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“Yoko… What lies ahead for us?” asked her friend Tomoyo. Yoko stared out into the sea, calm and serene. “Today we are just maiko. But one day, we will complete our training and become known as geisha.” “Yes, art... SHOW MORE 

“Yoko… What lies ahead for us?” asked her friend Tomoyo. Yoko stared out into the sea, calm and serene. “Today we are just maiko. But one day, we will complete our training and become known as geisha.” “Yes, artists of the highest order. But then what?” “Okaasan said that one day, perhaps some of us may be lucky to inherit the teahouse... if fortune favors us and our hard work.” Welcome back to Hanamikoji! In Hanamikoji: Geisha's Road is a two-player based on “Hanamikoji” with a new Geisha movement and roundel system added to the game design to make the strategy more diversified. It’s competitive strategy game full of implicit intentions, veiled messages, and hidden actions, players represent rival but friendly patrons supporting Yoko, Tomoyo, and others along their journey from apprentice (maiko) to full geisha (artist) and perhaps even the owner (okaasan) of their own establishment. To do so, players help their favored geisha advance and build prestige through performing their art at different teahouses. Geisha start as apprentices (maiko) but become full geisha and score prestige points after accruing the necessary patronage to return to their original teahouse (ochaya) for the graduation ceremony (erikae). Some geisha may continue their path further and eventually inherit the teahouse (upon a second return) to become the new okaasan, recognized with more prestige points. At the end of the game, the player who provides the most support to each geisha is recognized. The player who has supported the most prestigious group of geisha wins the game. ... SHOW LESS 

Squire for Hire: Mystic Runes is a standalone expansion for Squire for Hire that sees your squire assist on quests through treacherous mountains, in hopes of finding the fabled mystic runes. Continue to efficiently pack, optimize your bag space, red... SHOW MORE 

Squire for Hire: Mystic Runes is a standalone expansion for Squire for Hire that sees your squire assist on quests through treacherous mountains, in hopes of finding the fabled mystic runes. Continue to efficiently pack, optimize your bag space, reduce junk, and collect the most valuable bag for the adventurer you serve. Discovering Runes will allow you to manipulate cards in order to ensure a high scoring bag. Mystic Runes is an 18-card, tile-laying inventory management game for 1-2 players that takes about 15-20 min to play and can either be played by itself for a 1-2 player adventure, or combined with the Squire for Hire base game for a 1-4 player experience! —description from the publisher ... SHOW LESS