Essen 2008 releases

Funagain Games is your home for the latest releases from the Internationale Spieltage the largest consumer show of board games in the world!

As in years past Funagain is traveling to Essen (the city in Germany where the Internationale Spieltage is held every year, and the show's common name to non-Germans) to bring back the newest and best in hobby board games. For the first time ever you can pre-order these games at Funagain!

In years past Funagain has informed customers when games have arrived, but we have never before offered true pre-orders with pricing this early in the year. The list of games that are pre-orderable will grow as we receive more pricing information from publishers. So if you see a game that you'd like, but there is currently no price please keep checking back. There are some special conditions with these pre-orders so please read carefully below to understand how Essen pre-orders will work.

Games from Essen which are on pre-orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. While we strive to fill all pre-orders, sometimes certain games are only available in limited numbers, or not at all. We will make every effort to combine orders placed by customers for multiple Essen games into one shipment.

Because of the nature of international freight shipping, expected arrival dates are approximate only. Essen games should arrive shortly after the 1st of November, but unexpected delays could result in their arrival being later. Funagain does everything possible to expedite the arrival of the Essen games, but some factors are beyond our control.

Prices on Essen pre-orders are locked in. If our final price ends up being more than the pre-order price, pre-order prices will be honored. If our final price ends up being lower than our pre-order price the lower price will be honored.

We do not always know whether English rules will be available for the Essen games. We will post this information on the individual product pages as it becomes available.

Do you have a question not answered here? Then send us an e-mail and we'll be happy to answer it!

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The Swarm (Currently Restocking) English language edition of Der Schwarm
List: $49.99 $39.99 (20% savings!) The players are different nations investigating the ocean and the Swarm. You establish research stations from which you send out ships to gather water samples in the form of swarm tiles. Researchers analyze the gathered tiles and then return them to...

Heroes of the World original German edition PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT the English language edition, this is the German edition. Play the role of great Historical figures such as Julius Caesar, Leonardo Da Vinci, Charlemagne or Mozart. Make major discoveries, conquer rich territories... Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.

Age of Steam: Secret Blueprints of Steam Plans 1 & 2 expansions
List: $29.99 $23.99 (20% savings!) Secretly devise the best plan to create a profitable railroad while your competitors do the same, sharing a common pool of actions and stealing goods directly from other players' maps. This expansion has eight different maps and as a bonus includes...

Wind River (Currently Unavailable)
$52.95 Before the settlers arrived at the great open plains, life of the Native Americans was driven by the move of the big buffalo herds. Each player becomes chief of a tribe and tries to survive the hard life without disturbing the balance of nature...

Container: The Second Shipment limited edition of 1000 This expansion to the Container introduces four new concepts: Luxury Items, Economy of Scale, Corporate Financing and Monopolies. These are designed to be added separately or as a whole. Additional $1 and $2 cards are also included. Funagain Games does not stock this edition of this title, usually because it's out of print.

Mow
List: $12.99 $10.50 (19% savings!) Players are farmers who are trying to avoid having to take home cows covered with flies as flies imply filth, which suggests that you are a bad farmer who doesn't care for your animals.

Vegimeeples Wooden Farm Vegetables (Restocking) Agricola accessory
List: $15.00 $11.99 (20% savings!) This set of agriculturally-based farm vegetable miniature tokens is the officially-sanctioned accessory produced by Lookout Games for Agricola.

Kaleidos (Currently Unavailable) in a tin
$52.95 Game play is simple: Players write down as many words as possible (starting with a randomly-drawn letter) that are represented in an illustration. For each answers that's unique, score three points; for all other answers, score one point. After ten...

Zooloretto XXL English language expansion for Zooloretto
List: $34.95 $27.99 (20% savings!) The central twist in the game play for Zooloretto XXL comes from a set of tiles representing other zoos valued at 4-6 points and additional coin, vending, animal and offspring tiles and tokens, all of which have a blue back to allow for easier...

Tribune Expansion English language edition of Tribun: Die Brutier Erweiterung
List: $34.95 $27.99 (20% savings!) Ancient Rome quakes as the rivalries between the various powerful Houses of play out in the streets and Senate. Take on the role of a powerful Roman family and claim the seat of power by becoming the Tribune!