In Sleeping Gods you and up to 3 friends play Captain Sofi Odessa and her crew. You are lost in a strange world in 1929 with your steamship, the Manticore. You must work together to survive, explore exotic islands, meet new characters and search for the totems of the gods so you can return home. Sleeping Gods is a campaign game. Each session can last as long as you want. When you're ready to take a break, mark your progress on a travel log so you can easily return to the same spot in the game the next time you play. You can play alone or with friends during your campaign. It's easy to add and remove players at will. Your goal is to find at least fourteen totems hidden around the world. Just like reading a book, you will complete this journey in one or two hours at a time, discovering new lands, stories and challenges along the way. Sleeping Gods is an atlas game. Each page of the atlas represents just a small part of the world for you to explore. When you reach the edge of a page and want to continue in the same direction, just open a new page and continue. Sleeping Gods is a fairytale game. Each new location contains a wild adventure, hidden treasures and vibrant characters. Your choices affect the characters and plot of the game and can help or hinder your chances of getting home! Welcome to a vast world. Your journey begins now. The Games Friends: " Sleeping Gods is FANTASTIC. The actions are fun and fluid, the artwork is absolutely beautiful and the stories are very well written and interesting. Actually, this game does nothing wrong and that is why it is one of our favorite games of all time .A must-have game for anyone who loves narrative adventure games!

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Sleeping Gods: Dungeons adds six dungeons to Sleeping Gods. Each dungeon contains a map and stories. In a dungeon, the gameplay will be slightly changed from the regular game. Each card is printed on thick card stock (Letter-sized, 8.5×11 inches). A separate dungeon booklet contains all the descriptions, encounters and puzzles you will experience during your exploration. You can access these dungeons in specific locations in the atlas of the Sleeping Gods base game. When you reach a location that contains a dungeon, you can choose to read from the standard storybook or explore the dungeon located there instead. The specified location number is located in the upper left corner of the dungeon map. Each dungeon contains dangerous traps, vicious monsters and treasures for you to find. Because dungeons take longer to explore than a standard location, there are a few minor changes to the game when you enter one. In the dungeon, players take turns performing two actions, including moving to new rooms, exploring your surroundings, and more.

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In Ark Nova you plan and design a modern zoo with the ultimate goal of having the most successful zoo. You build enclosures, house animals and support nature conservation projects around the world. Specialists and unique buildings can help you achieve certain objectives during the game. The Games Friends: What a hit Ark Nova is. In our opinion, one of the best games EVER! The enormous amount of cards gives you a high replayability and the different action options also ensure that you can play each game differently. Highly recommended!

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The Wandering Sea is vast, filled with hidden treasures and lost totems. In the far south lies Zokmere, the shrine city, where hundreds of splintered houses cling to jungle hills in a turquoise bay. In the northeast, the gods hide the remains of a vast city and the history of their evil. Get your crew ready. New dangers and adventures await. Sleeping Gods: Tides of Ruin expands the world of Sleeping Gods with a second atlas, accompanying storybook, new adventure maps, enemies, events and more. Combine this expansion seamlessly with the base game to make the world even bigger.

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Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion is a standalone game set before the events of Gloomhaven. In the game you will find four new characters, namely the Valrath Red Guard, the Inox Hatchet, the Human Voidwarden and the Quatryl Demolitionist. All new characters can also be used in the original Gloomhaven game. In the game you will find 16 different monsters and a campaign of 25 scenarios, in which the heroes must investigate a number of mysterious disappearances in the city. Is it Vermlings' work or is there something else going on? In Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion the gameplay has been simplified somewhat, making it interesting for less hardcore gamers as well. For example, you no longer have to put together the board yourself with all the loose tiles, but all scenarios are conveniently packed in a scenario book. There are also five tutorial scenarios, making it very easy to learn how to play the game. All of this makes Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion the perfect introduction to the world of Gloomhaven! The Games Friends: " WOW! Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion is perhaps even better than its big brother. The story is super fun to follow, it plays smoothly, setting up is much faster than with Gloomhaven and because you nothing ruins it, you can keep playing it. Highly recommended and one of our favorite games ever!

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In Sleeping Gods you and up to 3 friends play Captain Sofi Odessa and her crew. You are lost in a strange world in 1929 with your steamship, the Manticore. You must work together to survive, explore exotic islands, meet new characters and search for the totems of the gods so you can return home. Sleeping Gods is a campaign game. Each session can last as long as you want. When you're ready to take a break, mark your progress on a travel log so you can easily return to the same spot in the game the next time you play. You can play alone or with friends during your campaign. It's easy to add and remove players at will. Your goal is to find at least fourteen totems hidden around the world. Just like reading a book, you will complete this journey in one or two hours at a time, discovering new lands, stories and challenges along the way. Sleeping Gods is an atlas game. Each page of the atlas represents just a small part of the world for you to explore. When you reach the edge of a page and want to continue in the same direction, just open a new page and continue. Sleeping Gods is a fairytale game. Each new location contains a wild adventure, hidden treasures and vibrant characters. Your choices affect the characters and plot of the game and can help or hinder your chances of getting home! Welcome to a vast world. Your journey begins now. The Games Friends: " Sleeping Gods is FANTASTIC. The actions are fun and fluid, the artwork is absolutely beautiful and the stories are very well written and interesting. Actually, this game does nothing wrong and that is why it is one of our favorite games of all time .A must-have game for anyone who loves narrative adventure games!

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Distilled: The Spirited Strategy Game is a highly thematic, medium-weight Euro game about making alcoholic drinks in a distillery. The gameplay is inspired by real-world distillery processes with resource management, recipe fulfillment, tableau building, and luck reduction mechanisms. You've inherited a distillery from a long-lost relative and aim for the title of master distiller by purchasing goods, building your distillery and creating the world's most renowned spirits! Buy new ingredients and invest in upgrades to your distillery as you distill the spirit and send it to the warehouse. Once in the warehouse, mature your spirit to improve the taste and bottle it to sell when you make big profits! This package also includes the Africa and Middle East expansion. Here you will discover ingredients, recipes and personalities from Africa and the Middle East. Get a taste of a culture not in the base game by distilling and selling new spirits like Akpeteshie and Boukha. Use new distillery upgrades, powerful ingredients and themed items to win new prizes in this expansion.

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The Caribbean in the 17th century: several countries are in a constant struggle for supremacy, as they all strive to improve their economic and political position in the region. You are sailors and adventurers and you seek to increase your reputation among these countries, forge strong alliances and ultimately gain wealth and fame. You have to do everything you can to win - your opponents don't sit still. Only if you manage to successfully carry out your plans will you be victorious! This can be achieved through various strategies: upgrade your ship to a powerful ship, fight for a country, build a network of assistants, go on expeditions, complete missions and much more. But beware: your maneuvers must be carefully planned, because a lap can be over sooner than you expect! Immerse yourself in a colorful world full of adventures and clever opportunities. A new and beautiful design from the master of strategic expert games - Alexander Pfister. Climb aboard and sail to Maracaibo! A unique story mode: you can play Maracaibo as a campaign, experiencing an exciting story. During that story, changes create a surprising game flow!

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Terraforming Mars takes place in the year 2400 on the planet Mars. In this board game you start with a minimal income and from there you try to build a successful machine. Together with your opponent you will convert Mars into a habitable planet, while trying to buy the right cards that can give you victory! The Games Friends: “ Terraforming Mars is a unique game that perfectly combines cooperative components with the battle for victory. You are dependent on each other, because together you are trying to make Mars habitable. But only one person will walk away with the victory... Highly recommended! "

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Arkham Horror: The Card Game Revised Core Set is a cooperative Living Card Game set in the early 20th century. As unspeakable evil and terrifying horrors seek to enter our world, one to four investigators attempt to unravel all the mysteries and conspiracies before it's too late. Each player takes on the role of one of these researchers. During your turn you can play cards, move your investigator from location to location, look for clues, or attack and hopefully defeat a monster. Once all players have had their turn, the Mythos phase begins, in which new threats arise that you will have to deal with. If you take too long, the enemy's agenda will advance, which could lead to an unfavorable outcome for the scenario! But what's new about the Revised Core Set? To be honest, nothing has changed about the game itself. This is still the Arkham Horror: The Card Game that many have come to know and love. The rules are the same, the campaign is the same, the experience is the same. Even the cards are largely the same, with the only difference being a number of new cards that are great for new players. The contents of the box have received an organizational upgrade, meaning it's much easier to find specific cards than before. Additionally, some additional quality improvements have been made, such as new numbered resources and clue/threat tokens, and even a lead investigator token! The Games Friends: " One of our favorite games! We think it's really cool that you can upgrade your character and deck during the game and that the choices you make in the game have direct consequences in the story. "

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Go on an adventure in the world of the Vikings and work as a trader, hunter or plunderer. Build houses, discover distant lands and contribute to the celebration of Odin every round. In this grand strategic game, Uwe Rosenberg takes you to a bygone era. A variety of action options and equipment cards for your Northmen guarantee a unique game, where you try to optimize the possibilities on your player board every time! “Odin” is a saga in the form of a board game. You relive the cultural successes, trading expeditions and plunderings of the tribes we now know as “Vikings”. This term came to be used very differently around the end of the first millennium. When the northerners went on a plundering expedition they said they were going on a "viking". The Scandinavian ancestors, however, were much more than ordinary pirates. They were explorers, traders and founders of states. Leif Eriksson was probably the first European in America, long before Columbus. In the region now called Normandy, the invaders were not called Vikings but “Normans”. One of them was the famous William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. He achieved what the King of Norway could not achieve a few years earlier: conquering the English throne. The fact that the people of that time became good sailors had to do with the fact that it was difficult to live from agriculture alone. Major crop shortages caused much suffering. In this game you can plunder and discover new areas. You also experience what everyday life was like by collecting goods that give you a strong position in society. Ultimately, the game is won by the player whose possessions are worth the most.

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In 1880, Sherlock Holmes put together a group of street children and called them The Baker Street Irregulars, his unofficial 'sidekicks'. In Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective you play that group and solve a total of 10 different cases. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a cooperative game in which players attempt to solve a mysterious case while visiting various locations in 19th century London. Try to unravel everything and at the end of the game compare your score with the great Sherlock Holmes. In The Baker Street Irregulars you will find ten new cases, including an introductory case that is perfect for new players. In addition, there are also some new mechanisms and surprises, so that this part also feels fresh for the professional detectives.

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Clash of the Ardennes is a turn-based tile laying board game for 2 players. You and your opponent will have to fight around every street corner and forest road. Prepare for an immersive World War II experience and make sure you pack your gloves, because all hell will break loose in seconds this winter! Now it's on! The game takes place during the Battle of the Bulge. A historical moment that tells the true story of two armies, the Allies (Americans) and Germans. Both players have 7 streets in front of them. By strategically and tactically placing your units in the desired streets, you try to reach the other side in one piece. But... keep in mind that your opponent will try to prevent this. The smartest, most hostile and most daring general will win this battle!

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Dune: Imperium is a game with elements and characters from the Dune universe, both from the film and the books by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. In Dune: Imperium you are the leader of one of the houses. War is approaching and at the center of the conflict is Arrakis – Dune, a desert planet. Dune: Imperium combines deck-building with secret information and worker placement. Try to defeat your opponents in battle and collect important cards to emerge victorious. The Games Friends: " Dune Imperium is very well put together. The actions are perfectly coordinated and the many cards provide good replayability. You score few points during the game, so that sometimes takes some getting used to, but otherwise it is a great experience. topper that will remain high on the lists of the best board games ever for years to come. "

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"Lemonade? They want lemonade? Where is the world going? I want commercials for hamburgers on all channels, every 15 minutes. Because with us you can buy a real hamburger, not some cheap one. And I want a billboard next to that house on the corner, so that they even feel like having a fresh beer from their garden!" The trainee subtly tries to raise a problem... "Not enough staff? What do you mean, too few staff?" barks the CEO. "Hire more people, train them and pay them a pittance. I didn't enter the business world to become poor. By the way, fire the discount manager immediately because she only costs money. Bring in the marketing manager!" Food Chain Magnate is a tough strategic game in which you build your own fast food brand. Players must take purchasing, marketing and sales into account. Will you create the most beautiful empire? The Games Friends: " Food Chain Magnate is brilliantly put together. Every choice and every action is important in this game, because you can just be overrun by your opponents. One of our favorite games ever! "

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In the not so distant future, humanity has finally decided to spread beyond the borders of our world. The United Nations is offering grants to any company willing to invest time and money in terraforming the big red planet. Prestige and opportunity await the company that has the biggest impact on making Mars habitable. In Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, each player takes on the role of a company working to build oceans, increase temperatures, and increase oxygen levels in the Martian atmosphere. Each player will have a hand full of Project Cards that they will build and use to race against their fellow Entrepreneurs and achieve the highest Terraforming Rating. Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition is a standalone card game version of Terraforming Mars. It offers the same complexity and decision-making in half the playing time and you can pick it up faster than its big brother. How fast can you terraform Mars? The Games Friends: Terraforming Mars, but faster and more streamlined. Even though the big game will still be on the table often, we may pull this version out a little faster. Not because this version is immediately better, but because you can have it ready within the hour. Highly recommended!

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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a cooperative game where you have to solve a mystery. Because why were two lions murdered in Hyde Park? Who killed Oswald Mason and why? And who stole the paintings from the National Gallery? To solve these mysteries, you have to look for clues in the newspapers, interview suspects and visit the crime scene. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is not a board game (after all, there is no board) and luck does not play any factor in this game! To find the answers, you have to think logically, make connections and visit the right people. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a test of the mental brain! The Games Friends: “ Sherlock Holmes is one of our favorite games ever. You immerse yourself completely in the atmosphere of London in the 19th century, thanks to the fantastically written texts and the included newspapers. The cases are quite tough, but the joy when you have solved the mystery is very great. A big, big, BIG recommendation! ”

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In Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game you are a detective and you have to solve murders and unravel other mysteries. With the help of the game cards you go through the story and you have to continuously choose what you are going to do. Are you going to question the suspect? Are you going to investigate the crime scene? Or do you delve further into a specific clue? In addition to the cards, the game board and the tokens, this game also works with a website where you can find the police computer system. In this system you can, for example, enter the DNA or fingerprints of a suspect to see whether it matches certain people. Super awesome! You might find evidence to support your theory! Your job is to solve the case as quickly as possible with all the tools you have. The basic game contains five different scenarios that together form one large campaign. Can you unravel the mysteries? The Games Friends: “ Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game is the perfect game to immerse yourself in. The story is really fantastic and once you have solved the first scenario you will definitely want to move on to the next one. Highly recommended for lovers of detective games! One of our favorite games ever! ”

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San Francisco, 1937. Your cargo plane flies through a portal and transports you into a rugged landscape full of bizarre creatures, devious gods and unknown dangers. Can you find your way back before the portal closes? Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies is a standalone sequel set in the world of Sleeping Gods. Although it builds on story elements from the first game, you don't have to have played Sleeping Gods to enjoy this sequel. The game features new characters and stories; concepts from the original game are explained as you encounter them. We are releasing the collector's edition, which also includes the Thunderstorm Isle expansion, as well as some deluxe upgrades such as miniatures for all characters, a painted airplane mini and metal tokens. The Games Friends: "Sleeping Gods Distant Skies is once again a big hit. It plays a little smoother than its predecessor, but the amount of stories is still just as impressive. We are totally fans!"

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The Wandering Sea is vast, filled with hidden treasures and lost totems. In the far south lies Zokmere, the shrine city, where hundreds of splintered houses cling to jungle hills in a turquoise bay. In the northeast, the gods hide the remains of a vast city and the history of their evil. Get your crew ready. New dangers and adventures await. Sleeping Gods: Tides of Ruin expands the world of Sleeping Gods with a second atlas, accompanying storybook, new adventure maps, enemies, events and more. Combine this expansion seamlessly with the base game to make the world even bigger.

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In Terraforming Mars: Prelude you choose a number of prelude cards that ensure that you get off to a flying start in the game. In addition, there are 5 new cooperatives and 7 new project cards that perfectly match the first steps of terraforming a planet. The Prelude expansion gives you a head start in the game. This means that a game of Terraforming Mars takes a little less time and you have more time for it during your games night! To play this Terraforming Mars expansion, you need the Terraforming Mars base game .

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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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The catacombs of the skeleton dragon Umbrok Vessna are mysterious and dangerous. Portals transport you through the depths of the dungeons. Wayshrines offer vast riches to intrepid explorers. Prisoners are counting on you to free them. Ghosts, once deranged, can haunt you to death. Each journey into the catacombs is unique as you lay tiles to create the dungeon. You can play with the all-new dungeon deck alone, or you can use cards from previous Clank! expansions. Find your fortune (and escape the dragon!) in Clank! Catacombs.

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In Root, players take on the role of various factions living in the forest. Each role has different powers and action options, making it a beautifully illustrated asymmetrical winner. Perfect for a game night with your friends. The Games Friends: “ Root is a challenging board game for the real enthusiast. Because all factions are different, the replayability is enormous. In addition, the artwork is beautiful and you can have fun in the world of Root (partly thanks to the expansions)! ”

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Sleeping Gods: Dungeons adds six dungeons to Sleeping Gods. Each dungeon contains a map and stories. In a dungeon, the gameplay will be slightly changed from the regular game. Each card is printed on thick card stock (Letter-sized, 8.5×11 inches). A separate dungeon booklet contains all the descriptions, encounters and puzzles you will experience during your exploration. You can access these dungeons in specific locations in the atlas of the Sleeping Gods base game. When you reach a location that contains a dungeon, you can choose to read from the standard storybook or explore the dungeon located there instead. The specified location number is located in the upper left corner of the dungeon map. Each dungeon contains dangerous traps, vicious monsters and treasures for you to find. Because dungeons take longer to explore than a standard location, there are a few minor changes to the game when you enter one. In the dungeon, players take turns performing two actions, including moving to new rooms, exploring your surroundings, and more.

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Carnegie the board game was inspired by the life of Andrew Carnegie who was born in Scotland in 1835. Andrew Carnegie and his parents emigrated to the United States in 1848. Although he began his career as a telegraph operator, he eventually became one of the key players in the rise of the American steel industry. That made him one of the richest men in the world and an icon of the American Dream. Andrew Carnegie was also a benefactor and philanthropist; after his death in 1919, more than $350 million of his fortune was bequeathed to various foundations, with another $30 million going to various charities. His donations created nearly 2,500 free public libraries that bear his name: the Carnegie Libraries. During the game, you recruit and manage employees, expand your business, invest in real estate, produce and sell goods, and create transportation chains across the United States; you can even work with important personalities of the time. The game takes place over 20 rounds; players each have one turn per round. On each turn, the active player chooses one of four actions, which the other players may follow. The aim of the game is to build the most prestigious company, symbolized by victory points.

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Clank is a deckbuilding game set in a dragon's lair. This dragon's lair contains all kinds of ancient treasures that you will try to steal. The further you go into the dragon's lair, the more valuable the ancient treasures will be. But if you make too much noise or take a wrong step, you will wake the dragon and he will send you back to the beginning! Make sure you act quickly and quietly. If you make it out of the dragon's lair alive, you can keep the ancient treasures. The player with the largest treasure wins the game! The Games Friends: “ We are completely in love with Clank! The rules can be explained very quickly and the theme is fantastically implemented. Because you build your deck differently every game and because there are many different boards to discover (partly due to the awesome expansions), every game is different! "

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A strategic development game by successful author Jamey Stegmaier. In Tapestry you weave the story of your own unique civilization. You start with nothing and progress along the 4 tracks of development (science, technology, exploration and military) to receive increasingly better rewards and benefits. You can focus on a specific track or take a balanced approach. Improve your income, build your capital, exploit your unique skills and draw carpet cards that tell the story of your civilization. Does your civilization reach the stars? The Games Friends: “ Tapestry is a fantastic board game, with many different possibilities. Yet you explained Tapestry this way because the actions are simple and clear. The artwork on the cards is beautiful and due to the large number of peoples you have many variation options. An absolute winner, which comes to our table very often!"

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The Loire Valley in the 15th century. As influential nobles, players grow their holdings through strategic trade and commerce. Cards that serve as "dice" show possible actions, but the players make the final decisions. Do you want to trade or buy livestock, build buildings in the city or invest in scientific progress? There are many paths to prosperity and prestige! The winner is the player with the most victory points at the end of the game. French and English rules available.

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In Nemesis you are aboard a spaceship and wake up from a hibernation . The emergency procedure indicates that there is a critical system error that prevents the ship from continuing. The crew's goal is to find out the reason for this error and try to get back to Earth safely. But unfortunately there is an even bigger problem. One of the crew members is dead... You soon find out that you are not alone on the spaceship, because you hear strange noises around you. Sounds you've never heard before... The Games Friends: What a brilliant game Nemesis is. The rules are tough, but you get so much replayability in return. To start with, it is nice that the tiles are placed differently each time, so that every pot is different. And you really feel like writing a story while playing, because such cool things happen. In our opinion, a must-have for fans of dark cooperative games!

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Start new adventures in the iconic world created by JRR Tolkien with the board game The Lord of the Rings Journey in Middle-Earth! In this fully cooperative, app-supported board game for one to five players, you will battle vicious enemies, make courageous choices, and defeat the evil that threatens the land - all as part of a thrilling campaign that takes you through the legendary hills and valleys of Middle-Earth carries. Each individual Journeys in Middle-Earth adventure is part of a larger campaign. You'll explore the vast and dynamic landscapes of Middle-Earth and use your skills to survive the challenges of these dangerous missions. As you and your fellow heroes explore the wilderness and battle the forces of darkness, the game's app helps you uncover the looming forests, silent glades and ancient halls of Middle-Earth as well as control your enemies. Whether you venture into the wilderness alone or with friends, create your own story in the history of Middle-Earth. The Games Friends: “ What an epic board game Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle Earth is! We think it's great that the scenarios are so different and the app works very well. In addition, the actions are also logical and the fact that you can place some cards on top or bottom of your pile is nice. We are huge fans of this game and if you like narrative board games then you really need Lord of the Ring Journeys in Middle Earth!”

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