February 17, 2022 Rules of Play

This Week's New Releases!

Orlog: Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dice Game

2 players | 10 - 30 minutes | £39

PureArts and Ubisoft present the official WORLDWIDE Retail Edition of the Orlog dice game from Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla! Played extensively by the Norsemen and Anglo-Saxons in every city of the video game, Orlog is played by two players who use dice rolls and bonus effects to claim victory over their opponent.

Will you earn enough God Favors and receive their blessings to win? There’s only one way to find out…

Berried Treasure

2 - 5 players | 20 minutes | £20

Berried Treasure is a fast-paced, highly-interactive game of hungry critters grabbing as many delicious baked treats as they can. Take a card from the tableau and add it to your stash. If you take a "Moar" card, you get to grab an extra card. If your card has "grabby paws", steal cards from another player's stash. Different treats score different points each round with one big twist: If you tie with another player, you both end up with nothing.

Platypus

2 - 8 players | 30 minutes | £19

In Platypus, players co-operate to gradually eliminate bad words in order to find and identify the "platypus" through their adjective cards. To set up, eight common words or proper names — the "platypus" cards — are placed face up in front of all the players. The guides know the card that the explorers must guess, and to help the explorers, they give clues in the form of adjective cards that best define the platypus for them. Each guide has a hand of four clue cards, and after each new clue, the explorers must eliminate one or two cards that they think don't match what's being defined by the clues. If the explorers eliminate the platypus, then everyone loses; if they succeed four times, however, then the platypus will stand alone and everyone wins.

Bad Company

1 - 6 players | 30 - 45 minutes | £43

Build your own gang and customize it to suit your plans. Gather resources to complete heists and money to recruit new gang members. And make sure you escape the police! A unique and fun game from the award-winning designers of Automania and Trails of Tucana.

Bad Company supports up to 6 players with very little downtime. It also includes a solo mode where you try to outsmart the police.

Pokemon TCG: Sword & Shield 9 Brilliant Stars Elite Trainer Box

£42.50

Looking for a boost to jump-start your Brilliant Stars collection? The Elite Trainer Box includes 8 booster packs, 65 card sleeves featuring Arceus, 45 Energy Cards, a player's guide and rulebook, damage-counter dice, flip coins and condition markers, all contained in a stylish collector's box. There's even a code card for the Pokémon TCG Online! This, and the rest of the Brilliant Stars Collection in store next week.

Pokémon 25th Anniversary Deck Box

£40

Handmade wood deck box with laser-etched 25th Celebration Pokémon Logo. Holds 100+ double-sleeved cards in Ultra PRO Deck Protector sleeves. Has rollout side dice compartment. Thumb notch for easy access to cards and secure magnetic closure.

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