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by Sir Loin o Beef An item Board Game: Wrath of Fire Mountain has been added to the geeklist Virtual Flea Market (VFM) at TantrumCon 2026 (Charlotte, NC)

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by DigMeister Hey all, thanks for the comments. It’s certainly true that taking over mobster speakeasies has strategic advantages, and might be part of a winning strategy. But more so, I was concerned there weren’t enough of the tokens. It seems it really needed a few more, to avoid having to use a substitute. To that end, I found a set of buildings on MakerWorld and resized them to mostly match. My group actually ended up liking these more that the original, because it’s more obvious which is top and bottom. So I created a whole set to replace the wood tokens. https://makerworld.com/en/models/1537652-kid-designed-city-b...

by iceman23 Related Item: Galileo Galilei Yep this just showed up. Dangit, wish I was still gold

by Oink Games Inc. Editor's note: Here's a history of Oink Games' mid-2023 release Nine Tiles Extreme, told in the form of a Q&A session. —WEM The Evolution of Nine Tiles Extreme Question: How does Nine Tiles Extreme fit into the Nine Tiles series? Jean-Claude Pellin: We always work on new game concepts with specific publishers in mind. Our design philosophy aligns with

by Trexxenn ah, the wording is definitely important here. i never realized it was specifically "remove them from the board". i would just move whatever was left back onto spots, and add new enemies to empty spots. thank you

by Ffsh No van a corregir nada tampoco en la 3 edicion, estoy seguro.

by TedW TedW wrote:This thread is killing me. I had kinda swore off Strategic Pacific games after playing Empire of the Sun but now I am tempted by the comments above about both Ocean's of Fire and Pacific Fleet. Ugh. It's not the EotS is a bad game, it is actually pretty decent. I do have some problems with it as a simulation but that is not the real issue.The imbalance of the the historical situation leads me to a deeper angst. The war itself breaks down into three rough phases: 1) Japan runs wild for a few months 2) Rough parity when most of decisive battles take place (Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Savo, Eastern Solomons, New Guinea, etc.) and 3) Relentless battering of the Japanese into submission. I found when I played EotS that the first sixth and the last third of

by fisha After our first play this is not clear for me. Should we place treasure tokens on the respecting icons in each encounter. As I see, the setup section does not mention this on the encounter cards.