At Qwixx you don't have to wait for your turn - someone rolls the dice and everyone can use the roll! The more numbers you cross on your score sheet, the more points you get. Qwixx can be explained in two minutes and is exciting until the last throw. Join the dice and get caught up in the QWIXX fever! The Games Friends: “ Qwixx is a very addictive dice game. The rules are super simple and because a game is over within 15 minutes, it is often on the table at our house. The many extensions also give you a lot of variety. An indispensable game for dice enthusiasts!"

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Pondscape is a strategic card game for 1 - 4 players with a playtime of approximately 30 minutes. In this game, players build their own vibrant pond by carefully placing cards with different frog species and pond landscapes, while simultaneously collecting insects. Each round, players choose cards from an open market and add them to their pond one by one. By fulfilling the unique wishes of each frog species, they earn points — the larger the group of the same species, the higher the reward. A special element is the jumping frog, a central frog that hunts for insects and other food. All players influence the actions of this jumping frog and compete to collect insects that provide bonus points at the final tally. Only those who plan cleverly and play efficiently will create the most balanced and flourishing pond! You can upgrade Pondscape with a wooden frog! Style photos: Henk Rolleman

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Dive into the beautiful world of Shallow Sea , a puzzle board game inspired by the breathtaking beauty of the Great Barrier Reef. In Shallow Sea, players create their own colorful ocean landscapes by strategically placing sea life, colorful fish, and corals. Shallow Sea is full of strategic choices, as you try to achieve as many objectives as possible. This creates exciting combos and tough dilemmas that keep you on your toes. The game is easy to learn, but challenging to master. The goal in Shallow Sea is to have the most points at the end of the game. On your turn, you choose a combination of a fish and an adjacent tile. Place both on an empty space on your ocean board. When fish of the correct color gather around a coral tile, the coral is completed and the tile is flipped over. Completed coral becomes a home for fish, so you must tactically choose which fish will inhabit the coral. Use shells to both attract fish and move them around, creating amazing combos by completing multiple tiles in a single turn. Each sea life tile requires specific patterns of fish or coral. Go for a variety of creatures to enrich your ocean. Customize your ocean to meet the unique scoring requirements of the ecosystem cards. The game ends when there are only four empty spaces left on your ocean board. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins!

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After a series of catastrophes left civilization in ruins, societies across the world are rebuilding, this time in harmony with nature. Scotland lies in ruins, and the ancient clans have taken it upon themselves to restore the land. As clan leaders, players compete for strategic control of the territory by rebuilding prestigious castles. Rebirth is a tile-laying game by Reiner Knizia that revitalizes this classic genre by combining smooth gameplay with beautiful artwork. The result is a eurogame with simple gameplay, yet plenty of strategic depth. Each turn, players draw a tile from their supply and place it on the board. The tiles represent their clan's contribution to the rebuilding of the land. Rebirth rewards foresight and clever tactical choices, with decisions becoming increasingly challenging as the game progresses. Product Photos:Boardgame Pictures

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Reforest is a card game in which players compete to create the healthiest forest ecosystem by assembling a tableau of plants, each with unique properties and abilities. On your turn, you choose one of two actions. You can collect plants by drawing two cards from the draw pile or from the open plant market. You can also play a plant by adding a plant card to your tableau in one of the allowed height categories (low, medium or high areas). You pay the cost of cards by discarding other plants from your hand as nutrients. Because space is limited, taller plants can be placed over pioneer species. Each new plant earns points and contributes to a growing ecosystem of interconnected skills. At the end of each round, when the draw pile is empty, the player whose plants best match an animal visitor's preferences ( such as the most flowers or fruits ) receives an animal card. The game ends when all animals have found a home. The players' forests are then scored and the player with the most points wins.

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Build the most prestigious amusement park ever! Buy the most exciting attractions, offer the best services and welcome as many visitors as possible through buses and advertising. Respond to the needs of the audience and success will follow! Make sure you don't neglect any visitors, as unhappy visitors will damage your reputation. Organize your park with new attractions and offer your visitors the best services. When visitors are satisfied, you earn the most prestige points. Choose your attractions carefully and make sure the various paths through your park don't become dead ends, which, like unhappy visitors, will damage your good reputation. At the end of the game, your park is evaluated and the player with the most prestige points is declared the winner.

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Take a journey through Cascadia in northwestern North America and create a balanced ecosystem. The turns are simple: choose a combination of habitat tile and animal token and place it in your growing ecosystem. Receive points by satisfying the animal species' wishes. You also receive points for the size of your habitats. With 20 different animal cards, every game of Cascadia is different. Cascadia is a puzzle game for 1 to 4 players. With the performance walking path you can also take on the challenge alone or together to complete certain assignments and become the expert of Cascadia. In this challenge (3 modules) you will find a total of 30 different assignments that you can complete. The Games Friends: Cascadia is a real hit! It has the same ease as Calico, but we still find this game a lot more fun. Due to the different animal cards, there is sufficient variation in the game, which makes it something that is often on the table here. Highly recommended!

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The Nesting Season expansion adds player interaction. By creating a thriving underwater ecosystem, players can help turtles brave the shore and lay their precious eggs. Guide your sea turtles to the ideal nesting sites! With brand new marine life, ecosystem maps, and corals, experience Shallow Sea in greater depth than ever before with this expansion!

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A mini-expansion with 4 fish meeples and 3 ecosystem cards featuring these meeples. The 4 species of fish in this mini-expansion are rare fish that are threatened with extinction. The meeples from this expansion are used in combination with the included ecosystem cards, which offers a completely new experience. For example, you will discover that no sea life likes to get near a fearsome shark! Increase the replayability of Shallow Sea with this mini-expansion.

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The Ticket to Ride Europe board game takes you on a new train adventure through the largest cities in Europe. Players try to complete train routes on their destination cards. You do this by claiming connections between cities, which you can build via the right card combinations. Have you collected the most points with your train network at the end of the game? Then you are the winner! Ticket to Ride Europe is a Dutch, stand-alone version of the original board game 'Ticket to Ride' with a map of Europe. This game offers excitement and fun for the whole family! The Games Friends: “ Ticket to Ride Europe is a fantastic board game and, in our opinion, a deserved classic for years. The actions are super simple, but you can still make plenty of tactical choices in the routes you choose and the train cards you take. Every family should have this at home!"

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2 new variants for even more fun 2 extra score blocks with 80 sheets each (160 in total) for the popular dice game and card game QWIXX. The rules don't change, but the gaming experience does. There are 2 new variants in this package: variant A has a score block with numbers in ascending and descending order, but each row consists of 4 different colors. Variant B has a score block with numbers that are not in ascending and descending order but mixed together (but the same color per row). NB! You can only use these score blocks in combination with Qwixx the Card Game and Qwixx the Dice Game!

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It's the 19th century. You are teenagers who have embarked on one of the first scientific expeditions to the legendary, uninhabited island of Toriki. Just before reaching shore, your ship is caught in a storm and crashes against the rocks. With the last of your strength, you swim to shore—and there begins the adventure! Do you have what it takes to survive the challenges of a deserted island? Toriki: Deserted Island is a cooperative family game of adventure, discovery, and survival. Scan & Play technology combines digital elements with a classic board game, creating an immersive, interactive experience enhanced with beautifully illustrated components. Explore the island in search of resources, craft new tools, discover unknown species, and name them! But above all: survive and find a way home. The game plays as a single, continuous adventure lasting 6 to 8 hours, but can be paused and saved at any time. You won't break anything, so you can replay the adventure multiple times to discover new elements!

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In Carniverhoor, you have to find the culprit! Although, is there just one culprit? Maybe two, or three?! At the start of a case, each suspect is assigned a statement, such as " The shark is telling the truth " or " A carnivore did it ." You know how many perpetrators you're looking for, and you have an idea of ​​how many of the statements are true. Can you use this information to determine who committed the crime? Carniverhoor contains no fewer than 2,000 cases, each with only one possible solution. The difficulty level gradually increases, up to cases with a maximum of seven suspects! There's also a campaign mode that connects multiple cases. You score based on the time you take to find each solution—if you even manage it...

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Two new variants for even more gaming fun. In this pack you will find two extra score blocks with 80 sheets each (160 in total) for the popular dice game and card game Qwixx. The block contains different versions (AE) per variant, so that all players always have different bonus fields.

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Once a year, the best miracle doctors and proselytizers come together in Kakelenburg to brew drinks against sweaty feet, homesickness, hiccups and heartbreak. However, every quack cooks his own soup here. Each player draws ingredients from his own supply bag, composed during the course of the game, until he thinks his drink is perfect. But be careful: a few popping peas and the whole drink will explode. So it is better to stop in time and cook a smaller portion and use the proceeds to purchase valuable ingredients. In this way, the supply bag fills with more and more useful ingredients, which may make the next drink even better and earn more points. In this game with more than 2000 combination options, the proven deckbuilding system is combined with the popular “push your luck” mechanism. The Games Friends: “ The Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg is a fantastic game, where you have to make many tactical choices and need a little bit of luck. Normally we would find that element of luck a shame, but because at Kwakzalvers you have plenty of options to avoid it, it doesn't bother us at all. Kwakzalvers is really great!"

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Put together your expedition in this deckbuilding board game and lead it through the jungles of South America. You need a good plan, expert explorers and the right equipment. Will you choose the boy scout, the photographer or the propeller plane? It's up to you and your team to find the best route through the wilderness and win the race to El Dorado! Every route is a new challenge. Every game requires a different strategy!

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Roll the dice and enter one of your rolled dice in the corresponding category. Each category earns points in a different way. Choose wisely and pay close attention to the remaining dice. You must serve each die with a lower result on the silver tray to the other players. They may therefore also be able to score important points. In this dice game, all players are constantly busy. This makes it extremely exciting until the end! The Games Friends: “ Clever is one of the best dice games on the board game market. Even though it is only a very small game, the various tactical choices make it feel like a large board game. Another great one from the maker of Kwakzalvers and De Tavernen van de Oude Stad! ”

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Grow a forest, from simple herbs to mighty forest giants. Reforest: Primeval Forest expands Reforest with a new set of plants and animal visitors, along with ancient trees, parasitic plants, and game-changing terrain modules. This expansion can be combined with Reforest or played as a standalone game. The box also includes space to store the original Reforest. In Reforest: Primeval Forest, players compete to grow the healthiest forest by building a tableau of plants, each with its own properties and skills. During your turn, you choose one of two actions. You can draw cards, or you can play a plant by adding a card to your forest tableau. The cost of plants is covered by discarding other plants from your hand as nutrients. Because space is limited, taller plants can grow over smaller ones. Each plant earns points and contributes to an ecosystem full of interactions. At the end of each round ( when the plant deck is depleted ), the player who best matches an animal visitor's preferences earns a visitor card. The game ends when all visitors have found a home. Players then score points for both their plants and their visitors. New elements in this expansion include: Ancient Trees that can reveal previously hidden effects and regenerate stored plants, Parasitic Plants that are free to play but feed on existing plants, and Terrain Cards that provide benefits for your different zones.

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New adventures in the search for El Dorado! With this expansion, the expedition leaders will face new challenges, such as curses and demons. But don't worry, you will also get help from an unexpected source. This way you can hire special heroes and start your journey with your personal animal sidekick. Heroes & Demons continues with three new terrain tiles, new expedition cards and new cave tokens. Furthermore, this expansion has additional rules. There are now demon cards, a kind of punishment cards that take up space in your deck of expedition cards. You also run the risk of curses, which saddle you with demon cards or set your pawn back. Heroes & Demons can only be played in combination with The Search for El Dorado. The Games Friends: "An absolute must for fans of the basic game. The new tiles and cards provide even more variation and therefore you can make endless combinations. Highly recommended!"

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In Meadow the players are hikers who set out to discover the secrets of nature and spot the local fauna and flora. Don't forget to take your map with you on this picturesque walk and be inspired by the unspoilt nature. Driven by your passion, your insatiable curiosity and your desire to unravel the mysteries of nature, you try to win the title of 'best spotter'. However, to do this you will have to collect more points than your opponents! You do this by discovering as many animals, plants and landscapes as possible, and by collecting samples. The competition continues tonight around the campfire: you will have to achieve the objectives of your adventures as quickly as possible. In addition to the regular game, Meadow also contains an advanced variant (with opening envelopes) and a solo variant. The game contains more than two hundred unique cards with hand-painted watercolor illustrations.

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The sequel to the popular and super addictive dice game. New dice and options provide new challenges. '2' continues where Keer op Keer leaves off. For example, a player can now also choose to choose the seventh die on his turn. For example, with the bomb you cross off 4 squares anywhere and the heart provides extra points for a completed column. It is now also worthwhile to complete not only the columns but also the rows. Just roll the dice! The Games Friends: “Keer op Keer 2 is highly recommended for fans of roll & write games. The new dice allow you to play it even more tactically and the rows also provide more variation. As far as we are concerned, this variant is even better than part 1!"

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Collaboration is central in Cahoots! Complete the assignment cards with 4 cards placed in 4 piles next to each other. Note: You may only play cards that match the color or number of the previous card on the pile. Work together and complete all assignments without discussing what each player has in hand. Can you make all the piles purple or orange? Or make the value of all cards exactly 10? In this cooperative game, all players work together in a team and you try to complete all the assignment cards. With 4 number cards on the table, one or more assignment cards must be completed. Players take turns placing a card on one of the 4 cards. The card you place down should always be the same color or number as the card you place it on top of. Complete all assignment cards before the game ends. Cahoots is a real challenge because you are not allowed to consult with each other.

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Dice and puzzle game for the whole family! Check boxes on your playing field to fill columns and similarly colored areas as quickly as possible. Each turn you choose a dice color and a dice number. You combine these, allowing you to check adjacent boxes of the chosen color. Always make the right choice and try to remove the combination desired by the other players. Your options increase as you expand your playing field wisely. In addition to points for complete columns, you also get a bonus if you have checked all boxes of 1 color. The game ends when a player has checked 2 complete colors. Who has the most points? The Games Friends: “ The subtitle of Keer op Keer is 'It never ends with 1 game' and that is absolutely correct! The rules are super simple and a game never lasts long. The easy and fun mechanics make it a very entertaining dice game every time!"

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Roll the dice and enter one of your rolled dice in the corresponding category. Each category earns points in a different way. Choose wisely and pay close attention to the remaining dice. You have to choose wisely to have sufficient choice in subsequent turns. It is also important not to lose sight of the throws of the other players. Whoever has the most points after a certain number of rounds wins the game. In Clever to the Power of 3, new challenges and decisions await players. The order of the chosen dice can determine whether certain fields can be filled... perhaps even several at the same time. This makes the moment of choice much more important than before. When choosing between points and bonuses, it is important to always consider which route leads to the perfect end result. The Games Friends: " We like this one just a bit more than Clever 1 and Dice zo Clever. By building up the different tracks you can score even more bonuses, which is just a lot of fun. Indispensable for Clever fans and again just a a step further than part 1. "

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The player places his cards on one of the three bird rows on the table. When a player includes more than one bird, he receives these bird cards in his hand. If the player has the number of cards of the same bird type in hand to form a small or large flock, he may play them and keep 1 or 2 cards (depending on the flock) in front of him. The first player to have 7 different birds or 2 different species with three birds wins the game

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You have just been elected mayor. Congratulations! Unfortunately, your citizens have some big demands: they want jobs, an amusement park, a few cheese factories, and maybe even a radio tower. Wow, that will be a difficult assignment because your city currently only consists of a wheat field, a bakery and one dice. Armed with a dice and your dream, you must grow Machi Koro into the largest city in the region. You have to generate income from developments, build public works and steal from your neighbors' coffers. But make sure they don't do the same to you! At the end of your turn, you can use your income to buy one new building from the supply or activate one of your attractions. The player who activates their fourth attraction first wins the game. The Games Friends: “ Machi Koro is a real hit and, despite the luck of the dice rolls, you can still play it very tactically. A game is over in no time, so it is the perfect game for a break or for a holiday. As far as we are concerned, a true classic!"

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2 extra score blocks with 80 sheets each (160 in total) for the popular dice game QWIXX NB! You can only use these score blocks in combination with Qwixx the Card Game and Qwixx the Dice Game!

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Two new score blocks for Qwixx with game variants! The first is 'Steps'. Make sure you check the 11 extra boxes on your score sheet, because that will give you extra points. In 'Chains' you automatically put an extra cross when you check a connected box. Different versions (AE) per variant in each block, so that all players always have different bonus fields. NB! You can only use these score blocks in combination with Qwixx the Card Game and Qwixx the Dice Game!

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In Beverbende, tactics and memory go hand in hand. You have 4 penalty cards face down in front of you, but you can only look at two of them. On your turn, you draw a card and take an action with it. This way you can exchange the card for one of your face-down cards or even influence the cards of the other players. If you have the fewest penalties, you win the round. Beverbende is ideally suited for families with children. Can also be combined with Beaver Clan.

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The alchemists of Kakelenburg are now known far beyond the city's borders. Their medicine is as famous as it is infamous. Seeking help come from far away to have their usually exotic complaints treated "professionally" by miracle doctors. The best from your guild are asked here: the alchemists of Kakelenburg tackle the most difficult cases of the quack profession. With high-quality technical equipment, they distill the best magic soup to reduce the suffering of patients. Distilling gives players valuable bonuses and special abilities, which give them advantages over the course of the game. This expansion also contains 20 new divination cards and 2 new ingredient books for the fool's herb. The Games Friends: " Very strong expansion. We make a lot of use of the new features and it fits well into the mechanisms of the basic game. As far as we are concerned, The Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg: The Alchemists is indispensable for the fans! "

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Three score blocks for the avid Keer op Keer players with three different levels for even more challenges!

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It is autumn, it has rained a lot and there are plenty of mushrooms growing in the forest. On a nice day you will pick chanterelles, morels, boletus and parasol mushrooms in the forest that you know inside out. But be quick, because you're not the only one who knows that all that good stuff grows there. Try to collect the tastiest harvest!

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At the end of the 19th century, America was developing rapidly. New railroad companies compete to meet the needs of the growing population. Traders, officials, food and goods have to be transported from one place to another. A complicated network of train connections has now emerged. Thaddeus Reeves was one of the young entrepreneurs who dreamed of connecting the entire nation and succeeded exceptionally well. Reeves Rails quickly built lucrative train routes from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi, and the company's future looks bright. But greedy railroad magnates are lurking for an opportunity to take over Thaddeus' growing railroad empire. As the years have passed, Reeves Rails has continued to grow and develop considerably. With your new railway company you can now play a role in this important industry. The potential and wealth really shine from your new steam engines and these new railway carriages should make the difference. Satisfied, you open the newspaper and read the headlines from the West... Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West gives you the chance to board your favorite train game and experience the imagination of Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock and Alan R. Moon. You'll embark on a twelve-game journey as you lead your North American railroad to riches and fortune through a campaign full of adventures. Obtaining your destination cards remains your main goal, but you will also need to develop other skills if you want to overcome unexpected events and resourceful enemies. Game after game, route after route, you fill your vault with your earnings. As the game progresses, you'll open region boxes that offer new rules, content and many more surprises. Like other Ticket to Ride games, this game is easy to learn and offers an immersive experience with an extensive storyline that any fan of the game series will enjoy. And after playing 12 Legacy games, you'll be left with a unique game that you can keep playing!

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Meadow is a fascinating collectible game with more than two hundred unique cards with hand-painted watercolor illustrations. In the game, players take on the role of explorers competing for the title of the most skilled nature observer. To win, they collect cards with the most valuable species, landscapes and discoveries. Their journey is guided by passion, a curiosity about the world, an inquisitive mind and a desire to discover the mysteries of nature. The competition continues at the bonfire where players race to fulfill the goals of their adventures. In this medium board game for 1-4 players, you take turns placing path tokens on one of the two boards. Placing a token on the main board allows the player to obtain cards, but playing them requires meeting certain requirements. Playing a chip on the bonfire board activates special actions (which help implement a chosen strategy) and gives the opportunity to complete goals that award extra points. During the game, players collect cards in their meadow and surroundings. At the end, the player with the most points on cards and on the bonfire board wins. Meadow also contains envelopes with extra cards to open at specific times... The Games Friends: " Meadow is one of the most beautiful games we know. The drawings on the cards are all beautiful to look at. And luckily the game itself is also great fun to play! The rules are simple, but still necessary. you make a lot of tactical choices, because every new card causes you to lose another symbol. Highly recommended!

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Railroad Ink is a competitive puzzle game for the whole family. Roll the dice and draw routes on your game board. Create networks by connecting outputs and score points at the end of the game. Make the game more challenging with one of the two included expansions. Roll the dice, draw routes and form networks. Connect outputs to score points. Includes 2 expansions: Rivers and Lakes. The Games Friends: “ Railroad Ink is one of the most fun dice games we know. In many dice games you need a little bit of luck with the dice rolls, but Railroad Ink is so well put together that it isn't that bad in this game. The beautiful artwork and super fun theme make this game an absolute winner!"

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The city of London has commissioned you to redesign its underground network! Optimize connections, serve as many attractions as possible and exploit the tunnels that run under the Thames. Make sure you respect the city's specifications. Reveal the next Station Card. - Draw a new section - Optimize the 4 pipeline lines - Who will be the best project manager? Which of you will be the best project manager?

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Cats know how to squeeze into the smallest boxes, which sometimes gives you the feeling that they are liquid! Small boxes, large boxes, tall boxes, slanted boxes and basically any shape. A cat knows how to get into it. Hence the English cat saying: if it fits, it sits. In If It Fits you let your cats sit in the best boxes! The aim of the game is to create boxes containing cat toys and fill these boxes with your own cats. This allows you to earn points with the cat toys. All boxes have open and closed sides. The closed sides are recognizable as the upright walls of boxes. When a player connects two open sides of boxes, they become one box. A box can theoretically consist of all the cards from the draw pile, as long as face-up sides are placed together. A box is closed when there are no more open sides.

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The Mind is more than a game. It is an experiment, an experience, a simple but very special team experience. If you manage to complete the last level, you will be floating on a pink cloud. You are not allowed to discuss anything with each other and not to exchange information with each other in any way. Nevertheless, as a team you can still complete each level by connecting your thoughts and achieving victory together. The Games Friends: “ The Mind is a truly unique card game! The game mechanism cannot be compared to any other game and, in our opinion, is indispensable in every games cabinet. The challenge of The Mind seems simple, but it is certainly not. It took us five attempts to reach the end, but the joy afterwards was also very great. Highly recommended!"

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Welcome to Amsterdam during the 17th century, the vibrant heart of world trade and the richest city in the world. During this short-lived variant of the Ticket to Ride series of games, players compete against each other to claim the most lucrative trade routes, complete contracts and collect valuable merchandise from the streets of this legendary city. In this edition of Ticket to Ride, train cards have been replaced by special transport cards and the miniature trains are also different, these are now miniatures of plastic carts, completely in the style of the 17th century. In addition, you get trading bonus cards by claiming routes with the cart symbol, which will score you bonus points at the end of the game. The Games Friends: " Ticket to Ride Amsterdam is a nice short version of Ticket to Ride, with a little twist. The miniatures look beautiful and it's nice that you recognize things. An absolute must-have for the Dutch (or Belgian ) Ticket to Ride fan "

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‘Just a little further, a bit higher, mate...’ The cheetah helps the penguin over the fence, while a confused wolf dashes past. ‘Watch out, someone’s coming!’ Everyone freezes. After a few moments of silence, a sloth calls from a tree: ‘All clear, go!’ The animals secretly slipped out of the zoo at night and are now trying to find their way back. Help them return before the zookeepers notice! In this game, your goal is to help the animals and bring them safely back to their enclosures. Players explore parts of the dark zoo to find the best routes home. Each round, players draft tiles and place them on their boards, activating special actions and creating a path back for their animals. Each animal moves and scores in a unique way, making every game a new adventure!

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