Bitewing Games

Trailblazers are the courageous people who pave and brave the paths of the great outside world. Whether it's with hiking boots, bike wheels or paddles on the river, these determined travelers strive to feed their insatiable thirst for adventure. With a picturesque wilderness always before them and a freshly mapped route at their heels, one must not forget to eventually find their way back to camp. There are always new environments to explore, further expeditions to undertake and more paths to pave. In Trailblazers, players compete to earn the most points by building biking, hiking, and kayaking trails from their campsites of the corresponding trail type. Each round, players are dealt eight trail cards, from which they choose two cards, arrange them in their personal area, and then pass them to the next player three times. Cards must be placed next to or overlapping with other cards. Although players can try their luck by attempting to construct long and complicated paths, only closed loops that start and end at a corresponding campsite score points. Players also compete to fulfill "First" and "End of Game" goal cards. After four rounds, the game ends and the player with the most points from closed routes and goal cards wins.

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The kingdom is gathering again, but the work of El Cascadero and his ministers has only just begun. Many challenges and opportunities await the kingdom. Bandits threaten to overwhelm the cities, rivers offer new forms of travel, trade continues to grow and the borders must be defended. Cascadito is the smaller counterpart of the large board game, Cascadero, designed by Reiner Knizia. Each player receives their own sheet of paper and a pencil. 6 dice are rolled and players take turns choosing a die to fill in a space on their card. The dice show 5 colors, representing the 5 types of cities on the map. When a colored die is chosen, the player fills in a space adjacent to a city of the same color. By reaching cities with groups of filled spaces, players will activate city points. If players plan their routes wisely, these successes can trigger a cascade of combinations to give them a competitive advantage in earning public achievements and private bonuses. The game ends immediately when all public achievements have been completed or when a player has achieved all private bonuses. Players then add up their successes and achievements to determine the winner.

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Legend tells of the abandoned Spectral Manor coming to life at midnight on a Crimson Moon - an event that rarely happens more than once a century. On that one night, in certain rooms, immense treasures appear, granting inestimable wealth to those brave enough to find and claim them. But those who enter this manor do so at their own risk, as some rooms awaken ghosts and curses... Rumors speak of glyphes and sigils only found in the manor on Crimson Moon night; these markers provide hints and clues, both where treasure can be found and where paranormal traps lurk. In Spectral, players control competing groups of treasure hunters. These groups enter the Spectral Manor on the night of the Crimson Moon and race to discover and claim the locations of the treasures before midnight. As they discover and decipher the glyphes, they can avoid chambers where demons secretly slumber and selfishly hide this information from their rivals. Meanwhile, locations in the manor that promise the most treasure will see multiple clans competing for territory. Through deduction, bidding, betting and bluffing, players will uncover and exploit the secrets. The game ends after one player has placed all his treasure hunters or if all players pass in succession. The group that claims the most treasure and avoids cursed rooms emerges victorious. Spectral offers multiple difficulty levels - beginner mode, standard mode and advanced modules - so you can tailor the game to your experience.

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