Monthly Archives: October 2011

Absolute Balderdash is absolutely hilarious. It’s the bluffing game in which players try to fool each other by making up phony answers or definitions. There are five fabulous bluffing categories to choose from; Words, People, Initials, Movies and Dates.

Absolute Balderdash Helps Teach and Encourage:

General Knowledge
Acting / Bluffing
Intuition
Creativity
Confidence
Oral Language
Competition

Ages 10+
2+ Players
60 Minutes

$79.99

The Cylons were created to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies. And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters. After a long and bloody struggle, an armistice was declared and the Cylons left for another world to call their own.

Forty years later, they returned, and brought humanity to the brink of extinction. The remaining humans, led by the crew of the Battlestar Galactica, fled in hope of finding a new home, one known by legend as Earth.Humanity’s only hope lies in finding Earth’s location while fighting off the unrelenting Cylons.

But as resources run low, it is discovered that the enemy can now appear human and has infiltrated the fleet from the inside.
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game provides a unique gaming experience. Unlike most games where players win individually, Battlestar Galactica is a cooperative game, with the added complication that one or more of the players is a secret Cylon traitor – your entire side will win or lose, and you might not even be certain who is on your side until the game ends!

Each player is secretly assigned his or her loyalty at the start of the game. Players will either be loyal to the humans, or to the Cylons. Humans and Cylons have specific and conflicting winning objectives. The human players win by reaching Kobol, but the Galactica will be be threatened by a host of challenges along the way. Only through the cooperation of the humans will the ship (and fleet) survive. The Cylon player(s) wins by either destroying the Galactica with attacks from the Cylon fleet, or, through sabotage, by reducing one of the necessary resources (Food, Fuel, Population, or Morale) to zero.

Either all of the humans win together, or all of the Cylons win together…but both sides must figure out who they can trust in order to achieve victory.

Players’ identities are secret and no one will know for certain at the beginning of the game who they can trust. Keep your eyes open and watch how the other players play. Can you trust them to watch out for Humanity’s interests? Or are they Cylons bent on destroying Humanity?

If your gaming group enjoys highly-thematic political intrigue, and can handle some good-natured infighting and backstabbing, you’ll enjoy Battlestar Galactica.

If you like playing a game where there is a continuous challenge, and victory is always a very close call, Battlestar Galactica is for you.

If you’re a fan of the hit  show, and want to simulate the twists and turns on your game table, then Battlestar Galactica is the game you have been waiting for!

$99.99

The Fundex Mexican Train Game contains all you need for hours of train-building fun! Build your train out from the train station hub. If you’re the first to play all your dominoes or to play a domino on the Mexican Train, you get to press the centre domino to hear the locomotive “Toot Toot” sounds!

Game Set includes:

*Patented 3-D electronic game hub (batteries included) *Set of clolur-dot double 12 dominoes(91 dominoes) * Mexican Train Game instructions *9 train game pieces.

$67.90

This environmentally friendly game is made out of bamboo.

Why Bamboo? Bamboo is a large “grass” which grows quickly in different climates around the world. It is an ideal, sustainable, plentiful and eco-friendly species to replace wood; which will help make our earth greener and last longer.

The goal is to place all pieces back into the box(after you have mixed them up of course!) Each shape sorter has a different difficulty level out of 5. Model shown is Rhombic Block level 5.

$19.99

These puzzles are sold separately in “drum” packaging. Ranging from an easyone star rating up to the genius level of 5 stars, these puzzles are great fun..all you have to do is get the ring out!

$14.99

We have a huge range of mini Wire Puzzles in store, all varying in difficulty and all great for a game while travelling or just for fun at home.

$13.99

Object: Remove the ring!

Not as easy as it seems! Has a four star difficulty rating (maximum is five stars)

$24.99

Sir Edmund Hillary became famous by being the first, with Tenzing Norgay, to climb Mt Everest in 1953. Though this was clearly a remarkable feat, Sir Edmund came to be regarded by many as a great man for the way he chose to use his fame, which was to dedicate much of the rest of his life to building schools and hospitals for the Sherpa people of Nepal. The Legacy of Everest tells the remarkable story of the two hospitals he built; Khunde Hospital in 1966 in the Khumbu region at the foot of Mt Everest, and Phaplu Hospital in 1975 in the Solu Valley. These hospitals were staffed by volunteer Doctors and their partners from New Zealand and Canada until they were eventually handed over to Sherpa Doctors. Using letters written by these volunteers, and many subsequent interviews Michael Gill, a Doctor himself who worked with Sir Edmund from the beginning on these projects, has pieced together this fascinating history of a unique aid project. It has many threads: an honest and fresh insight into the life of Sir Edmund Hillary, a rich and real picture of Sherpa culture, and the transformative experiences of the volunteers, whose lives where often completely changed by their time working in the Sherpa communities. Moving, insightful and ultimately inspirational, The Legacy of Everest is a wonderful book, that has at its heart the integrity and humility of Sir Edmund Hillary, one of New Zealand’s true heroes.

$49.99

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, and with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, David Attenborough, Martin Rees and Richard Fortey amongst others, this is a remarkable volume celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. Since its inception in 1660, the Royal Society has pioneered scientific discovery and exploration. The oldest scientific academy in existence, its backbone is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists in history including Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Today, its Fellows are the most influential men and women in science, many of whom have contributed to this ground-breaking volume alongside some of the world’s most celebrated novelists, essayists and historians. Published to mark its 350th anniversary, this highly illustrated book celebrates the Royal Society’s vast achievements in its illustrious past as well as its huge contribution to the development of modern science. With unrestricted access to the Society’s archives and photographs, ‘Seeing Further’ shows that the history of scientific endeavour and discovery is a continuous thread running through the history of the world and of society — and is one that continues to shape the world we live in today.

$49.99

Fishermen and good home cooks alike devoured Go Fish and its winning combination of excellent recipes, great yarns, gorgeous photography, devotion to the stunning NZ coastline and way of life, all with a touch of nostalgia. Now Al Brown applies this same formula to that icon of Kiwi life: the barbecue. But not just any old barbecue: Al explores a wide range of outdoor cooking styles – grills of all sorts, smoking, spits, outdoor ovens (tandoor, pizza) etc, including how-tos. With more than 100 recipes, there’s an emphasis on fast and tasty, with recipes for bruschetta, burgers, pizza, fritters, chargrilled seafood, beef, lamb and chicken, ribs, plus slow roasted meats. There’s game (venison, duck and goat); plus excellent salads and classic cake tin slices and bikkies. Added to this treasure trove are more classic go-to recipes – sauces and relishes for the perfect finish. Featuring wonderful photography by Kieran Scott shot in NZ’s most amazing scenery, including the high country above the Wakatipu Basin in Central Otago; the rugged south Wairarapa coastline; hunting and fly fishing at the 8000-acre Ngamatea Station in the Central North Island; wild porcini mushroom gathering in Canterbury; an outdoor tandoor oven with Indian friends in Wellington, and a hangi up the Whanganui River. This is the complete package, yet again!

$69.99