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Barrage (New)
Barrage is a resource management strategic game in which players compete to build their majestic dams, raise them to increase their storing capacity, and deliver all the potential power through pressure tunnels connected to the energy turbines of their powerhouses. Each player represents one of the four international companies who are gathering machinery, innovative patents and brilliant engineers to claim the best locations to collect and exploit the water of a contested Alpine region crossed by rivers. Barrage includes two innovative and challenging mechanisms. First, the players must carefully plan their actions and handle their machinery, since both their action tokens and resources are stored on a Construction Wheel and will only be available after a full turn of the wheel. The better you manage your wheel, the earlier your resources and actions come back to you. Second, the water flow on the rivers depicted on the board is a shared and contested resource. Players have to intercept and store as much of the water as they can, build dams (upstream dams are expensive but can block part of the water before it reaches the downstream dams), raise the dams to increase their capacity, and build long tunnels to channel the water to their powerhouses. Water is never consumed — its flow is just used to produce energy —, it is instead released back to the rivers, so you have to strategically place your dams to recover the water diverted by you and the other players. Over five rounds, the players must fulfill power requirements represented by a common competitive power track and meet specific requests of personal contracts. At the same time, by placing a limited number of engineers, they attempt to enhance their machinery to acquire new and more efficient construction actions and to build and activate special unique-effect buildings to forward their own developing strategy. PLEASE NOTE: All pictures are stock photos and aren't necessarily identical to the actual product. If you have any questions, please contact us before purchasing. Shipping Policies All of our listings use the Shipping Calculator. You pay what it really costs to ship the item to you. We usually add $2.50 as a handling cost to cover packaging materials. In some instances where the items are larger or require special packaging, the handling cost may be a bit higher to cover the packaging costs. We don't endeavor to make a profit on the shipping. What you pay is what it really costs to send you your product! Please keep this in mind when leaving feedback for Shipping and Handling Costs. PLEASE DO NOT penalize me by leaving a feedback score of less than 5 on my DSR because the cost of shipping something. What you pay is what it actually costs to ship the item via USPS or UPS! International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. Customs fees are normally charged by the shipping company or collected when you pick the item up. These fees are not additional shipping charges. We won't under-value merchandise or mark the item as a gift on customs forms. Doing that is against U.S. and international laws. Combined Shipping I will make every effort to combine your items to reduce your shipping costs. If you purchase multiple items from my store, please request an invoice with a combined shipping total before making payment. If the eBay shipping calculator overcharges you on the combined shipping total, I will automatically refund a portion of your shipping costs after printing your shipping label. Return Policies All of our listings of NEW items have a 30-Day Money Back return policy. You must contact us before returning an item and it must be shipped within 30 days of receiving it. The item must be unopened and in resellable condition. Only the price of the item will be refunded. Shipping & Handling costs will not be refunded. A 20% restocking fee will be charged and deducted from your refund amount after the item has been returned. Customer Satisfaction We strive to make sure that each listing is properly and accurately described so you know exactly what you are purchasing. If in some rare circumstance, you have a real problem with something that you've received from us, please contact us and we'll try to make it right for you. My goal is for you to be able to leave me a DSR rating of 5 in each of the catagories when leaving feedback. If there is anything during our transaction that would prevent you from leaving me a 5 star rating, please contact me and give me the chance to correct any problems before leaving feedback. active items. |