 October 15, 2008 |
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What's Happening in the StoreAgricola Update
Events
A complete calendar of events can be found on our web site. It's the economy, stupid, so go play some games!Well, that's not exactly what James Carville said so long ago, but if he did, it would have made sense. Why? Well for one thing, board games provide great entertainment value. For example, we have a copy of Robo Rally that we've played at least a dozen times with another couple. We spent about $40 on the game, so it works out to $3.33 a game, or $0.83 per person each time we played, and each game lasted over an hour. Heck, for that little money I could barely pay for a single movie rental, and I probably have twice as much as that buried in my couch right now. Compared to going out to the movies or paying for cable every month, a board game that can be enjoyed many times over is a sound way to spend your entertainment budget. Here's another reason to play some games. If the current economy with it's wild market gyrations and gazillion-dollar bailouts has you feeling a bit helpless, you can take out your frustrations with a board game about stock ownership. You may not be able to buy low and sell high in real life, but you can certainly do it in the all-time classic Acquire or the newer Owner's Choice. When you're finished crushing your opponents just remember to share the wealth at least a little in the end; no golden parachutes allowed!
(Demo copies of both are available in the store.) Good Games that Teach
In this superhero-themed card game, villains lurk in the streets of
Infinity City and the only hope is the Numbers League. Players
assemble teams of Superheroes and use the sums of their heroes' incredible
powers and ingenious devices to capture as many villains as possible.
The more you play the sharper these skills will become until no villain is
safe from your numerical onslaught. The Infinity Level expansion deck
adds even more heroes, devices, and villains, expanding the math skills used
to incorporate addition and multiplication of simple decimals and
multiplying by negative numbers. Math was definitely never this fun
when I was a kid! This Month We're Featuring Spook-tacular Games
Dracula – A two-player game featuring the classic struggle between Dracula and Van Helsing, this game is part of the excellent series of two-player games from Kosmos. Demo copy is available.
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Upcoming Events Sat. 10/18 - Family Game Day, 1-4pm Sun. 10/19 - Fun & Casual Games, 1-4pm Tues. 10/21 - Game Night, 6:30-9:30pm Sat. 10/25 - Heroscape, 2-4pm
Sat. 11/15 - Battlestar Galactica Release Party, 7-10pm -
*note date change
And the winner is...Congratulations go out to the winners of the Estimation contest held during our Grand Opening Celebration. There were 392 dice in the jar. Peter, winner of the strategy game collection guessed 390 and Beth, winner of the family game collection guessed 380.
Cat and Mouse Game Store
Phone: 773-384-4454
Hours: » Getting to Cat & Mouse Game Store
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Fun New Stuff
Heroscape - Heroscape is an expandable miniature adventure game
that pits heroes against bad guys, and we'll be battling it out on
Saturday, Oct. 25 from 2 to 4 pm. We know lots of boys
(both the 8-year-old variety and the adult-but-young-at-heart variety) who
absolutely love this game. If you know someone who has a passion for
heroes or mythology they'll probably love it too, so send them over and
we'll show them the ropes.
Numbers
League: Adventures in Addiplication - Numbers League is one of the few
educational math games that retains a sense of fun, using an appealing comic
book style that's a real hit with kids. 
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