Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
Stronghold Games announced last week that it will release a new edition of the critically-acclaimed board game Medina in November, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.
The game was designed by Stefan Dorra (Amazonas, The Bucket King, Buccaneer) in 2001, nominated for several European awards, and was originally published in the US by Rio Grande Games. The strategy and city-building game takes place in 1822, in the city of Medina. Players build large palaces and renovate the city wall, as they improve and expand the city. Players get points for finishing buildings, building the largest buildings of a certain color, and connecting buildings to the city walls.
The new edition features a double sided board, as well as nearly 200 wooden pieces, tiles, four player screens, a score block, and a rulebook with updated game play. The game is for 3 -4 players ages 10 and up, and plays in 60-90 minutes.
Stronghold is releasing a slew of new games in the second half of 2014, including Diamonds, Among the Stars and others – all available at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies!
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Tags: Board Games, ICv2, Medina, New Release, Stronghold Games, TableTop
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
Last week, Z-Man Games has announced it will release the new card game Chimera in the third quarter, with a pre-release at Gen Con in August, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.
Inspired by Tichu and other hand-management/hand shedding games,Chimera is a three player game where each round one player is the Chimera, and the other two are the Chimera Hunters. The player who bets highest for the round is the Chimera, while the other two players try to stop that player from winning their bet. Rivals play sequentially pairs, trips and straights to collect points.
The box comes with 54 cards, a scoring pad and a rulebook. The game is for three players, ages 13 and up, and plays in 45 minutes. Sounds like a sweet game to add to any board game collection. Ask a Battleground Games & Hobbies associate to order this game for you today!
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Tags: Board Games, Chimera, Gen Con, ICv2, New Release, TableTop, Z-Man Games
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Monday, June 16th, 2014
CoolMiniOrNot, publishers of ‘Super Dungeon Explore’, will release Arcadia Quest, a new campaign-based miniatures board game, in December 2014, according to hobby industry news website ICv2.com.
Designed by Eric Lang (Quarriors), the game is semi-cooperative, as each player leads a guild of heroes on a quest to dethrone the vampire lord and reclaim Arcadia. However, only one guild may lead in the end, so players must battle each other as well as teaming up against the monstrous hordes. The game features branching scenarios, and players gain new weapons and abilities as they progress. The game is designed so that players’ actions and abilities can be remembered from one session to the next, and CMON already has plans for additional campaign expansions.
The game is for 2- 4 players, and each scenario plays 45 -60 minutes. The box includes 9 double-sided game tiles, tokens, cards, a campaign book and sheet pad, four guild dashboards, 37 highly detailed miniatures and a rulebook. The game was funded on Kickstarter in March, and raised $774,222 from 4,885 backers ($158.49/backer average).
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Tags: Arcadia Quest, Board Game, CMON, CoolMiniOrNot, ICv2, Kickstarter, New Release, TableTop
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Sunday, June 15th, 2014
The Pokemon Company announced it will release the Krookodile-Ex Boxfor the Pokemon TCG in July of this year, according to hobby industry news website ICv2.com.
The box will contain the first appearance of the desert “Krookodile-EX Pokemon” as a foil promo card, in both a regular and oversized form. It will also include four Pokemon TCG booster packs and a bonus code card to unlock a promo card in the online version of the game.
Finally, please don’t forget to join us at Battleground Games & Hobbies in Plainville, MA every Sunday for Pokemon League – a completely FREE, fun event for all ages. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Tags: ICv2, Krookodile-Ex, New Release, Pokemon, Pokemon League, TCG, Trading Card Game
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
CoolMiniOrNot, publisher of ‘Super Dungeon Explore,’ announced plans to launch its new deck building game ‘XenoShyft Onslaught’ to the in Q4, following Kickstarter backer fulfillment in November, according to hobby news website ICv2.com.
The sci-fi themed game casts one to four players in the role of a commander in the NorTec Corporation, defending a division of the base as aliens attempt to destroy it. Players must work together, to survive nine rounds of alien bombardment using a wide array of troops, weapons, armors and technology cards.
The box will contain over 400 cards, a large fold-out poster game board, a rubber backed playmat, 2 d10s, 20 cardboard wound markers, 20 ability markers, an organization and holding tray, and a rulebook. There will be a planned add-on pack of four folding lane board available as well to customize the base game.
The Kickstarter, which started last week, quickly passed its modest goal of $25,000 in a few hours.
If you’re a fan of these types of board games and wish for us to carry it upon it’s release, let the staff of Battleground Games & Hobbies know or post in the comments below!
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Tags: Board Games, CMON, CoolMiniOrNot, ICv2, Kickstarter, Sci-fi, TableTop, Xenoshyft
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Queens Games, publishers of ‘Kingdom Builder’ and may other fine games available at Battleground Games & Hobbies, has announced a new dice-rolling game called ‘Escape: Zombie City’ – their second real-time dice-rolling game after ‘Escape: Curse of the Temple’ – according to hobby news source ICv2.com.
The new game, with an expected release date of sometime in October of this year, is a timed cooperative game with a strict fifteen-minute time limit for two to five players.
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Tags: Board Games, Escape, Escape Zombie City, ICv2, Queens Games, TableTop
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