Ares Games

The Fate of Erebor is an alternate setup to "War of the Ring" that you can play when the Shadow Player wins the board game "The Battle of Five Armies". Contains alternate map tiles, character cards and event cards for the base game "War of the Ring".

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Gold is the lifeblood of war! As the Hun horde made its way through Europe, they forced the Germanic tribes to exodus. These warring peoples spread within the borders of the Western Roman Empire and would eventually cause the collapse of the empire through plunder and war. In the twilight of antiquity and at the dawn of the Middle Ages, the so-called "barbarian nations" founded kingdoms on the former imperial territory. In Barbarian Kingdoms, an asymmetrical and competitive strategy game, each player controls their own emerging kingdom and battles for dominance over Western Europe. The first player to control seven territories or eliminate two kings wins the game.

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In Brazil in the latter part of the 19th century and early 20th century, large landowners, called "coronéis", starved the northeastern part of the country in a vast area that included the Sertão Desert. In this climate of corruption and abuse, the Cangaceiros were born - bandits who violently challenged the ruling system. Cangaceiros is a strategic competitive game in which each player plays as a gang trying to survive in hostile desert areas while being hunted by the Volantes, the state police trained to kill them. Each gang has a leader chosen from the twenty available, each with their own unique skills and characteristics. Management of any seven-card deck is essential, with players using cards to gather resources, place bandits to guard a region, attack the Volantes, attack the prison of the city of Recife, convert accumulated resources into fame, train their leader and recruit new members for the gang. You win by collecting fame points, which are obtained by attacking the Volantes, but also by training your boss to solve his life purpose and help him retire in glory. You also gain fame points in several other ways, and whoever collects the most fame wins.

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In the cooperative game Ensemble, all players must vote - without communicating - for one of the cards shown that they think best matches a card in the center of the table. Communication is not allowed until all player votes have been revealed and then the group advances to the next level. Otherwise they lose a life. The aim of the game is to win level 9 - and once the game is won for the first time, the first scenario (of three) is unlocked, with new rules and maps available for future games.

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Builders of Sylvan Dale is a three-dimensional tile-laying game in which you design a forested empire high in the trees and compete for the title of greatest architect. After the Great Disasters, a new chapter in Sylvan Dale history has begun. The Ancients have called upon you and your fellow architects to design a new forest realm—a refuge high in the embrace of the Great Trees. Lead the builders of Sylvan Dale as they construct dwellings, bridges, and hanging courtyards. Builders of Sylvan Dale, designed by Peter Ridgeway, is a unique 3D tile-laying game. Play a card and place a new home on top of increasingly taller trees in the forest. Collect sets of cards to gain special actions, such as building bridges or magically growing treetops. Make sure your homes tower high in the trees, above those of your rivals, and be forever remembered as the greatest architect of Sylvan Dale! The game is played in two rounds. In each round, each player has half of the tiles to place on the trees, trying to gain prestige and collect the most fame points. At the end of each round, the player who has the upper hand in each tree and each district the board is divided into is determined and the fame points are calculated. The player with the highest total fame points at the end of the scoring phase wins. Builders of Sylvan Dale promises to be charming and engaging for all types of players, both casual and expert gamers.

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Lead one of Altay's Elderlings and confront the human colonists in your ancestral land. Decide whether to embrace their innovations or uphold old traditions as you expand your kingdom, cultivate knowledge, build monuments, or defeat enemies. Altay - Dawn of Civilization is a deck-building civilization game set in a mythical age. In a remote region of a vast continent, four mysterious societies have developed unique cultures over the centuries, maintaining a fragile balance. Now they face a new challenge: the influx of human colonists with advanced crafts and weapons. As the leader of one of Altay's Elder Races, you have the choice of how to respond to this challenge. The game board depicts a region where the four factions clash, each area characterized by different terrain types and resources. Players control one of the four factions, each represented by a unique starting deck, distinguished by the number of "basic" cards and faction-specific cards. During each turn, players use their cards to generate resources, build new settlements, expand across the board, perform maneuvers against opponents, or gain new cards to strengthen their decks, symbolizing the integration of the Elder races with the newcomers and their crafts.

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