Board games

A tricky, fast-paced social bluffing game for teams! While playing Sign, the tension builds up quickly. Cards fly across the table, followed by mischievous looks back and forth! You look her in the eyes, what is she hiding? Was that a sign? Or is she onto you?! Sign is a quick and fast card game designed for friends or family. It can be described as a mix of Poker and Set because of the card design. Sign plays quickly, making it an ideal evening starter or can be played in cafes or bars. Players form teams and create non-verbal signs to win. Once a round begins, players must collect a set of five cards with the same symbol. The rules seem simple, but it quickly becomes difficult when you have to pay attention to all the players and collect cards at the same time, without taking turns.

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Is that the "victory" you taste in the salty air? You've secured your spot as a participant in the world-famous Coldwater Crown fishing tournament and the competition is just getting started! Can you cast the right bait at the right time to land the biggest fish? Can you strategically balance your efforts at the different fishing locations to win the most trophies? Very little is certain in these icy waters, but the fish are guaranteed to bite! Coldwater Crown is a fun and clever board game that captures the thrill of fishing in a board game. Created by acclaimed game designer Brian Suhre! It's a game of strategic planning, the fisherman's intuition and just the right amount of luck! Test your fishing expertise against up to three of your friends or improve your skills in the training pond. You don't have to be a master angler to win, but once your trophies start piling up, you might feel like one!

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A new city, new rules, new monsters: will you be the king of New York? King of New York is a standalone board game in the style of King of Tokyo. This time the gigantic monsters will attack each other in The Big Apple, namely New York. The game board shows the various districts of New York and each monster tries to demolish buildings in its own district. With six new monsters to choose from; Defeat all the other monsters, be the last one standing and win!

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The king is dead and there are no heirs. Influential families from all over the kingdom try to seize power through intrigue... and even murder. You are the head of one of these families.

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In Circus, players send their best performers into the ring to perform an act. If your artist is better than the previous one, there will be a deafening applause that will earn you points. As it should be, the grand finale follows at the end of the performance, after which the points are counted. The player with the most points is the best ringmaster and wins the game.

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Crystallo is a solo puzzle/abstract card game with a light fantasy theme. Explore the cave of the evil Black Dragon by placing cards, releasing six magical creatures by crafting crystal sets and, if you succeed, trap the dragon in its own cave. Collect treasures along the way and you might become a rich champion! The Games Friends: Crystallo is a fun solo game with simple rules. But as easy as the rules are, it is just as difficult to win this game. That still hasn't worked after more than five games. The advantage of this is that you do not immediately have the feeling that you have completed the game, but the disadvantage is that you do not always feel super satisfied.

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The Stuffed Fables: Oh, brother! expansion includes a new storybook with new challenges, enemies and fables, along with new tokens, sleep cards and its own discovery deck to guide you through each unique adventure, but you'll also need components from the base game Stuffed Fables to play it. In addition to everything else, Pokey the Unicorn and Manny the Action Figure join the team with their unique abilities. Pokey does not equip any weapon items, but instead uses her Puffy Horn to fend off enemies. Manny, as a macho action figure, is made of strong plastic instead of the usual stuffing of other characters, so certain status conditions don't affect him like they would a typical plushie. Can you protect your son from the dangers of the supernatural trap?

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Between the 13th and 17th centuries, more than 900 monumental statues, Moaï, were erected on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island. Become a powerful chieftain of Easter Island and gather tribesmen to best serve your village and please the gods. Cut, transport, and raise Moai to gather resources, turning them into sacrifices to honor your ancestors and secure your spiritual and political prowess. Each turn takes place in 3 phases. During the first phase, each player sends one of his figures onto the board, each in turn, until all the figures have been placed. The wizard determines the order of the next turn and the villagers are placed on the board to become transporters or scupltors. Thanks to the number of sculptors present in the quarry, each player collects Moais of different sizes. Moai or Pukao must be transported through a continuous chain of carriers whether they are from your clan or not. But be careful, you provide resources to your opponents when you use their transporter! Once you arrive at your destination, you can set up the Moai to grab the Ahu tile that you can play to your tune, as well as one or more resources depending on the size of the Moai. Styling your Moais allows you to exchange resources to acquire Offer Tokens. At the end of a round, if the number of ahu without moai is less than or equal to the number of players, the game ends. The winner is the player with the most victory points earned thanks to the Sacrifice and Extraordinary Sacrifice tiles.

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The poor gardeners get in each other's way as they try to avoid the Queen's wrath. Is it possible to please the Queen? The trees should be as far apart as possible and the rose bushes should be the lushest in all of Wonderland. Moreover, if there is no nice path for the chess pieces to walk on, the gardeners will get a lot of punishment. Alice had no idea that helping the gardeners would be such a challenge. Give her a hand and create the most beautiful garden for the Queen of Hearts to enjoy! The Games Friends: " The rules of Alice's Garden are laughably simple, but you can still find enough challenge in this game. If you have already played various tile laying games, it may not be innovative enough, but if you don't like those types of games, you don't need a whole cupboard. If you are full then this is definitely recommended!

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The Warring States Period (475-221 BCE) describes a time of endless wars between seven rival states: Qin, Chu, Qi, Yan, Han, Wei, and Zhao. These states were eventually united in 221 BCE under the Qin dynasty to establish the origins of modern-day China, with its two major rivers: the Yellow and the Yangtze. Yellow & Yangtze, the sister game to the critically acclaimed board game Tigris & Euphrates, invites you to relive this eventful period and lead your dynasty to victory. In Yellow & Yangtze, players build civilizations by placing tiles. Players are given five different leaders: Governor, Soldier, Farmer, Trader and Craftsman. The leaders are used to collect victory points in the same categories. However, your score at the end of the game is the number of points in your weakest category. Conflicts arise when civilizations connect on the board. To succeed, players' civilizations must survive these conflicts, calm peasant uprisings, and grow safely enough to build prestigious pagodas. The Games Friends: " Yellow & Yangtze is a tough tactical puzzle, where you have to think carefully about every step. By just losing a fight, you can lose a lot of points. This smart game with easy rules is highly recommended for fans of abstract area majority games!

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A War of Whispers is a competitive board game for 2 to 4 players. Five mighty empires wage war for the world, but you are not a mighty ruler. Instead, you play as a secret society that gambles on the outcomes of this war while pulling the strings to manipulate the results and ensure that their bets pay off. A War of Whispers is a game of deep strategy, hidden agendas and shifting loyalties.

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It's a beautiful day and everyone in your hometown is excited to see all the fun and spectacle of the upcoming parade! But first, the floats that will thrill the crowds must be built... and whoever creates the most exciting floats will be the Grand Marshal! In Everyone Loves A Parade, 2-6 players act as float designers, selecting colorful decoration cards (flowers, balloons and flags) to add to their floats and wowing the crowds, which is represented by dice with colors and items that they want to see. Each decoration card provides an immediate action that can give you an edge, allowing you to move or reroll dice! At the end of each round, players reveal their secret order cards, perform a final action, and then parade their completed float in front of a crowd. You earn points by giving the crowd what they want and the player with the highest score after three rounds wins and becomes the Grand Marshal!

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Your island has a tradition in which the greatest daredevils compete in a diving competition. The goal is to uncover the sacred stone that is thrown into the water from the top of the cliff. All divers splash into the ocean looking for the help of sea turtles and manta rays, surrounded by sharks. What makes this game unique? Players simultaneously look at a deck of large, transparent cards and try to estimate at what depth they will find sea turtles, manta rays and sharks. Each level of depth you can correctly distinguish brings you one step closer to victory. FR: The tradition of being more aggressive and concours d'apnée, but rather than attracting attention to the pressure of the falaise. Aided by the tortues of the sea and the rainwater, it is pleasant to the ocean in the environment of the waves. This is a unique experience: you observe simultaneously a pile of the grandes cartes transparentes and an essay on the determination of the level of the profondeurs of the tortues, the manta and the returns. Chaque level de profondeur correctement program permet de se rapprocher de la victoire.

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In 1811, free trade was declared for the port city of Valparaíso in Chile. A short time later, Chile declares its independence. As an influential citizen of Valparaíso, you want to stimulate the development of your city, so you send your merchants into the hinterland to obtain important export goods and send your ships abroad to achieve new achievements. To do well in Valparaíso, you need to plan ahead, keep an eye on your opponents and react to their actions at short notice. Almost every action affects the other players by changing costs or trading options. Every building of a house must be well thought out, every trade must be well timed. Anyone who wants to change the order of their original planning during the course of the game will have to pay a fine, but if your plans are not good enough, time will pass - both in the short and long term. You're all planning at the same time and the end of the game may come sooner than you hoped! For advanced players who like to make plans while under pressure for a long time, the game includes an hourglass variant.

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Your goal in Draftosaurus is to ensure that the dino park attracts the most visitors. To do this, you'll need to set up dino meeples and place them in cages with some placement restrictions. Each turn one of the players rolls a die and this adds a restriction to which boxes each other player can add their dinosaur to. Draftosaurus is a fast and light drafting game where you don't pass a hand of cards to the next player (after choosing one), but a hand full of dinosaurs! The Games Friends: Draftosaurus is the perfect game for in between. The rules are ridiculously simple and there is a lot of interaction. In addition, it also looks nice because of those cheerful dinosaurs and you are ready within fifteen minutes. Highly recommended!

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An unusual, complex yet well-balanced board/card game for two from the prolific Reiner Knizia. The original title, "Auf der Reeperbahn...", refers to a popular German film from 1954. Near the center of a 17-space court, the six game figures begin as players compete against each other to lure their opposite ends off the board. You play as many cards of the same suit as you want during your turn and much of the movement is a direct result of card play: e.g. by playing a red 4 you bring the red figure ("Rote Lola" or "Dancing Deb ") 4 spaces closer to your end of the board. However, there are special tricks and limitations that must be learned and kept firmly in mind before the meaning of the game begins to emerge. For example, the central green figure ("Brilli-Lilli" or "Saucy Sue") who wins for you if the game ends with her on your half of the board can only move within the boundaries of her "bodyguards", two gray figures. The yellow figure ("Blonde Hans" or "Handsome Hal") can, without benefit from a played card, summon any of these three figures to its field. The green companion ('Schampus-Charly' or 'Champagne Charlie'), who can also win the game if you place him on one of the two spaces at your end of the board (your 'nightclub'), only goes to you if the board situation at the end of your turn concerns both bodyguards on your half of the board and/or one (or more) of the other figures in your nightclub. And so on. The game, part of the two-player Kosmos series, is one of attack and counterattack, defense and forethought and can be won early or on the turn of the last card on the second pass through the deck. After 10-20 minutes it's begging to be played again immediately.

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Subastral is a strategic card game for 2–5 researchers. Collect maps representing your notes on eight different biomes: subtropical desert, savanna, tropical rainforest, chaparral, temperate grassland, temperate forest, taiga, and Arctic tundra. Will your journal of research notes on the planet's biomes be deep and diverse enough to stand out among your peers?

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A Little Wordy is a sneaky two-player tile deciphering game from the makers of Exploding Kittens and Throw Throw Burrito. A Little Wordy offers a fresh take on the genre of tile-based word games. Rather than another game based on the largest vocabulary, A Little Wordy is a game where players assemble a word from a set of tiles and keep that secret word to themselves. Each player then takes turns trying to decipher each other's secret word by paying for clues and hints. A thoughtful, strategic, and replayable game for two players. This is not about having the largest vocabulary, but about making smart choices!

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Lead your tribe to the gates of Mara, portals to realms of pure elemental energy. Encounter powerful Elemental Lords, spread your control and summon colorful magic. Aim for the most influence in each realm so you can establish your tribal claims. JB Howell, co-designer of Flotilla, combines upgradeable worker placement with layered area control in Gates of Mara. You can command reptilian Dragonkin, the amphibious Goblins, the insectoid Antids or the tree Elves. Immersive Art - The world of Mara comes to life through the stunning art of Nastya Lehn. Unique Components - The members of your tribe are represented by standees with uniquely shaped bases, indicating which spaces they can claim. Varied Gameplay - With only two Elemental Lords in play per game and a variable central board, no two games are the same! Place your tribe members strategically around the realms and gates. Enchant your tribe members to give them new skills. Fight for short-term goals, but keep an eye on your influence. Only the player with the most influence can claim the gates of Mara!

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Draftosaurus: Marina pushes the boundaries of your park and adds a new species to the design: plesiosaurs! This expansion for Draftosaurus adds a new double-sided board that any player can combine with their existing park to add a new river zone. Plesiosaurs are the only dino meeples that can be placed in this part of the river and earn points at the end of the game. To move your plesiosaur further down the river and earn more points, you must place specific other species in your park to unlock the dams one by one! The Games Friends: Just like the other expansion of Draftosaurus, this is also a nice addition to the base game. If you have played the basic game a number of times, you are ready for some variation and then this expansion will come into its own. Ultimately, you'll probably never play without it again.

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Build a unicorn army and trick your friends because unicorns are now your friends, thanks to Unstable Unicorns NL! This strategic card game combines two of your favorite topics: unicorns and destruction. The English version was already a successful Kickstarter project and won, among other things, the People's Choice Award at the 2019 Toy of the Year Awards. Now finally available in a Dutch edition! Be the first player to collect 7 unicorn cards in your 'stable' (on the table in front of you). Each player starts the game with 1 baby unicorn in their stable and during a turn you can either place a unicorn from your hand in your stable or play effect cards to annoy your opponents. For example, you can remove unicorns from someone's stable or have everyone discard a unicorn, etc. With 2-5 players, 7 unicorns are enough to win! With 6-8 players, 6 unicorns is enough to win.

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Queen Gimnax has ordered the conquest of the northern territory. You are sent as a royal cartographer to map this area and claim it for the Kingdom of Nalos. But you are not alone in this wilderness: the Dragul use their lookouts to stop you. To limit their influence, you'll need to think carefully about how you draw your map. Conquer as much of the territory the queen wants and you will be declared the best cartographer in the kingdom. The Games Friends: “ Cartographers is one of our favorite Draw & Write games. Because there are many goals to choose from and the goals are constantly changing, there is a lot of variety in Cartographers. Highly recommended!”

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One player (playing the role of child) must recreate the scene depicted on a memory card for another player whose eyes are closed (playing the role of 'grandfather'). This only happens by placing objects in his/her hand. The other players only see the mime (the gesture imitation) and must add additional memory cards that appear to correspond to the mime. Grandpa opens his eyes and has to find the right memories among all the cards on the table. The Games Friends: " In the Palm of your Hand is a game with well-known mechanisms, but with a surprising twist. Because you are only allowed to play it on the hand of your fellow player, you have to look at the cards very differently. Very cool done! "

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In Dice Hospital, a worker placement game, players must treat as many patients as possible to appease the local authorities! Players use their hospital staff to treat patients on their personal player boards in the hospital. However, players can also call in specialized personnel to respond to certain situations that arise to score more points with the authorities! The game uses mechanics for placing workers before staff, dice as the patients where low scores indicate low health, and a personal player board with actions to treat patients. The player with the highest reputation wins the game!

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In this unique potato card game you win by conquering slimy snails, greasy deep fryers and ferocious potato mashers. Hot Potato! is a two to four person card game. In fifteen minutes you will encounter different potato eaters: from a 'furious fryer' to a 'nasty knife' and from a 'slimy slug' to a 'sneaky slicer'. The aim of the game is to achieve your victory tactically: by bullying the others, the Hot Potato! to shoot at another and to protect yourself from attacks. The first to reach 10 points wins the game. How does the game work? 1) All players place a Potato card face down on the table at the same time. If everyone has one, they are turned face up at the same time. 2) An Encounter card is opened. 3) The Encounter card has a ranking itself, which makes it clear which Potato card is best against this Encounter. The best Potato card wins a point. 4) Everyone else may now use their Potato card effect. These are generally benefits for the next round.

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Build the kingdom, defend its borders and expand your influence across the land. In campaign mode, players compete on an epic journey to collect the most tomes and earn their place in the chronicles of their people. Alternatively, players can instead team up to take on the ruthless Overlord in separate cooperative modes for each game in the West Kingdom Trilogy. You need Architects of the West Kingdom, Paladins of the West Kingdom and Viscounts of the West Kingdom to play this game.

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Dive into the glittering sea to find exotic treasures on a seabed full of pirate shipwrecks. Send your divers to the depths, but be careful; by moving too close to other divers, they can join in too! Collect lost loot and stranded balls to curate museum exhibits and build dazzling aquariums... but don't forget to save the best bits for your personal collection! Wreck Raiders is an innovative dice-drafting worker placement game. Choose a die from the pool and send one of your divers to a random spot on the board with that number. But be warned: the spot you choose will help every diver in the spots next to you whether they are friendly or not. Do you risk bringing in a rival to get that treasure you want or can you find a way to get some extra loot? Display your treasures to build museum exhibits or send them to your vault for huge scoring opportunities... Don't forget to visit the nearby beach to collect washed-up balls and spend them to build amazing aquariums. (All marine animals are treated ethically and released into the wild; plus, they are cardboard tiles.) When the game ends, you'll earn coins for your exhibits, your vault, and your aquariums. The player with the most coins wins!

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Draftosaurus: Aerial Show pushes the boundaries of your park and adds a new species to the design: pterodactyls! This expansion for Draftosaurus adds a double-sided board that any player can combine with their existing park to add a new mountain area. Pterodactyls are the only dino meeples that can be placed on this part of the board, and each of their nests offers you a specific bonus in return, ranging from extra points to immunity to the placement die! The Games Friends: This expansion is also highly recommended, because it makes Draftosaurus even more varied. The new dinosaurs are a nice addition and the ways to score points are slightly different. A must-have for fans of the base game.

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Steampunk Rally Fusion is a standalone game that can be combined with the original Steampunk Rally. It introduces new tracks with unique event cards, new component skills (Gear Up and Overcharge) and a new card type: Secret Projects. It also introduces new custom dice that represent powerful fusion energy! Put yourself in the shoes of ingenious inventors from history. Design cards to invent your racing device. Amplify your creation's abilities with combinations of steam, heat, electricity and Fusion dice. Use gears to increase bad dice rolls and upgrade certain machine parts. Crashing through damaging terrain spaces can send parts flying off your machine, forcing you to constantly adjust your strategy and discover new card synergies. Fortune favors the brash, so gear up, load up your machine and make history again!

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In The Court of Miracles, players will lead a guild of beggars, scheme sinister plots and use deceit to build their fame in an attempt to take over 16th century Paris. The first player to place all their Glory tokens is the winner. Players use worker placement and area influence to compete for control of neighborhoods, inevitably leading to standoffs where glory can be won or lost. The use of plot cards and the secret values ​​of Rogue Tokens allows for deceptive tactics, while a wide mix of skills and actions gives huge variety to every game. So take control of one of the five guilds and make sure you're the most feared in Paris when the Penniless King reaches his final destination.

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The Canadian province of Manitoba is wild, fascinating and almost without borders: countless lakes, majestic mountains, a vast tundra in the north and endless prairies in the south. Manitoba is a country whose name is directly derived from Manitou, the great creative spirit of the American natives. In Manitoba, players become clan leaders of the Cree tribe and try to become the leader of them all, but this is not easy as they have to deal with the capriciousness of nature and provide both material and spiritual wealth for their clans. As the seasons progress, there are a few things everyone needs to consider: When and where do I plan to be active on Manitoba's hunting grounds? Or would it be better now to emphasize spiritual development and walk on mystical paths? How can I exchange and exploit my resources smartly? Players can also manipulate the totem's wooden checkers to greatly influence the abilities of all players. Many situations require wise decisions...

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The Initiative - a unique cooperative board game full of story, strategy and code-breaking - lets players take on the role of teenagers in 1994 who have found a mysterious board game called "The Key". Not only will they play The Key, but players will help the teens through a crucial chapter of their lives by following a series of missions linked through an interactive comic book. The game's campaign is divided into a number of chapters, each lasting 30-60 minutes and all starting with reading a page of the comic book. The story continues, even a mission fails, but winning can bring a reward in the future. Each chapter builds on the lore and story from previous chapters, bringing together story, code breaking and mystery into one exciting gaming experience. The Games Friends: " The Initiative is really fun to do. The rules are easy, but you still have to make a lot of tactical choices during the game itself. And then of course you also have the puzzles. As far as we are concerned, the perfect combination between playing a game and doing an escape room. Highly recommended!

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Number of players: 1 - 4 players Game time: 45 - 90 minutes Age: From 10 years Publisher: Alley Cat Games Language: English Of all the early 20th century entrepreneurs and chocolatiers who experimented with new ways to make and market chocolates, YOU are assigned the job of chief chocolate maker! Chocolate Factory is a Euro-game of literal factory building and moving chocolates (using a pushable conveyor belt). You must complete the largest number of chocolates that retailers require for the best price. The game also features wooden chocolate pieces and a movable conveyor belt, making the physicality mixed with Euro mechanics a unique experience. The Games Friends: " Chocolate Factory is an original game with not too complicated rules. The actions are nicely put together, with the constantly running factory belt. Recommended! "

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When the Roman emperor Hadrian Augustus visited northern Britannia in 122 AD, he witnessed the aftermath of the war between his armies and the fierce Picts. In a show of Roman might, he ordered a wall built that would separate the Pict tribes from the rest of England. Large in its design, the wall stretched 80 Roman miles, from coast to coast. In Hadrian's Wall, players take on the role of a Roman general, presiding over the construction of a mile castle and an adjacent wall. Over 6 years (rounds), players will build their fortress and wall, man the defenses, and attract citizens by building services and providing entertainment - all while defending the honor of the Roman Empire against the wary Picts. The player who can amass the most fame, piety, courage and discipline, while avoiding contempt, will prove to the Emperor that he is the model of the Roman citizen and be crowned Legatus Legionis! The Games Friends: This game is an absolute favorite! It is a wonderful puzzle, with many tactical choices and little interaction. At the beginning it sometimes feels a bit overwhelming when you see all the choices, but once you get started it plays very smoothly. All this makes Hadrian's Wall unique and a real hit!

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Your first year of primary school has been a bit disappointing so far. They taught you how to light a flickering flame with the tip of your finger, but otherwise you spent far more time reading books than learning powerful spells like future great wizards like you should do. So when you heard about the Great Book of Madness, hidden in the main school library, you had no choice but to sneak in and take a look at this intriguing tome, despite the warnings of your professors. When you slowly lift the cover of the terrible book, dozens of terrible creatures rush out, threatening to destroy the world itself! This was your mistake and only you can fix it now! Learn from the library to fight back against the monsters and try not to sink into madness... The Big Book of Madness is a challenging cooperative game in which the players are magical students who must act as a team to turn all the pages of the book and then close the book by defeating the terrible monsters they have just freed. Each player has their own element deck that they build throughout the game and use for different purposes, such as learning or casting a spell, adding a new element to their deck, destroying or healing a curse. With spells you can support your playmates, improve your card game, draw cards, etc. - but the monsters from the book fight back. Each comes with terrible curses that activate every turn unless you dispel them in time. They will make you discard elements, add madness cards to your deck, or lose spells... If you manage to turn six pages and defeat all the monsters, you win the game!

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Ride a rocket to extraordinary destinations in our galaxy. During your travels you will collect exotic crystals that expand our understanding of what is out there. Use these crystals to complete exploration badges and turn them in at the mysterious Outpost 13 to prove yourself as the galaxy's next great space explorer! Space Park features a modular board on which seven destinations are randomly arranged to form a circle between players. During a player's turn, rockets will be at three of the board's seven destinations. These rockets symbolize which destinations a player can travel to. Once a player travels to a destination by performing their action, that rocket moves clockwise to the next open destination. Destinations include actions such as obtaining a certain type of crystal, acquiring a new badge to work towards, turning in your crystals for Explorer Points, or using your trusty explorer bot Scout to help out. The player with the most Explorer points at the end of the game wins. The Games Friends: Space Park looks beautiful and plays very smoothly. The rules are simple, but there is still enough challenge in this game. It really is one of those games that you pick up regularly and that is slightly different every time. Recommended!

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Robinson Crusoe: The Book of Adventures is an almanac consisting of new Robinson Crusoe scenarios organized by difficulty, complexity and theme. The Book of Adventures offers scenarios suitable for all audiences - from playing with children to creating a fun family experience to very tough scenarios as experienced players. The collector's edition itself can be purchased separately.

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Streets is a tile-laying game where players build a city together. Each building has a simple valuation formula that allows the owner to make money when the street is scored. Valuations are influenced by the other buildings on the street, so smart placement is essential to maximize profits. Moreover, the city is populated by hipsters, families, shoppers and tourists, each with their own preferred lifestyle. Smartly located properties can benefit from the growing crowds of people further increasing the value of the buildings they visit. Optional expansion modules add powerful asymmetric player abilities and extra layers of strategy and tough decisions.

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Cloud Control is a fun and fast-paced game of creative imagination in which you try to score the most points by shaping clouds into recognizable objects before time runs out. Let your imagination run wild as you rotate, rotate, overlap and animate cloud maps in limitless creative ways of communicating. The sky is your canvas!

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In Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations with game cards that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Each round consists of one or more of five possible phases. In each round, each player secretly and simultaneously chooses one of seven different action cards and then reveals it. Only the selected phases occur. For these phases, each player performs the action of the phase, while the selected player(s) also receive a bonus for that phase. For example, if at least one player chooses the Develop action, the Development phase occurs; otherwise it will be skipped. Each player may simultaneously choose a development from his hand of cards to build. After revealing the cards, each player adds his development to his deck of cards on the table and then discards cards from his hand equal to their cost. Each player who chose Develop discards one less card as a bonus. Explore allows a player to draw cards and select which ones to add to their hand. Settle allows a player to place a world in their tableau. Some worlds produce goods, represented by face-down cards, when Produce is selected. These goods can be discarded for victory points or sold to add cards to the player's hand by selecting Consume. Cards allow players to settle new worlds and build more developments, gaining both victory points and card powers that provide advantages in certain stages. The player who best manages their cards, phase and bonus selections, and card powers to build the largest space empire wins. The winner is the player with the most victory points... The Games Friends: " A modern classic that doesn't rely on its looks. But we like to look past that, because the mechanisms are very cool. Especially the fact that the players themselves determine which actions are performed is very important. smooth. Great tip!

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In P'achakuna you are a trader who transports natural dyes and white wool through the Andes with his lama. If you supply those raw materials to a village where there is a high demand for these raw materials, you can keep part of the dyed yarn. The first player to collect yarn in the seven colors can make a traditional, colorful costume and wins the game. The Games Friends: "P'achakuna is a surprisingly fun 2-player game that is regularly on our table. It has a lot of interaction, interesting choices and you can really play it tactically. We are fans!"

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