{"title":"R\u0026D Games","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"key-to-the-city-london","title":"Key To The City London","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Players: \u003c\/b\u003e2-6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlaying Time: \u003c\/b\u003e90-120 Minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended Ages: \u003c\/b\u003e14+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey to the City – London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, each player aims to develop their own London borough based on their home tile, using the large hexagonal location tiles. Each location tile gives victory points and may generate resources (skill tiles or connectors that connect two location tiles). Connectors and skill tiles can be used to upgrade location tiles for additional victory points and productivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe game is played over four eras, and in each era, new location tiles will be available for bidding. In both era 1 and 2, these tiles consist of six resource-generating tiles, plus some additional building tiles. In era 3, there will be only building tiles, which arrive already upgraded. In era 4, some of the Routemaster tiles become available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn their turn, a player chooses one of five actions. They may use one or more of their team of wooden workers (\"keyples\") to (1) bid for a location tile, (2) use a location tile to generate resources, or (3) upgrade a location. They may (4) pass, in which case they may play again in that era, or (5) cease playing in that era by setting off in their sailing barge along the Thames. The game finishes after the last river barge sets sail at the end of era 4, at which point the player with the most victory points wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKey to the City – London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas similarities in structure to the award-winning 2012 R\u0026amp;D game\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKeyflower\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"R\u0026D Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44104618148017,"sku":"5060156400234","price":89.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0133\/1940\/5627\/files\/Picture_7_c11cbc03-f8c6-4397-9d5e-3d5f4fb1b629.jpg?v=1716316140"},{"product_id":"keyper","title":"Keyper","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Players: \u003c\/b\u003e2-4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlaying Time: \u003c\/b\u003e90-120 Minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended Ages: \u003c\/b\u003e14+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeyper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a game with high player interaction for two to four players played over four rounds. Each round represents a season: spring, summer, autumn, and finally winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach player starts the game with their own village board, a mini keyp board, 12 village tiles, a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekeyper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(waving meeple) in their player color, and a team of eight multi-colored keyples, including two white keyples. Each differently colored keyple is a specialist in one activity: the brown\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekeyper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a woodsman, the black keyple is a miner, the orange keyple a clay worker, etc. The white keyples are generalists who can represent any other color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKeyper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a worker placement game. 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If a player has played all of their keyples, but another player still has some, then on their turn, the player with no remaining keyples can lay down one or more keyples on the country board they have claimed or in their village board to secure additional resources or actions. It can therefore be doubly beneficial to co-operate with your fellow players, although\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKeyper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not a co-operative game in the usual sense of the term.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe country boards are also noteworthy, in that they can be manipulated and folded at the beginning of summer, autumn, and winter to show one of four different permutations of fields for that season. A player will chose the one to suit their strategy, often hoping that another player will complement their choice. Certain fields on the country boards are available only in certain seasons, e.g., raw materials can be upgraded to finished goods only in spring and summer, after which you can only convert using tiles in your own village. Gem mining occurs only in autumn and winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA player's strategy is likely to be influenced by which (seeded) spring country tiles they acquire and by the particular colored keyples they have available in the later seasons. Different combinations will encourage a player to develop their farm or village, help with their shipping or mining activities, and prepare for the seasonal fairs. Players constantly need to evaluate whether or not to join other players, when to claim a country board, whether to play on their own or another player's country board, when to use their own village, and whether to create a large or small team of keyples for the following season. 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