Games Based on Books
MOBY DICK, OR, THE CARD GAME
Players: 2 - 4
Playing Time: 60 minutes
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From the manufacturer:
In Moby Dick, or, The Card Game players live out the voyage of the legendary Pequod, the whaling ship from Melville’s novel. The name of the game is whaling, but who can say what other mysteries the sea holds? Hunt whales to earn oil and work to assemble a personal crew of sailors; they will be needed as the journey unfolds. Cooperate with your shipmates; the dangers of the sea are less daunting to the sailor with true bosom friends. Oil is the currency of the game and it will prove dear, but what is material worth in the face of the white phantom? When the time comes for the final chase, only one player will earn the right to say “Call me Ishmael”.
The game is played using three custom decks with over 100 unique cards, two dice and 40 oil markers.
ROBINSON CRUSOE: Adventures on the Cursed Island
Players: 1 - 4
Playing Time: 60 - 120 minutes
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Description from the manufacturer:
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island is a cooperative adventure game in which 1 to 4 players take on the roles of castaways trying to survive on a desert island. They explore the land to gather resources, construct shelter to protect themselves from the weather elements, build tools, and fight wild animals. The game comes with many scenarios and several hundred cards giving it an enormous replayability. No gameplay is the same. At the beginning of the game every player chooses a Character. Each Character has their own unique skills to use throughout the game. Their skills can be activated by spending Determination, which is dependent on the morale and health of the survivors in the Camp. Keeping Characters happy and healthy is important to survive on the pesky island.
HARRY POTTER HOGWARTS BATTLE DECKBUILDING GAME
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 60 minutes
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Description from the manufacturer:
Play as your favorite characters and defend the wizarding world from evil forces. Enhance your abilities as you build your deck with over 140 cards. Seven successive game adventures offer increasing difficulty as you battle Villains and unlock new abilities, secrets and challenges. Also included are four Hogwarts house dice, game board, over 50 chip pieces, and sorting cards to keep everything organized.
MARRYING MR. DARCY: the Pride & Prejudice Card Game
Players: 2 - 6
Playing Time: 30 - 60 minutes
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Description from the manufacturer: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that lovers of Pride and Prejudice want to marry Mr. Darcy. Marrying Mr. Darcy is a strategy card game where players are one of the female characters from Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Players work to improve themselves and attract the attention of the available Suitors. The ladies do this by attending Events and improving their Characters, but advantage can be gained by the use of Cunning. All of their efforts are in hopes of marrying well and becoming the most satisfied character at the end of the game!
SHERLOCK HOLMES: the Thames murders and other cases
Players: 1 - 8
Playing Time: 60 - 120 minutes
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From the manufacturer:
As members of the Baker Street Irregulars, players try to solve the most heinous crimes by roaming the streets of London in search of clues. Will you visit the crime scene? Meet Inspector Lestrade? The decision is in your hands and each clue you find will bring you a step closer to the truth. Solve mysterious cases by interviewing suspects, searching newspapers and walking the streets for clues. Once you have completed your investigation, compare your detective skills to the master sleuth himself, Sherlock Holmes.
LORD OF THE RINGS: Journeys in Middle Earth
Players: 1 - 5
Playing Time: 60 - 120 minutes
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Description from the manufacturer:
Form your Fellowship and set out on your own adventures in The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, a fully-cooperative, app-supported board game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic land of Middle-earth! As the dark forces gather, players band together to unravel mysteries, make courageous choices, and fight against the evil that threatens the land.
No matter if you choose to set out on your own or venture forth with four other players, a free companion app takes control of the evil forces arrayed against you, freeing you and your companions to stand together in a single Fellowship and battle against the darkness. What’s more, the app guides you through entire campaigns, filling each adventure with content from a host of possibilities and allowing you to leave your own mark on Middle-earth.
MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
Players: 4 - 7
Playing Time: 60 - 90 minutes
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Description from the manufacturer:
As nobles at a magnificent masquerade ball, you and your friends all vie to improve your social standing. Gossip flies, rumors swirl, and with each chime of the ebony clock, hearts fill with dread and despair. As midnight approaches, you begin to realize that something is amiss.
Based on Edgar Allen Poe’s sinister story, Masque of the Red Death pits you and up to six of your friends against each other as you hobnob with the Prince. But disaster strikes at midnight. You must balance your actions carefully between currying the Prince’s favor and discovering which rooms the Red Death will visit. After all, having the highest social standing matters only if you survive…
SHAKESPEARE
Players: 1 - 4
Playing Time: 20 - 90 minutes
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Description from the manufacturer:
In Shakespeare, the play is the thing! You will have six days to put together the best possible theatrical performance and the company that gets the most flattering reviews will win! Assemble a talented troupe to wow the crowd and critics alike! Each day players will take part in a closed bid to determine turn order. Then they will spend their turn enlisting craftsmen and actors and building beautiful sets and costumes. Choose your actions wisely, opening night is approaching fast!
BARDS DISPENSE PROFANITY
Players: 4 - 20
Playing Time: 20 minutes
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Description from the manufacturer: To be profane, or not to be? Bards Dispense Profanity is 100 mock-serious questions for our time and 375 answers copied word-for-word from the works of William Shakespeare. You be the judge of which answers are best. All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely playas.