News Flash: Munchkin Game Enthusiasts

From Steve Jackson Games and coming soon to all of you Munchkin enthusiasts:

Munchkin Conan
Steve Jackson Games

Munchkin Conan is a new 168-core set that draws from the entire Conan mythos, giving players Conan’s most  fabulous treasures, and pitting them against the barbarian’s most terrifying foes.  Munchkin Conan is entirely compatible with the Munchkin line of games.  Look for Munchkin Conan in July.

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Munchkin Zombies 3:
Hideous Hideouts

Steve Jackson Games

Fort Deadly! The Creepy Isolated Cabin of the Dead! Resurrection!  Introducing the popular double-sized “Dungeon” cards to the Munchkin Zombies mayhem, Hideous Hideouts features places where the zombies can find more yummy braaains!

Look for Munchkin Zombies 3: Hideous Hideouts, the second expansion to Munchkin Zombies, this August. 







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At Off The Charts Gameswe have a fabulous selection of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more. Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, TDC, and White Mountain.
We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.

Game Profile: Finca

It’s harvest time on the Isle of Mallorca.




Mechanics Set Collection
Theme Farming
Publication Rio Grande Games, 2009
Ages 10+
Time 45
Players 2 – 4
Description
Finca (Spanish for an estate next to a plantation) is a family friendly game with a cool looking board
and colorful components.  The goal in Finca
is to harvest as many of the island’s tropical fruits and deliver them to the
island communities for victory points. 
The player with the most victory points wins.

Players take on the role
of Mallorcan farmers striving to harvest as many of the island’s tropical
fruits: figs, almonds, olives, oranges, grapes, and lemons, as possible.  To do this, players move their farmers around
on the blades of a windmill.  Where these
farmers land will determine which fruit they will receive on that turn.  When crossing certain points on the windmill
players will acquire donkey tokens that will be used to deliver fruits around
the island.  Delivering fruits to any of
the 10 island regions gains you victory points. 
Bonus points can be earned by delivering the most of a particular fruit and/or
by accumulating a wide range of point scoring tokens.

Finca is a game that is deceptively easy on the
surface, but has enough depth to challenge even accomplished gamers.


Watch this video for an game play overview.
We have an open copy of Finca is available in our Store Demo Library for you come in and try out.


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Come and visit us at 30 NW 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Gresham. We have a full range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, dice games and more. Also for the puzzle enthusiasts we carry quality puzzles from Ravensburger, White Mountain, and Cobble Hill.

We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.


Game Events: May 27th – Jun 2nd

Date: Wednesday, May 30th
Time: 6:00pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Featured Games
Automobile
From: Mayfair Games
Finca
From: Rio Grande Games
For more information and game overview videos just click on the game links.


Come Join Us for a Night of Free Game Play.  No experience necessary.  We’ll be happy to explain the game rules and get you started.  Reserve your seat today.


You can RSVP on our Facebook Event Page.

News Flash: This Week’s Table Top Episode 4 Features Ticket To Ride

Alas,  Wil Wheaton does not have a Table Top Episode to entertain us with this week.  But do tune in next week as he will feature the game Munchkin. Until then enjoy this Ticket To Ride Gag Reel Table Top Episode No. 4.




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Come see us for the latest in board games.  At Off The Charts Gameswe have a fabulous selection of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, and dice games. We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.

New Game Arrivals: May 22nd – 27th

Just released from Queen Games is this Expansion to Kingdom Builder.

Kingdom Builder Nomads
Queen Games
Kingdom Builder Nomads not only expands your base game of Kingdom Builder  to 5 players but adds even more variation.  Included are four more game boards with five types of nomad tiles, four new types of locations, and three new Kingdom Builder cards that give you the chance to earn gold.

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Finca
Rio Grande Games

Finca is a family friendly game with a cool-looking board and great components.

Players take the roles of Mallorcan farmers, who strive to harvest as many of the island’s tropical fruits: figs, almonds, olives, oranges, grapes, and lemons, as possible.  The players deliver their harvested fruits to the island communities, which have constantly changing requirements during the course of the game.  For these delivers, the players receive victory points.  In the end, the player with the most victory points is the winner.

We have a demo copy of Finca open for you to try.  While you are here in the store we’ll be happy to show you the game and explain the rules.

RESTOCKS This Week Include:

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At Off The Charts Gameswe have a fabulous selection of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, and dice games. We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.


Expanding The Demo Game Library: Dragon Valley

Dragon Valley
Diamond K Games
Dragon Valley is open and available in our demo area.



We sat down and played this cool looking board game.  And, cool we found it to be.  If you are looking for something different, this may be right up your alley.  It’s a little castle defense, a little go battle the bad guys, and a little charge ahead and lay siege to the Orc’s homeland.  Each can yield victory points.

There are 2 key elements to the game.  One is the division on each turn of the “stuff” – the King’s Aid Cards, Buildings, and a mix of Friendly Units (knights, archers, trebuchets) and Enemy Units (battering rams, orcs, dragons). The second is how best to maximize your armies and buildings to score victory points while combating the advancing enemies.


Come in and see us for Dragon Valley.  While you’re here in the store we’ll be happy to walk you through the rules.



Continue to  tune in for the latest in board games. At Off The Charts Gameswe have a fabulous selection of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, and dice games. We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area.


More Game Arrivals: May 15th – 19th

The Games Keep Coming In.  This shipment has something for everyone:

The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus
From: Fantasy Flight Games

Deep in the Egyptian desert, an ancient pyramid has just been discovered.  Hieroglyphics near the entrance indicate it was built to honor the falcon-headed god Horus, but they also speak of a cult worshiping the evil god Seth. Eight brave adventurers are preparing to explore the pyramid’s secrets…and its dangers!

In The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus, each player takes control of one of eight adventurers represented in the game by a figure and a card.  These skilled Adventurers are ready to take any risk to overcome the dangers waiting inside the Pyramid of Horus and grab as many archaeological relics as they can carry.  The player whose Adventurer escapes alive with the most treasure is the winner.

Save Doctor Lucky
From: Paizo

Save Doctor Lucky is a family board game of high-seas heroism. It is also a stand alone prequel to Kill Doctor Lucky.

Doctor Lucky is a charismatic and well-respected
philanthropist with a heart of gold. Of course, you secretly hate the old
bastard, and you’re probably going to try to kill him someday. But killing him
aboard a sinking ship would be pointless. So you’ve decided to save his life
instead, and do it while someone else is looking. That way, even if you go down
with the ship, you’ll at least go down in history.
And isn’t that what life is all about?

In Save Doctor Lucky, players are passengers on a
sinking ship. You have one goal: to save Doctor Lucky’s life while someone else
is watching. Players rush from deck to deck trying to find items that will aid
them, and trying not to see anyone else who might play the hero. But as the
ship sinks, the board grows smaller, bringing Doctor Lucky and the passengers
together into the few remaining decks.




Tomb: Cryptmaster
From: AEG

Tomb pits opponents against one
another in a fast paced board game of monsters, traps, and treasures. After
assembling your party from a plethora of random characters in the Inn, you set
out into the Tomb. The Tomb is created as the game begins, with each player
hiding treasure, traps, and monsters in each crypt, unknown to the other
players. Do you remember where you left the chest of gold? Better hope your
opponent didn’t put a Pain Eater in the same crypt! No rogues at the Inn today?
Hope you don’t run into a poison dart trap! Tomb captures the fast-paced feel
of a dungeon crawl without the hours of set up before hand. Just grab your
party and go.
 

Each character brings unique
abilities, and with the map changing every game as well as the available
characters, no two games will ever be the same.

The Ladybug
From: Zobmondo
The Ladybug
Game
is designed for interactive play between parents and kids. To enhance the game experience a lively introductory story about the adventures of four
ladybugs – Ella Yellow, Rickie Red, Tommy Teal and Olivia Orange can be read to the players before starting the game.

In The Ladybug Game players help the ladybugs find their way back home (a rosebush) after a
windstorm launches them airborne and they land on a faraway dirt pile. The
first ladybug to find her way “home” is the winner. Along the way, the ladybugs
encounter various hazards such as tall grass, praying mantis’, aphids and ants.

Shake ‘n Take
From: Out of the Box Publishing

Shake ‘n Take a fun family game is a fast and frantic search for Aliens. Each player (Alien Hunter) has their own alien game board.  The Alien Hunters each roll their Shape Die and then quickly capture aliens that have the shape which was rolled. As soon as an Alien Hunter has rolled their Shape Die another player begins shaking the Shaker Egg.  The object of the game is to capture as many aliens as you can before the Alien face appears on the top surface of the die within the Shaker Egg.  The first Alien Hunter to capture all of their aliens is the winner.



At Off The Charts Gameswe have a fabulous selection of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, and dice games. We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area. 
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News Flash: This Week’s Table Top Episode Features Ticket To Ride

Pull up a chair and get ready for this week’s Table Top Episode hosted by Star Trek’s, Wil Wheaton on Felicia Day’s YouTube Channel, Geek and Sundry.


Ticket To Ride is the featured board game this week.  Watch as Wil  and guests, his wife Anne, Colin Ferguson (actor – Eureka), and Amy Dallen (friend and fellow comic book nerd) have a hilarious time.




 
Ticket To Ride: 1910 

Expansion Deck


Add more destinations


to your Ticket To Ride


base game.



















Ticket To Ride
From: Days of Wonder

























Ticket To Ride is also available in these other editions:

Come in and see us for these great Ticket To Ride games.   We also have a demo copy open for you to try.  We’ll be happy to teach you the rules while you’re here in the store.

At Off The Charts Gameswe have a fabulous selection of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games, and dice games. We proudly serve Gresham and the greater Portland and Vancouver area. 
Discover Board Games and Discover the Fun!