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Big Box Games
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Big City
Franz-Benno Delonge brings the Big City back to life along with all new artwork by Mike Doyle!
In Big City, players take the role of a competing city planner and builder, each attempting to build a small town into a booming metropolis. But each player will have a different vision for the city’s development, and competition can be fierce!
Big City is played in different neighbourhoods, whose position can change each game. Each player is given control of different building sites throughout the city, onto which they can construct buildings of different sizes and point values. To be truly successful, players must attempt to acquire adjacent plots of land, in order to build larger and more valuable buildings. After all, a player’s vision must be more than just a single house on every corner! Build houses, cinemas, postal offices, malls, banks and the newly added highrises and hospitals. Add an LRT line to increase the value of your buildings even more!
Big City is for 2 to 4 players and takes from 45 – 75 minutes to play. The new Valley Games edition features two new buildings (hospital and highrise) to challenge each player to build bigger and better.
Pre Order Price (USD): $41.97 - Pre-Orders TBA
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The team of Franz-Benno Delonge and Thomas Ewert invite you to play Container!
Container is a game about big ships and big production. Each player will play both
the producer and shipper of goods. Players will decide which products they want to produce, and which of the OTHER players' goods they want to ship out to a remote island. During these phases, players will be able to set the prices for their goods and try to maximize their cash!
Once the goods have reached the island, players will play the part of the purchaser for their tiny island. Players bid for the goods arriving each day by ship, and the highest bidder collects these goods for conversion into points at the end of the game.
Sounds simple? It is! But the real challenge is turning heavy industry production into goods for your island. Your government is willing to subsidize your purchases, but just how much money do you want to give to your competitors for that lovely crate of goods your island desperately needs?
Complete artwork by Mike Doyle. Container takes approximately 90 minutes to play, and is for 3-5 players.
Price (USD): $59.95 - Buy Now
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This is an expansion to the game Container and introduces four new concepts; Luxury Items, Economy of Scale, Corporate Financing and Monopolies. These are designed to be added separately or as a whole. Additional $1 and $2 cards are also included.
This is NOT a complete game. The basic game Container is required to play.
Price (USD): $17.95 - Buy Now
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Die Macher is a game about 7 sequential regional elections. As a player, you are the leader of a major political party with certain policies that make up your political platform but you will have to decide which regions to focus on as you can't win them all. Changing your platform may help to gain votes in one region but likely cause you to lose votes in another. As each election date approaches, more information is revealed from the polls which show how your party is doing in each region and you must react accordingly. The most important tool for all this is money, but cash is very limited and an election campaign is very expensive. Be careful not to spend all your money on one election as you will not have enough to outbid your opponents on the results of a public opinion poll that could be devastating to your campaign!
Victory points are earned by winning regional elections, having control over the media, having a strong party membership and winning the national election. The player with the most victory points wins.
Die Macher takes between 2 to 3 hours to play and has rules provided for a shorter 1 to 2 hour game. Rules are provided in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch.
Price (USD): $49.95 - Buy Now
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One of the greatest military commanders and tacticians in history descends on the Roman Empire once again. Do you face him as Rome and try to ward the invasion that comes from the North, or do you climb atop your war elephant and show Rome you will take that which they hold most dear: their territory.
Designed with all new artwork from Kurt Miller this is a reprint of the very popular Avalon-Hill version from 1996. The game uses the popular card system, which first appeared in Avalon Hill's We the People, to recount the Second Punic War from 218 to 203 B.C. Players use strategic-level cards for multiple purposes: moving generals, levying new troops, reinforcing existing armies, gaining political control of the provinces involved in the war, and generating historical events. When two armies meet on the battlefield, a second set of cards, called Battle Cards, are used to determine the winner. Ultimately both players seek victory by dominating both fronts: military and political.
This is a 2-player game with a playing time of approximately 150 minutes.
Price (USD): $64.95 - Buy Now
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Liberté
Step back into history with Martin Wallace’s Liberte!
Liberte covers the French Revolution from 1789, including the meeting of the Estates General, to Bonaparte’s coup d’état in 1799. Player’s fortunes rise and fall along with the groups that they choose to support. Clever (or devious) players might even decide to support different sides at the same time to help ensure their victory! In a time of trouble, any tactic may be considered acceptable, including sending rivals to face the guillotine. Just be certain that your characters aren’t the next to be eliminated!
Speaking of characters, Liberte features an entire cast! From Marat to Robespierre, from Danton to Desmoulins, Liberte allows each player the chance to determine the fate of every major player in the French Revolution. Some will hold sway over the masses, and others will meet their fate at the hands of the Radicals.
Liberte is played in four turns. In each turn there will be a variable number of rounds in which each player increases influence in one of three factions: the Royalists, the Moderates, and the Radicals. After each turn, an election will be held to determine which of the three groups forms the government. The player that best uses their characters to win election seats will find themselves one step closer to victory.
The Valley Games reprint of Liberte features beautiful new artwork, new player boards, and upgraded rules resulting from thousands of plays from Liberte’s legions of fans. This is a game for people who love history, interaction, or just great games.
Liberte is for 3 to 6 players, and takes 90 – 120 minutes to play.
Pre-order this game and receive a booklet titled "The Faces of the Revolution" which will provide a brief history and interesting facts about each character in the game. This is in addition to saving 30% off list price!
Pre Order Price (USD): $41.97 - Pre Order 2009
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MasterBuilder
You are a great master builder in the Middle Ages. You employ master craftsmen, foremen, tradesmen and apprentices. You bid on building contracts and with your workforce construct buildings. Upon completing each building you receive money so you can pay wages and possibly take on extra workers. Unforeseen events such as town fairs, fires and higher wages in other cities can make managing your projects very difficult. Also, not all workers are as committed to their jobs as others and some may just not show up for work simply because they were out late the evening before. All this could result in you having to deal with higher costs, late completions of your building projects or the need to dismiss workers.
In the course of the game beautiful buildings will be created and at the end a medieval city will stand in the middle of the table -- complete with city walls, fortified towers, city gates, houses and a town hall.
Your aim is to become the greatest and most famous master builder of the Middle Ages. Of course, your opponents will have the same aim so a lively contest will develop for supremacy in the building trade. The winner will be the player who has the most money at the end of the game.
Master Builder is a game for 2 to 4 players aged 10 and up and takes approximately 60 minutes to play.
Price (USD): $54.95 - Buy Now
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Municipium
Reiner Knizia’s newest big box game, Municipium. This is classic Knizia at his finest!
A prime mechanism of Roman expansion and control in the provinces (and in Italy during the conquest of the peninsula c. 500 – 265 BC) was the municipium (later the colonia), the premiere Roman provincial town. The game takes place in one of these municipalities.
Players are each in control of a powerful family and try to strategically place their family members in the various institutions throughout the municipium and gain the support of the citizens; Scholars, Merchants, Soldiers, Priests and possibly even the Praefect. At various times in the game, if a player has the most influence in an institution, the player can exert the power of that institution and gain the support of certain citizens. Meanwhile, the preafect moves around the municipium and players strive to have the most influence in the institution that he visits, thereby earning his favour. There are seven institutions; Temple, Baths, Emporium, Praetorium, Tavern, Basilica and Forum, each of which have their unique powers with which players must decide how and when to use in an attempt to become the most influential family in the municipium.
Complete artwork by Mike Doyle. This is a 3 – 5 player game with a playing time of approximately 40 - 70 minutes.
Pre-Order Price (USD): $54.95 - Buy Now
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Republic of Rome
Robert Haines’ and Richard Berthold’s classic game of political intrigue and diplomacy is back in full form! Republic of Rome is a distillation of 250 years of Roman history, from about 265 B.C., all in one evening!
In Republic of Rome, players are in a constant balancing act between personal advancement and the welfare of the state. Players build the empire from scratch and thus develop and change the political environment in which they are competing.
Players’ Senators vie for political power, military commands and economic advantages against the backdrop of a turbulent world. Deals and counter-offers abound. Short the necessary votes for Consul? Trade the Armaments Concession for a faction’s support. Spartacus has destroyed your villa? Send Pompey off with ten legions to crush him. But is that too much power to entrust to one man? What if Pompey rebels and marches on Rome?
The game contains three scenarios which divide the color-coded cards into decks simulating the Early, Middle, and Late Republic. Those wishing a larger game can combine them into a Campaign Game of truly epic proportions. A solitaire and two-player version are also included for those unable to muster more players.
This new version contains all new artwork by Mike Doyle and re-written rules meant to address and clarify all previous errata. This is a 1 - 6 player game with a playing time of approximately 3 – 5 hours.
Pre-order this game and receive metal roman coins instead of cardboard coins. This is in addition to saving 30% off list price!
Pre Order Price (USD): $45.47 - Pre-Orders TBA
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Special Edition
Karl-Heinz Schmiel’s fast paced game Extrablatt will now be available in an international version as Special Edition. This edition will have all new hilarious headlines in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish and all new artwork by Mike Doyle.
In Special Edition, players take on the role of editors of a major newspaper, choosing stories of various general types (politics, sports, entertainment, etc.) to run in their respective newspapers. Hilarious headlines stream in on the fax machine and it is up to you to decide which ones to run with. How big should the article be? Is it worthy of the front page? Will competing newspapers run the same article? Should you place an advertisement in your competitor’s paper to take up valuable space? While making these decisions, the clock is running! The print deadline is drawing near and you have to get your finished paper done in time for printing. Will your newspaper have the largest circulation?
Two factors determine a story's worth: timing and size. The timing is relevant because the later in the game the story is run the more points it's potentially worth. But in this game (as in the real world) size is important, because only the biggest story of any given headline will score.
This is a 3 - 4 player game with a playing time of approximately 90 minutes.
Pre order and get the chance to be immortalized in the game! Click here for details. Also, pre-ordering this game earns 8 ballots into the "Free Games for a Year" contest. This is all in addition to saving 30% off list price!
Pre Order Price (USD): $41.97 - Pre-Orders TBA
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Supernova
Supernova is a game of space expansion and exploration. 5 civilizations are abandoning their solar system to escape the upcoming supernova of their sun.
Conquer new solar systems by taking over planets, mining moons, and building the most powerful fleet of ships by upgrading your Weapons, Shields, Communications or Engines. Capture the most space by the time the star goes Supernova to be proclaimed the winner!
The combat system is a simple card driven system that is quite possibly the simplest yet most elegant space combat system to date.
This game features some set collection, area enclosure and tile placement on a completely modular board. Play a short or a long version of the game without changing the board. Possibly the first space exploration game where 3D space not only matters, but could be the key to your victory!
Complete artwork by Mike Doyle. This is a 3 - 5 player game with a playing time of approximately 90 minutes.
Price (USD): $69.95 - Buy Now
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Titan
Titan is back! And it has brought along a few hundred of its friends!
Titan is a full-out monster slug-a-thon, in which players must be prepared to sacrifice their creatures to cause maximum damage to their opponents. Players take the role of the Titan, and roam the board attempting to recruit bigger and badder monsters to fight for their legions. But just as your own army grows, your opponents themselves will be seeking the clash of battle, and there can be only one true Titan!
Titan is played on a main gameboard, where armies are recruited, and positions set. When two armies meet, the action transfers to a battleboard, where the opposing forces battle for position and power. Only the strongest monsters will survive, bringing both points and glory to their Titan.
Kurt Miller and Mike Doyle combine their artistic talents for this reprint. Titan takes from 2 to 4 hours to play, and is for 2 to 6 players.
Pre Order Price (USD): $69.95 - Buy Now
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Small Box Games
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Anno Domini (Inventions)
Urs Hostettler's party game of creating an accurate timeline is now being printed in English. Originally released as Anno Domini, this game has been a HUGE success in Germany.
In Anno Domini, players in turn place a card on the table, *trying* to put theirs in chronological order. A player may, instead of adding a card, claim that the order in which the cards were put is incorrect. In this case all cards are turned over and the correct years revealed. If the order was correct then the doubting player receives two cards and skips a turn. If the order was incorrect then the previous player, who thought the order as correct, receives three cards. The first player that gets rid of all their cards wins.
Bluffing is just as important as knowledge in this game. Most events are rather obscure or are hard to date exactly, so this ain’t no game for the nerds/geeks of this world. Anno Domini is an excellent social game and you may even learn something.
First player to empty his hand wins.
This is a 2 - 8 player game with a playing time of approximately 45 minutes.
Price (USD): TBA
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Beep! Beep!
Reinhard Staupe has been kind enough to allow Valley Games to publish his next lightning fast party game Beep! Beep!
A leisurely drive through the country side is a relaxing activity anyone would would enjoy, right? Oh look, a moose in the trees to the left, lovely. Oh, and there's a cute little skunk waddling along the grass adjacent to the road. However, what happens when these animals try to cross the road? The last thing you want is to have an incident with one of these lovely creatures!
In this game, players must quickly get these forest creatures out of the way to safely finish your trip. However, sometimes there are just too many and you have no choice but to lean on your horn - Beep! Beep! - and clear the way.
This game takes approximately 2-3 minutes to play and the player that successfully saves the most creatures wins the game.
NOTE: THERE WERE NO ANIMALS HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS GAME!
Price (USD): $15.95
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Habitat
We're particularly happy to be publishing Elliot Hogg's first game, Habitat. The artwork on the left are a few samples of the stunning artwork that Miuguel Coimbra created for this game.
In Habitat, your goal is to attract the most complex and diverse animal life to your portion of the great North Woods. The most vibrant ecosystems are those that have organisms from all levels of life, from the producers up to the dominant predators. Therefore, to win a game of Habitat, a player must create a complete collection of cards ranked 1-8. Cards are stacked in order of rank, from lowest to highest, to form Food Chains. There may be multiple Food Chains and duplicate ranks, but only one card from each rank is needed to win. By contrast, an unsupported chain of cards carries the risk that creatures become hungry, or even begin to starve! When a player has collected the necessary cards and all animals are fed, that player declares a "Habitat" and wins the game.
Price (USD): $15.95
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Such A Thing
Urs Hostettler's party game of creating some "thing" is now being printed in English. Originally released as Ein Solches Ding, this game has been a HUGE success in Germany.
Such A Thing is a game where players have to think of a thing that fits a number of given characteristics. Players in turn add cards from their hand one by one, until one player doubts there is "such a thing" that matches all the cards currently played. If the previous player can name a REASONABLE thing, the doubting player is penalized with 3 extra cards. If there isn't such a thing, the previous player is penalized 3 cards.
Characteristics such as "heavier than a boot", "is useless once used" and "breaks when left in the freezer" are just some examples of what players have to work with to create "such a thing".
First player to empty his hand wins.
This is a 2 - 7 player game with a playing time of approximately 30 minutes.
Price (USD): TBA
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The World As I See It
Urs Hostettler's party game of solving the world's problems is now being printed in English. Originally released as Wie ich die Welt sehe.
In this game, the dealer (idwasi) flips over the top card from the My World Deck deck and confronts the opponents with this problem. Each opponent then plays one card face down from their hands which best illustrates a solution to this problem. The idwasi also adds a random card from the solution deck to the pile of opponents solutions.
The idwasi chooses one of these cards that he feels is the best solution to the problem. If the card choosen is one of the opponents cards, the opponent receives the problem card to show that he solved it and then becomes the idwasi for the next round. However, if the idwasi chooses the random card as the best solution, he loses a point and must be the idwasi for another round. Actually, he is now called "tafkai" (the artist formerly known as idwasi).
An example world problem might be, "Arguing children? That does not have to be! I recommend intervention with..." Possible played cards might be, "witches", "homemade paper", "herd of mountain gorillas", "Mc Donalds". The game is played until one player has solved seven world problems.
This is a 2 - 6 player game with a playing time of approximately 30 minutes.
Price (USD): TBA
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Special Offers
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Municipium - Special Offer
Due to contractual obligations in regards to territories, Valley Games will not be offering Municipium for sale at Essen Spiel 2008.
However! Valley Games is offering a limited amount of orders to be picked up during the show, 160 to be exact. This offer cannot be combined with any other games, any other games purchase on the same order will not be honoured. This game must be purchased by itself to qualify, multiple copies are okay.
In addition, Valley Games welcomes its International customers attending Essen to pick up their previously preordered (via 750 Special) copy of Municipium at the Spiel in Essen. In order to pick up a copy preordered with the 750 Special, customers should bring one piece of valid identification as well as their order number. This offer applies to Municipium ONLY. All other preorder games as well as the Municipium preorder bonus will follow by mail.
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Price (USD): 54.95 - LIMITED TO 160 COPIES! - Buy Now
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Accessories
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These dice are approved by GMT Games for use in the wonderfully popular game Commands & Colors. They are 16mm wooden dice with embossed symbols and clear coat lacquer finish. One set contains 7 dice.
Price (USD): $7.00 - Buy Now (Delivery November 2008) |
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