Each player gets a cup with five poker dice and eight dollars. Each turn, a player will put together a poker hand and depending on the roll, take control of various key places in Dice Town that will allow him to perform the corresponding action of the location.

In a turn, all players shake their cup and take out all but one die, which is kept apart from the others. They repeat the process with the remaining dice until all five dice are on the table. Players may want to keep more than one die; they pay one dollar for each additional die.

Now the locations are checked...

Nines: In the gold mine, the player with the most 9's may take one nugget from the mine for each nine he has thrown.

Tens: In the bank, the player with the most 10's may rob the bank and take all bills there - each two bills represent one victory point at game end.

Jacks: The player who has the most J's goes to the general store and draws as many cards as he had thrown J's, keeping one. These cards may give from one to eight points, or entitle a player to perform the saloon or general store action twice in a row, place a die with a result of a player's choice under the cup without rolling, or steal 4 dollars from another player. There are many more cards of this kind that spice up the game.

Queens: The player with the most Q's in his roll wins the favor of the girls, and takes advantage of their charm to steal from an opponent. He may take as many cards from his opponent as he has thrown Q's, keeping one and giving back the others.

Kings: The player with the most K's becomes the new sheriff; he decides who wins in any ties, but the sheriff can be influenced with nuggets, cards, or money.

Aces/Poker hand: In the town hall, the player with the best poker hand gets a property claim worth from one to five victory points. Having aces in the best poker hand permits taking additional cards.

Finally, if a player did not win anything during a turn, he might visit Doc Badluck where he can choose any one of the following:
- equip oneself with barbed wire - the player has two property claims that cannot be stolen;
- draw the first card from the general store pile;
- all other players must give the player two dollars;
- an ace will bring a nugget from every other player.

The game ends when there are no more gold nuggets in the mine or when all property claims have been issued. Players count their points: 1 for each nugget, 1 for every two dollars, 5 for whomever is currently sheriff, and each general store and property card for its value.

[french only]

L’auteur de Scythe vous emmène dans la Toscane rustique où un vignoble n’attend que vous ! L’Édition Essentielle inclut la Deuxième Édition de Viticulture, accompagnée de plusieurs éléments hérités de l’extension Tuscany, sélectionnés par le célèbre auteur Uwe Rosenberg.

PARTY GAME RIKKI TAHTA BGG

Rankster is a wildly different co-operative quiz game where you have to agree how you would rank famous people (and your friends). Simple but hilarious -

1- Turn over three character cards.

2- One player is the Judge who takes a question card, reads it to themselves, and secretly decides how they want to rank the characters on the basis of the question. They then read the question aloud to the other players.

3- The other players chat and have to all agree how they think the Judge has ranked the characters. Reveal the answer. If the players guessed the correct ranking everyone wins the round; if not everyone loses.

EXAMPLE:
Q: Who would you choose as the drummer in your rock band?
—Hermione Grainger
—George Washington
—Shrek

Start a new round, reveal three new characters and the next player becomes the Judge. Play until all players have been the Judge. You all win if you have succeeded more often than failing. It leads to hilarious arguments but it's not easy!

Recollect the images from your childhood. All the exciting books, graphic novels and movies full of tireless discoverers and travelers, surprisingly lethal archeologists, secret agents, or crocodile hunters. Now grab your cards and use them to form a unique expedition to find legendary treasures! So, where’s the catch? The heroes we’re talking about are close to immortal – whatever happened they always found a way out, never actually meeting enemies powerful enough to defeat them. You, on the other hand, will have to face your friends, who probably had the same sources of inspiration as yourself… It's time to prepare for a tough competition full of dirty tricks!

When playing Venturesome, you try to gather a group of adventurers able to undertake a chosen challenge while evading any threats. You use the abilities of your expedition members in order to thwart your rivals’ plans. However, bear in mind that your opponents are equally ready to steal, manipulate, or do anything that is necessary to defeat you. If you don’t act quickly and decisively, instead of finding the treasure, your expedition will get into real trouble. So, forget about scruples and compromises. Be smarter, quicker, and meaner that your rivals.

Venturesome is the spiritual successor of the legendary Palastgeflüster. With the updated game mechanics and victory conditions, you can expect hours of gaming full of negative interaction. In this game each move is a risk that might pay off.

Just remember about the most important rule: be RUTHLESS! That’s the only way you can win!

—description from the publisher

Includes new poster cards and tiles for the magnificent performer, SNØ, in addition to 53 new master cards, the Master Module, components for a 5th player and a lot of other contents. The Magnificent is required to play.

Power Grid is the updated release of the Friedemann Friese crayon game Funkenschlag. It removes the crayon aspect from network building in the original edition, while retaining the fluctuating commodities market like Crude: The Oil Game and an auction round intensity reminiscent of The Princes of Florence.

The objective of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with power when someone's network gains a predetermined size. In this new edition, players mark pre-existing routes between cities for connection, and then bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities.

However, as plants are purchased, newer, more efficient plants become available, so by merely purchasing, you're potentially allowing others access to superior equipment.

Additionally, players must acquire the raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power said plants (except for the 'renewable' windfarm/ solar plants, which require no fuel), making it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes.

Power Grid FAQ - Please read this before posting a rules question! Many questions are asked over and over in the forums... If you have a question about a specific expansion, please check the rules forum or FAQ for that particular expansion.

Tucana Builders is a sequel to the award winning Trails of Tucana.

Place tiles on spaces that match the revealed terrain card to connect animals to corresponding huts.

All connections that score in round 1 will score again in round 2. So, do you go for high scores in round 1, or will you try to create smart intersections for long-term benefits?

Tucana Builders is an easy-to-teach game for those who enjoy challenging tile-laying puzzles.

Trails of Tucana is a flip-and-write game from the creators of Avenue and Doodle City that is quick and easy to play, but has enough depth to entertain gamers.

Each player is given a map of the island Tucana, showing its villages and important sights. The positions of the villages are randomized for each player, so every game will provide a unique puzzle.

Each turn, one player flips over two terrain cards. Each player must draw — on their own map — a trail between two neighboring spaces of the shown terrains. Gradually, the trails will grow into a network of roads. Players score points by connecting matching harbors, and by connecting sights to harbors. Being the first to connect a pair of harbors provides bonus points.

To add depth to the game, there are varying distribution of the different terrain cards. Mountain cards are for instance rarer than desert cards, so it would be harder to build a trail through a mountain range or over water than through desert or forest. Players need to take this into account when planning their routes. And they should maximize the probability that they will be able to make use of any combination of terrain cards that may come up.

—description from designer

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2021 Finnish Game of the Year (family) WINNER
2020 Norwegian Game of the Year WINNER
2020 Norwegian Game of the Year NOMINEE
2019 The Dice Tower SEAL OF EXCELLENCE

Remplissez votre maison de chats, de souris et de dés ! House of Cats, est un jeu de Roll & Write, rapide et intelligent dans lequel les joueurs forment des pièces à l'aide de chiffres pour utiliser les capacités spéciales des pièces et marquer le plus de points !

Avec 4 niveaux uniques et des combinaisons aléatoires de capacités, les joueurs bénéficient d'une rejouabilité presque infinie et de nouveaux défis à chaque partie !

Le plateau modulaire Scythe ajoute un nouveau niveau de variabilité à Scythe, avec la carte (plateau double face et 4 grands carreaux double face) et les emplacements des factions (tuiles de base) changeant à chaque fois que vous jouez.

Découvrez le troisième volet de Vox Machina Origines, la retentissante série dérivée de Critical Role !

Vox Machina part se la couler douce dans la ville de Westruun, où doit se tenir le célèbre festival de Haut-l’Hiver. Mais les menus plaisirs coûtent cher, surtout quand on a les poches percées, aussi nos aventuriers intègrent-ils un cercle de lutte clandestin pour faire pleuvoir les coups et les pièces d’or. Un échauffement bienvenu qui, malheureusement pour eux, ne saurait les préparer à la mystérieuse attaque qui coupe court aux festivités et fige la ville — et l’un des leurs — dans une gangue de glace. Pour sauver Westruun, Vox Machina devra se mesurer à un adversaire bien plus puissant que prévu !

En route pour de nouvelles mésaventures dans ce troisième recueil de Critical Role : Vox Machina Origines, par Jody Houser (Orphan Black, Stranger Things), Olivia Samson, Ariana Maher (James Bond, Xena), J. P. Massa et Diana Sousa (Crowded).

Martin Mills est un dénicheur de talents dans le New York des années 80. Il a tout pour lui : une série ininterrompue de succès, un jeune groupe rock qui s’apprête à mettre le feu aux charts et la chance de faire l’album du comeback de son artiste rock préféré, Brian Slade. Mais Slade manigance pour se greffer sur la trajectoire du groupe rock, et Martin doit tenter le tout pour le tout afin de sauver sa réputation (et la carrière de tout le monde) en faisant appel à des talents issus de son passé violent. La seule question étant : jusqu’où ira-t-il pour sauver sa peau ?

Le producteur musical Jeff Rougvie (David Bowie, Big Star, Misfits) fait ses début dans la BD avec le dessinateur Moritat (The Spirit, Harley Quinn, Hellblazer) et le coloriste Casey Silver dans ce thriller haletant se déroulant dans le monde sans pitié du business de la musique.

Bien qu’étant de basse extraction, celui que l’on appelle Le Triste Sire est un des personnages les plus craints et respectés du royaume. Officiellement, il ne sert que la cause de son souverain, le roi Philippe Auguste, dont il assure la garde rapprochée. Mais dans l’ombre, appuyé par ses redoutables espions et hommes de main, les Ribauds, il surveille, manipule et, parfois, élimine ceux qui se mettent en travers de son chemin, dans les bas-fonds aussi bien qu’à la cour. Mais au cœur de l’hiver 1194, en assassinant sauvagement un commerçant bordelais, il va commettre une erreur qui pourrait le mener à sa perte. En effet, le lendemain de son acte, il apprend de la bouche du roi que ce commerçant était l’un de ses espions, chargé de déjouer une tentative d’assassinat. Il est alors missionné par le souverain pour retrouver les «assassins» du commerçant aquitain.

Chris et Andrew, deux petits malfaiteurs, ont un plan : vendre une voiture volée, plusieurs fois, en détroussant les acheteurs sous la menace d’une arme à feu. Les événements tournent vite au vinaigre, et les voleurs se retrouvent face à un choix impossible : la prison ou le meurtre.

Jeune étudiante en journalisme, Madison T. Jackson effectue un stage très convoité au Boston Lede. Un soir, lorsque son scanner de police mentionne un meurtre brutal lié à une famille éminente de Boston, Madison se précipite sur la scène du crime, à la recherche du scoop du siècle. Ce qu’elle trouve à la place, c’est la femme qui changera sa vie à jamais : Dahlia Kennedy, célébrité mondaine, couverte de sang et principale suspecte du meurtre de son mari et de son enfant. Quand Dahlia refuse de parler à qui que ce soit d’autre que Madison, commence alors un jeu dangereux du chat et de la souris qui va entraîner la jeune journaliste sur un chemin tortueux.