The new board game in the War of the Ring line, The Battle of Five Armies, is now shipping to distributors and will be in North American stores starting on September, 8th. In Europe and other regions, the game is expected to be available before the end of September. The Battle of Five Armies is a stand- alone board game, which recreates the fierce struggle witnessed …
The cover art of The Battle of Five Armies, “The Last Stand of Thorin Oakenshield”, by Lucas Graciano, was the winner of the Chesley Award as Best Gaming-Related Illustration. The Chesley Awards have been bestowed by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) at LonCon3, 72nd World SF Convention, together with the famous Hugo literary awards. Chesley Awards recognize individual artistic works and achievements …
Gen Con Indy 2014 ended yesterday, August 17th, and in the four days of the show Ares Games presented the new game The Battle of Five Armies and a preview of Dino Race. The booth was also busy with demos of recently released games – such as Sails of Glory and Galaxy Defenders- as well as WW1 and WW2 Wings of Glory, Inkognito, Aztlán and Micro …
Ares Games had a great start at Gen Con Indy 2014: the Sails of Glory Record Breaker Event, just after the convention opening, was very successful and the record of largest Sails of Glory game ever was set with 53 players taking part to the battle on a very long table. The game had a length of two hours, and all participants received a ship pack …
The Galaxy Defenders section has been updated with three new files available for download: the complete Storybook and the rules of two competitive variants for the game: Galaxy Ball and Alien Mind. The rulebook, which was already available, has been replaced with the revised version used in the game reprint. The 54-page Storybook gives detailed instructions about how to set up the missions in Galaxy Defenders …
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