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Kindomino: Origins Greetings chieftain! Go back in time to the prehistoric era with Kingdomino: Origins!   Start with your village, and acquire regions through alternating decisions. Each turn starts with 4 regions being drawn from the deck. Each are valued based on the numbers printed on the reverse side, arranging them in ascending order. Connect a new domino to your existing kingdom each turn, making sure at least one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play. The player who picked the least valuable region in round 1, gets first pick in round 2 etc. The game ends when all tiles have been placed. Your only limitations are that all tiles must be placed within a 7x7 grid. Regions in your territory earn you points if they contain fire. Fire is either part of your terrains, or earned by adding dominoes with volcanoes. Final points are [...]

Air, Land & Sea:   Supreme Commander! The enemy is upon us! Deploy our forces into the Air, Land & Sea! Engage the enemy, and lead us to victory! You are in sole command of our nation’s military forces, your only goal, to win the war. You have 6 Battle cards to call upon, however reinforcements have been cut off, the 6 Battle cards you bring to Battle will be all you have. Players take alternate turns, playing Battle cards one at a time until all cards have been played, or a player decides to withdraw. Choose the cards you play carefully commander, the order in which you play them, and how you play them will determine victory or defeat. All cards can be played face-up or face-down. Playing a card face-up triggers their Tactical Abilities, but they must be played in their corresponding theatre. Face-down cards can be played [...]

BattleTech: Incoming dropships!   Hey PI fans, Unidentified dropships incoming! Are they Friendly? Hostile? You make the call. Fresh reinforcements make their debut, with the Inner Sphere Heavy Lance taking the field for the embattled Houses, and the Clan Support Star dropping in to support the unrelenting Invaders. New battlefields await, in the form of Map Pack Grasslands. The foundations of the galaxy will be shaken as the Clans close in to their ultimate objective in ilClan. With much sacrifice and loss, the Com Guards halted the Clan’s unstoppable drive toward Terra. Experience the euphoria of victory or the bitter sting of defeat in the climactic Battle of Tukayyid. Along with the new toys the engineers have brought to the front, the production facilities have increased production; as such the Great Houses can expect Inner Sphere Battle lance, Inner Sphere Fire Lance, Inner Sphere Command Lance, and Inner Sphere Direct [...]