Lego launches new Games range

**Scouty** · February 4, 2009

Hmm, this is interesting:

The UK and Germany Toy Fair Press release have more coverage on these new products, but unfortunately the US will not be seeing them anytime soon as the games are to be first released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK and Ireland with more countries to follow in 2010.

Sounds like a replacement for Space III in some of those same countries.

And it looks like those dome pieces are built on 2x2 jumper pieces! Very useful!

Jumper pieces?

**SuvieD** · February 4, 2009

I have been asking for something like this for a long time now. I don't care if it was fan interaction/response or something LEGO designer have been trying to get going for years, this is the only LEGO series I feel I must have.

Board games and LEGO together in a wonderfully designed effort, amazing.

Clonecommando007 · February 5, 2009

Wow, this sounds great! However I won't really be impressed or motivated to buy until they come out with a Clone Wars version/expansion of the game.

Legoman · February 5, 2009

I just realised its on a 32x32 tan base! :cry_happy:

I hope these arn't too expensive. I want 4 of these for parts!

Oky · February 5, 2009

Jumper pieces?

You know, this type of piece. :wink: But now it's a 2x2 plate with one stud! :sweet: At least that's what it looks like to me.

Huntleyfx · February 5, 2009

Hmmm... I'm thinking microscale Indiana Jones in my future (provided I can get the sets.) And I love the idea of buildable dice, Brikwars will never be the same. I definitely find it interesting, and I hope it does well so it make the international release.

LEGOscum · February 5, 2009

Also, do I detect a new type of minifig body on the playing pieces? Nice.

Funny, that's the first thing my eyes closed in on.

Jeremy

**SuvieD** · February 5, 2009

I am a little sad I will have to wait for these but perhaps not too long.

Check this quote from the article.

The company insist that any family that loses a crucial building block that might render the game useless, can order a new one from their website. The games are set to go on sale this summer.

That must mean every part for the games will be available on PaB online! That is something to excited about if it is true.

Purplehair. · February 5, 2009

Wow buildabale dice......Cool, probs best lego kinda piece ive come acros..

Mirandir · February 5, 2009

I am a little sad I will have to wait for these but perhaps not too long.
Check this quote from the article.

That must mean every part for the games will be available on PaB online! That is something to excited about if it is true.

That would be nice but I think they're refering to the replacement parts form.

Klaus-Dieter · February 5, 2009

I'm very, very sceptic whether this will not turn out to get a big flop! :sceptic:

I mean:

1.

If TLG releases some games, then please not 10, since there can't be enough ideas for 10 games.

2.

When you read the description of the first game it says that you are allowed to make your own rules. You are allowed to make your own rules?! If it's like that, for what do I then need to buy an expensive play - I can take some bricks and build the game myself, too.

3.

Lego is known for Lego sets and bricks. I'm really not sure about that many people will make the step further to buy some Lego games.

Imo TLG would have done better to invest in releasing more sets, a new theme ore offering us more bricks via PaB than this. But that's of course my opinion. And it might even be that these games are sold very well. But I really doubt that. :sceptic:

Klaus-Dieter

**Peppermint_M** · February 5, 2009

I'm very, very sceptic whether this will not turn out to get a big flop!
I mean:

1.

If TLG releases some games, then please not 10, since there can't be enough ideas for 10 games.

2.

When you read the description of the first game it says that you are allowed to make your own rules. You are allowed to make your own rules?! If it's like that, for what do I then need to buy an expensive play - I can take some bricks and build the game myself, too.

3.

Lego is known for Lego sets and bricks. I'm really not sure about that many people will make the step further to buy some Lego games.

Imo TLG would have done better to invest in releasing more sets, a new theme ore offering us more bricks via PaB than this. But that's of course my opinion. And it might even be that these games are sold very well. But I really doubt that.

Klaus-Dieter

1. LEGO is known for no limits in imagination....

2. Making up your own rules is perfect in combination with LEGO products.

3. They are constructed from LEGO bricks, this means that they are still building toys. Families love the TT games and are quite likely to get something that is more communal and less electronic.

Not trying to be argumentative, but all those con's aren't really there.

Snake...SNAKE...SNAAAAKE?! · February 5, 2009

Wow!! this is actually pretty cool!

**Norro** · February 5, 2009

I've built a lego board for a game I designed before (long ago...) So this could be really neat, especially with some nice parts and fig things. I'm just concerned about the possible cost.

God Bless,

Nathan

**Scouty** · February 5, 2009

You know, this type of piece. But now it's a 2x2 plate with one stud! At least that's what it looks like to me.

Oh, I see.

It just looked like the 1x2 for me :grin: .

Mirandir · February 6, 2009

The LEGO board games has been won a ToyInnovation award in the "Games + Action" category at the N

Edited February 6, 2009 by Mirandir

**Eilif** · February 6, 2009

I'm very, very sceptic whether this will not turn out to get a big flop!
I mean:

1.If TLG releases some games, then please not 10, since there can't be enough ideas for 10 games.

2.When you read the description of the first game it says that you are allowed to make your own rules. You are allowed to make your own rules?! If it's like that, for what do I then need to buy an expensive play - I can take some bricks and build the game myself, too.

3.Lego is known for Lego sets and bricks. I'm really not sure about that many people will make the step further to buy some Lego games.

Imo TLG would have done better to invest in releasing more sets, a new theme ore offering us more bricks via PaB than this. But that's of course my opinion. And it might even be that these games are sold very well. But I really doubt that.

Klaus-Dieter

I partially agree with Klaus's observations.

1) I do think that 10 is alot. Not because of idea's though, Riener Knizia (the game designer) has designed hundreds of games and sold thousands!. My concern is more about market saturation. For a new line, 10 games is alot to drop on a LEGO public not used to seeing one or two at any given time. However, if LEGO spreads out the price points, and releases them slowly, they might be able to make most of them successfull. It could also be that TLG is expecting some of them to fail and is purposefully testing the market to see which kinds of LEGO games are most popular.

2) I'm sure there will be allowances for "house rules" but with Knizia at the helm, we are definatley going to see some well wirtten game rules.

3) This is a challenge, LEGO is known for bricks. However, the German public is very receptive to games, and has a high opinion of the LEGO brand. This could be the perfect cross market product. I'm pretty sure it will do well in Germany. I'm not as confident about the rest of the world though. Of course, I'm not in Germany, so Klaus may have a better angle on this than me.

As to TLG's investing in sets/themes... TLG is releasing tons of new sets already, along with 2 new themes this year, I don't think that they are neglecting that. As for PAB, it'd be nice to see some more bricks, but that's a completely different, relatively unrelated aspect of TLG. PAB selection is dependent entirely on how much people use it, and what Factory sets are released, it has little or no connection to other LEGO lines.

In the end, I think that TLG has probably done their market research. I have few worries about the quality of the products or their UK/GER success, I'm just concerned that we might never see them in the USA.

Edited February 6, 2009 by Eilif

Front · February 7, 2009

I had the chance to play a couple of the games at Nürnberg, and had the rest more or less explained to me.

The one I spent most time with was Minesaurus, a maze type of game. Looks promising.

The number of games seems like a lot, but with the limited release in UK an Germany, TLG is testing the market.

The visual appearence of the boxes are quite cool, I think they will surely grab attention in stores.

All the games have rules, but ofcourse you can add and modify rules to make the game more interesting or complex. I think the really cool thing is that being built with bricks, you can just add your own and make the game board design bigger or just different.

And why not just play the games with minifigures on a bigger plate ? (for the games that use plates)

Endless possebilities.

Front

Edited February 7, 2009 by Front

Shoc · March 4, 2009

In my thread on minifigure babies, Sir Dano posted a link to a picture of the awesome game pieces, miniminifigures:

They look amazing! :wub:

:skull:

Dadster · March 4, 2009

I wonder if anyone will be @ GenCon this year to show these off...

Oky · March 4, 2009

In my thread on minifigure babies, Sir Dano posted a link to a picture of the awesome game pieces, miniminifigures:
>SNIP<

They look amazing!

Well, I'm not quite sure what's supposed to be so "amazing" about them, but yeah, they are rather cute little buggers. :thumbup:

I wonder what game they are from. Somehow they don't seem to be from that Egypt game. They kinda look like Knights. The yellow one does anyway. Castle-themed board game anyone? :sweet:

Shoc · March 4, 2009

Well, I'm not quite sure what's supposed to be so "amazing" about them, but yeah, they are rather cute little buggers.

I'm a minifigure obsessive, so these are amazing to me. :tongue: And rather cute, yes.

I wonder what game they are from. Somehow they don't seem to be from that Egypt game. They kinda look like Knights. The yellow one does anyway. Castle-themed board game anyone?

The yellow one actually looks kinda like it could be a crusader or an Egyptian person, I'm not really sure, but the red on is definitely a knight! We are getting more than two types of these games, so it's likely that one would be a Castle one. :thumbup:

:skull:

Lego12 · March 4, 2009

Awww, the minifigures are so cute! :wub: I can't wait for these board games to come out! I'll definiatly get the Egyption Board game. :sweet: Thanks for sharing!

Squeaker · March 4, 2009

Interesting development.
...

My wife and I love games, especially simple visually interesting ones like the one in the picture. This looks like a much better game than some of the Rose Art company LEGO games from the 90's. Those were very kiddish and for the most part pretty simplistic. This looks like it could be engaging for all ages. Finger's crossed....

Isn't it funny that RoseArt made LEGO games not that long ago, and now it it owned by MEGA, makers of M3G@BL0K5?

I like the microfigs. Maybe TLG will use them as babies in system sets.

**JimBee** · March 4, 2009

These sound/look... interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if they flopped, but I see some useful parts in that Egyptian one, such as the 2x2 jumper piece mentioned before. Thankfully, they'll all be 20 USD or under.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/332684...83eaaedc3_o.jpg

These look great. :thumbup: I wonder if the head or torso are the same size as regular minifigs. In any case, really hope TLG will use these as baby minifigs, if the set ever calls for one.

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