Building Games

3HOUSE is a little 28 page glossy booklet with rules for three games you can play with the pyramids in three Treehouse sets. Includes rules to Secret Project 3H-1, Martian Chess, and Binary Homeworlds.

These airships are majestic as they rise to the heavens. It took a long time before the work on these giants could begin. Engineers had to be employed, a hangar built, materials procured and sponsors found. At last the day has arrived and a giant airship starts its maiden flight towards the horizon.

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No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GamesLore Rating: 6
GL Price: £20.49        (RRP is £24.99)

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590BC. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marries the magnificent Amyitis, the king of Media’s daughter. But the beauty languishes for the lush vegetation of her land. Nebuchadnezzar wants to have splendid hanging gardens built for her. Now, the city is getting ready to take up the tremendous challenge ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 60 to 90 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GamesLore Rating: 7
GL Price: £28.99        (RRP is £34.99)

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The young, up-and-coming Roman kingdom needs a wide variety of things, but the one thing the big towns need above all the others is drinking water.

So experienced master builders and diligent workmen set about errecting mighty aquaducts to provide the people with water.

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No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 60 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GamesLore Rating: 7
GL Price: £28.99        (RRP is £34.99)

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Each player is the owner of a water zoo. Each player tries to lure as many visitors as possible into his water zoo and earns points for the visitors that visit his zoo. To create a zoo that people want to visit, a player must collect animals. When a player’s water zoo is successful, he may want to ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GL Price: £32.99        (RRP is £39.99)

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Players build a town in Ancient Greece in friendly competition with each another. But there is a catch. Each building must be surrounded by the appropriate scenery otherwise points are deducted.

Compete with your fellow players for the most beautiful towers. Players take on the roles of famous architects and using their chicanery, try to obtain the best construction parts. With these the exuberant towers are erected. Think ahead, use your tactical sense and it will help you to stay ahead ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 9
GL Price: £37.99        (RRP is £47.99)

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Basilica, a game for 2 players, presents the duel of two medieval master masons who are ordered to build a medieval cathedral together. Players are planning cathedral layout and overseeing work at the construction site in tandem, in the same time trying to gain advantage over the opposite player.

Complete the blueprints and restore Blue Moon City to its former glory! Guide the peoples of Blue Moon in their efforts to rebuild their home and earn the favor of the elemental dragons. Prove that you have what it takes to be the leader of all the peoples of Blue Moon.

In 1905, the last great North American gold and silver rush took place near Death Valley, in Nevada. Bullfrog Goldfield is a stock trading game where players attempt to cash in on the discovery of this ore. Players must develop mines to acquire the ore, construct towns to support the miners, and ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 120 minutes
Min. Age: 16
GL Price: £32.99        (RRP is £39.99)

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Burdigala is the Roman name for the city of Bordeaux. The game is about the growth of the city during the Roman times.

The board shows a map of the city, with various building sites and streets. At the beginning of the game, a tile is placed on each building site. Each tile shows a building ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £22.99        (RRP is £26.99)

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It's a game about the great Canal building era of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that captures the feel of the period and gives players plenty of decision making in their attempts to complete some of the most famous British canals.

Players will engage brilliant engineers such as James ...more...

No. of Players: 3 - 5
Duration: 90 minutes
Min. Age: 14
GamesLore Rating: 8
GL Price: £19.99        (RRP is £24.99)

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More than 2500 years ago, the emperor of the Qin dynasty decided to protect his prolific provinces of northern China from the frequent barbaric invasions, building and joining several fortified fortresses. So he made an impressive series of defensive walls that stretch for over 6000 kilometres. Armies ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 60 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GamesLore Rating: 6
GL Price: £27.49        (RRP is £32.99)

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The players are builders in the Ancient Egypt, competing to get the most fame building different monuments requested by the Pharaoh (the Sphinx, the Obelisk, the Temple and the Pyramid).

Build your own factory. Pick valuable machines and build the best production chains. Optimally connect all your machines and reservoirs to create the most profitable factory.

Players race to grab the machines that best suit their factory floor. Purchase connections and output resorvoirs to ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 45 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GL Price: £32.99        (RRP is £39.99)

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Building in New York City is booming and everyone wants to get in on the new fad - building that touch the sky: skyscrapers! Players compete to build their sky scrapers in the best locations, but what is a good location? One with shopping - and the more shopping, the better!

Players always ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 60 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GamesLore Rating: 7
GL Price: £24.99        (RRP is £29.99)

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In Florenza, the players are the heads of the most powerful families in Florenza during the Renaissance period. The goal of the game is to become the most famous patron of the arts by hiring the most famous artists of the period and financing their works.

In this game, players incarnate clan leaders during the Golden Age of Easter Island. The board represents a simplified map of the island. Rock platforms are where the ahus (the rock platforms) Moaïs will be erected.

Your clan competes against others, and you will earn more prestige by building ...more...

No. of Players: 3 - 5
Duration: 60 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GL Price: £36.99        (RRP is £44.99)

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In Giza, the Great Pyramid™ you are the leader of one of four factions vying for Pharaoh’s favor. You have 10 years to outperform the other factions and contribute the most to his great pyramid, earning eternal gratitude and glory. You shall need to balance your labor! Farm and fish to feed your ...more...

No. of Players: 3 - 4
Duration: 90 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GL Price: £22.99        (RRP is £27.99)

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The hanging gardens were one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, as all history courses teach. But, did they actually exist? Nothing remains of their reported splendor, which was built for the eyes of Amyitis.

Without an exact reference to follow, the 2-4 players will re-establish the hanging ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 30 to 45 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £22.99        (RRP is £27.99)

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The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed Americans to claim 160-640 Acres of undeveloped land by living on and farming it for 5 years.

Also in the 1860s the Transcontinental Railroad was built across North America, linking rail networks between the east and west coasts. The development of the railroads ...more...

No. of Players: 3 - 4
Duration: 60 to 120 minutes
Min. Age: 13
GL Price: £32.99        (RRP is £39.99)


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In INCA EMPIRE the players are "Apus" (leader of one of the four regions/suyus). Your job as an Apu is to increase your status in the eyes of the divine emperor ("Sapa Inca") by doing the best job of expanding and improving the empire.

The object of the game in Key Harvest is to score the most points. Players score points by placing tiles on their own country board. Each player has the same board, but there is only one of each tile, so there is competition when two players want the same tile. One point is scored for each field ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 60 to 90 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £32.99        (RRP is £39.99)

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Designed by Reiner Knizia (Through the Desert, Colossal Arena), Kingdoms is a fast-paced, strategic board game in which two to four players assume the roles of rival kings trying to increase their wealth by establishing castles across the land. By building castles in the richest regions, you stand ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 20 to 40 minutes
Min. Age: 14
GL Price: £19.99        (RRP is £23.99)

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London lies devastated after the Great Fire of 1666. This is your opportunity to build a new city on the ashes of the old. It is up to you how you employ the talents of the people of London to this end. Will you favour the business classes, who will earn you money? Or would you prefer to spend more ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 90 minutes
GL Price: £28.99        (RRP is £34.99)

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Building boom in Manhattan! But not only there! Sky-scrapers are springing up all around the world. Players also have the opportunity to build sky-scrapers in Sydney, Frankfurt, Hongkong, Sao Paulo, and Cairo. The question each turn is whether to increase the height of one of your own buildings, ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GamesLore Rating: 7
GL Price: £28.99        (RRP is £34.99)

In medieval times, famous masons competed to build the most beautiful and impressive cities. As we can see from what they left behind, they were perfectionists, but each had his own ideas about the best ways to design cities. Stately government buildings stand next to noble palaces with massive walls ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £24.99        (RRP is £31.99)

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This new board game for the whole family is set in middle America long before Cortez came to conquer the area. The Mayan culture built large pyramids such as those found at Tikal and Copan. The players are the pyramid’s master builders, building the immense structures stone by stone. Unfortunately ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 60 to 90 minutes
Min. Age: 9
GL Price: £16.49        (RRP is £19.99)

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The awe-inspiring Metropolys is in effervescence! Talented Urban planners and architects rival each other to make luxury, elegant buildings of glass and steel defying the laws of balance grow from the ground. Who will eventually impose their style to leave an indelible trail in the history of the ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GamesLore Rating: 8
GL Price: £32.99        (RRP is £39.99)

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Many civilizations have come and gone over the course of human history. Some developed very advanced, inspiring cultures. Others remain unnoticed. Today we seek answers to countless questions left by our ancestors. Historians explore their ancient monuments, structures, and ruins that illuminate ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £22.99        (RRP is £27.99)

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The players take on the roles of the heads of influential families in Paris at the end of the 14th century. In the shadow of the Notre Dame cathedral, the players compete for prosperity and reputation. Each family controls one of the 3 -5 boroughs that surround the site of Notre Dame. As head of ...more...

No. of Players: 3 - 5
Duration: 45 to 90 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GamesLore Rating: 8
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In ancient Greece, the city-states thrived increasing their population and culture, occasionally waging war against each other, erecting buildings and celebrating ceremonies to get the favour of the deities abiding on Mount Olympus.

Olympus is a strategy game, based on worker and resource management, ...more...

No. of Players: 3 - 5
Duration: 120 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GL Price: £40.99        (RRP is £49.99)

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In Ora and Labora, each player is head of a monastery in the Medieval era that acquires land and constructs buildings – little enterprises that will gain resources and profit. The goal is to build a working infrastructure and manufacture prestigious items – such as books, ceramics, ornaments and ...more...

No. of Players: 1 - 4
Duration: 120 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GL Price: £45.99        (RRP is £54.99)

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Who will build the most magnificent palace? In the game of Palazzo, set in the age of the late renaissance, the players slip on the roles of wealthy landowners, who compete against each other to build the most valuable palaces. As their constructions grow, the players must choose from the available ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GL Price: £18.99        (RRP is £24.99)

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Penguin is a positively pleasurable pursuit of piling plastic penguins! Designed by master gamesmith Reiner Knizia, Penguin is easy to learn, easy to play, and shockingly cutthroat to master.

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Empires rise and fall. In the buffer areas and crossroads between civilizations, however, a clever ruler can sometimes adopt new ideas, establish trade, and found a city state -- such as the great Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon -- that will outlast many neighboring empires. Phoenicia about building ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 60 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GL Price: £32.99        (RRP is £39.99)

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With "Ponte del Diavolo" Martin Ebel honors Alex Randolph's most famous game "Twixt" by bringing new elements to this excellent game. In this game, the players build stone bridges over the many canals of Venice. Players score for each successful bridging and for each connected island. Alternative ...more...

No. of Players: 2
Duration: 30 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GL Price: £16.49        (RRP is £19.99)

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Over the course of 3 years, the players develop their principalities. When is the best moment for expanding your city, when is a harvest notably profitable, and how much defense is needed at your city walls? Keeping the timing always under control is the major key to success.

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No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 90 minutes
Min. Age: 13
GL Price: £24.99        (RRP is £29.99)

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Rudi Hoffmann's inspiration for Ramparts came from the great medieval towers of San Gimignano built in the Tuscany region of Italy. Now known as "The Manhattan of the Middle Ages", San Gimignano was home to 72 large towers during the 12th and 13th Centuries, only 15 of which remain standing today. ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 30 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GL Price: £21.49        (RRP is £24.99)

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St. Petersburg: Baroque Palaces, wide boulevards and elegant bridges: St Petersburg. On May 16, 1703, Czar Peter the Great lays the foundation for the first building. Quickly impressive buildings are erected that are ever more grand and beautiful. Such buildings bring the aristocracy glory and the ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GamesLore Rating: 8
GL Price: £22.99        (RRP is £27.99)

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The New Society adds 36 cards with purple dots to distinguish them and the parts to allow 5 players to play. In addition, the game adds several cards and provides other cards to replace those in the original game.

The Banquet adds 12 cards with gold dots to distinguish them. The deck includes ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GL Price: £16.49        (RRP is £19.99)

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In the year 79 A.D., the beautiful city of Pompeii sits at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. For years, the lovely town has attracted the best of Rome's citizens, and it is famous for both its businesses and luxuries. But a terrible secret lies deep beneath the slopes of the mighty mountain. A secret that ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 10
GamesLore Rating: 7
GL Price: £28.99        (RRP is £34.99)


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Together, the players build the eight wonders of the ancient world. While building together, each tries to provide the majority of the components for each wonder and collect scoring tiles. Together, these things earn the players victory points. And, the victory points determine the winner at game ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 75 to 90 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GL Price: £22.99        (RRP is £27.99)

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A series of devastating tornadoes, unleashed by enemy mages in the recent war has left all the king's castles in ruin. Only the foundations of these once magnificent monuments remain. He has charged his sons with rebuilding his castles and promised the throne to the one who can rebuild the tallest ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 90 to 120 minutes
Min. Age: 12
GamesLore Rating: 8
GL Price: £28.99        (RRP is £34.99)

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It's an all-new color of pyramids! Pink Treehouse is a set of 15 pyramids, all pink. Fast, easy and fun, just like regular Treehouse.

This is essentially a "monochrome stash" and as such, is the perfect add-on to five regular Treehouse sets in order to play Volcano. Looks great with either ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 5 to 10 minutes
GL Price: £8.49        (RRP is £9.99)

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Urban Sprawl is a game for and abstractly models the growth of a town into a teeming metropolis.

Players assume the roles of entrepreneur, tycoon and politician—each helping in the development of a hypothetical “Anywhere, USA.” Wealth and Prestige will be earned and spent throughout the game. ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 4
Levels: 12 to
Duration: 90 to 180 minutes
GL Price: £40.99        (RRP is £49.99)

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It's simple and silly at the same time. First, create a stable 1 storey home using all the construction materials provided. Now convert this home into a 5 level mansion using the same materials you used to hold up 1 floor to support all 5 floors.

It's Chaos and Building, Mayhem at its Best!

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No. of Players: 2 - 4
Duration: 30 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £20.49        (RRP is £24.99)

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Each player uses small, large, wild and exotic animals and their young to try and 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 ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GamesLore Rating: 8
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Now the zoo becomes more exotic with the building of a new jungle experience path with strange animals from all over the world. These new exotic animals attract a large number of curious visitors. And the stands pay double because of the increased business. Of course, the other zoos also have their ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 45 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £18.99        (RRP is £24.99)


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This contains 5 expansions for Zooloretto:

Gorilla is a small expansion for the award-winning Zooloretto and the folow-on game Aquaretto.

For Zooloretto, it contains a savings book for each player and job boards. Savings books can be used to earn interest during the game and to break ties at the end of the game. It also contain job ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 45 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £6.99        (RRP is £7.99)


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The zoo grows and prospers: new animals are added regularly and the animals provide offspring from time to time. Once a zoo is full and few new animals are added, it can become boring and customers want something new.

Also, zoo managers find it useful to share their animals by sending them ...more...

No. of Players: 2 - 5
Duration: 45 to 60 minutes
Min. Age: 8
GL Price: £22.99        (RRP is £27.99)

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