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Posted 19 hours ago

New Arrival - Era: Medieval Age
Era: Medieval Age is the spiritual successor to Roll Through The Ages, the pioneer for roll-and-write-style games. Era is a pioneer for roll-and-build-style games!

In Era, players compete to build the most prosperous city. Your dice represent different classes of medieval society. The "build” comes into play when you construct your own unique city on your player board, using three-dimensional components such as walls, keeps, farms, and other elements.

The player interaction in Era: Medieval Age further enhances the challenge. Will you suffer extortion? Scorched earth? Disease? This is the Medieval Age, right? Speaking of which, Era is just the first of a new series of stand-alone roll-and-build games from Matt Leacock and eggertspiele!

1 to 4 players, ages 8 and up, can play Era: Medieval Age in 45 to 60 minutes. In stock now at Here Be Books & Games. ... See MoreSee Less

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Posted 2 days ago

New Arrival - Ecos: The First Continent
What if the formation of Earth had gone differently?

In Ecos: First Continent, players are forces of nature molding the planet, but with competing visions of its grandeur. You have the chance to create a part of the world, similar but different to the one we know. Which landscapes, habitats, and species thrive is up to you.

Game play in Ecos is simultaneous. Each round, one player reveals element tokens from the element bag, giving all players the opportunity to complete a card from their tableau and shape the continent to their own purpose. Elements that cannot be used can be converted into energy cubes or additional cards in hand or they can be added to your tableau to give you greater options as the game evolves.

Mountain ranges, jungle, rivers, seas, islands and savanna, each with their own fauna, all lie within the scope of the players’ options.

Ecos supports 2 to 6 players, ages 14 and up. Playtime is 45 to 75 minutes. In stock now at Here Be Books & Games. ... See MoreSee Less

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Posted 4 days ago

New Arrival - Dominations: Road to Civilization
Dominations: Road to Civilization is a domino-based civilization-building game. In Dominations, you take on the role of a primitive tribe, seeking to grow into a nation whose influence will echo through the ages.

Place your triangular dominos carefully to expand your population and obtain the knowledge that will determine how your society is shaped over time. You can use this knowledge to build cities and master skills, thus creating the legacy for which your civilization will be remembered. Each time you master a skill, it becomes one of the pillars of your society, opening doors to new possibilities and increasing your power. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins!

Dominations: Road to Civilization supports 2 to 4 players, ages 13 and up, with a 1 to 2-hour playtime. In stock now at Here Be Books & Games. ... See MoreSee Less

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Posted 5 days ago

New Arrival: Bloom
Flowers are power in the freshly-picked dice game Bloom! Roll the dice, choose a color, then circle the number of matching flowers. Each roll offers a bouquet of possibilities: Should you try to snag all of a certain color, or attempt to fill a "mixed dozen" instead? Choose wisely — the dice you pass might score for your opponents! With a little luck and a lot of pluck, you'll be the blooming best!

1 to 5 players, ages 8 and up, can play Bloom in about 20 minutes. In stock now at Here Be Books & Games. We also have a copy in our Game Libray, so we can teach you how to play this roll-and-write game virtually. ... See MoreSee Less

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Posted 1 week ago

New Arrival - Egizia: Shifting Sands. Play the original with us tonight at Virtual Game Night!!!

Egizia: Shifting Sands is an updated version of the beloved strategy game Egizia. Players travel down the Nile, placing boats as they go, to collect resources that will help them construct some of Egypt's most famous monuments. With new monuments to build, new cards to collect, and a constantly shifting river, Egizia: Shifting Sands is a streamlined, modern update that both longtime fans and new players can easily pick up and enjoy.

Egizia: Shifting Sands is played over 5 rounds consisting of several phases each. In the placement phase, players take turns placing their ships along the Nile. Each ship you place not only blocks your opponents from choosing that same action or card (except monuments, where multiple players can reserve the right to build), but also forces you to place your next ship below the one you just placed (unless you’ve unlocked a power that allows you to break that rule).

When everyone has placed all the ships they can, y’all have to feed your workers with the grain produced in your fields. The production of each field is based on the floods of the Nile, so some fields may not provide grain each turn. If you don’t have enough grain to feed all of your workers, you must buy the missing grain with victory points.

After everyone’s been fed, you can collect stone from the quarries you own and use it, along with the manpower of your workers, to build at the monuments you stopped at on your journey down the Nile.

This new edition of Egizia introduces a new monument: the Colonnade. The more columns you build in the Colonnade, the better powers you unlock to help you on the river. For example, once per turn you can place a ship on an already occupied river space or upstream from your last placement or gain an extra point each time you place bricks in a monument. The rewards available in the Colonnade vary from game to game, providing new strategies each time you play.

Below the Colonnade, where the graves once stood, lie the mysterious statues - another new monument. These tiny build sites are less expensive than other monuments, yet hold the potential for high reward. You must plan early, as you can only place one brick in a statue per round, and each level you build has more strenuous requirements to earn endgame bonuses.

Egizia: Shifting Sands inspires all of the painstaking risk/reward decisions of the original Egizia, while adding new depths of strategy, balance, and gameplay that provide a fresh twist on a timeless classic.

2 to 4 players, ages 14 and up, can play Egizia: Shifting Sands in about 90 minutes. In stock now at HBB&G. We also acquired a copy for our demo game library. ... See MoreSee Less

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Posted 1 week ago

New Arrival: Adventure Games: Monochrome Inc.
In Adventure Games: Monochrome Inc., you must break into Monochrome, Inc. Tower, but once you get inside the tower’s mirrored windows, you’re on your own. What you find there, the conclusions you draw from items, and how the nerve-wracking story ends is entirely in your hands. Only thru team cooperation will you avoid potential pitfalls, carry out your mission, and solve the mystery of Monochrome, Inc.
Adventure Games is a series of cooperative games from German publisher KOSMOS. In each title, players are presented with a mysterious story that they must unravel over the course of play. Working together, players explore common areas, talk to people, look for clues, and combine various items to reveal the secret of the story. Depending on what decisions the players make, the course of history changes and there is no going back!
Unlike the cooperative EXIT: The Game series, titles in the Adventure Games series focus on the telling and discovery of the story with no time pressure. That said, many different paths can be experienced during play, with more than one correct resolution to the story waiting to be discovered. Each title consists of three chapters, each taking about 75 minutes to play. Nothing is destroyed, so you can play Adventure Games multiple times.
The first title in the series, Adventure Games: Monochrome Inc., supports 1 to 4 players, ages 16 and up and plays in about 75 minutes. In stock now at Here Be Books & Games. Get your copy now! ... See MoreSee Less

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Please wear a mask when you visit the store. We have hand sanitizer just inside the door, so you can also wash your hands on entry. Thanks, everyone! Stay safe.31,850 confirmed cases. 908 people in the hospital. 707 confirmed deaths.

COVID-19 is a dangerous, deadly disease. South Carolina is now considered a hotspot for infections of this new coronavirus.

Everyone - no matter how healthy you are - should do the following:

-Wear a mask in public
-Stay at least 6 feet away from others
-Wash your hands frequently
-Stay home if you’re sick

This virus can infect anyone so it’s up to everyone to take personal health and safety precautions.

Protect yourself and those around you. Stop the spread of COVID-19: scdhec.gov/COVID19 and scemd.org

How and when to use a simple face mask or covering: scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/CR-012688.pdf

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