You lead a grand civilization at the height of its influence, but can you save it from collapse? In Empire's End, 2-4 players compete to keep calamity at bay. Empire's End marries the intuitive and elegant mechanism of reverse-bidding with engine-building, long-term planning, and strategic depth. The result is a game with a quick tempo, abundant tension, and multiple challenging paths to victory. Players begin with a civilization at the height of its power. Play proceeds through a series of phases, varying as you progress through the game. During the Disaster phase, players face a common threat such as famine, a flood, or barbarians. The player who ends the bidding must take the disaster, which devastates one of their territories. With each disaster that befalls an empire, its people grow in wisdom and resilience. In the style of the modern classic game No Thanks, resources bid by all players will end up in the hands of the player who ultimately takes the disaster card. That player also gains a new ability, an innovation that reflects their empire's ability to adapt in the face of challenging times. Each turn, players move along a progress track that dictates whether they will face a disaster or another type of phase. Players can gain new resources during Production phases, rebuild lost territories during Industry phases, and challenge one another during Military phases. At the end of the progress track, the game is concluded and the winner is the civilization with the greatest number of victory points. Intact territories contribute points, but innovations and military successes can provide alternative ways to win.

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Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time is a clever, two-player game by Mike Fitzgerald (with co-designers Ian Bach and Richard Yaner), designer of the highly acclaimed Baseball Highlights: 2045 and Football Highlights 2052. Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time extends the series to hardwood. The game is a tactical 2-player or solo game in which two basketball teams try to score the most points during the final critical moments of a game: CRUNCH TIME!In Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time, each coach has a team of 5 players. As the coach, you will use your shot cards to set up your plays in several zones on the basketball court. The more players you have undefended in the proper zones, the more points you will score. If one of your players is in a zone that matches your star card, they can make an incredible shot and score extra points. Score more points than your opposing coach to win the game!Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time may be played in 30 minutes or less. There is also an exciting solo mode.

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