Pandasaurus Games
Shackleton Base Game
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Games & Puzzles
$98.00
Reader Reward Price: $88.20
Move mankind to the Moon! In the very near future, mankind is setting up a base in the center of the Shackleton crater at the Moon’s South Pole. Players lead space agencies working together to expand the human presence on the Moon. The mission is sponsored by 3 major corporations, each pursuing its own goals. An innovative modular sandbox system Shackleton Base: a Journey to the Moon is a Eurogame strategy game based on a modular sandbox system. It can be played by 1 to 4 players. The game box contains 7 unique Corporations, but only 3 are chosen each game. Each Corporation introduces its own challenges: Selenium Research requires you to retrieve samples from the Moon’s surface for analysis Sky Watch requires you to work in semi-cooperation to destroy an asteroid heading for the Moon Artemis Tour urges you to welcome tourists to your lunar base Moon Mining specializes in extracting and shipping rare resources to Earth EverGreen aims for food autonomy on Mars, and encourages you to build vegetable farms in the crater To Mars begins space migration to the Red Planet with your support Space Robotics invites you to invest in their versatile robots and technologies With the help of 3 different types of astronaut (Technicians, Engineers and Scientists), you’ll need to build structures within the crater, conduct corporate projects and enhance your reputation as a space agency. Key concepts and single-player mode Shackleton Base is based on several key concepts: Worker Placement: Use your Engineers, Scientists and Technicians in the various areas of the board to achieve your objectives. You’ll be in constant tension with the other players, who will be looking to grab the best – and, of course, limited – slots! Modularity: Thanks to the 7 Corporations in the box, there are a total of 35 different combinations of Corporations! This gives each game its own unique flavor. Naturally, the game provides a starting configuration for your first game. Thereafter, you can choose the combination of Corporations or leave it to chance. Sandbox: Shackleton Base is designed as a sandbox. You’re free to choose which direction to take, and the possibilities are endless. Build structures, fund projects, improve your reputation, get involved with Corporations… Solo players can play against an Automa, entirely designed by authors Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone. How to play? A game of Shackleton Base lasts 3 rounds, during which players go through various phases: Choice of Space Agency: before starting the first round, you can choose your agency. Each agency has a different ability. Shuttle draft: during this draft, you’ll choose your Shuttle tile from among those on offer. Each Shuttle tile details the types of astronauts and resources you will receive for that round. Action phase: on your turn, deploy one of your astronauts on the Moon to collect resources, build structures or fund projects. Maintenance: astronauts deployed on the crater populate players’ bases according to majority criteria (who has the most structures in each line of the crater). Players then collect their income and pay their maintenance costs. Depending on the Corporations involved in the game, special skills can be activated during the various stages of the game. The space agency with the most victory points at the end of the game will be declared the winner! Components 1 main board 4 player boards 116 wooden elements 77 cards 436 tokens and tiles 11 storage boxes 1 rules booklet 7 corporate sheets
The Fox Experiment
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65
$81.00
Reader Reward Price: $72.90
In 1958, Demitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut started an experiment on domestication. From a large group of foxes, they selected the ones that reacted to humans with more curiosity and less aggression. In each generation, they selected only the friendliest pups to become parents — hoping to recreate the process that originally led to domestication thousands of years ago. The experiment made stunning progress. Even though the foxes were chosen only for their friendliness, they soon started to get many of the physical traits that we associate with domesticated animals — like spots, floppy ears, and curly tails. As communication opened up, the foxes made major contributions to our understanding of how these traits are expressed. The experiment continues to this day.
In The Fox Experiment, you’ll breed your own domesticated foxes. In each round you'll select a pair of fox parents who have certain traits. You'll gain those specific trait dice, roll them, then try to move them around to make complete trait symbols which you'll then mark off on your pup card. You'll then gain trait tokens depending on how many traits you marked off which you'll use to upgrade tracks on your personal player board.
At the end of the round, the previous generation of foxes will be cleared and all of the new pups will be moved to the kennel — thus becoming candidates to be chosen as parents in the next round. The game ends after 5 rounds and you'll gain points for pleasing patrons (end of game scoring bonuses), studies completed (personal player objectives), if you ever won the friendliest fox award, upgrades on your personal player board, and extra tokens. The player with the most points wins!
Designer : Elizabeth Hargrave, Jeff Fraser
Artist : Joe Shawcross
Number of players : 1 - 4
Playing time : 60 - 90
Recommended ages : 10+
Game Game
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Games & Puzzles
$19.00
Reader Reward Price: $17.10
Players in The Game try to discard all 98 cards in the deck onto four discard piles in order to win, but they need to do so in the right ways.
Each player starts with 6-8 cards in their hand depending on the number of players, and four discard pile prompt cards are on the table: two showing "1" and an up arrow and two showing "100" and a down arrow. On a turn, a player must discard at least two cards from their hand onto one or more discard piles, with cards on the 1 piles being placed in ascending order and cards on the 100 piles being placed in descending order. One tricky aspect of the game is that you can play a card exactly 10 higher/lower than the top card of a discard pile even when you would normally have to play in a descending/ascending order, e.g., if a 100 discard pile is topped with an 87, you can play any card lower than 87 or you can play the 97.
After a player finishes their turn, they refill their hand from the deck. During play, players cannot reveal exact numbers in their hands, but they can warn others not to play on certain discard piles or otherwise make play suggestions.
Once the deck is emptied, players are required only to play at least one card on a turn. If you play all 98 cards, you win! If you get good, the rules suggest that you play at least three cards a turn to increase the challenge.
Number of Players: 1-5
Playing Time: 20 Minutes
Recommended Ages: 8+
Brew Game
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Games & Puzzles
$40.00
Reader Reward Price: $36.00
Bring balance back to the forest!
Time is broken and shattered. The seasons all exist at once, and day and night have no real cycle—they rotate at the whim of the forest. This enchanted land has been driven into chaos and it's up to you, the cunning mystics of the forest, to tame extraordinary woodland creatures and use your magic to bring back balance.
In Brew, players must choose how to use element dice—either to take back control of as many seasons as possible in an area control game or to procure goods at the local village in a worker-placement game. Recruiting woodland creatures and brewing potions can help offset chance die-rolls or create an engine to help you tame the lands.
Designer : Stevo Torres
Artist : Jake Morrison, Andrew Thompson
Number of players : 2 - 6
Playing time : 45 - 90
Recommended ages : 10+
Language : EN
Dinosaur Island Rawr'n Write Game
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Games & Puzzles
$34.00
Reader Reward Price: $30.60
Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write is a roll-and-write version of the critically-acclaimed game Dinosaur Island.
Dinosaur Island: Rawr ‘n Write is a unique game in which players draft dice and then use those drafted dice as workers in a worker placement phase. Then, a fun polyomino puzzle ensues as you try and fit all your attractions and Dinosaurs into your park while buildings roads and routes to the exits for bonus points. At the end of the game, have more victory points than your opponents to win!
Designer : Brian Lewis, David McGregor, Marissa Misura
Artist : Kwanchai Moriya, Andrew Thompson
Number of players : 1 - 4
Playing time : 30 - 45
Recommended ages : 8+
Language : EN
Gods Love Dinosaurs Game
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Games & Puzzles
$50.00
Reader Reward Price: $45.00
How do you make an ecosystem flourish with just enough of every life form in the chain to supply you with dinosaurs to dominate the lands? Resources are scarce, animals can go extinct in an area, and everyone must eat to survive — so moves must be cunning. Life hangs in the balance... In Gods Love Dinosaurs, a cheeky, wild, and timeless take on the scientific tale as old as life itself, you are a god who has been tasked with designing an ecosystem with a sustainable food chain of predator and prey animals. But you just love dinosaurs, so all you really want to do is to make as many of them as possible! Each turn, you'll add one tile to your ecosystem, which will add new animals and give them room to grow. Every so often, your dinosaurs will tromp around your ecosystem eating all the animals. The more they eat, the more eggs they lay — and the more points you score! Just be careful not to overeat, or there won't be enough food to keep your dinosaurs alive the next time.
Loop Game
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Games & Puzzles
$61.00
Reader Reward Price: $54.90
The LOOP is a quirky co-operative game in which you battle the evil Dr. Faux. Play a Temporal Agent in four different game modes, full of new challenges and replay value. Gather powerful artifacts, defy the Doctor's duplicates, and sabotage his maniacal machine. Make the most of your cards and master the LOOP to use them multiple times in impressive chains — but the Doctor isn't going to make this easy on you!
The evil Dr. Faux has built a terrrrible time machine! With the help of the duplicates of himself that he is creating through the ages, he aims to carry out his Omniscience 2000 project to become master of the universe. But the rifts that he is opening in spacetime will probably destroy quantum space way sooner...
Join the Agency in the shoes of one of its most legendary agents, and co-operate to foil the fiendish schemes of Dr. Faux, using quirky but still powerful artifacts.
Designer : Maxime Rambourg, Théo Rivière
Artist : Simon Caruso
Number of players : 1 - 4
Playing time : 45 - 60
Recommended ages : 12+
Language : EN
Machi Koro 2 Game
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Games & Puzzles
$40.00
Reader Reward Price: $36.00
Your favorite lovably quirky city is back at it again!
Welcome to Machi Koro 2, where new adventures await, but the bakeries and business centers are still abundant. In Machi Koro 2, veteran players will notice some big changes.
Under the new zoning laws, players receive a limited budget to choose their own starting establishments. The available cards are pulled from three decks and arranged for all to see. It's a race to grab the coolest new establishments and landmarks in the land!
The cards in this set have exciting, never-before-seen effects. But choose what you build wisely, as your landmarks might also benefit your opponents! With more variety than ever before, no two games will be the same. Machi Koro 2 will have fans visiting again and again!
Machi Koro 2 includes these new key features:
Choose your starting cards to fit your strategy to your own play style!
Available cards are randomized, adding endless variety to each game!
Accommodates 5 players right out of the box - no expansions needed!
Contents:
86 Establishment cards
20 Landmark cards
5 Reference cards
2 dice
80 plastic coins
1 rulebook
Designer : Masao Suganuma
Artist : Noboru Hotta, Masao Suganuma
Number of players : 2 - 5
Playing time : 45 - 60 minutes
Machi Koro Game 5th Anniversary Edition
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Games & Puzzles
$41.00
Reader Reward Price: $36.90
Welcome to the city of Machi Koro. You’ve just been elected Mayor. Congrats! Unfortunately the citizens have some pretty big demands: jobs, a theme park, a couple of cheese factories and maybe even a radio tower. A tough proposition since the city currently consists of a wheat field, a bakery and a single die.
Armed only with your trusty die and a dream, you must grow Machi Koro into the largest city in the region. You will need to collect income from developments, build public works, and steal from your neighbors’ coffers. Just make sure they aren’t doing the same to you!
Machi Koro is a fast-paced game for 2-4 players. Each player wants to develop the city on his own terms in order to complete all of the landmarks under construction faster than his rivals. On his turn, each player rolls one or two dice. If the sum of the dice rolled matches the number of a building that a player owns, he gets the effect of that building; in some cases opponents will also benefit from your die (just as you can benefit from theirs). Then, with money in hand a player can build a landmark or a new building, ideally adding to the wealth of his city on future turns. The first player to construct all of his landmarks wins!
Celebrate the 5th anniversary of the classic city building game with this new edition featuring fancy plastic coins, jumbo dice, and large cards.
As the mayor, it's your job to take a field and grow it into a metropolis. Roll the dice, make some money, and build the biggest city to win! See why this game has sold over 300,000 copies
Contents:
CUSTOM PLASTIC COINS
20mm Dice
Updated Art
Plastic Lid
Gold Foil and Embossing
Number of Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 30-45 Minutes
Recommended Ages: 8+
Machi Koro Game Harbor & Millionaire's Row Expansions
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Games & Puzzles
$41.00
Reader Reward Price: $36.90
Compatible with the newest edition of Machi Koro: 5th Anniversary Edition, this compilation box contains the expansions Machi Koro: Millionaire's Row and Machi Koro: Harbor.
Machi Koro Legacy Game
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Games & Puzzles
$65.00
Reader Reward Price: $58.50
Machi Koro Legacy features the same gameplay as Machi Koro. You are still rolling dice, you are still collecting income, and you are still racing to build landmarks — but then you unlock the [censored] and you start earning a little extra income by [censored], and then you start to explore the [censored] and you have to make a choice between [censored] and [censored]. Even if you aren't in contention to win a given game, you still have [censored] to set up exciting [censored] for the next one. And then the [paragraph deleted]... Machi Koro Legacy features a ten-game series that tells a complete story set in the world of Machi Koro in which player choices create a unique gameplay experience.
Mind Extreme Game
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Games & Puzzles
$19.00
Reader Reward Price: $17.10
For Professional Telepaths!
If you‘re a fan of our award-winning bestseller THE MIND, you should definitely try EXTREME. The rules are the same, but now it plays at twice the speed, synchronized and backwards!
There are two stacks that have to be played simultaneously, one ascending, one descending. And some levels even play blind, where you play cards upside down!
The perfect next step for those that love The Mind.
Play the epic best-seller at twice the speed, synchronized and backwards!
Even more frenetic fun that the original, which has sold more than half a million units.
Contents:
120 playing cards
1 rulebook
Number of Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 20 Minutes
Recommended Ages: 8+
Mind Game
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Games & Puzzles
$21.00
Reader Reward Price: $18.90
Breakout hit of early 2018 with a unique gameplay experience that is taking over the social media influencers in the board game space.
The Mind is more than just a game. It's an experiment, a journey, a team experience in which you can't exchange information, yet will become one to defeat all the levels of the game.
Easy to teach game for gamers and non-gamers alike
Can you and your team play cards from your hand in order without talking? You can if you meld your minds!
Dan "The Gameboy Geeks" top game of GAMA 2018
Number of Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 15 Minutes
Recommended Ages: 15+
Orichalcum Game
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Games & Puzzles
$62.00
Reader Reward Price: $55.80
The prophecy of the Atlanteans is about to come true: the cataclysm is imminent! You have been sent by your people to search for a new welcoming land. As the head of the expedition, it is up to you to explore, exploit, and free the island from its monstrous creatures in preparation for the great exodus. You have to be the first to find a new land for your civilization!
Orichalcum (formerly known as Orichalique) is a race against your opponents. Whoever is the first to collect 5 Victory Points above their board and eliminate all Creatures on their island will be the winner! There are three ways to earn victory points: draw the attention of Titans, erect Temples and forge precious Orichalque medallions – that legendary metal that only the Atlantes know how to extract.
Designer : Bruno Cathala, Johannes Goupy
Artist : Paul Mafayon
Number of players : 2 - 4
Playing time : 45 - 60
Recommended ages : 10+
Language : EN
Roller Coaster Rush Game
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Games & Puzzles
$60.00
Reader Reward Price: $54.00
Welcome to Roller Coaster Rush, a coaster-building game with oodles of kinetic fun! Your goal is to design and construct the best roller coaster for your investors' theme park! At the start of each game, you design a model coaster using the blueprints you have available. During the game, you'll attempt to actually construct your model by winning auctions for the track pieces you used in your design.
If you lose an auction on one of your own blueprints, you'll have to take that track out of your coaster - but if you win someone else's blueprints you'll get to add a new track to make your coaster bigger and better. Along the way, you can demo your model coaster for investors to see how well it works and earn some extra money for auctions.
At the end of the game you get to unveil your fully constructed roller coaster and run it for the public. You earn victory points based on how far your marble makes it down the track. The player with the most points wins!
Designer : Scott Almes
Artist : Kristen Pauline
Number of players : 2 - 4
Playing time : 15 - 30
Recommended ages : 8+
Language : EN
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