Board Games - Heavy

	DAS SPIEL Designer : Reinhold Wittig The dice - it is an everlasting resource for ideas and possibilities. With dice one can simply have fun or risk it all ! One can collect dice or use them to play games. One can build with them, use them for addition, tactical games, or develop strategies. Of course, one can simply roll them for the sheer enjoyment of watching them. All this and much more is found in these simple cubes ! You can find many possibilities in these games. And who knows, you may discover new games with the 166 dice and the game board. In either case, you are guaranteed a fun and exciting time whenever you open this wonderful game !
	GLORIA MUNDI Designer : James Ernest et Mike Selinker The Glory of Rome is fading. You’re a Roman statesman struggling to survive in this era of cultural decline and political chaos. While foreign invaders and domestic incompetents devour the last resources of the Empire, you’ll try to build your career out of the rubble. You will administer your Farms, Cities, and Legions, trying to score points by deciding which of them will be improved, and which will be destroyed. In the end, the points you’ve scored may be all you have left.
	SAMURAI Designer : Reiner Knizia The Samurai - for centuries, the name has represented unfailing courage, imperturbable loyalty and internal harmony. Today the name is no less respected and stories of the Samurai myths and legends have become more and more popular. In Japan, there were three Samurai forces: Peasants, clergy and nobility. The way to power in old Japan led through the peasants, the clergy, and the nobility. To become a Samurai, one had to be supported by one of these forces and have strong connections to the other two. Samurai is the latest game from award-winning author Reiner Knizia. The three forces are represented by rice fields, Buddhas and high helmets. They are presented in molded plexiglass, finely polished and in noble black. The board comes in four pieces, representing the four major Japanese islands. To win, players must skilfully position their forces to gain the majority surrounding the cities and villages to capture figures.
	TIKAL Designers : Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling Tikal is the most important and largest of all Mayan sites. It is located in the midst of an impenetrable jungle in northern Guatemala. The Mayans lived in Tikal from 600 BC to 900 AD, but little is known of the civilization that thrived there for 1500 years. As of this writing only a small fraction of the site has been excavated and investigated. Up to 4 expeditions plan to further explore the site to excavate and recover other temples and treasures. Each player is the director of an expedition intent on exploring Tikal in search of the secret paths that lead to the temples and precious treasures that have remained hidden for over 1000 years. A player receives points during four scoring rounds for each recovered treasure and for each temple that he controls. But, both temples and treasures can change hands. The expedition that earns the most points exploring Tikal wins the game.
	TORRES Designers : Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling A series of devastating tornadoes, unleashed by enemy mages in the recent war has left all the king's castles in ruin. Only the foundations of these once magnificent monuments remain. He has charged his sons with rebuilding his castles and promised the throne to the one who can rebuild the tallest and largest castles. Each prince has 6 knights to supervise the building. Two or more princes may work together on a castle with their knights competing to control the highest towers of the castle. Once each year, the king will tour the castles, to judge the progress of each son. After he finishes the third tour, he will choose his successor and the winner! "It was love at first sight." - John J McCallion, Games Magazine.