‘Queer things you do hear these days, to be sure,’ said Sam. ‘Ah,’ said Ted, ‘you do, if you listen. But I can hear fireside-tales and children’s stories at home, if I want to.’ ‘No doubt you can,’ retorted Sam, ‘and I daresay there’s more truth in some of them than you reckon. Who invented the stories anyway?’ The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien Players...
The game is actually played in the game box. The board is "3D" in that there are tiered areas and freestanding icons of trolls, spiders. elves, Smaug and Gollum. High roller starts to move his/her hobbit across the board. The objective is to reach the last space on the board by exact dice roll. Foils to this are losing a turn (if another player lands on...
Game description from the publisher: In The Hobbit, embark on a great adventure based on J.R.R. Tolkien's legendary novel, The Hobbit. Try to safely navigate your way to the Lonely Mountain and reclaim all the treasure that the evil dragon Smaug is hiding – but beware as the treasure is fiercely guarded and must be won in battle! Will you trade your jewels...
Az új Gyűrűk Ura filmek sikerét meglovagolva a Cryptozoic is úgy döntött, hogy meglovagolja a Hobbit népszerűségi hullámot. Ennek a megfontolásából látott napvilágot először a The Hobbit: Unexpeccted Journey, majd a széria második része a Desolation of Smaug. A második rész egyik különlegessége, hogy önállóan is játszható és élvezhető, ugyan akkor az...
A card game themed around Dutch author Francine Oomen's books. The title translates as: How will I survive all those questions? (and answers!) In this card game you and your best friends test how good you know each other by making lists on what the others like best. Everyone draws a table for herself on a piece of paper with the numbers one to five and the...
A card game based on characters and events from the Harry Potter tales. The game uses two custom decks, the Common Deck and the Challenge Deck. Each player also receives three character cards representing Harry, Hermione, and Ron. The players use the characters to attempt to overcome challenges from the Harry Potter stories through card play, thus winning...
HoHoHo is an asymmetric dueling strategy game with paper-and-pencil mechanics, moving through the territory and building a path that reproduces the Christmas atmosphere. On his turn, Santa can move 1, 2, or 3 spaces to get to houses with children, give gifts, and get to the South Pole as soon as possible. Grinch, in his turn, prevents Santa - he plants...
This game is based on the eponymous character created by writer and illustrator Holly Hobbie. In the game, players try to guess their opponents secret wishes as they move around the board. Each player starts the game with two wishes. On their turn, players roll a die and move the corresponding number of spaces. They must then follow the directions for the...
"… If a detailed account of that silent contest could be written, it would take its place as the most brilliant bit of thrust-and-parry work in the history of detection." -Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem". Professor Moriarty is almost ready to enact his nefarious plan! Sherlock Holmes suspects that something is...
Description from the designer: In Holmes & Watson 1890-1914: Adventures in the London Fog, players will roll dice and take actions so that they may solve the various mysteries of Victorian London. This roll and write adventure takes place all over the map of London, but be careful, Moriarty lurks around every corner. On your turn, you will draft dice, use...