Abuse

The concept is one of the oldest in existence—make the other guy look bad by beating him down verbally. Abuse is a fast-playing game of instant gratification at its most base—serving up heapin' helpings of nastiness on your friends, before they can do the same to you. To quote that eminent sage George Carlin, "It's all about 'doing the dozens.'"

Written and designed by Greg Stolze, with graphics by Samuel Araya, Abuse is easy to learn. Each player aims to destroy the ego (not really, it is only a game!) of the other players, by laying down insults created from cards in one's hand. The objective: get as many of your cards out of your hand before the end of the round (brought on by someone emptying their hand), so as to have as few points as possible. At the end of the game, whoever sinks the lowest (in score as well as insults) wins!

Just to make things even more interesting, there are blank cards (helping you to put your own personal touch on your insults) and snappy retorts, which allow you to turn the tables on someone who's just insulted your mother.

Abuse is a non-collectible card game with eighty cards in a deck, good for four players per each deck in play.

$9.95

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It's Good to Be the King

It's good to be the king. When you rule the land by divine right, none may question your authority and you may do as you will. You possess absolute power, giving your whim the force of law and drawing the people of the realm into your majestic presence as ants are drawn to sweet, pure honey. Unfortunately, you are not the king. You are one of the ants.

The object of It’s Good to Be the King is currying the most favor with the king by providing the most important elements for a series of events to honor him. During the course of each game, the king demands that seven events be held for his pleasure. These include such diversions as parades, hunts, feasts, and tourneys. In order to do the royal bidding, players manage their hands in order to collect the things necessary to satisfy the king’s demands while preventing the other players from doing the same. Use care when getting rid of your cards, since what is useless for the Tourney may be vital for an upcoming Feast! The player who has the most royal favor at the end of the seventh round of play is the winner.

Each set includes a Court Deck of 80 cards, a Chartulary Deck of 10 cards, and an instruction sheet. It’s Good to Be the King is suited for 3-6 players who do not mind backstabbing their opponents. This fast and fun game of court intrigue and chicanery will be on store shelves this June, so round up some friends and prepare to royally hoodwink them!

$16.95

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Dancing Dragons

Things definitely get interesting when dragons start to celebrate! Their magic gets so out-of-hand that it can take some time to sort things out. With luck, a swift eye, and good teamwork these dancing dragons will be able to leave the party with the same tails they had when they came in!

Dancing Dragons is a traditional card game brought to you by Tom Wham and Margaret Weis. At its heart is a simple game of matching, in which players attempt to build matching dragons out of sets of "parts" cards, but fast game play and rules of working with a partner can make things complicated fast! The game is easy enough to teach kids, yet fun enough to keep the young-at-heart coming back for more. Fun for families who enjoy games with light-hearted, fantasy themes or gamers looking for a quick round of cards.

Tom Wham is an artist and game designer known for offbeat subjects and fun, fast-playing games including Snits, Awful Green Things From Outer Space, and Mertwig's Maze. Margaret Weis is a New York Times best-selling author of fantasy, and publisher of games, from the Star of the Guardians CCG to the current Dragonlance game products.

$14.99

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Designed to revive the art of conversation, TAOC is a fabulous way to make dinner parties, barbacues, holiday occasions and all get-togethers memorable.

With 300 fascinating and conversation building questions, plus 20 blank cards on which to write your own TAOC questions, this game is for everyone.

TAOC may be used hundreds of times with continuing interest and pleasure.

For all ages, adult and children (may be played at various levels).

The only knowledge needed to successfully contribute to TAOC is your own life experiences, interests and ideas.

For dinner parties, barbecues, holidays, get-togethers with friends, families and couples.

Each time TAOC is used, new and harmonious outcomes evolve.

$14.99

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Peasantry

Easy to learn and fun to play for kids and adults. A royal twist to the traditional game of canasta makes Peasantry a blast for three or more players.

Contents:

• 8 each cards numbered 1-9 (peasants)
• 8 each number 10 (knights)
• 6 each Kings, Queens
• 8 Jesters
• (Total 100 cards) 

Peasantry is a variation of Canasta, one of the most popular games of the 1950's. Canasta, and its variations, appeals to card players of all skill levels.  Canasta Games play fast and are full of exciting twists. The rules are intricate, but not difficult to follow. 

$7.95

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Quests of the Round Table

Brandish your weapons, and join King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table in this strategic, adventure card game. Test your strength and valor in heroic tournaments and on historic quests. Allies such as Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, and Merlin will assist you in your epic stuggle against foes such as Mordred, the Black Knight, and the Dragon. Vanquish you opponents and be the first to join the greatest Knights of the realm at the Round Table.

Quests of the Round Table is a strategic, adventure card game based on the legend of King Arthur and his knights. As players compete head-to-head on famous Arthurian quests (slaying dragons and rescuing fair maidens, to name a few), they learn about the court at Camelot-a time of chivalry and moral tests, magical powers, legendary weapons, and great foes. Included with the game is a selective history, a reference guide to characters, and suggested reading on the subject.

$23.00

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Honor of the Samurai

Become a Samurai warrior, surrounded by the intrigue, honor, and treachery of the Sengoku period (1467-1568). Each Samurai seeks to gain honor by serving a feudal warlord, his daimyo. Should he follow the honorable paths of loyalty and swordsmanship, or the dishonorable but powerful way of treacherous ninjas and gunpowder weapons? Each game is a unique test of strategy. The player with the most honor points wins.

Honor of the Samurai, a strategy card game of intrigue, honor, and shame, gives players a firsthand look at 16th century Japan. Players relive the "Age of the Country at War" as a samurai warrior who joins the struggle among Japan's feudal warlords. The game's characters and their relationships are real, as are their strategies and behavior (which inspired the game play). Players can read the stories of famous samurai and daimyo in the selective history included with the game.

$23.00

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Rock, Paper, Scissors

Here's the fast & fun CARD VERSION of the game kids have played for generations. Each player lays down a card. If your card beats your opponent's card, you take it. When all cards have been played, the player who has collected the most cards wins the game!!

2 Players, ages 4 and up.

$3.50

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CHEATER

The Ultimate Card Game

Get ready to bend the rules! This fast, thrilling and unique card game is made-for-all-ages. The object is to spell "C-H-E-A-T-E-R" in one of four color suits. On each turn, roll the dice. Roll doubles and you become the CHEATER...for now. Players, watch out! The CHEATER plays by a different set of rules. If you're not the CHEATER, use action cards to get ahead, protect your hand or BUST your opponent's hand. It's awesome, and honest-to-goodness fun!
For 2 to 4 players. Ages: 7 to Adult.

Contents: 74 cards, 1 pair of dice & instructions.

$7.95

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Froop

It begins so innocently. Play a card from your hand onto the Froop, an amorphous pile of cards in the middle of the table, so that two symbols on your card match up with the symbols on the Froop below it. It's simple, it's fun, it keeps you thinking, but not so much that you can't carry on a conversation while you play. Then you start adding in the optional rules, and suddenly the game becomes cut-throat, demands quick wits, or takes on the tactics of a classic board game. You mix and match the variants, and your mind begins to reel from the strategic possibilities. Then you go one step further and combine them all, and your brain oozes out your ears.

At 110 cards in full-color, "Froop!" is now for sale. "Froop!" is Savant Garde Entertainment's initial foray into abstract strategy games, with a scalable rules system that runs the gamut from a light family or party game to teeth-grinding strategy or frantic speed-play.

$17.95

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Overthrone

France, 17th Century. You are a Noble vying for control in the French court. Gather your forces and call in favors as you plot your rise to power. Will you support the King or incite Rebellion?

The key players include Generals, Musketeers, Lords, Clergy and even the Queen. Attract allies and eliminate enemies as you strive to increase your power and influence. Seek out Courtiers loyal to your cause. Protect Provinces or face Revolt! Use your Gold to bribe those whose help you'll need. Each turn you must reveal another of those who support you. Rebellion is in the air and when it strikes, the throne will be up for grabs. So go forth and grab the reins of Power, but BE CAREFUL...!!! Push too hard and you risk Excommunication, Imprisonment, or worse... the Executioner's axe! The Fate of the Kingdom is in the Cards

• OBJECT: Amass the most points to win control of the court. 3-6 PLAYERS. Ages 12 and Up.
• CONTENTS: 125 Card Deck, rules.
• Deck includes Musketeers, Gold, Courtiers, Provinces, Nobles, Royal Advisors, Events, Special cards & the King.

$16.95

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Management Material

Management Material is a non-collectible card game where the only way to win is to weasel out of work.

Use lame excuses to avoid bad projects and pass the buck.

If you can't excuse yourself out of the project, then you have to do it. If you obtain 30 points or more worth of project points, then you are promoted to management and you lose the game...just like in in the real corporate world!!

$14.95

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First Hand

It pays to have the sharpest eyes and the fastest fingers in this wacky wrist-twisting game. One player starts as the 'Judge' and flips a card over. Everyone must position their hands to match the hands pictured on the card. (But watch out for the fake fingers!) The 'Judge' determines who was last to get it right. The last player must keep the card and becomes the new 'Judge' for the next round. Least cards wins!

First Hand's a fast playing game of flip-flopping fingers in a wrist-wrangling race to be first. Great for players of all ages!

$9.95

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Fist of Dragonstones

Fist of Dragonstones is an exciting, closed-fist, bidding game for 3 to 6 players. Players try to outwit their opponents by using gold and magic coins to buy control of an ever-changing cast of enchanted character cards. Those characters' powers collect valuable Dragonstones; lend their magical powers; help foil other players, and convert Dragonstones into victory.

For each character card, players choose the number of coins they want to bid by placing them in a closed fist. All players reveal their bets at the same time with the winner of the auction then gaining control of the card's powers. Depending on the card they may: win additional coins or Dragonstones; place spells on other players; or win scoring points.

$24.95

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Gang of Four

Gang of Four is an exciting game of Cunning, Strategy and Power. Originating in the gambling backstreets of Hong Kong, Gang of Four is the most popular card game to emerge from Asia in decades.

Filled with an endless variety of strategies and tactics, Gang of Four is fun, entertaining and full of surprises, yet is simple to learn and play. The game's premise is simple - be the first to rid yourself of all your cards and ascend to supreme power. But beware - a strategic misstep may find you in a struggle to survive.

Gang of Four is terrific fun for adults and children and is a highly addictive card game for your family or friends.

$19.95

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Say What?

Say What? is the world's first game designed to be played while you are doing other things! This card game is meant to be played while talking at parties, roleplaying, riding in the car or even watching TV. Each of the 100 cards contains a word or action and a point value. When someone else says or does what is listed, they get the card. Whoever has the least amount of points in the end wins. It's that simple! Each two-piece box comes with 100 custom illustrated cards and complete rules for three different ways to play including a word rummy variation.

Components: 100 cards

$9.99

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Pack of Flies

Playing time: 20 minutes; Players: 2-5; Ages: 8 to adult

Let's introduce the players... You are FLIES!

From cowbarn to farmhouse, you search out the tastiest treats. After a nice breakfast of Cow Dung, you fly to the kitchen table for some Bread & Jam. Be sure to wipe your feet! Smelly Cheese? Even better. However, the life of a fly isn't always good eating. The dangers of Spider Webs and Fly swatters lurk around every corner...

Contents: 

• 25 black plastic flies
• 1 blue plastic fly
• 6 Fly Food cards
• 3 fly Danger cards
• 3 Special cards
• 1 illustrated rule book

$9.95

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Perpetual Commotion

Perpetual Commotion is an outrageously fast and incredibly addictive card game. Play your cards -- as many and as fast as you can -- into a common arena. To win, you must play faster and more aggressively than your opponents. Perpetual Commotion is one part strategy, two parts speed, and a healthy dose of “luck-of-the-draw.” It’s a heads-up, quick hand free-for-all, as opponents race to play the same cards, at the same time, on the same freshly opened spot. To control the chaos, you must know your cards, know their cards and plan two moves ahead. Empty your Feeders pile first and you win the round. Get to 150 points first and you win the game. This game is a blast, a real commotion…

Game Facts: 2 to 6 players, Teens and Adults, 45 minutes to play.

Contents: Six decks of Perpetual Commotion Cards, One Eight-Sided Die, Game Instructions.

$18.00

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Ice Cream 

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Nothing says summertime like a trip to the local ice cream stand. In Ice Cream, you have the chance to demonstrate your business skills by running an ice cream stand. You have just four days to bring in as many customers as you can - will you be the prince of pistachio, the countess of chocolate... or just a drip?

Start Scooping!

Designer: Joe M. Huber
Number of Players: 3-5; Age: 6+; Playing Time: 30 minutes.

$18.00

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Award Show

Become an award winning game designer...AT HOME!

Finally, a card game that simulates the exciting, rewarding world of professional game design! Ahhh, who are we kidding? This game is all about winnin' that statue... At any cost!

Each two-deck tuck box comes with 100 whimsically illustrated cards and complete rules for screwing over your competitors and taking home the prize!

Components: Two-deck tuck box comes with 100 whimsically illustrated cards and rules.

$9.99

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Guillotine

Now available once again!

This irreverent and humorous card game takes place during the French Revolution. Players represent rival guillotine operators vying for the best collection of noble heads over three rounds.

Each round, twelve nobles are lined up for the guillotine. The nobles are worth varying points, depending on their notoriety. During your turn, you play action cards to change the order of the line so you can collect the best nobles. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins!

Will you be skillful enough to bribe the guards and collect Marie Antoinette? Or will you lose points for beheading the hero of the People?

Heads are going to roll!

$14.99

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The Great Dalmuti

Players take their places in the pecking order, from Greater Peon to Greater Dalmuti, and try to ditch the cards in their hands. From this simple concept comes an ingenious game by Richard Garfield.

Easy to learn and quick to play, The Great Dalmuti is a social card game based on the premise that life isn't fair.

The colorfully illustrated card deck consists of 80 cards: 12 twelves, 11 elevens, 10 tens, and so on down to one Great Dalmuti card, as well as two Jesters. The faster you get rid of the cards in your hand, the higher your social class will be in the following hand, and having a higher social standing has definite advantages in the game.

Watch out--the last player to run out of cards has to be the Greater Peon, the lowest rank of all, who has to shuffle, deal, and collect the cards, as well as tend to the needs of the Greater Dalmuti!

The Great Dalmuti is perfect for family or group entertainment and can be played by anyone over eight years old. The Great Dalmuti was designed by Richard Garfield, creator of the hit fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering.

$14.99

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Harry’s Grand Slam Baseball

First printed in 1962, Harry’s Grand Slam Baseball is a real hit with game players and baseball enthusiasts alike. This faithful reproduction includes the rules from the original game.

In Harry’s Grand Slam Baseball Game, each player manages a team and plays cards to simulate actual baseball plays. This easy to learn baseball game can be completed in under twenty minutes.

Harry’s Grand Slam Baseball is part of the Heirloom Games Series, reintroducing authentic reproductions of great American games.

$12.99

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Robot Rampage: Rise of the Appliance

You're tinkers and engineers who have come to the scrap yard to test your mettle. From parts and pieces carefully picked from heaps of junk, construct killer robots capable of visiting devastation and ruin upon all who oppose them. Then, send them into a no-holds-barred, anything goes bot battle to see who's got the roughest robot in the scrap yard! Well, maybe these bots aren't that threatening. But it's still fun to let 'em duke it out!

Robot Rampage: Rise of the Appliance is a card game of humorous robot combat. The game is played in two phases, a Build Phase and a Battle Phase. During the Build Phase, players assemble robots from various robot parts drawn from a Build Deck. o­nce the ‘bots are together, the Battle Phase begins. Players use built-in weapons and attack cards to take down their opponents’ ‘bots and prove that they’re the best in the scrap yard!

Robot Rampage: Rise of the Appliance is designed for from 2 to 6 players, ages 13 and up.

Contents: 42-card Build Deck, 84-card Battle Deck, Instruction sheet.

$14.95

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Get Nifty! The Sluggy Freelance Card Game

Available at last, Get Nifty is a boxed card game from Blood & Cardstock games. Included in the box are:

• 110 full-color cards
• 6 "Nifty" tokens
• 12 character tokens
• Rules & How-to-play guide

Each card, of course, features beautiful artwork from everyone's favorite Sluggy strips. It's important to note that Get Nifty is a standalone game -- it's not collectible; everything you need to play is included in the box.

The game is designed for two to six players -- avoid boredom, get weird, and to win it all, get nifty!

$25.00

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Discombobulation

Discombobulation is a fun, fast-paced game guaranteed to make the entire family laugh. The goal…be the first to play all of your cards before someone can discombobulate you with one of 10 unique Discombobulation challenges. You will go head-to-head against other players to compose rhymes, sing popular songs, make lists, mimic others, remember nicknames, and much more. Mess up, you draw more cards. Sound difficult? You bet. But outplaying your opponents in a game that requires a quick mind, fast reflexes, and a good memory makes it worth the challenge.

Players: 3-6. Ages: 8 and up. Contents: 108 cards and rules.

$9.99

Bone Wars

In BONE WARS, players take the role of paleontologists during the great "Dinosaur Rush" of the late 19th Century.

Out in the field, fossil hunters must survive natural disasters and attempts by other players to steal and destroy dinosaur bones.

Back at the museum, the conflict continues when the scientists carry their battle to the newspapers and scientific journals as they race to achieve scientific immortality!

Most of the wild events in BONE WARS are based on things which actually happened. Edward Drinker Cope really did mount a elasmosaur's head on the wrong end of the skeleton, and then tried to buy up and destroy all the copies of the journal describing it. O. C. Marsh really did use his personal fortune to hire away all the best fossil collectors from rivals. And the indestructible Charles Sternberg had to outrun flash floods in western canyons. For a time the personal feud between Cope and Marsh involved everyone from the U.S. Geological Survey to the editors of the New York Herald.

BONE WARS is a fast-paced game for 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up.

Each BONE WARS set contains 4 Paleontologist cards, 33 dinosaur bone cards, and 71 Event cards. Each card features color illustrations by artist Bryant P. Johnson.

BONE WARS was created by the team of biologist Diane A. Kelly and game designer James L. Cambias.

$19.95

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Treasures and Traps

Treasures and Traps is a complete card game that puts you in the role of the hero. Your quest is to collect three treasures before anyone else. Sounds simple enough, right? Now throw in a two-headed troll, a maze of dangerous doors, and a few cunning thieves. You never know what might happen next. With 100 different cards, each game is a unique journey of wild adventure never to be repeated again!

Treasures and Traps is a game for 2-6 players ages 10 and up. The 2-player version averages 10 minutes a game. With 3 to 6 players add 10 minutes for each player. To speed up 4 or 6 player games form teams and try the team variation.

$12.95

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Treasures & Traps Expansion

Expanded Realms is an expansion for the Award-Winning game "Treasures and Traps". Unlock more magic and mayhem on your quest for treasure. This expansion of "Best Card Game of the Year" nominee Treasures and Traps will enhance your adventure possibilities. Open the door to 12 new cards, 2 exciting play variations, and Class Cards that give you the chance to be one of 10 unique heroes with special abilities. You must have the Treasures and Traps card game to use this expansion. Designed and Illustrated by C. Aaron Kreader.

$5.95