The Gods of Ásgard expansion:

Only two gods will be part of each game session. Randomly draw two god cards and place them next to the board so all players can see their powers. At the end of the initial setup, shuffle the Ragnarök tokens that are not on the board or on the Age Track and draw two of them. Look at the names of the two provinces listed on the tokens and place each god figure in one of them (these Ragnarök tokens are then put aside).

Each god's ability is always in effect, changing the rules of the province they're in. The rest of the provinces are not affected. After a player attempts to pillage a province containing a god figure, whether he succeeds in the pillaging or not, he must then move the god to a different unpillaged province that does not contain a god figure. So the two gods can never occupy the same province, and they never go to a pillaged or destroyed province.

At the beginning of the 2nd and 3rd Ages, the two gods are again placed in random provinces, determined by drawing 2 unused Ragnarök tokens.

The combination of the two gods used in each game creates a unique texture to that session. They affect draft choices and influence the flow of the battles. Will your try to benefit from a god's power again and again by moving him where you want and always pillaging his province? Or will you do your best to neutralize him by pillaging around his province? Perhaps you'll want to attempt a hopeless pillage on his province just to move him onto another province where he will hinder another player's plans. They add a whole new layer to the game, without adding hardly any complexity to the rules.

The miniatures each come with a tarot-sized God card.

Shadowrunners are nothing if not indviduals, and Character Expansion Pack 2 gives you plenty of more individuals to use in your Shadowrun: Crossfire game. It includes an additional set of Higher-Caliber Ops upgrade stickers, adding options for making the exact character you envision, five street legend cards for players who want to leap into the shadows with a head start, and twenty standard character cards with new art for players designing runners from the ground up.

• Immediate expandability to Shadowrun: Crossfire with 20 new
runner cards featuring new art
• Includes five Street Legend characters (one per major metatype)
• Comes with full set of new stickers included in the Shadowrun:
Crossfire High Caliber Ops Expansion

In einer Partie Axio erhält jeder Spieler ein Ablagebänkchen für bis zu fünf rechteckige, Domino- ähnliche Plättchen mit farbigen Symbolen sowie eine Wertungstafel mit Leisten für alle Symbole. In ihrem Zug legen die Spieler eines ihrer Plättchen auf das Spielbrett mit dem Ziel, Reihen gleicher Symbole zu verlängern und so Punkte zu sammeln. Je länger die Reihe, desto mehr Punkte gibt es. Als neuen Kniff können die Spieler aber auch ein einzelnes Feld auf dem Spielbrett mit einer Pyramide abdecken und so Punkte für alle angrenzenden Symbole bekommen. Obwohl die Spieler in jeder Runde Punkte dazugewinnen, zählt am Ende des Spiels nur der niedrigste Wert auf den Symbolleisten. Wenn keine weiteren Plättchen mehr gelegt werden können, gewinnt der Spieler, dessen niedrigster Wert am höchsten ist.

Axio ist ein abstraktes Familienspiel von Dr. Reiner Knizia für Spieler, die ihre Siegpunkte gut in der Balance halten können. Es ist einfach zugänglich, doch zugleich voll von taktisch herausfordernden Entscheidungen in jedem Zug und arbeitet mit einem genialen Wertungsmechanismus.