by Becky "Pixel Viking" Topol

With all the Firefly stuff coming out lately, Browncoats are getting spoiled! The newest game to come out of the ‘Verse is Firefly: the Game. A complex, vastly replayable pick-up-and-deliver game, Firefly: the Game makes you the captain of your very own Firefly-class transport spaceship. Like any captain trying to make a living, you have to find a crew, find a job, and keep flying. Each player has a specific goal they’re trying to achieve, and whoever can get it done first will win, so handpick your mechanics, fighters, mercenaries, and travelers and fly from planet to planet getting work done. Talk to Badger, Niska, and Patience, among tons of other characters from the show, who may have leads on work that will keep you in the sky. Legal jobs are easier but pay less, so you may need to misbehave occasionally. Don’t forget the risks of the job though - the Alliance is looking for criminals just like you, your crew may mutiny at any moment, and the Reavers are literally out for blood. Complete with a little cardboard stegosaurus, Firefly: the Game is a sprawling sandbox for one to four adventurous Browncoats!

WordARound is a fast and furious word game perfect for any group of two or more. Each card has three differently-colored rings. Within each ring a word is written as a continuous circle, and your goal is to be the first to recognize and call out the word in the appropriate ring. When you find the word, you take the card, and the first player with ten cards is the winner! This may sound too easy to be any fun but trust me, it’s harder and more addictive than it sounds. When we got our demo in, we found ourselves playing it over and over and over again - the challenge and speed of the game were too much to pass up! With 100 cards and 300 words to discover, WordARound is a great party game that you can learn in an instant and play for hours!

Dungeon Roll is a light, quick twist on traditional dungeon-crawling games. Players choose one of the various hero cards, each with its own special set of powers and a special Ultimate Ability that can be used only once per turn. Each turn is a mini dungeon-delve, beginning with the active player rolling dice to makeup a random part of adventurers to go on the quest with them. Another player acts as Dungeon Lord, and rolls the dice to determine the monsters and treasures that the heroes may encounter on that floor of the dungeon. Players must use the right tools and adventurers to defeat the terrible creatures, and hope they don’t arouse the wrath of the boss dragon! Dungeon Roll is a fun little game for fans of classic fantasy theming, or anyone just looking for a quick, easy-to-learn adventure to pass the time.

We're so excited to finally have Hit or Myth in stock! We got a demo of this game a while back, and have had more fun with it than just about anything in recent memory. A mythology trivia game, Hit or Myth is divided into four categories - Egyptian, Norse, Greco-Roman, and Western mythology. Each card has a trivia question about its regional mythology, as well as a bonus question and a conversation starter. The silly, conversational tone of the writing in this game is incredibly engaging and funny, and the cards are still very informative. Some of the biggest surprises came from the Western mythology cards. Did you know Davy Crockett's wife was named Sally-Ann Thunder-Ann Whirlwind? Neither did I, but I laughed about it for about an hour. Each card also has a conversation starter, one of which drove us to make puns about Valhalla for about a week and drive Kathleen totally insane. Hit or Myth is educational, fun, and silly - perfect for any party or gathering!
On top of all that, we got a bunch of new geography games and puzzles, King's Table (aka Hnefatafl, Tafl, or Tablut) is back, and three gorgeous new chess sets have arrived. My personal favorites are the Medieval-style set with its pudgy pieces, and the Isle of Lewis set, which is based on the design of a 12th-century chess set discovered in Scotland in 1831.
Added to our Game Demo Library this Week: Asgard’s Chosen, Rivers, Roads, and Rails, Flag Frenzy!, Flag Frenzy! USA, GeoCards World, GeoCards USA, GeoDice, Smarticulation: Language Edition I, Word Frolic: Village Idiom I, Time After Time, Count Me In!, Right Turn, Left Turn, Number Chase
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