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1754 Conquest: The French & Indian War
2-4 players ♠ 120 minutes ♠ Ages 10 & up
Price: ~$45 according to BoardGamePrices.com
The fight was in the Americas, but the fate of the world was at stake.
France and Britain are at war in this historically accurate title from the ever-excellent Academy Games. The colonies of America and Canada ally with Native tribes and go toe to toe in open conflict. Play as the regular or militia armies of both sides, recruit Natives to your cause, and try to take as many cities as you can before the Treaty of Paris.
New York Slice
2-6 players ♠ 30 minutes ♠ Ages 8 & up
Price: ~$19 according to BoardGamePrices.com
I cut, you choose, but with delicious, delicious pizza.
New York Slice is a game about collecting (or eating!) sets of pizza slices. Do you try and get the majority of Meat Lover or Vegetarian Cheese for maximum points? Can you shove the anchovy slices onto your friends while keeping the Daily Deal for yourself?
Planetarium
1-4 players ♠ 45 minutes ♠ Ages 10 & up
Price: ~$28 according to BoardGamePrices.com
In a distant solar system, matter begins to swirl around a newborn star…
Smash raw planetary materials together to create the planets you need for your secret scoring goals. Add sulfur dioxide vents, carve out vast cave networks – or simply smash two planets together! Planetarium is as gorgeous as it is out there.
Xenoshyft: Dreadmire
1-4 players ♠ 45 minutes ♠ Ages 14 & up
Price: ~$48 according to BoardGamePrices.com
Do you dare enter the alien hive?
Dreadmire is a standalone expansion to Xenoshyft: Onslaught, the co-operative card game of fending off hordes of alien attackers. Work together to defend your positions with your troops, swap medpacks, and hold it together against the swarm. Dreadmire can be played on its own, or mixed together with the Onslaught box.
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Clank! Sunken Treasures
2-4 players ♠ 60 minutes ♠ Ages 13 & Up
Price: ~$16 according to BoardGamePrices.com
The game of stealthy treasure recovery goes underwater as Sunken Treasures adds partially flooded maps, new monsters and environmental challenges. That doesn’t mean the dragon has forgotten about you…
Elder Sign: Omens of the Deep
1-8 players ♠ 90 minutes ♠ Ages 13 & up
Price: ~$21 according to BoardGamePrices.com
The untold horrors of the deep await you aboard the Ultima Thule, a vessel bound for R’lyeh itself. Fight off the Deep One Legion, maintain your ship, and stop Cthulhu himself from awakening…
Smash Up: What Were We Thinking?
2-4 players ♠ 45 minutes ♠ Ages 12 & up
Price: ~$17 according to BoardGamePrices.com
Explorers, Teddy Bears, Rock Stars, and Grannies. This expansion to the shuffle-building game goes back to the series roots of random nonsense. Zombie Elvis, anyone?
Stronghold 2nd Edition: Undead
2 players ♠ 45-90 minutes ♠ Ages 10 & up
Price: ~$24 according to BoardGamePrices.com
The dread necromancer and his legion are at the walls. The horde is limitless, but the necromancer’s power is limited, and will soon wane… if the defenders can survive the onslaught of the undead forces. With rules for fear, mana, and spells, Stronghold just got a lot more variety.
