Harmonies – 21/5/24

Hey PI-Fans, Another week, another new game. This week's feature is Harmonies, a 3D Terrain placement game where players work to stack different biome pieces together to accommodate and score different wildlife and biomes. Build and stack mountains, trees and rivers while placing terrain to house different animals, each with their own ecosystem requirements.   Harmonies: 1-4 Players, 30 min, Ages 10+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tnOAFMw_jQ In Harmonies, each player takes a turn to draft a set of different biome tokens and animal cards which they work to integrate into their own board space. Players score points for placing tokens in formations that represent Trees, Mountains, Rivers and Buildings, but also need to take the specific needs of the wildlife into consideration when placing their territory. The game includes a solo mode and an "expert" mode, adding the spirits of nature to the game's animal cards. 

By |2024-05-21T13:53:57+08:00May 21st, 2024|Board Games, Items, New items, News|

Small Bites, Fast Games – 16/04/24

Hey PI-Fans, The last time we dredged up a pile of games, when you have a big box like Wyrmspan leading the charge, it's fairly safe to say that was a big week. This week's 'newstuff' focus appears to be a tad smaller though, beginning with a restock of the pocket sized trick-taker Sea, Salt and Paper. Also part of the pocket sized line up for the week is the Exploding Kittens Company's new speed reaction and time management game Danger Danger, Oink Games' tiny push your luck game Durian and the card memorization game of animal waster Who Did It.  This week's titles are aggressively tiny, so if you fancy something you can toss into a backpack so you have something handy should the need arise, all of them make  excellent choices.   Today the jungle fruit shop is busy and bustling once again. The shop's clerks, having too [...]

By |2024-04-19T16:49:03+08:00April 16th, 2024|Card Games, Items, New items, News|

Here There Be Dragons… And Mushrooms… – 05/04/24

Hey PI-Fans, Been a while hasn't it? We haven't forgotten, dear folks, that we are in fact purveyors of entertainment. The Team has been hard at work behind the scenes working on hauling a huge heap of entertainment ashore. Whether this be restocks of modern classic titles like Wingspan (and all it's expansions inclusive of the elusive Asian Expansion), word puzzles like Decrypto, the asymmetric war game Root (and expansions), or just a hefty chunk of STEM kids games with the Dr Eureka, Dr Microbe and Dr Beaker, titles have just trundled back onto our shelves and we're happy to share them with you. Of course, if you're after something new to tickle your fancy, we're fairly certain we can deliver. Anyone after an elegant new strategy game cam look no further than Wyrmspan, a sequel to the smash hit Wingspan, where players seek to attract and roost a colony [...]

By |2024-04-05T16:40:32+08:00April 5th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

Rolling Stock and Works of Art – 23/2/24

Hey PI-Fans, This week brings a heaping helping of random bits and bobs into the fray, from the art competition themed Canvas, to the Poland expansion for Ticket to Ride! We've also managed to secure a tiny stockpile of Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition), so if you're in the mood for a horror movie heist, act fast to avoid disappointment (and maybe being devoured by the house). Beyond that, it's the usual stack of classic restocks with Citadels, Wingspan and Exploding Kittens being the standout titles. A stack of Tiny Epic title restocks has also come trucking in as well so if you need a teeny tiny board game experience to while away your time, you're settled here. From the Baltic Sea to the Tatra Mountains, Poland offers wide open vistas just waiting to be discovered. Take in the fresh sea breeze on the Gulf of Gdansk, or maybe [...]

By |2024-02-23T16:56:12+08:00February 23rd, 2024|Board Games, Items, New items|

Berlin Escalated Quickly? – 03/02/24

Hey PI-Fans, With CNY slowly creeping up upon everyone, we've managed to sneak in another pile of stuff into the store, including of a couple of new fast playing board games this week. While Ticket to Ride: Berlin and That Escalated Quickly represent brand new titles finding their way to the shelf, beloved titles like Wingspan, 7 Wonders and Azul have been reloaded. If you need a stockpile of CNY supplies, don't forget to grab a stash of Bicycle plastic or plastic clay-filled Poker Chips - we won't tell you how to use your gaming supplies, but we have some ideas. Ticket to Ride: Berlin provides another standalone small box twist on the classic Ticket to Ride formula with players managing both the Berlin Straßenbahn (Streetcar) network and the U-bahn (Subway) in order to connect multiple destinations within the city.  In this fast-paced Ticket to Ride game, players race one another to [...]

By |2024-02-03T14:57:28+08:00February 3rd, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

The Post-Holiday Stockup – 16/1/24

Hey PI-Fans, The Post-New Year period is one where stores assess the post-Christmas rush and get to work filling up the shelves. Games @ PI is no exception, and the team has been hard at work ensuring we've a store full of fancy. This isn't to say we've been neglecting the weird and wonderful of the board game world of course - after all, we just magicked up a stack of Decrypto and Wavelength for the social gamers while resource management fans can grab a copy of Wingspan, Brass Lancashire or Brass Birmingham off the shelf. Of course, if you're after something new to broaden your palette, we recommend The Vale of Eternity, an EXCELLENT little creature collector card game by Korean publisher Mandoo games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_aTOOjj9C4   Board and Card Game New Releases: Decrypto 5th Anniversary Edition The Vale of Eternity Important Restocks: Brass Birmingham Brass Lancashire Wavelength Wingspan [...]

By |2024-01-16T18:28:09+08:00January 16th, 2024|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

Store Restocks and the Law of Shipment Attraction

Hey PI-Fans, For those of you who are curious about how logistics for a game company works, the honest answer is it doesn't. No matter how one plans shipments and plot and spaces things out... you can't control the shipping pipeline and while the best planning does mitigate things to an extent, sometimes it all just arrives at once. This is one of those times. The New Arrival shelf is absolutely brimming with piles of new stuff, including the long-awaited return of a slab of Avalon Hill Classics. Meanwhile, the football manager board game Eleven bursts back onto the scene with expansions to keep even the most jaded of coaches happy. Those seeking a more solitary gaming experience can pore over the details with the return of all three MicroMacro: Crime City sets while legacy game fans can look into the massive undertaking that is Oath.     In Oath, [...]

By |2023-11-07T19:09:07+08:00November 7th, 2023|Board Games, Card Games, Items, New items, News|

Restock Waves

Hey PI-Fans, Boy... It's been a while hasn't it.  Time waits for nobody and there's never enough of it really. In my ongoing attempts to keep the store full of cool stuff, it's time to update the website. It's a long overdue update, haha. Worth mentioning is that in addition to spread of board and card games, we've gotten in a useful spread of accessories from the Sultan with 100-card deck boxes, mini-snaps, magnetic-snaps and plastic sleeves  as well as inner 'perfect fit' sleeves for both Standard and Japanese trading card sizes, making this an excellent way to protect both Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering Commander decks. On top of that, here's some of the new stuff that's made it's way to the shelves.     The army of the evil Dragon Queen marches across the land, leaving destruction in its wake. An alliance of desperate defenders stands against the [...]

By |2023-09-15T19:31:21+08:00September 15th, 2023|Board Games, Card Games, Hobby Items, Items, New items|

Descent: The Betrayer’s War – “More Dungeon, More Crawl”

Hey PI-Fans, The Betrayer's War expansion for the Descent: Legends of the Dark board game is an absolute doozy. Arriving in a massive box almost the same size as the original, the game of cooperative 3D dungeon crawling returns with a massive expansion to the main in a campaign that takes on the role of Act 2 of the journey of the heroes through Terrinoth. Building on the original, the game will continue to send heroes questing across a variety of different terrain and encounters as they seek to end the threat of the Waiqar the Undying, Dragonlord Levirax and the monstrous Uthuk Y’llan. Whether they succeed, on the other hand depends on the skill, luck and tenacity of the players in this App-Driven Game-Masterless dungeon romp. If you've ever wanted to play a RPG campaign but could never settle on armtwisting someone in to being the GM, this may [...]

By |2023-08-21T15:04:58+08:00August 21st, 2023|Board Games, Items, New items, News|

Mists Over Carcassonne – Aka. What Carcassonne really needs is Ghosts!

Hey PI-Fans, Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre or ghost? If the answer is "yes," then don't wait another minute. Pick up the phone and call the professionals... Okay. Now that I've gotten that out of my system, maybe consider this week's shelf arrival Mists over Carcassonne, a cooperative reimplementation of the board game classic that sees players band together to build the prefecture before it is swallowed by an overwhelming malevolent mist. Designed as a standalone expansion for classic Carcassonne, Mists over Carcassonne introduces Mist Tiles to the traditional game of roads, fields and cities, which when placed on the board, come replete with their own complement of ghosts meeples. These ghastly supernatural interlopers serve as a 'death clock' of sorts for [...]

By |2023-07-22T16:33:42+08:00July 22nd, 2023|Board Games, Items, New items, News|
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