Hachette Boardgames USA

In the Cyclades archipelago, off the shores of a divided Greece, players develop their cities and compete for supremacy under the watchful gaze of the gods. In Cyclades: Legendary Edition, designers Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc have reworked the Cyclades base game and its many expansions to make gameplay more dynamic and fluid. The game features a strategic bidding system that defines the actions available to each player on their turn. You must balance your finances to optimize the various actions provided by the different gods, with each player gaining the support of only one god each turn. The game features a shorter and more dynamic bidding phase than the original Cyclades thanks to a new exponential bidding scale. Six gods are available instead of the five, increasing the variety of actions available: Ares allows the movement of player armies and the building of fortresses. Poseidon allows players to move their navies and build ports. Zeus allows his followers to hire priests and build temples. Athena provides her worshipers with philosophers and universities. Apollo increases the income of his worshipers. Hera provides mercenaries to enforce your troops during battle. Players now use landscape tiles to assemble the modular game board during set-up, allowing for ever-changing maps and game strategies. New creatures and heroes are available in the base game, offering new strategic opportunities to build metropolises and gain decisive advantages on the battlefield. Your goal is to be the first to control three metropolises, which can be obtained as follows: Economic development, by constructing four different buildings. Intellectual development, by owning four philosophers. Heroic deeds, when sacrificing a hero. Military conquest, when seizing an enemy city by strength. Cyclades: Legendary Edition features three game configurations: "Classic" mode for 3-5 players in which each player defends their own interests. "Team" mode for 4 or 6 players in which you play in teams of two, co-operating with one another and competing against others. An enhanced and refined two-player mode.

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Inspired by classic arcade fighting games, Tag Team is an auto battler combined with a deckbuilding game. Make your team of 2 Fighters and build an unbeatable synergy by combining their 2 unique decks! Each character has their own techniques and special moves. You start off with a deck of only 2 cards, and the Fight unfolds automatically: flip your cards one at a time and apply their effects. At the end of each round, you get to turn up the heat on the opposing team: Program your deck by strategically adding new cards without reordering the ones already there. Out-think your opponent to deal the decisive blow! Find out what makes your Tag Team tick, play devastating combos, and dominate your Opponent by deftly blocking their attacks. Timing is everything if you want to emerge victorious and Knock Out your foe! Round 1... FIGHT! Selling Points: Inspired by 90s arcade games Accessible rules with a real depth of play 12 unique Fighters to pair together, creating up to 66 teams, each with their own styles and synergies Vibrant and exciting artwork from the pen of Naïade Varied gameplay so all players can play the style that suits them best: Defensive, strategic, unpredictable, all-out-attack... Contents: 1 Fight Rules 1 Fighters’ Guide 12 Fighter boards 12 Draft cards 120 Fight cards (10 per Fighter) 40 Power cubes (purple) 6 Health markers (green) 4 Special markers (yellow) 1 Sheriff Token 1 Golem Token 1 Serpent Token 2 Concentration Tokens 5 Aflame! Tokens 11 Scheme Tokens

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In Zombie Kidz Evolution, players are at school when zombies start to attack, infiltrating the entryways, then barring the way to classrooms. Players move through rooms and entryways to eliminate zombies and keep the zombie reserve full. If a zombie must enter the school but none are available, then the school has been overrun and the players lose. To win the game, players need to lock each of the four entryways as apparently the custodian has abandoned the post and given up the school for lost. As players get better, they can complete missions, track their development through a trophy-sticker system reminiscent of video games, and open envelopes that contain new material for the game, upping the challenge they face while also providing them with new powers and new heroes as well.

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