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The hysteria over witches among the people of Salem swept the region like a disease in 1692. As is the case in any tragic event, there are those whom will use the circumstances to their advantage. Under the veil of the witch-hunt lie other motivations; power, greed, revenge, and righteousness.AFFLICTION: Salem 1692 is a game set in the hysteria of a witch-hunt. Use your influence to whisper in the ear of the magistrate, judge, governor or minister to protect some and have others arrested. Salem was a chance to gain property, exact revenge and prove one’s righteousness.The characters in the game were actual residents of the Salem region. This is the closest possible simulation of actual events in a game to date. This is the one witch-hunting game without witches! Affliction uses a low luck, highly interactive worker placement, engine building, engine disruption mechanic.In the second edition, you will find:★ Modified starting characters and increased the number to eight. Each player is now dealt two and chooses one. With more afflicted girls as starting characters, the game feels even more authentic.★ Simplified two of the character's abilities.★ Improved the accusation ability of Rev. Paris★ Increased circle defense

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This item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of Q4 2023.Orders containing a pre-order item WILL NOT SHIP until the final pre-order item is able to be shipped.Dates and product details are subject to change as new information from the manufacturer is updated. DEFCON 1 is an historical and political wargame, set during the Cold War from 1950 to 1990, played on a beautiful 90 x 60 cm game board.This strategic board game is characterized by a gameplay that changes according to the number of players, ranging from a Frontal Shock Game game at 2 players to a semicooperative game with 4 players, ending with a secret objective game in the 5 player version. The game is played in five different phases: Initialization, R&D, Political, Production, Atomic, and Warfare.The players control five different blocs: three major blocs (the Atlantic Alliance, the Warsaw Pact, the Non-Aligned Movement) and two minor blocs (France and China).DEFCON 1 is fully asymmetrical: each bloc has its strengths and weaknesses, using its own technological tree, its mission and objective cards, and even scalable pool of units.As the title suggests, the Defcon level degrades during the game from 5 to 1, and the level degrades depending on the actions of the players, opening new strategical options that will become available, such as building nuclear bombs.CONTENTS OF THE BOX:• 1 Game board (60 x 90 cm)• 5 punchboards containing Mission and Objective cards• 70 wooden barrels• 95 wooden cubes• 5 Bloc boards• 1 Rulebook• 1 Technology booklet• 6 wooden Defcon triangles

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In Dune: Imperium Uprising, you want to continue to balance military might with political intrigue, wielding new tools in pursuit of victory. Spies will shore up your plans, vital contracts will expand your resources, or you can learn the ways of the Fremen and ride mighty sandworms into battle! Dune: Imperium Uprising is a standalone spinoff to Dune: Imperium that expands on that game's blend of deck-building and worker placement, while introducing a new six-player mode that pits two teams against one other in the biggest struggle yet. The Dune: Imperium expansions Rise of Ix and Immortality work with Uprising, as do almost all of the cards from the base game, and elements of Uprising can be used with Dune: Imperium. The choices are yours. The Imperium awaits!

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Elite is a tabletop strategy game for 2-4 players. Themes include global expansion, resource production, political tactics, economy management, military action, controlling the fate of your dice, planning and timing, completing achievements, and more.

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The galaxy is organized into many coalitions that govern multiple solar systems and worlds. Your system wants to join one of these federations. Your fledgling empire is small, but that will not stop you. It is your job to impress the petty bureaucrats who control access to the Federation that your tiny government should be taken seriously. Becoming a full member would give you advantages over your rivals. But yours is not the only delegation that has set its sights on joining the Federation. So, the contest begins! You have 5 years to prove that you can be a productive member. During these 5 years, you must make the most of your opportunities to impress them. Sometimes you may be forced to work together with your rivals to provide funding for special projects. So, it can be helpful to make friends, but you must stay one step ahead of them. At the end of the 5 years, only one new member will be selected - the one with the most prestige! Federation is an interactive Eurogame with an innovative double-sided worker placement mechanic. Every time you place a worker, you must decide if that worker will vote in favor of legislation that helps your cause or provides funding for local improvement projects. Every action is critical. At the end of the year, the votes are counted, and whichever legislation becomes law offers points for the players who have the highest level of influence in that area. Players must keep an eye on each opponent to see the places where they are strong or weak. Making sure that the areas you specialize in will score at the end of the game is critical to your success. Plan your strategy and execute it with the proper timing, and that spot in the Federation will be secured! Components 1 Central board (double-sided) Deluxe 45 Erudite tiles (9 different tiles per types) 8 Deep Space tiles 1 Special Ambassador token 8 Starting tiles (Starting Planet) 2 Accreditation level tokens (+1 and +2) 8 Megastructure tokens 4 Production Structure tiles (double-sided) 50 Alteration tokens 10 Law tiles (5 different Law tiles per color) 12 Asteroid tokens 28 Medals of honor (7 colors) 76 Resource tokens 8 scoring markers (2 per player) 4 +200/250 Scoring Markers (1 per player) 7 Major Project markers 1 President of the Senate punchboard standee (1st player) 48 Special Mission tokens (12 per player) 4 Joint Major Project marker 4 individual player boards (double layer) 16 Ambassador tokens double-sided (Voting / Funding) (4 per player) 32 Spaceships (8 per player) 4 Accreditation markers (1 per player) 4 Mage pawns (1 per player) 24 Robot pawns (6 per player) 4 Miner pawns (1 per player) 24 Trade discs (6 per player) 8 player aids (double-sided) 4 Assistant dice (1 per player) 8 removable storage trays with lids Components for 2- and 3-player games: 5 Federated Planet Blocking tiles 5 Room of the Senate Blocking tiles 9 Neutral Player Vote tiles Additional Deluxe Components: 16 Deluxe Ambassador tokens double-sided (Voting / Funding) (4 per player) Deluxe 1 Special Ambassador token Deluxe 28 Wooden Silkscreen Medals of honor (7 colors) Deluxe 76 Resource Gems (60 Crystals & 16 Golden Diamonds) (Plastic Gem) Deluxe 1 Legendary Spaceship token Deluxe 15 Bonus Erudite tiles Deluxe Rule Sheet for Bonus Content (Erudite Tiles & Legendary Spaceship)

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Upgrade your standee to a full color Wooden Meeple!Federation Game Sold Separately.

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For the Queen is an easy-to-learn 2-6+ player collaborative card-based game in which you must work together to build a tale of love, betrayal, doubt, and devotion towards the Queen. Select one of the 25 beautiful Queen illustrations, or get creative and imagine your own! With 91 cards, this new edition of For the Queen allows an endless amount of stories, genres, and fun for everyone.

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  The Nation is in disarray and a war is waging between the classes. The working class faces a dismantled welfare system, the capitalists are losing their hard-earned profits, the middle class is gradually fading and the state is sinking into a deep deficit. Amidst all this chaos, the only person who can provide guidance is... you. Will you take the side of the working class and fight for social reforms? Or will you stand with the corporations and the free market? Will you help the government try to keep it all together, or will you try to enforce your agenda no matter the cost to the country? Hegemony is an asymmetric politico-economic card-driven board game for 2-4 players that puts you in the role of one of the socio-economic groups in a fictional state: The Working Class, the Middle Class, the Capitalist Class and the State itself. The Working class controls the workers. The Capitalist class controls the companies. The Middle class combines elements from both the Working class and the Capitalist. It has workers who can work in the Capitalist's companies but it can also build companies of its own, yet smaller. Finally the State is trying to keep everyone happy, providing benefits and subsidies when needed but trying also to maintain a steady income through taxes to avoid going into debt. While players have their own separate goals, they are all limited by a series of policies that affect most of their actions, like Taxation, Labor Market, Foreign Trade etc. Voting on those policies and using their influence to change them is also very important. Through careful planning, strategic actions and political maneuvering, you will do your best to increase the power of your class and carry out your agenda. Will you be the one to lead your class to victory? Hegemony is heavily based on actual academic principles such as Social-Democracy, Neoliberalism, Nationalism and Globalism, and allows players to see their real world applications through engaging gameplay. There are many ways to achieve hegemony- which one will you take?

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    The year is 1947 and you are a member of the thriving movie-making industry of Hollywood. However, it is suspected that there are communists hiding among your small production studio slipping “un-Patriotic” messages, themes, props, and lines into your movies! Will you be able to find all the communists before your studio is shut down? Or will you be suspected yourself and banned from the industry? In the game each player will secretly be a Patriot, Communist, or Rising Star. Each round every player will have a unique Job to perform (such as the Screenwriter, Gaffer, Director, Actor, Editor, etc). These jobs will affect what kind of movie is getting made that round, what cards are in players’ hands, and who will receive special information. Players can choose to skip their jobs to instead re-roll any two of the dice in the game. At the end of each round the players with stars showing on their dice will get to add a card into the movie. The added cards will be shuffled, one will be removed, and the rest will be revealed. The team with the majority of revealed symbols (including the symbols on that round’s movie poster) wins the round! Indicate the winning team for the round by placing that team’s matching film-strip over the movie poster. The first team to win 4 rounds wins the game! The Rising Star plays both sides by trying to make the game go to 7 rounds and making the 7th round a tie. Hollywood 1947 is a social deduction game. You must never show your cards or loyalty to anyone, but you may say whatever you’d like about the cards you put into a movie, or about your true allegiance. Open discussion about which cards were added into a movie is encouraged. However, if you are a Communist or the Rising Star, lying will often help you accomplish your goals since the majority of players will be Patriots. That’s a wrap. Most players get the hang of the game after only a few minutes. So let’s go make some movies, but be careful who you trust! Hollywood 1947 is the 5th standalone game in the Dark Cities Series by Facade Games. Previous games in the series include Salem 1692, Tortuga 1667, Deadwood 1876, and Bristol 1350.

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"It will be necessary …to gain the hearts and subdue the minds of America." — British General Henry Clinton, In his Campaign Narrative of 1776."It’s easier to crush evils in their infancy than when grown to maturity."— British General Thomas Gage, March 28, 1775."It is evident the enemy mean to … oblige us to fight them on their own terms or surrender at discretion, or by a Brilliant Stroke endeavor to cut this army in pieces…"— George Washington in a letter to John Hancock, President of the Congress 1776.Volume V in GMT’s COIN Series takes us back to the struggle of the American Patriots against their parent British government. A unique multi-faction treatment of the American Revolution, Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection will take 1 to 4 players between lines of clashing red and blue infantry, Indian raids, European politics, British control of the seas, French intervention, and the propaganda war.Building off the good works of COIN Series Creator Volko Ruhnke and Series Designers Jeff Grossman, Brian Train, Mark Herman, and Andrew Ruhnke, Designer Harold Buchanan applies his knowledge of the American Revolutionary period to take a new look at the struggle that built a nation. COIN Series Developer Mike Bertucelli continues his work on this project and Volko Ruhnke is an active advisor.Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection features the same card-assisted counterinsurgency game system as GMT's Andean Abyss, Cuba Libre, A Distant Plain, Fire in the Lake, and Gallic War, with a set of twists that take the COIN Series to the 18th Century, including:★ Brilliant Strokes that trump initiative (Led by leaders like Washington, Rochambeau, Clinton and Joseph Brant)★ Irregular troops (Patriot Militia and Indian War Parties)★ Regular troops (British and French Regulars and Patriot Continentals) for battles and skirmishes with line infantry★ Rabble-rousing, Skirmishing, Tories, variable French entry, and Indian Raids★ Variable impact of naval commitments between the British and French★ French blockades to confound British plans★ French financing options to feed the Patriot’s war effort★ A large deck of 110 + cards for great play variety★ Short, medium, and long-length scenarios with period-event or random options.

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Of the billions of planets in existence, none are as perfect or as beautiful as our home planet we call Earth. But Earth is in danger. Human advancements are threatening her ability to sustain life. How can we balance between our need for advancement and our planet’s ability to sustain our ambitions? One Earth is a fun climate change game for 2-5 players. You and your friends play as one of Earth’s mighty nations, competing with one another to ensure your citizens prosper and maintain the highest living standards. However, in doing so, you must also ensure you work together to ensure the sustainability of Earth and its survival. There is only One Earth, and it is our duty to protect it.

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A fast, tactical and very interactive card game in a dark fantasy atmosphere rendered by the beautiful art of Tomasz Jedruszek. The King has died without an heir and feuding families now attempt to seize power through schemes, cunning and... blood! Players will plan their deadly schemes in the shadows and wait until the right moment to strike. Opportunism, bluffing, clever card combinations and a pinch of backstabbing will be key to secure your family's claim and steal the crown!

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The third stand-alone episode and conclusion of the Oriflamme saga. The game introduces 10 innovative effects offering subtle tactical options and rich political decisions. This opus invites players to understand the dynamics around the table and to seek a balance between balance between aggression and negotiation! The Empress will reward you but will grant a favor to a rival. The Diplomat will give you the opportunity to forge an alliance with other players. Yet violence is still ready resurface at any moment: the Insurrection will eliminate the two adjacent cards provided you discard a point accumulated on it!Oriflamme Alliance offers 10 new action cards that can be mixed with Oriflamme and/or Oriflamme: Ablaze or be used as a standalone.

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A fast, tactical and very interactive card game in a dark fantasy atmosphere rendered by the beautiful art of Tomasz Jedruszek. The King has died without an heir and feuding families now attempt to seize power through schemes, cunning and... blood! Players will plan their deadly schemes in the shadows and wait until the right moment to strike. Opportunism, bluffing, clever card combinations and a pinch of backstabbing will be key to secure your family's claim and steal the crown!

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  Behold the city of Korvosa, the gateway to fabled Varisia. Those with the most guile, cunning, and simple brute force control the city. Welcome to Pathfinder Revolution! Secretly bid against your opponents for control of important people and guilds, gaining influence in different regions throughout the city, as well as more gold, power, or blackmail for your war chest. Gold can sway the Guildmaster, and blackmail may turn the Hellknight to your side, but sometimes the only answer to a problem is force. Can you use the tools of gutter statecraft, bluff or outguess your opponents, and build a coalition to control the city? Pathfinder Revolution! is a game of bidding and intrigue for three to six players. Make Your Bid For Power!

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Survive Peak Oil!Peak Oil is approaching and, as the president of a major oil company, you need to find a way to keep your company afloat! To do this, you’ll have to extract the last reserves of black-gold to raise the money needed to invest in the new technologies that are sure to soon replace oil. Of course, you’ll attempt to survive this crisis using legal means, but the competition won’t be so honorable. So maybe you’ll have to get your hands dirty as well….On your turn in Peak Oil, you assign your agents to different action spots on the board. If your agents are in the majority at any given action spot, or you decide to send mercenaries to their help, they squelch the competition - allowing you to take the action. Actions include: developing and harvesting oil fields, building pipelines, hiring new agents, buying new ship contracts, investing in oil replacement technologies, conducting PR campaigns, engaging in piracy, and manipulating public opinion and oil prices.The oil — small barrels that you draw from a bag when developing new oil fields — will run out. This is called "peak oil" and marks the end of the game. Players tally the value of the technologies in which they invested and supported during the game. Whoever shaped the future best (i.e. gained the most favor for their company) wins.

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Survive Peak Oil!Peak Oil is approaching and, as the president of a major oil company, you need to find a way to keep your company afloat! To do this, you’ll have to extract the last reserves of black-gold to raise the money needed to invest in the new technologies that are sure to soon replace oil. Of course, you’ll attempt to survive this crisis using legal means, but the competition won’t be so honorable. So maybe you’ll have to get your hands dirty as well….On your turn in Peak Oil, you assign your agents to different action spots on the board. If your agents are in the majority at any given action spot, or you decide to send mercenaries to their help, they squelch the competition - allowing you to take the action. Actions include: developing and harvesting oil fields, building pipelines, hiring new agents, buying new ship contracts, investing in oil replacement technologies, conducting PR campaigns, engaging in piracy, and manipulating public opinion and oil prices.The oil — small barrels that you draw from a bag when developing new oil fields — will run out. This is called "peak oil" and marks the end of the game. Players tally the value of the technologies in which they invested and supported during the game. Whoever shaped the future best (i.e. gained the most favor for their company) wins.

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"Which Princess will be crowned Queen by Midnight in this battle-royale deck-building card game of guile, deception, and brawn?Player Count: 3–6Minimum Age: 12+Game Length: 60–90 minsOverview: The Midnight Queen is dead... As her kingdom weeps, the Queen’s dying command was to invoke the Rule By Midnight: a trial of combat and guile, where the Princesses of Twelvefold meet in secret to battle and scheme against one another. At the stroke of midnight, the most powerful Princess left standing will be crowned the new Midnight Queen.Queen by Midnight is a battle-royale deck-building card game of guile, deception, and brawn. Each Princess wields unique tactics to battle for the Midnight Court, but only one shall wear the crown.Gameplay:Use your cards to scheme, brawl, and cast your way to victory!Six unique styles of play.Pledge your loyalty to others to hedge your bets!Inside: The centerpiece of this game is a stunning Clock Dice Tower that tracks turns, offers cards to buy, and rolls your dice! It spins to face each player on their turn. Nearly 200 cards are themed to your specific Princess, with additional Bazaar cards (75) available to customize your deck. Tokens, trackers, boards, and other cards make gameplay easy to track even when things are getting heated.

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  The Last Kingdom Board Game is game of war and politics for 2-5 players by renowned designer John D Clair that's based on the Netflix series The Last Kingdom. In this world, the kingdoms of Britain are at war. Many have already fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred. You are one of the great commanders and politicians in this war-torn land known today as England. Both Saxon and Dane armies openly battle for dominance, and it is up to you to title the scales of power. To claim these lands, you will need to tread a dangerous path between both sides of the conflict. Will you betray your allies for power? What part will you play in the birth of a new nation, and will you ultimately rule it all? The Last Kingdom Board Game plays over the course of two rounds during which players will perform actions to command armies to shape the course of the war. Your allegiance to the Saxons or the Danes can be firm or fickle, and your score will reflect not just your prowess in battle, but your political skill in maneuvering the competing forces of Britain. Each of the ten leaders offers unique benefits to your strategy and provides special cards to start your hand. At the start of each round, players complete their hand by drafting cards from a deck specific to that round, then the war begins in one of the five regions. Players take turns playing cards to command Saxon or Dane armies, gaining affinity with the different factions, or positioning their heroes and leaders to shift the tides of war. Players also have access to a rotating market of actions that are available to everyone. Alternatively, players may choose to not act on their turn and instead pass to see what moves their opponents make. Once all players have passed consecutively, the war in the current region will be decided by the strengths of the Saxon and Dane armies battling there. Players gain victory points if they are aligned with the winning faction and based on their level of affinity. The focus of the war then moves to the next region, and the battle continues. After the fate of each of the five regions has been decided, the round ends. After two rounds of play, the player who has accrued the most points wins.

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Lead your clan across the lands of Vaalbara!All players have the same deck of 12 cards representing the members of their tribe. Each turn, players choose secretly one card. In the order of initiative of the revealed Characters, players will be able to activate their powers and take over one of the available Territories. Deciding between playing the best powers and high initiatives at the most opportune moment will be difficult. After 9 rounds, the player with the most points wins the game and unites the tribes of the continent under their banner!★ GORGEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS: The vibrant landscapes and dramatic characters will immerse you in this fantasy neolithic setting.★ INTERACTIVE CARD PLAY: Some Character and Land effects score depending on other players‘ cards, intertwining everyone’s decisions.★ REACTIVE STRATEGY: With two phases of card play, you need to balance your priorities with what other players might do.★ NINE 30-MIN EPISODES: Roleplay in short time commitments or play episodes back-to-back to immerse yourself in the story.CONTENTS• 51 Land cards• 60 Character cards• 75 Victory Point tokens• 1 rulebook

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In Watergate, one player assumes the role of a [Washington Post] Journalist, while the other embodies the Nixon Administration—each with a unique set of cards. To win, the Nixon Administration must build up enough momentum to make it to the end of the presidential term, whereas the Journalist must gather enough evidence to connect two informants directly to the President. Of course, the administration will do all in its power to smother any evidence. History of Watergate included with the game!

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Watergate: Change in History is a pair of promo cards for Watergate that was originally given to attendees of the 2020 Camp Capstone virtual convention. Later available as part of Pack C from the Dice Tower 2021 Kickstarter campaign. One card is for the Nixon player and the other is for the Editor player. If one game of Watergate follows another without the players switching roles, whichever player lost receives their promo card, with that card providing an advantageous action that may be used once at any point in the game. The two cards are:The Day After: Move 1 evidence token 2 steps.Meet the Press: Move the momentum token 2 steps.

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