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AUSTRALIAN
GAME
AWARDS
BOARDGAMES
AUSTRALIA
Boardgames
Australia is a non-profit organisation founded in 2007
to stimulate the growth and raise the profile of boardgaming
in Australia.
Winners announced at the
2008
Australian Games Expo
AUSTRALIAN
GAMES ASSOCIATION
The
Australian Games Association was founded in late 1998.
Its charter is to foster traditional games and puzzles
particularly those that are challenging, thought provoking
and fun to play.
Shortlists
for
2008
Game of the Year
2008 Puzzle of the Year
Winners:
ZOOLORETTO
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
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and learn which manufacturers make which games.
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NOW
AVAILABLE
THE CARCASSONNE BOX
From
the makers of the Catan Box. This version will fit
the Carcassonne base game and all 4 main expansions
and all the mini expansions.
Exclusive
to Mind Games Albury & Canberra
$140.00.
Contact
Us
For
more info visit
www.carcassonnebox.com
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ALBURY
Monday
Tuesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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CANBERRA
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
10am - 6pm
Friday
10am - 9pm
Saturday
9am - 5pm
Sunday
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The
Australian Games Expo is moving
to Canberra for 2009.
JUNE
6 & 7 2009
visit
website
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BOARDGAMES
AUSTRALIA
GAME OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS |
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Australian
Game of the Year 2008
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Archaeology
- The Card Game
Archaeology: the Card Game immerses
you in the role of a collector of ancient
artefacts. You dig up pieces of objects
and trade them at the marketplace in
order to assemble a complete artifact
to sell to the museum. Players must
balance the risk of sandstorms and thieves
against the bonus payoff for finding
all the pieces to a particular artifact.
Piecing together the bits of a broken
cup, or scraps of parchment, increases
their value when you sell the object
to a museum. The game is played entirely
with cards, and has a mix of luck and
tactics that will entertain the whole
family: you will almost be able to smell
the musty mummies!
PRICE:
$20
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International
Game of the Year 2008
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10
Days in Asia
10
Days in Asia is an easy to learn,
fun and educational race game. The
goal is to be the first person to
complete a 10 day journey in Asia.
You receive a random deal of 10 cards
describing countries and transportation
methods that must then be rearranged
to make a connected trip. The trick
is that you must discard and draw
new cards into your existing positions
to make the 10 day trip.
PRICE:
$50
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Children's
Game of the Year 2008
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Quoridor
Kid
Players
attempt to be the first to move their
mouse to the other side of a 7x7 grid,
whilst also spending turns building
a maze on the grid to hinder their
opponent (and help themself). It can
be played by either 2 or 4 players.
The components are great, and the
mouse/maze theme provides a fun game
for all ages (5 and up) with the quick
play time allowing the development
of strategy and counter-strategies.
PRICE:
$46
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The
Games and Puzzles below have been
nominated for Australian Game Awards.
(see left hand column for more information.)
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ZOOLORETTO
(A.G.A.
GAME OF THE YEAR)
Each
player uses small, large, wild
and exotic animals and their
young to try to attract as many
visitors as possible to their
zoo. But be careful - the zoo
must be carefully planned. Before
you know it, you have too many
animals and no more room for
them. That brings minus points!
Luckily, your zoo can expand.
A zoo of a family game in which
less is sometimes more...
PRICE:
$80
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AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROL
(A.G.A.
PUZZLE OF THE YEAR)
The
challenge with this game is
to put all 6 transparent puzzle
pieces on the game board so
that the aeroplanes are in the
right location and flying in
the right direction. Includes
pull out draw containing challenge
book with 48 different challenges
ranging from easy to extremely
difficult. Ages 8 and up.
PRICE:
$28
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NOW
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DUTCH
BLITZ
Each player gets one of the
four decks of 40 cards each.
Each deck has a different design
on the back (carriage, pump,
pail, and plow) to designate
players cards. Each player has
three cards placed on the table
in front of them (post piles)
along with a pile of 10 cards
(blitz pile). Players try to
form sequences of cards (in
ascending order, by color) in
the center of the table starting
from one up to ten. Quickest
player to get rid of his blitz
pile calls BLITZ and play stops.
Cards in center of table count
for 1 point each, cards left
in blitz pile count for -2 points
each. First player to 75 wins.
PRICE:
$20
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The
games people play… can be so
good for kids
As teachers, you know
that play is important to a healthy
society and it is getting left behind
in today's world. You probably realise
that games are not just fun - they're
a recognized teaching tool and (according
to research for the Chicago Toy &
Games Fair), can raise a child's IQ
by up to 16 points!
Find
out about our
"in school programme"
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NEW
RANGE OF
CHILDREN'S GAMES
by HABA
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THE
BLACK PIRATE
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The
good, honest seafarers sail
from one treasure island to
the next. However, Salvador
Sea Devil, the Black pirate
stays hard on their heels
trying to pillage their treasures.
Using his vessel, the "Black
Svenja", Salvador Sea
Devil quickly approaches and
tries to board the seafarers'
boats. The seafarers immediately
set sail. Suddenly a strong
gust of wind whistles around
their heads and as the sails
tighten the boat skims across
the sea. At the very last
moment they escape from Salvador,
the Sea Devil.
PRICE
- $64
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DANCING
EGGS
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This
is a game that comes in a real
egg-box. There are nine yellow
plastic eggs and one yellow
wooden egg (worth 2 points,
the others are worth 1 point)
and two dice, one red and one
white. Although it is, in fact,
a children's game, it is great
fun when played by adults as
well.
PRICE
- $30
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HOPPLE
POPPLE
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Children's
game, Ages 3 and up. All players
are dealt a sheet depicting
a farm. The farm shows the outlines
of eight animals (2 cats, 2
ducks, 2 rabbits and 2 roosters).
Goal is to be the first to collect
the 8 animals in your farm.
The roll of a colored die shows
which kind of animal you may
take into your farm (if there
is still a place for it). First
player to collect all of his
animals wins.
PRICE
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Eurogamesfest
is back on at Mind Games Albury.
Come along and learn how to
play over 100 different board
and card games. FREE
ENTRY.
3rd Saturday of every month.
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HERE
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Mind
Games Canberra will also be
holding regular game days
on the 2nd Sunday of each
month
from 10am.
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ENTRY
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