Bellwether Games

Is that the "victory" you taste in the salty air? You've secured your spot as a participant in the world-famous Coldwater Crown fishing tournament and the competition is just getting started! Can you cast the right bait at the right time to land the biggest fish? Can you strategically balance your efforts at the different fishing locations to win the most trophies? Very little is certain in these icy waters, but the fish are guaranteed to bite! Coldwater Crown is a fun and clever board game that captures the thrill of fishing in a board game. Created by acclaimed game designer Brian Suhre! It's a game of strategic planning, the fisherman's intuition and just the right amount of luck! Test your fishing expertise against up to three of your friends or improve your skills in the training pond. You don't have to be a master angler to win, but once your trophies start piling up, you might feel like one!

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The old world is changing. The Kingdom of Lydia minted the world's first gold coin. Bartering and trading will soon be replaced by coins as the dominant medium of exchange throughout civilization... Lions of Lydia is a bag-management and engine-building game about the rise of currency. As an influential leader, you send merchants to exchange resources and increase your land holdings. When the nobles arrive, they bring into play their Lydian Lion coins - which have unparalleled purchasing power. To achieve victory, you must manage the traders well and complement their skills with the cards on your tableau. Traditional merchants produce basic resources needed to build your engine, but if you don't convert your resources into coins, you won't be able to buy the most valuable cards! Therefore, noble Lydian merchants - and their gold lion coins - are the key to success. When enough properties have been developed, the game ends and a winner is declared! Will you put together the best traders to achieve your goals? Will you be the first to get the most valuable properties? Will you become the master of the new, golden currency: the Lions of Lydia?

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Freshwater Fly is the second standalone game in a series from designer Brian Suhre, which integrates modern game mechanics with the surprisingly rich and unique world of fishing. In Freshwater Fly you encounter a fast-flowing mountain stream full of fish, armed with only a rod, reel and a selection of flies. To catch fish and earn valuable achievement points, you must carefully execute a series of tactical maneuvers while following a thoughtful and evolving strategy. Start by studying the ever-changing outcome in the current, and tie on a fly that suits your target fish at just the right time and place in the river. Then choose to cast upstream to let your fly drift with the current and get extra fish on your line, or take your chances with a precision cast for the perfect catch. In either case, it's wise to cast close to rocks to improve your skills and discover new fishing techniques, while stocking up on finesse for the next challenge. Your reel, which physically spins, offers you different bonuses as you reel in your line, depending on how aggressively you choose to fight the fish you've hooked. Applying resistance will negate the fish's power, but using your momentum can give you a unique action that perfectly prepares you for your next cast. Freshwater Fly is essentially a dice drafting and set collecting game. Each turn, you select a die from the dice pool and assign it to an action related to the specific fishing maneuver you want to perform. Higher dice values ​​usually give you more powerful actions, but collecting lower dice totals can get you free turns. The dice you select also unlock or multiply various bonus actions that you can use to solve the most stringent fishing puzzles in unique and rewarding ways. The fish and fly sets you collect will help you achieve personal and communal goals, but to win you must focus on those goals that overlap in the most valuable ways while not lagging behind in your overall fishing catch. The game ends when a single player catches a seventh fish, achievement points are awarded, and the winner is declared.

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