On The Radar Screen: Ticket To Ride Rails & Sails

Here’s a peek at a new board game in the works that we’re keeping our eyes on:


Ticket Ride
Rails & Sails
Days Of Wonder

Scheduled for September 2016 release is Ticket To Ride: Rails & Sails, the newest in Days Of Wonder’s popular Ticket To Ride board game series.


The world is changing fast. All over the world, railroad tracks bridge countries and continents, and journeys that would take weeks can now be completed in a matter of days. Seas are no longer obstacles: huge steamers carrying hundreds of passengers sail across the oceans. From Los Angeles to Sydney, from Murmansk to Dar Es Salaam, Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails takes you on a railroad adventure across the entire globe. All aboard, and get ready for an unforgettable journey!




Ticket To Ride: Rails & Sails comes with a double-sided board.  Play The World on one side and The Great Lakes on the flip side. 
The World

There are 2 types of travel decks: 1) Colored Trains and 2) Colored Ships.  There are wild cards that can be used as either a ship or a train. Some of the ship cards count as 2 ships.

 An interesting game mechanic is that players will have to pare down their supply of trains and ships after choosing their starting destination cards.  In The World players receive a combination of 75 trains and ships and must return 15 of any combination to the box.  In The Great Lakes players have a combination of 60 trains and ships and must pare down to 50.  During the game you can take the Exchange action to swap from your supply with those you returned to the box at a negative 1 point a piece exchange rate.  Additionally, each player will start with 3 harbor pieces. Building harbors in port cities will gain you end game points and negative points if you don’t get them on the board. 

The World map comes with 8 Tour Tickets that are shuffled in with the Destination Tickets. These special Tour Tickets have more than 2 cities shown on them.  If you complete these tickets in destination city order you gain more points than if you just complete all the listed cities.  However, if you don’t complete the Tour Ticket you will receive negative points.

The Great Lakes

We’re certainly looking forward to when Ticket To Ride: Rails & Sails becomes available. We’re eager to play it.





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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.






Most Popular Games: 2016 2nd Quarter Results

For curious minded folks, we have tallied the numbers and below are our Top 12 Best Sellers at Off The Charts Games for the 2nd quarter ended June 30th.
And our Top 12 best selling board games are….

1. Splendor
Space Cowboys
2. Onitama
Arcane Wonders
3. Pandemic
Z-Man Games
4. Marvel Munchkin
Steve Jackson Games/USAopoly

5. Ticket To Ride
Days Of Wonder
6. firefly Fluxx
Looney Labs
7. & 8. Tie
Ticket To Europe
Days Of Wonder
7. & 8. Tie
Castle Panic
Fireside Games

9. Catan
Catan Studio
10. Codenames
Czech Games Edition

11. Shadows Over Camelot
Days Of Wonder
12. Tie
Mysterium
Libellud
12. Tie
Patchwork
Mayfair Games

Splendor continued it’s amazing run as our #1 seller.  That now makes 8 quarters in a row on top.  Onitama is the top ranked new game.  It is quick, tactical and a ton of fun.  Putting a new theme on a great system propelled Marvel Munchkin and firefly Fluxx into our top sellers list.  Cheers for the classics: Pandemic, Catan (formally known as Setters of Catan), Ticket To Ride and Ticket To Ride Europe.


To learn about the game just click on the game name below it’s picture.  Additionally, we have open an copy of many of these board games in our Games Library for you to come in and try.

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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.

Game Events: Week of July 3rd – 9th

Not only do we sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.

Come and join in on the fun as it’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:




Open Game Play
Date: Weds. Jul 6th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Sea Of Clouds
Iello

Agricola
New Revised Edition
Mayfair Games

A game of Sea Of Clouds in play.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. Jul 8th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Weds. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Mow Money
Mayday Games

Tzolk’in
Czech Games Edition
A game of Mow Money in play.

Come Play ~ ~ ~ It’s Free ~ ~ ~ It’s Fun!



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, Cobble Hill, and Dowdle.

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


Happy Independence Day



From Off The Charts Games we wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July.



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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.

New Game Splash: 4 The Birds



Today Off The Charts Games was host to flocks of Blue Jays, Finches, Cardinals, Martins, Orioles, and Budgies in 4 The Birds. Mike showed us the way to win is to get 4 of your birds in a row. The only problems are crows, hawks, and devious opponents. Thanks Mike for another great splash event.


4 The Birds
Breaking Games

An amazing new game from designer Steve Ewoldt, 4 The Birds is a fun for the whole family! It’s the classic line-up game (four in a row or four in a square wins) with twists like a ‘pecking order’ among birds, non-player crows and hawks that scatter the flock and 6 powerful action cards per player that allow players to swoop in for a win. 

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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.

Game Events: Week of June 26th – July 2nd

Not only do we sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.

In addition to Weds and Friday Open Game Play’s, this Saturday we are having one of our New Game Splash Events that provides you the opportunity to learn about and play a featured new game by a Envoy game hearld.

Come and join in on the fun as it’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:



Open Game Play
Date: Weds. June 29th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Weds. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Wyatt Earp
Eagle-Gryphon Games
Subdivision
Bezier Games
A game of Subdivision in play.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. July 1st
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Dice City
AEG
Fresco
Queen Games
A game of Dice City in play.
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New Game Splash – Free Event
Date: Saturday July 2nd
Time: Noon – 5 pm

Place: Off The Charts Games Store


4 The Birds
Breaking Games

New Game Splash Events provides you the opportunity to see and play a new game coming on the market. 

Mike V. will be here to demo and lead game play where birds of feather flock together.

An amazing new game from designer Steve Ewoldt, 4 The Birds is a fun for the whole family! It’s the classic line-up game (four in a row or four in a square wins) with twists like a ‘pecking order’ among birds, non-player crows and hawks that scatter the flock and 6 powerful action cards per player that allow players to swoop in for a win. 

Come, see, and play 4 The Birds. The event is free, so come and have some fun!
Come Play ~ ~ ~ It’s Free ~ ~ ~ It’s Fun!



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, Cobble Hill, and Dowdle.

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

Game Arrivals: June 20th – 25th

Come in and check out this week’s arrivals.  Here’s a look at the games that came in:


Arriving just in time for our in-store New Game Splash, My Village is a medium-weight strategy game and a sequel to the award-winning board game, Village.  Click here for information about our My Village Splash Event.

    
Mt Village
Stronghold Games

An entire new chapter opens in the village chronicles as each player leads their own village to fame and fortune. 

You start with a farmyard and one villager of each of 5 professions . You improve your village by adding buildings and fields, pushing on with your travels and attracting customers and monks, all while time ticks steadily away.  Every now and then a villager passes away, leaving his profession unoccupied.  And even though you can train a descendant to fill his shoes, soon you have to neglect some areas to focus on others.

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    Game Reboot!
Guildhall Fantasy
Fellowship
AEG

Guildhall: Fantasy is a reboot of AEG’s popular card game, Guildhall. Fellowship is the first in a series of 3.  Along with it’s new theme – fantasy, Guildhall: Fantasy Fellowship takes the existing game and adds new twists. Players compete to create the perfect party by recruiting adventurers into their guildhall chapters. The more members of each class you have the greater the bonus. Collect sets of cards with unique abilities to control the table and complete a full chapter to claim victory cards.


The original Guildhall was recommended for the Kennerspile des Jahres in 2014 impressing reviewers and players alike with its simple rules, enjoyable game play, and complex strategy with just enough “Take That! to keep everyone on their toes.







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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.


Game Events: Week of June 20th – 25th

Not only do we sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open board games, card games, and dice games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.


In addition to Weds and Friday Open Game Play’s, this Saturday we are having one of our New Game Splash Events that provides you the opportunity to learn about and play a featured new game by a Envoy game hearld.


Board Game: Murano

Come and join in on the fun as it’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:



Open Game Play
Date: Weds. June 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store


Weds. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Sanssouci
Ravensburger
Village
Tasty Minstrel Games

A game of Sanssouci in play.

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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. June 24th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Trains
AEG
Murano
Mayfair Games
A game of Trains in play.
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New Game Splash – Free Event
Date: Saturday June 25th
Time: Noon – 5 pm

Place: Off The Charts Games Store


My Village
Stronghold Games

New Game Splash Events provides you the opportunity to see and play a new game coming on the market. 

My Village is the sequel to the award winning board game, Village.
Doug will be here to demo this game in which each player is charge of their own village, guiding the fate and prosperity of its people. My Village is a game full of tactical challenges.

Come, see, and play My Village. The event is free, so come and have some fun!





Come Play ~ ~ ~ It’s Free ~ ~ ~ It’s Fun!



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, Cobble Hill, and Dowdle.

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

Game Arrivals: Week of June 12th – 18th

Come in and check out the new games and game expansions that arrived this week.  Here’s a look at what hit the shelves:


  New Game Expansion!
Dominion: Empires
Rio Grande Games

Dominion fans will be thrilled to know that Donald Vaccarino has added another expansion to his most-popular deck-building game, Dominion.


The world is big and your kingdom gigantic.  It’s no longer a kingdom really; it’s an empire.  Which makes you the emperor…


Dominion Empires is his newest addition and comes with 300 cards and 96 metal tokens.  There are cards you can buy now and pay for later, piles with two different cards, and Landmarks which add new ways to score.  Empires can be combine with any of the other Dominion expansions.




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    New Game Arrival!
Castles Of Burgundy
The Card Game
Ravensburger
Fans of the strategy board game, Castles of Burgundy will surely like Stefan Feld’s new card game format.

Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game, is a set collection game at it’s core.  The game is played over 5 rounds with 6 turns in each round. The object is to maximize victory points through strategic actions. Playing cards serve as “dice” that provide the possible actions players can make.  Will you trade or buy livestock, build city buildings or invest in scientific progress?  There are many paths to prosperity and prestige.

Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game has enough similarities to the board game version that it’s easy to pick up the rules. However, there are enough differences to make it a different game.




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 New Game Expansion!
Dice City
All That Glitters
AEG

In from AEG is Dice City: All That Glitters, an expansion to the base game, Dice City a dice-crafting game where the buildings and locations in your city become the faces of your dice as you roll them each turn.

All That Glitters brings new wealth to the game in the form of gold.  You can now open up gold mines, and adorn lavish palaces, pay elite mercenaries, oil the wheels of bureaucracy, or support the work of goldsmiths.  Additionally, there are three new locations of each type – military, economic, cultural and civic.











   Game Anniversary Edition!

Welcome to Lucky Mansion, a sprawling country estate 7 miles north of nowhere.  You’ve disliked Doctor Lucky for as long as you can remember, and this is your perfect chance to take the old man out.  And unbeknownst to you, everyone else in the house wants to kill him too.

Kill Doctor Lucky
Deluxe 19.5th Anniversary Edition
Cheapass Games
New in is the 19.5th Anniversary Edition of Kill Doctor Lucky, a family game of cold-blooded murder.

The Anniversary Edition includes the “…And His Little Dog Too!” expansion— 3 rules variants that feature Doctor Lucky’s dog, Shamrock. He’s just as lucky as his master and has an annoying habit of making you feel fond of him.

Kill Doctor Lucky is a 2- 8 player game that plays in 20 to 40 minutes.








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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.



Game Events: Week of June 12th -18th

Not only do we sell board games, we also provide tables and a library full of open games for you to come in and play.  The tables are open during store hours as well as during our Weds and Friday evening Open Game Play Nights.


Board Game: Pastiche

Come and join in on the fun as it’s a great way to meet other game enthusiasts and to try out some games.  Our Games Library has a wide variety of games available for play while you are here. It’s free and it’s fun!


Here is this week’s schedule:



Open Game Play
Date: Weds. June 15th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store


Weds. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Fuse
Renegade Games
Xenon Profiteer
Eagle-Gryphon Games

A game of Xenon Profiteer in progress.
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Open Game Play
Date: Fri. June 17th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Off The Charts Games Store

Fri. Suggested Games To Try
Here are 2 suggested game picks from our Games Library for you to try. One is aimed at those who want a light strategy game and the other is aimed at those who would like a more challenging strategy game. No experience is necessary! We are happy to teach you the rules and get you started.
To learn more about each suggested board game click on the game name below it’s picture.

Pastiche
Eagle-Gryphon Games

A game of Orléans in progress.
Come Play ~ ~ ~ It’s Free ~ ~ ~ It’s Fun!



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, Cobble Hill, and Dowdle.

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