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Here Be Books & Games usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces News submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b)  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns Issue 36 March 2016 have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up should go unplayed and b) we have limited accessories - the "wearing of the wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on points at the end of the game. Collect two or more backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base moving one of in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them Hint: we list new additions to our Game Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. space to store games: if they’re not being green" as they call it. So, it is no the standing stone in the center and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and your pieces in a Save the Date! outright. Library every month on the back page of the with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. played, they’re just wasting space. wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for bottom edge of the board and game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as Saturday, March 5, 6 pm • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied SPECIAL GAME NIGHT You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. Game Night • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles Friday, March 11, 6 p.m. schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing Sci Fi/Fantasy Book Club rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- Saturday, March 19, 6pm them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player & know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. Special Game Night • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Ca$h ’n Guns Organized Play Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: Saturday, April 2, 6 pm • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Place that many animals on the crocodile. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Game Night ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Saturday, April 30, 11am to 6pm Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- International TableTop Day e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive INSIDE: the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a • Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team • International TableTop Day nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you • Game Reviews: Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card • Keltis can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. • Unexploded Cow in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and • 6 Games for Easter Baskets Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. Players play until one player has won four rounds. A quick, fun game for 2 We look forward to meeting you! popular web show hosted by Wil Wheaton. It's sort of Board and Bits and Setup Wege, Neue Ziele (New Paths, New Goals) with its winding I consider it a light strategy game, a little tougher with the expansion, that's accessible for most ages. Good game for Watering Can. Move a carrot from the light green carrot patch to • Game Library Additions  Akrotiri players ages 8 and up. Numerous variants in the rule book provide additional options for play. Plays in 5 Next Meeting: Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at HBB&G. like Celebrity Poker meets Board Games. You can watch Keltis' game board is a bright emerald green featuring an • A clover leaf grants you an paths that twisted my brain and made me rethink and newbie gamers, too, with its simple, straightforward rules. the dark green patch. You made the carrot grow and now it’s ready  Amerigo minutes. • New Arrivals episodes at: geekandsundry.com/show/tabletop. illustration of a standing stone at the bottom center with extra move. You can take rework my nely-honed Lost Cities strategies. I was for harvest. If there aren’t any carrots in the light green patch to Jason’s pick for last month, Innity Welcomes Careful Drivers  Catan: Traders & Barbarians Keltis supports 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up and plays in about 40 minutes. To my knowledge, it's never been printed in ve paths of stones spiking o it. Each path has a color it with the same playing hooked instantly and immediately sought out and water, you can roll again. 6. Attila - Attila, is a light and fast-paced game in which two players attempt to out-maneuver each other on the battle- • Back In Stock by Grant Naylor, was well received by everyone but me. I’m  Clubs Bring yourself and bring your friends to Here Be Books & the U.S. Lucky for you, we import it from Germany. and symbol associated with it, making it accessible for piece or a dierent one. purchased the base game and expansion - plus the card eld. One player controls Attila and his horde, the other Roman soldiers. Your goal is to trap your opponent so he can’t just not a fan of British humor. Still we had a fun and  Dead Men Tell No Tales Games, Saturday, April 30, 2016 so we can play more Gardener Mole. You decide what you want to do: plant a carrot, • Used Games for Sale people with color vision de ciencies. Some of the path Leave the tile in place: other players game and stones game which I discovered during my move. interesting discussion - sticking to the book longer than  Felinia games on International TableTop Day! water a carrot or harvest a carrot. It’s your choice. Issue 36 Here Be Books & Games News March 2016 usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b)  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up should go unplayed and b) we have limited accessories - the "wearing of the wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on points at the end of the game. Collect two or more backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base moving one of in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them Hint: we list new additions to our Game Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. space to store games: if they’re not being green" as they call it. So, it is no the standing stone in the center and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and your pieces in a outright. Library every month on the back page of the with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. played, they’re just wasting space. wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for bottom edge of the board and game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path Place that many animals on the crocodile. I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. Players play until one player has won four rounds. A quick, fun game for 2 We look forward to meeting you! popular web show hosted by Wil Wheaton. It's sort of Board and Bits and Setup Wege, Neue Ziele (New Paths, New Goals) with its winding I consider it a light strategy game, a little tougher with the expansion, that's accessible for most ages. Good game for Watering Can. Move a carrot from the light green carrot patch to  Akrotiri players ages 8 and up. Numerous variants in the rule book provide additional options for play. Plays in 5 Next Meeting: Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at HBB&G. like Celebrity Poker meets Board Games. You can watch Keltis' game board is a bright emerald green featuring an • A clover leaf grants you an paths that twisted my brain and made me rethink and newbie gamers, too, with its simple, straightforward rules. the dark green patch. You made the carrot grow and now it’s ready  Amerigo minutes. episodes at: geekandsundry.com/show/tabletop. illustration of a standing stone at the bottom center with extra move. You can take rework my nely-honed Lost Cities strategies. I was for harvest. If there aren’t any carrots in the light green patch to Jason’s pick for last month, Innity Welcomes Careful Drivers  Catan: Traders & Barbarians Keltis supports 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up and plays in about 40 minutes. To my knowledge, it's never been printed in ve paths of stones spiking o it. Each path has a color it with the same playing hooked instantly and immediately sought out and water, you can roll again. 6. Attila - Attila, is a light and fast-paced game in which two players attempt to out-maneuver each other on the battle- by Grant Naylor, was well received by everyone but me. I’m  Clubs Bring yourself and bring your friends to Here Be Books & the U.S. Lucky for you, we import it from Germany. and symbol associated with it, making it accessible for piece or a dierent one. purchased the base game and expansion - plus the card eld. One player controls Attila and his horde, the other Roman soldiers. Your goal is to trap your opponent so he can’t just not a fan of British humor. Still we had a fun and  Dead Men Tell No Tales Games, Saturday, April 30, 2016 so we can play more Gardener Mole. You decide what you want to do: plant a carrot, people with color vision de ciencies. Some of the path Leave the tile in place: other players game and stones game which I discovered during my move. interesting discussion - sticking to the book longer than  Felinia games on International TableTop Day! water a carrot or harvest a carrot. It’s your choice. Issue 36 Here Be Books & Games News March 2016 usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b)  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up should go unplayed and b) we have limited accessories - the "wearing of the wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on points at the end of the game. Collect two or more backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base moving one of in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them Hint: we list new additions to our Game Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. space to store games: if they’re not being green" as they call it. So, it is no the standing stone in the center and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and your pieces in a outright. Library every month on the back page of the with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. played, they’re just wasting space. wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for bottom edge of the board and game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path Place that many animals on the crocodile. I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. Players play until one player has won four rounds. A quick, fun game for 2 We look forward to meeting you! popular web show hosted by Wil Wheaton. It's sort of Board and Bits and Setup Wege, Neue Ziele (New Paths, New Goals) with its winding I consider it a light strategy game, a little tougher with the expansion, that's accessible for most ages. Good game for Watering Can. Move a carrot from the light green carrot patch to  Akrotiri players ages 8 and up. Numerous variants in the rule book provide additional options for play. Plays in 5 Next Meeting: Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at HBB&G. like Celebrity Poker meets Board Games. You can watch Keltis' game board is a bright emerald green featuring an • A clover leaf grants you an paths that twisted my brain and made me rethink and newbie gamers, too, with its simple, straightforward rules. the dark green patch. You made the carrot grow and now it’s ready  Amerigo minutes. episodes at: geekandsundry.com/show/tabletop. illustration of a standing stone at the bottom center with extra move. You can take rework my nely-honed Lost Cities strategies. I was for harvest. If there aren’t any carrots in the light green patch to Jason’s pick for last month, Innity Welcomes Careful Drivers  Catan: Traders & Barbarians Keltis supports 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up and plays in about 40 minutes. To my knowledge, it's never been printed in ve paths of stones spiking o it. Each path has a color it with the same playing hooked instantly and immediately sought out and water, you can roll again. 6. Attila - Attila, is a light and fast-paced game in which two players attempt to out-maneuver each other on the battle- by Grant Naylor, was well received by everyone but me. I’m  Clubs Bring yourself and bring your friends to Here Be Books & the U.S. Lucky for you, we import it from Germany. and symbol associated with it, making it accessible for piece or a dierent one. purchased the base game and expansion - plus the card eld. One player controls Attila and his horde, the other Roman soldiers. Your goal is to trap your opponent so he can’t just not a fan of British humor. Still we had a fun and  Dead Men Tell No Tales Games, Saturday, April 30, 2016 so we can play more Gardener Mole. You decide what you want to do: plant a carrot, people with color vision de ciencies. Some of the path Leave the tile in place: other players game and stones game which I discovered during my move. interesting discussion - sticking to the book longer than  Felinia games on International TableTop Day! water a carrot or harvest a carrot. It’s your choice. Issue 36 Here Be Books & Games News March 2016 usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b)  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up should go unplayed and b) we have limited accessories - the "wearing of the wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on points at the end of the game. Collect two or more backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base moving one of in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them Hint: we list new additions to our Game Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. space to store games: if they’re not being green" as they call it. So, it is no the standing stone in the center and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and your pieces in a outright. Library every month on the back page of the with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. played, they’re just wasting space. wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for bottom edge of the board and game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path Place that many animals on the crocodile. I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. Players play until one player has won four rounds. A quick, fun game for 2 We look forward to meeting you! popular web show hosted by Wil Wheaton. It's sort of Board and Bits and Setup Wege, Neue Ziele (New Paths, New Goals) with its winding I consider it a light strategy game, a little tougher with the expansion, that's accessible for most ages. Good game for Watering Can. Move a carrot from the light green carrot patch to  Akrotiri players ages 8 and up. Numerous variants in the rule book provide additional options for play. Plays in 5 Next Meeting: Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at HBB&G. like Celebrity Poker meets Board Games. You can watch Keltis' game board is a bright emerald green featuring an • A clover leaf grants you an paths that twisted my brain and made me rethink and newbie gamers, too, with its simple, straightforward rules. the dark green patch. You made the carrot grow and now it’s ready  Amerigo minutes. episodes at: geekandsundry.com/show/tabletop. illustration of a standing stone at the bottom center with extra move. You can take rework my nely-honed Lost Cities strategies. I was for harvest. If there aren’t any carrots in the light green patch to Jason’s pick for last month, Innity Welcomes Careful Drivers  Catan: Traders & Barbarians Keltis supports 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up and plays in about 40 minutes. To my knowledge, it's never been printed in ve paths of stones spiking o it. Each path has a color it with the same playing hooked instantly and immediately sought out and water, you can roll again. 6. Attila - Attila, is a light and fast-paced game in which two players attempt to out-maneuver each other on the battle- by Grant Naylor, was well received by everyone but me. I’m  Clubs Bring yourself and bring your friends to Here Be Books & the U.S. Lucky for you, we import it from Germany. and symbol associated with it, making it accessible for piece or a dierent one. purchased the base game and expansion - plus the card eld. One player controls Attila and his horde, the other Roman soldiers. Your goal is to trap your opponent so he can’t just not a fan of British humor. Still we had a fun and  Dead Men Tell No Tales Games, Saturday, April 30, 2016 so we can play more Gardener Mole. You decide what you want to do: plant a carrot, people with color vision de ciencies. Some of the path Leave the tile in place: other players game and stones game which I discovered during my move. interesting discussion - sticking to the book longer than  Felinia games on International TableTop Day! water a carrot or harvest a carrot. It’s your choice. Issue 36 Here Be Books & Games News March 2016 usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b)  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up should go unplayed and b) we have limited accessories - the "wearing of the wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on points at the end of the game. Collect two or more backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base moving one of in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them Hint: we list new additions to our Game Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. space to store games: if they’re not being green" as they call it. So, it is no the standing stone in the center and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and your pieces in a outright. Library every month on the back page of the with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. played, they’re just wasting space. wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for bottom edge of the board and game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path Place that many animals on the crocodile. I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. Players play until one player has won four rounds. A quick, fun game for 2 We look forward to meeting you! popular web show hosted by Wil Wheaton. It's sort of Board and Bits and Setup Wege, Neue Ziele (New Paths, New Goals) with its winding I consider it a light strategy game, a little tougher with the expansion, that's accessible for most ages. Good game for Watering Can. Move a carrot from the light green carrot patch to  Akrotiri players ages 8 and up. Numerous variants in the rule book provide additional options for play. Plays in 5 Next Meeting: Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at HBB&G. like Celebrity Poker meets Board Games. You can watch Keltis' game board is a bright emerald green featuring an • A clover leaf grants you an paths that twisted my brain and made me rethink and newbie gamers, too, with its simple, straightforward rules. the dark green patch. You made the carrot grow and now it’s ready  Amerigo minutes. episodes at: geekandsundry.com/show/tabletop. illustration of a standing stone at the bottom center with extra move. You can take rework my nely-honed Lost Cities strategies. I was for harvest. If there aren’t any carrots in the light green patch to Jason’s pick for last month, Innity Welcomes Careful Drivers  Catan: Traders & Barbarians Keltis supports 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up and plays in about 40 minutes. To my knowledge, it's never been printed in ve paths of stones spiking o it. Each path has a color it with the same playing hooked instantly and immediately sought out and water, you can roll again. 6. Attila - Attila, is a light and fast-paced game in which two players attempt to out-maneuver each other on the battle- by Grant Naylor, was well received by everyone but me. I’m  Clubs Bring yourself and bring your friends to Here Be Books & the U.S. Lucky for you, we import it from Germany. and symbol associated with it, making it accessible for piece or a dierent one. purchased the base game and expansion - plus the card eld. One player controls Attila and his horde, the other Roman soldiers. Your goal is to trap your opponent so he can’t just not a fan of British humor. Still we had a fun and  Dead Men Tell No Tales Games, Saturday, April 30, 2016 so we can play more Gardener Mole. You decide what you want to do: plant a carrot, people with color vision de ciencies. Some of the path Leave the tile in place: other players game and stones game which I discovered during my move. interesting discussion - sticking to the book longer than  Felinia games on International TableTop Day! water a carrot or harvest a carrot. It’s your choice. Issue 36 Here Be Books & Games News March 2016 usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b)  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up should go unplayed and b) we have limited accessories - the "wearing of the wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on points at the end of the game. Collect two or more backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base moving one of in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them Hint: we list new additions to our Game Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. space to store games: if they’re not being green" as they call it. So, it is no the standing stone in the center and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and your pieces in a outright. Library every month on the back page of the with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. played, they’re just wasting space. wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for bottom edge of the board and game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path Place that many animals on the crocodile. I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. Players play until one player has won four rounds. A quick, fun game for 2 We look forward to meeting you! popular web show hosted by Wil Wheaton. It's sort of Board and Bits and Setup Wege, Neue Ziele (New Paths, New Goals) with its winding I consider it a light strategy game, a little tougher with the expansion, that's accessible for most ages. Good game for Watering Can. Move a carrot from the light green carrot patch to  Akrotiri players ages 8 and up. Numerous variants in the rule book provide additional options for play. Plays in 5 Next Meeting: Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at HBB&G. like Celebrity Poker meets Board Games. You can watch Keltis' game board is a bright emerald green featuring an • A clover leaf grants you an paths that twisted my brain and made me rethink and newbie gamers, too, with its simple, straightforward rules. the dark green patch. You made the carrot grow and now it’s ready  Amerigo minutes. episodes at: geekandsundry.com/show/tabletop. illustration of a standing stone at the bottom center with extra move. You can take rework my nely-honed Lost Cities strategies. I was for harvest. If there aren’t any carrots in the light green patch to Jason’s pick for last month, Innity Welcomes Careful Drivers  Catan: Traders & Barbarians Keltis supports 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up and plays in about 40 minutes. To my knowledge, it's never been printed in ve paths of stones spiking o it. Each path has a color it with the same playing hooked instantly and immediately sought out and water, you can roll again. 6. Attila - Attila, is a light and fast-paced game in which two players attempt to out-maneuver each other on the battle- by Grant Naylor, was well received by everyone but me. I’m  Clubs Bring yourself and bring your friends to Here Be Books & the U.S. Lucky for you, we import it from Germany. and symbol associated with it, making it accessible for piece or a dierent one. purchased the base game and expansion - plus the card eld. One player controls Attila and his horde, the other Roman soldiers. Your goal is to trap your opponent so he can’t just not a fan of British humor. Still we had a fun and  Dead Men Tell No Tales Games, Saturday, April 30, 2016 so we can play more Gardener Mole. You decide what you want to do: plant a carrot, people with color vision de ciencies. Some of the path Leave the tile in place: other players game and stones game which I discovered during my move. interesting discussion - sticking to the book longer than  Felinia games on International TableTop Day! water a carrot or harvest a carrot. It’s your choice. Issue 36 Here Be Books & Games News March 2016 usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b)  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up should go unplayed and b) we have limited accessories - the "wearing of the wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on points at the end of the game. Collect two or more backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base moving one of in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them Hint: we list new additions to our Game Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. space to store games: if they’re not being green" as they call it. So, it is no the standing stone in the center and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and your pieces in a outright. Library every month on the back page of the with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. played, they’re just wasting space. wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for bottom edge of the board and game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path Place that many animals on the crocodile. I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. Players play until one player has won four rounds. A quick, fun game for 2 We look forward to meeting you! popular web show hosted by Wil Wheaton. It's sort of Board and Bits and Setup Wege, Neue Ziele (New Paths, New Goals) with its winding I consider it a light strategy game, a little tougher with the expansion, that's accessible for most ages. Good game for Watering Can. Move a carrot from the light green carrot patch to  Akrotiri players ages 8 and up. Numerous variants in the rule book provide additional options for play. Plays in 5 Next Meeting: Friday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at HBB&G. like Celebrity Poker meets Board Games. You can watch Keltis' game board is a bright emerald green featuring an • A clover leaf grants you an paths that twisted my brain and made me rethink and newbie gamers, too, with its simple, straightforward rules. the dark green patch. You made the carrot grow and now it’s ready  Amerigo minutes. episodes at: geekandsundry.com/show/tabletop. illustration of a standing stone at the bottom center with extra move. You can take rework my nely-honed Lost Cities strategies. I was for harvest. If there aren’t any carrots in the light green patch to Jason’s pick for last month, Innity Welcomes Careful Drivers  Catan: Traders & Barbarians Keltis supports 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up and plays in about 40 minutes. To my knowledge, it's never been printed in ve paths of stones spiking o it. Each path has a color it with the same playing hooked instantly and immediately sought out and water, you can roll again. 6. Attila - Attila, is a light and fast-paced game in which two players attempt to out-maneuver each other on the battle- by Grant Naylor, was well received by everyone but me. I’m  Clubs Bring yourself and bring your friends to Here Be Books & the U.S. Lucky for you, we import it from Germany. and symbol associated with it, making it accessible for piece or a dierent one. purchased the base game and expansion - plus the card eld. One player controls Attila and his horde, the other Roman soldiers. Your goal is to trap your opponent so he can’t just not a fan of British humor. Still we had a fun and  Dead Men Tell No Tales Games, Saturday, April 30, 2016 so we can play more Gardener Mole. You decide what you want to do: plant a carrot, people with color vision de ciencies. Some of the path Leave the tile in place: other players game and stones game which I discovered during my move. interesting discussion - sticking to the book longer than  Felinia games on International TableTop Day! water a carrot or harvest a carrot. It’s your choice. Issue 36 Here Be Books & Games News March 2016 usual. We also welcomed two new members: Ted and his Learn to Play or Teach Us to Play an  Five Crowns Keltis - An Emerald stones are darkened. During setup, randomly place can bene t from the tile as well when they get shopping spree. Now Keltis comes with a two-sided board featuring the expansion on the Unexploded Cow - A Promising Business Venture for Savvy Entrepreneurs Rabbit(s). Uh oh! e rabbit is on the move and he’s hungry! Move the rabbit To set up, form a daughter Alley.  Hot Tin Roof green-backed path tokens on these dark stones and the there. back and the additional pieces necessary to play it all in one box. Lucky you. I guess those clockwise one or two squares depending on what you rolled. If there are any playing area with New Arrivals! Unplayed Game in Our Game Library  Green Game for St. Looking for promising business venture? Well, look no more. In Unexploded Cow, you've learned of two Member interest in the new Jim Butcher series - I got the Kings of Air & Steam ve large stones at the end of the paths. • A number tile immediately scores you that many wishing stones came in handy after all. carrots on the space(s) he lands on, crunch, crunch he eats them. Put them in the four game ...and then, they held hands. Munchkin: Kittens and Earn Geek Gold!  Lords of Xidit Paddy’s Day problems: 1) Unexploded ordinance in France, left over from wars gone by; and 2) Cows with Mad Cow the lid of the game box, they’re out of the game. board tiles, then rst book for Christmas - led me to change my earlier Give each player a set of matching points on the scoring track. Leave the tile in place. New Paths, New Goals Board and Bits and Setup Animal Upon Animal 10th Oh My Goods!  P. I. disease plaguing England. Being the savvy entrepreneur you are, you've come up with a solution to both place your pieces submission for the list to our current read. Lately we’ve been adding games to our Game On St Patrick's Day it is playing pieces. Players should place • A wishing stone grants you a wish. Just kidding. In addition to twisting paths that require changing colors e game ends immediately when either: a) your team harvests 4 carrots or b) Anniversary Tin Edition  Tradgedy Looper problems: buy cows in England for cheap, ship them to France and let them run around the pastures and on empty spaces. One Zero One Library quicker than we can play them. We customary to wear shamrocks But it is all yours! Take it and place it in front of the rabbit eats 4 carrots. Hopefully the rst! Following are some of our upcoming selections. If you  their large clover in front of them to to continue progression, the expansion adds new compo- explode the unexploded bombs. e thankful populace in the French cities will reward you - with money! Apocalypse Chaos Orleans Yunnan and/or green clothing or you. You need to collect at least two or you'll lose To play, take turns have copies you’d like to trade in or sell, please bring them consider this a problem because a) no game identify their playing color. Place your nents and a few more rules. 22 round bonus tiles with grey You'll be rich! At least that's what you're striving for in Unexploded Cow. KarottenKlau which means Carrot Pinching supports 1 to 6 players ages 4 and up accessories - the "wearing of the points at the end of the game. Collect two or more moving one of Bottom of the Ninth Pathnder ACG: Barbarian Deck in. We’ll happily give you trade credit or buy them should go unplayed and b) we have limited wooden clovers (one tall, four short) on backs substitute for the square bonus tiles from the base and plays in about 5 minutes so it’s great for wee ones with short attention spans. Hint: we list new additions to our Game green" as they call it. So, it is no and you'll earn bonus points at the end of the Unexploded Cow is a humorous, fast-paced card game about blowing up mad cows. e goal is to nish your pieces in a Dead Men Tell No Tales outright. space to store games: if they’re not being the standing stone in the center game. Wishing stones abound in the expansion and English rules come in the box which is small enough to t in an Easter Basket. Sweet but sugar-free. Poseidon’s Kingdom Library every month on the back page of the wonder that the rst game I thought of when looking for game! I know that's not as good as a wish, but hey with more money than you started with. If you nish with the most, you win! played, they’re just wasting space. bottom edge of the board and become even more important to end-game scoring. ere knight's move (as Firey Playing Cards Queen’s Architect • Dawn by Octavia Butler (Tim) newsletter. an appropriate game for St. Paddy's Day was Keltis. I did it's a wishing stone, not a genie. On your turn, you can play as many cards as you like. Most cards are cows that you purchase and put in your elds, some 2. Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great in chess). You can move over occupied You can help us make sure no game in our your score marker next to the 1 are 25 wishing stones with green backs: 5 each in 5 colors. Gold West • Minerva Wakes by Holly Lisle (Brandie) If you give us a call in advance, we can a little research on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and of the not-so-great cows - that cost money when they blow up - you'll want to place in your opponents’ elds and make Animal Upon Animal: Small and Yet Great is a mini version of the popular stacking dexterity game squares and empty spaces as long as Sneaky Cards library goes unplayed by asking to play one on the scoring track along the Play continues until ve playing pieces - doesn't matter To setup the expansion game, shue the round bonus tiles schedule a day to play and bone up on the discovered, Keltis, with its Celtic theme, is more anti-St. them pay for them. Some cards provide actions like drawing cards, making the cows move around, trading cows with Animal Upon Animal. It’s perfect for travel and on-the-go fun and ts easily in an Easter basket. e you land on a free space. en place a Isle of Trains Star Realms: Colony Wars • Mutant by Henry Kuttner or Destroyer Men #1 by Taylor of our unplayed games. We’ll learn the rules outside board edge. e score whose they are - reach the end zone, the darker green area with grey backs and place them on the stones that have small grey dots. Sort the wishing rules ahead of time. You can also request Patrick - religious-wise anyway. fellow players, etc. Some cows have special abilities like being able to hand o a bomb to another cow or act as a spy for poor crocodile still provides the base, this time for some new animals: kangaroos, frogs, ducks, polar scorched earth tile on any empty Anderson (Carmen) and teach you how to play or if you already marker is thinner than the short of the board with rows numbered 6, 7 and 10. stones with green backs by color and place them in stacks, face-up, on their correspond- Lords of Xidit Star Wars: Empire vs. Rebellion them at Game Night. Either Tina or Tim you (your opponent pays when you place your spy in his eld and you get paid when your spy blows up). bears, hedgehogs and butteries. space. e game ends when a player know how to play, you can teach the game to According to legend, Patrick went to Ireland after becoming a playing pieces. Deal each player eight Scoring ing wishing stone spot. Give each player a set of playing pieces and eight cards and you're ready to go. Mage Wars: Academy • Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Name of the have to play to earn the Geek Gold. can't legally move any of his men: that Voyages of Marco Polo us. Either way, we’ll award you 8 Geek Gold priest to convert, subjugate, and drive o the Pagans, speci- cards and you're ready to play. Which brings us to the second part of your turn: when you're all done playing Your goal: be the rst to stck all of your animals on the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Ted) For each playing piece on a path, players score points - New Paths, New Goals Game Play player loses. Matcha Games in Stock: 800+ that you can spend on Board Game Geek for Let’s get these games to the table soon, so cally the Celts. His eorts to do so were even turned into an Game Play negative or positive - according to that stone's row, with cards, roll the bomb die, then count cows clockwise starting at your rightmost cow. crocodile’s back. On your turn, roll the die: • Prince of orns by Mark Lawrence (Alley) Game play is essentially the same, except that it takes more than one color of cards to reach the top 10-point stones. a shiny new microbadge, in Games for Geek no game goes unplayed! allegory in which he drove snakes out of Ireland. Ireland When you get to the number you rolled, that cow blows up and its owner gets paid 1 or 2. Attila supports 2 players ages 7 and up Just like Lost Cities, on your turn you must play or discard one exception: the tall clover scores double whether it be ere are also several grey stones with no symbol: you can play any color card to advance onto these stones. e path Place that many animals on the crocodile. I’m still waiting for titles from Jonathan, Diane and Gold Lotteries, or on whatever else your never had any snakes. the cow's value (higher than what it cost). If you blow up one or more of your own and plays in about 15 minutes. Back in Stock! a card, then take a card either from the draw pile or one negative or positive points. Move the player's score stones don't always increase your score as you move up the board: sometimes they decrease, then increase again. Hand. Hand o one of your animals to your opponent. ey have to place it. Stacey. (Note: you have to be attending meetings for your geeky heart desires. International cows on your bomb roll, you earn the friendship of the current French City (City Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m. Even so, the vibrant green color of Keltis' board and its of the ve colored discard piles. You may not pick up the marker accordingly. Players then count the number of ?. So there you have it: 6 sweet, sugar- Catan: Settlers of the Stone Age Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000 e bonus tiles are mostly the same. e 1-point bonus tile has been replaced deck), take the City card and do whatever it says. Your opponent gets to choose which animal you have to place. book selection to be eligible as the next reading choice.) Last year we made a concerted eort to TableTop Day lovely shamrock-shaped game pieces de nitely invoke card you just discarded. wishing stones they collected and score negative or posi- free treats for your Easter baskets. Cash 'n Guns - Second Edition is a loot-splitting party game that meets widespread with a Card bonus tile which allows you to immediately discard the last card Crocodile. Extend the base. Place one of your animals on the table in line with the crocodile so it’s touching either his Eldritch Horror Smash Up: Big Geeky Box e Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club was founded in January reduce the number of unplayed games in visions of the Emerald Isle. So I rule it perfectly appropri- tive points according to the following table: When the last City card is won, the game goes into Sudden Death with players fan approval as an updated classic. It's a hilarious game that hooks people in the rst time they take hold of a foam pistol. Saturday, April 30, Whenever you play a color for the rst time, choose one played to one of your columns or any card from your hand. If you discard from nose or tail. If there are already animals in line with the crocodile, add to the line. 2013. Since then we’ve all discovered and read many both the store’s and our personal game ate for St. Patrick's Day since the occasion also celebrates rolling and blowing up cows until they're all gone - sort of a weird reworks show. en ya'll count your money and the Five Tribes Telestrations: After Dark On Saturday night, March 19, we're holding a special game night featuring a Cash 'n Guns Organized Play. is will be a of your clover tokens and move it one stone along the # of Stones Points your hand, draw an extra card at the end of your turn so you again have 8 cards. Game Library excellent books and had - and continue to have - a great collections. We don’t want to lose ground 11 am to midnight the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Enough player with the most wins! If while trying to add an animal to the stack you cause one or two to fall, add them to the animals you have to place. If Hansa Teutonica East Exp. Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 Exp. casual organized play event with prizes awarded randomly. Jason’s bringing his 1st edition copy and we have the 2nd matching path. Your tall clover scores double the value of 0 -4 I like this mechanic. It gives you a redo of sorts. e bonus tiles also include one time discussing them and lots of other geeky media and this year, so we created a Geek List of all of Once again, we're history, you came here to read about the game. more than two fall, choose two to keep and put the rest in the box, those animals are out of the game. Players take turns Additions edition, so you can play either one or both. its nal position, the short clovers score normally. Note 1 -3 of each color Wishing Stone instead of the original green Wishing Stones. Unexploded Cow supports 2-6 players ages 12 and up and plays in about 25 minutes. Every game I played of Unexploded Lords of Water Deep Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries subjects. e full list of books we’ve read is available on the unplayed games in the store’s Game rolling the die and placing animals until one player runs out. She’s the winner! Time for chicken dinner. Animal Upon celebrating International Keltis is a two- to four-player board game based on Lost that the early path stones score negative points, reminis- 2 2 Cow was lled with laughter. Dead Men Tell No Tales Machi Koro Expansions TransAmerica Our play kit includes fun & exclusive promotional items you won't want to split with anyone: our web site’s Event’s page under Book Club. I’ve also Library at the beginning of the year and have TableTop Day at Here Be Cities, the two-player card game that I reviewed last cent of the 20-point cost of starting an expedition in Lost 3 3 Wishing Stones are much more important in New Paths, New Goals. You need to Animal: Small and Yet Great supports 2 players ages 5 and up. Another sugar-free sweet for an Easter Basket. collect 2 or more of dierent colors to avoid losing points at game end using the Fuse Roll For It! Valley of the Kings: Afterlife • A new Giant Cthulhu, designed by the fan-favorite illustrator John Kovalic. He posted pictures of the book covers in an album on our been adding new acquisitions to it as we get Books & Games! (We’ve done it every year since its month. Both games were designed by Reiner Knizia. Cities. So it may behoove you to focus on a few paths 4 6 6 Games for Easter Baskets 3. Spot It! - Choose from original Spot It!, Spot It Jr.! Animals, Spot It! On the Road, Spot It! Basic same chart as in the base game (see table above). In addition, you earn 10 points Koryo stands twice as tall as the other gangsters, and players are going to have to think Facebook page (chronological listing) and Sci Fi & them. inception.) ere are a few rule changes and additional components only. 5 or more 10 English, Spot It! Basic Spanish, Spot It! Disney Pixar Words and Spot It! Frozen Alphabet. ere’s always for each set of 3 wishing stones of the same color! at can add up to some hefty points. Hear comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail. Hippity twice when Cthulhu is aiming his gun at them. Fantasy Book Club Meetup (alphabetical listing). https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203436/ in Keltis, but the basic mechanics are the same. Your goal one, and only one match between any two cards in every Spot It! game. ese cute little tins nestle Lords of Xidit Used Games For Sale International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans Unlike Lost Cities, you can play your cards for each path e player with the highest score wins. hop, hippity hop. Easter's on its way! • A foam Uzi for use in regular play. Staring down the barrel of that, there are How do we choose what books to read? Everyone attend- is to earn the most points you can by playing cards in one Unlike the base game, if you get one of your clover playing pieces to the end of the path, you don't get any special nicely in an Easter basket. Each Spot It! game includes rules for 4 or more games you can play with the Oh My Goods! Airships Nations understone: We also note them in our collection as Want to Play. of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is either in ascending order or descending order. e second e Expansion: Keltis: New Paths, New Goals going to be a lot less punks feeling lucky that day. ing adds a title to our reading list. We pick one to read brought together in the common purpose of having fun. to ve colored columns - in Keltis you'll also move your card you play in each color will determine the order for options when playing that card color, because all of the paths are multi-colored. Yep, Easter's just around the corner. So I thought I'd put together cards. Supports 2 to 6 players ages 4 to 7 and up and plays in about 15 minutes. Ortus Regni Amerigo Noble Celts Doomgate Legion www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/user/herebebooks While I love the vibrant color, Celtic artwork and lovely Prizes will be distributed randomly among each month - usually the one we’ve been able to acquire clover playing pieces along the matching stone paths on that color. For example, if the rst card you play is a 4 and an Easter basket of games to help the spry Easter bunny prepare understone: Wrath Here's how we're celebrating: During the day (11am to clover-shaped bits of Keltis - even the insert is sweet. What e game ends immediately when a fth clover enters the end zone - the darker green area with the last three rows of 4. Tell Tale - Choose from Tell Tale: Toy Story Book or Tell Tale: Disney Princess Story Book. Interactive P. I. Bang! Heroes of the Storm Pantheon the participants. the most copies of. Rinse and repeat until they’re all read, When a game gets played, we note the date the board. Each path starts in the negative - note the the second card is a 6, then that color must continue in for his rounds. of the Elements 6pm), drop by for a game demo or learn to play a new really drew me to buy the game was its expansion. I stones. storytelling at its best. Tell Tale features double-sided picture cards. Start the story with “Once Upon a Poseidon’s Kingdom Cash-A-Catch Paris Connection Admission is $5 to $10 per person: $0 to $5 then we start a new list. You can view the complete list of and who played it. So you’ll earn a little fame points next to each row of stones - but as you progress ascending order. If the rst card is a 10 and the second a Tikal II: Lost Temple game. en from 6pm until after midnight, join us for a already owned Lost Cities: e Board Game. It provided a Final oughts 1. Karottenklau (Carrots Pinching) Time...” en choose a picture card and continue the story. Have the child hand you the pictures and you Conquest of Planet Earth Senji for Game Night + $5 for Cash 'n Guns Orga- books we’ve read on our web site. along with your Geek Gold when you help you'll eventually move into 9, then that color must continue in descending order. Tides of Time Ubongo Trigo special Game Night. means to play Lost Cities with three or four players and I personally prefer Keltis over Lost Cities: e Board Game, though that is primarily due to Keltis' expansion. ere's not It’s got a cute bunny and carrot tokens and it’s cooperative so you tell a story to go with the pictures, or take turns playing a card and adding to the story. Great for team Dead Panic Snorta! nized Play. us play an unplayed game! Perhaps we’ll give the positive, maxing Tragedy Looper Wicked Witches’ Way If you’d like to join our Book Club, simply read the When one of your playing pieces reaches the last stone on added a few nice twists with bonus tokens like those just that much dierence between the two games to warrant having both in your collection. I sold my copy of Lost Cities: e have to work together to plant, grow and harvest four carrots play, too. Supports 1 to 6 players ages 5 and up. Plays in 15 to 20 minutes. Doodle Quest Space Pirates a prize to the gamer who plays the most Our Game Library includes most of the board games and out when you Sign up now in-store at Here Be Books & Games. current book selection and attend our next meeting. You a path, you can still continue to play that color card (as described for Keltis. However, there was just not enough Board Game shortly after acquiring Keltis and the expansion. before the rabbit eats four carrots. Voyages of Marco Polo Wits & Wagers unplayed games with us this year if this quest card games featured on TableTop over the years. We have reach the large 5. BraveRats - BraveRats is a simple and short 2-player simultaneous action selection card Forbidden Desert Sun, Sea & Sand can also sign up to receive automatic updates and remind- long it follows the rules) and use it to advance any one of dierence between the two games for me to want both in On your turn, roll the special 6-sided die and take that action: Witness World Series Yahtzee is successful - or at least makes a good dent most of them in stock, too! So, drop by - anytime - and stone at the If you hate the color green, this is not the game for you. ough the color and theme do make it a good t for St. Paddy’s game. e pictures and character abilities ooze theme. Both players have a hand of eight cards, numbered Forbidden Island Tempus Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club ers via our Meetup group at: www.meetup.com/Here-Be- your clovers regardless of color. my collection. Wurfelwurm in our unplayed games list. we’ll teach you how to play! end of the path Day. I love the green board, the artwork, the lovely clover pieces, even the well-thought-out insert that holds all of the Carrot. You can either plant a carrot on the light green carrot 0 to 7, with each card having a special power. Each round, both players choose a card, then reveal them Titles in Library: 575 Hotel Samoa understone: Current Read: e Cinder Spires: e Aeronaut's Windlass by Books-and-Games-Book-Club. (top of the board). If you land on a stone with a token, en I met and played Keltis' expansion, Keltis: Neue pieces nicely. All of the components are of excellent quality. patch or harvest a carrot from the dark green carrot patch. simultaneously. While the highest card wins the round, the cards' special powers can mitigate this and We’ll teach you how to play! Dragonspire Here’s a sampling of our unplayed games. For those of you unfamiliar with TableTop: TableTop is a Inltration Jim Butcher (Tina) you get a bonus: lead to unexpected results. 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