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The members of RGC have selected Vegas Showdown by Avalon Hill as their game of the month for March. This game is a heavily themed strategy bidding game, with an element of tile placement and connection, ultimately rewarding those who keep their eyes on their scoring. The winner is of course the player who accumulates the most victory points.

Twilight Struggle is a 2-player, card-driven game where one player plays the role of the US, the other the USSR during the cold war (1945-89).

The game is played to either a 20 victory point differential or until DefCon is degraded to 1 on a player’s turn, thereby triggering globalthermonuclear war. The player who allowed defcon to be degraded on his/her turn loses the game. If this doesn’t happen, the player who achieves the 20 point differential wins.

Spiderman vs. Venom, Wolverine vs. Sabertooth, The Avengers vs. Ultron. If you can think of a combination of heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe, they can face each other in battle on the streets of New York in Fantasy Flight’s latest European import, the Marvel Heroes board game. Replay the classic battles or see how other heroes might fare against your favorite villains.

Note: The following was originally written for Fantasy Flight Games (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com).

In the scant time left before the release of Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, we will be presenting a series of preview articles. The complete rulebook can be downloaded free of charge on the Support section of this website.

Today's article showcases the Rochester Gamers Community in their first game of Battlestar Galactica…

Those keeping score at home might remember that Descent: Journeys in the Dark has been a game of the month in the past. Normally, we try to avoid repeating games too often or so close to when they were originally chosen, but this time I will be looking at the latest expansion for Descent, entitled The Altar of Despair.

Doom is a board game developed by Fantasy Flight Games based on the popular first person shooter computer game. It is a combination of cooperative and competitive; as several players work together to defeat the scenario while one player acts as the invaders and tries to defeat the marines.