Grail Games is pleased to announce that Whale Riders is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Let’s ride the whales together along the Ice Coast with this new board game designed by Reiner Knizia and illustrated by Vincent Dutrait: Whale Riders! The campaign will be live for 2 weeks and will end on July the 28th.
We are really excited to share this new campaign with you and we hope you will enjoy this beautiful game.
Medici: The Dice Gameis coming soon! It is a new design by Reiner Knizia that shares the setting and feel of his classic Medici board game, but using dice!
Fast to learn and simple to play, Medici: The Dice Game is a dice-drafting, roll-and-write game. Over the course of three rounds, 2-4 players will fill their ships with the goods presented at the wharf. They will earn money for having the most valued loads, as well as for collecting majorities of the different goods.
Grail Games is pleased to release their third title in the family of Medici games (following Mediciand Medici: The Card Game), with simple, yet highly interactive game play by Reiner Knizia, and stunning artwork by Vincent Dutrait.
COMING TO KICKSTARTER IN NOVEMBER 2019!!!
Stay tuned for more info, images and full rules in the coming weeks 🙂
We are excited to announce that Grail Games will be releasing the sequel to the modern classic Tigris & Euphrates in 2018!
The period of the Warring States (475-221 BC) describes a time of endless wars between seven rival states Qin, Chu, Qi, Yan, Han, Wei, and Zhao. These states were finally unified in 221 BC under the Qin dynasty to lay the origin of today’s China, with its two main rivers: the Yellow and the Yangtze.
Yellow & Yangtze, the sister game to the highly acclaimed board game Tigris & Euphrates, invites you to replay this eventful period and to lead your dynasty to victory.
In Yellow & Yangtze, players build civilizations through tile placement. Players are given five different leaders: a Governor, Soldier, Farmer, Trader, and Artisan. The leaders are used to collect victory points in these same categories. However, your score at the end of the game is the number of points in your weakest category. Conflicts arise when civilizations connect on the board. To succeed, players’ civilizations must survive these conflicts, calm peasant revolts, and grow secure enough to build prestigious pagodas.
Twenty years after the release of his modern classic, Tigris & Euphrates, Reiner Knizia has improved and tweaked the game play, creating this new take on the system which will feel familiar to T&E players, but is certainly its own “beast.” With stunning artwork by Vincent Dutrait, we hope you will enjoy playing the game from Q3, 2018!
Visit Yellow & Yangtze on our website and stay tuned for more info on the game! Y&Y is due to be released at Gen Con in August 2018.
We are flattered and excited to announce the commencement of our Kickstarter campaign to fund an all-new edition of the classic board game Stephenson’s Rocket!
Stephenson’s Rocket is considered by many board gamers as one of Dr Reiner Knizia’s great games. However, unlike his other greatest hits (Tigris & Euphrates, Ra, Medici, Lost Cities, and Samurai, for example,) Rocket has never been reprinted since its original release in 1999.
The fact that it remains in the top 950 board games as ranked on BGG, despite it not being available in stores for 18 years, can be seen as a testament to its high regard and fantastic game play.
But tastes have changed in 18 years, and that’s where we and artist Ian O’Toole come in. Grail Games is flattered and excited to present an all-new edition of this classic game. Please help us make it a reality!
Famed designer Dr Reiner Knizia and fan-fave illustrator Vincent Dutrait are back! Can you earn the king’s influence? Out-think your opponents as you sway the crown!
King’s Roadis a simple to learn area-majority board game, full of meaty decisions for gamers. In it, players are nobles who are attempting to gain power and influence within the king’s many provinces. As the king travels along the road that connects all the major landmarks within his territory, he will allow the most influential noble in each region to govern in his stead. Over time, the most favored noble will win the game.
Each player has identical decks of eleven cards. On a turn, players simultaneously select the three cards they will play, and in what order. To win, players not only have to influence the king as he traverses the land, but attempt to read the minds of their opponents.
With shipping included in every pledge, and fantastic art by Vincent Dutrait, we hope you may check out the campaign and consider supporting us.
PRESS RELEASE: Grail Games to publish new editions of two classic Reiner Knizia games in 2017.
King’s Road will be released mid-2017, with art by Vincent Dutrait. Stephenson’s Rocket will be released in December, with art by Ian O’Toole. Neither title has been published for over 15 years.
Sydney, Australia – Friday, January 13th, 2017. Today, Grail Games announced that it will be publishing two classic Reiner Knizia games in 2017: King’s Road and Stephenson’s Rocket.
King’s Road is a re-implementation of Imperium, last published in 2001. It is due to be released mid-2017, and will feature art by Vincent Dutrait (Medici, Lewis & Clark, Broom Service, etc.) Stephenson’s Rocket, last published in 1999, will feature artwork from Ian O’Toole (The Gallerist, Vinhos, Lisboa, etc.) Grail Games also plans to produce a previously un-released expansion map for Stephenson’s Rocket that features the eastern United States. Both titles are from famed board game designer Dr Reiner Knizia (Medici, Tigris & Euphrates, Samurai, Ra, etc.)
Stephenson’s Rocket, a route-building and bidding game, has a devoted fan-base. Widely considered to be Knizia’s best design not to be re-printed since its original release, this new edition of Stephenson’s Rocket will be highly anticipated. The game, its mechanisms, and goals, will be refreshed and presented in a clear and beautiful art style from famed board game illustrator Ian O’Toole.
In Stephenson’s Rocket, players take the role of rail barons at the dawn of the rail age in England. Players will attempt to gain the most influence and prestige amongst the different railroads vying for dominance, by expanding and merging the various lines. It is a highly interactive game – other players may use their clout with a railroad to veto another player’s move.
King’s Road is an area-majority game. Each player has identical decks of eleven cards. On a turn, players simultaneously select the three cards they will play, and in what order. To win, players not only have to influence the king as he traverses the land, but attempt to read the minds of their opponents. The superb artwork of Vincent Dutrait will transport players to a rich fantasy land, as they attempt to sway the king to their favour.
“I am very excited to announce the upcoming release of these titles,” said publisher David Harding. “The new presentation of Stephenson’s Rocket and its expansion will please current fans and attract new ones, while King’s Road, with its fast play time and meaty choices, will deserve a place in any gamer’s collection. We are so pleased to be able to continue releasing great games from one of our greatest designers.”
King’s Road is for 2-5 players and takes approximately 30 minutes to play. The game will include: 1 game board, 55 cards, 75 player markers, and 1 king marker. It’s MSRP will be approximately $30USD. Stephenson’s Rocket is for 2-4 players and takes approximately 60 minutes to play. The game will include: 1 game board, 60 rail tiles, 45 city and passenger tokens, 28 station tokens, 28 player markers, and 7 locomotive miniatures. It’s MSRP will be approximately $50USD. Accurate release dates and MSRPs will be announced soon. Please stay tuned to www.grailgames.com.au for more info.
These two titles join our 2017 release schedule that also includes: Doughnut Drive-Thru, Medici: The Card Game, and Hang 12. Please visit our website or www.boardgamegeek.com for more info on these games.
King’s Road – mid-2017
About Grail Games:Grail Games is a board and card game publishing studio located in Sydney, Australia. Our games, including Elevenses, Cat Box and Medici, are available worldwide. Our focus is on board and card games that are family friendly, fast to teach, and that offer depth and replayability. We create games of excellent component quality that offer a very high Depth to Box Size Ratio. To find out more, please visit www.grailgames.com.au
Grail Games is pleased to announce that Reiner Knizia’s all new sister game to the classic Medici board game has just launched on Kickstarter! Please help us to make this game a reality…
Medici: The Card Game is simple, quick and fun! With shipping included in every pledge, and fantastic art by Vincent Dutrait, we hope you may check out the campaign and consider supporting us.
Grail Games announces Reiner Knizia’s Medici: The Card Game This all-new design, sister to the classic Medici board game, will be the first entrant to the Medici & Strozzi family of games in nine years, and will feature stunning new artwork by Vincent Dutrait.
Sydney, Australia – Monday, June 20th, 2016. Today, Grail Games announced that it will be publishing the English language edition of a brand new game, Medici: The Card Game. It will be available to demo at the upcoming Gen Con in Indianapolis, and is due to be released in Q1 2017.
Designed by famed games designer Dr Reiner Knizia (Medici,Tigris & Euphrates, Samurai, Ra, etc.), Medici: The Card Game will feature artwork by Vincent Dutrait (Medici, Rise of Augustus, Lewis & Clark, Broom Service, etc.)
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