Take 5! – 30th Anniversary Edition

Hey PI-Fans, Confusing known as Take 5! in the English-speaking world, 6 nimmt! is a classic strategy card game that's been delighting players since it's inception in 1994. Designed around a deck of numbered cards, players are attempting to place cards in ascending order based on their number - each card is placed in the row that ends with the highest number that's below the card's number. When the sixth card is placed in a row, the owner of that card claims the other five cards and the sixth card becomes the first card in a new row. After finishing ten rounds, players tally their score with the player with the fewest points winning! Publisher Amigo Spiele has come out swinging with the Take 5! 30th Anniversary Edition, a special edition of the game which comes with the full original game as well as an extra stack of variant mini-expansions [...]

By |2024-09-01T16:37:00+08:00September 1st, 2024|Card Games, Items, New items|

MTG – DUSKMOURN PREORDERS

In this plane-enveloping House, evil manifests Nightmares and Glitch Ghosts, sends Razorkin into a frenzy, and turns toys and shadows lethal. Come play with us – if you dare. The upcoming Magic: The Gathering Set Duskmourn takes a running leap from Magic's traditional fantasy epic aesthetic and plunges headfirst into the transgressive, edgy stylings of 80's Horror Flicks. In Duskmourn: House of Horror, players will dare to enter a plane-enveloping House where their fears come to life. Aping the style of horror classics, Duskmourn's aesthetics is a heady mix of Saw meets the Ring, with a healthy splash of Nightmare on Elm Street, The Shining and just the faintest hint of Ghostbusters for flavor. We’re taking preorders for this set, so if you want some, let us know. The Preorders closes 25/8/24. No refunds for cancellation. All orders must be placed with full deposit (Deposit will be refunded in the event [...]

By |2024-08-12T20:15:16+08:00August 12th, 2024|Card Games, Items, Magic: The Gathering, New items, News, Promotions|

Small Portable Fun For All Ages – 06/08/24

Hey PI-Fans, This week's titles skew towards the younger audience, though there's always room at the gaming table for the young at heart. While the classic Bohnanza likewise pops back onto the scene with a special edition Bohnanza Dahlias that rethemes the evergreen bean game with a floral bent while our Chessex dice tray overflows with an infusion of gamer candy, the focus this week seems to be trending towards amazing games to play with the family. Unstable Unicorns For Kids, Clack! Thwack and None of a Kind fill out the family gaming niche with aplomb with a variety of mechanics ranging from take-that style player conflict in Unstable Unicorns to speed reaction with Clack! Thwack and puzzle pattern recognition in None of a Kind.  These fast paced titles are perfect for a family game nights while staying little one friendly, making them well suited for any parent wanting to [...]

By |2024-08-11T16:01:03+08:00August 11th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items|

Animals at War and Charming Landscapes – Air, Land and Sea and Dorfromantik: 29/7

Hey PI-Fans, This week's releases really need no explanation. Air, Land and Sea: Critters at War and Critters at War: Flies, Lies and Supplies are thematic reskins of the excellent 2-player card game Air, Land and Sea and Spies, Lies and Supplies. Redrawn with cartoon animals, the game maintains the simple elegance of the area-majority hand management card game, with players trying to play card totals which outscore their opponent in two or more of the respective scoring zones. Except with fuzzy animals. Given the Bloomburrow Prerelease we held recently for Magic: The Gathering, I'm sensing a theme. The other big arrival of the week Dorfromantic: The Board Game took home to prestigious 2023 Spiel des Jahres. Itself a board game adaptation of the surprisingly chill videogame Dorfromantic, the titular game sees players collaboratively laying down tiles representing areas of the rural countryside. In Dorfromantik: The Board Game, up to [...]

By |2024-07-29T16:40:33+08:00July 29th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

The Restock Run – 23/7/24

Hey PI-Fans, One of the dangers of running a game store for a while is that one's capacity to express glee erodes. The most dangerous disconnect is where everything is met with 😐, no matter how excited you are over things. Pardon the eternal 😐. After a few years, you run out of vocabulary to convey how cool stuff really is.  That said, this week sees another stack of stuff slide off a boat and into the store and the restocks include things from differing board game, card game and wargame lines, so as always, we try to keep a little something for everyone. RPG fans will be happy to know the much abused Dice Rack has been restocked, along with the new printing of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition core books. Those seeking a more cerebral experience can consider the MicroMacro range restock as well, full of item-search detective puzzles, [...]

By |2024-07-23T15:09:40+08:00July 23rd, 2024|BattleTech, Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

MTG: BLOOMBURROW PRE-RELEASE EVENT

Hey PI-Fans, Games @ PI will be hosting a MTG: Bloomburrow Prerelease Event on Sunday, 28/7/24 at 2pm. Pre-sale of Bloomburrow product will begin on Friday, 26/7/24 with Starters, Play Boosters and Bundles going on sale. (Bunny) Hop to it PI-Fans! MTG: BLOOMBURROW Prerelease Event $40 for a Prerelease Kit Sunday, 22/7/24, 1400 HRS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGNHxIP3PIo

By |2024-07-22T17:29:46+08:00July 22nd, 2024|Card Games, Items, Magic: The Gathering, New items, News|

Exactly What It Says On The Tin: Let’s Hit Each Other With Fake Swords – 09/07/24

Hey PI-Fans, Do you know what more card games need? Violence. The delightfully named "Let's Hit Each Other With Fake Swords" aims to enthusiastically fill that void in gaming by mixing set collection gameplay with the most elegant of dispute settlement mechanics - hitting each other. Designed as a party game for 3 to 6 players, games of Let's Hit Each Other With Fake Swords are short and amusing affairs - each turn has players simultaneously indicating which of different piles of cards they wish to take for a round. Should more than one player want a specific stack of cards, the most adult conflict resolution of inter-player violence will come into play. Get 3 cards of the same color to make a set. If you are the first person to get 3 sets of cards, you win the game!   https://youtu.be/Gad_MqEl-98

By |2024-07-09T13:05:19+08:00July 9th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

A Rack Full Of Restocks – Unfathomable Expansions and Assorted Weirdness – 05/07

Hey PI-Fans, The law of shipment attraction strikes again. No clue how it works sometimes but stuff just slams down like a meteor. This shipment restocks of a bunch of our traditional titles like Catan, 7 Wonders and Dixit, but also reloads sought after games like Tiny Epic Dungeons, Dobble, Skull and Durian which are fast becoming mainstays on gaming tables. On the new stuff front, Anarchy Pancakes, a collaboration between the Exploding Kittens Company and Dobble, flips out onto the shelves, bringing the wacky and slightly chaotic brand of humor to the pattern matching decks of Dobble. Also arriving in the same heap of 'newness' is WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS, a charade style card game which forces players into increasingly absurd acting, drawing and speech patterns to get their point across. Anyone craving something bigger can look to Unfathomable -  From the Abyss, an expansion for the Cthulhu-esque [...]

By |2024-07-06T12:44:13+08:00July 6th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items|

MTG – BLOOMBURROW PREORDERS

Bravery comes in all sizes! Put your best paw forward and enter the world of Bloomburrow. When elemental forces rage out of control, the salvation of the Valley falls on the shoulders of its smallest protectors. Fight beside mice, frogs, bats, birds, lizards, squirrels, and other critters as you restore the balance of peace.   Hey PI-Fans, The relentless march of Magic the Gathering releases tromps ever onwards with Bloomburrow, an aggressively cute set designed around anthromorphic forest critters. We're taking preorders for this set, so if you want some, let us know. Orders close 7/4/24. No refunds for cancellation. All orders must be placed with full deposit (Deposit will be refunded in the event of manufacturer short supply). In the event of shortage, priority will go to orders placed and paid for earlier. We are accepting preorders from customers in good credit standings only. Release date subject to manufacturer. [...]

By |2024-06-24T20:01:06+08:00June 24th, 2024|Card Games, Items, Magic: The Gathering, News|

Canvas, Canvas Reflections, Canvas Finishing Touches – 14/5/24

Hey PI-Fans, If you're anything quite like me, you're a complete sucker for a game that leans in on a theme. The Canvas series is one of those games. As a painter competing in an art competition, players need to collect cards representing different art elements, holding on to the ones containing features the match the randomly selected judging criteria of the round. The twist here is that said cards are themselves clear plastic, allowing them to be overlaid on top of each other creating custom art pieces. A symbol bar at the bottom of each card displays which art elements are present on each card, with the potential for new layers to cover up or overwrite lower cards. Canvas comes with it's expansions Reflection and Finishing Touches, each of which provides additional elements to a game of Canvas in addition to combining into a stunningly beautiful triptych of art [...]

By |2024-05-14T15:05:56+08:00May 14th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, News|
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