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Happy New Year, fellow gamers! I hope the new year is treating you well and that you've already had the opportunity to play a few amazing games. I wanted to add a personal note to say - YOU ROCK! The newsletter has over 300 subscribers now and that number continues to increase every month. Your genuine enthusiasm for the collection is greatly appreciated! A crucial part of growing this collection is listening to YOU - the patrons. As such, I'm always looking for feedback and encourage you to reach out to me if you have any amazing ideas. As a reminder, I also take board game requests! So, feel free to send those my way as well. (But please, no gigantic, 1,000+ piece games... Haha!) Cheers & Happy Gaming! Madalyn Cohron Librarian, Fiction Department Hoover Public Library Madalync@bham.lib.al.us
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BEEEEES! "The buzz around the meadow is the High Queen seeks an heir. A grand test of skill and dexterity will be held to determine which fledgling queen will inherit the throne! So assemble your hive and make a beeline for the meadow! BEEEEES! is a buzzing real-time dice rolling game for 2-5 players where brains matter as much as speed. Players frantically roll dice to claim hive tiles in front of them and their neighbors. The player with the most dice on the tile strategically places it into their burgeoning hive. At the end of the game, the player that has built the best hive wins!" -BoardGameGeek.com
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Forbidden Desert "In Forbidden Desert, a thematic sequel to Forbidden Island, players take on the roles of brave adventurers who must throw caution to the wind and survive both blistering heat and blustering sand in order to recover a legendary flying machine buried under an ancient desert city. While featuring cooperative gameplay similar to Forbidden Island, Forbidden Desert is a fresh, new game based around an innovative set of mechanisms such as an ever-shifting board, individual resource management, and a unique method for locating the flying machine parts." -BoardGameGeek.com
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Power Grid "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. However, as plants are purchased, newer, more efficient plants become available, so by merely purchasing, you're potentially allowing others access to superior equipment. Additionally, players must acquire the raw…needed to power said plants…, making it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes." -BoardGameGeek.com
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| Unlock! The Formula "Unlock! is a cooperative card game inspired by escape rooms that uses a simple system which allows you to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles. Play Unlock! to embark on great adventures, while seated at a table using only cards and a companion app that can provide clues, check codes, monitor time remaining, etc. In the adventure Unlock! The Formula, The Department has lost contact with one of their chemists, Dr. Hoffman. Your mission is to retrieve the truth serum he had been developing. Deep in the New York subway tunnels, you must seek out his laboratory, locate the doctor, and recover the formula before time runs out. The clock is ticking...can you escape?" -BoardGameGeek.com |
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Unlock! The Island of Doctor Goorse "Unlock! is a cooperative card game inspired by escape rooms that uses a simple system which allows you to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles. Play Unlock! to embark on great adventures, while seated at a table using only cards and a companion app that can provide clues, check codes, monitor time remaining, etc.In Unlock! The Island of Doctor Goorse, you and your team have crash-landed on the island of an eccentric antiques collector. Two to six players will be split into teams, separated in the crash, and forced to escape from two separate starting points. The twists and turns of this challenging adventure will test even the most talented escape artists. With your lines of communication cut, can you and your teammates find a way off the island?" -BoardGameGeek.com
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Unlock! Squeek and Sausage "Unlock! is a cooperative card game inspired by escape rooms that uses a simple system which allows you to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles. Play Unlock! to embark on great adventures, while seated at a table using only cards and a companion app that can provide clues, check codes, monitor time remaining, etc.In the cartoon-style adventure Unlock! Squeek & Sausage, you need to stop the mad Professor Noside from destroying the world. In your attempt to thwart his plot, the evil genius has caught you in a trap, and you can't stop him until you've found a way out. Can you escape and foil his plot before the clock hits zero?" -BoardGameGeek.com
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Wizards Wanted "Enter the magical workforce as a nomadic wizard, wandering the fields and valleys to complete spell jobs. What is the ultimate goal? The greatest reward of all: fame. As one of these enterprising wizards in Wizards Wanted, you must gather magical experience and coins for your work. Resourcefulness is essential as you pick up helpful mushrooms, buy magical dust from tricky pixies, and navigate the twisted paths and teleportation stones. But don't meander too much. You need to be in good standing with the Royal Palace and earn your Spell License by the end of the game, so get to work!" -BoardGameGeek.com
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