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October 2018's list of the top 10 best board games is designed to help you find the best new board games that you may not have known about!
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Brass: Birmingham solo mode: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/168370
Spirit Island custom version: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2065129
Arkham Horror The Card Game custom scenarios: http://arkhamcentral.com/index.php/fan-created-content-arkham-horror-lcg/
Terraforming Mars "Pathfinders" fan-made expansion: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1869171
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Games discussed this month include
BRASS: BIRMINGHAM
Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870. As in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in an effort to exploit low or high market demands. Brass: Birmingham is a finely brewed sequel to one of history's most industrial economic games. It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. Many of the tried and true strategies of the original are no longer as powerful as they once were, and other interesting new strategies are waiting for you to discover.
TEOTIHUACAN: CITY OF GODS
In Teotihuacan: City of Gods, each player commands a force of worker dice, which grow in strength with every move. On your turn, you move a worker around a modular board, always choosing one of two areas of the location tile you land on: one offering you an action (and a worker upgrade), the other providing you with a powerful bonus (but without an upgrade). While managing their workforce and resources, players develop new technologies, climb the steps of the three great temples, build houses for the inhabitants of the city, and raise the legendary and breath-taking Pyramid of the Sun in the center of the city. Each game is played in three eras. As the dawn of the Aztecs comes closer, player efforts (and their ability to feed their workforce) are evaluated a total of three times. The player with the most fame is the winner.
EVERDELL
Within the charming valley of Everdell, beneath the boughs of towering trees, among meandering streams and mossy hollows, a civilization of forest critters is thriving and expanding. From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a year have come and gone, but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities established. You will be the leader of a group of critters intent on just such a task. There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, events to host—you have a busy year ahead of yourself. Will the sun shine brightest on your city before the winter moon rises?
GLOOMHAVEN / FORGOTTEN CIRCLES
Gloomhaven, an euro-inspired game of exploration and tactical combat in a persistent world that many players have been looking forward to is the game’s first expansion, Forgotten Circles, which was originally announced back in March. The Forgotten Circles expansion has become “quite a bit more massive than what we had anticipated. The expansion’s scenario book won’t be as huge as the original one, but it is still going to be big.” The revised timeline for the Forgotten Circles expansion estimates a release date closer to the end of this year.
ROOT
Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 (1 to 6 with the 'Riverfolk' expansion) players battle for control of a vast wilderness. The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods. In Root, players drive the narrative, and the differences between each role create an unparalleled level of interaction and replayability. Leder Games invites you and your family to explore the fantastic world of Root!
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All the games in the October 2018 Top 10 board games countdown are:
10. Brass: Birmingham
9. Brass: Lancashire
8. Spirit Island
7. Arkham Horror: The Card Game
6. Scythe
5. Teotihuacan: City of Gods
4. Terraforming Mars
3. Everdell
2. Gloomhaven
1. Root
