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Game Review: Legendary: Game of Thrones

Legendary: Game of Thrones Gameplay Objective Earn the most Victory Points! Defeat enemy allies, support friendly allies, and capture bystanders to earn Victory points. When one player has lost three of their masterminds or a total of six masterminds have been defeated, the game ends. The player with the most Victory Points wins. Set Up (2-player) You need the main playing board (the one that has a map on it) and two personal playing boards. Choose one player to be the Starks and one player to be the Lannisters and insert the representative house crest into your personal playing board. Decks: Personal Decks Each player’s personal deck is made up of 6 Merchants, 4 Soldiers, and two minor hero cards, selected randomly. Hero Deck There are 18 different Heroes that each come with a deck of 14 cards: 2 Uncommon cards each with 5 copies, 1 Uncommon card with 3 copies, and a Rare card. Each player gets 4 Heroes and their corresponding 14-card decks Starks: Kingdom of the North; Lord Eddard Stark; Winter is Coming; Young Arya Lannisters: Hound & Mountain; Jaime Lannister; Queen Cersei; Tyrion Lannister Ally Deck Each house has a few different Allies & Henchmen. To make up the Ally Deck, each House sends in an Ally group and a Henchman group. In a two-player game, you also add in one ally or henchmen group from each of the other two houses Starks: The North and Stark Bannermen Lannisters: Siblings & Comrades and Redcloaks From other houses: King’s Law and King’s Guard Also add: 12 random cards from the Event deck, 8 master strike cards, and 4 bystanders (drawn from the Bystander deck) Bystander Deck Shuffle together the Bystander cards and the remaining minor hero cards Main Playing Board The Bystander Deck, Wound Deck, and Maester deck go face up in their respective spots. The Event Deck is face down, as well as the ally deck Personal Playing Board The 5 Mastermind cards go face up in the Mastermind spot The bottom two Defender cards should be face down, with the remaining three face up directly on top. The Hero deck goes in the Protagonist pile spot Flip the top 5 cards from your hero deck and place them face up in House spots Draw six cards from your 12-card personal deck to make up your starting hand. Each player starts with three Victory Point Tokens. You are now ready to play. On Your Turn: On your turn, you can use the cards in your hand to attack and/or recruit. Take stock of your hand. Initially, it will consist of merchants (which offer recruit points), soldiers (which offer attack points), and minor heroes (which can offer both recruit and attack points, and usually a special ability as well). As the game goes on, you will have heroes, Maester cards, event cards, and wound cards in your hand as well. Flip over the top card from the Ally deck and place it in the Bow section of the battlefield. It will be one of the following cards: friendly ally, neutral ally, enemy ally, master strike, bystander or minor hero, or event. If it is a friendly ally, you can spend attack points to move it down the battlefield towards the escape. If it is a neutral or enemy ally, you can spend attack points to defeat the ally and add it to your victory pile, earning a Victory token. If it is a master strike, move the top Mastermind card of the player whose turn it is to the bottom of their Mastermind stack. Then read the “Master Strike” effect of the Mastermind that is now on top. Do what it says and put the Master Strike card in the KO pile (general discard pile, which is separate from your personal discard pile) If it is a bystander or minor hero, it gets captured by an ally. Put it under the ally in the range space that is closest to the ally deck. If there are no allies in play, then the bystander goes into the victory pile of the player whose turn it is. If it is an event, you must first address the lineup cycling effect. Each event has a number (1-5) which correspond with the lineup spaces on a player’s personal board. Each player must cycle the corresponding card out (put it at the bottom of your hero deck) and replace it with the top card from the hero deck. Then, follow the instructions of the event. You can spend your attack points as you see fit: Attack a neutral and enemy ally and add it to your victory pile. You also earn a Victory token. Attack a friendly ally to support it, moving it one space down the battlefield Attack your opponent’s defenders. These cards defend masterminds, which cannot be attacked unless all defenders have been defeated. If you have enough points and defenders have been defeated, you may attack your opponent’s mastermind. If you have 5 attack points and it costs 3 points to attack an enemy ally and 2 points to attack a defender, you can do both. You can spend recruit points to purchase heroes to add to your discard pile, which will then be cycled into your hand for future rounds. As the game goes on, you will have more complex cards cycled into your hand. By more complex, I mean the text on each card will instruct you to do different things, which can advance your gameplay. If you attack an ally on the battlefield, you remove it from the battlefield and add it to your victory pile. You also must do what the “Fight” instruction says. The ally will also indicate how many victory tokens you earn for defeating it. If you flip over an ally card and it is not from the same house as what’s already in the Bow space, move the card that’s in the Bow space over to the Spear space. If it’s from the same house, both cards can exist in the space. However, each space can only hold three cards of the same house. If all five battlefield spaces are full and you flip over the top card from the ally deck and it can’t be added to the card already in the Bow space, battlefield positions shift, meaning the card(s) in the Claw space move into the Escape space. If the ally that escapes belongs to one of the players, that player gains one victory token If the ally had one or more bystanders captured, they go into the victory pile of the ally’s owner. Bystanders captured by an escaped neutral ally go into the KO pile. If the ally was not from your house and you have six or more cards in your hand, you must discard a card. If it’s a neutral ally, all players with six or more cards in their hand must discard a card. If the ally has an escape effect on its card, do what it says The new ally card may have an “Ambush” effect. After moving cards down the battlefield (if necessary), immediately do what the Ambush effect says. If the battlefield movement resulted in an ally escaping, do the escape effect first. Maester, Wound, Event, and Bystander cards will come into play as the game goes on, so you don’t have to worry about them initially. History Legendary: Game of Thrones is brought to you by Upper Deck. Upper Deck is a trading card company that’s been around since 1989, when they launched their first baseball trading card set. While the business was built on sports trading cards, it’s since evolved into the world of entertainment, too. Upper Deck was an idea first thought of by Paul Sumner back in 1987. He worked in printing sales at the time and came up with the idea for a premium card. The rest is history! This is an extensive and very in-depth game, so I want to shout out everyone involved in its production: Game Design and Card Set Design: Rob Heinsoo Associate Designer: Chris VanMeter Director of Entertainment Brands: Travis Rhea Brand Manager: Corrine Deng Director of Game Development: Bubby Johanson Sr. Game Developer: Mark Shaunessy Product Manager: Rob Ford Game Developer: Case Lopez Game Development Coordinator: Zack Stevens Graphic Design: Krista Timberlake Art Direction: Andrew Ballestros, Erika Klock, Emily Mazza Card art: Andrea Adiletto, Federico Bertoni, Katherine Lobo, Matteo Meloni, Jaka Prawira, Riccardo Robaldo Project Managers: Keli Lewis, Danny Montejo VP of Production and Logistics: Suzanne Lombardi President, Upper Deck Company: Jason Masherah Playtesters: Chad Brown, Bobby Coovert, Sean Dawson, Maximillian Dennis, Lisa Eschenbach, Miguel Friginal, Trevor Harron, Paul Hughes, Silas Hughes, Rob Lightner, Ryan Martin, Dan Moen, Karen Ressler, Keith Richmond, Jonathan Tweet, Vito Munoz, Rob Watkins Original Legendary ® Game Engine Design: Devin Low Variations Legendary: Game of Thrones is one of many trading card games created by Upper Deck. On their website, you can also find: Legendary: 007 Legendary: Marvel Legendary Encounters: The X-Files Legendary: What If…? Legendary Encounters: The Matrix

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Game Review: Lava Crossing

Lava Crossing Gameplay In Lava Crossing, Bunny and Lamb need to escape the lava flowing from an active volcano and get back to their village. From where they are at the base of the volcano, they need to cross four lava pits—and you can help them by building rock bridges across them! To begin, player 1 rolls the die: if you roll a 1, 2 or a 3, you have that many tries to land the blue ball (A.K.A the cooling water) into the appropriate pit by carefully opening and closing the blue rods (A.K.A. the water pipes). If you land the ball into the correct pit, you earn a rock to add to your rock bridge—and your animal is one step closer to home. However, if you roll a +1, the very first rock you placed (rock #1) is taken from your bridge—the lava is starting to catch up to you! The next time you roll a +1, you lose rock #2, and so on. If the lava catches up to you, you must start over at the base of the volcano! If you roll a -1, you’re in luck. You can lay down the next rock in your rock bridge—no strings attached! There are four different pits to cross, and they get smaller as you get further from the volcano, which means they can be harder to drop the ball into. The first person to get their animal back to their village wins a star badge. Three star badges earns you a trophy, which gives you an advantage for the next time you play: you can place a rock at any number position at the start of the game. History Hape was first established in Germany in 1986 by Peter Handstein. They’re a very sustainability-focused company—many of their toys are made out of bamboo and sugarcane-based plastic, and their packaging is made of recycled cardboard, organic inks, and water-based colors. Lava Crossing was designed and created by their creative team.

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TLC for Kids - Digital Content & Marketing Coordinator

About the job TLC for Kids Essendon Fields, Melbourne VIC Full time, Office based Help tell the stories that help sick children when they need it most. TLC for Kids is one of Australia’s most respected children’s charities, providing immediate practical support to children and families facing serious illness and medical trauma. For more than 27 years, our programs have helped families navigate some of the most challenging moments of their lives, providing relief, comfort and support when it matters most. Our services are used in hundreds of hospitals, medical clinics and ambulances across Australia, helping reduce fear, stress and anxiety for children during medical procedures and other difficult moments. We are looking for a Digital Content & Marketing Coordinator who can help bring these moments to life through powerful digital storytelling. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys creating engaging content, capturing real stories, and using digital platforms to build awareness, community support and fundraising outcomes. About the Role The Digital Content & Marketing Coordinator is responsible for capturing and sharing the stories of TLC for Kids programs across digital channels. This is a hands-on, content-driven role. We are looking for someone who can capture real moments and turn them into engaging digital content that connects with people. You don’t need to be perfect, but you do need to be comfortable filming, editing and thinking about what makes people stop, watch and engage. This role combines content creation, social media management, email communications and digital campaign support, helping ensure the impact of TLC for Kids programs is communicated clearly, professionally and consistently. You will work closely with the Program Director, Partnerships Manager and Programs team to showcase the real impact of our services. Each story you help capture and share contributes to growing awareness and support for TLC for Kids, enabling more children and families to receive help when they need it most. Key Responsibilities Campaign Content Creation • Capture photos, video and stories from TLC for Kids programs, events and partner activities • Produce authentic and engaging content including short form video, reels, behind the scenes updates and live coverage of key moments • Write captions and stories that communicate the real impact of TLC for Kids services • Create digital content assets to support fundraising campaigns, partnerships and program promotion Social Media • Manage and grow TLC for Kids social media channels • Plan and schedule content using a content calendar • Create engaging content for Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and other platforms • Edit short form video and visual storytelling content • Monitor engagement and respond to comments and messages appropriately • Track reach, engagement and audience growth metrics Content Performance and Growth • Identify what content performs well and build on it • Test different formats and approaches to improve engagement • Contribute ideas to grow reach, awareness and supporter engagement Email Marketing (EDM) • Creation and scheduling of email campaigns to supporters, donors and partners • Prepare visual and written content for EDM communications including fundraising appeals, event promotions and program updates • Support the growth and engagement of TLC for Kids supporter database through digital communications • Track email campaign performance including open rates, click rates and conversions Digital Tools & Platforms • Use project management systems such as Monday.com to track content production and campaigns • Work confidently on Mac computers and creative software • Maintain organised digital archives for photos and video content • Manage publishing and engagement through platforms such as Meta Business Suite • Use analytics platforms such as Google Analytics to review website traffic and campaign performance • Update website content and digital assets using WordPress Skills and Experience • Experience managing social media accounts for an organisation or brand • Strong photography and video content creation skills • Experience editing short form video content for social media • Graphic design capability for digital assets • Strong writing skills and attention to detail • Experience with EDM platforms such as Mailchimp or similar • Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects • Comfortable working with digital platforms and content management systems • Experience with paid digital advertising is advantageous • Full driver licence Personal Attributes • Compassion and sensitivity when working with families and hospitals • Strong attention to detail • Ability to work in a fast moving small team environment • A genuine commitment to the mission of TLC for Kids • Comfortable working respectfully in sensitive environments including hospitals and family settings Employment Details Location: Essendon Fields, Melbourne VIC Position: Full time, office based Salary: $60,000 to $73,000 depending on experience, plus superannuation Additional benefits: Salary packaging available Why Work With TLC for Kids Working at TLC for Kids means your work directly contributes to helping children and families through some of the most difficult moments they face. Your storytelling and digital content will help inspire community support and enable more children to receive the help they need. You will be part of a passionate and collaborative team committed to delivering meaningful impact. What Will Make You Stand Out Applicants who include the following will be prioritised: • Links to social media accounts, campaigns or digital content you have created or managed • Examples of short form video or visual storytelling content • A short note outlining one content idea you would try to increase engagement or awareness for TLC for Kids How to Apply Please include: • Your resume • A short cover letter • Links to social media accounts, campaigns or digital content you have created • Any examples of video or visual storytelling work Applications without examples of previous work may not be considered. We are particularly interested in candidates who enjoy capturing real moments and transforming them into engaging digital stories that connect with audiences. … more Requirements added by the job poster • 1+ years of work experience with Social Media • 1+ years of work experience with Graphic Design • Valid driver’s license • Authorized to work in Australia • 1+ years of work experience with Email Marketing

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Harper Collins - Creative Director (remote US)

About the job The Creative Director will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Direct-to-Consumer creative team, including managing and both internal and external resources. They will also be responsible for executing all creative for HarperCollins US DTC marketing channels. This role will work closely and collaboratively with Brand, Platform and Publishing teams to create visual communications to support and grow our DTC businesses. The Creative Director will lead the creative development process, providing direction and constructive feedback to internal and external design resources to deliver consistent, high-performing creative for the business. Responsibilities Leads creative function for Direct-to-Consumer brands and channels, working as both an individual contributor, as well as a manager of internal and external resources. Ensures a high standard and quality of work, delivering on consistency in brand look, feel, and experience, regardless of assigned resource; provide creative quality control over concepts and execution. Assigns requested work to the appropriate resource based on project needs, and inspires excellence in outcome by providing direction and constructive feedback, while meeting the needs of the requesting partners Lead the creation, execution, and continual evolution of brand guidelines. Identify opportunities to improve creative output and process, and provide recommendations to develop the creative team to meet future demands. Helps the team balance creative vision with business objectives and priorities. Works closely with the Brand and Platform teams to develop and interpret a clear creative vision. Attends meetings, handle cross-team interaction, pitch concepts in a compelling manner; communicate and monitor project progress. Stays up to date with new innovations and industry trends. Trains and support team members in developing and deepening their technical skills. Contributes to organizational learnings and process improvement. Leads with passion, guide & coach the team on career direction, development, growth and performance. Qualifications Portfolio demonstrating performance-driven digital and e-commerce creative required 8+ years experience in graphic design and/or interactive design with at least 3 years of experience working with a focus on an e-commerce and/or performance marketing design. 3+ years experience managing both internal and external resources to hit quality, budget and timeline requirements. Expertise with Adobe and Canva’s full suite of creative tools (or similar) Expertise with (and enthusiasm for) leveraging AI creative tools (e.g. Sora, Nano Banana) for concepting and refining designs. Proven ability to influence stakeholders and align creative strategy with business goals Portfolio demonstrating performance-driven digital and e-commerce creative Understanding best practices for performance-focused digital marketing creative Staying up on industry trends around best UI and UX practices and what drives design performance (e.g., CTR, CVR, ROAS) in a direct-to-consumer environment Empathy for our end consumer, always thinking about design as a visual medium for communication. Ability to both create and evaluate design and copy Solutions-oriented and collaborative approach HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred. The salary range for this position is $90,000-$125,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process. In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce. HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer. HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at TalentManagement@harpercollins.com . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.

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