Planeswalker Deck Boxes

Due in later this week are these deck boxes from Ultra Pro...

These have the capacity for 80 cards in deck protectors and a dice compartment underneath. We should have stock of all 5 for this weeks Friday Night Magic

Fast and Furious

The engines are revving and Fast & Furious: Full Throttle is about to tear away from the start line.  Before it does, we are sounding the call for folks who want to get a great deal on reserving the game in advance, and being one of the first people in the world to get the game! 

Fast & Furious: Full Throttle is a board game that begins with players choosing their own course to race through the streets of the game board, by placing the Start and Finish cards and tracing a path between them. Any course that the players choose will hold its own challenges and dictate how many Upgrades players can add to their cars.

Players then set up their street cars by assigning Upgrade tokens to a variety of slots on their Driver Consoles. Each of the nine different Upgrades allows a special move to be chosen during the game, such as the Upgrades Aerodynamics, that permits a car token to move diagonally; and Nitrous, that allows a card to move an extra 1 to 6 spaces.

Once the players have set up their street cars, they move their car token to the Start line and draw a hand of Gear Cards. It is by playing these cards, and flipping an equal number from the deck, that the players move their car tokens along the spaces on the game board towards the Finish line. Gear Cards can be played in sets for a better chance of moving the perfect distance, or played singularly with more risk of flipping a card that results in a spin out or incurring a speed penalty. All the while players are jostling for position and choosing when to use their street car's upgrades and make their move. 

Optional Driver cards add a special rule and extra personality to each player's driving.

• Simple yet challenging card-driven play.
• A double-sided game board where you set the courses and race along whatever streets you dare.
• You decide the length of the game. Upgrade your car to your own personal preferences, with 9 different ways to soup up your ride.
• Play as one of 12 characters from the movies.

Read through the rules and what to see it all in action? Check out the rules rundown presented by Michael Fox from The Little Metal Dog Show, right here!

A Note to Parents: Fast & Furious is rated PG-13. 

Gambit Sunday

Tomorrow it is Gambit Sunday and it will be at a new venue here in Shoreham...

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KD Games will be there all day as usual and I will be bring a selection of items for people to buy as well as some of our demo games for you to use.

I will probably not bring as much as I do normally for Gambit Sunday as I will have a car full of the Gambit scenery and I do not know how much space I will have to display things, so if there is something you want me to bring please let me know and I will see what I can do.

There will be a Vanguard Tournament in the evening but other than that I have not planned any particular activities. That said if there is something that you wish to do please let me know and I am sure we can sort something out.

Battle for Zendikar

RELEASING VERY SOON ...

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Introducing the first expansion pack for the Magic: The Gathering Arena of the Planeswalkers tactical board game. The Battle for Zendikar board game expansion features 2 additional powerful Planeswalkers: Kiora and Ob Nixilis. The board game expansion also introduces additional creatures, spell cards, and the first-ever hero creature: the massive, world-eating Eldrazi Ruiner. It includes a special battlefield scenario for epic showdowns in which players can team up against the single player controlling the Eldrazi Ruiner. (Requires the Magic: The Gathering Arena of the Planeswalkers tactical board game.)

•Includes 2 Planeswalker figures, 3 hero figures, 11 squad figures, 15 spell cards, 9 army cards, Battle for Zendikar Board Game Expansion Pack Guide. (Does not include cards from the trading card game.)

• Introduces 2 additional Planeswalkers, including the first multi-color Planeswalker, Kiora, who can field both green and blue colored creatures and spells.
• Includes the first hero creature, the terrifying Eldrazi Ruiner. The Eldrazi are colorless creatures and can be summoned by a Planeswalker of any color.
• Includes 1 player vs. many battlefield scenario in which players fight against the massive Eldrazi Ruiner to save Zendikar.

• Ages 10 and up
• Assembly required.
• Does not include cards from the trading card game.
• Requires Magic: The Gathering Arena of the Planeswalkers tactical board game.

Dice Heist

In today is ...

Daring art heists with a roll of the dice! Take on the role of an international thief in Dice Heist, and attempt a series of daring heists to steal the most valuable artifacts, gems, and paintings from four of the world's most famous museums. Recruit sidekicks to help you, or go it alone. Will you beat the security systems at the Louvre in Paris and make your escape with the Mona Lisa, or will one of the other thieves get there first? Whoever can impress his fellow criminals with the most valuable collection of stolen goods wins!

Eternal Masters

Draft Through Eternity

Take a step outside time with Eternal Masters. This exciting set lets you draw on some of the most sought-after cards from throughout the history of Magic—some with new artwork—to enhance your Cube or your favorite Commander, Vintage, and Legacy decks.

Eternal Masters is designed to be a unique and enjoyable Draft experience, much like Modern Masters. It will not contain cards from the Reserved List, but it will feature many exciting Eternal staples, including:

 

Set Details are ...

Number of Cards : 249

Release Date : June 10, 2016

Magic Online Release Date : June 17, 2016

The allocation for this set is extremely limited and we are likely to get a very few boxes. To allow the most people to get some enjoyment from these cards I will be running a number of draft events. The first one will be on the weekend of the release. Watch Facebook for more details of the times and costs. At most we will have one box to sell which will be individual boosters.

At last the wait is over ...

Due in tomorrow ...

“The soulless ones shall be the harbingers of dark fate. Then shall come the living dead, the progeny, then the thirsting ones, the forever damned, and the galaxy shall run red as the blood of Eldanesh.”
–Translation of an Eldar artifact, Codex Necrons

From the ancient depths of time before the galaxy was consumed by war, a new threat now emerges from its aeon-long slumber: the Necrons have begun to awaken once more. No loyal servant of the Imperium could fathom how many Tomb Worlds still lie dormant, only awaiting some mysterious signal to rise and spread doom across the civilised worlds. Now, as the Necrons ascend and swell their armies with slaves, all the Traxis sector will learn to fear these mechanical terrors.

Legions of Death introduces the Necrons as a new playable faction for Warhammer 40,000: Conquest. Two new warlords lead the Necron forces in the Traxis sector, and new mechanics evoke the theme of a Necron invasion whenever you lead them into battle. As the Necrons, you can enslave the peoples of the galaxy, filling your deck with units from other factions that are forced to fight alongside you. Although the Necrons hold the spotlight in this deluxe expansion, you’ll also find a new unit for each of the other eight factions alongside new neutral cards that promise to impact the game in entirely new ways!

Uberstaks

UberStax is an injection molded (prototypes were 3D printed) Universal Game Piece Holder, with a difference. With ease, you can fit the UberStax racks together to build the size and orientation needed for the game pieces in play.

Pieces are molded with pins and grooves to allow Stax to be built up taller and wider than a single rack providing ample space for cards, tiles, tokens or anything else you can make fit (Smartphone? Tablet? Score sheet?).

For small games, use just 2 plates to build a single plate rack. 3 plates, allow you to go two wide, and 6 plates to go two wide and two high.

There are countless ways to configure UberStax pieces. They can be built horizontally and stacked vertically to accomodate any gameplay scenario or purpose. The more pieces you have, the more elaborate your configurations can be. It all starts with a strong base, which needs to expand to provide stability as more pieces are added to the configuration.

These should be with us next week but are likely to be quite popular, so if you want any please ask soon!

Pokemon : Zygarde

SEE THE TRUE PATTERNS WITH ZYGARDE!

It’s time to bring a little order to the chaos of Pokémon battling—and Zygarde is just the Order Pokémon to do it! Encounter multiple Formes of this Legendary Pokémon with the Pokémon TCG: Zygarde Box!

THE POKÉMON TCG: ZYGARDE BOX INCLUDES:
· A never-before-seen foil promo card featuring Zygarde!
· 3 Pokémon TCG booster packs to expand your collection!
· An oversize card featuring Zygarde-EX!
· A code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online

RELEASE DATE : 16th June 2016

MTG Changes

Introducing Planeswalker Decks & Bundle

"With the release of the fall set, Kaladesh, on September 30, 2016, we'll be introducing two new product types to Magic: The Gathering.

Planeswalker Decks will serve as a new introductory product, providing a more thematically resonant experience and exciting new Standard legal Planeswalkers not found anywhere else.

We'll also introduce the Bundle. The Bundle offers the same features as a Fat Pack for engaged Magic players plus an additional booster, but the new name more accurately reflects the type of content it offers.

Planeswalker Decks

Planeswalker Decks are designed as the best first purchase for a new player, after they've learned the basics of the game—either through Welcome Decks or Magic Duels—but its features are meant to appeal to experienced players as well.

Beginning with Kaladesh in September 2016, every Magic set will offer two Planeswalker Decks (available in all eleven languages), each built and highly themed around a Planeswalker character relevant to the current block.

Each preconstructed 60-card deck will include:
1 copy of a mythic rare Planeswalker
2 copies of a rare spell that can help find and play the Planeswalker card
And many more cards that benefit from—and synergize with—the Planeswalker card

These decks will generally be two colors, will play into the mechanical themes of the block, often making use of new keyword mechanics, and will be Standard legal.

Two booster packs from the associated block will also be packaged with each deck.

Planeswalker Decks will be available for Open Dueling, beginning with Kaladesh Prerelease, and will provide a similar experience as Intro Pack Wars for new player events.

Eldritch Moon will be the last set that includes Intro Packs.

Bundle

With the release of Kaladesh this September, we will also premiere the Bundle.

We've designed the Bundle as a comprehensive product for engaged Magic players to purchase in order to quickly get to know the newest set.

The Bundle will feature:
A reusable box for card storage
An 80-card land pack
10 booster packs
1 Spindown life counter
Rules reference card
And a Player's Guide that includes an encyclopedia of every card from the current set

The Bundle is aimed at players who have competence in Magic play and are eager to invest in the game on a regular basis.

Eldritch Moon will be the last set that includes a Fat Pack."

Fighters Pack 2016 - IN STOCK!

IN STOCK NOW but for a limited time!

Fighters Collection is back again this year with new trump cards for your favorite clans! Featuring new G unit (G4) cards for all clans! (except the “Etranger” and “Touken Ranbu” clans). 2 cards from each of the 25 clans, plus 1 more “Cray Elemental” will be included in this special release! Look out for the new trump cards that will lead your deck into Stride Gate!

· 1 pack contains 3 random cards

· 1 display contains 10 packs

· 51 types of cards in total (GR: 8 / RRR: 16 / RR: 27)

· 2 cards from each of the 25 clans (excluding Etranger and Touken Ranbu) + 1 more Cray Elemental are included in this product!

2016 CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD UK STORE CHAMPIONSHIP CIRCUIT - COME TO SHOREHAM!

  UK STORE CHAMPIONSHIP.

In the run up to the nation-wide Cardfight!! Vanguard tournament—the Bushiroad World Championship 2016(BWC2016) happening on August 27th at the Strategy Gaming Convention in Telford, we’re offering you the chance to bring your A-game early and make it count!

Introducing the 2016 Cardfight!! Vanguard UK Store Championship Circuit! 44 winners of store events from the circuit will enjoy automatic byes during the first two elimination rounds and enter fresh into the tournament during round three with two wins in hand!!

Eligibility of Participation	The event will be open to all players and there will be a £3 entrance fee for this event.
Tournament Format	This event will be a swiss event of a minimum of four rounds followed by a top 8 cut. Each round will be a timed bext of one game. Each round will last 20 minutes.
Deck Requirements	English Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard cards may be used for this event. Japanese Edition Cardfight!! Vanguard, counterfeit or modified cards may not be used for this event. Fighters are required to use opaque card sleeves so that the back of cards cannot be easily distinguished. Cards from new expansions are legal to use from the expansion’s release date. Deck regulations (Clan/Extreme Fight) and Card Restrictions follow the Fighter’s Rules. Kindly check with the tournament organizers for the deck regulations applied on the respective events.
Winner’s Prize	Top player (Champion) from each shop tournament being given automatic byes for the first 2 elimination rounds at the UK Regional Qualifier of Bushiroad World Championship 2016. (i.e. they skip the first elimination round and enter from round 3 with full points) There will be other prizes for the top 8 players. For each player in the event there will be one booster added to the prize pool!

The venue for this event will the the 3rd Sea Scout Hut in Shoreham...

The venue will be open from 10am for anyone that wants to come along to get a few practice games in before the event. The tournament will start at 6pm with registration from 5:30pm. If you are new to this location please have a look at the map below or contact us for travel details.

The entrance fee for this event is £3 per player. I have created a Facebook event, please confirm you attendance so I can get some idea of numbers please. Any questions about the event please feel free to send me a message.

Tools of Hero-Kind

Just arrived in stock this week is ...

Tools of Hero-Kind is a 26-card mini-expansion for Boss Monster: The Dungeon Building Card Game.

With the introduction of Item cards, Tools of Hero-Kind will transform the adventurers exploring your dungeon. They'll go from being a resource that you harvest into an undeniable threat. Magical weapons, armor, items and scrolls will attach themselves to Heroes as they come into town and confer their "Power-Up" abilities. Of course, with bigger risks come bigger rewards. Should you manage to defeat a hero carrying an Item, you'll be able to use the one-time "Reward" effect of that item to further your own nefarious goals.

Included:

20 Item cards
4 Advanced Room cards
2 Spell cards
new rules card

All cards are 88mm x 63mm like the original game.

Can we release the Kraken?

Many, many thanks to everyone that has backed our game Thin Ice on kickstarter. We just need 9 more backers to get to our first stretch goal. Please let anyone know that might be interested and hopefully we will get to 'release the Kraken'...

Bang - Back in Stock

"The Outlaws hunt the Sheriff. The Sheriff hunts the Outlaws. The Renegade plots secretly, ready to take one side or the other. Bullets fly. Who among the gunmen is a Deputy, ready to sacrifice himself for the Sheriff? And who is a merciless Outlaw, willing to kill him? If you want to find out, just draw (your cards)!" (From back of box)

The card game BANG! recreates an old-fashioned spaghetti western shoot-out, with each player randomly receiving a Character card to determine special abilities, and a secret Role card to determine their goal.

Four different Roles are available, each with a unique victory condition:

• Sheriff - Kill all Outlaws and the Renegade
• Deputy - Protect the Sheriff and kill any Outlaws
• Outlaw - Kill the Sheriff
• Renegade - Be the last person standing

A player's Role is kept secret, except for the Sheriff. Character cards are placed face up on table, and also track strength (hand limit) in addition to special ability.

There are 22 different types of cards in the draw deck. Most common are the BANG! cards, which let you shoot at another player, assuming the target is within "range" of your current gun. The target player can play a "MISSED!" card to dodge the shot. Other cards can provide temporary boosts while in play (for example, different guns to improve your firing range) and special one-time effects to help you or hinder your opponents (such as Beer to restore health, or Barrels to hide behind during a shootout). A horse is useful for keeping your distance from unruly neighbors, while the Winchester can hit a target at range 5. The Gatling is a deadly exception where range doesn't matter: it can only be used once, but targets all other players at the table!

Kodama

Due in next week is Kodama: The Tree Spirits

The forest is growing fast! As caretakers for Kodama, the tree spirits, you must keep the forest a healthy and lush home for your little friends. Over three growing seasons, you must cultivate trees with the right mix of flowers, insects, and branch arrangements to make your Kodama as happy as possible. Whoever cares for their Kodama best will be remembered for generations!

From the designer of the hit game Kigi, Kodama: The Tree Spirits branches out into a fun new way to play! Grow your tree by placing cards in clever arrangements, being careful to leave room for future growth. At the end of each season, one Kodama will award you points for how well your tree suits its needs. With beautiful art and innovative mechanics, Kodama is an inTREEguing game for the whole family.

Rule Book : Download Rule Book

Here is a quick look at how the game plays...

Merchants and Marauders

XVII century, Caribbean Sea. At the helm of your mighty vessel, revisit the golden age of piracy with Merchants & Marauders: Broadsides, a game in which you and your opponent are engaged in a deadly battle hoping to sink each other’s ship. Load your cannons, aim, and unload everything you’ve got at the enemy! · A fast-paced hand-management strategy game. · Quality wooden components to build your ship with… and your opponent’s! · Defend your ship first or quickly sink the enemy? Each decision could pay off greatly or cost you the game.

Skylanders

Collect Skylanders® Battlecast cards to build the ultimate team and bring them to life in epic online battles against friends and foes!

· Collect over 300 Character, Spell, Gear, and Relic cards
· Battle with your favorite Skylanders
· Level up each card to make your deck truly unstoppable
· Fight your way through over 60 missions across eight elemental islands to defeat Kaos and save Skylands from his legion of EVIL
· Complete challenges on each mission to earn more rewards
· Embark on daily quests to earn rewards and unlock achievements

Each Pack contains 22 cards:
· 3 know Character cards (printed on pack)
· 3 fixed character-specific spell cards
· 16 randomnized potential Rare / Treasure hunt cards

Each Pack contains 8 cards:
· Character cards
· Power cards
· Spell cards
· Potential Rare / Treasure hunt cards

Ascendants of Aetheros

Due for release in July ...

The race for Sky Shards is on. A millennium has gone by in a flash and the upcoming competition to appoint the next Sage has set all the Races of Aetheros aflutter. Even with existing magical abilities of varying kinds, no price is too high for the power to decide the fate of Aetheros. The Werebeast, Seraphim, Elf, Succubus, and Yokai will each send their Ascendant in hopes of fulfilling the destinies these Ascendants have devoted their entire lives preparing for. With the aid of their Empyrean and Lightbringers, the Ascendants pit themselves against one another in order to hunt for Sky Shards to become the next Sage. The eternal glory of an entire Race lies in the hands of one. This is the world of Aetheros, and let the competition begin.

Ascendants of Aetheros is a thrilling stand-alone card game combining strategy, skill and a little bit of luck. The game is ideal for two to four players and set in the magical world of Aetheros. Players take on the role of an Ascendant and compete to become the next Sage by acquiring the rarest Sky Shards. This set comes with everything you need to play the game!

Ages 14+
Players 2 - 4
20 - 40 minutes

Coming very soon...

"Fighter's Collection 2016" is the 3rd G Fighter's Collection Pack released in the Japanese and English formats.

The set contains 51 cards (8 GR, 16 RRR, 27 RR).It includes further support for all 24 clans (excluding Etranger and Touken Ranbu). It also introduces the keyword "G guardian". Due to this, the limit size of the G zone will be increased from 8 to 16 cards, after this booster is released in its respective format.

Each pack contains 3 cards, and each display contains 10 packs.

Star Wars LCG

We have had a Star Wars LCG in stock for a while now but I have not had a chance to see how it plays. So following a discussion a short while ago I thought it was time to watch the tutorial video. So if you are like me here it is for you to view as well ...

New for Pandemic

Releasing this Autumn ... It's the mid-19th Century and diseases are spreading fast on the Iberian Peninsula. Your mission? As members of The Second Royal Philanthropic Expedition, you must research four deadly diseases: malaria, typhus, cholera, and yellow fever. From Barcelona to Lisboa, you will travel by carriage, boat, and train to help the Iberian populace. In addition to treating patients and sharing your research, you will develop railways and purify water to help you contain the spread of disease. Outbreaks and epidemics spread the diseases at an alarming rate. Can you save humanity? · Explore the Iberian Peninsula with new and classic Pandemic gameplay · Experience two historical challenges · Limited Collector's Edition - One-time only print run!

DM : Civil War

Coming on Tuesday!

Dice Masters Civil War Starter Set



The Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War Starter Set features fan favorite characters like Spider-Man, Nitro, Jessica Jones, Captain America, Iron Man, and more! Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War premieres the Thunderbolts, Enlistment, New Warriors and other exciting mechanics!

With game-play that supports two players in epic dice battles, Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War will let players build their own team of heroes or villains! The Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War Starter Set is perfect for the Dice Masters veteran or someone looking to jump into the game fresh!

Features:
44 Custom Dice
38 Cards
Two Dice Bags
Complete Dice Masters Core Rulebook
Everything two players need to play Marvel Dice Masters!




Also Available!

Expand Your Force With Foil Packs!

Each Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War foil pack contains two cards and two dice that players can add to their Marvel Dice Masters collection!

A great purchase for new and established Dice Masters players alike!

Introducing more than 30 heroes and villains (and their dice!), Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War has brand new mechanics for Enlistment and Resistance. When building your team, you’ll ask yourself “Which side are you on?”

Playmat

The Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War playmat displays all of the information one player needs for their Dice Masters game including: life meter, areas for their character cards and dice, areas for Basic Action Cards and dice, and features each of the Dice Masters play areas, color-coded for players’ convenience.

Made from flexible and durable neoprene, the Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War playmat measures approximately 24” wide and 13” long and can be easily rolled up for safe transport and storage, or left out to display.

Collector’s Box

The Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War Collector’s Box is a great space to store your Dice Masters collection! It has a limited edition Full Art promo card and everything one player needs to get started*! Improve and complete your team to crush the competition by collecting more cards and dice in foil packs and other sets!

Each Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War Collector’s Box contains:
20 custom dice
1 felt dice bag
10 Basic Action Cards
4 Indicator Cards
1 Full Art Promo Card
4 Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War Foil Packs
2 dice storage trays that hold over 300 dice

Wizkids League

This weekend it is Wizkids League from 12:30pm and we will have this great OP figure to give to the days winner...

At 50 points, this figure represents the more ethereal side of Professor X as he takes to the battlefield in astral projection form! This clear-sculpted take on Professor X is meant for harassing your opponent and disrupting whatever plans they may have had, turning them to your advantage. His trait, Let Me Help You Clear Your Head states that adjacent opposing characters can’t use the EFFECT of equipped items; this includes any equipped Relic or Possession figures like Malice or Proteus (who are both in the Marvel HeroClix: Uncanny X-Men set)! Keeping in the “spirit” of his astral form, he begins with the movement special You Think You’re Really Here? that lets him use Phasing/Teleport and Mind Control without taking any feedback damage. Early dial this is his only offensive capability, as he has 0 damage despite having a 7 square range value. On his next two clicks he gains more utility, being able to cancel an opposing character’s powers or abilities with Outwit. Later on he loses his ability to phase about but gains regular Mind Control and Incapacitate. Rounding out his powers, he starts with Super Sense and a high defense value, though as he loses the concentration to evade attacks he picks up Shape Change and Willpower.

At 50 points he fits conveniently on nearly any team with his fellow X-Men to make use of their Team Ability and even meshes well with any figure that shares his Illuminati, New Mutants, or X-Men keywords. This is a thinking-player’s piece. He may not have many obvious offensive options, but your opponent won’t be able to ignore the ghostly spectre of Professor X on your side of the table!

Thin Ice - Project Funded!

Thank you everyone that has backed out kickstarter, we have now reached our funding goal which is amazing, if you have not had a chance to look at the game here is a breakdown of what it is all about ...

You move on an ever-diminishing ice sheet represented by the tiles whilst trying not to get stranded on a separated ice floe and drifting away.  Make pacts, break pacts, laugh, despair and come face-to-face with the polar bear - survival has never been so much fun!

...and if that's not challenging enough, a deck of event cards brings an added level of dirty tricks, audacious actions and stress-relieving laughter.  

 The winner in Thin Ice termed the “survivor” is the last player to be able to keep moving on the ever shrinking ice.   

If you can’t keep moving then a dip into the sea becomes your last action and becoming separated on a single ice floe will be your final farewell to the group. 

Each game uses the 4 main types of double-sided tiles:

Set-up is simple - The Ice hole is placed in the center and a grid of tiles ice face up made around it.  The polar bear is "asleep" (not for long!) on its side in the middle and the meeples placed adjacent to it.  That's it - ready to play..... 

A 3-4 player game uses a 5 x 5 tile grid, a 5-6 player game a 6x6 tile grid. 

 Play occurs in a clockwise direction starting with the youngest:

A player's turn: a player can do 3 actions in any order of their choosing:    

a)  move your meeple to any adjacent tile (with no other playing piece on) and turn over the tile just moved off from to its cracked side

b)  slide an uncracked tile with no other playing piece on (up, down, left or right) one space 

c)  roll the dice & carry out the action    

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Example of a turn: The Green Meeple player moves, slides and rolls

a)  Moves:  the green meeple is moved to the left and the tile it moved from is turned over to show that it is now cracked

b)  Slides:  a tile (top right) is slide one space to the right 

c)   Roll:  the die is rolled and according to the roll the player decided which ice tile to crack and turns it over to its cracked side 

The die is passed to the next player clockwise and their turn begins....

1) When a cracked tile is moved off of it is discarded.

2) When a tile is no longer adjacent to another tile it is adrift and discarded.

 So before long space is limited and its every meeple for itself....

Sorry - I'm showing my age - but hey, Highlander, what a film.

 If a Polar Bear symbol is rolled on the die the Polar Bear can be moved onto any adjacent tile or sea space (of course Polar Bears can swim!). A player on the space the Polar Bear is moved onto is moved to any spare adjacent tile (but not the one the bear is moving from) ....unfortunately, if no adjacent tile is available then a jump into the sea is the meeple's last action as shown below for Mr Yellow!

Mr Yellow has strayed to close to the icy edge and another player during their turn slides the connecting ice tile away.  Mr Yellow is no longer adjacent to another tile so is adrift and lost at sea. 

 Mr Yellow has come a cropper again!  The yellow meeple has to move and unfortunately the sea is the only place available apart from the Killer Whale.....either way, Ms Scarlett is thesurvivor - although not in the most favourable of situations!!  

• the Killer Whale, what is that used for?
• the tactics and strategies to stay alive?

.....well that would be spoiling all the fun wouldn't it!

The Core game playthrough video below shows the game in motion:

Note:  The game only seems to take about 8 minutes because all the umming and arrhing and banter (the best bit!!!)  was edited out as not to bore the pants off of you.  

Also you will not that towards the end of the game the players don't bother to take the "adrift" tiles from the table as they know they will have no further affect on the game and we are just such a laid back bunch! 

The intermediate game uses the Core rules + Event cards.  

The Event cards allow players to perform actions both during their turn or during specific times during the game to hinder their opponents or help their own chances of survival.

Example of an Event card:   

The Green meeple uses the "Mighty Leap" card to get out of a potential spot of bother:

 Each player has a hand of 2 Event cards which can be used or discarded and refreshed throughout the game.

The Intermediate game playthrough video below shows the cards in use: