RinCon 2019

CLASSIFICATION EDIT
Type
Strategy
Category
Ancient
Farming
Mechanisms
Card Drafting
Time Track
Worker Placement
Family
Country: Egypt
Reimplemented By
Egizia: Shifting Sands

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The players are builders in Ancient Egypt, competing to get the most fame building different monuments requested by the Pharaoh (the Sphinx, the Obelisk, the Temple, and the Pyramid).

The game lasts 5 turns. In each turn, the players place their pawns on the board, along the banks of the Nile, getting the advantages shown on each square. On the right bank there are fixed squares where the players may get workers, improve their mercantile capabilities, influence the floods (and thus the fertility of the fields) and reserve the right to build the monuments (that are built only after all the placements are done). On the left bank the players may take cards that are deployed randomly on the 10 squares at the start of each turn; some of these cards are kept until the end of the game (cultivable fields, stone quarries, deities granting special advantages), while others are discarded after the use and offer multiple immediate advantages.

In Egizia, the twist on the worker placement mechanic is that the players must place their pawns following the course of the Nile, moving northwards (from the top to the bottom of the board, that is seen from the Mediterranean Sea). In this way, each placement not only blocks the opponents from choosing the same square (except monuments, where multiple players are always allowed), but also forces the player to place his remaining pawns only on the squares below the one he just occupied (note that "pawns" are placed, since "workers" are one of the resources of the game, like grain and stones).

When the placement phase is over, the workers of the players must be fed with the grain produced in the fields. The production of each field is based on the floods of the Nile, so some fields may not give grain each turn. If a player has not enough grain for all his workers, he has to buy it with Victory Points (the ratio is better for players with improved mercantile capabilities, recorded on a specific track on the board).

After that, stones are received from the owned quarries and used to build the monuments (if the right to do was reserved earlier) along with the workers.

When the game ends, the points scored during the game (mainly building the monuments) are added to the bonuses obtained fulfilling certain conditions on the Sphinx cards. Whoever has the highest total is the winner.

Ignite the fires of love to escape the cold of winter! As Master of the House in Tanto Cuore: Winter Romance, you will employ maids and the newly-introduced butlers and build up your mansion (deck) as they serve you.In Winter Romance your maids and butlers can mingle with those of other players and form couples that earn you more Victory Points. Japanime Games is proud to note that any combination of the sexes will create a couple! When the game ends, the player who has the most Victory Points from the cards in their mansion (deck) is the “Ultimate Master” and the winner of the game!

Dynamite Nurse is a darkly fantastical game of competitive healthcare. In a world where adventurers make a living diving in dangerous dungeons, magical healing is a necessity. These magical hospitals are no safe haven, as the nurses are viciously sabotaging each other trying to avoid the dreaded title of Dynamite Nurse

In Raccoon Tycoon, players try to produce the most valuable commodities in an ever-changing marketplace. They then use those commodities to build towns, or sell them at the best price to secure great profits that can be used to win auctions for the all-important railroads. The profits may also be used to buy powerful buildings that give the players power-ups or bonuses in production. Owning the best towns and railroads determines victory.

Wildcatters is a tactical and strategic board game set during the booming business of the 19th century oil industry!

The players are oil barons who develop oil fields; bid for oil rights; and build rigs, oil tankers, trains, and refineries. Your goal is to deliver more oil barrels to the continents than the other players while also collecting more shares and money than them.

The game lasts seven rounds with four players, and the game set-up is the same for each player, with three rigs, two trains, one tanker and one refinery being placed on the board. The game board features a world map divided into eight areas where you can find oil. Players choose an open area card and get money to build rigs, tankers, trains and refineries, after which they can buy oil actions. The players work together in an oilfield to find oil at a lower cost. The players transport oil together to the refineries, using trains and tankers from other players to deliver oil to the refineries – and all with one purpose: deliver more oil than the other players by the end of the game.

This is an old west retheme of Codenames. Play on the side of the law as a member of the posse, or play the ruthless outlaws running from the law. There are special rules for this edition giving a once per round ability to the outlaws and the posse.

The West is growing day by day, and you’re looking to stake your claim. To win, you have to gamble your relationships with the most powerful bosses in town to win influence. This influence comes in many forms: Law, Money and Force. If you’re clever enough, you’ll be able to take claim over the buildings in the evergrowing boomtowns and gain powerful abilities. At the end of the day, the boss who has the best combination of wit and bluff will become the most powerful tycoon in the Wild Wild West.

Capsaicin is a push your luck game where players compete to see who can eat the most peppers without burning themselves and losing their points! Combining bright graphics and pieces with easy instructions, see who will be luckiest before they have to down all their water! Takes about 15 minutes.

Artisans Jewel Crafters is a game where players compete to impress the king and be named best in the land due to their art! With limited actions they acquire resources to buy cards to create jewelry pieces that synergize with one another, until only one can be crowned the best! Usually takes 30 minutes.

Capsaicin is a push your luck game where players compete to see who can eat the most peppers without burning themselves and losing their points! Combining bright graphics and pieces with easy instructions, see who will be luckiest before they have to down all their water! Takes about 15 minutes.

Artisans Jewel Crafters is a game where players compete to impress the king and be named best in the land due to their art! With limited actions they acquire resources to buy cards to create jewelry pieces that synergize with one another, until only one can be crowned the best! Usually takes 30 minutes.

anto Cuore is a deck building card game for 2-4 players. The players take the roles of “master of the house,” employ a lot of cute maids, and are served by them while slowly filling out their house (card deck). But take care! The maids can become sick or get bad habits. When the game ends, the player who has the most victory point-gaining maids in his staff (all his cards) is the “perfect master” and the winner of the game.

Your favorite anime princesses have returned in this new stand-alone expansion, Heart of Crown: Fairy Garden. Fairy Garden is the first set of this new block for the Heart of Crown Series. It introduces 30 new card types into the market, beautiful new artwork, and impish new abilities from the fairy realm. You can play Fairy Garden by itself or combine it with any of your other favorite Heart of Crown sets, including the Heart of Crown base game! Purchase here and receive a promo card pack!