We continue our trend of successfully licensing games to other publishers.

Credit Mobilier is due to be released by Rio Grande Games this spring/summer. This is Max’s design that has all of the things that make up a “real train game” as it allows players to build track, move goods, buy stock, and pay dividends.  All in about an hour.

While at Essen last fall we reached an agreement with a collection of Dutch retailers and wholesalers to license a European version of Aaron’s Let’s Take a Hike.

We are very pleased to add these two titles to our other previously licensed games, Days of Steam licensed to Valley Games and Tammany Hall licensed to Pandasaurus Games.

Licensing games to other publishers lets us concentrate on the creation and development of new titles and takes advantage of their experience and expertise in manufacturing, marketing  and distribution.

The reviews are coming in.

Sheepdogs made a good impression in Germany where it was released at the Essen game fair last fall.

You don’t read German? Not much translation need for

“Wow! das materiel” (Wow! the game pieces) and ratings of 7 and 8 out of 10 at spielkult magazine. Also “quite considerable depth.”

http://www.spielkult.de/sheepdogs.htm

and

“ein solides Spiel”/’A solid game” at spieletest

http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?Sheepdogs_of_Pendleton_Hill&ID=3858

This from the discriminating game playing palates at the world’s largest boardgames trade show.

Let’s Take a Hike will also be available at our booths at Origins and Gencon.

In Let’s Take a Hike players draw cards of useful items such as water bottles and tents, add them to their hand, and play them onto the table into their backpacks. When a player is ready, he announces that he is taking a hike. The other players may join the hike or wait to take a hike at a better time.

To take a hike, cards are drawn from the deck and players discard cards from their backpacks as necessary. Players that wish to drop out of a hike may choose one card that has been turned up for points at the end of the game. The last player to drop out takes all of the remaining cards that have been turned up.

Timing when to be the Lead Hiker, when to join a hike, when to wait until another time, and when to play the hazard cards drive the players’ decisions.

Direct (well as direct as international shipping allows) from Essen, we’re delighted to now offer Sheepdogs of Pendleton Hill to customers in the US!

Just jump over to our “Order Sheepdogs” page!  We’re including the Wolf Expansion while quantities last!

For those at Essen looking for German Rules to Let’s Take a Hike, please go here: http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/71446/german-language-rules-for-lets-take-a-hike