The bishop awaits high-ranking visitors, but the large fresco -- the painting at the ceiling of the cathedral -- urgently needs to be restored.

The country's most renowned fresco painters are hired to make the magnificent painting shine like new.

A busy workday needs careful planning: paints for the work in the cathedral must be bought, the fresco must be restored and new paints for the next day must be blended.

In case the income is insufficient additional orders in the studio have to be met. This may spoil the mood of the apprentices. . .

Who will have such a skillful planning that they will gain the most victory points at the end of the game and become the most successful fresco painter?

Recommended for: 2 - 4 players - age 10 and up
Published by: Queen Games

The pyramids are crumbling, the temples are in ruins and even the nose of the Great Sphinx looks like it might fall off any day now. Cleopatra is one unhappy queen! Now she has called on the members of the Society of Architects to build her a magnificent new palace in Alexandria -- with a Pharoh's ransom to the design that pleases her most.

A game of monumental proportions!

Cleopatra & the Society of Architects is a fun and engaging family game unlike any you've played before. Inside this box you will find a three-dimensional palace that you race to build against your fellow players. Corrupt officials and building materials of dubious origin may help you stay head, but beware: the price of corruption is sure to be high!

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Recommended for: 3 - 5 players -- ages 10 and up.
Published by: Days of Wonder

The Brink of War

As conflicts spread, galactic prestige becomes all-important, both to extract concessions and to fend off attakers. Meanwhile, the Alien departure point is located and the Uplift Overseers arise. Can you build the most prosperous and powerful space empire in a galaxy on the brink of total war?

This is an EXPANSION to Race for the Galaxy. The base game is required to play this EXPANSION
Published by: Rio Grande Games

The scene is the early 1600's. Each player in the game takes on the role of one of the great Elizabethan theatre entrepreneurs, whose aim is to put on plays that will pack the house. In particular the chase is on to acquire scripts from the greatest living playwright of the time, Will Shakespeare. To stage these extraordinary dramas, you will need to form a company of actors, acquire all the props that the play requires, find a patron, and last but not least, acquire large sums of money to enable these productions to go ahead. Along the way, there is many a pitfall to waylay you. . .

Recommended for: 2 - 5 players - age 12 and up
Distributed by: Uberplay Games