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Thanks! I hope to find other bars and pubs to host events. If you have any in mind that would work, let me know!

I arranged with the good folks at the Bethany Public House to have an open gaming event on Sunday 10/18/2015 at 4pm. I will be teaching Splendor to introduce board games to people who may be new to the hobby. It will also be open gaming, if people want to bring games (or borrow something from my collection). They have excellent food and drink that will be available off the regular menu. Address for the pub: 4840 NW Bethany Blvd, Portland http://www.bethanypublichouse.com/ Here is the flyer for the evnt:

It's been fun so far. An interesting territory control concept for a deck building card game. I'd recommend it.

I am extending the "summerblast" promotion through this weekend! I am always open to special orders (as long as I can get the games myself).

Ah, I am out of stock on Munchkin, but have it arriving on Tuesday. I can honor the summer sale if you are still interested.

I am running an additional 10% off at my board game site: www.hourglassgames.net this weekend. Use promo code "summerblast" I deliver next day (including weekends) in the Portland metro area free if you spend more than $25. Nationally, free ground shipping at $100. Cheers!

The learning definitely slowed it down. I have not heard of people playing it in under 4 hours (at 4 players). There was quite a bit of rules referencing going on during the first play (combat is basically its own deck and dice mini game). It is turn based, but you get to place 4 action tokens in sectors on the board (each player places 1, then it goes to the next player and so on). The actions are (move ships/attack, build/deploy units, research tech, collect special resources). Each faction has a set of 2 of each action token (8 tokens total). They are played face down on the board, so your opponents don't know which action it is. As you and your opponents play actions in the same sector, the tokens are stacked. Then during resolution, the tokens are resolved from top down. Lot's of strategy with which order you deploy your tokens and playing over the top of your opponents to preempt certain actions. Tons of fun. The resolution of actions takes place in turn order, but if it comes to you and your tokens are all buried, then you are forced to pass. Conversely, if you have multiple sectors with your tokens on top, you might take multiple actions before your opponents get a chance to act. I hope that explanation makes sense, but it is just scratching the surface of the complexity. It does not however feel like a pure euro (Eclipse- with its cubes and resource/score tracks), instead it plays closer to Twilight Imperium, but with the 40k theme that really comes though. So infinitely better IMO.

Has anyone else gotten a chance to play this? My gaming group broke it out a few weeks ago and it was fantastic. We played for almost 6 hours and I definitely want to play it again. The 4 factions in the box are Ultramarines, Orks, Chaos, and Eldar. They all play very differently, with a fairly steep learning curve, but with a really unique action token mechanic. I like it better than Eclipse or Twilight Imperium. If you have not seen it before: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/forbidden-stars/ If folks are interested in playing, message me and we can try and set something up. I also have copies for sale: http://www.hourglassgames.net/products/forbidden-stars

Looking to part ways with a lot of partially assembled and painted Warmachine. Check it out, feel free to make an offer on specific minis or on a lot. Khador: 1 Butcher 2 Scorsha 1 Old Witch 1 Vlad 1 Irusk 8 Widowmakers 11 Doom Reavers 8 Iron Fang Pikemen 4 mechaniks 2 Winterguard Cannons 3 Grey Lords 1 Manhunter 3 Iron fang Cavalry Cryx: 1 Iron Lich 1 Stalker Bonejack 2 Defilers 2 Deathrippers 1 Skarlock 2 Necrotechs 18 Scrap Thralls 1 Pistol Wraith 8 Bane Thralls Mercs: 2 Eiryss 1 Gorman di Wulfe 1 Rhupert Carvolo, Piper of Ord

Thanks! I will definitely check it out.

A bluffing game, where you are trying to smuggle in goods and contraband to the city of Nottingham while all players take turns playing the Sheriff and possibly inspecting the merchants on their way into town. It was the first game released in the Dice Tower Essentials line. I highly recommend the Tabletop video that was done for this game, it was a great introduction and got my wife onboard with playing it immediately. We played with 5 players and it was a ton of fun. The mechanics were quickly picked up by our veteran gaming group and by the end of the first round, the bribery and negotiating was fierce. This will definitely hit the table again. Tabletop Video

Hey all, this is Jon from Hourglass Games. I saw a lot of traffic directed to our site from Ordo Fanaticus and wanted to say thank you for posting and visiting. Our goal at Hourglass is to be a local, fast delivery, competitively priced alternative to buying from Amazon in the Portland area. New inventory is arriving daily, if there are any games you are looking for that are not on the site, let me know and we will do what we can to get it in stock. We will also be doing pop-up gaming events/tournaments at some local breweries and distilleries coming soon. Cheers! Jon