Board Games | Strategy Games

Electric vehicles (EVs) have become more common since 2014 and are the future of the automobile industry. They are superior vehicles because they are more efficient, easier to maintain, cleaner, and cheaper to run. They are computerized machines that use AI to improve safety and in the near future will provide autonomous driving. They receive software upgrades during their lifetime and are constantly improving, unlike their traditional combustion-engine counterparts, which start to become obsolete as soon as you start using them.   In Kanban EV, you will be overseeing the production of these vehicles. With "kanban" (看板) being the name for a scheduling system that supports an efficient assembly line, just-in-time production, and a smooth workflow process. Throughout the game, players take on the role of rookie employees trying to secure their careers. You need to manage suppliers and supplies, improve and innovate automobile parts, and get your hands greasy on the assembly line to boost production and impress the factory manager. You must make shrewd use of the recycling facilities and the limited factory supplies in order to appropriate parts when the suppliers come up short. Because the factory must run at optimum efficiency, production doesn't wait for you or mistakes. Sandra, the factory manager, will review your performance and keep the factory on tempo.   Kanban EV is a game about resource and time management that puts you in the driver's seat of an entire production facility, racing for factory goals and the highest level of promotion. You earn production points (PP) for performing various actions in the game, and the player with the most PP at the end of the game wins.

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The Kanban EV Upgrade Pack adds the following expansions to Kanban EV:Speed Charger ExpansionGarage Tile Expansions The SpeedCharger expansion provides players with persistent special abilities they may pay shifts to unlock. During setup, place 4 SpeedCharger tokens per player in a supply next to the Game board. Each player receives a Charging board which is placed next to their Player board. When working Shifts in R&D (or indirectly through Administration), you may spend 1 Shift to take a SpeedCharger token from the supply and place it on a space of your choice on your Charging board. From now on, the covered bonus is active for the rest of the game. Also, at the end of the game, each Charger token is worth 1 PP for each Car in your garages. For example: If you have 3 cars and 4 SpeedCharger tokens, you score 12 PP. You can only take one SpeedCharger per turn. The Bonuses when played in... R&D - Once per turn, you can upgrade 1 Design with a Car Part from the supply. Assembly - You may ignore the restriction of having to provide upgraded parts first. Logistics - You bank 2 Shifts instead of 1 when placing a Kanban card. Design - When you take a Design from the Central Design Stack, gain 1 Book. Administration - When working in Administration, you receive 1 extra Shift.

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Vinhos (the Portuguese word for "wines") is a trading and economic game about the business of winemaking. Despite its small size, Portugal is one of the world's leading wine producers. Over six years of harvests, cultivate your vines, choose the best varieties, hire the best oenologists, take part in trade fairs, and show your opponents you are the best winemaker in the game. As winemakers in Portugal, the players develop their vineyards and produce wine to achieve maximum profit. The object of the game is to produce quality wines that can be exchanged for money or victory points. The Vinhos Deluxe Edition features new art from Ian O'Toole, all components and improved rules of the original game of Vinhos, and a new simplified version of the game. The board is double-sided and features both versions of the game.   Components: 1 Double-sided Gameboard 4 Double-sided Player Boards 2 Rulebooks and 1 Reference book 4 Player Aids 9 Vintage tiles 36 Vineyard tiles 19 Winery tiles 12 Cellar tiles 24 Wine Expert tiles 6 Porto Wine tiles 104 Wine tiles 57 Bagos (Banknote tiles) - 24×1, 16×2, 11×5, 6×10 12 Enologist meeples 12 Farmer meeples 1 Year/Taxation Marker 20 Region Renown cubes 4 Feature markers with stickers (used in 2010 Reserve only) 18 Magnate Action tiles (used only in 2016 Special Vintage) 22 Magnate Multiplier tiles (used only in 2016 Special Vintage) 4 Player Action Marker (1 in each player color) 32 Barrels (8 in each player color) 40 Discs (10 in each player color) 20 Fair tiles (5 in each color) used only in 2010 Reserve 18 Solitaire Cards - 2 decks of 9

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Thousands of coffee farmers all over the world support their families by using small stretches of hillside land for their coffee plantations. Farmers work day in and day out for very little, but the future of coffee farming is bright. Fair Trade organizations strive to improve living conditions for these farmers by helping them set up cooperatives. This enables them to establish better pricing agreements and take out loans for new plantations, all to help provide education and improve the quality of their lives, families, societies, and environment. In Coffee Traders, set in 1970s Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, the delicious Arabica coffee beans farmers harvest are sold in Antwerp — and all over the world — to coffee roasters large and small. Work with your competitors to develop the regions you see fit for the best coffee beans while keeping a watchful eye on the market. Construct buildings to help your Fair Trade coffee plantations thrive while enhancing your network for trading coffee. Will your plantations fall to ruin, or will you rise to the top and become the world's greatest coffee trader?

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Thousands of coffee farmers all over the world support their families by using small stretches of hillside land for their coffee plantations. Farmers work day in and day out for very little, but the future of coffee farming is bright. Fair Trade organizations strive to improve living conditions for these farmers by helping them set up cooperatives. This enables them to establish better pricing agreements and take out loans for new plantations, all to help provide education and improve the quality of their lives, families, societies, and environment. In Coffee Traders, set in 1970s Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, the delicious Arabica coffee beans farmers harvest are sold in Antwerp — and all over the world — to coffee roasters large and small. Work with your competitors to develop the regions you see fit for the best coffee beans while keeping a watchful eye on the market. Construct buildings to help your Fair Trade coffee plantations thrive while enhancing your network for trading coffee. Will your plantations fall to ruin, or will you rise to the top and become the world's greatest coffee trader?

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