The high-stakes business of the oil industry has spread way beyond the borders of Texas and the exploits of J.R. Ewing. Fortune or Failure, the new board game, carries the same objective as the fictional character, though: to become the wealthiest player by purchasing oil leases, completing oil wells, collecting monthly oil checks, and selling oil leases to maximize expenses. A player's decisions and luck determine if he/she will succeed or lose it all. A very unique feature of the game is that it can be played alone.
Specialty Board Games
http://www.sbggames.com/
Specialty Board Games is turning one of the hottest crime shows on TV into a board game for super sleuths. Debuting at TOY FAIR is CSI Crime Scene Investigation, The Board Game. Specialty Board Games signed an multi-year deal with CSB Consumer Products and Alliance Atlantis to license the international board game rights to the hit TV show that is watched by more than 26 million viewers weekly. The object of the game is to be the first player to enter Grissom's office with a correct arrest warrant, determining the suspect's means, motive and opportunity to commit the crime. Players become crime scene investigators, sorting through three levels of evidence collected from seven crime lab divisions and visit their colleagues in Interrogation, Autopsy, Identification, Trace, Ballistics, Forensics, and DNA -- just like on the TV show.
Stock Rush
http://www.stockrush.com/
Money is the name of this game -- for people who want to play the market or feel the excitement of the 1949 Gold Rush. Stock Rush recreates the ups and downs of stock market trading, buying and selling gold -- including the prospect of a mine collapse -- and all with an uncertain ending. The game includes such things as Rumor Cards, Play Money, and Stock Certificates for reality-based fun.
TDU Toys
Liarliar is a card game by TDU Toys that lets players use the numbers on their card as well as the numbers on the other player's cards to call the highest rank. But with Liarliar there's a twist: players don't get see what numbers are on the opponent's cards. Who's lying? Who's telling the truth? A random 10-digit number insures each deck to be unique and different from any other.
ThinkFun
http://www.binaryarts.com/
ThinkFun has chosen eight of the world's best brainteasers for their first ever set of Aha! Brainteaser Classics. These little gems are world-famous for their perplexing properties, but are given them a new twist -- hints. Each brainteaser comes with a card explaining the brainteaser, and three hint cards. All eight Aha! Brainteaser Classics are also available in individual blister packs.
USAopoly
http://www.usaopoly.com/
USAopoly kicks off its 10th anniversary by celebrating 75 years of Mickey Mouse fun with the new Monopoly: Mickey Mouse 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition. Also in store for 2004 is the classic game of Chess with a Shrek fairytale twist, timed for the May release of the highly anticipated "Shrek 2" film.
Warren Industries (A Rose Art Company)
http://www.roseart.com/
Lego Builder Xtreme is the race to build it board game with game play focused on building new Lego designer set models. Players choose from 20 color-coded Lego model cards and travel the game board to collect necessary Lego pieces. The first player to complete their Lego model wins the game.
Winning Moves
http://www.winning-moves.com/
Gamemaker Winning Moves Games will preview two key games: Coda and Pit. Coda, the international code-breaking game, makes its North American debut. In this quick-playing strategy game, players use the power of deduction -- and some luck -- to break their opponent's secret code. Players take turns guessing the sequence of their opponents' secret codes, and one by one are eliminated as their codes are revealed. Pit, now celebrating its centennial with the 100th Anniversary Edition, has players trying to "corner the market" by trading for wheat, barley, oat, corn and other commodities. Winning Moves' 100th anniversary edition of Pit features reproductions of the original cards plus a deck of new commodity cards -- electricity, computers and other items that weren't around a century ago.
