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Le Havre coming soon from Mayfair Games in Early 2017!

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le_havre_rzyemrMayfair and Lookout Games are returning Le Havre to the tabletop with a new release for some time in early 2017.

Le Havre is a game about managing a harbor, building ships and constructing buildings. On each turn, players must decide whether to take good of one type or to carry out a building action.  The number of goods on offer varies from turn to turn. New goods of each kind are added regularly, building up until a player takes them. Wood, clay and iron are building resources. Fish, grain and cattle are used to feed your dock workers. Actions in buildings allow goods to be upgraded — just turn the tokens over to show the reverse side.  At the end of the game, the player with the largest fortune is the winner. This is the total of the player’s cash and the value of his or her ships and buildings.

The game by Uwe Rosenberg can be played by 1-5 players, either in a shortened version or as a full game that can last anywhere from 30 minutes to hours, ensuring that it provides the right level of challenge for any game table. The game itself is packed with materials include cards, tokens, and more.

Portal of Heroes Coming Soon from Mayfair Games

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portal-of-heroesFor centuries, peace reigned over the world of Molthar, until one day, the magician Ullfried destroyed the balance of Good and Evil with black magic. Darkness fell across the land, and the only hope remaining to the people of Molthar was an ancient prophecy that one day, when the time was right, a hero would come and free the world of darkness…

Portals provide ways for fantastic creatures and helpers to stand with you! Go to Molthar, collect magic pearls and build a team of allies from legends. Strengthen your power and fulfill the prophecy… the one who collects twelve Power Points saves the realm, becomes the true chosen one, and wins the game!

Out in January 2017, Portal of Heroes is a new card game from Mayfair Games by Johannes Schmidauer-König. The game for 2-5 players is for ages 10+ and takes about 45 minutes.

The game includes 56 pearl cards, 54 character cards, 5 player portals, and 1 rulebook and retails for $18.00.

Mayfair Games Acquires Twilight Creations

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mayfair-games-logoMayfair Games has announced the purchase of a controlling interest in Twilight Creations, the award winning board game publisher of the well-known Zombies!!! series of games in addition to a horror-themed line of games including The Haunting House.

During this change, Kerry Breitenstein will remain an integral part of Twilight Creations, overseeing the creative side of the company as the Vice President of Design and Production. Loren Roznai of Mayfair Games will be taking on the role of President and will be in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company.

All logistical operations for Twilight Creations are being moved to Mayfair Games in Skokie. All sales and distribution inquires will be handled by our Sales team in Plant City, FL. All distributors will remain the same.

The company has also announced they will be showcasing the Zombies!!! product line in the Mayfair Games booth at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH  – June 15-19, 2016. The presence for both companies at Gen Con, August 4-7, 2016, will remain the same this year. Twilight Creations will be in Booth# 523 and Mayfair will be in Booth#117 – watch for combined space for 2017.

Stay tuned for BIG Zombies!!! announcements in the coming months!

Coming Soon From Mayfair Games: Oh My Goods!

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Mayfair Games has announced that the game Oh My Goods! will be released soon. The card and engine building game by Alexander Pfister has you stepping into the shoes of a medieval craftsman. You have a lot of decisions to make, like whether to work sloppy or aim for the highest quality of manufacturing. Strive to be the most efficient, most profitable business owner in your village!

The game comes with 110 cards and rulebook and is intended for 2-4 players, ages 10+, and take about 30 minutes.OMG_SO_2016[1]

Agricola Returns Bigger and Better than Ever in 2016

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A2_Cover_3DAgricola, the award-winning and highly acclaimed game from designer Uwe Rosenberg returns in 2016 from Mayfair Games. The game is bigger and better than ever!

Throughout 2016, Mayfair Games will be releasing three Agricola products: the base Agricola game for 1-4 players; the Agricola Family Edition and finally the Agricola 5-6 Player Extension. Let’s look at each briefly.

Kicking things off in May is the Agricola base game, the heart of the revamped Agricola line. This game for 1-4 players features an updated and streamlined design by creator Uwe Rosenberg. The components are wood and the game features an expanded card deck with a “greatest hits” collection of cards from the original game and its expansions, newly revised and updated for this edition.

The Agricola Family Edition is the gateway to this classic game, being released later in 2016. This game for 1-4 players allows younger and more casual players to experience Agricola’s classic gameplay in 90 minutes or less! The Family Edition allows players to use actions and tiles but features no cards, giving them a streamlined game experience for the whole family and introducing a new generation to one of the greatest games of all time.

And finally, in late 2016, the Agricola 5-6 Player Extension will arrive adding wood components for up to two additional players for your base game – increasing the maximum number of players to 6!  Featuring even more cards handpicked and revised by Uwe Rosenberg, it will create the biggest and best Agricola experience yet!

Plans are also being made to make the new and revised cards available separately to players of the classic edition of the game.

Things will be kicking off this year of fun with an Agricola release weekend, May 20–22, 2016.  Stay tuned for more details.

Asmodee Acquires Catan from Mayfair

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mayfair-games-logoThis is a pretty interesting way to start off 2016 for the gaming industry. Mayfair Games (MGI) has announced that Asmodee has acquired the license for the English language publishing and sales of the popular board game Catan. From this, Catan Studio, Inc. has formed and becomes the newest creative unit in the Asmodee group. Mayfair Games will continue to do business as an independent company publishing both Mayfair and Lookout Games products.

Mayfair Games will assist Catan Studio, Inc. and Asmodee North America in the promotion of the Catan brand including but not limited to the continued coordination of the 2016 Catan tournament schedule, Catan Day 2016 and the 2016 Catan World Championship.

MGI continues to retain a controlling interest in Lookout GmbH and Mayfair GmbH, providing a wide range of games worldwide, and distribution to the European marketplace. These efforts will be expanded with a new focus on multi-language and international products.

MGI has also announced the acquisition of several Martin Wallace games as permanent additions to the Mayfair game library. Those titles include Steam, Aeroplanes, Automobile, Test of Fire and Clash of Wills.

Moving forward, all of MGI’s distributor and retailer terms will remain the same. MGI will also be continuing its exclusive agreement with Alliance for all sales in the USA to the hobby market and with Esdevium for the UK market. MGI will be reevaluating and making some adjustments to its distribution strategy in Canada.

Asmodee has been on a role lately. Fantasy Flight Games merged with the company after the company had already acquired Days of Wonder. The company has also shifted how it distributes games causing mixed reactions. This latest acquisition further consolidates the industry around a few major publishers.

Mayfair had also recently done a rebranding of Catan updating the design of the packaging and creating a more universal look.

Mayfair Games Releases Steam Map Expansion 5: Boxcar in April 2016

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MFG45615Mayfair Games has announced that the Steam Map Expansion 5: Boxcar will be released in April 2016.

Steam’s latest expansion delivers a way to store your precious cargo in one place. The box comes with 2 maps in its hold – India (3-5 players) and South Eastern US (2-6 players).  In addition, it comes packed with a variety of mini-expansions that can be played with your other Steam maps. New Action Tiles can be added to your games to change the dynamic of previous maps – The Surveyor, The Midnight Express, The Local Payoff, & Corporate Charity. The Gray Market Goods expansion adds a level of mystery to your goods supply and creates dual goods.

We’ve also included the previous mini-expansions that were only found as promos: Demanding Suppliers, City Growth Special Contractors, and the Five Way Town. In addition to all this, we’ve added more track tiles and have created new complex hard curve tracks.

With all this new content, we’ve also included a Universal Display board to be placed beside your expansion maps rather than having to play your expansion on top of the original board.

The box is designed to hold all your Steam Expansions, and with it we’ve created an updated omnibus of all the previous expansions’ rules with more in-depth examples. All in all this is the perfect way to keep track of all your goods.

Components:

1 Double-sided board
1 Universal Display Board
24 Gold Player pieces
36 Track Tiles
7 Action Tiles
5 City Growth Special Contracts tiles
15 Gray Market Goods tiles
18 Novelty tiles
5 Demanding Supplier tiles
1 Rules (including clarified rules for all previous expansions)

MFG4137 Steam Map Expansion 5: Boxcar™ $45.00
Ages 12+
For 2-5 Players
Playing Time 120 minutes
UPC 0-29877-45615-?-04500
Case Pack 4
Designer: Morgan Dontanville
Art: John Austin, Jared Blando, Craig Hamilton
Made in the U.S.A.
Dimensions 3.125 in × 9.375 in × 11.625 in

Mystery from Mayfair Games

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MFG4130-CMayfair Games has announced Mystery Motive for Murder! Mystery is a game for 1-5 sleuths by Bruce Glassco.

When a body is discovered in the courtyard of a stately English mansion, the weapon and location are obvious: the only questions the investigators need to answer are who and why. Every guest may have a motive, and every one of them has secrets they’re trying to hide!

Your reputation as a detective will be assured if you’re the one who makes the final arrest. One by one, you interview and re-interview  suspects to establish the strengths of their relationships with the victim. Which of the guests had the greatest motive to commit murder?

The game contains:

1 Start Player marker
22 Suspect tiles
30 Motive cards
10 Detective cards
2 Body tokens
11 Motive markers
98 Relationship tokens
3 Secret Relationship tokens
15 2nd Interview tokens
30 Interview cubes
15 Status discs
5 High Status markers
6 Special tokens
1 Starter Rules sheet
1 Rule Book-includes solitaire rules

 

MFG4130            Mystery™           $35.00
Ages 10+
For 2-5 Players
Playing Time 30-90 minutes
UPC 0-29877-04130-5
Designer: Bruce Glassco
Art: Edward Gorey
Made in the U.S.A.
Dimensions 273 x 294 x 52 mm

King Chocolate – Shipping from Mayfair in November 2015

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MFG4137-cMayfair Games has announced the November release of King Chocolate, a “luscious game of chocolate making” for 2-5 players by Stefan Alexander.

You know there is money in chocolate, but it doesn’t just grow on trees. You need to control the links in the production chain to get your cut of the cash, by making sure the cocao flows through your businesses instead of your competitors’.

Sometimes you need to help your customers and suppliers to help yourself. If you are wily, you can figure out a way for your competitors to do the work for you. Create monopolies, cut off the supply chain, disrupt other players’ finely honed plans—do whatever it takes to become King Chocolate.

The fruit of the cacao tree goes through six steps to become chocolate. You can only control a few of these steps, so you  must work with your fellow chocolate makers to keep the chocolate flowing through the production chain. It sounds cooperative and friendly—but did we mention that the chocolate maker with the most money wins? Things always get complicated when money is involved.

To ensure your portion of the production process is used the most so it earns you cash, occasionally you’ll help your customers and suppliers. At the same time you will attempt to crush your competitors, force others to help you, and manipulate the supply chain.

You’ll do whatever it takes to become the king of chocolate.

Check out more details below about the game.

Ingredients:

57        Double hex tiles
1          Starting hex ring
85        Cacao cubes
99        Coins (1s, 5s, 20s)
20        Workers in 5 colors
5          Player screens
1          Six-page rules

MFG4137 King Chocolate™ $49.00
Ages 10+
For 2-5 Players
Playing Time 30-60 minutes
UPC 299877 04137
Designer: Stefan Alexander
Art: Steen, Morgan Dontanville, Ron Magin
Made in the U.S.A.
Dimensions 273 x 294 x 52 mm

Mayfair Announces Booty for August 2015

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MFG4138-cTreasures of all types! But the hard part is not capturing the ship’s bounty, but dividing it fairly to the pirates! In Mayfair Games‘ Booty players take turns splitting each round’s booty into shares for the other players. Different types of treasures have different values, and of course there’s the hidden items to keep people guessing. Will you be the quartermaster to give everyone their fair share–but giving yourself the best share?

Each round, cards representing treasures are revealed. Some are worth points immediately, some items cancel others, some give you a chance, but not a guarantee, for a big payday. The quartermaster (a job that travels from player to player) divides the treasures into shares, and also includes the order of picking treasures in the next round. Balancing what you need, what others might want, and trying to get a little extra into your treasure pile is the key to success!

The building cards provide many special benefits that allow for a broad range of strategies every time you play.

The game will retail for $35 and is intended for people ages 10+ and meant for 2-6 players.

The game contains.

  • 108 cards
  • 54 player flag tiles (9 of each color)
  • 6 player turn order tiles
  • 6 turn selection tiles
  • 4 stock market markers
  • 1 quartermaster token
  • 1 Quartermaster token
  • 5 islands tiles
  • 12 legacy tiles
  • 1 rulebook
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