Trust and treachery are the entertaining ingredients in this battle of wits between the European powers of pre-World War 1. You'll need cunning and cleverness to combat the deception and back-stabbing that surround you.
By forging alliances of cooperation and trust, you seek to win ultimate control of Europe.
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Heres your chance to experience the excitement of gangster mayhem. Be the boss in this fast-paced card game as one-by-one your mobsters are put on the hit list. Do you have the family influence to get them off? Maybe a federal crackdown will end the mob war and give your boys a break. Or, take it on the lam and plan your vendetta. Family Business gives you hours of action-packed fun and competition. When these families get down to business, the goal is to survive!
The game spans 1500 years of Egyptian history. You seek to expand your power and fame. There are many ways to accomplish this: influencing pharaohs; building monuments; farming on the Nile; paying homage to the Gods; advancing the technology and culture of the people. And all this for the glory of the Sun God Ra!
Players are recent immigrants to the newly populated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements, roads, and villages by harvesting commodities from the land around you. Trade sheep, lumber, bricks and some grain for a settlement, bricks and wood for a road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings, services and specials. Trade with other players, or at local seaports to get resources you might lack. The first player to achieve 10 points from a combination of roads, settlements, and special cards wins
Britannia is Avalon Hill's multiplayer game about the 1000 year history of the birth of Britain. Play begins with the Roman invasion of 43 AD, and ends with the last great invasions by the Norwegians and Normans in 1066. Each player controls several nations, not all of which are in play at the same time. While a nation exists, you must attempt to score as many victory points for it as possible. Points are scored for controlling areas in Britain, eliminating the armies of other nations, for killing enemy kings, and for having the leader of your nation proclaimed King of England. The player who has scored the most victory points for all of his nations is the winner
Decide the fate of a nation and the destiny of the world when you play this World War II strategy game. As a world leader in Axis & Allies, you must be a brilliant military strategist. You must have the perseverance of a Montgomery, the elusiveness of a Rommel, the courage of a Patton, the daring of a Yamamoto and the steadfastness of a Zhukov! Decide where to strike, when to strike, and the intensity of the strike...whether by land, sea, or air. Plan your attack, move into the embattled territory with your forces and resolve the conflict. Buy armaments and develope secret weapons from your stockpile of production certificates...an income based on your own natural resources and successful territorial expansion. If youre a brilliant military strategist, a prudent economist and an astute politician, youll lead your nation to victory!
In Manhattan, you compete to build the biggest and best buildings in six areas of Manhattan. Players take turns constructing new buildings or adding to existing buildings. Your cards influence where you must build, but you can choose to build in any of the six areas. You can also steal control of other players buildings by playing your pieces on top of their buildings, taking over their hard-earned points. Once each player has built six pieces, the round is over and all players score points based on who has the tallest building, who has the most buildings in each area, and how many buildings each player controls. After four rounds of building and scoring, the player with the most points wins.
Thousands of years ago, in the fertile land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, a new civilization flourished. It is your responsibility to see that your dynasty grows and prospers in this land. You use your four leaders: The King, the Priest, the Merchant, and the Farmer, to accomplish your goal of forging a strong kingdom out of the small settlements that dot the landscape. If necessary, you further your aims at the expense of your neighbors. As the lands are limited, conflicts and takeovers are the order of the day. The key to your victory, however, does not rest in military conquest alone! You must develope all four areas of civilization: Politics, religion, Trade, and Agriculture. Each of these areas is the responsibilty of a different leader, and you must use all four of your leaders together to secure your destiny. No area can be neglected, or your dynasty will be left in the dust.
Last Updated 20 May 2001