Very clever game of an ever-shifting maze. The board is made up of 49 tiles (some of which are immovable) each showing a passageway. Every turn, you place the "extra" tile along one of the edges and slide all the other tiles in that row. This creates new paths and hopefully you've created a route so that your wizard can collect the next ingredient in his magic potion.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Amoeba Wars is a fast, exciting game of galactic struggle for 2-6 players. Game time averages between one and three hours. Each player assumes the role of a Space Lord. His objective is to capture Saestor, the old capital of the Empire. Not only must he be prepared to battle the Space Amoebas, but he must also be ready to fight competing Space Lords to win. Good planning and calculated risks must be utilized to take Saestor. But be careful, a marauding Doomsday Machine may appear at any time to disrupt any well-laid plans.

Contents are complete and in excellent condition. The Special Power cards are still unpunched. The box is in good condition but has a moderate amount of wear on the corners.

Popular Milton Bradley game recreating World War II for 2-5 players. Each player controls one of the major countries in the war (Russia, UK, Germany, Japan or the US) and directs all their actions including national production. Axis & Allies is perfect for someone looking for a game similar to Risk but with more complexity and detail.

The box is in good condition with scuffing around the corners. The components are complete and in very good condition.

Boat Wars is an expansion for Car Wars that takes the action off the roads and onto the water. To my mind it is a perfect example of an "expansion too far" as it adds features and complexity to a game that didn't really require it. Recommended only to completists of Car Wars or the Pocket Box games.

Complete and in excellent condition. There is a very slight wrinkle on the front cover and minor bubbling on the back. This version of the Pocket Box features the "clip-less" enclosure. Uncut counters.

These pieces are identical to the original Parker Brothers' pieces except for colour and allow you to play Can't Stop with up to five players. Your choice of brown, gray or burgundy.

Carcassonne: The Discovery is a variant on the original played at a larger scale: tiles show seas, grasslands and mountains (with completed cities already built upon them). Grasslands score for the number of tiles, mountains score for the number of adjacent cities and seas score for both.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Code Cracker is a simple, push-your-luck dice game for 1-6 players. On your turn, you roll all five dice and try to assign these dice to one of the three face-up "safes" in the middle of the table. As long as you are able to assign at least one die per roll, you are permitted to re-roll all the others. Once all the numbers on a safe are covered, its code is cracked and the rewards are yours! Note however, that only the final player to crack the code gets any of the loot, so you must be careful not to let subsequent players reap the benefits of your hard work.

Still in its original shrink-wrap.

Who, what, where and when? The usual suspects are wreaking havoc at Tudor Mansion and Scotland Yard needs your help! Can you crack these challenging interactive cases, plus unlimited others in the special bonus game?

The DVD brings you inside Tudor Mansion where Inspector Brown is waiting with information on events of the day. Ashe the Butler is also there, ready to share some clues of his own. Remember to stay alert! You never know what you'll find in a room or run across in a Secret Passage. Like classic Clue, you'll make Suggestions, but in Clue DVD your Accusations are made secretly using the DVD. And keep that Red Reader close at hand... there are secrets in these cases and information you'll need to decipher.

Complete and in excellent condition. The pieces are still sealed in their original plastic.

Da Vinci's Challenge is an abstract game of pattern creation. On a turn, you'll place either an oval or a triangle of your colour on the board. The object is to create as many "secret shapes" as you can. There are nine different shapes and it's possible to create several with a single play (and very satisfying when you do). For two or four players.

Complete and in excellent condition. The pieces are still sealed in their original plastic.

Diplomacy is a classic game, but not for the faint of heart. At its core, it's a very simple wargame — 36 armies and fleets maneuver around Europe during the 1900's. Your goal as one of the seven major powers is to capture 18 of the 36 supply centers. However, given that there is no luck and that moves are simultaneous, this will be very difficult to achieve without help. And this is where the game gets its name (and its decidedly nasty nature). The heart of Diplomacy is in the negotiation phase where you secretly discuss and formulate your plans with the other players. Scheming, manipulation, deceit and treachery are all to be expected. It is possible to play (and win!) while remaining scrupulously honest, but betrayal is the more common path to victory.

This is the 1999 Avalon Hill (Hasbro) version which features metal pieces.

Complete and in excellent condition. The box has several small nicks and scratches.

Diplomacy is a classic game, but not for the faint of heart. At its core, it's a very simple wargame — 36 armies and fleets maneuver around Europe during the 1900's. Your goal as one of the seven major powers is to capture 18 of the 36 supply centers. However, given that there is no luck and that moves are simultaneous, this will be very difficult to achieve without help. And this is where the game gets its name (and its decidedly nasty nature). The heart of Diplomacy is in the negotiation phase where you secretly discuss and formulate your plans with the other players. Scheming, manipulation, deceit and treachery are all to be expected. It is possible to play (and win!) while remaining scrupulously honest, but betrayal is the more common path to victory.

This is the Waddington & Sanders version which features wood pieces.

Components are complete and in excellent condition. The box has many small nicks and scratches.

Eleven First! is essentially a proprietary version of Fan Tan using a deck that features cards numbered 1-20 in each of four suits.

Complete and in very good condition. An English translation is included.

Fifth Avenue is the ninth game in Alea's very well-regarded big-box line of games. This auction game is set in New York during the 1930s and challenges the players to build the most valuable high-rises.

Still in its original shrinkwrap.

Greed is a proprietary version of the dice game commonly known as "10,000".

Each turn a player will start by rolling all six dice. He or she will then set aside some of these so long as those set aside form one of the scoring combinations. (If unable to do so, the turn is over and no points are scored.) The rest of the dice are re-rolled with the same criteria. Once you've scored at least 500 points, you have the option of stopping and permanently keeping these accumulated points. The first player to score 5000 points wins!

These are custom-made replacement dice for HeroQuest. The colour labels are inkjet printed, clear-coated and then applied to solid, heavy dice. $10 for a set of six.

I currently have full sets in: black, red, yellow, white, dark blue, light blue.

HeroScape is a simple miniatures game depicting "the battle for all-time". The combatants range from ancient vikings to World War II veterans to robots from the future!

The game comes with an amazing number of plastic pieces — it's literally a puzzle trying to get everything back in the box. There are 30 miniatures and 85 plastic terrain pieces that are used to create a multi-level battlefield. It's quite common to purchase multiple sets so as to build bigger and bigger landscapes on which to fight.

Complete and in excellent condition, some of the parts are still sealed in their original plastic. The box has scuffing on the corners.

In this game, each player takes on the role of a Chinese prince, seeking to maximize the prosperity and prestige of his province in the ancient China of approximately 1,000 A.D. To assist in these endeavours, the princes must call upon the diverse talents of their courtiers; from scholars and monks to warriors and craftsmen. These loyal subjects will lend their expertise to the struggle to shield their rulers from the often disastrous consequences of the myriad events that plague the populace. Be it drought, contagion or Mongol invasion, only foresight and planning will spare the princes and their subjects from these fates.

In the Year of the Dragon is the twelfth game in Alea's big-box series and is for 2-5 players with a playing time of 75-100 minutes.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Who's there? It's Halloween and everyone is throwing parties. But no one wants to make a monster mistake and go to a dead party — their lives wouldn't have a ghost of a chance after that! The questions is: Can you have the coolest, hippest, most rockin' Halloween party in town?

Knock! Knock! is a game of bluff where players send partygoers to other players to see if they are welcomed or rejected. Is the guest cool or a geek? Will they help make a bigger, better party or drive people away?

Complete and in excellent condition, cards are shrink-wrapped.

Log Jam is a cute dexterity game for kids ages 4+. 42 logs of different colours have dammed a river and the beaver responsible sits proudly atop his work. On a turn, you'll use the wooden stick to try to remove one of the logs. Careful though, because if you disturb the beaver (he's electronic and sensitive to sudden movement), he'll noisily complain and you'll lose your turn.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Lord of the Rings is a cooperative game for 2-5 players. Each takes the role of a hobbit travelling throughout Middle Earth with the ultimate goal of destroying the One Ring at Mount Doom. Players will have to collectively defeat the challenges they face with the aid of friends and allies. While using the One Ring can get you out of a tight spot, its corrupting influence cannot be underestimated. Lord of the Rings' level of difficulty can be modified for an easier, or more challenging, game.

Complete and in very good condition.

Although both are designed by Reiner Knizia, this should not be confused with the other, cooperative Lord of the Rings game. This is much simpler and is recommended for ages 6+. (There is an "advanced" version, but it does not add much complexity to the game.)

Complete and in very good condition.

Very cool game set in an ever-shifting maze. The board is a 7x7 grid of tiles, each with a portion of a corridor on it. Every turn, you slide the one extra tile onto either a row or column and this will radically alter the layout of the maze. Your goal is to create a pathway such that your wizard can collect the next ingredient in his secret potion.

Complete and in very good condition.

Max is a co-operative game for 1-8 players (ages 4-7). Max the cat is stalking a mouse, bird and chipmunk as they race to the safety of an old tree. Fortunately, Max is easily distracted and can be lured back to the front porch with the promise of milk, food or catnip. Each player takes a turn rolling the dice and moving the pieces, but everyone's goal is to get all the animals to safety.

Complete and in very good condition.

This game re-lives the fierce competition between the two great Florentine families: Medici and Strozzi. The players compete to buy the best goods, load them on their ships and sail away to sell them for great profits. The mechanism is similar to the multi-player game Medici, but for two players.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Build the city of your dreams in the most cosmopolitan Monopoly yet. Make a fortune putting up skyscrapers, schools and stadiums as you make your mark on the metropolis. But beware! The competition is cut-throat... real estate rivals could devalue your luxury tower by building a sewage plant right next door. Keep your eyes on the prize to own the Monopoly City! Features 80 3-D buildings you can place to develop your properties.

Complete and in excellent condition. (Two AAA batteries are required for the Electronic Trading Unit.) The buildings, pawns and dice are still sealed in their original plastic.

Moto Grand Prix is a simple motorcycle racing simulation that's heavy on the dice, but very easy on the eyes. I'm not sure how much strategy can be employed, but the game is absolutely gorgeous. From the thick tiles used to lay out the course, to the dashboards that record your current status, to the detailed motorcycles that swivel to indicate leans or wheelies — everything is top-notch.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Go down in the dungeon. Kill everything you meet. Backstab your friends and steal their stuff. Grab the treasure and run. Admit it — you love it.

Munchkin is the mega-hit card game about dungeon adventure... with none of that stupid roleplaying stuff. You and your friends compete to kill monsters and grab magic items. And what magic items! Don the Horny Helmet and the Boots of Butt-Kicking. Wield the Staff of Napalm... or maybe the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment. Start by slaughtering the Potted Plant and the Drooling Slime, and work your way up to the Plutonium Dragon...

Complete and in good condition. There is noticeable sun-fading along one edge of the box.

Alan Moon & Aaron Weissblum's game of early pioneers. You can read my complete review here:

http://www.thegamesjournal.com/reviews/NewEngland.shtml

Complete and in excellent condition.

An old-school game from Avalon Hill about exploiting and colonizing the Americas.

Complete and in excellent condition — all parts are unpunched. The box is in fair condition with wear on the edges and particularly on the top left corner.

Pampas Railroads is the fourth entry in Winsome Games' Prairie Railroads series with Argentina as its setting. This very small-run game features production values that can most charitably be described as functional. Despite this, it is a well-regarded game for the "build track and issue stock" enthusiast.

Complete and in excellent condition, includes appropriately coloured crayons. This copy is from the June, 2009 reprint.

Penguin is a simple game for 2-6 players. Each has a hidden set of coloured penguins and on a turn must add one to the communal "pyramid" in the center of the table. Once the lowest level has a full complement of 8 penguins, you may only place a new one if it matches colour with one of the penguins directly below. The object is to place all your penguins and you receive penalty points if you fail to do so. You play one round for each player in the game and whoever has the fewest penalty points at the end wins!

Complete and in excellent condition.

"Two! Two! TWO!!"

An incredible, fast-paced trading game that accurately simulates the (seemingly) chaotic stock market trading floors. With the right crowd, this can be an unforgettable experience. Pit is the only game that nearly caused me to pass out.

This version features the bell (a must in my opinion) and is complete and in fair condition.

Ramses II has a board that is a 6x8 grid with 47 plastic pyramids on it. Beneath each pyramid is token, 12 of which show a treasure of some sort. Each turn a player will attempt to reveal a specific treasure by sliding the pyramids from space to space. Reveal the wrong treasure and your turn is over.

Complete and in good condition.

This is the revised edition released in 2008 and handles 3-5 players. There are now three ways to play (one of which is the classic, standard rules). The "Command Room" rules feature cities, capitals and objectives with a playing time of about 90 minutes.

Complete and in brand new condition — the pieces are still sealed and/or unpunched.

Interesting Rummy variant using cards and tiles.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Shakespeare: The Bard Game puts players in the role of theatre company managers who must produce plays in England during the 1600s. You'll need to acquire scripts, actors, props and patrons. Paying for this will require either a knowledge of Shakespearian trivia or the ability to eloquently recite a speech!

Complete and in excellent condition.

Shogun is Dirk Henn's retheming of his earlier Wallenstein to Japan during the Sengoku period. While it is generally considered a "Eurogame", it has definite wargame leanings as it involves the type of direct conflict more associated with the latter than the former. The "cube tower" method of resolving battles may annoy more serious wargamers, but Shogun is as concerned with how efficiently you rule your provinces as it is about how many you conquer.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Smokers Wild is a blend of fun and macabre humour derived from one of the world's worst habits — smoking!

The game is a king-sized spoof on smoking and the tobacco industry. All players start the game as healthy and wealthy non-smokers. But a roll of the dice could turn anyone into a four-pack-a-day smoker of zany cigarette brands. During the game, players will also have various roles to play: The Undertaker (Doug Graves), The Doctor (Mel Practice), The Tax Man (Owen Moore) and so on. These crazy characters will involve you in some very funny (and not-so-funny) situations when you collect Koffs (money) from other players or have to 'cough up' some of your own.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Space Hulk: Death Angel - The Card Game is a cooperative game in which 1-6 players control a squad of Terminator Space Marines venturing deep into a massive Space Hulk. Through teamwork, bravery and raw firepower, players must survive against overwhelming odds to eliminate the Genestealer threat.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Simple Ravensburger game for two that takes about 5 minutes to play. Each player has 10 large cardboard tiles showing diamonds or rubies and several cut out sections. You take turns placing these tiles hoping to reveal as many of your jewels on the tiles beneath.

Complete and in excellent condition.

Victory: The Blocks of War is an exciting, fast-paced strategy game. You command a variable force of army, navy and air units, over maps that can be joined together in a variety of ways. Combat is resolved by a unique, interactive system that involves tense and exciting battles. The game has ten unit types: Fighters, Dive-Bombers, Heavy Bombers, Submarines, Aircraft Carriers, Battleships, Armor, Marines, Airborne and Infantry.

• Four Geomorphic Maps - Includes four full-colour (16" x 11") mapboards. They can be arranged in dozens of unique configurations and the terrain will link together.
• Wooden Blocks - 100 Hardwood counters, 50 red and 50 blue, represent ten different unit types. These blocks give you step-reduction and fog of war with no muss or fuss.
• Multiple Scenarios - Several scenarios are given in two- and four-map versions, including: Sleeping Giant and Two-Front War. All scenarios allow players to customize their forces. Create your own scenarios too!
• Expansions - Additional new maps, units and scenarios are available to expand Victory to suit your taste.

Complete and in very good condition.