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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.
Shortlists now available for the
2008
Best Children's Game
2008
Best International Game
2008
Best Australian Game
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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GAMES ON OUR WEBSITE ARE AVAILABLE FOR MAIL ORDER.
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Want
to find out all there is to know about games?
Visit our Knowledge
Base and find
out which games have won awards, visit the designers websites
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
Wednesday
9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday
9:30am - 8pm
Friday
9:30am - 8pm
Saturday
9am - 4pm
Sunday
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CANBERRA
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
10am - 6pm
Friday
10am - 9pm
Saturday
9am - 5pm
Sunday
10am - 4pm
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The Australian Games Expo is a fun
family event that gives you a chance
to try out hundreds of card and
board games.
JUNE
7, 8 & 9
visit
website
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NOW
AVAILABLE
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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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LIAR'S
DICE
Each
player is given five dice and cup
to roll and hide them with. Players
make successively higher declarations
regarding the results of all the dice
remaining in the game, e.g. "there
are ten sixes". However, someone
can always contest the bid. When that
happens, all the dice are revealed
and either the bidder or the caller
loses dice, depending on who was correct.
The last player with dice is the winner.
PRICE:
$36
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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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THEBES
Thebes
is a game of competitive archeology.
Players are archaeologists who
must travel around Europe to
acquire knowledge about five
ancient civilizations -- the
Greeks, the Cretans, the Egyptians,
the Palestinians, and the Macedonians
-- and then must use this knowledge
to excavate historical sites
in the areas of these civilizations.
PRICE:
$80
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GUMBALL
RALLY
It's
a long distance go-kart race
for the coveted Gumball Cup!
Players
use numbers and colors to better
position themselves in the race:
higher numbers pass lower numbers
and a color passes the same
color if that kart is ahead
of them. Play through two checkpoints
then the finish line!
A
very fast, fun game for the
whole family - up to 8 players!
PRICE:
$26
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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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CHECK OUT OUR NEW
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GAMES
Games Guide
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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
- $29 |
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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.
- CLICK
HERE
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Mind
Games Canberra will also be
holding regular game days
on the 2nd Sunday of each
month
from 10am.
FREE
ENTRY
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