GREAT WESTERN TRAIL NEW ZEALAND
Tend to your sheep on the South Island of New Zealand.
1-4 Players | 75-150 Mins | Ages 12+
Description:
Kia ora, and welcome to Great Western Trail New Zealand!
Towards the end of the 19th century, you established yourself as a runholder (owner of a sheep station) on the South Island of New Zealand. Recent years have seen your family farm prosper by diversifying your breeds of sheep and increasing the value of your wool.
With the dawn of the new century, difficult challenges have arisen. You must acquire improved and valuable breeds of sheep to ensure the prosperity of your family business and the labourers who work for you. Decide whether to focus on your past strengths or to diversify into new ventures. Will the beginning of the 20th century be as rewarding as earlier years, or will the efforts of others surpass your strategy? Good luck, and kia kaha!
Customized start by each unlocking a disc of their choice from a white cornered space
A fourth of worker: sheep shearer.
Introducing a second type of delivery: wool
Various sets of bonus cards each game.
Advancing on the pathfinder track will unl(Rk different bonuses.
Half of the neutral buildings will change mid-game.
Streamlined job market and upkeep when delivering your sheep.
This Stand-Alone Game Is The Epic Conclusion To A Great Trilogy.
$150.00
2 in stock
DONUT COP
As a donut loving cop in the Sprinkletown PD, you have two objectives: Stash Donuts & Catch Baddies from the streets.
Explore locations around Sprinkletown in search of Donuts & Baddies. Along the way, gather the equipment Cards needed to catch Baddies, use Action Cards to steal, attack & advance your game. Find Stash Cards to secure your donues. First player to reach the Total Donut Score, wins!PRODUCT INFOA fun strategic card game deliciously designed to be devoured by both adults & kids.
x1 Boxx1 Set of 126 Playing Cardsx5 Quickstart Cardsx1 Instructions Bookletx1 Card Index Booklet
$50.00
4 in stock
THE ANARCHY
At the end of 1135, Henry I, King of England, died unexpectedly, leaving no male heir to reign in his stead. Henry's daughter, Empress Matilda, believed she should rule by succession. However, the late king's favorite nephew, Stephen de Blois ("blue-a"), was quicker to the throne, and with the help of his brother, the Bishop of Winchester, was crowned king.
Those loyal to the empress were enraged by Stephen's coronation and would not accept him as their new ruler. Over the next eighteen years, England saw a breakdown in law and order as civil war spread throughout the country. This conflict came to be known as "The Anarchy"...
In The Anarchy, players take on the role of English nobles loyal to King Stephen. Over five rounds, players must build their domain, defend their castle from attacks by the approaching Angevin armies, and storm strongholds loyal to Matilda with their own crafted siege weapons. The player who can accumulate the most bravery, loyalty, influence, and might, while avoiding discontent, will prove to King Stephen they are his most loyal ally, thereby earning his largest earldom.
$165.00
2 in stock
A MATTER OF TASTE
A fun food party game where players determine who has the best taste!
Each round one player acts as Chef and creates a dish on the board using the ingredient and creation cards.
All players then secretly give it a score. Reveal and compare; anyone with matching scores are rewarded with a slice of pizza for thinking alike!
A highly social game that uses creative flair, imagination, a little luck-pushing.
Either go with your gut or go with the flow... it's all A MATTER OF TASTE!
Suitable for 2-8 players, Ages 7-99.
$35.00
0 in stock
COVID – THE BOARDGAME
COVID The Boardgame is a light-hearted, historical record of Aotearoa/NZ’s events during the Covid pandemic.
Play this game with your family, your mates, even if they have opposing views of how the pandemic should be handled – it will promote discussion in a fun, safe and relaxed environment.
Playing together builds connection – we all went through this pandemic together, whatever your viewpoint.
Games can offer “a rich field for risk-free, active exploration of serious and intellectual problems.” (Clark C. Abt, in his book Serious Games 1970)
Most of all, it can be FUN to be FRUSTRATED!!
A ‘Snakes and Ladders’ style game - described as a ‘chaotic and fun race to the end’.
Die mechanic takes players on a rollicking ride through the pandemic events in Aotearoa/NZ.
Cards guide players through bubbles with silly tasks kids love.
Players risk spending valuable time in the isolation house, with 3 chances to get out.
Aimed at kids and families or groups of friends - COVID The Board Game is for everyone!
5% of the profits from sales of this game are to go to ANZMES (Associated New Zealand ME Society) - an organisation that serves New Zealanders with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Post Covid Conditions ANZMES.org.nz. ANZMES also helps support Professor Warren Tate’s research into ME/CFS/Long Covid. Doing good never felt so fun!
$40.00
1 in stock
KOMODO
In the strategic tile-laying game Komodo, players are zoologists attempting to build new habitats for Australasian animals imperilled by an incoming asteroid. Each player holds two animal cards stating the type and amount of terrain needed, five multi-terrain tiles, and wild cards. On a turn, they may lay up to three tiles, place one or both of their animals in free-form contiguous blocks of appropriate terrain, and use all or some of their wild cards. The starter tile has two blocks of each of the four terrain types: forest, grassland, desert and water. The number of blocks of terrain needed by an animal is equivalent to the number of points you can score by placing it. When the tile supply is exhausted, each player takes a final turn, then loses points for any unplaced animals still in hand. The player with the highest score wins.
Komodo can be played competitively in both basic or strategic mode. In the former, wild cards are obtained randomly; in the latter, players can choose their wild cards. Actions permitted by a wild card include: releasing animals to free up their terrain; bartering or stealing terrain tiles; remodeling tiles already placed; and forcing an exchange of animals.
In the cooperative version of Komodo, all 32 animals must be housed and each player must place at least one animal during their turn. The game is played open-handed, and the wild cards hinder the players.
2-4 players
Age 8+
Average Game Time: 45 minutes
$50.00
2 in stock
MANIFEST
It's the roaring '20s and there's a fortune to be made steaming across the wild oceans. To succeed, you'll need a captain's steady nerve and the help of Lady Luck to land your cargo where it's needed. You have ships full of passengers and precious cargo, but can you outrun pirate robbers, terrifying storms and a stock market crash that might devalue your goods?
Manifest is a game of cargo ships, sea scoundrels, and nautical mayhem. Win points for your shipping company by completing Contracts. Pick up the required goods or passengers at their source, then navigate the high seas to deliver them to their destination. With a choice of private and public contracts and multi-purpose action cards, there are many paths to victory, and some "take that" options to make sure your opponents don't steal the limelight.
Manifest can be played in two ways: Standard and Expert. The Standard game is the introductory and family game. The Expert game builds on this, with a deck-buying and building mechanism replacing the blind card draw, thus adding another level of strategy that confident players may prefer.
Players: 2-4
Age: 13+
Playing Time: 45-90 Mins
$80.00
0 in stock
GLIMSTONE GRAB!
Every man, woman, and beast is after the magical Glimstones in this cooperative game Glimstone Grab is set in the magical universe of our bestselling game, Hoard. Esmeralda and her friend, Wizard Widdershins, must save the town of Much Middling from a clutch of rapacious trolls who have settled into a clearing in the forest, where they are helping themselves not just to the gems, but the local children!
Players take turns revealing and actioning event cards, then using movement cards to circle the two heroes around the forest, collecting gems. When they meet up, if they have the right gems between them, they can perform a spell and banish a troll. Banish all the trolls to win, but keep an eye on the children. If they are all captured at the end of anyone's turn, the players lose. Thankfully, the magic of the Glimstones can be harnessed to rescue children, but this does take gems out of circulation. It is also possible to lose if there are no meeting places left.
The game can be set up for a beginner, intermediate, or hard game, but players can also make their own custom setting by selecting event cards to use and changing other variables.
2-4 Players
Ages: 8+
Playing Time: 10-30 mins
$45.00
3 in stock
OVATION
Become one of the greatest classical composers of all time! You'll use inspiration, seek fortune and hobnob with aristocrats to perform musical masterpieces and achieve your legacy in this engine building game for 1-4 players. Get inspired by your rivals' performances to create your own works of genius as the game builds to a crescendo.
Each turn, players choose one of four actions: Seek Inspiration, Seek Fortune, Seek Patronage, or Perform. Inspiration is your primary resource and it comes in three tones - Joy, Passion and Sorrow. Seeking inspiration allows you to gain your resource while all of the other actions will have players spend inspiration to acquire cards. Fortune cards help build your engine, which can allow you to gain bonus actions on your turn. Patron cards can also help build your engine or can give you bonus legacy points for end game scoring. Chamber Music and Concert Music cards give you lots of legacy points, but every time you perform, your opponents can attend your performance and gain inspiration. You will not only have a special ability as your specific composer, but you are also the only person who can compose your very own Magnum Opus. Complete specific goals to gain Maestro cards and end the game.
Compose your masterpiece. Secure your legacy.
$75.00
1 in stock
RAID THE PANTRY
In the cooking-themed card game Raid the Pantry, for 2-4 individuals or two teams of two, players are dealt ingredient and dish cards at the start of play; over the course of the game, players need to collect the ingredients needed to make the dishes in hand. Each completed dish scores you 1-3 points, locks in its ingredients for reuse in other dishes, and allows you to take a new dish card. Action cards, drawn at the beginning of a turn, provide ways to add, lose, trade and retrieve ingredient cards. The eight "Instant Dishes" among the action cards allow players to lock in a common ingredient and score 1 point.
Players can score a "cuisine bonus" for making multiple dishes from one of the five primary cuisines featured on dish cards (American, Continental, French, Italian and Mexican). The first player to reach a point threshold, which depends on the number of players, wins.
In the team version, players end the round and total their points when the Action card deck has been exhausted.
Raid the Pantry is the winner of the New Zealand New Game of the Year 2013 award from the New Zealand Games Association. It also won a Game of the Year 2013 award from Creative Child Magazine and one of first ever "Recommended by American Mensa" commendations.
Originally published by SchilMil Games in May 2012, Cheeky Parrot Games acquired the title in 2014 and released a second edition, with some graphical and gameplay tweaks, in June 2015.
AWARDS & HONORS
2013 NZGA Awards New Game of the Year Winner
2013 NGZA Awards Nominee
$25.00
0 in stock
LINDYHOP
Inspired by the 1920s swing dance, Lindyhop is a cooperative, trick taking game for two people. Players work together to dance their meeple down a track of music, trying collectively to hit the beat in the best places to score the most points. There are 5 suits, with 8 cards in a suit, and each suit includes 4 cards with special powers that will only activate at certain times in the music. Players will try to end their dance in time with the music and ideally throw in a big finish to score the bonus points. • 2 Players• 20 minutes• Age 1O+ (box says 14+ tor international safety requirements)• Designed in New ZealandComponents 51 cards card points tokens and lead token printed wooden playing piece instruction sheet
$35.00
2 in stock
ESCAPE THE HORDE
Escape the Horde Core Set Box
In this fast-paced card game two Factions (Survivors and Infected) fight for supremacy in the Wastelands. Survivors must work together to outrun Patient Zero and their horde of zombies, using weapons, cunning and strategy. Patient Zero and the Infected attack relentlessly trying to infect and Turn all Survivors. Can you Escape the Horde?PRODUCT INFOIncuded in the core set are 102 incredibly well-designed cards, a comprehensive instruction manual and the hopes and dreams of 4+ players. All this condensed inside a funky box that will look amazing on your game shelf, and even better on your gaming table with friends.
$52.50
3 in stock
ULTERIOR DESIGN
All's fair in love and decor
Judges from Decor Rate magazine are headed to your area to find the most on-trend homes to feature in their publication. You always try to keep up with the latest home decorating trends so you are anticipating glory. It's time to throw yourself into decorating your home, influencing what is trending, and sneakily sabotaging your neighbours' homes. You'll have to keep your own combination of indoor plants, paintings, and lamps just right to impress the editor-judges, who can drop in any time.
Do this by adding one card, in an overlapping fashion, to your home, the trend area, or an opponent's home. Then top up your hand and draw an event card to see if there's a judge at your door!
The first player to earn the approval of three judges by collecting three awards will win this clever card game.
2-6 players
Age 8+
Average Game Time: 15 minutes
$25.00
2 in stock
GRANNY WARS
Granny Wars: A Game of Tit for Tat is a fast-playing card game of secret identities. For 2 to 8 players, and all ages from 7 up to 107
Do you have the balls… of wool … to keep your Granny at the top of her game?Or will you be needled and stitched up by the other players?
Your Granny's position as the town's top handicrafter is threatened by upstart contenders from a new retirement community. Your task is to try to help her, while distracting and sabotaging her competitors – but if you don't keep your loyalty hidden, the other players will definitely stitch you up!
2-8 Players
Age: 7+
Average game time: 15-20 Mins
$20.00
0 in stock
FLAMING PYRAMIDS 2ND EDITION
The neighbours of Huia Street are scavenging their homes for unwanted items for the community garage sale and piling them up on an empty section. Some troublemakers are causing collapses and even fires. Manoeuver your way through the mayhem and be first to get rid of your junk to win this deceptively simple tile-laying game.
Engaging artwork: NZ birds nestle among the newspapers, furniture, and whiteware
Colourblind-friendly: match the number or color/symbol of one of the two tiles below
Different ways to play
2-6 Players
Age: 8+
Average game time: 20 Mins
Components: Magnetic box 45 tiles 16 page instruction booklet
$25.00
0 in stock
WINGSPAN: OCEANIA EXPANSION
Wingspan: Oceania Expansion focuses on birds in Australia and New Zealand. It's designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and features birds illustrated by Natalia Rojas and Ana Maria Martinez.
In this second expansion to Wingspan colorful and awe-inspiring birds from Oceania are added. The Oceania bird cards are designed to be shuffled into the bird cards from the base game, with or without other expansions.
This expansion includes new player mats and a new food type, allowing players to explore different strategies in this new environment. It also includes new bonus cards and more end-of-round goals, as well as a new color of egg.
AWARDS & HONORS
2020 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Winner
2020 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Nominee
2020 Board Game Quest Awards Best Game Expansion Nominee
$75.00
0 in stock
SHIPWRIGHTS OF THE NORTH SEA
Shipwrights of the North Sea is set in the early years of the Viking Age, circa 900 AD. As Viking shipwrights, players compete to build the greatest fleet on the North Sea. Players must collect oak, wool and iron, as well as getting other craftsmen on board to help. Gold is a precious commodity, and must be spent wisely. As you would expect, the township is filled with an array of characters, bad and worse. Better hope they're on your side!
Aim of the Game
The aim of Shipwrights of the North Sea is to be the player with the most Victory Points at the game’s end. Points are gained by constructing various Ships and Buildings. The game ends after the round where 1 or more players constructs their 4th ship.
Gameplay Overview
The game is played over a series of days (rounds). Each day follows the same pattern:
Morning Phase - Planning (Each player receives 3 cards)Afternoon Phase - Working (Players take actions and play or discard their 3 cards)Evening Phase - Resting (Players receive Gold and Workers for the next day)
Printed Components
128 Cards - Featuring 46 unique and stunning illustrations5 Beautifully Illustrated Player Boards5 Player Reference Boards1 Illustrated Rulebook1 Pioneer Token5 VP Markers
Wooden Components
5 Gold Ships25 Oak25 Wool25 Iron50 Workers
$95.00
1 in stock