games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your and Spy Club al. Spy Club can be played as a movement card. to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple of us don’t like that month’s book. of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s 7 Issue 81 Here Be Books & Games News February 2020

Minorica (Menorca), Ebusus (Ibiza), card color: the motive (red), suspect (purple), location enough for kids, it provides plenty of options for strategy Each turn is comprised of three fast and simple steps: actions. city, outlying townships are still • Buy rubies outright at the Gemstone Dealer - of e Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club meets once a month at included the base set, an Pretty Clever. row/column intersections of your border meeples. ing order after any Investment cards. Investment cards 1) Fill a temple completely with your stones; 2) Fill all of the green spaces on and Frumentaria (Formentera), as (green), crime (blue) and object of the crime (yellow). to keep adults interested, too. Campaigns consist of 5 1. Place one of your Valley tiles on the game board and • Achieving the goals on Politics Cards A, B and/or C. under threat from outsiders. course that will require some lira. Here Be Books & Games. We read fantasy and science expansion, and 30 extra ere’s no hurry, though. Using goods you acquire from borders and Goods Cards, double, triple or quadruple an expedition’s score, whether the board with your stones; 3) Fill all of the yellow spaces with your stones; or well as, the map of Italia (Italy) Grey cards are distractions. games which can be played one after the other in a single collect resources: alabaster, bovines, grapes, papyrus • Hiring Staff that provide end-game points for Saracens scout the borders, while • Trade goods for rubies at the Sultan's Palace. To ction, old and new, including urban fantasy and alter- gures for $40. e Store Credit slips you can purchase Tribal Cards to add to your display positive or negative. 4) Score 40 points. It’s friendly, competitive fun! new to game library provided in the original Concordia. play session or broken up into multiple sessions. achieving particular goals. Vikings plunder wealth and acquire enough goods, you may have to expand the nate history. Players each begin the game with a hand of cards face up owers, or wheat. Ryan who was quoted as sellers receive for the items which consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that you must ll from When the draw pile is exhausted the game ends immedi- For more details about game play, read my full review of Aton at • Having money on hand and food and drink in the livestock. Even the Byzantines from capacity of your wheelbarrow - which takes lira - and, Concordia Venus: Balearica/Italia When playing on the Balearica map, above their player boards. Each double-sided card shows a When you play in campaign mode, some elements carry 2. Spend resources to build a new district on your Upcoming Titles: saying “Any game’s worth they sell at the auction left to right. You may not move a card once you place it in ately. So if you sit on that red 8 and 10 too long, hoping eGlassMeeple.com/aton/. kitchen at the end of the game. the east have shown their darker of course, acquire the Sultan's desired goods. Paladins of the West Kingdom players begin the game with two clue of a particular aspect type, indicated by the color and forward and aect the next game. You'll also unlock new Metropolis board, which can provide you with new • e Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Candela) $15” and “e shrink don’t expire, so they can your display unless a special card allows you to. Tribal to draw some lower numbers to play rst, you may not side. • Acquire a ruby from the Wainwright as a reward for Aton supports two players, ages 8 and up, and plays in about 30 minutes. e ships at sea, one on each of the icon at the bottom of the card. modules that provide additional rules and story elements. opportunities. Grand Austria Hotel is played over seven rounds. Players • The Heap by Sean Adams (Carmen) wrap is worth $10,” also use them whenever they Cards score you victory points at the end of the game and get to play them at all. Of course, if you start an expedi- Prowler’s Passage fully expanding your wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow rulebook can be a bit confusing until you learn how to play. Of course Tim starting ports. Later you can place 3. Supply your shops, by stocking them with any each get two turns per round beginning with the start As noble men and women, you and • Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jason) won a couple big lots. He want for games we have in can give you important advantages during the game. You tion with the low numbers you already have, there’s Spy Club To solve an aspect, you must collectively get 5 clue cards ere are 40 modules to unlock - only 4 of which appear extension costs 7 lira. It takes three extensions to fully and I would be happy to teach you all 5 games of friendly competition for 2. walker Colonists on houses you’ve remaining resources to earn money at game end. player and going clockwise then back counter-clockwise. your fellow players must gather workers from the city to • Moral Engine by Philip Reeve (Je) nabbed one for $20 made stock, special orders and can also score bonus points by lling a row in your display always the chance you may never accumulate enough Taverns of Tiefenthal of the same aspect type into the center row. To success- in each campaign - and 174 cards in the campaign deck. upgrade your wheelbarrow. built on the islands when you play At the beginning of each round, the start player rolls all of defend against enemies, build forti cations and spread • Storm Front by Jim Butcher or Jurassic Park by up of Deck Box Dungeons, preorders. with 4 identical cards or 4 dierent card types. e player points in the column to make a pro t. I told you it’s a fully crack the case, you must solve all 5 aspects before the So, after each campaign, you can reset everything and play Choose how you spend your resources wisely, because • Earn a ruby from the Small Mosque and/or the Great try before you buy! Tribune or Colonist cards or use the new Fish-Market. game ends. again with a dierent story and gameplay experience your choices are irreversible. Once you stock resources in the dice, then takes his rst turn. faith throughout the land. Fortunately you’re not alone. Michael Crichton (Kris) Faceeater, Texas Zombies, You, too, can turn the games you don’t play anymore into with the most points wins. game of hard choices. at’s why it’s so fun! Tim and I In his great wisdom, the King has sent his nest knights Mosque by ful lling two orders. Each mosque also Seventh Hero, and High Noon Saloon. And paid $70 for almost wore out our rst copy of Lost Cities. we’ll teach you how to play! e Fish-Market adds a whole new element of strategy emerging each time. your shops, you can’t move or reuse them. Any resources On your turn you must rst choose whether you want to Attending members each suggest a book to add to our new games you want and score some great deals yourself Targi supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in New Arrivals! Back in Stock! e game can end in several ways: you run out of idea to help aid you in your eorts. So ready the horses and grants two rewards for serving them. another that included: Mansions of Madness 1st Edition and play options and can be used with any map. Fish tokens or clue cards, the suspect escapes, or time runs out So drop by Here Be Books & Games and we’ll teach you you don’t use by the end of your turn are lost. So try to seat a guest at one of your three tables. Choose wisely, reading list. en we pick one book to read each month at our next auction in April or May. Watch for the about an hour. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! For more details, about Lost Cities’ game play, please read Barrage Blood Rage replace the usual goods bonus you receive when you play collect as many resources as possible, and even more because most guests provide an important bonus action sharpen the swords. e Paladins are approaching. Most players will use a variety of these methods to com- (which I wanted), e Walking Dead: Best Defense, Walk- announcement on our web site, Facebook page or my full review at eGlassMeeple.com/lost-cities/. (you couldn’t draw a movement card for the suspect). how to play this fun and family-friendly game. until they’re all read. Rinse and repeat. A full list of all the 2. Jaipur is a set-collection card game Castles of Burgundy: Alea Carcassonne Prefect. Players with houses in the chosen province still importantly, optimize how you use them. when you feed them and put them to bed, as well as Your goal, in Paladins of the West Kingdom is have the plete their ruby quota. ing Dead Risk and Martin Wallace’s Hit Z Road. Meetup. Drop by and we’ll teach you how to play! books we’ve read so far in Book Club is available on our of acquiring and selling goods and Anniversary Edition Castle Panic get the goods depicted on those houses. Each turn consists of 3 steps. Step 1, take up to 3 actions. Saturday, February 15: 2-Player Games: Targi, victory points. most victory points (VP) at game's end, after seven Istanbul has a modular board made up of 16 tiles placed herebe.games/book-club/. ose weren’t the only zombie games in attendance. A e game ends after 9 rounds of play. Each fully stocked web site at: Many thanks to Ian, Brent, Bailey and Diane for their camels. It features beautiful artwork and 4. Patchwork is a tile placement Circadians: First Light Possible actions, include: Jaipur, Lost Cities, Patchwork and Aton. rounds of play. You can earn victory points by building in a 4x4 grid. ere are three ways you can set up the whole horde ambled through this auction. Rise of Zombies, Catan At the beginning of each turn, shop earns money for its owner. e player with the most Next, you must take one of the dice from the board and enthusiastic and superlative help and assistance. Every- interesting and engaging game play. In game with Tetris-shaped puzzle pieces 1. Con rm. Move a card Come alone or bring a friend and outposts and forti cations, commissioning monks, and tiles: short paths, long paths or random layout. So every Board Game Auction Recap Zombietown and Zombie Dice also shambled home with Coloma Choose Your Own Adventures Used Games For Sale you can browse the Fish-Market, money wins. perform its corresponding action. e number of dice thing went smoothly and quickly - like the brownies we fact, every play you make in Jaipur is in which two players compete to make from your hand to we’ll teach you how to play 5 confronting outsiders. game is dierent. It was standing room only at Here Be Ryan. A lot that included Flick'em Up: Dead of Winter Concordia: Balearica/Cyprus Coloretto following the arrows, and sell Fertility supports 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up with a matching the die you choose determines how much you all consumed for sustenance during the break. itself a trade. Sure you get something the best patchwork quilt. Buttons act Afrika Korps the center. Pay an idea token for each space between Games of Friendly Competition for 2, Books & Games as we auctioned o (zombies), XenoShyft: Onslaught (aliens), Dead Men Tell Concordia: Venus Expansion your sh for goods, cash or playtime of 25 to 45 minutes. Come on by and we’ll can do of that action. Actions include: Each round, you’ll enlist the help of a speci c Paladin and Istanbul’s game play is simple and straight forward, yet good, but every move you make also as both currency and points in the Concordia Venus (Stand-alone) Anzio the card you’re con rming and your focus. namely: Targi, Jaipur, Lost Cities, 87 lots of board games at our 8th No Tales (pirate zombies), Bubblee Pop (no zombies there), special actions, before playing a teach you how to play! 1. Bake Strudel and/or Cake. gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, strategic. Turns are super quick, so there's not much 5 Games of Friendly provides your opponent an opportunity. game. Concordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Fluxx 5.0 2. Shift Focus from one card in your display to any Patchwork and Aton. Read the Game Auction, Saturday, and Midevil Deluxe (100 heavily armed skeletal warriors - Battle of the Bulge Personality Card. You can enter 2. Get Wine and/or Coee. you’ll slowly increase your faith, strength and inuence. downtime between your turns. Eciency is key, though. Competition for 2 Crystal Palace other card in your hand. Gain idea tokens equal to article starting on page 6 of this Grand Austria Hotel is a dicey January 25. Bidding often really lethal walking dead) trailed Eli home for $75. e rst few games we played, Tim beat me every time. I On your turn, you can either buy one Forbidden Island Dresden Files as many shops in the Fish-Market as you want, but you 3. Prepare Rooms. Not only will these aect your nal score, they’ll also On your turn, you must move orthogonally 1 or 2 spaces, Dungeons & Dragons Essential number of cards in your hand that match the aspect newsletter to learn more about them. Euro game set in early 20th Century became furious and excited as Meanwhile, Justin herded home the cooperative zombie I always say, “e couple who thought I was doing good acquiring and selling goods of the next three patches by paying the button and time Hive Pocket must pay a coin to any shop you skip. 4. Acquire money or move up on the Emperor Track. determine the signi cance of your actions. dropping o or picking up an assistant where you land. Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set type (color) of the card you changed your focus to. All ve of these two-player games Vienna - the capital city of Austria. buyers contested for the games games Escape! Zombie City plus expansion and e Walk- plays together, stays together.” quickly for the high-value coins. Meanwhile Tim concen- cost, or you can can pass and collect buttons by moving Kit Concordia is one of my favorite games and I can’t wait to 5. Hire Sta. 1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up, can play Paladins of the You may then perform the tile’s action; if other merchants Jaipur Ex Libris 3. Investigate. Flip over cards in have a pretty short playtime, so You are the proud owner of a modest their hearts desired. e star of the ing Dead: Best Defense for $25. Tim and I have been playing trated on acquiring and selling larger sets of goods to earn your time token to the space directly after your oppo- Fertility try the new maps and the Fish-Market. Note: the Fish- 6. Pay one dollar to do one of the rst ve actions. West Kingdom in 90 to 120 minutes. Because of the are there, you rst have to pay them 2 coins each. Finally, bonus chips. He wasn’t selling as often, but when he did nent's. You get one button for each space you moved. You Just One Fastrack FREE Learn to Play and Open Gaming Events your hand one at a time and we should be able to run multiple hostel that you'd like to evolve into a show was the out-of-print Cinque Terra which James won But I don’t want to leave you games together since February Last Bastion Market is only recommended for veteran Concordia game’s length, we’ll likely only be able to run two sessions if the governor, smuggler and/or any family members are sell he earned more points because of the bonus chips. also receive Button Income whenever your time token King of Tokyo stop whenever you want. sessions of each. However, we’d world-famous Grand hotel - in game ere are so many choices and paths to victory. Dierent for $130. Dice City also garnered a lot of attention: three with the impression we only sold 1987, but we don’t play everything e Lost Expedition Saturdays in February! players. It promises opportunities for new strategies and of this game: one starting at 1pm and another around 3 there, you may interact with them. passes a button. Be the rst to ll a 7x7 area on your quilt Mandala 4. Scout. Optionally discard a still appreciate it if you would terms, you just want to score the Sta and Guest cards, Political Goals and Emperor Track paddles went up immediately when Tim opened the zombie games at the auction. together. For instance, Tim likes a little head-to-head e more you play, the more strategies you’ll discover. We One Night: Ultimate Werewolf Luftwae February is the month of my birthday and Valentine’s day. So, in addition to planning. 2 to 5 players (6 if we’re playing in teams), ages or 4 pm. Please RSVP now and specify which session you and you’ll earn the 7-point bonus tile. Marvel Fluxx Specialty Edition card from your display and spend zero to RSVP now and specify which game(s) you most victory points. To accomplish Rewards/Punishments come out every game providing 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, can play Istanbul in about bidding. Diane scored the rst copy for $21, while Blake Look at the owers. Dallas conict now again, à la Game of rones or Bootleggers, never tire of it. Jaipur supports 2 players, ages 12 and up, Pandemic games and expansions My Village teaching three new games and an expansion just added to our Game Library, 12 and up, can play Concordia Venus in 1 to 2 hours. want to play in to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll Reavers of Midgard two idea tokens to place a card from the incoming want to play so we can prepare accordingly. this lofty goal, you'll hire some sta, new challenges, demanding new tactics and strategies and 40 to 60 minutes. You can read a full, more detailed picked up the second for $25. picked Spring Meadow and Bloom while I avoid those types of games like the plague. and plays in about 30 minutes. e game ends, when you’ve both moved your time Quacks of Quedlinburg we’ll also be teaching three of my favorite games and ve two-player games Tim Figure a little longer when playing with the Fish-Market. clues display in an empty spot in your hand. making every game unique. ese are just some of the teach you how to play! review at eGlassMeeple.com/istanbul/. Drop by and Pathnder RPG: Beginner Box Join us Saturday, February 15 and we’ll teach ll your guests with the wine, coee, ere were a few massive lots. Brent won one for $75 that for $35. e Founders of Gloom- I don’t mind a little friendly competition, though, which For more details about Jaipur’s game play, see my full tokens into the center space and collected your Button Spy Club and I adore. We’ll likely only be able to run two sessions of Concordia reasons why Grand Austria Hotel is one of my favorite we’ll teach you how to play! Robo Rally Reef You may perform the same action more than once. Any you how to play! cake and/or strudel they desire and put them to bed - in Istanbul is an excellent medium- included: e Walking Dead TacDex, Saboteur, Love Letter: haven, Sons of Anarchy, Bootleg- is the subject of this article: games that are engaging, close review at eGlassMeeple.com/jaipur/. Drop by and Income one nal time. Score one point per button minus Terraforming Mars: Turmoil Exp Venus with the Belearica/Italia Expansion on Saturday: one games. Qwirkle Travel Roll for the Galaxy As always, admission is free. You’re also welcome to play anything in our Game time before you complete your last action, you may also your hotel, of course - all while also working to gain and light Euro-style strategy game - one Legend of the 5 Rings which will probably never be gers, King of New York, Harry contests in which you must always watch your opponent’s we’ll teach you how to play - anytime! two points for each empty square on your quilt. e U-Boot starting at 1pm and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP Saturday, February 22: Fertility and Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Meeting Star Wars: Outer Rim Library, even if it’s not on the schedule. Come alone or bring a friend or two. carry out one or more free teamwork bonus actions with maintain the Emperor's favor. Grand Austria Hotel supports 2 to 4 players, ages 12 and of my favorites. In Istanbul, your goal reprinted; Superght with the Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Potter, Custom Heroes, Vikings actions and adjust your play accordingly. So here are ve player with the most points wins. It’s possible to end with Shadows Over Camelot now and specify which session you want to play in and Grand Austria Hotel. is to be the rst player to acquire 5 3. Lost Cities is a two-player a negative score. Tim and I did in our rst few games. Yggsdrasil Chronicles We’d appreciate it if you’d RSVP so we can save a seat for you and have an idea of any player(s) whose focus card is the same aspect type ere are a variety of ways to earn points in Grand Austria up, and plays in about 90 minutes. See Friday, February 7, 6pm to 8pm and Purple expansions; Timeline; Moose in the House, Gone Wild, and a bunch of zoo of our favorite two-player games of friendly competition. Targi Shadows Over Camelot: whether you’ve played Concordia Venus or Concordia rubies (6 in a two-player game). card game of hard choices. It’s one how many to expect. However, feel free to just drop in. You can call us, text us, (color) as yours. Bonus actions include: Compare Notes Fertility is a simple resource manag- Hotel, including: eGlassMeeple.com/grand-austria-hotel-game-review/ Catan Dice Game; One Deck Dungeon; three Unlock animals from Zooloretto went Every one of them is an award winner. Patchwork supports 2 players, ages 8 and up, and plays in Requests & Pre-orders Taverns of Tiefenthal Merlin’s Company expansion before to reserve your spot at the table. We’ll teach you Reading: e Man with the Golden Torc of the rst Euro-style games Tim or RSVP on Facebook or Meetup. (trade a card) and Get Ideas (take idea tokens from the ment game of tough decisions. As a for a full review. Playing a merchant with a retinue of escape games, House on the Hill, Tonipal's Treasure, and home with buyers, too. 15 to 30 minutes. We’ll teach you how to play! how to play! • Fulfilling guests' food and/or drink orders and by Simon R. Green (Tina’s pick) 1. Targi is a fantastic two-player and I played together. Your goal is Welcome! Ticket to Ride games Soldier King Our number is (843) 695-1498. other player). Nomarch in Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh assistants, and the occasional help of Nautilus Trap; and the popular solo play game Friday. putting them in prepared rooms. Because of its playtime, we’ll likely only be able to run Let’s not forget the sellers who turned their old games into Euro-style game. As leader of a to make the most pro table expedi- 5. Aton is an abstract strategy game Just tell us what you want. Zombie Dice Unspeakable Words Spy Club is a cooperative, has put you in charge of a Metropolis your drunk uncle, in the bustling It’s my (Tina’s) birthday, so I hope cake On to the schedule. Step 2, Re ll your hand and the incoming clues display as • Preparing certain luxury rooms. two sessions of Grand Austria Hotel: one starting at 1pm Liz won two large lots for $85 and $45 respectively. e store credit so they could buy new games. ey did quite Tuareg tribe, players trade goods tions – determined after three with an Egyptian theme. I’m not usually set-collection family game of mystery and its surrounding region. e market of Istanbul, you must nd the will be present! As usual, read the current needed. • Filling rooms, that is, making them Occupied. and the other around 3 or 4 pm. RSVP now and specify rst lot included one of my favorites, Great Western Trail, well, too. e two biggest earners this time were David, from near (dates and salt) and far rounds of play. a fan of abstract strategy games, but for Saturday, February 8: Con- solving à la Nancy Drew, e ree annual ooding of the Nile is nearing means to accomplish your goal quickly and eciently. Of book and join us for loads of geeky talk at • Completing blocks of Occupied blue rooms. You which session you want to play in to reserve your spot at along with Suburbia and Alhambra - two other really good who earned $505 for the 7 large lots he brought in, and (pepper) in order to obtain gold Aton, I make an exception. With four cordia Venus: Balearica/Italia Investigators, Encyclopedia Brown et Step 3, Move the Suspect, by drawing and executing a its end and the Valley lands are ready course, your opponent merchants are likewise vying to be our next Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club Expeditions are represented by columns of cards in ve also receive bonuses for completing blocks of red the table. We’ll teach you how to play! games - and CVlizations which is eh. e second big lot Dave, who got $425 for his 10 lots. Dave immediately and other bene ts. ways to win, you have to watch your and Spy Club al. Spy Club can be played as a movement card. to oer up their riches. the rst to acquire 5 rubies and will often get in your way, meeting. Newcomers are always welcome! colored suits. Every expedition you start is worth negative Here Be Books & Games and yellow rooms, just not in victory points. Red Saturday, February 29: Paladins of the West Liz acquired was comprised of 8 small games, some in used some of his store credit to buy Lord of the Rings: opponent with a hawk’s eye, while also standalone game or as a series of 5 As you Con rm more and more aspects of the case, a Your job is to organize the collection of resources, build forcing you to pay a little more to perform a task or nd You and your opponent take turns 20 points to begin with. Each card you play to an expedi- 810 Travelers Blvd, Suite A2, Summerville, SC 29485 Concordia Venus: blocks award money, yellow blocks advancement on Kingdom and Istanbul. Our meetings are full of lively discussions shrink, including: Keltis: e Card Game, Epic Card Journeys in Middle-earth and order the playmat and trying to further your own strategy. e games to tell a larger connected story story starts to emerge: your Neighbor stole something districts with the most lucrative shops, supply the shops another means to accomplish your goal. placing your meeples on the vacant tion is worth its face value. So you need to play more than Phone: (843) 695-1498 • Hours: Tue & Wed 1 to 7pm, Fri & Sat 11am to 7pm Balearica/Italia expansion the Emperor track. of the current book, other stu we’ve read Game, Fugitive, Brew Crafters, No anks, Fairytale Gloom, Villains of Eriador Figure Pack to go with it. Je bought game ends immediately when any one of from the ice cream shop, but what? And why? Paladins of the West Kingdom is a medium-weight edge cards of a 5x5 grid until all of your meeples are 20 points worth of cards in a column to make a pro t. includes two new maps for Concor- in campaign mode. Either way, your with goods, and earn the most Debens for the glory of • Earning and maintaining the Emperor's favor. ere are a number of ways for you to acquire your recently, movies and TV shows we’ve watched and Star Realms and Star Realms: Colony Wars. Street Masters with some of his proceeds, while Jason Web: HereBeBooksAndGames.com • Online Store: HereBeBooksAndGames.com/onlinestore Euro-style game set in a turbulent time of West Francia's placed. You then execute the actions on the borders e trick is, you always have to play your cards in ascend- the winning conditions is met: dia Venus: a map of the Balearica goal is to work together is to solve a 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up can play a game of Spy Club Pharaoh. • Hiring Staff that earn you points for taking certain crimson jewels. You can: assorted other geeky stu. It’s always fun, even when some picked up the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion for Lords Facebook: www.facebook.com/herebebooksandgames story, circa 900 AD. Despite recent eorts to develop the Ian scored an in-shrink Krosmaster: Arena lot which occupied by your meeples and acquire any cards at the islands of Maiorica (Mallorca), case by discovering ve aspects, each associated with a in about 45 minutes. While Spy Club’s game play is simple of us don’t like that month’s book. of Waterdeep and Blake bought Concordia Venus and at’s 9