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Eagle Games
Eagle Games, now known as Eagle-Gryphon games, is a board game publisher. Background Eagle Games was founded in 2001 by Glenn Drover, and was bought by Ashland, Oregon-based FRED Distribution, Inc. doing business as Gryphon Games in 2007. From 2007 to 2014 they published games under the two lines as Gryphon Games and Eagle Games. They are currently based in Leitchfield, Kentucky and are now known as Eagle-Gryphon Games. Eagle-Gryphon Games is known for a large catalog of games that range from fast, fun family games to larger strategy games with longer game time. Board games Notable titles *''Age of Steam'' *''Baseball Highlights 2045'' *''Brass'' *''Cheeky Monkey'' *''Civilization'' *''Conquest of the Empire'' *''Defenders of the Realm'' *''Fantastiqa'' *''Fleet'' *''For Sale'' *''Francis Drake'' *''I'm the Boss'' *''Incan Gold'' *''Lisboa'' *''Master's Gallery'' *''On Mars'' *''Pastiche'' *''Rococo'' *''Roll Through the Ages: Bronze Age'' *''Roll Through the Ages: Iron Age'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a competition between two or more players. To show a few examples: in checkers (British English name 'draughts'), a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. '' Pandemic'' is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person. There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as ''Cluedo''. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in snakes and ladders; to deeply complex, as in ''Advanced Squad Leader''. Play components now often include custom figures or shaped counters, and distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland, Oregon
Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley. The city's population was 21,360 at the 2020 census. The city is the home of Southern Oregon University (SOU) and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). These are important to Ashland's economy, which also depends on restaurants, galleries, and retail stores that cater to tourists. Lithia Park along Ashland Creek, historic buildings, and a paved intercity bike trail provide additional visitor attractions. Ashland, originally called "Ashland Mills", was named after Ashland County, Ohio, the original home of founder Abel Helman, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky, where other founders had family connections. Ashland has a council-manager government assisted by citizen committees. Historically, its liberal politics have differed, often sharply, with much of the rest of southwest Oreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitchfield, Kentucky
Leitchfield is the county seat of Grayson County, Kentucky, United States. Leitchfield is a home rule-class city with a population of 6,404 as of the 2020 census. History The town was named for Major David Leitch, an aide to Gen. George Washington and the original owner of much land in the county, including the town site, at the eastern end of his holdings. The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1866.Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Leitchfield, Kentucky". Accessed 1 August 2013. Geography and Geology Leitchfield lies in the Clifty Area, the sandstone-dominated belt that is usually classified as part of the West Kentucky Coal Field but separates the coalfield from the limestone-rich Pennyroyal Plateau. A fault running through the area puts limestone at or near the surface, and there are quarries west of town. The city is located along the Western Kentucky Parkway at the junction of Kentucky Route 259. U.S. Route 62 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brass (board Game)
''Brass'' is a board game set in Lancashire, England during the Industrial Revolution. It was developed by Martin Wallace. The object is to build mines, cotton factories, ports, canals and rail links, and establish trade routes, all of which will be used to score points. The game is divided into two historical periods: the canal period and the rail period. Victory points are scored at the end of each. Depending on the card the players draw, they will be limited in their choices. Details Number of players 2-4 but it is best played with 4 players. Playing time 1-2 hours. It is suggested to be played by ages 14 and up. Brass was followed by ''Age of Industry'', which is basically a simplified (no canals), shorter (2 hours) and more accessible (minimum 2 players instead of 3) version of Brass. Publisher The game was published in 2007 by Warfrog (now Treefrog) Games, Wallace's publishing company. It was later published by Pegasus Spiele as ''Kohle - Mit Volldampf zum Reichtum'' ('Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civilization (2002 Board Game)
''Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame'' is a 2002 board game created by Glenn Drover based on the ''Civilization'' series of video games, in particular, ''Civilization III''. Drover himself was a sales manager at Microprose during the original development of ''Civilization'', though he was not directly involved in the creation of the video game. ''Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame'' bears no relation to the Avalon Hill board game of similar name, though the video game series was alleged to have been based on the Avalon Hill game. ''Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame'' was published by Eagle Games, but is now considered out-of-print. Up to six players may play, with each player playing as one of six great civilizations. ''Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame'' may be used with either of two different rulesets: the simpler "standard rules" or the "advanced rules", the latter employing more elements taken from the video games. A further game based on the Civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquest Of The Empire
''Conquest of the Empire'' is a military strategy board game set in the Roman Empire after the death of Marcus Aurelius, with 2 to 6 players pitting their armies against each other in an attempt to become the ruler of Rome. The game was originally created in 1982 by Larry Harris and published by The Citadel under the title ''VI Caesars''. Harris revised the game for Milton Bradley in 1984 to be reissued under the title ''Conquest of the Empire'' as part of the Gamemaster series. The game was re-released in the summer of 2005 by Eagle Games, redesigned by Glenn Drover. The gameplay in ''Conquest of the Empire'' shares similarities to ''Axis & Allies'', another Larry Harris project within the same series. Milton Bradley version Players begin with a Caesar, six generals, a small number of combat units (4 infantry), and a home province. There are six home provinces: Hispania, Italia, Macedonia, Numidia, Egypt, and Galatia—each of which contains a fortified city. The selection of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm The Boss
''I'm the Boss!'' is a board game by American designer Sid Sackson. It is a negotiation game in which a group of players compete and cooperate to put together profitable business deals. The goal is to make the most money. ''I'm the Boss'' is currently published by Gryphon Games, after the Face2Face Games edition. It was previously published as ''Kohle, Kies & Knete''. Components * A game board with a circular track of sixteen spaces, each depicting share volume and investors of a potential deal. * Fifteen tiles showing the share prices of deals, numbered 1 to 15 ("Deal" cards). * A supply of light card stock play money. * One dollar sign shaped marker. * One die Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semicondu .... * Six cards representing investors. * A custom deck of 98 cards ("In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incan Gold
''Diamant'' is a multiplayer card game designed by Alan R. Moon and Bruno Faidutti, published in 2005 in Germany by Schmidt Spiele, with illustrations provided by Jörg Asselborn, Christof Tisch, and Claus Stephan.''Diamant'' credits at Faidutti.com. Retrieved 2007-11-23 An English-language edition of ''Diamant'' was published in 2006 by Sunriver Games under the name ''Incan Gold'', with illustrations provided by Matthias Catrein. The rules for ''Incan Gold'' and ''Diamant'' are the same, but the games have other minor differences. Gameplay Players take on the role of adventurers looking for treasure in a diamond mine. Players search for diamonds while trying to avoid various hazards such as spiders and snakes. Fearful players can run out of the cave, while daring players can choose to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take It Easy (game)
''Take It Easy'' is an abstract strategy board game created by Peter Burley. It can be characterized as a strategic bingo-like game, and has been published by Ravensburger and subsequently by several other publishers since 1983. Gameplay To start, each player takes a board with 19 hexagonal cells arranged as a 3×3 hexagon. Additionally, each player takes a set of 27 tiles which have different combinations of colored/numbered paths; the paths are arranged as a triple-cross, linking opposite sides (Van Ness Serpentiles notation ''300''). The color of the board's playing field matches the background of the tiles for each player. One player, designated as the caller, draws a tile randomly and then announces to the others which tile was drawn by declaring the three-digit combination (e.g., "5-7-4" would refer to the value of the vertical path, the value of the path crossing from lower left to upper right, and the value of the path crossing from upper left to lower right, in that se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Through The Ages
''Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization'' is a board game for 2–4 players designed by Vlaada Chvatil and published by Czech Board Games in 2006. Its theme is the development of human civilization and the players determine the progress of their own civilization in different fields including culture, government, leadership, religion and science. The game won multiple awards including the ''International Gamers Awards'' in 2007 and ''Game of the Year'' in Poland in 2010, where it was published as ''Cywilizacja: Poprzez Wieki''. The game is about building a civilization, including urban buildings, governments, population, resource productions, military etc. By drawing and buying cards the players take their civilizations through 4 ages - beginning with classical antiquity and ending in the Modern Age. The game has spent over 5 years ranked in the top five board games at Board Game Geek. In 2015 an updated version, entitled ''Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
