Card Game

Tragedy Looper: Midnight Circle is an expansion for Tragedy Looper that includes some of the material previously released in the Japanese expansions Midnight Zone and Mystery Circle.

In more detail, Tragedy Looper: Midnight Circle includes three Basic Tragedy scripts akin to those in the base game and nine scripts located in the Tragedy Sets of Midnight Zone and Mystery Circle. In Midnight Zone, you must be wary of believing everything that you hear for lies abound; in Mystery Circle, all supernatural elements have been banished, leaving players to rely only on logic and deduction.

The Grizzled is a cooperative game about survival in the trenches during the first World War where players win or lose together.

Each round, the current team leader will choose how many cards every player draws. Then, going around the table, players must either play a card in their hand or back out of the mission. Each card represents either threats to the team (such as mortar shells and weather conditions) or negative personality traits (such as frightened or obsessive). At the end of the round, more cards are added to the draw deck. The game ends only if the players can deplete the draw deck as well as their hands without letting time run out.

If one threat shows up too many times, the team fails the mission. The team must play their threats correctly in order to gain any progress. However, most of the information in a players hand remains secret throughout the game.

Planning, teamwork, and a little luck are the tools you'll need to win this cooperative game for two to five players.

From the publisher's website (Refers to the First Edition titled "King of the Beasts"):

A Royal Card Game by Reiner Knizia
The mythological animals are battling to see who is the ultimate King of the Beasts. The dragon is the largest, the kraken is the strongest, the unicorn is the most enchanting, and the manticore and the gryphon are powerful in their own rights. Even the tiny fire salamander wants to be King! But who will win the most votes?

Gain as many points as possible by nominating animals to be King, while still keeping some of the cards for your score pile. Once an animal becomes King, points are awarded - the player with the most points wins!

Free England from the tyranny of King John! You head the revolt and launch your troops against the castles. The famed knight Ivanhoë will join your forces to liberate the land from tyranny. In this family game, each player aims to conquer the largest number of castles, installing his arms in each. But watch out for the other players --they could make your blazon end up in the oubliettes!

There are three levels of rules: children, family, adults.

Summary
From the game box: "While King Richard the Lionhearted is away leading the Third Crusade greedy nobles are trying to usurp his throne back in England. His authority diminishes as one castle after another falls. But you, hero, are faithful to King Richard. As a noble knight you retake these castles in order to preserve his legacy. Of course, you are not alone in this quest. Other Chevaliers vie for these same honors. To whom will Richard owe the greatest debt when he returns?"

Game consists of:

66 "soldier" cards (16 knights, 16 foot soldiers, 16 crossbowmen, 16 archers, Ivanhoe and Locksley)
5 castle boards and one Dungeon board
6 chips with the names of the castles
6 Lord boards
30 banners bearing the coats of arms of all the Lords (6 sets of 5 banners)
6 "crown" chips (5 Dukes and 1 King)

From the publisher's web site:

Test your balancing ability with this fun and fast-paced game where you must balance "Tipsy, the Scale" with various objects in your hand! Add a Bowling Ball to one side - a Bushel of Apples and a Rooster to the other to equal 11 pounds on each side! Balance the objects and collect the cards, or otherwise add an object and let the next player try. But watch out for the "Tip the Scale" card that will tip all of the cards back into your hand!