Here Be Books & Games the month preceeding Game Night or on Game Night and you receive Free Admission. allows you to harvest food or wood from the jungle. course, play the game perfectly well without painting the wheels. Paint just makes it prettier. 3. Become a Tier 3 Valued Game Customer. If you’re a member of our Loyalty Rewards Program earning a 12% or Yaxchilan gives you access to the valuable resources of the higher discount on games at Here Be Books & Games, Game Night attendance is Free. It’s another perk of our Loyalty mountains: wood, stone, gold and crystal skulls. Tikal, the e simple game play of Tzolk'in makes it easy to intro- Rewards Program. Full details are available on our web site: http://www.herebebooks.com/loyaltyProgram.html. center of architectural and technological development, duce to new players. e wheels/gears, and the corre- News accordingly allows you to construct buildings and monu- sponding time element they represent adds an interesting All attendees, including those attending for Free, must check in when they arrive. ments, advance on the technology tracks and and exciting three dimensionality to the game. Issue 13 April 2014 As always, feel free to play any of the games currently on the game cart. But please return them how and where you climb steps of the temples. Uxmal, the You're not just placing and retrieving workers found them, so they’re less likely to get damaged. When you’re packing up the game, please try to put everything back commercial center of Mayan culture, lets you each round. You place them, and retrieve them · the way you found it and check the oor for dropped pieces. make oerings to the gods for advancement at some later time. Hopefully, when you can International TableTop Day on the temple steps, exchange corn and Save the Date If you want to play a game in our Game Library that is not on the cart, please ask Tim or Tina (or their designated best use the actions they provide. is may Saturday, April 5th resources, hire additional workers, construct twist your brain a bit as you try to wrap your helpers for assistance. Jason Bush and Bill Jenista have volunteered to help in April. buildings or perform an action on any of the Saturday, April 5 mind around the new time element (it does International TableTop Day is a celebra- Charging for Game Night was a really hard decision. We’ve been weighing the pros and cons for months, but have nally aforementioned wheels. At Chichen Itza, the mine), but I think you'll nd it both fun and compelling. tion for all the fans of tabletop gaming. A International TableTop Day come to the conclusion that it’s something we have to do if Game Night is to continue. We hope you'll understand why sacred place, you can leave crystal skulls to earn the favor In my opinion, the unique time element makes Tzolk'in a single day where the whole world is 11am to 6 pm: Learn to Play we need to make this change. We look forward to many more years of Game Nights to come. of the gods which they grant in the form of Victory medium to heavyweight Euro game (although the playing brought together in a common purpose of 6 pm to ???: Game Night Points, advancement in the temples and sometimes a spending time together and having fun. time is not that long) with lots of strategy and multiple Tzolk’in: e Mayan Calendar - Time & 3-D inking resource. paths to victory. Friday, April 18, 6:00 pm During last year’s TableTop Day, the rst e technology tracks are made up of spaces associated ever, there were 3,123 gaming events in I nally nished painting the wheels for our game Tzolk'in: e Mayan Calendar! To Tzolk'in: e Mayan Calendar supports 2 to 4 players ages ParaNatural Book Club Meeting with actions on one or more wheels. As you advance on a 64 countries worldwide, including every state and celebrate, Tim and I played a few games, then we played a few more the following week 13 and up with a playing time of 90 minutes. province in North America and every continent Coming in 2014: with friends, so I thought it'd be good to review it while it's still fresh in my mind. technology track the associated wheel actions become more lucrative. For example, when you've reached the rst on the planet, even Antarctica! Here Be Books & Play to Win Game Night Tzolk'in is a worker placement game with a unique time element. e theme revolves ParaNatural Book Club Games held one of those events. space on the Agriculture track, you get an extra corn 12 Days Small World Tournament around the Tzolk'in Mayan Calendar wheel in the center of the board that, when whenever you harvest corn from the jungle of Palenque. e next Book Club meeting is is year promises to be a blast, too. We’ve got Alhambra Ticket to Ride Tournament turned at the end of each round, rotates the ve smaller wheels where you actually place Bonuses stack, so when you get to the second space on the scheduled for Friday, April 18 at 6 promos to give away and cookies to give you Betrayal at House on the Hill Viticulture Tournament your workers. Agriculture track, you get a new bonus, plus the one for p.m. We’ll be meeting at the store. Carcassonne energy to play more games. We’ll be teaching Castle Panic people how to play games and doing game As in most Euro games, your goal is to acquire the most Victory Points (VPs). VPs can the rst space. is month we’re reading Brandie’s pick: Fire in the Mist by Holly Lisle. Chez Geek demonstrations all day long. en at 6pm the real fun begins with a be scored during the game via the Chichen Itza wheel, erected buildings and the You can construct four types of buildings in Tzolk'in: Dixit All titles read by the Book Club are special Game Night. technology track; at the end of two of the four seasons for majorities on the god tracks; and at game end with monu- Farms, Civic Buildings, Tombs and Shrines. Farms help Elder Sign chosen by its members. Everyone roughout the evening, whenever you nish a game, the winner will be presented with the Trophy ments and unused resources. ere are, of course, multiple paths to victory. you feed your workers for the rest of the game. e other Forbidden Island chooses a title, then when we’ve read Formula D of Awesome and have their picture taken with Will. In true TableTop tradition, the winner gets to Corn is the primary currency in Tzolk'in. It is essential for placing your workers, feeding them at the end of each season, three types of buildings provide a one-time benet which all those, everyone chooses another. Get Bit! keep the tape. Last year, gamers were often seen comparing their “stripes.” and for other assorted actions you might want to take. You'll also need resources - wood, stone and gold - to construct could include: corn, resources, advancement on a particu- Gloom We’re on our second round of picks. e promos in this year’s TableTop Day retailer kit look to be excellent, if a bit sparse. Don’t worry, buildings and monuments, advance on the four technology tracks and climb the steps of the temples to the three gods lar technology track or in a temple, a worker and/or King of Tokyo Upcoming selections include: Leviathan by Scott Wester- Last Night on Earth we’re going supplement with additional goodies so everyone should get a free promo. If you want a who in turn grant you resources (twice during the game) and victory points. victory points. Monuments provide end-game points for chance at any of the most-coveted promos, you’ll have to Play-To-Win. I’ve asked our regulars to particular achievements. e available buildings and feld, e Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold, Lords of Vegas Game play is actually quite simple. On your Lords of Waterdeep bring their copies of the games in question, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble getting a chance monuments vary in each game, so replay is always dier- e Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and e Never Ending turn you can either place one or more workers Munchkin Deluxe to play the associated game and thus earn a chance to win a highly desired promo. Here’s a list of ent and interesting. Story by Michael Ende. We probably won’t read them in (it usually costs some corn to do this) or take Pandemic the hot items included in the kit: Wil Wheaton 7 Wonders Leader Card, Krosmaster Promotional that order. Qwirkle Figure, Coup Inquisitor Promo Card, Castle Panic Promo Hero Card, TableTop Gloom Promo back one or more workers performing the e components of Tzolk'in are top notch. e board is e Resistance Expansions, TableTop Day Munchkin Bookmarks. action(s) associated with each worker's place on beautiful. e wheels are an unpainted light beige plastic. Newcomers are always welcome. All you have to do to Say Anything the wheel (or a lower position by paying some e center wheel is rich in detail that really shines with a join is read the current book and show up for the meet- Some background on TableTop for those of you who may not have seen an episode yet.