Question: Which board game was released first, Las Vegas or Merchant of Venus?

Poppermost is an original indie pop rock music band based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.  The retro band draws comparisons to The Turtles, The Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Queen, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Paul McCartney, The Hollies, Traveling Wilburys, Oasis, The Who, Electric Light Orchestra, Wilco, and classic '60s / '70s pop rock radio.  Poppermost has been listed as one of "Our picks for the best bands" by the "Las Vegas Weekly" entertainment magazine, and also received a "Best of Las Vegas 2007" award from the "Las Vegas Review-Journal" newspaper. <ref name="RJ3/25/07">"Best Local R&B Band", "Las Vegas Review-Journal"</ref> Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Alex Oliver, and bassist and audio/video/graphics/web designer, Roy Rendahl, both registered with ASCAP, started Poppermost on July 4, 2001.  They have released three full-length albums, and several CD singles and EPs of original music, all recorded at Roy's Trimordial Studio in Las Vegas.  Roy is now mastering their latest recordings too.  Poppermost's influences include: The Beatles, R.E.M., The Beach Boys, Queen, Wilco, Oasis, classic '60s AM and '70s FM, The Who, Carole King, and Burt Bacharach and Hal David.  The Poppermost name originates from the early Beatles' inspirational call and response, John: "Where are we going, lads?"  Paul, George, Ringo: "To the toppermost of the poppermost, Johnny!" <SEP> The Vermin is a punk rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada.  The band formed in 1984 (1986 in some sources)as Vermin From Venus by singer and guitarist Dirk Vermin, and was noted for releasing one of the first independent punk rock albums in Las Vegas, "Sex on Planet X".  In 1994, Vermin and bassist Rob Ruckus formed a punk cover band called Godboy, and in 1995 the bands merged, adopting the name The Vermin.  The band recorded their first album under their new name, "Hell or Las Vegas", in 1996 with drummer Anthony Hudak, but Hudak left the band soon after and was immediately replaced with current drummer Gerry "Turbo" Proctor.  The band was featured in the low-budget horror film "Trans-American Killer" in 2005.  Singer Dirk Vermin opened Pussykat Tattoo in 1999; the shop, Vermin, and bassist Ruckus are currently featured in the A&E program "Bad Ink". <SEP>  Players move around the board as traders discovering long forgotten pockets of civilization and buying and selling goods.  The game can be played by one to six players.  In tournaments it is usually played by four players. Merchant of Venus is a board game, published in 1988 by Avalon Hill, set in an unexplored part of the galaxy during a reawakening of galactic civilization.  The solitaire version, which relies heavily on combat with a militaristic race, has different game mechanics. <SEP>  It is named after the city of Las Vegas in Nevada, United States and has a gambling theme. Las Vegas is a board game designed by Rüdiger Dorn and published by Ravensburger in 2012.  The game was nominated for the "Spiel des Jahres" prize in 2012 and won the "Årets Spel" prize in the Best Adult Game category in 2013.