The game takes place over the five hundred years of "Spring and Autumn Period" and "Warring States Period" in ancient China, before the power structure of old age undergone total collapse and the world was eventually taken over by the First Emperor of Qin. Before the First Emperor is a euro-style game developed around two core mechanisms of "selective...
Behold: Rome is a solo civilization-building card game played without a table. Store and spend resources to develop your civ and build your engine. Conquer wealthy regions, or abandon them to level up your nation. Outsmart and outscore your chosen rival civ to solidify your place in history! Cards have 4 orientations, called levels. Every card level is...
Beijing is a strategy game in which players aim to maximize the prosperity and prestige of their province. They must call upon diverse courtiers like scholars, monks, warriors, and craftsmen to help them manage their province and withstand various unfortunate events. After twelve rounds, which represent the twelve months of a year, the player who best...
In this auctioning game, players bid to buy plots of land and build temples (requiring 1, 2, or 3 plots to build). The cost(s) of the plot(s) also determines the cost of the temple that will be later built on the plot(s). In the final scoring, players receive a variable score for each temple: a base score depending on the temple size (10, 30, and 150 for a...
Belfort: Her Majesty's Civil Service has never before seen content and is completely compatible with any edition of Belfort that was previously published. Will you have the Queen of Belfort travel the city? Will Belfort's Heritage Preservation Society change the playing field? Will Ms. Parks and Mr. Rex help or hurt the players as they attempt to win the...
You are architects, striving to offer your residents the best possible view of the city’s parks. To achieve this, you must construct buildings of eight different heights, always aiming to be the tallest in the neighborhood to score the most points! Find the perfect location to meet City Hall’s requirements and complete your objectives… but beware: you...
Following the great Madstone war, wizards of this land set out to rebuild all that was destroyed by dark forces. The pinacle of the rebuilding effort is to restore the school of magic known as Bellwether. Players choose one of four actions each turn: One, they meditate to gain magical energy from the land. Two, they study to gain new spell knowledge....
This tile-placement game is themed around town development in the Bitchū Fukiya district (Hiroshima City, Okayama Prefecture). The red pigment “Bengara,” accidentally created in Fukiya, brought immense wealth to this land, leading the town to peak prosperity. The wealthy merchants who amassed fortunes through the local Bengara trade painted their...
Roll the dice to move around the board starting your life as a tourist, get a job maybe as a prop or become an extra on Benidorm and work your way up to being a TV celebrity. Make it through the holiday and you can start buying bars and restaurants building up to your own hotel chain. Will you end up living the dream or sleeping on the Levante beach. Take...