Cargo Noir In Serge Laget’s Cargo Noir – his fourth standalone box game from Days of Wonder – players represent "families" that traffic in smuggled goods in a 1950s noir setting. Each turn, you’ll set sail to various ports where cargo is known to get "lost" for the right price – Hong Kong, Bombay, Rotterdam, New York and more – and you’ll make an offer for the goods on display. If another family then offers more in that port, you’ll need to up your bid or take your money and slink away to look for goods elsewhere.

Condottiere It is 13th century Italy. Trade is flourishing between the city-states and the Levant. Venice, Florence, and Genoa are all bursting with wealth. However, each city-state is also plagued with a weak national army, leaving them defenseless against invasion from their envious neighbors. Enter the Condottiere. As veteran English soldiers returned from the Crusades, Italy found itself with an influx of desperate and capable men. These hired swords were contracted to fight for individual city-states by an agreement known as a condotta.

No Thanks! No Thanks! is a card game designed to be as simple as it is engaging.The rules are simple. Each turn, players have two options:play one of their chips to avoid picking up the current face-up cardpick up the face-up card (along with any chips that have already been played on that card) and turn over the next cardHowever, the choices aren’t so easy as players compete to have the lowest score at the end of the game.

Orongo Who can build stone statues first in Orongo? Players are part of the exciting story of the mysterious Easter Island, far from other civilizations in the midst of the harsh Pacific Ocean. During the game, players pay homage to the gods in the Orongo ceremonial grounds and with their help create the giant stone heads - Moais - that everyone now recognizes.Whoever bids most shells grabs the best building sites and the most profitable resources for the construction of the stone colossi.

Power Grid Power Grid is the updated release of the Friedemann Friese crayon game Funkenschlag. It removes the crayon aspect from network building in the original edition, while retaining the fluctuating commodities market like Crude: The Oil Game and an auction round intensity reminiscent of The Princes of Florence.The objective of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with power when someone’s network gains a predetermined size. In this new edition, players mark pre-existing routes between cities for connection, and then bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities.