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Stars of Akarios is a story-based, cooperative campaign game set in the Akarios Galaxy. Throughout Stars of Akarios you will fight in epic space battles, upgrade your ship and explore the reaches of space. The game is built on four core pillars: Space Combat, World Exploration, Space Exploration and Player Progression. Each pillar works together to create a cohesive and epic, sci-fi board game experience. You and your fellow cadets are almost done with your pilot training at the Akarios Institute when an unknown enemy attacks your home planet Medellia. You must fight back with the war hero Captain Soma and her ship, the Sparrow. You'll have to step out of your fighter planes to explore hostile worlds and ships, testing your cunning as you seek a new home for your civilization. Use your pilots' skills to complete the challenges you encounter in the limited time. Manage your ship's resources as you explore new areas of space and undertake missions to survive in the unknown. Even if you run out of resources, you can continue exploring, but you risk starting your next encounter at a disadvantage. Your pilots' skills will grow as you test your resolve against the enemies in Stars of Akarios. Upgrade your characters' unique abilities and skill trees to customize your playing experience. The 200-page screenplay book unfolds as a “choose your own adventure.” Every choice, success and failure will shape your story. It will take several playthroughs to see the entire Akarios galaxy. There are 8 different pilots, each with their own unique progression sheet and skill set. The campaign starts with 4 pilots available and the others are unlocked by the choices you make. There are 10 pilot ships, each with their own set of skills and class. The ship class determines what type of upgrades the ship can equip. Equip a combination of upgrade and skill cards from over 55 weapon cards, 55 engine cards, 55 tech cards, many copilots, ship skills and pilot skills. Place each upgrade on your dual player board where everything has its own place.

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Ecosystem is a card-drafting game in which players choose cards and place them in their playing area turn by turn. The cards in a player's playing area form their own personal ecosystem, and at the end of the game a player will have twenty cards in their ecosystem, with the game containing eleven types of cards. Bears score by being placed next to bees and trout; trout score by being placed next to streams and dragonflies; and at the end of the game the flows are compared with each other, with the player who has the largest flow earning points. These are just a few examples of how scoring works in Ecosystem. Don't forget to diversify!

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We've created a nice big box for Final Girl that keeps everything neatly in one place. Each box contains additional inner boxes for organizational purposes. The Core Box and Feature Films fit vertically in the box. There is also room for the Core Box, a "Cast and Crew" box (included with the Storage Box!) that can be used to store that season's miniatures and the vignette film. In addition, there is also room for extra storage of items such as the Lore and Scenario book, Gruesome Death Books, and other stretch goal or add-on items.

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Divinus is a competitive, legacy, tile-laying game where you play as a demigod trying to win the favor of the gods and ascend to a new pantheon. Players embark on twelve scenarios in which they explore lands, complete quests, communicate with gods, and influence the outcome of the epic conflict between the Greek and Norse pantheons. At the start of each scenario, players open a sealed box containing new quests, parts, stickers, gods, game mechanics and more. The Divinus app provides a story for players and sets the stakes for what's to come. Each turn, players spend dice from their pool to explore new tiles from the world board. They must place the tiles in their demigod card, adjacent to each other and with matching properties, while working on general quest and god goals. Throughout the campaign, players make lasting changes to their demigods by collecting powerful artifacts, forging their dice by changing sides, and earning titles for the achievements they achieve. Players also permanently change the game world by customizing tiles and placing new locations, heroes and monsters on the tiles. As players complete quests or other important goals, they can make crucial decisions through the Divinus app. Players will determine the outcome of dilemmas such as choosing which side will prevail in battle, building or destroying a sacred site, and deciding whether a god lives or dies. Whatever outcome the player chooses, the game components may change and the Divinus app will remember the decision and present contextual options affected by the choice in the future. For example, returning to a fortress you helped the Norse gods build may earn you praise, while demigods favored by the Greek pantheon are shunned. The Divinus campaign is preferably played over several play sessions because of the persistent and changing world. The rulebook grows with each scenario as new rules and content are unlocked. After the campaign is completed, players can replay their unique copy of Divinus with the "Infinite Replayability" mode.

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We've created a nice big box for Final Girl that keeps everything neatly in one place. Each box contains additional inner boxes for organizational purposes. The Core Box and Feature Films fit vertically in the box. There is also room for the Core Box, a "Cast and Crew" box (included with the Storage Box!) that can be used to store that season's miniatures and the vignette film. In addition, there is also room for extra storage of items such as the Lore and Scenario book, Gruesome Death Books, and other stretch goal or add-on items.

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The Crew is a cooperative card game in which you try to cross the universe together in 50 different missions. You will only succeed if everyone pays attention and works together. One wrong card can mean the end of the mission. Furthermore, your communication options in space are very limited. Talking won't work, but by making smart use of the resources you have, you should be able to get the right astronaut to win the battle with just the right card. The Crew will feel familiar to a card player. The rules of the game are basically simple. But because you have to work together with these rules and the limited communication, an innovative, exciting and very fun card game emerges for both beginners and the seasoned card player. The Games Friends: " What a great game De Crew is. Normally we are less into battle games, but in a cooperative it is great fun to do. There are a lot of missions in it that you can keep playing, so as far as we are concerned this is a game that every game lover should have. Absolute tip!

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The Brain consists of 1 or more attempts to solve a puzzle until the players succeed or give up. The game is played clockwise. On your turn, you must place a card in the middle and perform the corresponding action. You can then take a card from the draw pile. You win the game when all the cards in your hand have been played away and the draw pile is empty. But once a predetermined number of cards are in the middle at the end of a turn, you all lose. You can then discuss how you can make it happen the next time you try. Due to the different starting situations and the many levels of difficulty, this card game of our own making always remains challenging! Can also be played solitaire!

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New adventures await you in the search for El Dorado! Along the way you will encounter unknown misty valleys, where many surprises await you. In the meantime, watch out for suddenly appearing fire-breathing dragons that will slow you down, and pick up valuable treasures with your metal detector. The Quest for El Dorado: Dragons, Treasures & Mysteries is a new expansion consisting of three modules. The “Dragons” module introduces dragons. At the start of the game they sleep, but if a playing piece moves to the space with a dragon or an adjacent space, it must stop there and the dragon wakes up. From that moment on, players can move the dragon instead of their own playing piece. This is important, because you are not allowed to move a playing piece that is in the immediate vicinity of a dragon! The “Treasure” module introduces treasure tokens. You can pick it up if you stand next to it and play a metal detector or remove the requested cards from the game. If you have collected 4 treasure tokens, this counts as reaching El Dorado. You can also use a treasure token to move to an adjacent space twice in succession without having to meet the conditions on those spaces. The “Mysteries” module introduces mysterious valley tiles. These are placed face down on the playing field at the start of the game, but are turned over as soon as a player ends up with his playing piece on an adjacent field. From that moment on, players may enter the valley tile in the usual way. The valley tiles can also be used as normal terrain tiles, but then the surprise effect is gone. All three modules can be played individually or with other expansions. This provides plenty of variety for fans of The Search for El Dorado!

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Ah, money. There's nothing like the sound of coins clinking in your hand. You certainly prefer it to the sound of coins in other people's hands, or to the sound of coins in a safe that no one can reach without first raising their status. Increasing status is behind you. Life has been good to you. 10 years ago you still worked in your own fields with a simple straw hat on your head. Today your kingdom stretches from sea to sea and your straw hat is the largest the world has ever seen. You also own the smallest dog in the world and a life-size statue of yourself made of baklava. Of course, money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy jealousy, anger and also a kind of empty feeling. You still have problems – disruptive neighbors that need to be defeated. But this time you do it in style. This expansion to Dominion contains 25 new kingdom cards and 2 new standard cards, allowing players to build beyond Gold and Provinces. The central theme is wealth; there are money cards with action capabilities, cards that interact with money cards, and expensive, powerful cards. Dominion Welvaart makes it possible to do more with your money cards. Therefore, you now play them in an order of your choice, performing any actions before playing the next card. Since there is a lot more money in the game than usual, you can buy standard cards like Platinum (which is worth 5 coins) and Colony (which is worth 10 victory points). There are also cards that provide extra victory points in the form of tokens. With this expansion, the options become even greater than they already were! The Games Friends: " In Dominion: Prosperity, decks with too few money cards are an end, because you will become rich. That is why the more expensive coin and victory cards are a solution. Because you have a lot of money, you have the feeling that you have much more than with other expansions. That is a big advantage, but it changes the game considerably. "Another fantastic expansion on Dominion. "

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LAMA's motto is: Discard All Negative Points. Every turn you try to discard cards, otherwise you get negative points for them. If you cannot discard anything, you decide to fold or draw a (hopefully good) card. You receive negative points in the form of chips. If you manage to get rid of all your cards, you can return a chip. And that may be one of value 1 or of value 10. At the end, the player with the fewest negative points wins! LAMA is a funny and accessible card game with very simple rules!

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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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Spicy expansion on Catan, in which players deploy knights to protect the island against invading barbarians and develop their cities into metropolises. A copy of the base game is required to use this set. It is also possible to combine Cities and Knights with The Mariners of Catan. Cities and Knights now also has new artwork and playing pieces for even more gaming experience! This expansion set can only be combined with the latest edition of the base game (the 2012 edition with the plastic parts). In Cities and Knights you start with a city instead of a village. The game features commodities such as coins and paper, which you get when a number is rolled to your city. You need these commodities to expand your cities in three areas to higher levels, with the ultimate goal of creating a metropolis worth no less than 4 points. Just like in the basic game, you roll the dice at the start of your turn, but now a symbol die is added. This determines whether you earn a development card or whether the barbarian ship comes closer. When the barbarian ship arrives on the island, the players must defend themselves with knights. Knights cost 1 ore and 1 wool and must be activated with a grain. Anyone who does not arm themselves properly can easily lose a city to the barbarians. However, if you have the most activated knights, you will be declared the savior of Catan and rewarded with a point. To win Cities & Knights, you have to collect 13 points. Cities & Knights is an exciting expansion to the base game that requires more strategy and planning. It makes the game a little more complex, but you get a lot of fun in return.

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New adventures await you in the search for El Dorado! Along the way you will encounter new areas with dangerous terrain, such as rivers with rapids, swamps with crocodiles and mountains with risk zones. You also now have to visit temples to find the artifacts that allow you to open the gate to El Dorado. But there is also help. The mysterious Muisca tribe is ready to help you in the quest for the City of Gold. The Quest for El Dorado: Dangers and Muisca is a new expansion consisting of two modules. The “Hazards” module introduces new terrain tiles. These tiles are littered with danger zones where you are not allowed to end your turn. This module also contains the new terrain type swamps, which you can only walk through carefully and card by card because of crocodiles. The “Muisca” module introduces the new Muisca cards. You can buy these cards at the market tableau and work just like the other cards, with one difference. Instead of playing the card as normal, you can also place it in front of you. This way you keep the Muisca card and can use it in the next turn, which gives many more tactical possibilities. Both modules can be played separately or with other expansions. This provides plenty of variety for fans of The Search for El Dorado!

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New edition of the popular, economical game High Voltage. Beautiful logistics and commercial board game. Earn money by connecting cities to the electricity grid. To this end, purchase power stations and the necessary fuels, such as fuel oil and biowaste. Over the course of the game you replace your old-fashioned power stations with more modern ones, including windmills and nuclear power stations. Each round the players auction the available power stations, with a maximum of one purchase allowed. You then buy raw materials from the market and connect cities to your network. Whoever is in the worst position can start with that, so that he or she gets the cheapest deal. At the end of a round, you supply your cities with energy if you have the necessary resources to do so. You then earn money with that. Whoever can power the most cities at the end of the game wins this exciting game. This updated edition contains 2 different game boards, each with their own character. The manual also contains various rule additions and special rules for 2 players. As a result, High Voltage Recharged offers even more challenge and fun than its classic predecessor! High Voltage is winner of the Dutch Games Prize 2010! The Games Friends: “ High Voltage is already a real classic and is one of the first expert games we played. Yet High Voltage still holds up very well today! So do you fancy a tactical puzzle with a cool theme? Then we highly recommend High Voltage!"

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The Stone Age is characterized by the beginning of arable farming, the production of useful raw materials and the building of huts. Trading is becoming more and more popular and civilization is developing rapidly. But traditional skills such as hunting are also required to feed tribe members. In this board game you try to survive in the Stone Age. To this end, you deploy your tribe members in various areas. You hunt game to provide food for your people, develop tools and collect raw materials such as wood, stone and even gold, with which you build functional and valuable huts. Of course, family expansion is also not lacking, necessary to be able to perform more actions later in the game. During the game there are numerous ways to obtain points, such as building huts and collecting civilization cards in combination with certain developments. You win if you end up with the most points. The Games Friends: “ Stone Age has been in our games cupboard for years and is still on the table regularly. It is a nice game with simple rules, but by making tactical choices it is also fun for the experienced board player. You can win this game in many different ways, which keeps Stone Age fun to play."

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In this communicative card game, players trade with their beans and grow them in their fields. Who will steal the best beans from the other players and earn the most money? Each player receives 5 bean cards and must keep them in order in his hand. Furthermore, each player has two bean fields. He may grow one type of beans on each of them. On your turn, you must grow the first card and the second card from your hand. Then you reveal two new bean cards, which you can keep or trade. You may also trade cards from your hand. This can be useful, because a bean field is worth more if it contains more cards of a kind. And if you have to grow a species that is not available, you have to sell another. And that may come too soon... However, you can choose once per game to buy an extra bean field for three thalers. The game ends when the stack of bean cards has been played through three times. Whoever has the most money after that wins. Boonanza is a fascinating trading game from the author of Agricola and Le Havre and is highly recommended for fans of, for example, The Settlers of Catan.

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In this original battle game you try to collect as many goats as possible without exceeding the limit. You are dealt 8 cards at the start. Each player always plays 1 card, a trick, face up on the table. The player who played the card with the lowest value draws a hill card and places it on the table, choosing 1 of the 2 values ​​on it. The player who played the card with the highest value wins the trick and starts the next one. This continues until all cards have been played. The hill is completed after 4 turns and determines the goat limit. Whoever has collected the most goats after 8 tricks and has not exceeded the goat limit wins the game. You can also choose to play multiple rounds and record the scores. Bokken Schieten is a card game that 999 Games successfully released 15 years ago, but is now self-publishing in a new guise. The game has more depth than you might think at first glance and is also an excellent stepping stone to more challenging battle games such as Wizard and De Crew.

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1000 years later, time for a new start! The ancient humans of Paleo are preparing for a great change: agriculture! New developments such as owning your own home and herding animals provide many advantages. But this new era also brings challenges. Unknown tribes turn out to be friends or foes. And how does your group of ancient humans survive the eruption of a volcano?! Paleo: A New Start contains six new modules that continue to tell the story of your prehistoric tribe. New elements include a farm that can be expanded with upgrades and new tools and tribe members. The modules can be freely combined, but can also be played in the form of a campaign based on the game rules.

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Can you find the missing painting by Vincent van Gogh? The players are tasked with finding a missing painting by Vincent van Gogh. The search leads through different parts of Amsterdam, such as Rembrandtplein, Dam Square and St. Nicholas Church. But of course there are privateers on the coast. Can the players solve the secret in time? This version of EXIT is suitable for advanced puzzlers! Do you like puzzles and escape rooms? Then try this new edition in our EXIT series. You can solve the riddles on your own or try to clarify the secrets in a team of four people. Due to the varied riddles, EXIT is never boring and unlike real escape rooms, you can play this game at home. Because this version visits all kinds of locations in Amsterdam, the game is great to give as a gift to lovers of the city of Amsterdam! In EXIT: The Hunt through Amsterdam you have to solve numerous puzzles. As with all other EXIT parts, the turntable also plays a central role here. By finding codes based on solutions to the riddles and entering them on the dial, you will find the next steps of this exciting adventure. EXIT: The Hunt through Amsterdam can only be played once, because the playing material must be written on, folded or torn off. But just like in a “real” escape room, we guarantee a very intense puzzle and playing experience!

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A bird game full of tactics and excitement As a bird lover, you try to create the best living conditions for the birds in your sanctuary. Each bird expands a chain of powerful combinations in one of its habitats. These habitats focus on different growth factors: grabbing food, laying eggs and drawing new bird cards. Who will build the best action motor and score the most points with their birds at the end of the game? Each turn you play a bird, after which you can perform all actions in the relevant habitat. This way you can take food from a “real” birdhouse, place egg miniatures in nests or collect new birds. All options earn points in different ways. The Games Friends: “ Wingspan is absolutely fantastic! The artwork is beautiful, the game mechanics are very good and the rules are simple. As far as we are concerned, Wingspan should not be missing in any games cabinet. Really and truly! ”

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Fill gardens with a single color or with 5 different ones. Place suitable flowers and trees in it and score the most points! You each have a score sheet of the same level, on which you color framed gardens. The starting player first rolls all the pencils, each of which has a different color. There are different numbers on its sides. These show how many boxes you can color in that color on your score sheet. When it is your turn, choose a pencil and color in the indicated number of boxes. These must be adjacent to each other, but also to previous colored groups. This way you try to fill each garden with 1 color or 5 different colors. If you succeed, you can color in bonus points on your sheet. The game ends when one of the players has completely colored in all their gardens or has not been able to color in 5 times. Pick-a-Pen: Gardens is a game from the Pick-a-Pen series by renowned author Reiner Knizia and contains score sheets of 3 ascending levels. On score sheets 2 and 3 you will find flowers and trees, which can help you get extra bonus points in various ways. The Pick-a-Pen series is a new generation of innovative “Roll & Write” games that actually involve rolling pencils. This ensures that many different game mechanisms are made possible with the same playing material. But coloring fields is central to every game. Will you score the most points?

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You can play this fast, compact dice game anytime, anywhere. It takes no longer than half an hour and the size ensures that you can put it down at home, on the train or on the camping table. Anyone who can count to 36 can participate! When it is your turn, you roll 8 dice. You now put all the dice with the same number or with a worm aside. Then you roll the remaining dice and put all the dice with a different number aside. If your total is higher than 20 and you have thrown at least one worm, you can take the stone with that number from the table or even from another player! But if you take too much risk and only throw numbers that you have already taken, then you are out and have to give up a stone. There are a number of earthworms on each stone. Whoever has the most earthworms at the end of the game is the winner.

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The Similo series consists of fast-paced cooperative deduction games with beautiful illustrations. Thanks to the easy rules and handy packaging, Similo can be played anywhere. Similo: Wild Animals can be combined with Similo: Myths, Similo: Fairy Tales, Similo: History or Similo: Animals for more challenge. This version of Similo focuses on all kinds of wild animals. The players work together to figure out which of 12 cards has been selected by the game leader.

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There is activity on the market square of Kakelenburg. The players take on the role of 2 quacks, who compete for the spectators with a lot of fanfare and shouting. Extreme concentration is required on both sides, as every action is closely observed by the competitor. Both players try to lure the undecided patients to their stall, because every patient a player treats gives him more respect in the quack guildhouse. Which of you will be the next guild master of the Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg? This version of the well-known board game “De Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg” is only suitable for 2 players, but offers more interaction and mutual battle than the basic game. So anyone who likes to try their luck, thwart their opponent and try out different tactics will definitely get their money's worth in this game. The players try to attract patients from the park to their market stall. Both have a bottle with room for several chips and a bag with chips. On your turn, you draw chips until you voluntarily stop or your bottle explodes. Depending on the result, you may move the patient or even your market stall. If the patient reaches your market stall, you can treat him and the next patient leaves. After completing their drink, players may purchase new chips. Each token has certain properties, which are activated either immediately or later in a round. Once a player has treated his sixth patient, he immediately wins. The game also ends after round 7. Then the player who has treated the most patients wins.

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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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The game where you have to steal! In Jatten you steal cards from each other to build your own collection, and once you start stealing from other people's goods it's hard to stop - but those who want too much will go home empty-handed! On your turn, you play a card from your hand into your collection and you may make a card raid. You choose an opponent, draw a card from his hand and place it face up on the table. You can then stop and keep that card, or you can draw another card from the same player. If two stolen cards have the same number, your turn ends and the cards return to the victim's hand. If you manage to stop in time, you can place all the stolen cards in front of you. If you have drawn an imposter, you may steal a card of your choice from the opponent's collection. The first to collect six cards of the same value wins!

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Funny and educational game for children and their parents. Ask cards to each other by making funny faces. If someone does not have a requested card, he sticks out his tongue. Whoever has collected the most sets wins this crazy game. In this hilarious game, children learn to make, name and use facial expressions in a playful way. Due to the limited playing time, it is suitable for very young children! This new version has completely new artwork! Tactical tips Try to pay close attention when other children make faces. You then know which cards they have in their hands. Always focus on 1 set, so that you can be sure that the others do not have it in their hands and suddenly take your hard-earned cards from you.

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Search for gold alone or as a couple! In this standalone version of the card game Saboteur you try to collect as many gold pieces as possible. You can benefit from each other's digging or choose your own path. You can hinder the other player with sabotage cards and corruptible trolls. And is there no other player nearby? Then you can also play this exciting card game solo!

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Roll the dice, find the right combination of color and number as quickly as possible and ring the bell. If you have not made any mistakes, you can cross the combination off your score sheet. Once you have crossed off a column or row of 5 combinations, shout “ZINGA!” and you win the game. Zinga is a cheerful dice game that combines roll & write with a reaction game. To win you have to be fast, but watch out for mistakes! Mentioning a combination that does not exist, waiting too long before mentioning something or correcting yourself after a slip of the tongue is already considered a mistake. Zinga is very simple, but also has some room for tactics. For example, with the combination BLUE NINE you can use the blue pawn, with which you can stop someone else's turn or ignore your own mistake once. You can also choose to repeat previously crossed-off combinations. If you do this for the third time, you can cross off a box of your choice.

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Played so many Times on Times 2 that your scorepad is almost empty? Don't worry, with these extra score blocks you can move forward again!

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Expand Boonanza with the Heilige Boontjes! This expansion introduces new rules, a special type of bean, the new offering cards and alternative bean fields. The new bean fields contain a Monastery Garden and a Godena Field. The new bean variety Sacred Beans are a kind of wild card. You may only plant them in the new Monastery Garden, but they may be used in combination with any bean variety. During trading phases, Holy Beans give a so-called divine message. These are additional rules, such as “you may not trade with the player to your right”. The offering cards allow you to plant two different types of beans on top of each other on the Godena field at the same time. You can thus prepare a harvest consisting of different bean varieties, where the top bean determines how many coins are scored.

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Taverns of the Old Town is a deckbuilding game about competing taverns, where drinking brothers and noblemen drink their beers and drinks. The players are valuable in their own establishment and try to make their pub the best in the old city through the right investments. As an innkeeper, you attract new customers and occasionally a nobleman, who promotes fame. You will also have to invest in tables, recruit staff and find suppliers of the golden liquid. Each round, players roll and choose dice and pass them to their neighbor. The dice determine which beers you tap and pour. Do you serve your regulars at the bar again or do you choose that rich stinker in the corner? The Games Friends: “ The Taverns of the Old Town fit together very well and have an extremely high replayability due to the four different modules. But the real power of this game lies in the theme, which is very original and perfectly implemented in the available actions. A winner!"

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Expansion of the dice game Earthworms. This expansion contains 2 extra tiles, 7 earthworm tokens and 5 specialists in the form of 'animeeples' and a die. The specialists are linked to certain tiles. If you win one of those tiles, you will receive the corresponding extra options. For example, you can win earthworm tokens or earn an extra die to increase your chance of landing a higher tile in subsequent turns. Earthworms Expansion makes this fun dice game even more fun!

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Help Frodo save Middle-Earth! Gandalf needs your help. By solving riddles you can buy time for Frodo, who must bring The One Ring to Mount Doom deep in the dark land of Mordor. The mysteries are not without danger! But every riddle you solve tells the story of the One Ring. Exit: Dark Shadows Over Middle-Earth is based on The Lord of the Rings by HRR Tolkien. In addition to well-known elements such as the decoding disk, this new part of the Exit series has something new: a continuous story that is told through the riddles. This way the history of the One Ring comes to life in a completely new way! Exit: Dark Shadows Over Middle-Earth can only be played once, because the play materials must be written on, folded or torn off. But just like in a “real” escape room, we guarantee a very intense puzzle and playing experience!

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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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You have been crowned king of a beautiful little country of rolling hills, winding rivers and fertile farmlands. Life could be so beautiful, but unfortunately there are disputes with surrounding states. Various princes try to expand their kingdom at the expense of each other! Only one will win... In Dominion you try to form the strongest possible deck during the game, so that you have the most points at the end of the game. The cards in your deck always rotate from your draw pile to your hand, after which they go to your discard pile. When your draw pile is empty, shuffle your discard pile so that you have a new draw pile. Each turn you may perform 1 action and make 1 purchase. Every turn you buy additional cards, so you can achieve your goal in your own way. Do you go for a constructive method with the Forge, the Village and the Market, or do you try a more aggressive way with the Witch or the Militia? Because only 10 of the 26 kingdom cards are used in each game, Dominion is different every time. The Games Friends: “ If we could only take a few games to a desert island, Dominion would probably be one of them. Due to the enormous number of expansions you can keep rotating and have a different game every time. Highly, HIGHLY recommended!"

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You've always been a night owl. you even considered becoming a vampire. That has many advantages: you don't get older, you don't have to look at yourself in the mirror anymore and if someone asks you to do something for them, you can turn yourself into a bat and say "sorry, I'm a bat." But there are probably disadvantages too. You always think of the statue in the town square that came to life and now works as a barmaid in the pub. The pedestal also came to life, so she has to hop now. The blacksmith turns into a wolf at the full moon, and into a chihuahua at the waxing moon. That's how things go sometimes. But still, when you breathe in the fresh night air, you feel capable of anything! This interesting, large expansion contains no fewer than 500 cards, including 33 new kingdom cards. There are night cards, which are played after the purchase phase, heirlooms that replace the starting copper cards, fate and doom cards that provide favors and enchantments, and various additional cards that come into play as a result of certain cards. The Games Friends: “ This is currently one of our favorite Dominion expansions. There are a lot of new interesting cards in it and the addition of the night phase is really fun. Indispensable for the Dominion fan!"

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Throw the die and wrap the ball with wool… Your cat runs around the room trying to get the ball of wool. Can you unwind the thread in such a way that the cat is lured to its favorite toys? It is important to change direction at the right time: you must unwind the wool as far as the die indicates, but you can only change direction once per round. Be careful not to get tangled!

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Follow the trail of your dear friend, Professor Kutil, who went missing while exploring The Lost Ruins of Arnak! The Lost Expedition's challenging six-part story campaign can be played as a solo or two-player co-op experience. It features new scenarios, handy carrier pigeons for passing resources between players, and an all-new system that lets you unlock story elements and useful perks based on the choices you make on encounter cards in each scenario. Of course, that's not all you'll find in this expansion. The Lost Expedition also includes two new leaders! The journalist has a passion for documenting the undiscovered and a keen eye for capturing details that others might miss. The Mechanic is a versatile tinkerer whose ability to fix even the most broken things makes life easier on any expedition. Both have unique playstyles that open up new possibilities, and can be mixed and matched with any of the characters from the previous expedition leaders. And we've also added two new research tracks, and many new encounter cards, items, artifacts, sites, guardians, and assistants to enjoy in the story campaign or with multiplayer games.

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Faraway tells the story of the mysterious continent of Alula, where the population lives in harmony with nature and the constantly changing landscapes. The only way to explore Alula is to explore again and again. Along the way, you'll collect resources you need to complete the quests. For completed tours you receive points, which can give you the winnings. What makes Faraway unique is the scoring. Players play 8 region cards from left to right in their own playing area in 8 rounds. The scoring at the end of the game runs from right to left, which requires a lot of thinking and planning during the game. The scoring is done card by card and gradually more and more of the previously played region cards, including bonuses and resources, are included. In this way, cards become worth more and more points. Each round consists of 3 phases, which are completed by all players simultaneously. At the end of the game the points are counted. The one with the most points wins the game. PLEASE NOTE: this game comes in four different variants of which only the cover differs. You will be sent a random variant.

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Welcome to Crime City: the city where crimes are committed on every street corner. Deadly secrets, sneaky robberies and cold-blooded murders are part of everyday life. All In is the third part of the MicroMacro: Crime City series. It is a standalone game and some of the stories from parts 1 and 2 are continued in this part. The 16 crimes in this game can be played without having played part 1 or 2.

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In Unmatched you compete as a legendary hero and duel each other. The legendary heroes come from films, books or age-old legends. You can combine fighters from different Unmatched games. Each hero has a set of action cards with unique abilities associated with that hero's fighting style. But remember, there can only be one winner at the end of the game! The Games Friends: We really doubted whether Unmatched would be something for us, but we were positively surprised. There is a lot of interaction and it is nice that each character plays differently. Recommended!

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14 different peoples live in the world of Terra Mystica. Each player has their own people and tries to create the largest possible empire for them. Each nation has unique characteristics. For example, they all want to live on their own type of terrain (for example, witches choose the forest) and they all have their own skills and bonuses. The player who builds the largest possible empire for his people is the winner. You also have quite a bit of interaction with your fellow players. Of course they will get in your way, but you can't do without them either. If there are other players nearby, you get big bonuses! Terra Mystica is highly rated internationally and ranks very high on Board Game Geek's list of the best board games ever! The Games Friends: “ Terra Mystica is a great game and one of our favorite games. Due to the large number of peoples, every game is different and the replayability is enormous. In this game it mainly comes down to tactics and luck plays almost no role. If you like building a good engine, then this is the game for you!”

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Tussie-Mussie is based on a Victorian craze that assigned meanings to the flowers that friends and lovers exchanged. Featuring I-Divide-You-Choose design, this 18-card micro game is played over three rounds. The players in turn look at the top two cards of the pile and then offer one face-up and one face-down card to an opponent. That opponent takes one and leaves the other for the active player. When each player has four cards, the scores are added. The highest score after three rounds wins!

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Sea Salt & Paper is a card game for those who love collecting games and origami: fast, beautiful, surprising and sometimes with a dangerously sharp edge! Each turn you take a card and you can play action cards. But you always play action cards in pairs. For example, you can take an extra card or steal a card from someone. At the end of the round you get points for all kinds of sets of cards. But there's a twist: you decide when a round ends! And if you are convinced of your own abilities, you bet that you will win the round and score extra points... or you will get wet!

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In Zombie Kids, Zombies want to take over your school. Gather your friends for this cooperative game and devise the best strategy together to protect your school. The more you play the game, the more the game evolves. Complete special missions and track your progress with stickers. Open evolution envelopes that change the game. Give your heroes superpowers or mutate the zombies. The Games Friends: "Zombie Kidz Evolution is so cleverly put together. The rules are super easy, but it is still fun to do even for expert players. The power of the game is really in the envelopes, which all add nice surprises Highly recommended for families!"

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In the second game of the series that started with Sea Salt & Paper, the aim is to place your cards as cleverly as possible in a 3 by 3 grid and score the most points. You take turns taking cards from a central market and you always ask yourself: what do I need and which cards do I not want in my opponents' tableau? A nice puzzle game, with illustrations that transport you to a dreamy landscape full of wood elves and other friendly creatures. Pixies plays quickly and is easy to explain. Yet there is a lot of depth to it, more than you might think at first glance. Because you can earn points in several ways, you always have to find the balance when choosing new cards. In order to score a lot of points, you sometimes have to sacrifice cards that you have previously taken: that hurts a bit, but is important for those who ultimately want to become really good at this game.

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This is a beautiful quartet game in a cardboard box. With laminated cards with fantastic photos. The game also contains facts and special quartets to expand the game if necessary.

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In Café, players run companies that produce, process and deliver coffee to the most exquisite coffee bars in Portugal's Bélle Époque. In each round you decide how to create your trading area and coffee production. Which of the players has created the best production chain after 8 rounds and scores the most points? The Games Friends: Cafe is a clever abstract puzzle that plays just as smoothly solo as with other people. Due to the many cards, there is excellent replayability in the game box. Recommended for fans of abstract games that are cleverly put together!

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Ganges is a challenging game for the true enthusiast, where strategic insight and karma go hand in hand. You are an Indian ruler, who tries to collect fame and wealth with the help of workers and collected dice. You have your own province tableau on which you build tiles, which have various advantages when performing actions on the game board. Reaching the edge of your tableau also provides bonus actions. On the game board you can go to the harbor, where you take your boat onto the Ganges river to earn various bonuses. The market gives you money in combination with the markets on your game board. The palace offers various action options, including obtaining dice or re-rolling them. In the quarry you can purchase tiles for your tableau. For most actions, in addition to a worker, you also need a die of a certain value to be allowed to perform them. You have 2 scoring stones, one for fame and one for money, that run in opposite directions. To win, both stones must have reached or passed each other. Whoever achieves this with the largest difference wins the game. The Games Friends: “ Rajas of the Ganges is a wonderful game by Inka and Markus Brand. There are a lot of action options and ways to win, especially since you can focus on two different victory tracks. In addition, the scoring system is very original! Highly recommended for fans of Marco Polo, for example!"

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