Ares Games

Second Edition of the infamous strategic board game War of the Ring! While Frodo and his companions make their way to Mordor, Sauron tries to discover the location of the ring bearer and sends his armies against the last strongholds of the free peoples. Will the Ring return to its master or will the ring bearer complete his mission? In this beautiful board game full of beautiful miniatures, the epic battles in Middle Earth (known from Lord of the Rings) are replayed. The dice mechanism determines which action options a player has each turn. This second edition of the well-known game has a clearer playing board and larger cards with even better balanced effects.

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Frozen Steel is the second expansion of Last Aurora. This expansion introduces 5 modules that you can combine with each other.

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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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In War of the Ring: The Card Game, up to 4 players compete in two teams, with each player using a specific and different deck that represents the strengths and weaknesses of the different factions involved in the war. The Free Peoples desperately try to complete their quest to destroy the Ring, while simultaneously defending their homeland against the advancing hordes of Sauron and his evil allies. The Shadow Players must strike quickly and decisively before the ring bearers can complete their quest; or try to win Frodo over slowly by burdening him with wounds and the grief of losing his companions. During the game, players take turns playing cards that represent the characters, armies, items, and events of the War of the Ring. Every card they play will help or hinder the Fellowship's journey whether they are used to defend or conquer the strongholds of Middle-earth. With more than 100 original illustrations from the world's greatest Tolkienian artists, including an astonishing gallery of landscapes from The Shire to Mordor by John and Fataneh Howe, War of the Ring: The Card Game is more than a game: it's also a memorable one collection for all lovers of the world, created by JRR Tolkien.

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Embark on a grand adventure to Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, and meet its steadfast ruler, King Dain Ironfoot. Set sail from the Gray Havens, home of the venerable Círdan the Skipper, eldest of the Elves. Lead your armies from Rhûn, or launch an assault on the Shire with the fearsome Men of Dunland. Fire and Swords is the new expansion for War of the Ring The Card Game, designed by Ian Brody. This expansion broadens the game's horizons by introducing fresh battlefields for the "War in the North", along with new factions and a new location type called Skirmishes, populated by numerous characters from the Lord of the Rings saga. Within Fire and Swords you will discover a wealth of content, including 60 faction maps, 9 additional paths and 9 new battlefields. Additionally, you'll dive into 13 skirmishes, representing the smaller settlements and fortifications such as the Fords of Isen and Bree. Three new factions join the battle: the steadfast Northmen who fight for the Free Peoples, along with the fearsome Easterlings and cunning Ruffians allied with the Shadow. This expansion can accommodate up to six players, with customizable scenarios tailored for smaller groups. Plus, experience solo/cooperative gameplay with all-new Shadow Maps, seamlessly integrated with the already available Against the Shadow expansion for solo adventurers.

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Players are Stock Brokers during the Second Industrial Revolution and try to make as much money as possible while also appearing like good citizens by donating money to charity. Over the course of the game, players buy or sell stocks and then manipulate stock prices with the cards they share with their two neighbors. In addition, players donate shares to charities. The person who donates the least to charity at the end of the game automatically loses, no matter how rich he or she has become. The game uses a system of shared information where each player knows a little bit about what will happen in the markets and each player knows different pieces of information. The player who makes the most money at the end of the game is the winner, provided he or she is not the one who donated the least to charity.

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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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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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The agonizing and sharp screams echo through the halls. Welcome to the VIII Circle, run by Malebranche. This circle is divided into several parts, each dedicated to a human sin... In the Inferno expansion you will find a total of 18 miniatures and many more!

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