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Four New Games Coming from Phalanx Games
We’ve got some information on four new games that are coming from Phalanx Games. These games are to be introduced during the next Nuremberg Toy Fair which takes place from February 2-7, 2006 in Nuremberg, Germany. Here are the four games:
Serail
Publisher: Phalanx Games
Designers: Liesbeth Vanzier and Paul van Hove
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Players: 3-5
Ages: 10 and up
Price: 34.95 €
This will be a big box game (the same size as Alexander the Great). This game won the 2004 Hippodice game design competition under the name Harem.
Here is a description of the game from Phalanx Games:
| Each player is a rich oriental sheik who tries to have the most women in his harem.
In each game turn one woman comes into play and chooses the sheik that she finds to her liking, joining his harem. As a sheik, you have to be as attractive as possible! To achieve this goal, a sheik may improve his appearance, increase his status or enlarge his palace. Of course, a sheik needs money to do all this. Therefore he invests in oil resources. Each woman not only has preferences but also her own specific “abilities�. The four basic abilities are: intelligence, housekeeping, cooking and libido. Each sheik prefers a different selection of women for his harem. The first sheik that has the required number of women (depending on his preference and the number of players) is the winner. Twist: The women (represented by cards) choose the harem to join, not the other way around!
- exotic gaming environment
Contents: 6 boards/displays, 15 wooden discs, 1 start playing piece, 120 playing cards, 100 cardboard playing pieces, game money, 1 bag, 5 rules summaries, 1 rules booklet |
Bison
Publisher: Phalanx Games
Designers: Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Players: 2-5
Ages: 10 and up
Price: 24.95 €
This will come in the Phalanx middle sized box (the same size as Go West!).
Here is a description of the game from Phalanx Games:
| Each player represents an Indian tribe that tries to live in an area with lots of buffaloes, fish, and eagles. The players try to catch these and to sell tents and canoes at the “market�.
- very interesting mechanics
Contents: 21 game tiles, 32 Indians, 12 markers, 24 tents, 24 canoes, 4 displays, 16 energy stones, 1 start player piece, 1 rules booklet |
NoNo
Publisher: Phalanx Games
Designer: Michael Schacht
Artist: Michael Schacht
Players: 3-8
Ages: 10 and up
Price: 9.95 €
This will likely come in the Phalanx card game box (the same size as Trump, Tricks, Game!).
Here is a description of the game from Phalanx Games:
| NoNo is a fast and exciting game for the whole family (it is also very suitable as a party game). The aim is to find a certain term most quickly. The terms which have to be found are determined by cards and special dice.
If you make a mistake, you get negative points.
- always different because of the special dice
Contents: 75 playing cards, 4 special dice, 1 rules booklet |
Inferno
Publisher: Phalanx Games
Designer: Renato de Rosa (from Venice Connection)
Artist: Fabio Visintin
Players: 2-6
Ages: 8 and up
Price: 9.95 €
This will likely come in the Phalanx card game box (the same size as Trump, Tricks, Game!).
Here is a description of the game from Phalanx Games:
| The players decide, who, among 17 very bad guys of history, is the worst. This happens in an environment, where fastness is especially important.
- fun topic
Contents: 44 playing cards, 1 sand clock, 1 note pad, 1 rules booklet |
Source: Erwin Broens / Bordspel
Posted by Rick Thornquist on Dec 6, 2005 at 07:17 PM in Game News, Boardgame News / 1327
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I hope Serail actually gets published in an English version. This looks like an interesting game on a unique topic. But the topic might be considered controversial or even offensive by some. Should be interesting to see what the reaction of the “general gaming public” is when this game is released. (Is the name change an attempt to hide the topic of the game by using an equivalent but less recognized word?) Posted by Kim Beattie on Dec 7, 2005 at 08:33 AM | #
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