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	Rio Grande Games Rio Grande Games is dedicated to bringing gamers the best in family entertainment. They offer the best family strategy games available! They publish a large variety of their own games, but also import many multi-lingual games (in English, French, and, occasionally, other languages), primarily from Ravensburger and Queen in Germany, but also some other games they feel could have a place in your homes.
	Game Nite Game Nite is a game store located in the St. Louis, MO (South County) area specializing in family strategy board games, collectible card & miniature games and jigsaw puzzles.
	Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by Christian T. Petersen. In the time that has passed since their first game, Twilight Imperium, was published, Fantasy Flight Games has grown to be one of the biggest names in the hobby games industry. We have become a leader in terms of quality and components, with highly detailed plastic miniatures and beautiful artwork on rulebooks, cards, and game boards.
	Academy Games Conflict of Heroes - Awakening the Bear! is the first game to be published by Academy Games. They are a new American publishing company striving to introduce Euro-style quality games produced in the USA.
	AEG Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game and collectible card game products. AEG was formed in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their current markets, AEG was involved in hobby gaming magazines, with their first product the magazine Shadis (winner of the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Origins Awards for Best Professional Gaming Magazine). In 2009, AEG entered the board games market with 10 new board game releases. More are slated for 2010.
	Heroic Adventures Heroic Adventures is Edwardsville's premier comic and game shop! They have the biggest selection of the best games.
	The Fantasy Shop From it's humble beginnings in 1981 in Old Town Saint Charles, The Fantasy Shop has always strived to bring the very best in customer service, variety, and quality of products to the gamers and comic fans in the Saint Louis Metro area. In the late 80's we added our second store and we have never looked back. Growing to reach 3 states and 9 stores at one point we have settled back down to our core 4 stores in the metro area we continue to strive for those same goals that we started with so many years ago.
	PYXI PYXI recently released Timber Tom in 2009. Timber Tom is a light strategy racing game designed for the family. It is a heavily themed innovative hiking adventure played out on a topographic game board - designed in Lyon, France. It is for 2 - 4 players aged 10 years and above. Four hikers ('experienced') can climb 2 peaks and return to Base Camp in around 45 minutes.
	Tasty Minstrel Games Tasty Minstrel Games is, simply put, a game publisher. We concentrate on board games, card games, fun games, addicting games, family board games, and any non-video game that can be imagined. Our criterion for publishing a game is that it must be a fun, intuitive, and an addicting game. A game must be replayable and have good value compared to other entertainment such as video games and movies.