Game Profile: Killer Bunnies

It’s the quest for the magic carrot.

Mechanics Hand Management
Theme Bunny Humor
Publication Playroom Entertainment, 2002
Ages 13+
Time 90
Players 2 – 8
Description


Killer Bunnies is a fast paced and action-filled card game in which you must try to keep as many bunnies alive as possible while eliminating your opponent’s bunnies.  The problem: your opponents are armed with weapons and will stop at nothing to keep you from winning the game, which can get dreadfully vengeful, horribly nasty, hilariously messy, and just plain fun!  Can you keep from being attacked by the Whimsical Whisk or the Torching Flame Thrower?  Defend your bunnies with the Magical Spatula or use a Feed the Bunny card to starve out an opponent.  The goal is to survive and claim the Magic Carrot to win the game.



We have an open copy of Killer Bunnies available in our Store Demo games Library for you come in and try.



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Game Profile: Kingsburg

A Dicey Worker Placement Game

 
Mechanics Dice Rolling, Worker Placement
Theme Medieval
Publication Fantasy Flight
Ages 14+
Time 90

Players 2-5


Description


The realm of Kingsburg is under attack!  Monstrous invaders are gathering at the borders, aiming to invade and plunder the realm.  Your King has chosen you to take charge of a province on the border; you will manage your province and help defend the realm.
Kingsburg is a city building, worker placement game with a twist.  The game is played over 5 years with each year divided into 8 phases.  At the start of each year and after determining which player will receive aid from the king, all players roll their dice simultaneously.  The dice become the workers to be placed carefully on some of the king’s 18 visors.  Each advisor helps the player who influenced him by granting gifts.  These gifts range from victory points, resources, armies, etc.  Resources are used to construct buildings and to build an army.  Buildings five abilities throughout the game and score victory points as they are constructed.  Armies are necessary to fend off the enemies that appear at the end of each year.  Additionally, the king will appear during the year to bestow rewards on the strongest player and aid on the weakest player.  The player who rolls well, plans well and pleases the king will gain the most victory points.

We have an open copy of Kingsburg available in our Store Demo
Games Library for you come in and try.



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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
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Game Profile: Last Call

Name Last Call
Byline The Bartender Game
Mechanics Hand Management, Set Collection
Theme Bartending
Publication Wattsalpoag, 2010
Ages 8+
Time 15 – 30
Players 2 – 5
Description

 Hey Bartender,
make me a highball quick!  The customers are getting noisy, and want you
to serve them their drinks.  But the bartenders won’t make a drink unless
they have all the right bottles in front of them.  You need to move the
bottles from bartender to bartender until they can make a drink.  If there
are too many bottles in front of them, the bartenders will punish you by adding
ice cubes.  Try to get the bartenders to make all the drinks on your order
sheet, and don’t collect too many ice cubes.  Then, when “Last
Call” comes, you’ll see who the best server in the bar is!

 Keywords: Last
Call, Bartender, Local Game Publisher, Game Profile

Game Profile: Loot

The Plundering Pirate Card Game



Mechanics Hand Management, Auction Bid
Theme Pirates
Publication Gamewright, 1992
Ages 10+
Time 20
Players 2 – 8
Description
Yo-ho-ho and a barrel of
fun! Set sail for an exciting adventure of strategy and skullduggery in this
captivating card game. Loot is a fast paced card where 2- 5 players vie to capture merchant ships with varying amounts of gold coins.  You will have access to cards depicting merchant ships, pirate ships, pirate captains, and admirals.  Players will use their pirate ships and pirate captains to try and capture the merchant ships from opponents.  You may even have to attack your own merchant ships in order to keep the gold.  The player with the strongest combined attacked strength (skull-and-crossbones) gets the ship of gold.  There will be many merchant ships of gold played throughout the game so one must be careful in how many pirate ships he deploys to a single merchant ship.  Also beware, an admiral may be played to protect one’s merchant ship.  As well, a pirate captain may be played on one’s pirate ship to trump the strength of other player’s pirate ship.


The battle for gold on the high seas rages.  Who will have collected the most gold when the last card is played?
Awards: 

  • Mensa Select
  • Dr. Toy’s Smart Play / Smart Toy Award
  • Parent’s Choice Silver Honor
  • Major Fun Award
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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 Profile: Macao

A strategy game for clever captains and wise governors.

 Mechanics Action Point Allowance System, Card Drafting,
Dice Rolling, Hand Management
Theme Nautical, Strategy, Economics
Publication Rio Grande Games, 2009
Ages 12+
Time 90
Players 2 – 4
Description

In Macao players take the
roles of influential adventurers who risked it all in the 17th century to try
their luck in Macao, the most important trading center in the Far East.
 By lucrative trade with Europe, well planned expansion in the city and
skillful filling at important offices and positions the players increase their
prestige and points.
In each of the twelve
rounds players must first select a new card and two of the six dice rolled,
which bring them action cubes.  Next the players use the available action
cubes to estimate cards, take possession of a city quarter, move their ship and
deliver goods to Europe.  To win, the player who plans well and uses their
action cubes effectively will gain the most prestige and points.
We have an open copy of Macao available in our Store Demo
Games Library for you come in and try.



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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 Profile: Martian Dice

Swoop, scoop, and score!

Mechanics Dice Rolling, Set Collection
Theme Humor, Sci-Fi
Publication Tasty Minstrel Games, 2011
Ages 8+
Time 10 – 30
Players 2+
Description

In Martian Dice you are Martians invading
Earth to abduct humans, chickens, and cows. Rolling the 13 custom dice will
yield a combination of pesky Tanks, sizzling Death Rays, and terrified fleeing
Humans, Cows, and Chickens. The tanks will defend the earthlings unless you
have set aside enough Death Rays to defeat the tanks.  On each roll you
can abduct one type of earthling or claim death rays.  Only one type of
earthling can be abducted per roll.  Continue rolling your remaining dice
until you are satisfied with your haul or you run out of dice.   Claim a
bonus at the end of your turn if you have abducted at least one of each type of
earthling.  The game end is triggered when a Martian reaches a total score
of 25 points or more.  Be the winning Martian by scoring the most points!

We have an open copy of Martian Dice available in our Store Demo
Games Library for you come in and try.



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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 Profile: Mermaid Beach

Name Mermaid Beach
Byline A Very Splashy Card Game by Portland’s Emily
Ehler
 Mechanics Counting, Matching
Theme Mermaids
Publication Gamewright, 2011
Ages 6+
Time 15
Players 2 – 5
Description

They say that the ocean is the inspiration for countless works of
great art. Such is the case with Mermaid Beach, a game that
came about while 8-year-old Emily Ehlers, of Portland, Oregon spent
an entire year living aboard a sailboat and travelling the world by sea. Emily,
along with help from her brothers, Jake and Drew, came up this wildly
imaginative card game that has all elements of a great Gamewright game:
fantastic art, whimsical characters, and a set of rules that are easy to learn,
yet engaging enough to lure you back for more. No word whether Emily visited a
real Mermaid Beach during her trip, but if so, we hopes she returns there
someday to teach the mermaids her game!

Soak up the fun down at Mermaid Beach! Swim
along with Swirly Shirley, Betsy Bubbles, Rip Rider, and a colorful cast of
undersea characters as you try to collect the most seashell cards. Watch out
for sneaky waves and icky seaweed along the way. Most of all – don’t get caught
holding the sea monster at the end of the game!

Keywords: Mermaid Beach, Children’s
Game, Local Game Designer, Card Game, Game Profile

Game Profile: Mr. Jack

Clever mystery game finding the elusive Mr. Jack.
Mechanics Variable Powers, Deduction
Publication Amodee,
2006
Ages 9+
Time 30
Players
2
Description
Mr. Jack pits the wiley Mr. Jack against the clever investigator.  One of the 8 characters will be randomly selected as Mr. Jack.  Streetlamps illuminate sections of the city.  Other sections remain in the dark.  Each turn both the investigator and Jack will move two of the characters.  The investigator must try to separated Jack from the other characters to identify him.  Jack will be doing his best to blend in with the other characters for as long as possible. Jack is very clever.  He can even hide in the dark and slip out of the city to win the game.

Awards:
  • 2007 International Games Award
























We have an open copy of Mr. Jack available in our Store Demo Games Library for you come in and try.











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range of family games, strategy games, Euro-style games, war games, card games,
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from Ravensburger, White Mountain, and Cobble
Hill.

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

Game Profile: Munchkin Booty

Name Munchkin Booty
Byline Kill
The Monsters, Steal The Treasure, Make Your Buddy Walk The Plank
Mechanics Dice Rolling, Trading, Variable Powers
Theme Pirates
Publication Steve Jackson Games, 2008
Ages 10+
Time 60
Players 3 – 6
Description
Munchkin
Booty is one of a long line
of Munchkin
games from Steve Jackson.
In Munchkin Booty players
sail the seven seas as a pirate, naval officer, or merchant. Taunt your foes
with your awful accent – British, Spanish, Dutch or French. Adorn your Galleon
(or your Half-Galleon) with a figurehead. Slay Blackbeard, Redbeard, or even
the fearsome Nobeard, and take their stuff! Reap the rewards of the seafaring
life, like the Booty Boots, the Swishy Swash Hat and the Cutlass (or Cutlad,
for the gents). Just watch out for the Sharks – from the feared Great White,
through the not-so-feared-but-certainly-still-dangerous Adequate Brown, down to
the Lousy Pink.
Keywords: Munchkin
Booty, Pirates, Game Profile




Game Profile: Mystery Garden

The guess what I see children’s game.

Mechanics Search and Find
Theme Mystery, Children’s Game
Publication Ravensburger,1989
Ages 4+
Time 30
Players 2 – 6
Description

Enter Mystery Garden with all its fascinating scenery and various
magical inhabitants. Try to stop the Gardener from reaching the castle by guessing what object he/she is hiding. Players take turns being the Gardener on a path to the castle.  The game starts with the Gardener drawing a mystery card that depicts an object located somewhere on the board.  This card is kept secret from the other players.  The other players, in turn order, will try to figure out what the mystery item is by asking a “yes” or “no” question (example: Is it in the water fountain?).  For every questioned asked, the Gardener moves one space up the path towards the castle. Players will have to remember the answers to all the questions in order to figure out what the mystery object is.  On their turn, a player may guess what the mystery object is by pointing to it on the board and saying is it this (example:  Is it the unicorn?)  If they have correctly identified the mystery object they keep the card and then become the next Gardener.




Solving the mystery
supports deductive reasoning and the process of articulating questions.

We have an open copy of Mystery Gardens available in our Store Demo
Games Library for you come in and try.



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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.