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[Spirit Games]

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Overview   :   Spirit Games, supplying gamers with board games, card games, roleplaying games, d20, wargames and miniatures, for 20 years.
Website   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/disp.php?menu=2&sub=n


Black Spy
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7679
 
Part of a series of deluxe classic card game, Black Spy is a Film Noir take on Hearts. Enlist the best spies to get what you want, but beware of the Black Spies; they will turn against you if given the chance, keeping your hands clean won't be easy. Can you outsmart your opponents?

 
Maximum Throwdown
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7680
 
Maximum Throwdown pits up to six players against each other in a battle royale of card-throwing action. Try to cover up your opponents icons while keeping yours visible. Revealed icons grant awesome special abilities to use in the arena. The player with the most points wins!

Contents:

90 Throwdown cards
6 Reference cards
6 Starting location cards
1 Rulesheet

 
Agent Hunter
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7681
 
In Agent Hunter, 2 players act as rival agents attempting to eliminate their opponent's safe houses, represented by face down cards. However, the closer you get to uncovering your target, the more you risk compromising your own position. Stealth and cunning are your greatest allies, for only agents that remain hidden in the shadows will survive the hunt.

Contents:

20 Agent cards
2 Reference cards
10 Decoy tokens
1 Rulesheet

 
Card of the Dead
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7682
 
Zombies have come to your town!

Good thing you have seen the movies. Get on your football pads. Grab your trusty slugger and give those walkers a good thrashing! Or run away. That works pretty well too.

In Card of the Dead your job is to survive by whatever means you can. And remember, you don't have to be the fastest, just faster than the person next to you.

Contents:

56 cards
1 rule-sheet

 
Zooloretto The Dice Game
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7683
 
Create your very own zoo with a few dice rolls! In this press your luck game, your goal is to get your hands on just the right number of animals to score the most points. Each turn, you will need to decide between rolling 2 dice or taking new animals. With its simple rules, Zooleretto - The Dice Game is fun for the whole family!

Contents:

10 Animal dice
1 board
1 scoring pad
1 pencil

 
Letters from Whitechapel Revised
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7677
 
In Letters from Whitechapel, one player assumes the role of Jack the Ripper while the other players assume the roles of detectives pursuing him in Victorian London. Jack the Ripper must outmanoeuvre the detectives in the tangled streets of the Whitechapel District to escape after committing his horrible murders. Meanwhile, the detectives must use clever deduction and their superior numbers to hunt Jack the Ripper down before he can kill again or elude them forever. Will history's most notorious serial killer get away again? Or, this time, will he be brought to justice?

This box contains:

1 Rulebook
1 Game Board
6 Reference Sheets
4 Jack's Letter Sheets
5 Head of the Investigation Tiles
5 Special Movement Tokens
16 Wooden Tokens
12 Wooden Pawns
1 Jack the Ripper Screen
1 Pad of Jack the Ripper Move Track Sheets
27 Plastic Markers

 
Village Special Edition
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7678
 
Includes mini expansion.

Life in this village is tough! But at least if offers its residents a lot of room for development. Some make their career in the council chamber, some in the church, while others journey into the world...

Each player controls the fate of a family and wants to rise to prominence. But never forget the most important thing: Time cannot be stopped, and eventually family members pass away. Those that worked hard during their lifetime may find themselves immortalized in the village chronicle and thus increase their families' fame.

Village is a game full of tactical challenges. A clever action mechanism ensures that each turn is brief and still full of tricky decisions. Noteworthy is also the way the game deals with the subject of death. As a natural part of life, it is a frequent guest in the village and requires especially one thing: smart time management.

Contents:

1 game board
4 farmyards
48 wooden figures
1 sticker sheet
78 wooden cubes
32 wooden markers
40 goods tiles
1 starting player marker
1 next starting player marker
24 customer tiles
20 grain tiles
15 coins
2 cloth bags
3 set-up cards
1 "mass" overview card
1 rule book

 
The Great Dalmuti
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=2544
 
Life isn't fair...

One round you're at the top of the heap, and the next you're peasant scum in this fast-paced card game of medieval one-upmanship. Players take their place in the pecking order and try to get rid of the cards in their hands. The faster you do, the higher up you'll go. But don't get comfortable, because in a single hand even the lowliest serf can knock you back to the fields. Sounds unfair? Sure is! But the sweet taste of victory could make it all worthwhile....

Contains:
* Rulebook
* 80 game cards

[Spirit Games]

Spirit Games Website Whats New for Games
Overview   :   Spirit Games, supplying gamers with board games, card games, roleplaying games, d20, wargames and miniatures, for 20 years.
Website   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/disp.php?menu=2&sub=n

 
The Lone Ranger: Shuffle the Deck Card Game
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7684
 
A train full of silver is steaming down the track! You will secretly control characters from Disney's The Lone Ranger movie as they jump from train car to train car to collect silver - but will you be one of the Outlaws looking to steal the silver or will you be one of the Rangers trying to protect the silver? But, be careful to keep your identity secret - or other players may unmask you and take half of your silver!

Contents:

9 Character Cards
9 Masked Character Cards
58 Adventure Cards
24 Movement Cards
9 Train Car Cards
Rulebook

 
Fairy Tale Assassin League: Snow White? Not Any More.
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7685
 
What if happily ever after went terribly wrong...in Las Vegas

 
Fairy Tale Assassin League: Red Riding Hood
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7686
 
What if happily ever after goes horribly wrong...in Las Vegas

 
Mensa Connections
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7687
 
Also published as Ingenious Travel Game and using the same system as the bestselling Ingenious 1-4 player game, this brilliant strategy game has been an international bestseller in 14 countries. Since it was first launched in 2005 under the MENSA name it has carved out a place in the hall of fame of abstract games and has won many prizes. It is one of those rare games that is played over and over, year in and year out.

The object of the game is to score lines of colours leading out from the symbols on the tiles you place. The winner of the game is the player who has the highest score in his weakest colour. Hence the necessity to make sure that you advance all of your colours, not just a few.

It is fundamentally a simple game, but to be a top player requires a great deal of strategy! The author of the game, Reiner Knizia, is the world's leading games designer with hundreds of successful board games to his credit. But he admits to this game being one of his finest achievements.

Components:

1 plastic playing board
57 plastic tiles
1 cotton bag
12 plastic scoring pegs
1 rules booklet

 
Against the Odds: These Brave Fellows
Direct link   :   http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/single.php?menu=2&sub=n&game=7688
 
In the weeks before Austeritz, French General Gazan's division accompanied by Marshal Mortier, was boldly chasing Austrian stragglers out of Bavaria and going blindly into a Russian trap. The wily Marshal Kutusov outnumbered the French 4-1 in infantry and 20-1 in artillery... plus he knew where they were, and they were clueless about his position, even as they marched into a valley he surrounded on three sides. Luckily for the French, his men were exhausted, starving, and freezing. That made things just about even.

After four hours of desperate fighting, Mortier's staff begged him to escape what looked like certain death or capture. Noting how well his troops had fought, he answered:

"No We must not separate from these brave fellows: we must be saved or perish together!"

Was he saving his reputation or preferring valour to wisdom? Whatever the answer, it worked. The French held, just barely, and the campaign would continue. Three weeks later, Napoleon would fight his "masterpiece" at Austerlitz, and Europe would see ten more years of war. But a different outcome at Durenstein - a place and a battle few have ever heard of - might have made a big difference.

Now, see how you might have changed things. The French are outnumbered and lacking in cavalry. The Russians are tired and hard to coordinate. Both sides can see the scales tip to glory or disaster.

These Brave Fellows' game mechanics cover the difficulties of coordinating attacks (and fighting in the snow), and variable arrival times of the Russian columns and supporting French. Optional rules allow players to explore the "what might have been" situations that were so close to happening; both sides had additional troops that could have been involved (or could have gotten there a lot sooner than they did).

Can you smash These Brave Fellows and save the Coalition? Can you do better than just grimly hold on and try to avoid telling the Empereor a sad story?

Components:

One 22"x32" map
216 9/16" counters
2 Player Aid Charts
Rules Booklet