Game Type: Strategy

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace's 2007 masterpiece Brass. Brass: Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution between the years of 1770 and 1870.It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. As in its predecessor you must develop build and establish your industries and network in an effort to exploit low or high market demands. The game is played over two halves: the canal era (years 1770-1830) and the rail era (years 1830-1870). To win the game score the most VPs. VPs are counted at the end of each half for the canals rails and established (flipped) industry tiles.Each round players take turns according to the turn order track receiving two actions to perform any of the following actions (found in the original game):1) Build - Pay required resources and place an industry tile. 2) Network - Add a rail / canal link expanding your network. 3) Develop - Increase the VP value of an industry. 4) Sell - Sell your cotton manufactured goods and pottery. 5) Loan - Take a £30 loan and reduce your income.Brass: Birmingham also features a new sixth action:6) Scout - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. (This action replaces Double Action Build in original Brass.)

Pandemic Legacy is a co-operative campaign game with an overarching story arc played through 12-24 sessions depending on how well your group does at the game. At the beginning the game starts in a very similar fashion as basic Pandemic in which your team of disease-fighting specialists races against the clock to travel around the world treating disease hot spots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand.During a player's turn they have four actions available with which they may travel around in the world in various ways (sometimes needing to discard a card) build structures like research stations treat diseases (removing one cube from the board; if all cubes of a color have been removed the disease has been eradicated) trade cards with other players or find a cure for a disease (requiring five cards of the same color to be discarded while at a research station). Each player has a unique role with special abilities to help them at these actions.After a player has taken their actions they draw two cards. These cards can include epidemic cards which will place new disease cubes on the board and can lead to an outbreak spreading disease cubes even further. Outbreaks additionally increase the panic level of a city making that city more expensive to travel to.Each month in the game you have two chances to achieve that month's objectives. If you succeed you win and immediately move on to the next month. If you fail you have a second chance with more funding for beneficial event cards.During the campaign new rules and components will be introduced. These will sometimes require you to permanently alter the components of the game; this includes writing on cards ripping up cards and placing permanent stickers on components. Your characters can gain new skills or detrimental effects. A character can even be lost entirely at which point it's no longer available for play.Part of the Pandemic series

In Ark Nova you will plan and design a modern scientifically managed zoo. With the ultimate goal of owning the most successful zoological establishment you will build enclosures accommodate animals and support conservation projects all over the world. Specialists and unique buildings will help you in achieving this goal.Each player has a set of five action cards to manage their gameplay and the power of an action is determined by the slot the card currently occupies. The cards in question are:255 cards featuring animals specialists special enclosures and conservation projects each with a special ability are at the heart of Ark Nova. Use them to increase the appeal and scientific reputation of your zoo and collect conservation points.—description from the publisher

This is a game with a persistent and changing world that is ideally played over many game sessions. After a scenario players will make decisions about what to do next which will determine how the story continues kind of like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Playing through a scenario is a co-operative affair where players will fight against automated monsters using an innovative card system to determine the order of play and what a player does on their turn.Each turn a player chooses two cards to play out of their hand. The number on the top card determines their initiative for the round. Each card also has a top and bottom power and when it is a player’s turn in the initiative order they determine whether to use the top power of one card and the bottom power of the other or vice-versa. Players must be careful though because over time they will permanently lose cards from their hands. If they take too long to clear a dungeon they may end up exhausted and be forced to retreat.

Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition) is a game of galactic conquest in which three to six players each take on the role of one of seventeen factions vying for galactic domination through military might political maneuvering and economic bargaining. Every faction offers a completely different play experience from the wormhole-hopping Ghosts of Creuss to the Emirates of Hacan masters of trade and economics. These seventeen races are offered many paths to victory but only one may sit upon the throne of Mecatol Rex as the new masters of the galaxy.No two games of Twilight Imperium are ever identical. At the start of each galactic age the game board is uniquely and strategically constructed from among 51 galaxy tiles that feature everything from lush new planets and supernovas to asteroid fields and gravity rifts. Players are dealt a hand of these tiles and take turns creating the galaxy around Mecatol Rex the capital planet seated in the center of the board. An ion storm may block your race from progressing through the galaxy while a fortuitously placed gravity rift may protect you from your closest foes. The galaxy is yours to both craft and dominate.A round of Twilight Imperium begins with players selecting one of eight strategy cards that both determine player order and give their owner a unique strategic action for that round. These may do anything from providing additional command tokens to allowing a player to control trade throughout the galaxy. After these strategies are selected players take turns moving their fleets from system to system claiming new planets for their empires and engaging in warfare and trade with other factions. At the end of a turn players gather in a grand council to pass new laws and agendas shaking up the game in unpredictable ways.After every player has passed their turn players move up the victory track by checking to see whether they have completed any objectives throughout the turn and scoring them. Objectives are determined by setting up ten public objective cards at the start of each game then gradually revealing them over the course of the game. Each player also chooses between two random secret objectives at the start of the game achievement of which provides victory points--only for the holder of that objective. These objectives can be anything from researching new technologies to taking your neighbor's home system. At the end of every turn a player can claim one public objective and one secret objective. As play continues more of these objectives are revealed and more secret objectives are dealt out giving players dynamically changing goals throughout the game. Play continues until a player reaches ten victory points.—description from the publisher

Dune: Imperium is a game that uses deck building to add a hidden information angle to traditional worker placement. It finds inspiration in elements and characters from the Dune legacy both the new film from Legendary Pictures and the seminal literary series from Frank Herbert Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.As a leader of one of the Great Houses of the Landsraad raise your banner and marshal your forces and spies. War is coming and at the center of the conflict is Arrakis – Dune the desert planet.You start with a unique leader card as well as a deck identical to those of your opponents. As you acquire cards and build your deck your choices will define your strengths and weaknesses. Cards allow you to send your Agents to certain spaces on the game board so how your deck evolves affects your strategy. You might become more powerful militarily able to deploy more troops than your opponents. Or you might acquire cards that give you an edge with the four political factions represented in the game: the Emperor the Spacing Guild the Bene Gesserit and the Fremen.Unlike many deck building games you don’t play your entire hand in one turn. Instead you draw a hand of cards at the start of every round and alternate with other players taking one Agent turn at a time (playing one card to send one of your Agents to the game board). When it’s your turn and you have no more Agents to place you’ll take a Reveal turn revealing the rest of your cards which will provide Persuasion and Swords. Persuasion is used to acquire more cards and Swords help your troops fight for the current round’s rewards as shown on the revealed Conflict card.Defeat your rivals in combat shrewdly navigate the political factions and acquire precious cards. The Spice must flow to lead your House to victory!Some important links: The Official FAQ the Unofficial FAQ and an Automa (solo and 2p) Overview

In the 2400s mankind begins to terraform the planet Mars. Giant corporations sponsored by the World Government on Earth initiate huge projects to raise the temperature the oxygen level and the ocean coverage until the environment is habitable. In Terraforming Mars you play one of those corporations and work together in the terraforming process but compete for getting victory points that are awarded not only for your contribution to the terraforming but also for advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar system and doing other commendable things.As a player you acquire unique project cards (from over two hundred different ones) by buying them to your hand. The cards can give you immediate bonuses as well as increasing your production of different resources. Many cards also have requirements and they become playable when the temperature oxygen or ocean coverage increases enough. Buying cards is costly so there is a balance between buying cards and actually playing them. Standard Projects are always available to complement your hand of cards. Your basic income as well as your basic score are based on your Terraform Rating. However your income is boosted by your production and VPs are also gained from many other sources.You keep track of your production and resources on your player board. The game uses six types of resources: MegaCredits Steel Titanium Plants Energy and Heat. On the game board you compete for the best places for your city tiles ocean tiles and greenery tiles. You also compete for different Milestones and Awards worth many VPs. Each round is called a generation and consists of the following phases:1) Player order shifts clockwise. 2) Research phase: All players buy cards from four privately drawn. 3) Action phase: Players take turns doing 1-2 actions from these options: Playing a card claiming a Milestone funding an Award using a Standard project converting plant into greenery tiles (and raising oxygen) converting heat into a temperature raise and using the action of a card in play. The turn continues around the table (sometimes several laps) until all players have passed. 4) Production phase: Players get resources according to their terraform rating and production parameters.When the three global parameters (temperature oxygen ocean) have all reached their required levels the terraforming is complete and the game ends after that generation. Combine your Terraform Rating and other VPs to determine the winning corporation!

In the most distant reaches of the world magic still exists embodied by spirits of the land of the sky and of every natural thing. As the great powers of Europe stretch their colonial empires further and further they will inevitably lay claim to a place where spirits still hold power - and when they do the land itself will fight back alongside the islanders who live there.Spirit Island is a complex and thematic co-operative game about defending your island home from colonizing Invaders. Players are different spirits of the land each with its own unique elemental powers. Every turn players simultaneously choose which of their power cards to play paying energy to do so. Using combinations of power cards that match a spirit's elemental affinities can grant free bonus effects. Faster powers take effect immediately before the Invaders spread and ravage but other magics are slower requiring forethought and planning to use effectively. In the Spirit phase spirits gain energy and choose how / whether to Grow: to reclaim used power cards to seek new power or to spread their presence into new areas of the island.The Invaders expand across the island map in a semi-predictable fashion. Each turn they explore into some lands (portions of the island); the next turn they build in those lands forming towns and cities. The turn after that they ravage there bringing blight to the land and attacking any native islanders present. The islanders fight back against the Invaders when attacked and lend the spirits some other aid but may not always do so exactly as you'd hoped. Some Powers work through the islanders helping them for example to drive out the Invaders or clean the land of blight.The game escalates as it progresses: spirits spread their presence to new parts of the island and seek out new and more potent powers while the Invaders step up their colonization efforts. Each turn represents 1-3 years of alternate history. At game start winning requires destroying every last explorer town and city on the board - but as you frighten the Invaders more and more victory becomes easier: they'll run away even if explorers or even towns and cities remain. Defeat comes if any spirit is destroyed if the island is overrun by blight or if the Invader deck is depleted before achieving victory.The game includes different adversaries to fight against (eg. a Swedish Mining Colony or a Remote British Colony). Each changes play in different ways and offers a different path of difficulty boosts to keep the game challenging as you gain skill.

Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion is a standalone game that takes place before the events of Gloomhaven. The game includes four new characters — Valrath Red Guard (tank crowd control) Inox Hatchet (ranged damage) Human Voidwarden (support mind control) and Quatryl Demolitionist (melee damage obstacle manipulation) — that can also be used in the original Gloomhaven game.The game also includes 16 monster types (including seven new standard monsters and three new bosses) and a new campaign with 25 scenarios that invites the heroes to investigate a case of mysterious disappearances within the city. Is it the work of Vermlings or is something far more sinister going on?Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion is aimed at a more casual audience to get people into the gameplay more quickly. All of the hard-to-organize cardboard map tiles have been removed and instead players will play on the scenario book itself which features new artwork unique to each scenario. The last barrier to entry — i.e. learning the game — has also been lowered through a simplified rule set and a five-scenario tutorial that will ease new players into the experience.

Gaia Project is a new game in the line of Terra Mystica. As in the original Terra Mystica fourteen different factions live on seven different kinds of planets and factions are bound to their own home planets so to develop and grow they must terraform neighboring planets into their home environments in competition with the other groups. In addition Gaia planets can be used by all factions for colonization and Transdimensional planets can be changed into Gaia planets.All factions can improve their skills in six different areas of development: Terraforming Navigation Artificial Intelligence Gaiaforming Economy Research; leading to advanced technology and special bonuses. To do all of that each group has special skills and abilities.The playing area is made of ten sectors allowing a variable set-up and thus an even bigger replay value than its predecessor Terra Mystica. A two-player game is hosted on seven sectors.—description from the publisher

Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization is the new edition of Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization with many changes small and large to the game's cards over its three ages and extensive changes to how military works.Through the Ages (TTA) is a civilization building game. Each player attempts to build the best civilization through careful resource management and by: discovering new technologies electing competent leaders building wonders and maintaining a strong military. Weakness in any area can be exploited by your opponents. The game takes place throughout the ages beginning in the age of antiquity and ending in the modern age.One of the primary mechanisms in TTA is card drafting. Technologies wonders and leaders come into play and become easier to draft the longer they are in play. In order to use a technology you will need enough science to discover it enough food to create a population to man it and enough resources (ore) to build the building to use it. While balancing the resources needed to advance your technology you also need to build a military. Military is 'built' in the same manner as civilian buildings. Players that have a weak military will be preyed upon by other players. There is no map in the game so you cannot lose territory but players with a stronger military will steal resources science kill leaders take population or culture. It is very difficult to win with a strong military but it is very easy to lose because of a weak one.Victory is achieved by the player whose nation has the most culture at the end of the modern age.

In Dune: Imperium Uprising you want to continue to balance military might with political intrigue wielding new tools in pursuit of victory. Spies will shore up your plans vital contracts will expand your resources or you can learn the ways of the Fremen and ride mighty sandworms into battle!Dune: Imperium Uprising is a standalone spinoff to Dune: Imperium that expands on that game's blend of deck-building and worker placement while introducing a new six-player mode that pits two teams against one other in the biggest struggle yet.The Dune: Imperium expansions Rise of Ix and Immortality work with Uprising as do almost all of the cards from the base game and elements of Uprising can be used with Dune: Imperium.The choices are yours. The Imperium awaits!

For the 2019 edition see The Castles of Burgundy.The game is set in the Burgundy region of High Medieval France. Each player takes on the role of an aristocrat originally controlling a small princedom. While playing they aim to build settlements and powerful castles practice trade along the river exploit silver mines and use the knowledge of travelers.The game is about players taking settlement tiles from the game board and placing them into their princedom which is represented by the player board. Every tile has a function that starts when the tile is placed in the princedom. The princedom itself consists of several regions each of which demands its own type of settlement tile.The game is played in five phases each consisting of five rounds. Each phase begins with the game board stocked with settlement tiles and goods tiles. At the beginning of each round all players roll their two dice and the player who is currently first in turn order rolls a goods placement die. A goods tile is made available on the game board according to the roll of the goods die. During each round players take their turns in the current turn order. During his turn a player may perform any two of the four possible types of actions: 1) take a settlement tile from the numbered depot on the game board corresponding to one of his dice and place it in the staging area on his player board 2) take a settlement tile from the staging area of his player board to a space on his player board with a number matching one of his dice in the corresponding region for the type of tile and adjacent to a previously placed settlement tile 3) deliver goods with a number matching one of his dice or 4) take worker tokens which allow the player to adjust the roll of his dice. In addition to these actions a player may buy a settlement tile from the central depot on the game board and place it in the staging area on his player board. If an action triggers the award of victory points those points are immediately recorded. Each settlement tile offers a benefit additional actions additional money advancement on the turn order track more goods tiles die roll adjustment or victory points. Bonus victory points are awarded for filling a region with settlement tiles.The game ends after the fifth phase is played to completion. Victory points are awarded for unused money and workers and undelivered goods. Bonus victory points from certain settlement tiles are awarded at the end of the game.The player with the most victory points wins.The rules include basic and advanced versions.This game is #14 in the Alea big box series.There is a separate BGG entry for the 2019 edition: The Castles of Burgundy. The 2019 edition includes alongside the base game eight expansions seven of which had already been released separately as promotional items and one new to the 2019 release.UPC 4005556812431

America in the 19th century: You are a rancher and repeatedly herd your cattle from Texas to Kansas City where you send them off by train. This earns you money and victory points. Needless to say each time you arrive in Kansas City you want to have your most valuable cattle in tow. However the Great Western Trail not only requires that you keep your herd in good shape but also that you wisely use the various buildings along the trail. Also it might be a good idea to hire capable staff: cowboys to improve your herd craftsmen to build your very own buildings or engineers for the important railroad line.If you cleverly manage your herd and navigate the opportunities and pitfalls of Great Western Trail you surely will gain the most victory points and win the game.—description from the publisher

It is a time of unrest in 1920s Europa. The ashes from the first great war still darken the snow. The capitalistic city-state known simply as “The Factory” which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs has closed its doors drawing the attention of several nearby countries.Scythe is an engine-building game set in a 1920s era alternate-history. It is a time of farming and war broken hearts and rusted gears innovation and valor. In Scythe each player controls one of five factions of Eastern Europe all of which are attempting to earn their fortunes and claim their stakes in the land around the mysterious Factory. Players conquer territory enlist new recruits reap resources gain villagers build structures and activate monstrous mechs.Each player begins the game with different resources (power coins combat acumen and popularity) a different starting location and a hidden goal. Starting positions are specially calibrated to contribute to each faction’s uniqueness and the asymmetrical nature of the game (each faction always starts in the same place). Scythe uses a streamlined action-selection mechanism (no rounds or phases) to keep gameplay moving at a brisk pace and reduce downtime between turns. While there is plenty of direct conflict for players who seek it there is no player elimination.Scythe gives players almost complete control over their fate. Other than each player’s individual hidden objective card the only elements of luck or variability are “encounter” cards that players will draw as they interact with the citizens of newly explored lands. Each encounter card provides the player with several options allowing them to mitigate the luck of the draw through their selection. Combat is also driven by choices not luck or randomness. Every part of Scythe has an aspect of engine-building to it. Players can upgrade actions to become more efficient build structures that improve their position on the map enlist new recruits to enhance character abilities activate mechs to deter opponents from invading and expand their borders to reap greater types and quantities of resources. These engine-building aspects create a sense of momentum and progress throughout the game. The order in which players improve their engines adds to the unique feel of each game even if having played one faction multiple times.

A game of Eclipse places you in control of a vast interstellar civilization competing for success with its rivals. You explore new star systems research technologies and build spaceships with which to wage war. There are many potential paths to victory so you need to plan your strategy according to the strengths and weaknesses of your species while paying attention to the other civilizations' endeavors.Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy is a revised and upgraded version of the Eclipse base game that debuted in 2011 that features:

In many ways 7 Wonders Duel resembles its parent game 7 Wonders. Over three ages players acquire cards that provide resources or advance their military or scientific development in order to develop a civilization and complete wonders. What's different about 7 Wonders Duel is that as the title suggests the game is solely for two players.Players do not draft cards simultaneously from decks of cards but from a display of face-down and face-up cards arranged at the start of a round. A player can take a card only if it's not covered by any others so timing comes into play as it can with bonus moves that allow the player to take a second card immediately. As in the original game each acquired card can be built discarded for coins or used to construct a wonder. Each player also starts with four wonder cards and the construction of a wonder provides its owner with a special ability. Only seven wonders can be built though so one player will end up short.Players can purchase resources at any time from the bank or they can gain cards during the game that provide them with resources for future building; as they are acquired the cost for those resources increases for the opponent representing the owner's dominance in this area.You can win 7 Wonders Duel in one of three ways: each time you acquire a military card you advance the military marker toward your opponent's capital (also giving you a bonus at certain positions). If you reach the opponent's capital you win the game immediately. Or if you acquire six of seven different scientific symbols you achieve scientific dominance and win immediately. If none of these situations occurs then the player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

A Feast for Odin is a saga in the form of a board game. You are reliving the cultural achievements mercantile expeditions and pillages of those tribes we know as Viking today — a term that was used quite differently towards the end of the first millennium.When the northerners went out for a raid they used to say they headed out for a viking. Their Scandinavian ancestors however were much more than just pirates. They were explorers and founders of states. Leif Eriksson is said to be the first European in America long before Columbus. In what is known today as Normandy the intruders were not called Vikings but Normans. One of them is the famous William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. He managed to do what the king of Norway failed to do only a few years prior: conquer the Throne of England. The reason the people of these times became such strong seafarers was their unfortunate agricultural situation: crop shortfalls caused great distress.In this game you will raid and explore new territories. You will also engage in the day-to-day activity of collecting goods with which to achieve a financially secure position in society. In the end the player whose possessions bear the greatest value will be declared the winner.--gameplay description from

Two thousand years ago the Roman Empire ruled the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. With peace at the borders harmony inside the provinces uniform law and a common currency the economy thrived and gave rise to mighty Roman dynasties as they expanded throughout the numerous cities. Guide one of these dynasties and send colonists to the remote realms of the Empire; develop your trade network; and appease the ancient gods for their favor — all to gain the chance to emerge victorious!Concordia is a peaceful strategy game of economic development in Roman times for 2-5 players aged 13 and up. Instead of looking to the luck of dice or cards players must rely on their strategic abilities. Be sure to watch your rivals to determine which goals they are pursuing and where you can outpace them! In the game colonists are sent out from Rome to settle down in cities that produce bricks food tools wine and cloth. Each player starts with an identical set of playing cards and acquires more cards during the game. These cards serve two purposes:Concordia is a strategy game that requires advanced planning and consideration of your opponent's moves. Every game is different not only because of the sequence of new cards on sale but also due to the modular layout of cities. (One side of the game board shows the entire Roman Empire with 30 cities for 3-5 players while the other shows Roman Italy with 25 cities for 2-4 players.) When all cards have been sold or after the first player builds their 15th house the game ends. The player with the most VPs from the gods (Jupiter Saturnus Mercurius Minerva Vesta etc.) wins the game.

Frosthaven is the story of a small outpost far to the north of the capital city of White Oak. It's an outpost barely surviving the harsh weather let alone invasions from forces both known and unknown. However a group of mercenaries at the end of their rope will help bring this settlement back from the edge of destruction. Not only will they have to deal with the harsh elements but with other far more dangerous threats out in the unforgiving cold as well. There are: Algox the bigger more yeti-like cousins of the Inox attacking from the mountains; Lurkers flooding in from the northern sea; and rumors have it that there are machines that wander the frozen wastes of their own free will. The party of mercenaries must face all of these perils and perhaps in doing so make peace with these new races so they can work together against even more sinister forces.Frosthaven is a standalone adventure from the designer and publisher of Gloomhaven that features sixteen new characters three new races more than twenty new enemies more than one hundred new items and a new 100-scenario campaign. Characters and items from Gloomhaven will be usable in Frosthaven and vice versa.In addition to using the well-known combat mechanisms of Gloomhaven Frosthaven features other elements such as mysteries to solve a seasonal event system to live through and player control over how the ramshackle village expands with each new building offering new ways to progress.Frosthaven has a whole new set of items but there is a mechanism for bringing items over from 'Gloomhaven'. However as Frosthaven's outpost is a remote location these products may be imported but are not present as standard items. Resources are much more valuable and you have to build items through a crafting system rather than just buying them.—description from the publisher

America in the 19th century: You are a rancher and repeatedly herd your cattle from Texas to Kansas City where you send them off by train. This earns you money and victory points. Needless to say each time you arrive in Kansas City you want to have your most valuable cattle in tow. However the Great Western Trail not only requires that you keep your herd in good shape but also that you wisely use the various buildings along the trail. Also it might be a good idea to hire capable staff: cowboys to improve your herd craftsmen to build your very own buildings or engineers for the important railroad line.If you cleverly manage your herd and navigate the opportunities and pitfalls of Great Western Trail you surely will gain the most victory points and win the game.The second edition of Great Western Trail includes solitaire rules making for a player count of 1-4.Second Edition: Remember the old days in the West? Well the times they are a-changing’! From new solo opponent to incredible landscapes you won't know where to start. And there is a new herd of cows for you to sell!Great Western Trail is the critically acclaimed game of cattle ranching by Alexander Pfister. Players attempt to wrangle their herd across the Midwest prairie and deliver it to Kansas City. But beware! Other cowboys are sharing the trail with you. We invite you to saddle up!The changes in the Second edition:—description from the publisher

On an uninhabited island in uncharted seas explorers have found traces of a great civilization. Now you will lead an expedition to explore the island find lost artifacts and face fearsome guardians all in a quest to learn the island's secrets.Lost Ruins of Arnak combines deck-building and worker placement in a game of exploration resource management and discovery. In addition to traditional deck-builder effects cards can also be used to place workers and new worker actions become available as players explore the island. Some of these actions require resources instead of workers so building a solid resource base will be essential. You are limited to only one action per turn so make your choice carefully... what action will benefit you most now? And what can you afford to do later... assuming someone else doesn't take the action first!?Decks are small and randomness in the game is heavily mitigated by the wealth of tactical decisions offered on the game board. With a variety of worker actions artifacts and equipment cards the set-up for each game will be unique encouraging players to explore new strategies to meet the challenge.Discover the Lost Ruins of Arnak!—description from the publisher

Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 (1 to 6 with the 'Riverfolk' expansion) players battle for control of a vast wilderness. Like Vast: The Crystal Caverns each player in Root has unique capabilities and a different victory condition. Now with the aid of gorgeous multi-use cards a truly asymmetric design has never been more accessible.The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods.Meanwhile at the edge of the region the proud squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright. The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.In Root players drive the narrative and the differences between each role create an unparalleled level of interaction and replayability. Leder Games invites you and your family to explore the fantastic world of Root!—description from the publisher

In the land of Terra Mystica dwell 14 different peoples in seven landscapes and each group is bound to its own home environment so to develop and grow they must terraform neighboring landscapes into their home environments in competition with the other groups.Terra Mystica is a full information game without any luck that rewards strategic planning. Each player governs one of the 14 groups. With subtlety and craft the player must attempt to rule as great an area as possible and to develop that group's skills. There are also four religious cults in which you can progress. To do all that each group has special skills and abilities.Taking turns the players execute their actions on the resources they have at their disposal. Different buildings allow players to develop different resources. Dwellings allow for more workers. Trading houses allow players to make money. Strongholds unlock a group's special ability and temples allow you to develop religion and your terraforming and seafaring skills. Buildings can be upgraded: Dwellings can be developed into trading houses; trading houses can be developed into strongholds or temples; one temple can be upgraded to become a sanctuary. Each group must also develop its terraforming skill and its skill with boats to use the rivers. The groups in question along with their home landscape are:Proximity to other groups is a double-edged sword in Terra Mystica. Being close to other groups gives you extra power but it also means that expanding is more difficult...Terra Mystica FAQ

Too Many Bones comes loaded for bear by breaking into a new genre: the dice-builder RPG. This game takes everything you think you know about dice-rolling and turns it on its head. Dripping with strategy this fantasy-based RPG puts you in the skin of a new race and takes you on an adventure to the northern territories to root out and defeat growing enemy forces and of course the infamous baddie responsible.Team up or go it alone in a 1-4 player Coop or Solo play campaign. With over 100+ unique skill dice and 4-7 classes to choose from every battle is its own mini challenge to figure out. Your adventure will consist of 8-12 battles before you reach your final destination and face off against one of a number of possible kingpins in order to win. Along the way you will be faced with storyline decisions that will quickly have you weighing risk/reward odds and logic - with dice woven into every aspect! Your party will also be faced with other decisions: when to rest when to explore or even which fights to pursue! The Encounter cards offer fun plot twists and some comic relief all while setting the stage for your next battle.

During the medieval goings-on around Orléans you must assemble a following of farmers merchants knights monks etc. to gain supremacy through trade construction and science in medieval France.In Orléans you will recruit followers and put them to work to make use of their abilities. Farmers and Boatmen supply you with money and goods; Knights expand your scope of action and secure your mercantile expeditions; Craftsmen build trading stations and tools to facilitate work; Scholars make progress in science; Traders open up new locations for you to use your followers; and last but not least it cannot hurt to get active in monasteries since with Monks on your side you are much less likely to fall prey to fate.You will always want to take more actions than possible and there are many paths to victory. The challenge is to combine all elements as best as possible with regard to your strategy.

The Mage Knight board game puts you in control of one of four powerful Mage Knights as you explore (and conquer) a corner of the Mage Knight universe under the control of the Atlantean Empire. Build your army fill your deck with powerful spells and actions explore caves and dungeons and eventually conquer powerful cities controlled by this once-great faction! In competitive scenarios opposing players may be powerful allies but only one will be able to claim the land as their own. In cooperative scenarios the players win or lose as a group. Solo rules are also included.Combining elements of RPGs deck-building and traditional board games the Mage Knight board game captures the rich history of the Mage Knight universe in a self-contained gaming experience.

In the dystopic 1930s the industrial revolution pushed the exploitation of fossil-based resources to the limit and now the only thing powerful enough to quench the thirst for power of the massive machines and of the unstoppable engineering progress is the unlimited hydroelectric energy provided by the rivers.Barrage is a resource management strategic game in which players compete to build their majestic dams raise them to increase their storing capacity and deliver all the potential power through pressure tunnels connected to the energy turbines of their powerhouses.Each player represents one of the four international companies who are gathering machinery innovative patents and brilliant engineers to claim the best locations to collect and exploit the water of a contested Alpine region crossed by rivers.Barrage includes two innovative and challenging mechanisms. First the players must carefully plan their actions and handle their machinery since both their action tokens and resources are stored on a Construction Wheel and will only be available after a full turn of the wheel. The better you manage your wheel the earlier your resources and actions come back to you.Second the water flow on the rivers depicted on the board is a shared and contested resource. Players have to intercept and store as much of the water as they can build dams (upstream dams are expensive but can block part of the water before it reaches the downstream dams) raise the dams to increase their capacity and build long tunnels to channel the water to their powerhouses. Water is never consumed — its flow is just used to produce energy — it is instead released back to the rivers so you have to strategically place your dams to recover the water diverted by you and the other players.Over five rounds the players must fulfill power requirements represented by a common competitive power track and meet specific requests of personal contracts. At the same time by placing a limited number of engineers they attempt to enhance their machinery to acquire new and more efficient construction actions and to build and activate special unique-effect buildings to forward their own developing strategy.

In Viticulture the players find themselves in the roles of people in rustic pre-modern Tuscany who have inherited meagre vineyards. They have a few plots of land an old crush pad a tiny cellar and three workers. They each have a dream of being the first to call their winery a true success.The players are in the position of determining how they want to allocate their workers throughout the year. Every season is different on a vineyard so the workers have different tasks they can take care of in the summer and winter. There's competition over those tasks and often the first worker to get to the job has an advantage over subsequent workers.Fortunately for the vineyard owners people love to visit wineries and it just so happens that many of those visitors are willing to help out around the vineyard when they visit as long as you assign a worker to take care of them. Their visits (in the form of cards) are brief but can be very helpful. Using those workers and visitors the vineyard owners can expand their vineyards by building structures planting vines and filling wine orders working towards the goal of running the most successful winery in Tuscany.Viticulture Essential Edition includes the base game of Viticulture and a few of the most popular modules from the original Tuscany expansion including Mamas & Papas Fields (previously known as Properties) expanded and revised Visitors and Automa cards for a solo variant along with a few minor rule changes.

Lemonade? They want lemonade? What is the world coming to? I want commercials for burgers on all channels every 15 minutes. We are the Home of the Original Burger not a hippie health haven. And place a billboard next to that new house on the corner. I want them craving beer every second they sit in their posh new garden. The new management trainee trembles in front of the CEO and tries to politely point out that... How do you mean we don't have enough staff? The HR director reports to you. Hire more people! Train them! But whatever you do don't pay them any real wages. I did not go into business to become poor. And fire that discount manager she is only costing me money. From now on we'll sell gourmet burgers. Same crap double the price. Get my marketing director in here!Food Chain Magnate is a heavy strategy game about building a fast food chain. The focus is on building your company using a card-driven (human) resource management system. Players compete on a variable city map through purchasing marketing and sales and on a job market for key staff members. The game can be played by 2-5 serious gamers in 2-4 hours.German:Limonade? Sie wollen Limonade? Was ist mit der Welt los? Ich will Werbung für Burger auf allen Kanälen alle 15 Minuten. Wir sind die Heimat des Original-Burgers kein Hippie-Gesundheitsparadies. Und stellen Sie eine Werbetafel neben das neue Haus an der Ecke. Ich will dass sie jede Sekunde in der sie in ihrem schicken neuen Garten sitzen nach Bier lechzen. Der neue Management-Trainee zittert vor dem CEO und versucht höflich darauf hinzuweisen dass... Wie meinen Sie das wir haben nicht genug Personal? Der Personaldirektor berichtet an Sie. Stellen Sie mehr Leute ein! Bilden Sie sie aus! Aber was auch immer Sie tun zahlen Sie ihnen keine echten Löhne. Ich bin nicht ins Geschäft eingestiegen um arm zu werden. Und feuere diese Discount-Managerin sie kostet mich nur Geld. Von nun an werden wir Gourmet-Burger verkaufen. Derselbe Mist nur doppelt so teuer. Holen Sie meinen Marketingdirektor her!Food Chain Magnate ist ein schweres Strategiespiel über den Aufbau einer Fast-Food-Kette. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Aufbau des eigenen Unternehmens mit Hilfe eines kartengesteuerten (Personal-)Managementsystems. Die Spieler konkurrieren auf einer variablen Stadtkarte durch Einkauf Marketing und Verkauf sowie auf einem Stellenmarkt für wichtige Mitarbeiter.Das Spiel kann von 2-5 ernsthaften Spielern in 2-4 Stunden gespielt werden.

In Pax Pamir players assume the role of nineteenth century Afghan leaders attempting to forge a new state after the collapse of the Durrani Empire. Western histories often call this period The Great Game because of the role played by the Europeans who attempted to use central Asia as a theater for their own rivalries. In this game those empires are viewed strictly from the perspective of the Afghans who sought to manipulate the interloping ferengi (foreigners) for their own purposes.In terms of game play Pax Pamir is a pretty straightforward tableau builder. Players spend most of their turns purchasing cards from a central market then playing those cards in front of them in a single row called a court. Playing cards adds units to the game's map and grants access to additional actions that can be taken to disrupt other players and influence the course of the game. That last point is worth emphasizing. Though everyone is building their own row of cards the game offers many ways for players to interfere with each other directly and indirectly.To survive players will organize into coalitions. Throughout the game the dominance of the different coalitions will be evaluated by the players when a special card called a Dominance Check is resolved. If a single coalition has a commanding lead during one of these checks those players loyal to that coalition will receive victory points based on their influence in their coalition. However if Afghanistan remains fragmented during one of these checks players instead will receive victory points based on their personal power base.After each Dominance Check victory is checked and the game will be partially reset offering players a fresh attempt to realize their ambitions. The game ends when a single player is able to achieve a lead of four or more victory points or after the fourth and final Dominance Check is resolved.

In Underwater Cities which takes about 30-45 minutes per player players represent the most powerful brains in the world brains nominated due to the overpopulation of Earth to establish the best and most livable underwater areas possible.The main principle of the game is card placement. Three colored cards are placed along the edge of the main board into 3 x 5 slots which are also colored. Ideally players can place cards into slots of the same color. Then they can take both actions and advantages: the action depicted in the slot on the main board and also the advantage of the card. Actions and advantages can allow players to intake raw materials; to build and upgrade city domes tunnels and production buildings such as farms desalination devices and laboratories in their personal underwater area; to move their marker on the initiative track (which is important for player order in the next turn); to activate the player's A-cards; and to collect cards both special ones and basic ones that allow for better decision possibilities during gameplay.All of the nearly 220 cards — whether special or basic — are divided into five types according to the way and time of use. Underwater areas are planned to be double-sided giving players many opportunities to achieve VPs and finally win.

Electric vehicles (EVs) have become more common since 2014 and are the future of the automobile industry. They are superior vehicles due to them being more efficient easier to maintain cleaner and cheaper to run. They are computerized machines that use AI to improve safety and in the near future will provide autonomous driving. They receive software upgrades during their lifetime and are constantly improving unlike their traditional combustion-engine counterparts which start to become obsolete as soon as you start using them.You will be overseeing the production of these vehicles in Kanban EV with kanban (看板) being the name for a scheduling system that supports an efficient assembly line just-in-time production and a smooth workflow process. Over the course of the game players take on the role of rookie employees who are trying to secure their career. You need to manage suppliers and supplies improve and innovate automobile parts and get your hands greasy on the assembly line in order to boost production and impress the factory manager.You must make shrewd use of the recycling facilities and the limited factory supplies in order to appropriate parts when the suppliers come up short. Because the factory must run at optimum efficiency production doesn't wait for you or for mistakes. Sandra the factory manager will review your performance and keep the factory on tempo.Kanban EV is a game that focuses on resource and time management that puts you in the driver's seat of an entire production facility racing for factory goals and the highest level of promotion. You earn production points (PP) for performing various actions in the game and the player with the most PP at the end of the game wins.—description from publisherIncludes solo mode by Dávid Turczi

1962 — The Cold War continues as a new threat looms on the horizon a deadly new Soviet bioweapon something called Project MEDUSA. You and your fellow medical graduates have been recruited by the CIA for the critical mission of investigating and preventing its development. Travel the world using carefully constructed aliases to move swiftly between Allied Neutral and Soviet cities. Your missions will require you to neutralize enemy agents acquire specific targets and set up other CIA agents on location to execute your operations without a hitch. As you complete objectives over the course of twelve months each success or failure will bring you closer to the truth.Combatting this dangerous new pathogen is of utmost importance but it's not the only threat you'll encounter in the field. Enemy agents are taking root in all parts of the world and it's critical to your mission that you keep them contained before they can escalate international tensions. Luckily for you you won't be without backup. Coordinate with other covert operatives for assistance and make strategic use of these teams at different locations to clean up the board and keep your eye on your main objectives.Designed as a prequel Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 does not require you to have completed Season 1 and Season 2 before diving into this Cold War spy thriller. As in the first two Pandemic Legacy games each time you play brings new cards rules and conditions that affect future games. Each alias you create will gain contacts and other assets to execute your plans more smoothly. And of course the CIA will be watching and evaluating your performance in the field. Work together with your fellow agents to prevent this new bio-threat — the fate of the world depends on it. Can you save humanity once again?—description from the publisher

Following along the same lines as its predecessor (Agricola) Caverna: The Cave Farmers is a worker-placement game at heart with a focus on farming. In the game you are the bearded leader of a small dwarf family that lives in a little cave in the mountains. You begin the game with a farmer and his spouse and each member of the farming family represents an action that the player can take each turn. Together you cultivate the forest in front of your cave and dig deeper into the mountain. You furnish the caves as dwellings for your offspring as well as working spaces for small enterprises.It's up to you how much ore you want to mine. You will need it to forge weapons that allow you to go on expeditions to gain bonus items and actions. While digging through the mountain you may come across water sources and find ore and ruby mines that help you increase your wealth. Right in front of your cave you can increase your wealth even further with agriculture: You can cut down the forest to sow fields and fence in pastures to hold your animals. You can also expand your family while running your ever-growing farm. In the end the player with the most efficiently developed home board wins.You can also play the solo variant of this game to familiarize yourself with the 48 different furnishing tiles for your cave.Caverna: The Cave Farmers which has a playing time of roughly 30 minutes per player is a complete redesign of Agricola that substitutes the card decks from the former game with a set of buildings while adding the ability to purchase weapons and send your farmers on quests to gain further resources. Designer Uwe Rosenberg says that the game includes parts of Agricola but also has new ideas especially the cave part of your game board where you can build mines and search for rubies. The game also includes two new animals: dogs and donkeys.

Extended edition includes Crisis & Control expansion.The Nation is in disarray and a war is waging between the classes. The working class faces a dismantled welfare system the capitalists are losing their hard-earned profits the middle class is gradually fading and the state is sinking into a deep deficit. Amidst all this chaos the only person who can provide guidance is... you. Will you take the side of the working class and fight for social reforms? Or will you stand with the corporations and the free market? Will you help the government try to keep it all together or will you try to enforce your agenda no matter the cost to the country?Hegemony is an asymmetric politico-economic card-driven board game for 2-4 players that puts you in the role of one of the socio-economic groups in a fictional state: The Working Class the Middle Class the Capitalist Class and the State itself.The Working class controls the workers. The Capitalist class controls the companies. The Middle class combines elements from both the Working class and the Capitalist. It has workers who can work in the Capitalist's companies but it can also build companies of its own yet smaller. Finally the State is trying to keep everyone happy providing benefits and subsidies when needed but trying also to maintain a steady income through taxes to avoid going into debt.While players have their own separate goals they are all limited by a series of policies that affect most of their actions like Taxation Labor Market Foreign Trade etc. Voting on those policies and using their influence to change them is also very important. Through careful planning strategic actions and political maneuvering you will do your best to increase the power of your class and carry out your agenda. Will you be the one to lead your class to victory?Hegemony is heavily based on actual academic principles such as Social-Democracy Neoliberalism Nationalism and Globalism and allows players to see their real world applications through engaging gameplay. There are many ways to achieve hegemony- which one will you take?—description from the publisher

It is the late 26th century. Earth is recovering from a catastrophic explosion that exterminated the majority of the population centuries ago and made most of the surface uninhabitable due to unearthly weather conditions. The surviving humans organized along four radically different ideologies called Paths to rebuild the world as they see fit: Harmony Dominance Progress and Salvation. Followers of the four Paths live in a fragile peace but in almost complete isolation next to each other. Their only meeting point is the last major city on Earth now just known as the Capital.By powering up the mysterious Time Rifts that opened in the wake of the cataclysm each Path is able to reach back to specific moments in their past. Doing so can greatly speed up their progress but too much meddling may endanger the time-space continuum. But progress is more important than ever before: if the mysterious message arriving through the Time Rift is to be believed an even more terrible cataclysm is looming on the horizon: an asteroid bearing the mysterious substance called Neutronium is heading towards Earth. Even stranger the scientists show that the energy signature of the asteroid matches the explosion centuries ago...Anachrony features a unique two-tiered worker placement system. To travel to the Capital or venture out to the devastated areas for resources players need not only various specialists (Engineers Scientists Administrators and Geniuses) but also Exosuits to protect and enhance them — and both are in short supply.The game is played in 4-7 turns depending on the time when the looming cataclysm occurs — unless of course it is averted! The elapsed turns are measured on a dynamic timeline. By powering up the Time Rifts players can reach back to earlier turns to supply their past self with resources. Each Path has a vastly different objective that rewards it with a massive amount of victory points when achieved. The Paths' settlements will survive the impact but the Capital will not. Whichever Path manages to collect most points will be the new seat for the Capital thus the most important force left on the planet...

Following the success of unmanned rover missions the United Nations established the Department of Operations and Mars Exploration (D.O.M.E.). The first settlers arrived on Mars in the year 2037 and in the decades after establishment of Mars Base Camp private exploration companies began work on the creation of a self-sustaining colony. As chief astronaut for one of these enterprises you want to be a pioneer in the development of the biggest most advanced colony on Mars by achieving both D.O.M.E. mission goals as well as your company’s private agenda.In the beginning you will be dependent on supplies from Earth and will have to travel often between the Mars Space Station and the planet's surface. As the colony expands over time you will shift your activities to construct mines power generators water extractors greenhouses oxygen factories and shelters. Your goal is to develop a self-sustaining colony independent of any terrestrial organization. This will require understanding the importance of water air power and food — the necessities for survival.Do you dare take part in humankind’s biggest challenge?On Mars is played over several rounds each consisting of two phases - the Colonization Phase ​and the Shuttle Phase​.During the Colonization Phase each player takes a turn during which they take actions. The available actions depend on the side of the board they are on. If you are in orbit you can take blueprints buy and develop technologies and take supplies from the Warehouse. If you are on the surface of the planet you can construct buildings with your bots upgrade these buildings using blueprints take scientists and new contracts welcome new ships and explore the planet’s surface with your rover. In the Shuttle Phase players may travel between the colony and the Space Station in orbit.All buildings on Mars have a dependency on each other and some are required for the colony to grow. Building shelters for Colonists to live in requires oxygen; generating oxygen requires plants; growing plants requires water; extracting water from ice requires power; generating power requires mining minerals; and mining minerals requires Colonists. Upgrading the colony’s ability to provide each of these resources is vital. As the colony grows more shelters are needed so that the Colonists can survive the inhospitable conditions on Mars.During the game players are also trying to complete missions. Once a total of three missions have been completed the game ends. To win the game players must contribute to the development of the first colony on Mars. This is represented during the game by players gaining Opportunity Points (OP). The player with the most OP at the end of the game is declared the winner.

Life is Battle; Battle is Glory; Glory is ALLIn Blood Rage players control the warriors leader and ship of their own Viking clan. Ragnarök has come and it’s the end of the world! It’s the Vikings’ last chance to go down in a blaze of glory and secure their places in Valhalla at Odin’s side! As a Viking you can pursue one of many pathways to glory. You can: invade and pillage the land for its rewards; crush your opponents in battle: fulfill quests: increase your clan's stats: or even die gloriously in battle or from Ragnarök the ultimate inescapable doom.Most player strategies are guided by the cards drafted at the beginning of each of the three game rounds (or Ages). These “Gods’ Gifts” grant you numerous boons for your clan including: increased Viking strength and devious battle strategies upgrades to your clan or even the aid of legendary creatures from Norse mythology. They may also include various quests from dominating specific provinces to having many of your Vikings sent to Valhalla. Most of these cards are aligned with one of the Norse gods hinting at the kind of strategy they support. For example Thor gives more glory for victory in battle. Heimdall grants you foresight and surprises. Tyr strengthens you in battle while the trickster Loki actually rewards you for losing battles or punishes the winner.Players must choose their strategies carefully during the draft phase but also be ready to adapt and react to their opponents’ strategies as the action phase unfolds. Battles are decided not only by the strength of the figures involved but also by cards played in secret. By observing your opponent’s actions and allegiances to specific gods you may predict what card they are likely to play and plan accordingly. Winning battles is not always the best course of action as the right card can get you even more rewards by being crushed. The only losing strategy in Blood Rage is to shy away from battle and a glorious death!

Lisboa is a game about the reconstruction of Lisboa after the great earthquake of 1755.On November 1 1755 Lisbon suffered an earthquake of an estimated magnitude of 8.5–9.0 followed by a tsunami and three days of fires. The city was almost totally destroyed. The Marques of Pombal — Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo — was the then Minister of Foreign Affairs and the King put him in charge of the reconstruction of Lisbon. The Marques of Pombal gathered a team of engineers and architects and you the players are members of the nobility; members who will use your influence in the reconstruction and business development of the new city. You will work with the architects to build Lisbon anew with the Marquis to develop commerce and with the King to open all the buildings but the true reason you do all this is not for greatness or fame or even fortune but for the most important thing of all in that time: wigs.Lisboa is played on a real map of downtown Lisbon. During the planning of the downtown project the type of business permitted in each street was previously determined. The economic motor is driven by the wealth of the royal treasure and this treasure is controlled by player actions during the game making each game a totally different experience. The game ends after a fixed number of rounds and whoever gathers the most wigs by the end of the game wins.Lisboa is played in rounds. Each round all players play one turn. They may place one card on their display or replace one card from this display. During the game players schedule hearings to get character favors such as commerce construction and openings. The iconic buildings score the stores and stores provide income to the players. Players need to manage influence construction licenses store permits church power workers and money with the workers' cost being dependent on the prestige of the players.

Description from the publisher:The world almost ended 71 years ago...The plague came out of nowhere and ravaged the world. Most died within a week. Nothing could stop it. The world did its best. It wasn't good enough.For three generations we the last fragments of humanity have lived on the seas on floating stations called havens. Far from the plague we are able to provide supplies to the mainland to keep them (and us) from succumbing completely.We've managed to keep a network of the largest known cities in the world alive. Things have been tough the past few years. Cities far away from the havens have fallen off our grid...Tomorrow a small group of us head out into what's left of the world. We don't know what we'll find.Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 is an epic cooperative game for 2 to 4 players. Unlike most other games this one is working against you. What's more some of the actions you take in Pandemic Legacy will carry over to future games. No two worlds will ever be alike!Part of the Pandemic series.

You are the head of a respected but troubled family estate in mid-19th century Victorian England. After several lean decades family fortunes are looking up! Your goal is to improve your estate so as to be in better standing with the truly influential families in Derbyshire.Obsession is a game of 16 to 20 turns in which players build a deck of Victorian gentry (British social upper class) renovate their estate by acquiring building tiles from a centralized builders' market and manipulate an extensive service staff of butlers housekeepers underbutlers maids valets and footmen utilizing a novel worker placement mechanic. Successfully hosting prestigious social activities such as Fox Hunts Music Recitals Billiards Political Debates and Grand Balls increases a player's wealth reputation and connections among the elite.Each turn players choose a building tile representing a room or outdoor space in and around their 19th century British country house. The tile chosen dictates the event that can be hosted and the guests to be invited. Players must carefully plan however to have the proper staff available to service the event and support guests as needed. The reward for success is new investment opportunities permitting further renovation of the estate (acquisition of more valuable/powerful building tiles) an increase in reputation in the county an expanding circle of influential acquaintances and a larger and highly-trained domestic staff.Throughout the game a competitive courtship for the hand of the most eligible young gentleman and lady in the county presents specific renovation and reputation objectives. The player who best meets these objectives while accumulating victory points will win the hand of the wealthy love interest and the game.—description from the publisher

In the thick of the Viennese modern age exquisite cafés are competing for customers. Inspiring artists important politicians and tourists from all over the world are populating Vienna and in need of a hotel room. This is your opportunity to turn your little café into a world famous hotel. Hire staff fulfill the wishes of your guests and gain the emperor's favor. Only then will your café become the Grand Austria Hotel.The start player rolls the dice sorting them by the rolled number and placing them on the corresponding action spaces. On a turn a player chooses one of the six actions and carries it out. The number of the available dice in the corresponding action spaces determines how much the player gets from the action. They then remove one of the dice and can carry out additional actions. With the different actions a player can get the necessary drinks and dishes prepare the rooms or hire staff.But no hotel can grow without guests. To choose wisely which guests to attract and to complete their orders brings some important bonus actions. The staff cards also have different advantages but the game ends after seven rounds and no player can do everything they want so whoever makes the right decisions and finds the best way to create bonus actions will win.With 116 different cards and a new set-up in each game Grand Austria Hotel provides a huge replay value. Each game stands on its own and demands new tactics and strategies.

Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar presents a new game mechanism: dynamic worker placement. Players representing different Mayan tribes place their workers on giant connected gears and as the gears rotate they take the workers to different action spots.During a turn players can either (a) place one or more workers on the lowest visible spot of the gears or (b) pick up one or more workers. When placing workers they must pay corn which is used as a currency in the game. When they pick up a worker they perform certain actions depending on the position of the worker. Actions located later on the gears are more valuable so it's wise to let the time work for you – but players cannot skip their turn; if they have all their workers on the gears they have to pick some up. The game ends after one full revolution of the central Tzolkin gear. There are many paths to victory. Pleasing the gods by placing crystal skulls in deep caves or building many temples are just two of those many paths...

A dark rumour rises from Mordor. The Eye turns to Middle-earth. The hour has come. The Fellowship is reunited. The Heroes prepare for battle. Will you play as the Fellowship of the Ring to defend the free races and destroy the One Ring? Or will you play as Sauron and pursue Frodo and Sam while deploying your hordes to the gates of the enemy cities? The destiny of Middle-earth is in your hands!A game plays over 3 successive chapters that unfold similarly. On your turn strengthen your Skills hoard your treasure stretch your presence across Middle-earth rally Races to your cause or advance the Quest of the Ring.In each chapter players take cards from a display of face-down and face-up cards arranged at the start of a round. A player can take a card only if it's available that is not partially covered by any other cards. Players can either play the card paying its cost and placing it in their play area obtaining its benefit or discard the card and take as many coins from the reserve as the current chapter.Players can also take a Landmark tile from one of the faceup tiles paying its cost placing it in their play area. They will be able to immediately place a Fortress pawn on the corresponding region of the central board and benefit from its other effects.Immediately win the game by fulfilling one of the 3 victory conditions:If any player gathers 6 different Race symbols on their Green cards they rally the support of the Races of Middle-earth and immediately win the gameIf a player is present in all 7 regions (with a Fortress and/or at least 1 Unit) they dominate Middle-earth and immediately win the game.If none of these three victory conditions are achieved by the end of chapter 3 the player who is present in the most regions of Middle-earth (with a Fortress and/or at least 1 Unit) wins the game. In case of tie share the victory.

Age of Innovation is a standalone game set in the world of Terra Mystica.Twelve factions each with unique characteristics populate this world of varying terrains. Here you will compete to erect buildings and merge them into cities. Each game allows you to create new combinations of factions homelands and abilities so that each game isn't the same as another.You control one of these factions and will terraform the game map's terrain into your homelands where you can erect your buildings. Proximity to other factions may limit your expansion but it also gains you significant advantages in the game. This tension adds to the appeal of the Terra Mystica series.Upgrade your buildings to gain valuable resources such as tools scholars money and power. Build schools to advance in different sciences and collect books which you can use to make innovations. Build your palace to gain a powerful new ability or build workshops guilds and universities to complete your culture.—description from the publisher

Clans of Caledonia is a mid-to-heavy economic game set in 19th-century Scotland. At this time Scotland made the transition from an agricultural to an industrialized country that heavily relied on trade and export. In the following years food production increased significantly to feed the population growth. Linen was increasingly substituted by the cheaper cotton and raising sheep was given high importance. More and more distilleries were founded and whisky became the premium alcoholic beverage in Europe.Players represent historic clans with unique abilities and compete to produce trade and export agricultural goods and of course whisky!The game ends after five rounds. Each round consists of the three phases:1. Players take turns and do one of eight possible actions from building to upgrading trading and exporting. When players run out of money they pass and collect a passing bonus.2. In the production phase each player collects basic resources refined goods and cash from their production units built on the game map. Each production unit built makes income visible on the player mat. Refined goods require the respective basic resource.3. Players receive VPs depending on the scoring tile of the current round.The game comes with eight different clans a modular board with 16 configurations eight port bonuses and eight round scoring tiles.

Maracaibo a strategy game for 1-4 players by Alexander Pfister is set in the Caribbean during the 17th century. The players try to increase their influence in three nations in four rounds with a play time of 40 minutes per player.The players sail on a round course through the Caribbean e.g. you have city tiles where you are able to perform various actions or deliver goods to. One special feature is an implemented quest mode over more and various tiles which tells the player who chase after it a little story.As a player you move with your ship around the course managing it by using cards like in other games from Alexander Pfister.NOTE: The Spanish and Portuguese editions of Maracaibo contain La Armada mini-expansion packaged inside the base game's box.

Paladins of the West Kingdom is set at a turbulent time of West Francia's story circa 900 AD. Despite recent efforts to develop the city outlying townships are still under threat from outsiders. Saracens scout the borders while Vikings plunder wealth and livestock. Even the Byzantines from the east have shown their darker side. As noble men and women players must gather workers from the city to defend against enemies build fortifications and spread faith throughout the land. Fortunately you are not alone. In his great wisdom the King has sent his finest knights to help aid in our efforts. So ready the horses and sharpen the swords. The Paladins are approaching.The aim of Paladins of the West Kingdom is to be the player with the most victory points (VP) at game's end. Points are gained by building outposts and fortifications commissioning monks and confronting outsiders. Each round players will enlist the help of a specific Paladin and gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses players will slowly increase their faith strength and influence. Not only will these affect their final score but they will also determine the significance of their actions. The game is concluded at the end of the seventh round.—description from the publisher

This age of art and capitalism has created a need for a new occupation - The Gallerist.Combining the elements of an Art dealer museum curator and Artists’ manager you are about to take on that job! You will promote and nurture Artists; buy display and sell their Art; and build and exert your international reputation. As a result you will achieve the respect needed to draw visitors to your Gallery from all over the world.There's a lot of work to be done but don't worry you can hire assistants to help you achieve your goals. Build your fortune by running the most lucrative Gallery and secure your reputation as a world-class Gallerist!

Mechs vs. Minions is a cooperative tabletop campaign for 2-4 players. Set in the world of Runeterra players take on the roles of four intrepid Yordles: Corki Tristana Heimerdinger and Ziggs who must join forces and pilot their newly-crafted mechs against an army of marauding minions. With modular boards programmatic command lines and a story-driven campaign each mission will be unique putting your teamwork programming and piloting skills to the test.There are ten missions in total and each individual mission will take about 60-90 minutes.

Updated and streamlined for a new generation of players Agricola the award-winning and highly acclaimed game by Uwe Rosenberg features a revised rulebook and gameplay along with wood pieces and components for up to four players.The 17th century was not an easy time to be a farmer. A game for 1-4 players ages 12 and up; play time is 30 minutes per player. Amazing replay value. The Agricola base game is a revised edition of Uwe Rosenberg’s celebrated classic. The game features improved all-wood components and a card selection from the base game as well as its expansions revised and updated for this edition. Players begin the game with two family members and can grow their families over the course of the game. This allows them more actions but remember you have to grow more food to feed your family as it grows! Feeding your family is a special kind of challenge and players will plant grain and vegetables while supplementing their food supply with sheep wild boar and cattle. Guide your family to wealth health and prosperity and you will win the game.

Crossing into the Land of 1001 Nights your caravan arrives at the fabled Sultanate of Naqala. The old sultan just died and control of Naqala is up for grabs! The oracles foretold of strangers who would maneuver the Five Tribes to gain influence over the legendary city-state. Will you fulfill the prophecy? Invoke the old Djinns and move the Tribes into position at the right time and the Sultanate may become yours!Designed by Bruno Cathala Five Tribes builds on a long tradition of German-style games that feature wooden meeples. Here in a unique twist on the now-standard worker placement genre the game begins with the meeples already in place – and players must cleverly maneuver them over the villages markets oases and sacred places tiles that make up Naqala. How when and where you dis-place these Five Tribes of Assassins Elders Builders Merchants and Viziers determine your victory or failure.As befitting a Days of Wonder game the rules are straightforward and easy to learn. But devising a winning strategy will take a more calculated approach than our standard fare. You need to carefully consider what moves can score you well and put your opponents at a disadvantage. You need to weigh many different pathways to victory including the summoning of powerful Djinns that may help your cause as you attempt to control this legendary Sultanate.

Slay the Spire: The Board Game is a co-operative deck-building adventure. Craft a unique deck encounter bizarre creatures discover relics of immense power and finally become strong enough to slay the Spire!Slay the Spire: The Board Game (core edition) includes: -4 Minis -Over 730 cards -Over 450 Art Sleeves -2 Map Boards -1 Merchant Board -4 Player Boards -1 Die -50 plastic cubes -Over 113 tokensCollector's edition: 4x (3mm neoprene) playermats 1x deck playmat Bigger box (fits mats) 1x Merchant bag Metal coinsKickstarter exclusives and Stretch goals: 1x Merchant pat Claw die 8x Claw cards 28x Foil Cards 3x Acrylic heart tokens

The galaxy has been a peaceful place for many years. After the ruthless Terran–Hegemony War (30.027–33.364) much effort has been employed by all major spacefaring species to prevent the terrifying events from repeating themselves. The Galactic Council was formed to enforce precious peace and it has taken many courageous efforts to prevent the escalation of malicious acts. Nevertheless tension and discord are growing among the seven major species and in the Council itself. Old alliances are shattering and hasty diplomatic treaties are made in secrecy. A confrontation of the superpowers seems inevitable – only the outcome of the galactic conflict remains to be seen. Which faction will emerge victorious and lead the galaxy under its rule?A game of Eclipse places you in control of a vast interstellar civilization competing for success with its rivals. You will explore new star systems research technologies and build spaceships with which to wage war. There are many potential paths to victory so you need to plan your strategy according to the strengths and weaknesses of your species while paying attention to the other civilizations' endeavors.The shadows of the great civilizations are about to eclipse the galaxy. Lead your people to victory!

Welcome to Arle In Fields of Arle created by Uwe Rosenberg one to two players live as farmers in the small and peaceful town of Arle in East Frisia. The flax grown in the land surrounding the village makes it a profitable place to work and live. Fields of Arle takes players through four and a half years of this era of prosperity with different opportunities available as the seasons change. Farm the land to capitalize on the demand for flax or find other ways to make the most of the small town’s prosperity.Work the Land Whether you delve into flax farming or leverage other areas of expertise always make sure that you have the land to build up your village. Construct dikes to keep the waters at bay and expand your fields. Dry out bogs to harvest peat and then clear the land for cultivation. Create more fields for your livestock buildings or future crops; after that you can decide whether to house animals or cultivate a forest for timber. Perhaps you’d like to take up some flax farming for yourself or diversify and try out a little bit of everything.Tools of the Trade At the outset of each half year you’ll choose how you’d like to spend that time working. There are many ways to build your fortune. Use the Master space to increase the tools at your disposal focus on the Cattle Trainer to make the most of your livestock or build up your fleet of vehicles and ship out goods. Taking stock of your progress differs depending on the season. You may milk your existing livestock or care for a bunch of newborn animals. You could harvest your flax in the fall and shear your sheep in spring. At the end of each half year you’ll need to take stock of your progress by unloading your vehicles and feeding your family and animals so keep an eye on the season and do your best to keep the farm growing and everyone well fed!Travel and Prosper Once you’ve made headway in clearing fields and stocking up goods it's time to make your products available to potential buyers. The more vehicles you have the more goods you can ship. Send things into the wide world to increase your Travel Experience and grant you points over the course of the four and a half years of the game. Build up your farm and your vehicles and get your goods out into the world to make the most of every season. There are many roads to success in Fields of Arle so pick your path work the land and enjoy the friendly competition as you strive to make your fortune!- from the publisher's website

The survivors of a long-ago invasion have taken refuge in the forgotten underground city of Gravehold. There the desperate remnants of society have learned that the energy of the very breaches the beings use to attack them can be repurposed through various gems transforming the malign energies within into beneficial spells and weapons to aid their last line of defense: the breach mages.Aeon's End is a cooperative game that explores the deckbuilding genre with a number of innovative mechanisms including a variable turn order system that simulates the chaos of an attack and deck management rules that require careful planning with every discarded card. Players will struggle to defend Gravehold from The Nameless and their hordes using unique abilities powerful spells and most importantly of all their collective wits.

Game description from the publisher:Waterdeep the City of Splendors – the most resplendent jewel in the Forgotten Realms and a den of political intrigue and shady back-alley dealings. In this game the players are powerful lords vying for control of this great city. Its treasures and resources are ripe for the taking and that which cannot be gained through trickery and negotiation must be taken by force!In Lords of Waterdeep a strategy board game for 2-5 players you take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep secret rulers of the city. Through your agents you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board and hinder – or help – the other lords by playing Intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans.During the course of play you may gain points or resources through completing quests constructing buildings playing intrigue cards or having other players utilize the buildings you have constructed. At the end of 8 rounds of play the player who has accrued the most points wins the game.

Travel back in time to the greatest city in Mesoamerica. Witness the glory and the twilight of the powerful pre-Columbian civilization. Strategize accrue wealth gain the favour of the gods and become the builder of the magnificent Pyramid of the Sun.In Teotihuacan: City of Gods each player commands a force of worker dice which grow in strength with every move. On your turn you move a worker around a modular board always choosing one of two areas of the location tile you land on: one offering you an action (and a worker upgrade) the other providing you with a powerful bonus (but without an upgrade).While managing their workforce and resources players develop new technologies climb the steps of the three great temples build houses for the inhabitants of the city and raise the legendary and breath-taking Pyramid of the Sun in the center of the city.Each game is played in three eras. As the dawn of the Aztecs comes closer player efforts (and their ability to feed their workforce) are evaluated a total of three times. The player with the most fame is the winner.

Revive civilization 5000 years after everything was destroyed. Lead your tribe and explore the frozen earth. Harness its resources. Recruit surface survivors to your cause. Build factories with powerful machines. And populate ancient sites to relearn your tribe's forgotten technologies. -- Revive is a game for 1-4 players with asymmetric player powers highly variable setup and no fighting or direct conflict. Playing through the 5-part campaign unlocks additional contents and once all contents have been unlocked the game can be replayed indefinitely.At the beginning of the game each player gets a set of citizen cards a tribe board as well as a huge dual-layer player board. The tribe board shows your unique tribe ability and the ancient technologies that you may relearn during the game. The dual-layer player board is where you place your custom machines and upgrade your card slots.A main goal of the game is to reach and populate the large ancient sites. These ancient locations are randomized and as they are important sources of victory points they will shape your strategy differently each game. The game ends when all artifacts have been taken and the player with the most points wins.

Beyond the Sun is a space civilization game in which players collectively decide the technological progress of humankind at the dawn of the Spacefaring Era while competing against each other to be the leading faction in economic development science and galactic influence.The game is played over a variable number of rounds until a number of game-end achievements are collectively claimed by the players. The winner is the faction with the most victory points which are obtained by researching technologies improving their economy controlling and colonizing systems and completing various achievements and events throughout the game.On a turn a player moves their action pawn to an empty action space then takes that action. They then conduct their production phase either producing ore growing their population or trading one of those resources for another. Finally they can claim up to one achievement if possible.As players take actions they research new technologies that come in four levels. Each technology is one of four types (scientific economic military commercial) and higher-level technologies must match one of the types of tech that lead into it. Thus players create their own technology tree in each game using these actions to increase their military strength to jump to different habitable exoplanetary systems to colonize those systems to boost their resource production to develop android tech that allows growth without population and more.

When all you can identify in the horizon for many long days is the line that detaches the sea from the sky the glimpse of a distant shore appearing before you will make you shiver at the understanding that the adventure is about to begin.You find yourself astonished landing on the shore that will be the origin of an extensive exploration through the Galapagos a magic place of inconceivable beauty and endless biodiversity. There you will gather repertoires and expand your knowledge of the natural sciences. Your eyes will learn how to detect the hidden species in the tropical forest gazing at the countless colors and textures of nature. After inspiring hours spent studying and getting to enlightening conclusions you will rest under a sparkling sky admiring the stunning complexity of the animal realm.Darwin's Journey is a worker-placement Eurogame in which players recall Charles Darwin's memories of his adventure through the Galapagos islands which contributed to the development of his theory of evolution.With the game's innovative worker progression system each worker will have to study the disciplines that are a prerequisite to perform several actions in the game such as exploration correspondence gathering and dispatch of repertoires found on the island to museums in order to contribute to the human knowledge of biology. The game lasts five rounds and thanks to several short- and long-term objectives every action you take will grant victory points in different ways.

Concordia Venus is a standalone reimplementation of Concordia with some added features.Concordia Venus is a peaceful strategy game of economic development in Roman times for 2-6 players aged 13 and up. Instead of looking to the luck of dice or cards players must rely on their strategic abilities. Be sure to watch your rivals to determine which goals they are pursuing and where you can outpace them! In the game colonists are sent out from Rome to settle down in cities that produce bricks food tools wine and cloth. Each player starts with an identical set of playing cards and acquires more cards during the game. These cards serve two purposes:They allow a player to choose actions during the game. They are worth victory points (VPs) at the end of the game.Concordia is a strategy game that requires advance planning and consideration of your opponent's moves. Every game is different not only because of the sequence of new cards on sale but also due to the modular layout of cities on the 4 different maps included with the game. When all cards have been sold from the market or after the first player builds his 15th house the game ends. The player with the most VPs from the gods (Jupiter Saturnus Mercurius Minerva Vesta Venus etc.) wins the game.Note: This entry is for the standalone game Concordia Venus. This is different from Concordia: Venus (Expansion) which requires Concordia to play.

The heron flies over the Himeji sky while the Daimyo from the top of the castle watches his servants move. Gardeners tend the pond where the koi carp live warriors stand guard on the walls and courtiers crowd the gates pining for an audience that brings them closer to the innermost circles of the court. When night falls the lanterns are lit and the workers return to their clan.In The White Castle players will control one of these clans in order to score more victory points than the rest. To do so they must amass influence in the court manage resources boldly and place their workers in the right place at the right time. The authors are Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero the duo known as Llama Dice who also designed the successful The Red Cathedral with Devir. In this case we leave the Moscow of Ivan the Terrible behind to explore the most imposing fortress in modern Japan Himeji Castle where the banner of the Sakai clan flies under the orders of Daimyo Sakai Tadakiyo.The White Castle is a Euro type game with mechanics of resource management worker placement and dice placement to carry out actions. During the game over three rounds players will send members of their clan to tend the gardens defend the castle or progress up the social ladder of the nobility. At the end of the match these will award players victory points in a variety of ways.The central panel shows Himeji Castle in all its splendor divided into several zones. The largest is inside the castle with the Room of the Thousand Carpets where the courtiers must ascend socially until they reach the circle closest to the Daimyo to enjoy his favor. There is also the pond and the gardens patiently tended by the gardeners where everyone can relax and contemplate its beauty without restriction. Another important area is the wall and the outside of the castle where the warriors patrol and stand guard. Finally we find the area of the three bridges where the three types of dice that can be used to carry out actions are accumulated and the personal domain of each player where they will keep track of their resources and where they will have the reserve of workers.With accessible rules and a very careful setting The White Castle is a very versatile title that will fit in with different gaming groups. As is tradition with Llama Dice titles its sleek and simple design belies a great deal of strategic depth within the grasp of players.—description from the publisher

At the edge of our solar system a dark planet may lurk. In 2015 astronomers estimated a large distant planet could explain the unique orbits of dwarf planets and other objects. Since then astronomers have been scanning the sky hoping to find this planet.In The Search for Planet X players take on the role of astronomers who use observations and logical deductions to search for this hypothetical planet. Each game the companion app randomly selects an arrangement of objects and a location for Planet X following predefined logic rules.Each round as the earth travels around the sun players use the app to perform scans and attend conferences. As they gain information about the location of the objects they mark that information on their deduction sheets. As players learn the locations of the various objects they can start publishing theories which is how players score points.As more and more objects are found players narrow down the possible locations for Planet X. Once a player believes they know its location and the objects on either side of it they use the app to conduct a search. The game ends when a player successfully locates Planet X and all players have a final chance to score some additional points.The Search for Planet X captures the thrill of discovery the puzzle-y nature of astronomical investigation and the competition inherent in the scientific process. Can you be the first to find Planet X?—description from the publisher

In 1271 17-year-old Marco Polo started on a journey to China with his father and older brother. After a long and grueling journey that led through Jerusalem and Mesopotamia and over the Silk Road they reached the court of Kublai Khan in 1275.In The Voyages of Marco Polo players recreate this journey with each player having a different character from history with a special power in the game. The game is played over five rounds. Each round the players roll their five personal dice and take turns performing actions by placing their dice onto the board. Players may choose from a variety of actions each require the use of one or more dice: collecting resources or money acquiring contracts traveling on the map or using a special action granted by a city. When traveling each player begins at Venice and can decide between several routes eastward all the way to Beijing. When a player stops at a city they place a trading post there giving them access to extra actions or resources for the rest of the game. The higher the value of the dice used for an action the better the options that may be chosen but also the more money the player must pay if an opponent has already chosen the same action.After five rounds the game ends with players receiving extra victory points for having trading posts in Beijing fulfilling the most contracts and having trading posts in the cities on secret goal cards that each player gets at the start of the game.This game should not be confused with Marco Polo Expedition which has the same German title.

Inis is a game deeply rooted in Celtic history and lore in which players win by being elected King of the Island (Inis). Players can try to achieve one of three different victory conditions:Over the course of the game players also earn deeds typically chanted by bards or engraved by master crafters that reduce by one the magic total of six for any condition. While one victory condition is enough to claim the title of King a game of experienced players usually has a tight balance of power emphasizing the leadership of the capital of the island.At the start of each round players draft a hand of four action cards (with 13 action cards for three players and 17 for four players) during the Assembly. Action cards not played at the end of one season are not held for the next. Players also have access to leader cards for the territories that allow it and where they were elected leader during the assembly. Each Assembly reallocates those cards. Finally they collect epic tales cards that depict the deeds of the ancient Irish gods and heroes like Cuchulainn the Dagda Lugh and many others. These will be kept and used to inspire the clans and achieve extraordinary feats...under the right circumstances. The cards provide a variety of actions: adding clans moving clans building/exploring and special actions.Careful drafting hand management bluffing (especially once players understand the importance of passing their turn) good timing and a precise understanding of the balance of power are the keys to victory. After a discovery game you'll be ready for a full and epic game where an undisputed player will be king by the Assembly for his merit and wisdom.While Inis has dudes that are on a map it's a beginner's mistake to play this as a battle game because eliminating other clans reduces your chances of scoring a Leadership victory condition. Peace among different clans with or without a clear territory leader is the usual outcome of a clan's movement. Battles will occur of course as the Celtic clans can be unruly and a good player will listen to his clan's people (i.e. his hand of cards). That battle aspect is reflected in the clan's miniatures representing warriors. Woodsmen shepherds and traders complete the set of twelve minis for each player; these occupations have no impact on the game but give it flavor.

Trickerion is a competitive Euro-style strategy game set in a fictional world inspired by the late 19th century urban life and culture spiced with a pinch of supernatural.Players take on the roles of rival stage illusionists each with their own strengths and characteristics. They are striving for fortune and fame in a competition hosted by a legendary magician looking for a successor worthy of the mighty Trickerion Stone which is fabled to grant supernatural power to its owner.Using worker placement and simultaneous action selection mechanisms the Illusionists and their teams of helpers — the Engineer the Assistant the Manager and a handful of Apprentices – obtain blueprints and components for increasingly complex magic tricks expand the team and set up performances by visiting the Downtown Dark Alley Market Row and Theater locations on the main game board depicting a late 19th century cityscape.The tricks are stored and prepared on the Magician's own Workshop game board while the performances themselves take place at the Theater in the form of a tile placement mini-game with lots of player interaction. The performances yield Fame points and Coins to their owners based on the tricks they consist of. Fame points have multiple uses but they also serve as a win condition - After turn 7 when the last Performance card is revealed the game ends and the illusionist with the most Fame points wins.The game offers 48 different Tricks to be learned from the Optical Spiritual Mechanical and Escape categories over 90 character abilities and 40 Special Assignment cards that influence the actions taken at the various game locations. The base game can be expanded with two optional rule modules to add further strategic depth to the game.The Dark Alley expansion included in the base game adds a new location to the game. It also comes with 48 new Special Assignment cards a new tier of Tricks and 27 Prophecy tokens that can alter certain game rules turn by turn giving the game additional variety.

In Great Western Trail: New Zealand you are a runholder — that is the owner of a sheep station — on the South Island of New Zealand at the end of the 19th century. Recent years have seen your family farm prosper by diversifying your breeds of sheep and by increasing the value of your wool.With the dawn of the new century new challenges have arisen. You must acquire new and improved breeds of sheep to ensure the prosperity of your family business and the laborers who work for you.

Architects of the West Kingdom is set at the end of the Carolingian Empire circa 850 AD. As royal architects players compete to impress their King and maintain their noble status by constructing various landmarks throughout his newly appointed domain. Players need to collect raw materials hire apprentices and keep a watchful eye on their workforce. These are treacherous times and rival architects will stop at nothing to slow your progress. Will you remain virtuous or be found in the company of thieves and black marketeers?The aim of Architects of the West Kingdom is to be the player with the most victory points (VP) at game's end. Points are gained by constructing various buildings and advancing work on the Archbishop's cathedral. Throughout the game players need to make a lot of moral decisions. However only at game's end will their virtue be judged. A few underhand deals here and there might not seem like much but fall too far and you will be punished. The game ends once a set number of constructions have been completed.—description from the publisher

Carnegie 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 started his career as a telegraphist his role as one of the major players in the rise of the United States’ steel industry 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; upon his death in 1919 more than $350 million of his wealth was bequeathed to various foundations with another $30 million going to various charities. His endowments created nearly 2,500 free public libraries that bear his name: the Carnegie Libraries.During the game you will recruit and manage employees expand your business invest in real estate produce and sell goods and create transport chains across the United States; you may even work with important personalities of the era. Perhaps you will even become an illustrious benefactor who contributes to the greatness of his country through deeds and generosity!The game takes place over 20 rounds; players will each have one turn per round. On each turn the active player will choose one of four actions which the other players may follow.The goal of the game is to build the most prestigious company as symbolized by victory points.   —description from the publisher

Keyflower is a game for two to six players played over four rounds. Each round represents a season: spring summer autumn and finally winter. Each player starts the game with a home tile and an initial team of eight workers each of which is colored red yellow or blue. Workers of matching colors are used by the players to bid for tiles to add to their villages. Matching workers may alternatively be used to generate resources skills and additional workers not only from the player's own tiles but also from the tiles in the other players' villages and from the new tiles being auctioned.In spring summer and autumn more workers will arrive on board the Keyflower and her sister boats with some of these workers possessing skills in the working of the key resources of iron stone and wood. In each of these seasons village tiles are set out at random for auction. In the winter no new workers arrive and the players select the village tiles for auction from those they received at the beginning of the game. Each winter village tile offers VPs for certain combinations of resources skills and workers. The player whose village and workers generate the most VPs wins the game.Keyflower presents players with many different challenges and each game will be different due to the mix of village tiles that appear in that particular game. Throughout the game players will need to be alert to the opportunities to best utilize their various resources transport and upgrade capability skills and workers.Keyflower a joint design between Richard Breese and Sebastian Bleasdale is the seventh game in the Key series from R&D Games set in the medieval Key land.

Raiders of the North Sea is set in the central years of the Viking Age. As Viking warriors players seek to impress the Chieftain by raiding unsuspecting settlements. To do so players need to assemble a crew collect provisions and journey north to plunder gold iron and livestock. Glory can be found in battle even at the hands of the Valkyrie so gather your warriors because it's raiding season!To impress the Chieftain you need victory points (VPs) with those being acquired primarily by raiding settlements taking plunder and making offerings to the Chieftain. How you use your plunder is also vital to your success. Players take turns in clockwise order and on a turn you place a worker and resolve its action then pick up a different worker and resolve its action. Broadly speaking those actions fall in one of two categories:The game ends when only one fortress raid remains all Valkyrie have been removed or all offerings have been made then players tally their scores.

Dwellings of Eldervale is an epic worker placement game set in a once lost magical world. Giant elemental monsters roam while dragons wizards and warriors battle for dominance over 8 elemental powers. Players control unique factions seeking to adventure battle grow in power and ultimately dwell Eldervale shaping it to their vision.Dwellings of Eldervale blends worker placement area control engine building and unique worker units. Players take turns placing a worker in Eldervale or regrouping and activating their tableau of adventure cards. Action spaces include realms key to power: a summoning portal an ancient mill the lost fortress deep dungeons and a crumbling mage tower and the elemental lands of Earth Air Fire Water Light Dark Order and Chaos! Magic cards grant spells quests and prophecies to players.In the end the players with the most elemental dominance among the multiple paths to victory will reign over Eldervale.—description from the publisherLink to Unofficial FAQ

Lorenzo de' Medici also known as Lorenzo il Magnifico (Lorenzo the Magnificent) was one of the most powerful and enthusiastic patrons of the Italian Renaissance.In Lorenzo il Magnifico each player takes the role of the head of a noble family in a city during the Italian Renaissance to gain more prestige and fame — that is victory points (VP) — than anyone else. To do so you send your family members to different areas of town where they can obtain many achievements. In one location they get useful resources; in another development cards that represent newly conquered territories sponsored buildings influenced characters or encouraged ventures; and somewhere else they activate the effects of their cards.Family members are not identical. At the beginning of each round you roll three dice to determine their value. You must choose carefully where to send your most valuable family members...You can gain VP in several ways and you must also pay attention to your relations with the Church. The game is divided into three periods each formed by two rounds; at the end of each period players must show their faith and whoever hasn't prayed enough will suffer hard penalties. After six rounds you calculate your final score and the player with the most VP wins.

For centuries the Novarchs descendants of the royal House of Novarchon have ruled with an iron fist over the feudalistic galactic empire of humankind the Domineum. During this time they brought stunning technological innovation and scientific advancements to their domain. This accelerated progression helped the Domineum reach — and eventually inhabit — even the farthest segments of the known galaxy where new Houses emerged to govern the outer sectors of the empire. As the House of Novarchon grew in power so grew the religious cult that surrounded them proclaiming grim prophecies about an ancient cosmic being from another dimension: the Voidborn.Many thought it to be only a myth but in truth it was the Voidborn's dark influence that granted the Novarchs the sheer knowledge to achieve rapid expansion for the empire. While the cult of the Novarchs envisaged eternal life through the otherworldly entity the Voidborn's only intention was satiating its eternal hunger. And so when the Domineum had achieved a vastness fitting the Voidborn's craving interdimensional rifts opened at the heart of the Domineum to unleash cosmic corruption. As the House of Novarchon and its followers welcomed the Voidborn and sought their false salvation the entity infected and spread and seized control over the inner worlds. Now it is time for the remaining Great Houses to purge the galactic corruption prevent the Voidborn from fully manifesting in our dimension and to ultimately overcome the chaos as the new rulers of the Domineum.Voidfall is a space 4X game that brings the genre to Euro enthusiasts' tables. It combines the tension player interaction and deep empire customization of the 4X genre with the resource management tight decisions and minimum-luck gameplay of an economic Euro. Win by pushing back the Voidborn in the solo/coop mode or by overcoming your rivals' influence in restoring the Domineum in the competitive mode — both using the same rule set and game system. Variability is ensured not only by multiple playable houses with their own strengths and weaknesses but also by many different map set-ups for all game modes.As the leader of a defiant Great House you play through three cycles each with a game-altering galactic event a new scoring condition and a set number of focus cards that can be played. Focus card decisions and sequencing is the centerpiece of the gameplay. By selecting two of their three impactful actions as you play them you develop and improve techs; advance on your three house-specific civilization tracks; manage your sectors' infrastructure population and production; and conquer new sectors with up to five different types of space fleets. Space battles are fought either against the Voidborn's infected forces (which are present as neutral opponents even in the competitive mode) or against other players. Instead of relying on the luck of a die roll battles in Voidfall are fully deterministic and reward careful preparation and outsmarting your opponents.—description from the publisher

In Mombasa players acquire shares of chartered companies based in Mombasa Cape Town Saint-Louis and Cairo and spread their trading posts throughout the African continent in order to earn the most money.As I expected the East African Company's network of trading posts has spread far into the West. They were even able to expand into a couple of diamond mines. It seems reasonable to invest our recent yield here in Mombasa rather than to continue our unrivalled commitment in Cape Town. After all it can only be to our advantage to have other irons in the fire. And when the day of reckoning comes it will show whether our hoarding of holdings and our intransigent eagerness are worth it...Mombasa is a tense Euro-style strategy game set in 18th century Africa in which players invest in four chartered companies. Using influence to help them expand across the continent improves the value of the players' shares in these companies. Players will also trade in bananas coffee or cotton work together with diamond merchants and ensure that the accounts are kept up to date. To make the most of this one will need to have the correct action cards (back) in hand at the same time which needs excellent forward planning.Mombasa features a unique rotating-display hand-mechanism that drives game play: Players start with an identical hand but acquire new and more powerful cards from the rotating display throughout the game. Each round players choose action cards from their hand place them face down in the so-called action slot (beneath the player board) and then reveal them simultaneously to carry out the actions. At the end of the action phase each card is moved to the so-called resting slot (above the player board). Cards in the resting slots are inactive and cannot be used until they are recovered - each round one can only return cards of one resting slot which is why it can make quite a difference in which action slots certain cards are placed.The game ends after seven rounds players add up their scores in different categories and the player with the highest score (who has earned the most money) wins the game. With a variety of paths to victory and double-sided company boards each game will be a new and different challenge.

Arcs is a sharp tactical space opera game for 2–4 players set in a dark yet silly universe. Players represent officials from a distant decaying and neglectful Empire who are now free to vie for dominance whether through battle gathering scarce resources or diplomatic intrigue. Ready yourself for dramatic twists and turns as you launch into this galactic struggle.A deck of cards in 4 suits with ranks from 1-7 (2-6 for less than 4 players) defines the action selection system. These cards are played in a trick-taking adjacent system to select actions take the initiative and declare Ambitions. The 3 declared Ambitions are what will score in that deal. Timing is everything. Bad hands must be mitigated by careful card play and benefitting from other players' card play.Battles are resolved quickly with the attacker choosing their level of risk. The defenders must be prepared with adequate defensive ships and cards in their tableau.Each game contains a hundred wooden ships and agents 18 custom engraved dice a beautiful six-panel board and tons of cards with over 60 pieces of unique art. The base game may be played without the optional Leaders and Lore cards (for an easier teach) or with them for a richer fuller and asymmetric game. It is also the core of the campaign game (requiring the Blighted Reach Expansion) which provides an epic more thematic experience.

Set in ancient Rome Trajan is a development game in which players try to increase their influence and power in various areas of Roman life such as political influence trading military dominion and other important parts of Roman culture.The central mechanism of the game uses a system similar to that in Mancala or pit-and-pebbles games. In Trajan a player has six possible actions: building trading taking tiles from the forum using the military influencing the Senate and placing Trajan tiles on his tableau.At the start of the game each player has two differently colored pieces in each of the six sections (bowls) of his tableau. On a turn the player picks up all the pieces in one bowl and distributes them one-by-one in bowls in a clockwise order. Wherever the final piece is placed the player takes the action associated with that bowl; in addition if the colored pieces in that bowl match the colors shown on a Trajan tile next to the bowl (with tiles being placed at the start of the game and through later actions) then the player takes the additional action shown on that tile.What are you trying to do with these actions? Acquire victory points (VPs) in whatever ways are available to you – and since this is a Feld design you try to avoid being punished too. At the Forum you try to anticipate the demands of the public so that you can supply them what they want and not suffer a penalty. In the Senate you acquire influence which translates into votes on VP-related laws ideally snagging a law that fits your long-term plans. With the military you take control of regions in Europe earning more points for those regions far from Rome.All game components are language neutral and the playing time is 30 minutes per player.

In Russian Railroads players compete in an exciting race to build the largest and most advanced railway network. In order to do so the players appoint their workers to various important tasks.The development of simple tracks will quickly bring the players to important places while the modernization of their railway network will improve the efficiency of their machinery. Newer locomotives cover greater distances and factories churn out improved technology. Engineers when used effectively can be the extra boost that an empire needs to race past the competition.There are many paths to victory: Who will ride into the future full steam ahead and who will be run off the rails? Whose empire will overcome the challenges ahead and emerge victorious?Game Summary Each player has their own board with space for factories and 3 rail tracks (to 3 different cities). On each track use a track token to mark the progression of your rails (different colored marker for each type or rail). Some interesting twists: - The different track types must be built in a specific order (black gray brown natural white). Later tracks may never be advanced further on the track than the earlier tracks. - On each track as the track head advances you cross several thresholds that provide awards: the ability to start a new color of track victory points bonus tiles etc. - Each track line can have one (two for the first rail) engine(s) associated with it; the size of the loco(s) determines how far down the track you actually score VP.The central board has (almost) all the locations for placing workers. Each location requires 1-3 workers (of one player; played all together). Players who start the game with 5 workers (or 6 workers in 2-3 player games) will take turns using a location. These provide a variety of abilities for example: - advance 1 or more track heads by 1-3 spaces - acquire an engine or factory; engines are allocated to rail lines while factories (the reverse side of the tile) are placed on your factory line. - earn 2 coins - take 2 temporary workers - jump ahead in turn order - acquire an engineer which has a unique power and becomes a worker-placement location only for youEach round ends when all players have passed on placing/using workers. Then score VP for each track and factory line. On each track line only spaces as far down the track as the loco level will score. Each track type scores VP for every space from its track head back to where the next color of track starts. Track types built earlier (e.g. black) score less/space than later tracks (e.g. white). On each factory line the position of the purple industry marker(s) show how many VP are scored.After 7 rounds (or 6 rounds in 2-3 player games) the game ends; most VP wins!

Gravehold remains the last bastion of The World That Was. As the otherworldly incursions from the creatures known only as The Nameless intensify a cadre of strange survivors emerge from the void itself. Will they be Gravehold's salvation or its undoing?War Eternal is a standalone game compatible with the cooperative deck-building game Aeon's End. Players struggle to defend Gravehold from The Nameless and their hordes using unique abilities powerful spells and an all-new cast of dynamic characters. Featuring a number of innovative mechanisms including a variable turn order system that simulates the chaos of an attack and deck management rules that require careful planning War Eternal can be played alone or combined with other Aeon's End content for a game experience like no other.

The great and forgotten Kami have returned from the underworld displeased with the affairs of the Empire’s present Shōgun. At the start of spring in the Great New Year the Kami have gathered their sacred clans with one quest: reclaim the lands of Nippon and return them to their honorable spiritual traditions. However each clan is bound by their own proud traditions to a unique vision for this great return and must wage a powerful diplomatic war across eight provinces. Alliances must be forged betrayal is inevitable honorable standing rises and falls. Political mandates must be navigated and devastating war must be fought each won by expert skill and cunning negotiation. And only one may stand victorious at the coming of winter. You honorable Shōgun lead one of these great clans. Do you have the strength of honor virtue and spirit as well as the mastery of steel necessary to deliver on this ancient promise?Rising Sun is a board game for 3 to 5 players set in legendary feudal Japan. Each player chooses a Clan and competes to lead theirs to victory by accumulating Victory Points over the course of the Seasons. Each Clan possesses a unique ability and differs in Seasonal Income Starting Honor Rank and Home Province. Over the course of the game players will forge and break alliances choose political actions worship the gods customize their clans and position their figures around Japan. In the process Honor is a palpable element in Rising Sun: Having high Honor gives several advantages while having low Honor may grant the allegiance of the darker elements of the world. But above all Honor settles all disputes: Whenever there is a tie the tied player with the highest Honor wins.In Rising Sun players are encouraged to use diplomacy negotiation and even bribery to further their cause. Players can make deals at any point in the game but no deals are truly binding. Victory Points can be gained in several ways from winning battles to harvesting the right provinces to playing to the Virtues accumulated by your Clan.The game is played over the course of 4 rounds or Seasons: Spring Summer and then Autumn; when Winter comes the game draws to a close and players calculate bonuses to decide who is the winner. Each Season is divided into five phases: 1) Seasonal Setup because every Season has a certain Season deck with different cards 2) Tea Ceremony in which players sit down and negotiate their Alliances for the Season 3) Political Phase during which players will select Political Mandates to prepare their Clans and position their forces 4) War Phase during which players battle over several Provinces and 5) Seasonal Cleanup.As already mentioned the start of the Winter Season signifies the end of the game. Peace falls over the land as it gets covered in white snow and a new Emperor will rise under the power of the great Kami.

Vinhos (the Portuguese word for wines) is a trading and economic game about the business of wine making. Despite its small size Portugal is one of the world's leading wine producers. Over six years of harvests cultivate your vines choose the best varieties hire the best oenologists take part in trade fairs and show your opponents you are the best winemaker in the game.As winemakers in Portugal the players develop their vineyards and produce wine to achieve maximum profit. The object of the game is to produce quality wines that can be exchanged for money or victory points.The Vinhos Deluxe Edition features new art from Ian O'Toole all components and improved rules of the original game of Vinhos and a new simplified version of the game. The board is double-sided and features both versions of the game. Here are the main differences from the first edition of Vinhos:

The Looking Glass has shattered madness is being drained from the inhabitants and war has come to Wonderland. Alice Mad Hatter Red Queen Jabberwock and Cheshire Cat must gather all that they can while playing nice at the Hatter's Tea Party before going to battle!In Wonderland's War 2-5 players take the role as a faction leader who has been invited to the Hatter's tea party. Drink tea and eat cake as you move around the table drafting cards to gather your forces build your towers upgrade your leader and recruit Wonderlandians to your cause — but one must be careful as shards of the Looking Glass are spread throughout Wonderland. Once all the plates are empty the Tea Party is over and war begins. Use the forces you gathered to battle your enemies in familiar locations but make sure not to draw your Madness chips or your supporters will abandon your cause and you will be out of the fight. Can you muster enough strength to win the battle or will you just try to complete Quests instead by meeting the right conditions such as gaining region bonuses and set collection throughout the game?After all the battles have been fought a truce is called and everyone meets back at the tea party to plot their moves for the next fight. After three rounds the faction with the most points will be crowned as the new leader of Wonderland!

Welcome to the Iberian Peninsula! Set in 1848 Pandemic Iberia asks you to take on the roles of nurse railwayman rural doctor sailor and more to find the cures to malaria typhus the yellow fever and cholera.From Barcelona to Lisboa you will need to travel by carriage by boat or by train to help the Iberian populace. While doing so distributing purified water and developing railways will help you slow the spread of diseases in this new version of Pandemic.Discover a unique part of the world during a historically significant time period: the construction of the first railroad in the Iberian Peninsula during the Spring of Nations.Part of the Pandemic series.

Once Yokohama was just a fishing village but now at the beginning of the Meiji era it's becoming a harbor open to foreign countries and one of the leading trade cities of Japan. As a result many Japanese products such as copper and raw silk are collected in Yokohama for export to other countries. At the same time the city is starting to incorporate foreign technology and culture with even the streets becoming more modernized. In the shadow of this development was the presence of many Yokohama merchants.In YOKOHAMA each player is a merchant in the Meiji period trying to gain fame from a successful business and to do so they need to build a store broaden their sales channels learn a variety of techniques and (of course) respond to trade orders from abroad.

The shifting Warp Storms that surround the long lost Herakon Cluster have finally abated leaving the ancient treasures and planets within this sector open to the rest of the galaxy. Now the great factions of the galaxy mobilize their fleets and race to establish a foothold. The reward for successful domination surpasses all other concerns and the price for conquering this sector will be paid in lives.Forbidden Stars challenges you and up to three other players to take command of a mighty fighting force: the Ultramarines chapter of Space Marines the Eldar of Craftworld Iyanden the Evil Sunz Ork clan or the World Eaters Warband of the Chaos Space Marines. Each faction offers unique armies and play styles but your goal remains the same — to claim the key objectives selected for your faction. These objective tokens are scattered throughout the Herakon Cluster but your opponents are sure to defend your objectives against you. You need to build massive armies and command them in unending war to best your enemies and claim your objectives. The fight for the Herakon Cluster is brutal and bloody and either you will stride triumphant over the bodies of your fallen foes — or they will do the same to you.Each round in Forbidden Stars is divided into three phases. In the planning phase players take turns placing order tokens face down on the separate tiles (systems) that make up the game board; the four types of order tokens that players can place correspond to four types of actions that players can resolve in the second phase of play. In the operations phase players reveal their tokens to:The last phase of each round is the refresh phase during which players profit from the planets they control reveal event cards to move the impassable Warp Storms and heal any units wounded in battle.Because of the game's three-phase structure strategy in Forbidden Stars is balanced between short-term bluffing and long-term tactical military action. The game's set-up also poses strategic opportunities. Players start the game by taking turns assembling sections of the Herakon Cluster placing individual system tiles along with their own starting forces and the enemy objectives that they must defend. This intentional construction along with the unique domination abilities of the game's four factions means that players must work to best utilize their own force's strengths while exploiting the weaknesses of their opponents.

You are an amateur dracologist in the world of Wyrmspan a place where dragons of all shapes sizes and colors roam the skies. Excavate a hidden labyrinth you recently unearthed on your land and entice these beautiful creatures to roost in the sanctuary of your caves.During a game of Wyrmspan you will build a sanctuary for dragons of all shapes and sizes. Your sanctuary begins with 3 excavated spaces—the leftmost space in your Crimson Cavern your Golden Grotto and your Amethyst Abyss. Over the course of the game you will excavate additional spaces in your sanctuary and entice dragons to live there chaining together powerful abilities and earning the favor of the Dragon Guild.Wyrmspan is inspired by the mechanisms of Wingspan though its unique elements make Wyrmspan a standalone game (not compatible with Wingspan).—description from the publisher

Champions of Midgard is a middleweight Viking-themed worker placement game with dice rolling in which players are leaders of Viking clans who have traveled to an embattled Viking harbor town to help defend it against the threat of trolls draugr and other mythological Norse beasts. By defeating these epic creatures players gain glory and the favor of the gods. When the game ends the player who has earned the most glory earns the title of Jarl and is recognized as a champion of Midgard!Placing workers allows for the collection of resources and warriors which players may then send on journeys to neighboring villages or across the sea to defeat monsters and gain the glory they need for victory. Resources are used to carve runes build ships and feed your followers. Viking warriors (custom dice) do battle with the myriad enemies the town faces.

Game description from the publisher:Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2–5 players. Your dice represent your populace whom you direct to develop new technologies settle worlds and ship goods. The player who best manages his workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins!This dice version of Race for the Galaxy takes players on a new journey through the Galaxy but with the feel of the original game.

Through tactics and karma to wealth and fame...In 16th century India the powerful empire of the Great Moguls rises between the Indus and the Ganges rivers. Taking on the role of rajas and ranis – the country's influential nobles – players in Rajas of the Ganges race against each other in support of the empire by developing their estates into wealthy and magnificent provinces. Players must use their dice wisely and carefully plot where to place their workers while never underestimating the benefits of good karma. Success will bring them great riches and fame in their quest to become legendary rulers.

Unlike in other cultures the desert Tuareg men known as Targi cover their faces whereas women of the tribe do not wear veils. They run the household and they have the last word at home in the tents. Different families are divided into tribes headed by the ‘Imascheren’ (or nobles). As leader of a Tuareg tribe players trade goods from near (such as dates and salt) and far (like pepper) in order to obtain gold and other benefits and enlarge their family. In each round their new offerings are made. Cards are a means to an end in order to obtain the popular tribe cards.The board consists of a 5x5 grid: a border of 16 squares with printed action symbols and then 9 blank squares in the centre onto which cards are dealt. Meeples are placed one at a time on the spaces at the edges of the board (not including corner squares). You cannot place a meeple on a square the opponent has a meeple on already nor on a square facing opponent's meeple. Once all meeples are placed players then execute the actions on the border squares the meeples are on and also take the cards from the centre that match the row and column of the border meeples.The game is predominantly scored and won by playing tribal cards to your display. These give advantages during the game and victory points at the end. Usually cards are played (or discarded) immediately once drawn. A single card can be kept in hand but then requires a special action to play it (or to discard it to free the hand spot for another card). Each card has a cost in goods to play. Goods are obtained either from border spaces or from goods cards.The display (for scoring) consists of 3 rows of 4 cards that are filled from left to right and cannot be moved once placed (barring some special cards). There is also a balance to be found between the victory point score on the cards themselves (1-3 VP per tribal card) and in the combinations per row (a full row of 4 identical card types gets you an additional 4 VP and a full row of 4 distinct card types gets you 2 VP).The winner at the end of the game is the player with the most victory points.

When visiting the North of Britannia in 122 AD the Roman Emperor Hadrian Augustus witnessed the aftermath of war between his armies and the savage Picts. In a show of Roman might he ordered a wall to be built that would separate the Pict tribes from the rest of England. Grand in its design the wall stretched 80 Roman miles from coast to coast. Hadrian's Wall stood in service to the Roman Empire for nearly 300 years before its eventual decline. Today Hadrian's Wall is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the remains of the forts towers and turrets can still be explored.In Hadrian's Wall players take on the role of a Roman General placed in charge of the construction of a milecastle and bordering wall. Over six years (rounds) players will construct their fort and wall man the defenses and attract civilians by building services and providing entertainment — all while defending the honor of the Roman Empire from the warring Picts. The player who can accumulate the most renown piety valor and discipline whilst avoiding disdain will prove to the Emperor they are the model Roman citizen and be crowned Legatus Legionis!—description from the publisher

Prepare Your Place of Power!In a high tower an Alchemist prepares potions using vials filled with otherworldly fluids. In a sacred grove a Druid grinds herbs for a mystical ritual. In the catacombs a Necromancer summons a bone dragon... Welcome to the world of Res Arcana!In it Life Death Elan Calm and Gold are the essences that fuel the art of magic. Choose your mage gather essences craft unique artifacts and use them to summon dragons conquer places of power and achieve victory!A game typically lasts 4-6 rounds. In each round players do these steps:

Star Realms is a spaceship combat deck-building game by Magic Hall of Famers Darwin Kastle (The Battle for Hill 218) and Rob Dougherty (Ascension Co-designer).Star Realms is a fast paced deck-building card game of outer space combat. It combines the fun of a deck-building game with the interactivity of Trading Card Game style combat. As you play you make use of Trade to acquire new Ships and Bases from the cards being turned face up in the Trade Row from the Trade Deck. You use the Ships and Bases you acquire to either generate more Trade or to generate Combat to attack your opponent and their bases. When you reduce your opponent’s score (called Authority) to zero you win!When you play Star Realms you will be able to acquire and use Ships and Bases of any and all of the four factions. Many cards have powerful Ally abilities that reward you for using Ships and Bases of the same faction together however. As you acquire cards using Trade you put them into your discard pile to be later shuffled into your personal deck. When you draw Ships you do what they say and they get placed into your discard pile at the end of your turn. When you draw a Base you play it face up in front of you and may use its abilities once every turn. In addition to Combat being the way you reduce your opponent’s Authority to zero and win the game it’s also useful for destroying your opponent’s Bases. Some Bases are designated as Outposts. Your opponent’s Outposts must be destroyed before you can use Combat to attack your opponent’s Authority directly.Star Realms is easy to learn especially if you’re familiar with deck-building games but it’s a game that takes time to master. Each time you play the game is filled with various strategic decision points. Should I take the best card for me or the best card for my opponent? Should I focus on taking cards of a particular faction or on taking the best card available? Should I be focusing on acquiring more Trade or more Combat? Should I attack my opponent’s Base or their Authority? These are just some of the many choices you’ll be faced with. New players needn’t agonize over these choices just to play but as they become more advanced players they will find this depth of strategy leads to great replayability.This is the first game of the Star Realms series. Multiple decks of Star Realms and/or Star Realms: Colony Wars one for every two people allows up to six players to play a variety of scenarios. Also in the newest version there are new ways to play that allow up to 6 players with modes like Boss Hunter and Free for All.

Tyrants of the Underdark is a territory control game with a deck-building element.Each player leads a house of Drow in a section of the Underdark below the Sword Coast. The Drow house is represented by a deck of cards with each card being a minion in that player's deck. Each minion belongs to one of five aspects of Drow society and those aspects correspond to different strategies in the game e.g. malice minions excel at assassinating opponents' troops while ambition minions are best at recruiting additional minions and promoting minions to your inner circle which is a special zone that increases their value at the end of the game.When you set up the game you create an 80-card deck by shuffling two 40-card half-decks together with the half-decks being Drow Dragons Demons and Elementals.A central marketplace has new minions that can be recruited through influence one of two resources in the game; purchased cards are placed in your discard pile then shuffled together with other cards in your deck when needed. The other resource is power which allows you to place troops on the game board expand your forces across the map of the Underdark manipulate happenings in the city and assassinate enemy troops.Players gain points by controlling sites recruiting valuable minions promoting minions to your inner circle and assassinating troops and whoever ends the game with the most points wins.

In Watergate one player assumes the role of a [Washington Post] journalist while the other embodies the Nixon administration — each with a unique set of cards. To win the Nixon administration must build up enough momentum to make it to the end of the presidential term whereas the journalist must gather enough evidence to connect two informants directly to the President. Of course the administration will do all in its power to smother any evidence.A history of Watergate is included with the game!—description from the publisher

In Alchemists two to four budding alchemists compete to discover the secrets of their mystical art. Points can be earned in various ways but most points are earned by publishing theories – correct theories that is — and therein lies the problem.The game is played in six rounds. At the beginning of the round players choose their play order. Those who choose to play later get more rewards. Players declare all their actions by placing cubes on the various action spaces then each action space is evaluated in order. Players gain knowledge by mixing ingredients and testing the results using a smartphone app (iOS Android and also Windows) that randomizes the rules of alchemy for each new game. And if the alchemists are longing for something even more special they can always buy magical artifacts to get an extra push. There are 9 of them (different for each game) and they are not only very powerful but also very expensive. But money means nothing when there's academic pride at stake! And the possession of these artifacts will definitely earn you some reputation too. Players can also earn money by selling potions of questionable quality to adventurers but money is just a means to an end. The alchemists don't want riches after all. They want respect and respect usually comes from publishing theories.During play players' reputations will go up and down. After six rounds and a final exhibition reputation will be converted into points. Points will also be scored for artifacts and grants. Then the secrets of alchemy are revealed and players score points or lose points based on whether their theories were correct. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins.Flavor text: Mandrake root and scorpion tail; spongy mushroom and warty toad — these are the foundations of the alchemist's livelihood science and art.But what arcane secrets do these strange ingredients hide? Now it is time to find out. Mix them into potions and drink them to determine their effects — or play it safe and test the concoction on a helpful assistant! Gain riches selling potions to wandering adventurers and invest these riches in powerful artifacts. As your knowledge grows so will your reputation as you publish your theories for all to see. Knowledge wealth and fame can all be found in the murky depths of the alchemist's cauldron.

In It’s a Wonderful World you are an expanding Empire and must choose your path to your future. You must develop faster and better than your competitors. You’ll carefully plan your expansion to develop your production power and rule over this new world.It’s a Wonderful World is a cards drafting and engine building game from 1 to 5 players. Each round players will draft 7 cards and then choose which ones will be recycled to immediately acquire Resources and which ones will be kept for construction to produce Resources each round and/or gain victory points.When a card is fully built it’s added to the player’s Empire to increase the player’s production capacity for each round. The mechanical twist being that the production phase works in a specific order. You'll have to plan your constructions carefully!For a deeper insight of the gameplay please follow this link : It's a Wonderful World - First stepsIn addition to the base game players can also enjoy expansions boxes introducing an innovative Campaign mode. Each Campaign offers a storyline to follow and many gameplay twists. At the end of each campaign players will open a reward booster to unlock new cards enhance their base game and keep a memory of what happened during the campaign. All the campaigns can be replayed and don’t imply game components destruction.More info on the Campaign mode : It's a Wonderful World - Campaign Mode—description from the publisher

When Elsa von Frühlingsfeld presented her invention to King Frederik Augustus II of Saxony people thought it was trickery. She used the recently isolated element Uranium to heat up a jar of water and used the resulting steam to power an engine that kept the Uranium active via a process she called “atomization.” Her device the Nucleum ushered in a new era of energy and prosperity over the next decades. Saxony went from a minor regional power to the hub of European science and engineering. Now a generation later factories are still hungry for more power demanding bigger and more Nucleums to be built more Uranium imported from the nearby country of Bohemia and railways and power lines built across the country to carry the tamed power of the atoms to Saxony’s great cities. Inventors engineers and industrialists flock to the Saxon court vying to be the leader in this new industrial revolution.Nucleum is a heavy euro board game in which players take role of industrialists trying to succeed during the economic and technological boom of 19th-century Saxony fueled by the invention and spread of the Nucleum (a nuclear reactor).Players earn victory points by developing their networks building and powering urban buildings securing contracts and meeting milestones (randomized endgame goals). Each player also gets unique asymmetric technologies giving them special powers when unlocked. Gameplay is continuous; players take turns one after another with no rounds or phases.—description from the publisher

Join new playable Gearloc characters Stanza and Duster as they journey down the Sibron River in search of answers in this standalone expansion/sequel to Too Many Bones!Too Many Bones: Undertow allows for 1-2 players out of the box but by bringing in additional Gearlocs from the original game or adding in characters like Ghillie Nugget and Tink you can create an adventure for up to four players. Undertow features all new baddies encounters tyrants and a double-sided battle mat. Battles take place both on land and on your raft adding even more variety and brain-bending tactics.

Charles IV has been crowned King of Bohemia and ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. From his castle in Prague he oversees construction of new fortifications: a bridge across the Vltava River a university and a cathedral rising within the walls of the castle itself. Prague is already among the largest cities in Europe. King Charles will make it the capital of an empire!In Praga Caput Regni players take the role of wealthy citizens who are organizing various building projects in medieval Prague. By expanding their wealth and joining in the construction they gain favor with the king. Players choose from six actions on the game board — the action crane — that are always available but which are weighted with a constantly shifting array of costs and benefits. By using these actions you can increase your resources improve the strength of your chosen actions and build New Prague City the Charles Bridge or city walls. You can possibly gain additional actions or even participate in the construction of St. Vitus Cathedral.Clever players will discover synergies between carefully timed actions and the rewards from constructing civic projects as all of the mechanisms mesh together. At the end of the game the player who most impressed King Charles wins.

In Kemet players each deploy the troops of an Egyptian tribe and use the mystical powers of the gods of ancient Egypt – along with their powerful armies – to score points in glorious battles or through invasion of rich territories. A game is typically played to 8 or 10 victory points which may be accrued through winning attacks controlling temples controlling fully-developed pyramids sacrificing to the gods and wielding particular magical powers.The conquest for the land of Kemet takes place over two phases: Day and Night. During the day choose an action amongst the nine possible choices provided by your player mat and perform it immediately. Once every player has taken five actions night falls with players gathering Prayer Points from their temples drawing Divine Intervention cards and determining the turn order before the start of the new day.As the game progresses they can use Prayer Points to acquire power tiles. Some of these enroll magical creatures and have them join their troops. In addition to intimidating enemies these creatures provide special powers!Detailed miniature components represent the combat units and the supernatural creatures that are summoned to enhance them. Combat is resolved through cards chosen from a diminishing six-card hand and enhanced by bonuses.

In Endeavor: Age of Sail players strive to earn glory for their empires. Sailing out from Europe and the Mediterranean players will establish shipping routes and occupy cities the world over. As they do so players will leverage their growing industry culture finance and Influence building their engine and extending their reach into the far-flung regions of the world.In this second edition players will experience:—description from the publisher

You are a monarch like your parents before you a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents however you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs freeholds and feodums. All are small bits of land controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people uniting them under your banner.But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions construct buildings spruce up your castle and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud but your grandparents on your mother's side would be delighted.''In Dominion each player starts with an identical very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can buy as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy and how they play their hands as they draw them the players construct their deck on the fly striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end.Dominion is not a collectible card game (CCG) but the play of the game is similar to the construction and play of a CCG deck. The game comes with 500 cards. You select 10 of the 26 Kingdom card types to include in any given play—leading to immense variety.Dominion (Second Edition) replaces six Kingdom card types from the first edition with six new types of Kingdom cards while also replacing the blank cards in the game with a seventh new Kingdom card. These new cards are available on their own in the Dominion: Update Pack. The rulebook has been rewritten three cards have mild functional changes (you may added to Moneylender Mine Throne Room) and other cards have been rephrased (while remaining functionally the same).Dominion: Update Pack contains the seven new kingdom cards introduced in the second edition of Dominion thereby allowing owners of the first edition to obtain these new cards without needing to repurchase the entire game.

Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition is an engine-building game in which players control interplanetary corporations with the goal of making Mars habitable (and profitable). You will do this by investing mega credits (MC) into project cards that will directly or indirectly contribute to the terraforming process. In order to win you will want to accumulate a high terraform rating (TR) and as many victory points (VP) as you can. Players raise their TR by increasing global parameters: oceans oxygen and temperature. TR also determines each corporation's basic income and at the end of the game TR counts as VP. Additional VP and production capabilities are awarded for building project cards and other actions taken during the game.The game is played in rounds and each round the players will choose one of five phases which determines which activities will take place during that round. This means every round is different but can consist of building new project cards taking general and project-specific actions producing income and resources (plants and heat) or researching to draw more project cards. Every player will take all the phases selected for the round and will receive a special bonus during the phase that they selected. To speed up the game within each phase players can act simultaneously without waiting for each other!The game board has tracks for oxygen temperature and terraform rating as well as a place for all of the ocean tiles that will be flipped over the course of the game. The game ends when there is enough oxygen to breath (14%) oceans enough to allow Earth-like weather (9) and the temperature is well above freezing (+8°C). It will then be possible if not comfortable to live on the surface of Mars!The winner is the player with the most VP at the end of the game.

Viscounts of the West Kingdom is set at a time when the King’s reign began to decline circa 980 AD. Choosing peace over prosperity our once strong King began offering our enemies gold and land to lay down their axes. But peace is a tenuous affair. As poverty spread many people lost faith in his ability to lead and sought independence from the crown. Since finding favour in his courts our future has also become uncertain. As viscounts we must be wise and decisive. Loyalty is to be upheld but gaining favour among the people must be our priority should there be a sudden shift in power.The aim of Viscounts of the West Kingdom is to be the player with the most victory points (VP) at game's end. Points are gained by constructing buildings writing manuscripts working in the castle and acquiring deeds for new land. Players begin with a handful of townsfolk but should quickly seek out more suitable talents to advance their endeavours. Each turn they will be travelling around the kingdom looking to increase their influence among the various areas of society. The game ends once the Kingdom reaches poverty or prosperity - or potentially both!—description from the publisher

Glen More II: Chronicles is a sequel to Glen More expanding the gameplay substantially compared to the original game.In Glen More II: Chronicles each player represents the leader of a Scottish clan from the early medieval ages until the 19th century a leader looking to expand their territory and wealth. The success of your clan depends on your ability to make the right decision at the right time be it by creating a new pasture for your livestock growing barley for whisky production selling your goods on the various markets or gaining control of special landmarks such as lochs and castles.The game lasts four rounds represented by four stacks of tiles. After each round a scoring phase takes place in which players compare their number of whisky casks scotsmen in the home castle landmark cards and persons against the player with the fewest items in each category and receives victory points (VPs) based on the relative difference. After four rounds additional VPs are awarded for gold coins and some landmarks while VP penalties are assessed based on territory size comparing each player's territory to the smallest one in play.The core mechanism of Glen More II: Chronicles and Glen More functions the same way: The last player in line takes a tile from a time track advancing as far as they wish on this track. After paying the cost they place this tile in their territory with this tile activating itself and all neighboring tiles triggering the production of resources movement points VPs etc. Then the player who is last in line takes their turn.Improvements over the original Glen More include bigger tiles better materials new artwork the ability for each player to control the end of the game and balancing adjustments to the tiles for a better suspense curve. The game is designed to consist of one-third known systems one-third new mechanisms and one-third improvements to Glen More.The Chronicles in the title — a set of eight expansions to the base game — are a major part of these new mechanisms. Each Chronicle adds a new gameplay element to the base game. The Highland Boat Race Chronicle for example tells the story of a boat race in which the winner needs to be the first to reach their home castle after navigating their boat along the river through all the other players' territories. The Hammer of the Scots Chronicle adds a neutral Englishman playing piece to the time track that players struggle to control to get an additional turn — if they can afford him that is as he is paid using the market mechanism. All Chronicles can be freely combined although designer Matthias Cramer suggests that players use only one or two unless they want a monster game.Another major change to the game is the ability to invest in famous Scottish people of the time who are represented through a new person tile type. Persons not only have their own scoring they also trigger one-time or ongoing effects on the tactical clan board. This adds a new layer of decision making especially since the ongoing effects allow players to focus on a personal strategy of winning through the use of the clan board.—description from the publisher

In battle there are no equals.Unmatched: Cobble & Fog features four new heroes for the Unmatched system. Invisible Man uses fog to dart around the board and strike without warning. Sherlock with the trusty Watson by his side schemes and calculates to ensure victory. Dracula and the sisters slowly drain you of your power. Jekyll & Hyde uses the former's cunning and the latter's brute strength to win the day.Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise but just when you've mastered one set new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.—description from the publisher

The journeys of Marco Polo continue in Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan an epic follow-up to The Voyages of Marco Polo. After traveling to Beijing your travels now take you back to the West in the service of the Khan sending you to the farthest reaches of his empire in search of wealth and fame.Marco Polo II is a standalone game based on The Voyages of Marco Polo and you don't need the original game to play this one. This new journey will present unique challenges with new and different actions new scoring rules and a new good: rare and valuable Chinese jade.Retread old paths with renewed purpose or find new ones as you explore farther west continuing to build the immortal legacy of Marco Polo!—description from the publisher

Radlands is a competitive dueling card game about identifying fiercely powerful card synergies.Act as the leader of your post apocalyptic group of survivors in a tooth-and-nail fight to protect your three camps from a vicious rival tribe. If all of them are destroyed you lose the game.The main resource in the game is water. You will spend it to play people and events and to use the abilities of cards you already have on the table. People protect your camps and provide useful abilities while events are powerful effects that take time to pay off.Both players draw cards from the same deck. All cards can either be played to the table or discarded for quick “junk” effects. To win you will need to manage your cards and water wisely.

Xia: Legends of a Drift System is a 3-5 player sandbox style competitive space adventure. Each player starts as a lowly but hopeful captain of a small starship.Players fly their ships about the system completing a variety of missions exploring new sectors and battling other ships. Navigating hazardous environments players choose to mine salvage or trade valuable cargo. Captains vie with each other for Titles riches and most importantly Fame.The most adaptive risk-taking and creative players will excel. One captain will rise above the others surpassing mortality by becoming Legend!Customize: Each player begins the game by choosing and customizing a Tier 1 starship. Invest all your money in engines and be a rapid yet fragile explorer. Put all your credits into an uber missile and watch other players flee in terror. Get a small engine and save space and credits to invest in buying and selling cargo. Or create a well rounded ship ready for anything. In Xia the choice is always yours.Adapt: The goal of Xia is to become the most famous captain. Completing missions besting ships in combat purchasing higher tier ships selling Cargo Cubes and claiming Titles are all ways that players can earn Fame Points. The best pilots will adapt to their surroundings making snap judgments and changing plans on-the-fly. If you can think on your feet you'll do well in Xia!Sandbox: The real fun of Xia is that each game will be different. There is no set direction of play - players may choose to be peaceful traders fierce pirates workers miners opportunists etc. The game board is randomly laid out and explored each time you play. Players might choose not to explore at all creating a tiny arena for swift and deadly combat or explore all 19 sectors and have a large play-scape to exploit. It's up to you!Modding: Xia is very open to modding and the community has already created loads of stuff. See BGG's Unofficial Xia:LoaDS mods and expansions wiki.

Earth is a tableau builder for 1 to 5 players with simple rules and countless strategic possibilities. With its encyclopedic nature and a near-infinite number of tableau combinations every single game will allow you to discover new synergies and connections just as our vast and fascinating world allows us to do!Over thousands of years of evolution and adaptation the flora and fauna of this unique planet have grown and developed into amazing life forms creating symbiotic ecosystems and habitats.It’s time to jump into these rich environments and create some amazing natural synergies that replicate and extrapolate on Earth’s amazing versatility and plethora of natural resources. Create a self-supporting engine of growth expansion and supply where even your unused plants become compost for future growth.—description from the publisherAWARDS & HONORS2023 Dice Tower Game of the Year Winner 2023 Dice Tower Strategy Game of the Year Winner 2023 BoardGameOfTheYear.org Game of the Year Winner 2023 People’s Choice at Dice Tower #1 Game of the Year EoY voting) 2023 Dice Tower Seal of Excellence 2023 Board Game Arena Best Forest game Winner 2023 Deutsher Spiele Preis 4th Place 2023 Best of Gen Con Gaming Trends 2023 C’ludik expert Game of the Year Winner 2023 Poulie d’Or Expert Game of the Year Winner 2023 Coup de coeur Ludovox 2023 Dod d’Or Winner 2024 Board game Hangover #1 Nature Game 2024 Coup de Coeur Expert Festival Alchimie du jeu de Toulouse 2024 BIG Awards Game of the Year Winner 2024 BIG Awards Best artwork Winner

Imagine you can control the forces of a noble family guild or religious order on a barren planet which is the only source for the most valuable substance in the known universe.Imagine you can rewrite the script for one of the most famous science fiction books of all time. Welcome to the acclaimed 40-year-old board game which allows you to recreate the incredible world of Frank Herbert’s DUNE.In DUNE you will become the leader of one of six great factions. Each wishes to control the most valuable resource in the universe - melange the mysterious spice only found at great cost on the planet DUNE. As Duke Leto Atreides says “All fades before melange. A handful of spice will buy a home on Tupile. It cannot be manufactured it must be mined on Arrakis. It is unique and it has true geriatric properties.” And without melange space travel would be impossible. Only by ingesting the addictive drug can the Guild Steersman continue to experience visions of the future enabling them to plot a safe path through hyperspace.Who will control DUNE? Become one of the characters and their forces from the book and . . . You decide!—description from the publisher

Autumn is not the best time to climb up on a scaffold in Moscow but it is still far better than doing so in the winter. Tsar Ivan wants to see results and our team will prove to him that we are the best builders in the city. We are sure to finish off those decorative arches with the brightest shining stones and ensure our place on the list of the government’s trusted workers.Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero make up the game designing duo known as Llama Dice. To date they have put out various titles with different Spanish publishers (1987 Channel Tunnel Mondrian Smoothies) and The Red Cathedral is the first game they have published with Devir. Pedro Soto (Holmes Sherlock & Mycroft Papua) and Chema Román (El mundo de Águila Roja) took care of the graphic elements of the game with a grand homage to Ivan Bilibin an iconic Russian artist from the turn of the twentieth century. Despite being from a far later period his mark is very recognizable in the game.The Red Cathedral is a strategic “Euro” board game in which the players take the roles of construction teams. Their job is to work together to put up St. Basil's cathedral in Moscow as ordered by Ivan the Terrible. However only one of them will be able to gain the favor of the Tsar.During the game the players can carry out one of these three actions: assign a section of the cathedral send resources to that section to build it or go to the game board to achieve more resources. Each of these actions has its own mechanism and requires that the players pay close attention to what the other players are doing.When the sections of the cathedral are assigned the players take possession of the spaces in each of the columns that make up their section. The more sections built and the completion of each with its own tower the more points the player will be given at the end of the game.The players can send resources to the cathedral sections that they have claimed. When they complete each of those sections they will obtain rewards in money and prestige points. They will also be able to install decorations on the completed sections to achieve even more recognition from the Tsar. This part of the game also works as a clock since once any player completes the construction of their sixth section it brings about the end of the game.The game board shows us the iconic rondel of The Red Cathedral. It is where the players obtain all the resource types needed to complete their work on the cathedral as well as to get favors from the guilds and professionals to make the most of their trip to the market. In the central rondel the players choose the die they wish to use and move forward as many spaces as is shown on the top side of said die in order to obtain the resources indicated in the space destined by the die.The Red Cathedral is a very accessible game with regard to its rules because it is very easy to understand the various levels of the game but it remains very interesting with regard to strategy. It is sure to please those who are more interested in the challenge offered by trying to strategically optimize their position in each game rather than the complexity of the rules.

In SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence a eurogame for 1–4 players you lead a scientific institution tasked with searching for traces of life beyond planet Earth. The game draws inspiration from current or emerging technologies and efforts in space exploration.Players will explore nearby planets and their moons by launching probes from Earth while taking advantage of ever-shifting planetary positions. Decide whether to land on their surface to collect valuable samples or stay in orbit for a broader survey. Additionally by directing your telescopes to gaze into distant star systems you may detect traces of alien signals or undiscovered exoplanets and collect promising data to examine and study back home.Back on Earth you can invest in upgrading your equipment so you can analyze incoming data more efficiently boost your telescope signal capacity or increase your supply of resources—all to expand the scope of your search that could lead to a discovery of extraterrestrial life forms.You will also make use of over 200 cards to aid your efforts or focus your research in a particular direction for additional bonuses and rewards. Each card has unique effects and illustrations and depicts real-life technologies projects and discoveries (like the ISS Large Hadron Collider Perseverance rover Voyager probe and many more).Finding traces of extraterrestrial life is only a matter of time—utilize the resources you have at your disposal strategically and you may well end up being the one to make the biggest scientific contribution towards advancing our understanding of alien life within our galaxy.SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence pays homage to space and planetary exploration astronomy the ongoing search for signs of life in the vastness of space and efforts to understand the nature of life in the universe.—description from the publisher

In Great Western Trail: Argentina you own a vast estancia in Argentina at the end of the 19th century and you will need to travel the plains of the Pampas with your cattle to deliver them to the main train station in Buenos Aires.Great Western Trail: Argentina features gameplay elements similar to Great Western Trail such as deck management the rondel mechanism and the ability to upgrade your player board along with twists on these elements and new features.The player board features a new type of worker — farmers — and different paths await on the game board to confront you with more choices. Will you take the road with buildings or a path past farmers? Maybe you'll have the chance to use your cows — well the strength on your cow cards — to help farmers getting them on your side and adding grain a new type of resource to your income with grain being used for boat and city tiles.Perhaps you can unlock shortcuts that allow you to deliver your herd to Buenos Aires more quickly. Sure you'll forfeit the use of action buildings but maybe you can catch others unaware with the ships leaving before they deliver. The timing of reaching the central train station to deliver your herd has never been so crucial and valuable bonuses await on the city's port tiles.Money is easier to get in Great Western Trail: Argentina but you have more to manage in terms of action options shortcuts and cards (including the new exhaustion cards) so the challenges won't let up.Great Western Trail: Argentina also includes a solitaire challenge in which Pedro is waiting for you to try to beat his score.

In the tile-laying game Castles of Mad King Ludwig players are tasked with building an amazing extravagant castle for King Ludwig II of Bavaria...one room at a time. You see the King loves castles having built Neuschwanstein (the castle that inspired the Disney theme park castles) and others but now he's commissioned you to build the biggest best castle ever — subject of course to his ever-changing whims. Each player acts as a building contractor who is adding rooms to the castle he's building while also selling his services to other players.In the game each player starts with a simple foyer. One player takes on the role of the Master Builder and that player sets prices for a set of rooms that can be purchased by the other players with him getting to pick from the leftovers after the other players have paid him for their rooms. When a room is added to a castle the player who built it gains castle points based on the size and type of room constructed as well as bonus points based on the location of the room. When a room is completed with all entranceways leading to other rooms in the castle the player receives one of seven special rewards.After each purchasing round a new player becomes the Master Builder who sets prices for a new set of rooms. After several rounds the game ends then additional points are awarded for achieving bonus goals having the most popular rooms and being the most responsive to the King's demands which change each game. Whoever ends up with the most castle points wins.

Paleo is a co-operative adventure game set in the stone age a game in which players try to keep the human beings in their care alive while completing missions. Sometimes you need a fur sometimes a tent but these are all minor quests compared to your long-term goal: Painting a woolly mammoth on the wall so that humans thousands of years later will know that you once existed. (Okay you just think the mammoth painting looks cool. Preserving a record of your past existence is gravy.)What might keep you from painting that mammoth? Death in all its many forms.Each player starts the game with a couple of humans who each have a skill and a number of life points. On a turn each player chooses to go to one location — possibly of the same type as other players although not the same location — and while you have some idea of what you might find there you won't know for sure until you arrive at which point you might acquire food or resources or find what you need to craft a useful object or discover that you can help someone else in their project or suffer a snakebite that brings you close to death. Life is full of both wonders and terrors...At the day's end you need food for all the people in your party as well as various crafts or skills that allow you to complete quests. Failure to do so adds another skull on the tote board and once you collect enough of those you decide that living is for fools and give up the ghost declaring that future humans can just admire someone else for all you care.Paleo includes multiple modules that allow for a variety of people locations quests and much more during your time in 10,000 BCE.

Game description from the publisher:King Robert Baratheon is dead and the lands of Westeros brace for battle.In the second edition of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game three to six players take on the roles of the great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros as they vie for control of the Iron Throne through the use of diplomacy and warfare. Based on the best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin A Game of Thrones is an epic board game in which it will take more than military might to win. Will you take power through force use honeyed words to coerce your way onto the throne or rally the townsfolk to your side? Through strategic planning masterful diplomacy and clever card play spread your influence over Westeros!To begin the game each player receives an army of Footman Knight Siege Engine and Ship units as well as a set of Order tokens and other necessary components. Each player also receives a deck of unique House Cards which are used as leaders in battles against rival Houses.Each round in the game is made up of three phases: the Westeros Phase the Planning Phase and the Action Phase. The Westeros Phase represents special events and day-to-day activities in Westeros. There are three different Westeros Decks and each denotes a different global action potentially affecting all players.The Planning Phase is perhaps the most important. Here you secretly assign orders to all of your units by placing one order token face down on each area you control that contains at least one unit (Knight Footman Ship or Siege Engine). This portion of the game emphasizes diplomacy and deduction. Can you trust the alliance that you made? Will you betray your ally and march upon him? Players may make promises to each other (for aid or peace for example) but these promises are never binding. The result is tense and compelling negotiations often ending in backstabbing worthy of Westeros!During the Action Phase the orders are resolved and battle is entered! When armies meet in combat they secretly choose one of their House cards to add strength to the battle. Finally the Houses can consolidate their power in the areas they control and use that power in future turns to influence their position in the court of the Iron Throne and to stand against the wildling Hordes.In addition to featuring updated graphics and a clarified ruleset this second edition of A Game of Thrones includes elements from the A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords expansions including ports garrisons Wildling cards and Siege engines while introducing welcome new innovations like player screens and Tides of Battle cards.Tides of Battle cards are an optional mechanism that brings an element of unpredictability to combat representing erratic shifts in the momentum of war due to factors such as weather morale and tactical opportunity. During each combat both players draw one Tides of Battle card from a communal deck and its value modifies the strength of his chosen House card. What's more such a card may also contain icons that can affect the outcome of the battle...all of which delivers a new level of intensity to your military engagements.

In Ora et Labora (Latin for 'Pray and work') each player is head of a monastery in the Medieval era who acquires land and constructs buildings – little enterprises that will gain resources and profit. The goal is to build a working infrastructure and manufacture prestigious items – such as books ceramics ornaments and relics – to gain the most victory points at the end of the game.Ora et Labora Uwe Rosenberg's fifth big game has game play mechanisms similar to his Le Havre such as two-sided resource tiles that can be upgraded from a basic item to something more useful. Instead of adding resources to the board turn by turn as in Agricola and Le Havre Ora et Labora uses a numbered rondel to show how many of each resource is available at any time. At the beginning of each round players turn the rondel by one segment adjusting the counts of all resources at the same time.Each player has a personal game board. New buildings enter the game from time to time and players can construct them on their game boards with the building materials they gather with some terrain restrictions on what can be built where. Some spaces start with trees or moors on them as in Agricola: Farmers of the Moor so they hinder development until a player clears the land but they provide resources when they are removed. Clever building on your personal game board will impact your final score and players can buy additional terrain during the game if needed.Players also have three workers who can enter buildings to take the action associated with that location. Workers must stay in place until you've placed all three. You can enter your own buildings with these workers but to enter and use another player's buildings you must pay that player an entry fee so that he'll move one of his workers into that building to do the work for you.Ora et Labora features two variants: France and Ireland.

Plan build and develop a small town into a major metropolis. Use hex-shaped building tiles to add residential commercial civic and industrial areas as well as special points of interest that provide benefits and take advantage of the resources of nearby towns. Your goal is to have your borough thrive and end up with a greater population than any of your opponents.Suburbia is a tile-laying game in which each player tries to build up an economic engine and infrastructure that will be initially self-sufficient and eventually become both profitable and encourage population growth. As your town grows you'll modify both your income and your reputation. As your income increases you'll have more cash on hand to purchase better and more valuable buildings such as an international airport or a high-rise office building. As your reputation increases you'll gain more and more population — and the player with the largest population at the end of the game wins.During each game players compete for several unique goals that offer an additional population boost — and the buildings available in each game vary so you'll never play the same game twice!The second edition of Suburbia features updated artwork larger tiles than in the original game a dual-sided scoreboard GameTrayz storage organizers and more!

Life in the village is hard – but life here also allows the inhabitants to grow and prosper as they please. One villager might want to become a friar. Another might feel ambitious and strive for a career in public office. A third one might want to seek his luck in distant lands.Each player will take the reins of a family and have them find fame and glory in many different ways. There is one thing you must not forget however: Time will not stop for anyone and with time people will vanish. Those who will find themselves immortalized in the village chronicles will bring honor to their family and be one step closer to victory.Village is a game full of tactical challenges. A smart and unique new action mechanism is responsible for keeping turns short and yet still tactically rich and full of difficult decisions. Also unique is the way this game deals with the delicate subject of death; as a natural and perpetual part of life in the village thoughts of death will keep you focused on smart time-management.Paraphrased from Opinionated Gamer's review:Each player’s turn consists of taking a cube and then taking the action of the area they just took the cube from. The board has multiple different zones with specific attributes a market a travel zone a crafting zone a church and a council house. Many of these offer multiple options so even if you take a cube from the crafting area you can get an ox a horse a cart a plow a scroll or convert wheat to gold. Each zone is seeded with cubes of four colors plus black cubes which serve as curses there are lots of turns per round. Some areas offer short-term scoring others offer long-term scoring and still others offer only end-game scoring. The round ends when there are no cubes at any location. The game ends when either the village chronicle or the anonymous graveyard is full.

Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition brings back the classic game of exploration expansion and development with the Clash of Cultures base game and the Civilizations and Aztecs expansions in one box! Grow your civilization advance your culture and tech and leave your mark by building wonders with this edition of the game including fully-sculpted miniatures of the Seven Wonders.In Clash of Cultures each player leads a civilization from a single settlement to a mighty empire. Players must explore their surroundings build large cities research advances and conquer those who stand in the way. The game features a modular board for players to explore 48 distinct advances seven mighty wonders and loads of miniatures and cards. The winner will create a culture that will be remembered and admired for millennia.

Play as a god of ancient Egypt competing to survive as society begins to forget the old ways so that only you and your followers remain.Build caravans summon monsters and convert followers in your quest to reign supreme in Ankh: Gods of Egypt. Deities monsters and the people of ancient Egypt have been lovingly reimagined and interpreted in beautiful illustrations and detailed miniatures and players will truly feel like gods as they shake the very foundations of Egypt. All gameplay in Ankh including combat is streamlined and non-random. Compete and win solely on your godly wits alone.—description from the publisher

“You are not breach mages yet,” Brama lectures as she paces down the line of students her frail form belying her immense power. “Breach mages have protected us since the beginning — since the burning of the world and our pilgrimage into the dark. It was they who founded Gravehold our last bastion and if you wish to stand beside these living legends you must listen and learn. The Nameless shall come again as they always have and you will need to be ready. You are the hope of our future.”As a young apprentice you grew up to stories of the breach mages. Brama the teacher wisest of the mages. Dezmodia the prodigy master of great magic. Mist the stoic leader and tactical genius. Malastar the magical craftsman. Rebellious powerful and reckless perfectly sum up Xaxos. These mages are your heroes and tomorrow after your ordeal you will join their ranks.“Each of you must overcome your ordeal to learn discipline and focus the tools you will need to defend Gravehold. We are nothing without Gravehold. To be a breach mage is to sacrifice your life for Gravehold. When you die it will be in defense of our city. Once you understand this universal truth...only then will you be ready to become a breach mage.”Aeon's End is not required to play Aeon's End: Legacy.

Colony Wars is a deckbuilding game in the Star Realms series which is both a standalone box set for two players (featuring an 80-card trade deck as in the original) and an expansion for the base Star Realms set that allows it to be played as a four-player game.In Colony Wars as in Star Realms players will start with a fleet (deck) of 10 basic ships and can spend Trade to acquire more powerful ships and bases from a central trade row of 5 cards. This row is continuously replenished by random draws from the trade deck. Many ships and bases deal Combat damage which you can use to attack your opponent and/or destroy their bases. When you reduce your opponent's Authority to zero you win.

Aliens have arrived to conquer Earth. Enemy ships fill the skies. Humanity retreats to underground bunkers located below cities across the globe. Stand against the common threat! Fight the invaders city by city. Build a team from around the globe to save your planet and defeat the aliens!GAMEPLAYUnder Falling Skies is a solo game with a multi-mission campaign. In each mission you take charge of defending a besieged city.Your actions are powered by an innovative dice placement mechanic. When you choose an action you are also choosing which enemy ships will descend. Bigger numbers give better effects but they also cause ships to descend faster.Expand your underground base to gain access to more powerful actions allowing you to shoot down enemy ships or deploy robots to increase your workforce but don't forget to work on your research and watch your energy supply.The mothership draws closer every round ratcheting up the tension.Can you complete your mission before your base is destroyed?Official rules: https://czechgames.com/files/rules/under-falling-skies-rules-en.pdfUnder Falling Skies is based on the print & play game that won the 2019 9-card Nanogame P&P Design Contest. Built on the same intriguing mechanics it now comes with a full-scale campaign providing even more content for hours of intense fun.

In John Company players assume the roles of ambitious families attempting to use the British East India Company for personal gain. The game begins in the early eighteenth-century when the Company has a weak foothold on the subcontinent. Over the course of the game the Company might grow into the most powerful and insidious corporation in the world or collapse under the weight of its own ambition.John Company is a game about state-sponsored trade monopoly. Unlike most economic games players often do not control their own firms. Instead they will collectively guide the Company by securing positions of power attempting to steer the Company’s fate in ways that benefit their own interests. However the Company is an unwieldy thing. It is difficult to do anything alone and players will often need to negotiate with one another. In John Company most everything is up for negotiation.Ultimately this game isn’t about wealth; it’s about reputation. Each turn some of your family members may retire from their Company positions giving them the opportunity to establish estates. Critically players do not have full control over when these retirements happen. You will often need to borrow money from other players to make the best use for a chance of retirement. Players also gain victory points by competing in the London Season for prestige and securing fashionable properties.John Company engages very seriously with its theme. It is meant as a frank portrait of an institution that was as dysfunctional as it was influential. Accordingly the game wrestles many of the key themes of imperialism and globalization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and how those developments were felt domestically. As such this game might not be suitable for all players. Please make sure everyone in your group consents to this exploration before playing.The second edition is extensively revised and is not a reprint.—description from designer

In the 15th and 16th century Portugal is thriving under its leading role during the Age of Discovery. Nestled in the heart of Portugal the city of Coimbra serves as a cultural center of the country. As the head of one of Coimbra's oldest houses you seek to earn prestige by deepening relationships with nearby monasteries or funding expeditions of the era. To reach this goal you must vie for the favors of the city's most influential citizens even if you must offer a bit of coin or some protective detail.Coimbra introduces an innovative new dice mechanism in which the dice players draft each round are used in multiple different ways and have an impact on many aspects of their decision making. While there are many paths to victory, players should always seek to optimize their opportunities with every roll of the dice. Combined with ever-changing synergies of the citizens expeditions and monasteries no two games of Coimbra will ever be the same!

From the humble beginnings of civilization through the historical ages of progress mankind has lived fought and built together in nations. Great nations protect and provide for their own while fighting and competing against both other nations and nature itself. Nations must provide food and stability as the population increases. They must build a productive economy. And all the while they must amaze the world with their great achievements to build up their heritage as the greatest nations in the history of mankind!Nations is an intense historical board game for 1–5 players that takes 40 minutes per player to play. Players control the fate of nations from their humble start in prehistoric times until the beginning of World War I. The nations constantly compete against each other and must balance immediate needs long-term growth threats and opportunities.Gameplay introductionPlayers choose a Nation and a difficulty to play at similar to the Civilization computer games series. After the growth phase 2 historical events are revealed which the players will compete for during the round. Then players take a single small action each in player order as many times as they wish until all have passed. Actions are:Players each have individual boards that represent their Nation. There are many ways that players affect compete and indirectly interact with other players. But there is no map no units to move around and no direct attacks on other players.When all have passed there is production new player order is determined (every position is competed for) the historical events happen and if this is the last round of an age the books are scored. At the start of a new round most old cards are removed and new ones are put on the display.Victory points are gained and lost during the game and also awarded at the end of the game. The player with the most victory points is the winner.See 'More information' below for link to rules etc.

In Dinosaur Island players will have to collect DNA research the DNA sequences of extinct dinosaur species and then combine the ancient DNA in the correct sequence to bring these prehistoric creatures back to life. Dino cooking! All players will compete to build the most thrilling park each season and then work to attract (and keep alive!) the most visitors each season that the park opens.Do you go big and create a pack of Velociraptors? They'll definitely excite potential visitors but you'd better make a large enough enclosure for them. And maybe hire some (read: a lot of) security. Or they WILL break out and start eating your visitors and we all know how that ends. You could play it safe and grow a bunch of herbivores but then you aren't going to have the most exciting park in the world (sad face). So maybe buy a roller coaster or two to attract visitors to your park the good old-fashioned way?

In La Granja players control small farms by the Alpich pond near the village of Esporles on the island of Mallorca. Over time the players develop their farms and deliver goods to the village. Players are vying to earn the title of La Granja for their country estate!Over the course of 6 game rounds players will expand their farm by adding fields farm extensions market barrows and helpers. They will earn VPs by delivering goods to the village of Esporles. It is important to observe the actions of other players manipulate turn order and adjust your strategy based on the dice and cards.La Granja is a fascinating game that requires careful planning. Timing and speed is crucial. However successful players must cope with the uncertainty of events during the game. The player who has earned the most victory points at the end of the game is the winner and new owner of the La Granja estate!

In battle there are no equals.Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise but just when you've mastered one set new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.Battle of Legends Volume One features four heroes. King Arthur sacrifices cards to power up his attacks and gets some timely assistance from Merlin's magic. Alice is back from Wonderland with a giant vorpal blade and the Jabberwock by her side as she grows and shrinks to gain advantages on attack and defense. Medusa is happy to attack from range and let her harpies hound you but just one devastating glance could end the battle quickly. Sinbad grows in power as he gains experience on each of his voyages.Combat is resolved quickly by comparing attack and defense cards. However each card's unique effects and a simple but deep timing system lead to interesting decisions each time. The game also features an updated version of the line-of-sight system from Tannhäuser for ranged attacks and area effects.The game includes a double-sided board with two different battlefields pre-washed miniatures for each hero and custom life trackers that's brought to life with the stunning artwork of Oliver Barrett and the combined design teams of Restoration Games and Mondo Games.

Mighty heroes don’t just appear out of thin air -- you must create them! Race class alignment skills traits and equipment are all elements of the perfect hero who is ready to take on all opposition in the quest for glory and riches.In Roll Player you will compete to create the greatest fantasy adventurer who has ever lived preparing your character to embark on an epic quest. Roll and draft dice to build up your character’s attributes. Purchase weapons and armor to outfit your hero. Train to gain skills and discover your hero’s traits to prepare them for their journey. Earn Reputation Stars by constructing the perfect character. The player with the greatest Reputation wins the game and will surely triumph over whatever nefarious plot lies ahead!

Vindication (formerly Epoch: The Awakening) is a highly strategic fantasy-based tabletop journey for 2-5 players. Play time is 15-30 minutes per player.Thrown overboard for a life of wretchedness you wash ashore a hostile island ruins — completely alone with nothing except the breath in your lungs and an undaunted spirit.Through your advanced resource management area control tactics and freeform action selection you’ll add companions to your party acquire bizarre relics attain potent character traits and defeat a host of unusual monsters in the ultimate goal of mastering heroic attributes — and regaining honor.You may perform 3 actions on each turn in the order you feel is most advantageous that turn: activate a companion travel to a new location and interact with a map tile. Many actions require the the use of your influence to gain attributes in a one-of-a-kind heroic attribute alchemy system which is leveraged to gain the game's most powerful rewards. For example you can meditate at a spire to gain inspiration. You can train at a fort to gain strength. But then you can combine your inspiration and strength to gain the courage (inspired strength) which allows you to perform a bounty hunt.There are distinctive end-game triggers that can be affected through game play over 72 unique card abilities that can be merged in unusual ways for potent combinations and fresh tile placement each game for high replayability.

The Hallertau in Bavaria Germany is the largest continuous hop-producing region in the world. It prides itself upon being the first in Middle Europe to cultivate hops. This game is set around 1850 when the Hallertau became what it is today.As chief of a small Bavarian village in the Hallertau your objective is to increase its wealth and prestige in the eyes of the world.To achieve this you will need to supply the local crafts folk with goods from agriculture and sheep breeding.Place your workers play your cards right and let your village shine!—description from the back of the box

Hero Realms is a fantasy-themed deck-building game that is an adaptation of the award-winning Star Realms game. The game includes basic rules for two-player games along with rules for multiplayer formats such as Free-For-All Hunter and Hydra.Each player starts the game with a ten-card personal deck containing gold (for buying) and weapons (for combat). You start each turn with a new hand of five cards from your personal deck. When your deck runs out of cards you shuffle your discard pile into your new deck. An 80-card Market deck is shared by all players with five cards being revealed from that deck to create the Market Row. As you play you use gold to buy champion cards and action cards from the Market. These champions and actions can generate large amounts of gold combat or other powerful effects. You use combat to attack your opponent and their champions. When you reduce your opponent's score (called health) to zero you win!Multiple expansions are available for Hero Realms that allow players to start as a particular character (Cleric Fighter Ranger Thief or Wizard) and fight cooperatively against a Boss fight Boss decks against one another or compete in a campaign mode that has you gain experience to work through different levels of missions.

Kanban — or 看板 the Japanese word for billboard — is a term for the visual cues that might be used in a lean efficient assembly line in order to expedite and smooth workflow. These signals get the workers what they need where they need it when they need it to create a just-in-time (JIT) production system.The setting for the game Kanban: Automotive Revolution is an assembly line. The players are ambitious managers who are trying to impress the board of directors in order to achieve as high a position as possible in the company and secure their careers. With promotions come advantages at the factory such as more space to store precious materials and greater prestige to accelerate your ascent. Through solid management you must strive to shine next to your peers. You need to manage suppliers and supplies improve automobile parts innovate — anything to stay on the cutting edge or getting your hands greasy on the assembly line in order to boost production. You must exercise wisdom in choosing which projects you should start selecting only those that will give you the upper hand and shunning those that will bog you down or cause the unthinkable — failure — which would diminish you in the eyes of the board.Over the course of the game you persuade the board and the factory tender to help you develop and improve automobile parts. You make shrewd use of the outside suppliers and the limited factory supplies in order to appropriate needed part when the suppliers come up short. Because the factory must run at optimum efficiency production doesn't wait for you or for mistakes.Like the process itself Kanban: Automotive Revolution proves to be both innovative and rewarding. Game mechanisms tightly tied to the automobile manufacturing theme include:If you want a seat on the board someday you need to show that you can keep a complex machine running smoothly efficiently with everything happening just at the right time. Kanban: Automotive Revolution is a pure Eurogame focused on economics and resource management that puts you in the driver's seat of an entire production facility racing for the highest level of promotion.

Tapestry is a two-hour game for 1-5 players designed by Jamey Stegmaier.Create the civilization with the most storied history starting at the beginning of humankind and reaching into the future. The paths you choose will vary greatly from real-world events or people — your civilization is unique!In Tapestry you start from nothing and advance on any of the four advancement tracks (science technology exploration and military) to earn progressively better benefits. You can focus on a specific track or take a more balanced approach. You will also improve your income build your capital city leverage your asymmetric abilities earn victory points and gain tapestry cards that will tell the story of your civilization.—description from the publisher

It is the year 2849 and humanity has harnessed the power of the pulsars. Now we must find a way to distribute this power throughout the stars. In this Euro-style game players explore space claim pulsars and discover technologies that will help them build energy-distribution infrastructure on a cosmic scale. Dice are used to purchase actions and players choose their dice from a communal pool. There are many paths to victory so you can blaze your own trail to a bright future.Draft dice to explore the universe in Pulsar 2849. Game is only 8 rounds long. Each round roll dice based on the number of players sort them based on their values then draft dice to take actions.Possible actions □ Fly your survey ship □ take a Gyrodyne □ Develop a Pulsar □ Build one or more energy transmitter vectors □ Patent a technology □ Buy a dice modifier □ Complete a special project in your HQ and unlock Gate RunPlayers score points each round based on what they've discovered and explored and everyone has common goals that they want to achieve.

In Anno 1800 a board game based on the popular PC game from Ubisoft you continuously build up your own industry to develop your home island.Ship fleets allow for lively trade and the development of new islands in the Old and New World. You have to fulfill the wishes of your own population. While the inhabitants are initially satisfied with bread and clothing they soon demand valuable luxury goods. You must plan production chains sensibly and keep an eye on the specialization of your population. The goal: A wise distribution of farmers workers craftsmen engineers and investors — but the competition never sleeps and can snatch the new achievements from under your nose at any time! Who can create the most prosperous island?—description from the publisher (translated)

In Viticulture the players find themselves in the roles of people in rustic pre-modern Tuscany who have inherited meager vineyards. They have a few plots of land an old crushpad a tiny cellar and three workers. They each have a dream of being the first to call their winery a true success.The players are in the position of determining how they want to allocate their workers throughout the year. Every season is different on a vineyard so the workers have different tasks they can take care of in the summer and winter. There's competition over those tasks and often the first worker to get to the job has an advantage over subsequent workers.Fortunately for the players people love to visit wineries and it just so happens that many of those visitors are willing to help out around the vineyard when they visit as long as you assign a worker to take care of them. Their visits (in the form of cards) are brief but can be very helpful.Using those workers and visitors players can expand their vineyards by building structures planting vines (vine cards) and filling wine orders (wine order cards). Players work towards the goal of running the most successful winery in Tuscany.

Designed by Stan Kordonskiy (Dice Hospital Rurik Lock Up) developed by Jonny Pac (Coloma Sierra West Lions of Lydia) solo mode by Drake Villareal (Solani Spook Manor) and illustrated by The Mico (Raiders of the North Sea Paladins of the West Kingdom Valeria) Endless Winter: Paleoamericans takes place in North America around 10,000 BCE. Players guide the development of their tribes across several generations—from nomadic hunter-gatherers to prosperous tribal societies. Over the course of the game tribes migrate and settle new lands establish cultural traditions hunt paleolithic megafauna and build everlasting megalithic structures.Endless Winter is a euro-style game that combines worker placement and deck building in an innovative way. Each round players send their tribe members to various action spaces and pay for the actions by playing cards and spending resources. Tribe cards grant additional labor while Culture cards provide a variety of unique effects. As an alternative cards can be saved for an end-of-round Eclipse phase where they are simultaneously revealed to determine the new player order and trigger various bonus actions.The game features a novel blend of interwoven systems and mechanisms such as multi-use cards area influence tile placement and set collection. Plus there are many viable paths to victory. After four brisk rounds scores are tallied and the tribe with the most points wins! —description from the publisher

On November 30 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from Napoleon. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson decided to send two explorers – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark – to discover this huge terra incognita.Lewis & Clark is a board game in which each player manages an expedition intended to cross the North American continent. Their goal is to be the first to reach the Pacific. Each one has his own Corps of Discovery that will be completed by the Native Americans and the trappers met during the journey. He has to cleverly manage his characters and also the resources he finds along the way. Beware sometimes frugality is better than abundance.Lewis & Clark features dual use cards. To be activated one card must be combined with another one which becomes unavailable for a while. Thus players are faced with a constant dilemma: play a card or sacrifice it. During the game each player acquires character cards that enlarge his hand building a crew that gives him more options but it needs to be optimized as he will recycle his cards more slowly. This new handbuilding mechanism fits strongly with the historical background.Since the aim of the game is to be the first on the Pacific coast the timing and the opportunistic use of the other players' positions are crucial.

Working from the shadows Mind MGMT once used its psychically-powered agents to put a stop to global crises. However absolute power corrupts absolutely and Mind MGMT is now rotting from the inside. To tighten its iron grip on the world stage Mind MGMT deploys covert operatives around the world to recruit other psychically-attuned individuals to their side. How can this enigmatic organization hell bent on global domination be defeated?Thankfully a few renegade agents have figured out that Mind MGMT has been compromised and have defected turning their backs on the syndicate. They now use their own psychic abilities to prevent Mind MGMT from achieving its nefarious goals.In Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage Game. one player controls Mind MGMT and must scour the city for new recruits. They move around on a secret map trying to visit locations that match one of their three randomly drawn feature cards. They can also use their four Immortals to protect locations from being exposed.All other players control the rogue agents who must try to stop Mind MGMT before it's too late! They ask questions to the Recruiter and deduce their whereabouts from the answers they receive. Rogue agents can use dry-erase mental notes to track all the information they're given.Mind MGMT wins by either collecting twelve recruits or surviving sixteen turns. The rogue agents can win only by capturing Mind MGMT which they do when they believe they're on the same block as Mind MGMT.—description from the publisher

In Bitoku the players take on the roles of Bitoku spirits of the forest in their path towards transcendence with the goal of elevating themselves and becoming the next great spirit of the forest. To do so they will have the help of the yōkai the kodamas and the different pilgrims that accompany them on their path. This is a hand-management engine-building game with multiple paths to victory.Players will have yōkai represented by the cards that make up their hand which must be placed in the right places at the right times in order to obtain the maximum benefit from the abilities they offer. Furthermore during the game players can earn more yōkai cards for their deck thereby increasing their playing options and achieving a higher score. Each player also has three yōkai guardians (in the form of dice) that they can send to the large regions of the forest on the main board in order to obtain all kinds of new options that they can play during the game. These options can be structures they build in certain areas of the forest soul crystals that generate resources when certain actions are carried out and many others as well. The players also have the chance to help the mitamas lost souls in search of redemption by using the chinkon fireflies.There is truly a wide range of actions to carry out and this is without taking into account the personal domain where the players can lay out another layer of additional strategy while managing the pilgrims. Pilgrims are followers of the player who embark upon journeys of contemplation and reflection who then share the experiences and learning they can along the spirit path with the Bitoku.—description from the publisher

In Oath one to six players guide the course of history in an ancient land. Players might take the role of agents bolstering the old order or scheme to bring the kingdom to ruin. The consequences of one game will ripple through those that follow changing what resources and actions future players may have at their disposal and even altering the game's core victory condition.If a player seizes control by courting anarchy and distrust future players will have to contend with a land overrun by thieves and petty warlords. In a later game a warlord might attempt to found a dynasty creating a line of rulers that might last generations or be crushed by the rise of a terrible arcane cult.In Oath there are no fancy production tricks app-assisted mechanisms or production gimmicks. The game can be reset at any time and doesn't require the same play group from one game to the next. A player might use the fully-featured solo mode to play several generations during the week and then use that same copy of the game for Saturday game-night with friends. There are no scripted narratives or predetermined end points. The history embedded in each copy of Oath will grow to be as unique as the players who helped build it.—description from the publisher

Stake your fortunes in the mysterious island world of Bora Bora. Journey across islands building huts where the resilient men and women of your tribes can settle discovering fishing grounds and collecting shells. Send priests to the temples and gather offerings to curry favor with the gods.In Bora Bora players use dice to perform a variety of actions using careful insight and tactical planning. The heart of the game is its action resolution system in which 5-7 actions are available each round the exact number depending on the number of players. Each player rolls three dice at the start of the round then they take turns placing one die at a time on one action. Place a high number on an action and you'll generally get a better version of that action: more places to build more choices of people to take better positioning on the temple track and so on. Place a low number and you'll get a worse action – but you'll possibly block other players from taking the action at all as in order to take an action you must place a die on it with a lower number than any die already on the action.Three task tiles on a player's individual game board provide some direction as to what he might want to do while god tiles allow for special actions and rule-breaking as gods are wont to do. The player who best watches how the game develops and uses the most effective strategy will prevail.

The epic Egyptian game Kemet is reborn with a new revised edition!With Kemet: Blood and Sand immerse yourself in a more realistic Ancient Egypt. Here Gods are powerful masters of both the desert and the Nile delta. They challenge each other in violent battles and show no mercy. Get ready to become an Egyptian God open the gates of your city and let your troops sing the song of war to please you and claim your dominance as master of Ancient Egypt.Kemet: Blood and Sand features new art and upgraded gameplay with new approachable rules that go beyond the 1.5 version of Kemet developed with the help of the BGG community. Free from the constraints of existing components designers Jacques Bariot and Guillaume Montiage go even further in fine-tuning the Kemet experience.The game also features a redesigned map with a twist bigger and more detailed figurines and other surprises.—description from the publisher

Star Realms: Frontiers is a new standalone Star Realms series game with an 80-card trade deck and new scorecards that's suitable for play with up to four players. It can be combined with Star Realms and/or Star Realms: Colony Wars.Star Realms is a fast-paced game of space battles that combines the fun of a deckbuilding game with the interactivity of Trading Card Game-style combat. As you play you make use of Trade to acquire new Ships and Bases from the cards being turned face up in the Trade Row.You use the Ships and Bases you acquire to either generate more Trade or to generate Combat to attack your opponent and their Bases. When you reduce your opponent’s score (called Authority) to zero you win! Battle your friends or team up to play cooperatively against the game!The default Star Realms: Frontiers box is listed with the following as its features:

In Tiletum you and fellow players take on the roles of rich merchants traveling throughout Europe from Flanders to Venice during the Golden Age of the Renaissance.You will travel to various cities to acquire trade contracts for wool and iron as well as a collection of their coats of arms. You must collect the required resources to fulfill contracts invest in the construction of monumental cathedrals gain the favor of noble families and participate in important fairs where your main business occurs. You will also use the services of notable people who will be welcomed into your houses. You will thus gain prestige that will make you the most famous merchant of the Renaissance.Tiletum is a dice management game in which dice have a dual function: gaining resources and performing actions. A certain number of dice will be rolled each round. On your turn choose a die to gain the number of corresponding resources equal to the value of the die then perform the associated action. The power of the action is inversely proportional to the value of the die so the fewer resources you gain the more powerful the actions you take and vice versa.

Welcome to the Rococo era during the reign of Louis XV when it’s safe to say that holding lavish balls is quite trendy. Important personalities wrap up in noble coats and dresses anxious to outshine one another. As the biggest event is coming up in just a few weeks everyone is turning to you with their requests: an elegant coat here a stunning dress there or a donation to fund the fireworks at the event. Soon you realize that it’s not just about your dressmaking business anymore — it’s about managing the most prestigious ball of the era…and now it’s time to roc(k)!Rococo is a Eurostyle board game with an interesting take on deck-building. Each turn you play one of your employee cards and let that employee perform a task: hire a new employee buy resources manufacture a coat or dress or invest in the ball’s decorations. But not every employee is up to every task so you must choose and lead your employees wisely — especially since each employee grants a unique bonus and some of these bonuses generate prestige points.After seven rounds the game ends with the big ball and a final scoring. Then you gain prestige points for certain employee bonuses and for coats and dresses that you rent out to guests at the ball as well as for decorations that you funded. The player who collected the most prestige points wins.

Aeon’s End: The New Age introduces the Expedition system into the Aeon's End universe which allows players to replay all of the content they own in a short campaign format. After each game players will receive new treasures and player cards that allow them to become more powerful. However the nemeses that players will face grow stronger and stronger with each battle.Aeon's End: The New Age is a standalone expansion that is compatible with all of the other standalone games. All content can be mixed and matched for exciting new combinations!—description from the publisher

In Ethnos players call upon the support of giants merfolk halflings minotaurs and other fantasy tribes to help them gain control of the land. After three ages of play whoever has collected the most glory wins!In more detail the land of Ethnos contains twelve tribes of fantasy creatures and in each game you choose six of them (five in a 2/3-player game) then create a deck with only the creatures in those tribes. The cards come in six colors which match the six regions of Ethnos. Place three glory tokens in each region at random arranging them from low to high.Each player starts the game with one card in hand then 4-12 cards (double the number of players) are placed face up on the table. On a turn a player either recruits an ally or plays a band of allies. In the former case you take a face-up card (without replacing it from the deck) or the top card of the deck and add it to your hand. In the latter case you choose a set of cards in your hand that match either in tribe or in color play them in front of you on the table then discard all other cards in hand. You then place one token in the region that matches the color of the top card just played and you use the power of the tribe member on the top card just played.At the end of the first age whoever has the most tokens in a region scores the glory shown on the first token. After the second age the players with the most and second most tokens score glory equal to the values shown on the first and second tokens respectively. Players score similarly after the third age then whoever has the most glory wins. (Games with two and three players last only two ages.)

Distilled is a highly thematic strategy card game about crafting spirits in a distillery with resource management and push-your-luck elements. In the game you have inherited a distillery and are hoping to someday achieve the title of master distiller through purchasing goods building up your distillery and creating the world's most renowned spirits.Purchase new ingredients and invest in upgrades to your distillery all while eventually distilling the spirit and sending it to the warehouse. Once in the warehouse age your spirit to enhance its flavor and bottle it to sell it for major profits!Achieve the title of Master Distiller by having the most spirit points at the end of the game. Points are obtained by distilling and selling spirits.—description from the designer

Cthulhu Wars is a strategy boardgame in which the players take the part of alien races and gods taken from the Cthulhu mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft. The game is physically large and includes sixty-four figurines of the cultists monsters aliens and Great Old Ones that range in height from approximately 20 mm to nearly 180 mm.The game takes place on a map of Earth. Each player takes the part of one of four factions included in the base game. At the start of a turn players Gather Power then during a series of Action Rounds they spend this Power to accomplish various tasks such as recruiting Cultists moving units engaging in battle summoning monsters building Gates casting spells and Awakening their Great Old One. When all players run out of Power the Action phase ends and the next turn begins. Victory is determined by accumulating points on the Doom Track. The first player to 30 is the lone victor *if* he has unlocked all six of spell books.Driving the strategy are a player's wish to expand his power base and his need to accomplish six tasks to acquire his faction's spell books. Each faction has a unique set of monsters spell books and special abilities and has different requirements to acquire its spell books. All factions have multiple strategies open to them.The base game supports 2-4 players (the map supports 5 players) but with new factions and maps released as expansions it can support up to 8 players.

Codes are a puzzle. A game just like any other game.- Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.Turing Machine is a fascinating and competitive deduction game. It offers a unique experience of questioning a proto-computer that works without electricity or any sort of technology paving the way for a new generation of deduction games.The Goal? Find the secret code before the other players by cleverly questioning the machine. With Turing Machine you’ll use an analog computer with unique components made of never-before-seen perforated cards. The game offers more than seven million problems from simple to mind-staggeringly complex combinations making the gameplay practically endless!Including the original competitive mode you can combine your brain power as a team or try to beat the game itself while playing solo.Are you ready for an intense cerebral gaming experience?

The greatest sorcerers of the kingdom have gathered at the heart of the Argos forest where the legendary tournament of the 12 seasons is taking place. At the end of the three year competition the new archmage of the kingdom of Xidit will be chosen from among the competitors. Take your place wizard! Equip your ancestral magical items summon your most faithful familiars to your side and be ready to face the challenge!Seasons is a tactical game of cards and dice which takes place in two phases:The first phase Prelude consists of a card draft: the goal during this phase will be to establish your own 9-card deck for the main part of the game and with it the strategy.Once the Prelude is complete each player must separate their 9 cards into 3 packs of 3 cards. They will begin the second phase of the game with their first pack of three cards then gradually as the game progresses they will receive the other two packets of three cards.Next comes the Tournament: at the beginning of each round a player will roll the seasons dice (dice = number of players +1).These cubes offer a variety of actions to the players: - Increase your gauge (maximum number of cards you may have placed on the table and in play) - Harvesting energy (water earth fire air) to pay the cost of power cards - Crystallizing the energy (during the current season) to collect crystals. Crystals serve both as a resource to pay for some cards but also as victory points in the end. - Draw new cardsEach player can choose only one die per turn. The die not chosen by anyone determines how many fields the time track would move forward. In addition all the dice are different depending on the season. For example there are not the same energies to a particular season. Throughout the game players will therefore have to adapt to these changes - also the exchange rates of energy to crystals vary during seasons - the energy not present on the dice in any given season is also the best paid during the season.At the end of the game the crystals are summed with victory points granted by the cards (minus some penalties where applicable). The highest score wins.

The city-building board game Foundations of Rome puts you into the role of an architect competing to own land and build magnificent structures! Build domūs and insulae fountains foundries and more to increase your renown - gaining glory for yourself and the empire! With 96 wonderfully detailed miniatures in the base game Foundations of Rome is a testament to the glory of Rome that you can bring to the table.Foundations of Rome is the next and biggest game to date in the Dice Tower Essentials line and is designed by famed designer Emerson Matsuuchi.On a player's turn they select from purchasing a new lot building a new building in the shared city of Rome or collecting income!Players collect Glory Points at the end of each round based on the population and commerce they have brought to the city as well as gaining glory for civic buildings that score not only based on their own buildings but those of their opponents!With a quick setup time and easy to learn to rules you will be on your way to achieving glory within Rome in no time!—description from the publisher

In a far-distant future humans no longer inhabit Earth. The cause of their disappearance (or perhaps their demise) is unknown but their absence left a void ready to be filled by another sentient species.Over the span of untold generations one species of the humble honeybee evolved to fill that void. They grew in size and intelligence to become a highly advanced society. They call themselves Mellifera and they have made substantial technological advances in addition to the technology they adapted from human ruins up to and including space travel.In Apiary each player controls one of twenty unique factions. Your faction starts the game with a hive a few resources and worker bees. A worker-placement hive-building challenge awaits you: explore planets gather resources develop technologies and create carvings to demonstrate your faction's strengths (measured in victory points) over one year's Flow. However the Dearth quickly approaches and your workers can take only a few actions before they must hibernate! Can you thrive or merely survive?—description from the publisher

From the ashes of war nations rise to power in the atomic age. Each player takes control of a nation struggling for power in the latter part of the 20th century. They build up their nation’s industry commerce and government by acquiring resources building structures and tapping sources of energy. The price of oil is going up and nuclear energy is the wave of the future. The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire is set in the same universe as The Manhattan Project but it's a standalone game not an expansion.The major threat in Energy Empire is not war but uncertain global impacts that result from side effects of industrialization and pollution. Many actions come with a cost. So as nations become more industrious they also increase the amount of pollution in the environment. Careful use of science can mitigate the harmful effects of industry and can also help avert global crises.Energy Empire uses worker placement tableau-building and resource management mechanics. On each turn a player can choose to either work or generate. On a work turn a player plays a single worker on the main board then uses workers and energy to activate cards in their tableau. Players may spend energy to use an occupied space on the main board so no spaces are ever completely blocked. On a generate turn players get to renew their supply of energy by rolling energy dice that represent nuclear coal oil solar and other forms of energy.

Formidable adversaries are arrayed against you. Your people stand ready. History beckons.In your hands lies the destiny of one of history's great civilizations. Under constant threat of attack you must conquer new lands oversee dramatic scientific and cultural advances and lead your people into the era of empire. Expand too rapidly and unrest will bring your civilization to its knees; build up too slowly however and you might find yourself a mere footnote of history. As one of eight radically asymmetric civilizations you will compete to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen.Imperium: Classics is a standalone game that contains the Carthaginian Celt Greek Macedonian Persian Roman Scythian and Viking civilizations and an individual solo opponent behaving as each nation. It is also fully compatible with Imperium: Legends for players wanting to expand their pool of civilizations even further.—description from the publisher

Become the leader of an imp family that has just started a new business – breeding and selling petz. Sound simple and safe? Well we forgot to mention that those petz are for Dungeon Lords. This means magical playful sometimes angry monsters that constantly desire attention and at the very moment you want them to demonstrate their qualities to buyers they are sick or they poop. Sometimes you are even glad that you got rid of them – but the profit is unbelievable.Dungeon Petz is a standalone game set in the Dungeon Lords universe. The game consists of several rounds in which players use unusual worker placement mechanisms (players simultaneously prepare different sized groups of imps in order to play sooner than others) to prepare themselves for the uneasy task of raising creature cubs and pleasing their different needs (represented by cards) in order to sell them as grown and scary creatures to Dungeon Lords. In the meantime they also attend various contests in which they show off their pets scoring additional points.

Cloudspire is 1-4 player strategy game heavily influenced by both tower defense and MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) games. Solo and Cooperative play are driven by a scenario book that chronicles the story of the game from the perspective of each individual faction. Players control one of four unique factions in a battle to destroy and steal source energy from their opponents. Send and defend against armies and minions build towers to protect your base and explore with your heroes in search of resources and powerful Relics to turn the tide of battle.Taking place in the floating realm of Ankar Cloudspire tells the story of a war to acquire a powerful and rare energy known only as the source. Every race has their own unique units and heroes as well as the ability to bid and draft mercenaries for hire.Armies are placed either individually or in stacks to conceal powerful units until the last possible moments. Heroes in the meantime are controlled individually and may join the tide of battle or choose to explore points of interest in search of numerous resources. Meanwhile the event deck regularly changes the terms of the fight making every wave exciting and unpredictable.As armies and minions approach opposing bases they'll need to contend with Spires - powerful defense towers that can be built around the board. Fight for control of build sites and acquire new spire schematics to build an impenetrable defense and hold off the enemy. Upgrade your home base to unlock new strategies and abilities. Level up your heroes and lead your armies into battle with advanced and upgraded skills!—description from the publisher

Power Grid deluxe: Europe/North America is a standalone game in the Power Grid universe. For the expansion to regular Power Grid see Power Grid: Europe/North America.For the 10th anniversary of the highly successful game Power Grid we present this new deluxe version including brand new components. Wait for a huge double-sided game board presenting Europe and North America newly customized wooden parts and an entire deck of new power plants some of which use natural gas instead of garbage. New overview cards for the resource refill improve game play. An exciting new two players experience is also added - “Against the Trust”!The game is still Power Grid with all the exciting auctions the nerve-wracking resource speculations city networks and the competition among the players all the way to the tight game ending with several players fighting for the win.The goal of Power Grid Deluxe is to supply the most cities with power when someone's network reaches a predetermined size. Players mark pre-existing routes between cities for connection then bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they need to power these cities. However as power plants are purchased newer more efficient plants become available so by merely purchasing you're potentially allowing others access to superior equipment.What's more players must acquire the resources (coal oil natural gas and uranium) needed to power said plants (except for the renewable windfarm plants which require no fuel) making it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes.NOTE: The deluxe edition came with Power Grid: The New Power Plants – Set 2 which was later released separately in 2021.

The Great Zimbabwe is a game about building a trade based civilization in ancient Africa. It has been inspired by the old kingdoms surrounding the Great Zimbabwe a world heritage site in southern Africa. Far into the previous century colonial governments denied that a civilization that produced such impressive monuments and beautiful artwork could have been African in origin. But of course this civilization was African and the country of Zimbabwe itself was proudly named after this impressive cultural heritage. As always in our games we have used this history for inspiration; however first and foremost we wanted to create a highly playable and replayable Splotter game so in many cases we took liberties with historical names periods and artwork.In the game players strive to build the most impressive monuments to one god of their choice. They can choose this god themselves-- each of the twelve gods offers a unique blessing but each also requires a different amount of work to win the game. Building the monuments is done by developing a logistics network stretching across the region. Through this network players produce and obtain ritual goods to raise their monuments and bring honour to the god of their choice.Here's the flavour text from the rules:The Mutapa king struts into the village followed by a bunch of young warriors herding cattle. “Oondabezitha ” he addresses the assembly of kings “I have brought twelve heads of cattle for the ceremony tonight”. The others seem to shrink in stature as he speaks. The star of the king of Mutapa is clearly ascending. They have not brought nearly as much cattle themselves. “Soon we will all be praying to Obatala” murmurs one of the older Kilwa traders. “The Mutapa will be raising their godless monuments sky-high. Perhaps it is time for us to resort to some magic of our own”. Then the sky breaks into a thunder and a torrential rain pours down on the assembly. The men scramble while the plains fill with water. The ceremony will be wet tonight...The Great Zimbabwe is a logistico-economic game in which players are tribal leaders in Africa trying to please the gods by building monuments.Buying technology building craftsmen gathering resources and worshipping a god are among the many decisions necessary to win in 'The Great Zimbabwe'. But the main way of getting there is building and developing a network of monuments. The higher the monuments the closer the players will be to victory but players must balance many subtle aspects of the game. If they develop their economy if they worship a powerful god or if they use a lot of technology they will need to score more victory points.Clever use of turn-order manipulation economic development in an almost close environment scarce natural resource use and logistical optimization to deliver goods from craftsmen to monuments: You only get one action per turn so be smart! 'The Great Zimbabwe' is a race for victory in which you decide how far you want to go and at what speed. Then other players' decisions change everything...

The King is dead. The kingdom is divided. Three factions — the Scottish the Welsh and the English — vie for control and across the sea foreign invaders prepare to take advantage of the chaos. Players must marshal their limited resources to influence this power struggle while ensuring that the faction that rises to dominate the realm favors them above all other claimants to the throne.The King is Dead: Second Edition refreshes the accessible yet strikingly deep game with updated graphic design gorgeous new artwork and a brand-new asymmetric game mode for advanced play.

Settlers from four major powers of the world have discovered new lands with new resources and opportunities. Romans Barbarians Egyptians and Japanese all at once move there to expand the boundaries of their empires. They build new buildings to strengthen their economy they found mines and fields to gather resources and they build barracks and training grounds to train soldiers. Soon after they discover that this land is far too small for everybody then the war begins...Imperial Settlers is a card game that lets players lead one of the four factions and build empires by placing buildings then sending workers to those buildings to acquire new resources and abilities. The game is played over five rounds during which players take various actions in order to explore new lands build buildings trade resources conquer enemies and thus score victory points.The core mechanism of Imperial Settlers is based on concepts from the author's card game 51st State.

The game Glass Road commemorates the 700-year-old tradition of glass-making in the Bavarian Forest. (Today the Glass Road is a route through the Bavarian forest that takes visitors to many of the old glass houses and museums of that region.) You must skillfully manage your glass and brick production in order to build the right structures that help you keep your business flowing. Cut the forest to keep the fires burning in the ovens and spread and remove ponds pits and groves to supply yourself with the items you need. Fifteen specialists are there at your side to carry out your orders...In more detail the game consists of four building periods. Each player has an identical set of fifteen specialist cards and each specialist comes with two abilities. At the beginning of each building period you choose a hand of five specialists. If during this building period you play a specialist that no other player has in hand you may use both abilities on that card; if two or more players play the same specialist each of them may use only one of the two abilities. Exploiting the abilities of these specialists lets you collect resources lay out new landscape tiles (e.g. ponds and pits) and build a variety of buildings which come in three types:Mastering the balance of knowing the best specialist card to play and being flexible about when you play it — together with assembling a clever combination of buildings — is the key to this game.The 2021 edition of Glass Road includes previously released promotional material: the Oktoberfest and Adventskalender tiles and the Harlekin card for use in the solitaire version of the game.

Bruges in the 15th century – culture and commerce flourish and make the Belgian Hanseatic city into one of the wealthiest cities in Europe.In Bruges (a.k.a. Brugge or Brügge depending on the country in which you live) players assume the role of merchants who must maintain their relationships with those in power in the city while competing against one another for influence power and status. Dramatic events cast their shadows over the city with players needing to worry about threats to their prosperity from more than just their opponents...The game includes 165 character cards with each card having one of five colors. On a turn a player chooses one of his cards and performs an action with six different actions being available: Take workers take money mitigate a threat build a canal build a house or hire the character depicted on the card. In principle every card can be used for every action – but the color of the card determines in which areas the actions can be used or the strength of the chosen action e.g. blue cards provide blue workers and red cards help mitigate red threats. All of the action is geared toward the gathering of prestige with the most prestigious merchant winning in the end.

In Tiny Epic Galaxies each player controls a galactic empire aiming to expand their influence by acquiring highly contested planets and increasing their cosmic armada. The game revolves around an innovative dice-rolling combo mechanic. The number of dice you roll is determined by the strength of your galaxy. Each die is engraved with symbols representing the various actions you can take such as moving a spaceship increasing your culture or energy resources or advancing your political or economic influence over newly discovered planets.Through careful planning you must make the most out of your turn taking the available actions in whichever order you consider most beneficial. But be careful as each of your opponents can choose to follow each action you take by expending valuable resources. This means that it can always be your turn even when it is someone else’s turn!Players will colonize new planets throughout the game thereby earning victory points and accumulating special abilities which they can activate for their galactic empire. Careful spending of resources will ensure the fastest growth of your empire while allowing you to receive the biggest possible pay‐off from the actions you take.Will your influence be enough to control the most powerful planets in the galaxy? Will you be able to meet your secret objective along the way? Will your empire stand victorious?Tiny Epic Galaxies FAQ

You have been assigned to lead an ancient monastery and its brewery. Now it's your time to brew the best beer under God's blue sky!The fine art of brewing beer demands your best timing. In order to get the best results of your production you have to provide your cloister's garden with fertile resources and the right number of monks helping with the harvest — but keep your brewmaster in mind as he is ready and eager to refine each and every one of your barrels!In Heaven & Ale you have to overcome the harsh competition of your fellow players. There is a fine balance between upgrading your cloister's garden and harvesting the resources you need to fill your barrels. Only those who manage to keep a cool head are able to win the race for the best beer!—description from the publisher

Wayfarers of the South Tigris is set during the height of the Abbasid Caliphate circa 820 AD. As brave explorers cartographers and astronomers players set off from Baghdad to map the surrounding land waterways and heavens above. Players must carefully manage their caravan of workers and equipment while reporting back regularly to journal their findings at the House of Wisdom. Will you succeed in impressing the Caliph or lose your way and succumb to the wilderness?The aim of Wayfarers of the South Tigris is to be the player with the most victory points (VP) at the game's end. Points are primarily gained by mapping the land water and sky. Players can also gain points from upgrading their caravans by gaining inspiration from nobles and by influencing the three guilds of science trade and exploration. As they make discoveries players will want to quickly journal their progress. The game ends once one player’s marker has reached the far right column of the journal track.—description from the publisher

Nusfjord is a tranquil fishing village in the Lofoten archipelago in northern Norway. Fifty years ago business was blooming when the codfish would come for spawning. Today Nusfjord is more of a museum than a village with less than a hundred people living there. Imagine how beautiful this place must be given that you must pay a fee to even look at the houses. Cruise ships used to pass by this long and now mostly abandoned island world.In the time period in which the game Nusfjord is set things looked quite different. Sailing ships dominate the fjord. The rocks around Nusfjord are covered in trees. As the owner of a major fishing company in Nusfjord on the Lofoten archipelago your goal is to develop the harbor and the surrounding landscape and to succeed you must enlarge your fleet clear the forest erect new buildings and satisfy the local elders. Others do this as well of course so the competition is steep.As with Agricola Caverna and Ora et Labora Nusfjord has a worker placement mechanism with each player starting with three workers that they place on a central board to trigger certain actions. Whether a player wants to clear a forest on their own board buy a new cutter or construct a building they must place a worker on the appropriate space — which is possible only if room is available for this worker. Money is scarce and one of the quicker and easier ways to get it is to place shares of your own company on the market. This risky action could be worthwhile because if you succeed in buying these shares yourself you have usually won money and not suffered any disadvantages; however if an opponent acquires these shares then you must allow them to benefit from your hard-earned catches at sea. The village elders might want their own share of your catch as well especially if you've visited them to take certain actions in the village so if you don't take care your catch could end up entirely in the hands of others and your camp will be empty.

Your last village was ransacked by barbarians. You barely had time to pick up the baby and your favorite fishing pole before they started the burning and pillaging. You wandered over a cruel desert braved frozen peaks and even paddled a log across a rough sea kicking at the sharks whenever they got too close the baby strapped tightly to your back.Then you found it! The perfect place to make your new home. But as soon as you had the first hut built you discovered a vast network of caverns underground brimming with shiny treasures rare resources and untold adventure. How could you limit your new village to the surface? You immediately start organizing expeditions and building houses underground as well as on the surface.With any luck you'll build a village even stronger than your last-- strong enough even to turn away the barbarians the next time they come knocking.Above and Below is a mashup of town-building and storytelling where you and up to three friends compete to build the best village above and below ground. In the game you send your villagers to perform jobs like exploring the cave harvesting resources and constructing houses. Each villager has unique skills and abilities and you must decide how to best use them. You have your own personal village board and you slide the villagers on this board to various areas to indicate that they've been given jobs to do. Will you send Hanna along on the expedition to the cave? Or should she instead spend her time teaching important skills to one of the young villagers?A great cavern lies below the surface ready for you to explore-- this is where the storytelling comes in. When you send a group of villagers to explore the depths one of your friends reads what happens to you from a book of paragraphs. You'll be given a choice of how to react and a lot will depend on which villagers you brought on the expedition and who you're willing to sacrifice to succeed. The book of paragraphs is packed with encounters of amazing adventure randomly chosen each time you visit the cavern.At the end of the game the player with the most well-developed village wins!This collection of items can be found in Above and Below: Expanded Edition Exclusives

Many centuries ago the Greek Persian and Assyrian empires controlled vast amounts of land and riches. Yet despite their fortifications and imposing armies rumours began spreading of a formidable foe in the lands above the Black Sea. They came on horseback. Fierce warriors both male and female. Skilled with the sword axe and bow. But they weren’t mindless savages. Their artisans were renowned for their ability to craft detailed trinkets of gold. They fashioned leather armour and improvised the recurve bow. They trained eagles for hunting and war. Some even believe they inspired the Greek tales of the Amazons. But they were more than legend or fable. They were the Raiders of Scythia.The aim of Raiders of Scythia is to be the player with the most Victory Points (VP) at the game’s end. VP are gained by raiding Settlements taking Plunder and completing Quests. Players will need to assemble a Crew train Animals and gather Provisions. The game ends when there is only 2 unraided Settlements or 2 Quests remaining on the Main Board.—description from the publisher

The bonfires are sources of light energy and warmth created by the guardians of light in order to brighten the cities on the otherwise dark planet. The residents of the cities however took the bonfires for granted and exploited them for their personal gain. Disappointed the guardians of light retreated and let the bonfires extinguish. The citizens could no longer live in the now dark cities and were forced to leave.You are a group of gnomes living close to the cities and you also need the light of the bonfires. Missing it now you try yourself to visit the cities and learn how to ignite the bonfires once again: You must visit the guardians of light on their holy islands and ask for tasks to prove your good will. For each completed task they will re-ignite one extinguished bonfire. Whoever manages to earn the greatest trust from the guardians and manages to brighten their city the most will win the game.You will play in turn order until a fixed number of tasks has been solved after which each player has 5 more turns. During final scoring you will receive points for your completed tasks (the bonfires) and any improvements made there (portals landscapes or guardians).—description from the publisher

Sidereal Confluence: Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant is a singularly unique trading and negotiation game for 4-9 players. Over the course of the game each race must trade and negotiate with the rest to acquire the resource cubes necessary to fund their economy and allow it to produce goods for the next turn. Scheming dealing and mutually beneficial agreements are key to success. While technically a competitive game Sidereal Confluence has a cooperative feel during the trading phase as no race has the ability to thrive on its own. Trade well and you'll develop technologies and colonize planets to form a civilization that is the envy of the galaxy.Each player chooses one of the nine unique and asymmetrical alien races that have come together to form a trade federation in their quadrant. Each race has its own deck of cards representing all the existing and future technologies it might research. Some races also have other cards related to unique features of their culture. These cards represent portions of the culture's economy and require spending some number of cubes to use resulting in an output of more cubes ships and possibly victory points. Since each culture's outputs rarely match their inputs players need to trade goods with one another to run their converters to create the resources they truly need to run their society most efficiently and have an effective economy. Almost everything is negotiable including colonies ships and all kinds of resources.Each game round contains an open trading phase in which all players can negotiate and execute deals for cubes ships colonies even the temporary use of technologies! Players with enough resources can also research technologies upgrade colonies and spend resources on their race's special cards during this phase. Once complete all players simultaneously run their economies spending resources to gain more resources. The Confluence follows starting with players sharing newly researched technologies with all other races and following with bidding to acquire new colonies and research teams. Researching a new technology grants many victory points for the prestige of helping galactic society advance. When one race builds a new technology it is shared with everyone else. Technologies can be upgraded when combined with other technologies.The ultimate goal is victory points which are acquired by researching technologies using your economy to convert resources to goods and converting your leftover goods into points at the end of the game.The game is almost all simultaneous play.Sidereal Confluence: Remastered Edition features the same gameplay as the first edition of the game from 2017 but features an updated card layout a teaching guide and an improved rulebook for easy set-up and learning with more visual examples and clear key terms.

Furnace is an engine-building Eurogame in which players take on the roles of 19th-century capitalists building their industrial corporations and aspiring to make as much money as they can by purchasing companies extracting resources and processing them in the best combinations possible.Each player starts the game with a random start-up card the resources depicted at the top of that card and four colored discs valued 1-4.The game is played over four rounds and each round consists of two phases: Auction and Production. During the auction 6-8 company cards are laid out with their basic sides face up. Players take turns placing one of their discs on one of these cards but you cannot place a disc on a card if a disc of the same value or color is already present. Thus you'll place discs on four cards.Once all the discs are placed the cards are resolved from left to right. Whoever placed the highest-valued disc will claim this card but first anyone with a lower-valued disc on this card will gain compensation either the resources depicted multiplied by the value of their disc or a processing ability (exchange X for Y) up to as many times as the value of their disc.Once all the cards have been claimed or discarded players enter the production phase using their cards in the order of their choice. Each company card has one action — either production or processing — on its basic side and two actions on its upgraded side. During the production phase you can use each of your cards once to gain resources process those resources into other resources or money and upgrade your cards.At the end of four rounds whoever has the most money wins.Furnace also includes capitalist cards that contain unique effects and if you want you can choose to deal one out to each player at the start of the game. For an additional challenge you can require players to create a production chain with each newly acquired company card being placed somewhere in that chain and locked in position for the remainder of the game.

With technology rapidly developing and the human population growing Victorian-era Earth is in dire need of fuel land and other natural resources. Fortunately automated probes sent to Mars have discovered celerium an ore that can be combusted to produce ten thousand times more power than a steam engine and sylvanite the densest substance ever found. More incredibly the probes found ice that could be used in terraforming the planet bringing the idea of colonizing Mars even closer to becoming a reality.As the head of a mining corporation these minerals and ice found on Mars could make you unfathomably wealthy – if you can reach them before your competitors. You have ten rounds to send your astronauts into space occupy the planet's most resource-rich zones and harvest as much celerium sylvanite and ice as possible. At your command is a team of nine professionals. Each has a unique skill set from helping your astronauts traverse the Red Planet to blowing up spaceships before they launch.In each round in Mission: Red Planet players start by secretly deploying one of their character cards with this card determining both when they place astronauts on the spaceships awaiting launch to Mars and which special action they take during the round. Each spaceship has a specified destination and until an astronaut sets foot in a region no one knows which resource they'll find. Players collect resources (worth points) three times during the game and they each have a secret mission card that might grant them additional points at game's end. During the game players might acquire an additional mission or a research card that changes the value of what awaits on Mars.The 2015 edition of Mission: Red Planet features the same gameplay as the original 2005 edition but it includes:

Get ready to enter the poor and dreary Whitechapel district in London 1888 – the scene of the mysterious Jack the Ripper murders – with its crowded and smelly alleys hawkers shouting merchants dirty children covered in rags who run through the crowd and beg for money and prostitutes – called the wretched – on every street corner.The board game Letters from Whitechapel which plays in 90-150 minutes takes the players right there. One player plays Jack the Ripper and his goal is to take five victims before being caught. The other players are police detectives who must cooperate to catch Jack the Ripper before the end of the game. The game board represents the Whitechapel area at the time of Jack the Ripper and is marked with 199 numbered circles linked together by dotted lines. During play Jack the Ripper the Policemen and the Wretched are moved along the dotted lines that represent Whitechapel's streets. Jack the Ripper moves stealthily between numbered circles while policemen move on their patrols between crossings and the Wretched wander alone between the numbered circles.

Pax Renaissance 2nd Edition is a game for 1 to 4 players where you play as a banker in Europe at the height of the Renaissance during the late 15th and early 16th-century.A time when European nobility and warlords declined and the arts and technology advanced in the wake of a new economic force: merchants and bankers. These bankers became the wealthiest private individuals ever as they guided Europe into the modern age.As a Renaissance banker you will finance kings or republics sponsor voyages of discovery join secret cabals or unleash jihads and inquisitions. Your choices determine if Europe is elevated into the bright modern era or remains festering in dark feudalism. Four victories determine the future course of Western Society: will it be towards imperialism trade globalization religious totalitarianism or enlightened art and science?New components include punchouts for pirate ships pawns for concessions and serfs placards for player boards and empire squares allowing storage of repressed tokens and queens even if the King is not in a player Tableau.Extra game Map Cards are included allowing the mounted gameboard to be left behind for small game portability. Useful if you have limited space in your game bag.Expanded rules include Dalmatians Cryptography Condottiere apostasy and the solitaire game. Strategy and Frequently-Asked Questions are included.Contains Pax Renaissance Expansion and Pax Renaissance: BGG Promo Pack.

Four millennia ago on the eastern bank of the Nile river was laid the foundation of the Temple of Amun-Ra. Over the course of two thousand years the temple complex was gradually expanded and became widely known as The Most Select of Places (Ipet-Isut) boasting the largest religious building in the world. Today the site is known as Karnak located at Luxor in modern-day Egypt.Join ancient Pharaohs in creating and growing one of the most impressive sites the world has seen honoring the Egyptian gods Horus Ra Hathor Bastet Thoth and Osiris. You must carefully manage the balance of your actions preparing for the reckoning by the goddess Maat.The game board in Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun is divided into six sections each associated with an Egyptian god: Horus Ra Hathor Bastet Thoth and Osiris. In the center stands an impressive obelisk (Tekhenu) that casts its shadow onto different parts of the board. As a result the area around the obelisk is divided into sunny shaded and dark sections depending on how the obelisk casts its shadow at that particular moment. As the game progresses the sun's rotation alters which sections are sunny shaded or dark.The game takes place over multiple rounds. Each round players draft dice and perform actions associated with the value of the die and the section from which the die was drafted. Dice come in five colors and each die is considered Pure Tainted or Forbidden depending on the color of the die and the position of the obelisk's shadow. While you may never draft Forbidden dice you are free to draft any other die whether Pure or Tainted.As you draft the dice you must consider not only the general availability of dice — if no dice are available in a given section then you cannot readily perform the action associated with that section — but also which value die to draft. You must also consider the purity of the dice to draft as you must balance your Pure and Tainted actions if you want to have a more favorable position in turn order.When you draft a die you can perform an action depending on the section you took the die from. Each of the actions corresponds to a different Egyptian god: Horus Ra Hathor Bastet Thoth and Osiris. Instead of a god action you can choose to produce generating resources based on the color and value of the die but beware of producing in excess of your production capacity as this is Greed and adds Taint to your balance!Two scoring phases occur during the game during which players earn victory points based on the workshops quarries buildings statues and pillars they have built as well as the happiness of their people and production capacity of their resources. However players must also keep a healthy amount of resources around to sustain their population or they suffer negative consequences.

Behold Andromeda's Edge: A dazzling uncharted region of space on the edge of the Andromeda Galaxy. Littered with the modular debris of the precursor civilization patrolled by malicious extragalactic raiders and bordered by dense nebulae The Edge is a last resort for the brave and foolhardy who seek a new life beyond the oppressive reach of the Lords of Unity.In this game you lead a desperate faction seeking to build a new civilization on Andromeda's Edge. You begin with only a space station a few ships and a handful of resources. By carefully placing your ships you will gather resources claim moons acquire modules to add to your station populate planets and build developments on them. You will battle opponents and compete with others to ascend the progress tracks: Science Industry Commerce Civilization and Supremacy.On your turn you either launch a starship or return your ships to your station. Launching sends one of your starships to a region of Andromeda either collecting resources from planetary systems or taking actions at Alliance Bases. If the region is occupied by your opponents or fearsome raiders face off in a dice battle with Supremacy on the line but where strategic manipulation can turn a loss into a reward. Returning to your station allows you to activate your engine using the modules you’ve acquired to generate energy gain resources and carry out actions.Throughout the game you will build up your unique faction building developments (Observatories Factories Spaceports Cities and Obelisks) and gaining station modules which move you up the progress tracks. Advancement on the tracks is rewarded both during mid-game events and at the conclusion and is the key to victory.

2212: Ginkgo Biloba the oldest and strongest tree in the world has become the symbol of a new method for building cities in symbiosis with nature. Humans have exhausted the resources that the Earth offered them and humanity must now develop cities that maintain a delicate balance between resource production and consumption. Habitable space is scarce however and mankind must now face the challenge of building ever upwards. To develop this new type of city you will gather a team of experts around you and try to become the best urban planner for Ginkgopolis.In Ginkgopolis the city tiles come in three colors: yellow which provides victory points; red which provides resources; and blue which provides new city tiles. Some tiles start in play and they're surrounded by letter markers that show where new tiles can be placed.Begin with three Character cards which grant you starting resources and bonuses to power your game actions. On a turn each player chooses a Construction or Urbanization card from his hand simultaneously. Players reveal these cards adding new tiles to the border of the city in the appropriate location or placing tiles on top of existing tiles. Each card in your hand that you don't play is passed on to your left-hand neighbor so keep in mind how your play might set up theirs!When you build over a tile you add its “power card to your tableau which provides you additional abilities during the game allowing you to scale up your building and point-scoring efforts.

In Frostpunk: The Board Game up to four players will take on the role of leaders of a small colony of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world that was hit by a severe ice age. Their duty is to effectively manage both its infrastructure and citizens. The core gameplay will be brutal challenging and complex but easy to learn. The citizens won’t just be speechless pieces on the board. Society members will issue demands and react accordingly to the current mood so every decision and action bears consequences.The players will decide the fate of their people. Will you treat them like another resource? Are you going to be an inspiring builder a fearless explorer or a bright scientist? Is your rule going to be a sting of tyranny or an era of law and equality?The game is based on a bestseller video game by 11bit studios the creators of This War Of Mine. The original (digital) edition of Frostpunk is a highly successful strategy-survival-city-builder a BAFTA-nominee that originally launched in 2018.—description from the publisher

As Supreme Commander of your country's military forces in Air Land & Sea you must carefully deploy your forces across three theaters of war: air land and sea. At the start of each battle you're dealt a hand of six cards. Players take turns playing cards one at a time until all cards have been played — or one player decides to withdraw. The order in which you play your cards is critical as is whether you play them face up or face down. Playing a card face up triggers its tactical ability but the card must be played in its corresponding theater. Face-down cards can be played to any theater but have a strength of only 2 and do not grant tactical abilities.Sometimes it may be best to withdraw in order to deny your opponent complete victory as points are awarded at the end of each battle based on the results. The first player to 12 points wins!Air Land & Sea: Critters at War features the same gameplay as in Air Land & Sea but with 100% critters and more vibrant colors.

Dead Reckoning is a game of exploration piracy and influence based in a Caribbean-esque setting. Each player commands a ship and crew and seeks to amass the greatest fortune. They do this through pirating trading treasure hunting and (importantly) capturing and maintaining control over the uninhabited but resource-rich islands of the region. During the game you can:• Customize your ship: Your ship is represented by a token on the board. The board starts mostly unexplored and will be revealed as you venture into uncharted waters. You also have a ship board where you load cargo and treasure and you can customize the guns speed or holding space of your ship.• Card-craft your crew: You have a small deck of cards that will drive your actions in the game with each card representing one of your crew members. This deck functions like one in a deck-building game but the cards in the deck are sleeved and rather than add new crew cards to your deck you improve the skill and abilities of your crew cards by placing transparent advancement cards in those sleeves. Aside from the transparent advancements your crew will also level up naturally during the game using a new card-leveling mechanism not seen in other card-crafting games such as Mystic Vale.• Control the region: The region is filled with many deserted islands. These islands are a major source of treasure and players will battle for control of these islands.• Battle via a dynamic cube-tower: You can battle other players' ships or NPC merchant ships and these battles are resolved via a new take on what a cube tower can be with crew cards and ship powers increasing your chances of victory.• Uncover secrets of the sea: Expansions for Dead Reckoning use a saga system in which certain content remains hidden and is discovered and added to the game organically only via playing. Rather than add everything at once you gradually add it by playing and discovering. Depending on luck and player choice less or more new content may get added each game.—description from the publisher

The sequel to Scythe sends players on a new adventure into Siberia where a massive meteorite crashed near the Tunguska River awakening ancient corruption. An expedition led by Dr. Tarkovsky ventures into the taiga to learn about the meteorite and its impact on the land. Itching for adventure heroes from the war privately fund their own expeditions to Siberia hoping to find artifacts overcome challenges and ultimately achieve glory. Expeditions has completely different mechanisms than Scythe though the goal was to capture some of the same feelings that Scythe evokes with a slightly darker more supernatural theme.Expeditions is a competitive card-driven engine-building game of exploration. Play cards to gain power guile and unique worker abilities; move your mech to mysterious locations and gain cards found among the tiles; use workers items meteorites and quests to enhance your mech; and use power and guile to vanquish corruption.—description from the publisher

The Abyss power is once again vacant so the time has come to get your hands on the throne and its privileges. Use all of your cunning to win or buy votes in the Council. Recruit the most influential Lords and abuse their powers to take control of the most strategic territories. Finally impose yourself as the only one able to rule the Abyssal people!Abyss is a game of development combination and collection in which players try to take control of strategic locations in an underwater city. To achieve this players must develop on three levels: first by collecting allies then using them to recruit Lords of the Abyss who will then grant access to different parts of the city. Players acquire cards through a draft of sorts and the Lords of the Abyss acquired on those cards grant special powers to the cardholder — but once you use the cards to acquire a location that power is shut off so players need to time their land grabs well in order to put themselves in the best position for when the game ends.

The players slip into the role of rich patricians in ancient Rome. Everyone is trying to build a lucrative city district to score as many prestige points as possible. The novel way to get to the individual buildings of a district combined with a large variety of score cards make for an unusual game with a large number of strategies. From the successful designer Stefan Feld.

Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small is a new take on Uwe Rosenberg's Agricola designed for exactly two players and focused only on the animal husbandry aspect of that game. So long plows and veggies!In Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small you become an animal breeder of horses cows sheep and pigs and try to make the most of your pastures. Players start with a 3x2 game board that can be expanded during play to give more room for players to grow and animals to run free. Sixteen possible actions are available for players to take with each player taking three actions total in each of the eight rounds.The player who amasses the most victory points through enclosing space with fences and acquiring the largest number and variety of animals and victory point-generating buildings will be the winner.Four Standard Buildings and 4 special buildings are available in the base game. These buildings each provide unique special abilities during play and/or VP at game end. Balancing the tension between building infrastructure (fenced pastures and buildings) and acquiring animals (the single biggest source of end-game scoring) is the key to success!

In battle there are no equals.Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. (Note that this set is solely for two players but it can be combined with other sets which all serve up to four players.) Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise but just when you've mastered one set new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot features the titular heroes. Robin Hood and his outlaws excel at ranged attacks and robbing from their opponents. Bigfoot and his pal the Jackalope crash through the forest for quick attacks before disappearing like a figment of the mind.Combat is resolved quickly by comparing attack and defense cards. However each card's unique effects and a simple but deep timing system lead to interesting decisions each time. The game also features an updated version of the line-of-sight system from Tannhauser for ranged attacks and area effects.The game includes a double-sided board with two different battlefields pre-washed miniatures for each hero and custom life trackers that's brought to life with the stunning artwork of Oliver Barrett and the combined design teams of Restoration Games and Mondo Games.

The world you know no longer exists. There is no government. No army. No civilization. The United States has collapsed and now thirty years after the war started new powers finally try to take control over the ruined country try to establish a new order try to control others and create a new country a new state: the 51st State.51st State is a card game in which players control one of four powers trying to build a new country. Players put new locations into play hire leaders and send people to work in buildings to gain resources and new skills. To do this every card in 51st State can be used in three different ways:51st State: Master Set marks the rebirth of the 51st State line with this set containing 88 cards from the original base game and 50 cards each from both the New Era and Winter expansions; one of these expansions can be mixed with the cards of the base game but not both at the same time. The entire set has been rebalanced to offer a cohesive experience no matter which expansion you choose to use.

Enter the Dark Ages of Greece ruled by mighty Gods wielding advanced technology. Control asymmetric heroes and choose your path to victory either by strategic control or adventure style monster hunting and quests.Build majestic multi-part monuments of Gods on the board and unlock their mighty powers that will help you win and survive the raids of monsters who travel through land and rain havoc.In Lords of Hellas you control an asymmetric hero developed by increasing his 3 basic statistics and gathering artifacts. The main statistics are:Through the game you can choose from various actions and influence the game thanks to the mighty monuments of base Gods: Zeus Athena and Hermes. You need to strategically move your armies and hero as well as manage your actions in order to win.Players can win in various ways: by controlling area temples or slaying monsters that are wandering through the map and interfere in various ways. Once any victory condition is met the game ends (there is no point system).—description from the publisher

The middle of the 17th century was a period of great changes; with the advent of the scientific method came what we now call the Scientific Revolution. Many great scientists with their theories and ideas changed and shaped our perception of the universe: Galileo Galilei Copernicus Kepler Bacon and above all Sir Isaac Newton.In Newton the players take the role of a young scientist who wants to become one of the great geniuses of this era. To reach their ultimate goal they travel around Europe visit universities and cities study to discover new theories build new tools and work to earn money.The game is played over six rounds. Each round every player plays five cards from their hand and each played card allows the player to perform one of the many actions of the game. An action can have a variety of effects which depend on the symbols on the board. At the end of the round a player can take back all the cards except for one. One card has to remain on the board which means that you give up one possibility of doing that action but also that that very action will be carried out with greater strength. Fortunately you can acquire new cards with additional powers to perform more actions.After six rounds you calculate your final score and the player with the most VP wins.The New Edition includes: - Newton: Great Discoveries Expansion - Newton: Robert Hooke Promo Card - Newton: Stephen Hawking Promo Card Any other promos are not included.—description from the publisherUPC 889696009043

Altiplano is a bag-building game along the lines of Orléans set in the South American highlands of the Andes (the Altiplano). The competition for limited resources is considerable as it was in Orléans but the greater focus in Altiplano is on building up your own production to be the best that it can be - or at least better than that of the other players!The object of the game is for players to use their goods to produce more goods that will be worth points in the end. Each player starts with a unique role tile giving them access to different goods and methods of production. Players have limited access to production at the start but they can acquire additional production sites during the game that open up new options. The various types of goods — such as fish alpaca cacao silver and corn — all have their own characteristics and places where they can be used. For example silver can be sold for a high price at the market fish can be exchanged for other goods at the harbor and alpaca can produce wool at the farm that can then be made into cloth.Aside from building up an effective production players must fulfill their orders at the right time develop the road in good time and store their goods cleverly enough to fill their warehouses in the most valuable way. Often a good warehouse keeper is more relevant in the end than the best producer.

In Smartphone Inc. you become a CEO of one of the largest smartphone-producing companies in the time when smartphones were only beginning to conquer the world. Research technologies develop your factory build your worldwide office network and outprice your competitors to become the most profitable and successful smartphone company in the world.Smartphone Inc. is an economic simulation Eurogame. Over five rounds players program their decisions about price production research and expansion. The game features a unique mechanism of planning which combines patching mechanisms with bidding and action selection. Each of the rounds consists of eight simple phases: planning pricing production development research expansion selling and profits.In the planning phase all players simultaneously make decisions for the next year by overlaying (patching) their two plan cards and all of their development tiles. The actions they plan on their cards and tiles in this phase will determine what actions they can perform during all of the later phases.In the pricing phase players change the price they charge for their smartphones based on their plan. A lower price helps to go earlier and sell more smartphones on the market but a higher price while risky helps players to earn more money.In production all players produce smartphones.In development players take development tiles which expand their planning possibilities in future rounds.In research players discover new technologies. Each technology not only expands players' ability to sell smartphones to customers but also gives them special powers they can use during the game.In the expansion phase players open offices in neighbor regions which allow them to sell in that region and develop their network of offices to more regions in further turns.In the sale phase players sell the phones they produced in regions where they have offices. But there is limited space in each region - and if your price is too high cheaper rivals can block you from selling.In the profit phase players get income for their sales. Players gain the sale prices for all of their sold smartphones and the player who sold the most phones in each region gains a bonus for controlling the accessory market. At the end of this phase all sold smartphones are discarded from the map - and a new round begins.After five rounds the richest player wins.

At the height of its power the Roman Empire held more than two million square miles of territory containing over a hundred million people. Throughout the centuries of its existence the Empire brought major advancements in engineering architecture science art and literature. By the beginning of the 5th Century decades of political corruption economic crisis and an overburdened military had exacted a severe toll on the stability of the Empire. This paved the way for severe incursions from aggressive barbarian tribes leading to a decline from which Rome would not recover. Now citizens soldiers and allies of Rome must unite to protect the Empire.Combining the cooperative gameplay of Pandemic with innovative new mechanisms Pandemic: Fall of Rome takes players back in history to the time of the world's greatest empire: Rome. A weakened military has left the borders open to invasion from countless tribes such as the Anglo-Saxons Goths Vandals and Huns. As you march through the Roman Empire you must recruit armies fortify cities forge alliances and face off against the invading hordes in battle.Simply defending Rome is not enough; players must find a way to stop the incursions and find peace with their neighboring peoples. Players collect sets of matching-colored cards to forge an alliance with the different tribes. In doing so they gain the ability to use cards matching the tribe to convert other members of that tribe into Roman soldiers furthering their ability to hold the line against other invaders.Take on unique roles with special abilities to improve your team's chances to protect against the invaders. Work together use your skills wisely and stop the fall of Rome!Pandemic: Fall of Rome includes a solitaire mode in which the player takes on the burden of being the Emperor and commands three different roles to try to protect the city from the invading hordes. Players who want a more difficult game can try the Roma Caput Mundi challenge by adding more Revolt cards to the deck; they must also respect the law in Rome that Roman legions are not allowed in the city.—description from the publisher

Compete with other influential families in the city to achieve the most honorable titles through the skillful use of assistants and resources at your disposal. The player who succeeds in doing this best becomes the new Obermufti of Marrakesh.Marrakesh is played over three rounds with each round consisting of four turns. On each turn players simultaneously and secretly choose three colored cylinders from behind their screen. Then in turn order they place matching colored assistants on their player board (these will be the actions they will perform later) then all cylinders are placed in the cube tower. The cube tower randomizes which cylinders are available this round with some getting stuck and some from previous rounds coming out.In turn order players select a color and take 1-2 of the cylinders that have passed through the tower (or those that were stuck from a previous round but have now emerged) and place them on their player boards. These cylinders will enhance future actions taken in the same color in future rounds. Then in turn order players will activate the regions where they have placed an assistant.Actions allow players to gain wealth which can be traded for influence in the city. Performing various actions also earns bonuses and enhances actions even more as the game proceeds. The player who scores the most points by the end of the game wins.—description from the publisher

Designer Eric Lang known for his dudes on a map games describes The Godfather: Corleone's Empire — a standalone big box board game with high-quality miniatures — as thugs on a map.In short the game is a streamlined confrontational worker placement game filled with murder and intrigue. You play as competing mafia families who are vying for economic control of the organized crime networks of New York City deploying your thugs your don your wife and your heir on the board to shake down businesses and engage in area-control turf wars.Money rackets contracts and special advantages (such as the union boss) are represented by cards in your hand and your hand size is limited with you choosing which extra cards to pay tribute to the don at the end of each of the five rounds. At the end of the game though cash is all that matters and whoever has the most money wins.The game also features drive-by shootings in which enemy tokens are removed from the board and placed face-down in the river.

China 1570. China is under the reign of the Longqing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He inherited a country in disarray after years of mismanagement and corruption. He resided in the Forbidden city which was the seat of many emperors under the Ming Dynasty. Constructed from 1406 to 1420 the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 ha (over 180 acres). It is also under the Ming Dynasty that the Great Wall of China was rebuilt fortified and expanded. Around this period China was under heavy attack from the Mongols so maintaining the Great Wall was essential. Most of what we now have left of the Great Wall we owe to the Ming dynasty.The country was already famous for its very intricate bureaucracy but this also led to a lot of corruption. Even though the penalties for corruption were very high the highest Officials of the Forbidden City would pretend to uphold the ban on corruption by accepting gifts of petitioners and returning one of seemingly lower value.Gùgōng uses this extraordinary custom as its basis. Players take on the role of powerful Chinese families trying to gain influence and power by exchanging gifts with Officials. The gift cards you offer as a player have to be of a higher value than the one you receive forcing you to make strategic choices regarding which actions you want to take each turn. You will travel around China sail down the Grand Canal purchase precious jade help construct the Great Wall secure advantages through decrees influence the game through intrigue and ultimately receive an audience with the emperor. If only 1 player succeeds in doing so he wins. If several players succeed the player with the most VPs among those players wins the game.—description from the publisher

Recreate World War Two in 20 minutes! The perfect wargame for non-wargamers Blitzkrieg! allows two players to battle across the War’s most iconic theatres winning key campaigns and building military might.Players draw army tokens from a bag to determine their starting forces and to replenish their losses. Rather than ‘fighting’ battles with dice or cards players allocate their military resources to each theatre’s campaigns winning victory points further resources special weapons and strategic advantages as they play. Refight World War Two several times in one evening!Includes Solo mode by Dávid Turczi.—description from the publisherA new square box edition which includes the Nippon expansion was published in 2021. This is tracked in the database as a separate compilation item: Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes.

Plunge into the modern era where our planet's vast interconnected ocean scape is one of the last frontiers to discover and explore. Experience a deep new ever-changing adventure in this followup to the smash hit Endeavor: Age of Sail!In Endeavor: Deep Sea you head an independent research institute with the goal of developing sustainable projects and preserving the fragile balance of marine life. Throughout the game you’ll recruit field experts and use their abilities to explore new locations research dive sites publish critical ecological papers and launch conservation efforts.Expand your expertise develop your team and learn as much as possible about the sea. The action your institute takes now could mean a healthy ocean and a sustainable future for the planet.Endeavor: Deep Sea is designed by Jarratt Gray and Carl de Visser the same creative team behind the smash hit Endeavor: Age of Sail and Endeavor. This edition is set in a new era of nautical discovery but uses streamlined rules which will be familiar to fans of the original game.—description from the publisher

A brand new edition of a popular classic London will appeal to the strategic thinker among board game fans. Tasked with rebuilding London in the decades following the great fire players juggle building requirements bank loans and poverty as they strive to realize their vision for the city.The game features a unique mechanism of playing cards to develop the city then running the city by taking all the card actions simultaneously. Players have to repay all their loans before the game ends but need to worry only about how much poverty they're creating relative to the other players.—description from the publisher

Edo — what we now know today as Tokyo Japan — was a thriving city with an estimated population of one million half townspeople and half samurai. With a huge shopping culture Edo's main district Nihonbashi was lined with shops selling kimonos rice and so much more.Nihonbashi is the focus of IKI: A Game of EDO Artisans which brings you on a journey through the famed street of old Tokyo. Hear the voices of Nihonbashi Bridge's great fish market. Meet the professionals who carry out 700­-800 different jobs. Enter the interactivity of the shoppers and vendors. Become one with the townspeople.One of the main professions in the world of Edo is the artisan. Each of the Edo artisans uses their own skill of trade to support the townspeople's lives. In this game not only are there artisans but street vendors sellers at the shops and professions unique to this time and age. Meet the puppet masters putting on a show. Meet the ear cleaners that people would line up for.The goal of this game is to become the annual Edoite best personifying what is known as IKI an ancient philosophy believed to be the ideal way of living among people in Edo. Knowing the subtleties of human nature being refined and attractive — these are all elements of a true IKI master.

With a group of pioneers you have left civilization behind to settle along the shores of Boonlake a long-forgotten region inhabited by humans long ago. This unexplored area beckons you! Become part of a new community and commit yourself to the common good. Explore the landscapes build houses and settlements raise cattle produce raw materials and develop an infrastructure. Do your best to automate these processes. Seize the opportunity to make the best of your new life in Boonlake.Boonlake is an expert game in which you are finding yourself improving your life — and your group's life — in this new territory...but how you accomplish this is completely up to you! Due to a novel action mechanism each game progresses differently. Each action needs to be considered carefully since the other players also benefit from the action you choose. Besides this the action determines how far you may move your ship — the further and faster the better!—description from the publisher

Bruxelles 1893 is a worker placement game with elements of bidding and majority control. Each player is an architect of the late 19th century and is trying to achieve through various actions an architectural work in the Art Nouveau style. The most successful building yields the most points. Each player can also create works of art to increase his score.The action board is modular with not every player having access to each action each turn. Some actions cost money – acquiring high-quality materials building a level of your personal house finding a patron creating a work of art selling that art for money and prestige – while other actions are free but can potentially cause you to lose one of your workers; these latter actions include acquiring low-quality materials activating your patrons visiting the stock exchange and taking one of the actions with a cost. Once everyone has passed on taking more actions the round ends and players have an art exhibition during which they can sell works. After this players receive prestige points or bonus cards based on the symbols they've placed their workers next to on the action board.After five rounds the game ends and players score bonus points based on their architect level their bonus cards how well they've completed their work and their money on hand. The player with the most points wins.

In Pan Am players compete with Pan American Airways and others to build an air-travel empire. Outbid rivals for lucrative landing rights buy planes with longer range to reach the far corners of the world and use insider connections to advance your interests. As you bump up against the ever-growing Pan Am you can sell your routes to the company to earn a tidy profit with you then using that money to invest in other growth or to purchase Pan Am stock for what's sure to be a big payout down the road.Pan Am is a game of global strategy that spans four decades of industry-changing historic events.

San Juan is a card game based on Puerto Rico. The deck of 110 cards consists of production buildings (indigo sugar tobacco coffee and silver) and violet buildings that grant special powers or extra victory points. Cards from the hand can be either built or used as money to build something else; cards from the deck are used to represent goods produced by the production buildings in which case they are left face-down. A seven-card hand limit is enforced once per round.In each round (or governorship) each player in turn selects from one of the available roles triggering an event that usually affects all players such as producing goods or constructing buildings. The person who picks the role gets a privilege such as producing more goods or building more cheaply.Though similar in concept to Puerto Rico the game has many different mechanisms. In particular the game includes no colonists and no shipping of goods; goods production and trading are normally limited to one card per phase; and trades cannot be blocked. Victory points are gained exclusively by building and the game ends as soon as one player has put up twelve buildings.This second edition of San Juan includes all the cards of the original game as well as the additional building cards from the alea Treasure Chest but not the event cards from that expansion. This edition also contains a new building card not previously available: The Hut a building that grants a card when nothing is sold in the trader phase.

Evolution: Climate is a standalone game that introduces climate into the Evolution game system.In Evolution: Climate players adapt their species in a dynamic ecosystem where food is scarce predators lurk and the climate can swing between scorching hot and icy cold. Traits like a Hard Shell and Horns can protect your species from Carnivores while a Long Neck will help them get food that others cannot reach. Heavy Fur and Migratory can protect your species from the cold while being Nocturnal or Burrowing will provide protection from the cruel desert sun. With over 200,000 ways to evolve your species every game evolves into a different adventure.Evolution: Climate changes Evolution from a two-dimensional game (dealing with the threat of Starvation and Carnivores) into a three-dimensional game (dealing with the threat of Starvation Carnivores and Climate effects) while increasing the vividness of the theme. It adds additional layers into what was already a dynamically strategic game.

In 1697 the Sun King Louis XIV emerged from a decade of war with his Continental ambitions still unsatisfied. Meanwhile King William III of England sat easier on his new throne than he ever had before. With the Spanish succession crisis unresolved and looming there were no illusions that the new century would be a quiet one. But neither France nor England could have anticipated the tumult of the years to come: a Second Hundred Years' War during which these two tenacious adversaries would compete fiercely and proudly along every axis of human achievement. On battlefields from India to Canada to the Caribbean Sea their armies and fleets would clash; in the salons of Paris and the coffee-houses of London the modern world’s politics and economics would be born; and finally a revolution would rock the foundations of society – a revolution that could have ended not in blood and terror but in a triumph of democracy and liberty that might have transformed the world beyond imagining.Imperial Struggle is a two-player game depicting the 18th-century rivalry between France and Britain. It begins in 1697 as the two realms wait warily for the King of Spain to name an heir and ends in 1789 when a new order brought down the Bastille. The game is not merely about war: both France and Britain must build the foundations of colonial wealth deal with the other nations of Europe and compete for glory across the span of human endeavor.Imperial Struggle covers almost 100 years of history and four major wars. Yet it remains a low-complexity game playable in a short evening. It aims to honor its spiritual ancestor Twilight Struggle by pushing further in the direction of simple rules and playable systems while maintaining global scope and historical sweep in the scope of a single evening. In peace turns players build their economic interests and alliances and take advantage of historical events represented by Event cards. They must choose their investments wisely but also with an eye to denying these opportunities to their opponent. In war turns each theater can bring great rewards of conquest and prestige but territorial gains can disappear at the treaty table. At the end of the century will the British rule an empire on which the sun never sets? Or will France light the way for the world as the superpower of the Sun King's dreams or the republic of Lafayette's?—description from the publisher

Hera tired of Zeus' infidelity decides to take her revenge and releases the Titans on Mount Olympus. In the ensuing battle the power liberated by the combatants ignites in a combustion that shatters the Earth. In the ensuing deflagration the weakest gods are obliterated rendered down into the small fragments of power that constituted their being. The stronger ones were able to resist total annihilation but even their prodigious power could not save them entirely. As the survivors fell from the broken mountain the shards of their divinity and the remnants of those that did not survive were scattered to the 4 corners of a now broken world.As they awoke each god found themselves to be but a shadow of their former selves. They were still mighty stronger than any mortal that yet walked but they were no longer all powerful no longer immortal. Each one could sense the fragments of power that had now fallen to the Earth and that by collecting these they could regain their former grandeur and if they could but amass enough stand at the front of a new Pantheon reshaped in their image.The world around them suffered as much as they did the power released during the epic battle had ignited a cataclysm that reduced the beautiful land of Greece to a barren wasteland. Athens burns Crete has sunken below the waves of the roiling seas and the immortal mount Olympus is now an ash covered wreck of its former glory. But this Event has not only affected the mortal realms. The underworld trembled from the blow even as a legion of fresh souls ran down the river Styx. Would that have been the extent of the underworld's involvement however...Hades having lost the majority of his power no longer holds sway over the Underworld. The gates of hell are open and even though the River Styx prevents the weakest souls from regaining the mortal world the strongest warriors the mightiest heroes and the most vicious monsters have managed to claw their way back up the Styx and back to the surface.As a new power struggle breaks out Gods summon mortal survivors returned heroes and reborn monsters to their side in their hunt for the shards of their lost power.In Mythic Battles: Pantheon it is these clashes between warbands in the midst of a post-apocalyptic ancient Greece that are the focal point of the game. Choose your God draft your warband and take the fight to your enemies with the might of the most powerful beings from Greek mythology at your back.

The Great Wall is a new asymmetric worker/soldier placement game with engine building themes and a twist in form of a constantly attacking AI (Mongolian Horde) that requires players to sometimes cooperate in order to defeat it. This is a new major board game from Awaken Realms.Players will control ancient clans in China trying to defend against invading Mongolian hordes and build a Great Wall. While every player will want to win (by earning VP = Honor) they also need to sometimes cooperate to defend against the hordes. Each clan will be asymmetric through its chosen Leader (resource production/starting resources/starting workers and units) and this asymmetry will increase as the game progresses (players will hire Advisors with unique skills often creating unique engines).In The Great Wall the players take the role of Generals defending the Wall against the Mongol Horde. The game is played over a series of turns called Years each divided into 4 parts called Seasons.During Spring new barbaric hordes invade the fields in front of the Great Wall and prepare to launch their assault. Summer is the time when generals prepare for the assault and mobilize their forces. During Fall players take their turns playing Command cards resolving their effects and Activating Locations to gain various benefits. In Winter the last layer of Defense is activated then the hordes try to assault the Walls.During the course of the game players will create their own unique engines based on their clan strength as well as interact with other players during all phases of the game trying to get the most Honor points which can be gained in a lot of different ways.At the end of the game the player with the most Honor wins.—description from the publisher

Formidable adversaries are arrayed against you. Your people stand ready. History beckons.In your hands lies the destiny of one of history's great civilizations. Under constant threat of attack you must conquer new lands oversee dramatic scientific and cultural advances and lead your people into the era of empire. Expand too rapidly and unrest will bring your civilization to its knees; build up too slowly however and you might find yourself a mere footnote of history. As one of eight radically asymmetric civilizations you will compete to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen.Imperium: Legends is a standalone game that contains the Arthurian Atlantian Egyptian Mauryan Minoan Olmec Qin and Utopian civilizations and an individual solo opponent behaving as each nation. It is also fully compatible with Imperium: Classics for players wanting to expand their pool of civilizations even further.—description from the publisher

Santa Maria is a streamlined medium complexity Eurogame in which each player establishes and develops a colony. The game features elements of dice drafting and strategic engine building. The game is low on luck and has no direct destructive player conflict; all components are language independent.In the game you expand your colony by placing polyominoes with buildings on your colony board. Dice (representing migrant workers) are used to activate buildings; each die activates a complete row or column of buildings in your colony. The buildings are activated in order (left to right / top to bottom) then the die is placed on the last activated building to block this space. It is therefore crucial where you put new buildings in your colony and in which order you use the dice.As the game progresses you produce resources form shipping routes send out conquistadors and improve your religious power to recruit monks. When you recruit a monk you must decide if it becomes a scholar (providing a permanent special ability) a missionary (for an immediate bonus) or a bishop (for possible end game points). The player who has accumulated the most happiness after three rounds wins. The available specialists end game bonuses and buildings vary from game to game which makes for near endless replayability.

Millennium Blades is a CCG-Simulator -- A game in which you play as a group of friends who play the fictional CCG Millennium Blades. The game draws heavily on Manga/Anime inspiration for its art and parodies Magic: the Gathering Yugioh and many other collectible games.In this game you will build decks play the meta acquire valuable collections crack open random boosters and compete in tournaments for prizes and fame. The game takes you from Starter Deck to Regionals in about 2-3 hours. The game features a system of card pods where you will play with about 400 of the base game’s 600 cards every game.Multiple games can also be chained together to form a Campaign going from Regionals to Nationals in game 2 and from Nationals to Worlds in game 3 with each game introducing ever more powerful cards and higher stakes but also resetting the power of the game so that each player has a fair chance to win each 'season' of the campaign.At its heart it’s a commodity trading game except that instead of cubes or stocks the things you’ll be buying selling and speculating on are trading cards that can be used throughout the game in periodic tournaments. By trading wisely playing the market working together with friends building collections and winning tournaments you’ll secure points and become the Millennium Blades World Champion.

From Christian Marcussen the creator of Merchants and Marauders comes Clash of Cultures a civilization game in which each player leads a civilization from a single settlement to a mighty empire. Players must explore their surroundings build large cities research advances and conquer those who stand in the way. The game features a modular board for players to explore 48 distinct advances seven mighty wonders and loads of miniatures and cards. The winner will create a culture that will be remembered and admired for millennia.Advances The game features about 48 distinct advances. The whole tech-tree is very flexible with no dead ends yet still intuitive sensible and realistic. Additionally you have a great overview of what advances other cultures have - no need to ask - just look.Modular Board Players start with a civilization in its infancy. Move settlers to uncharted regions and reveal the terrain and its resources. Several mechanisms have been implemented to assure that an unlucky placement of region-tiles won't be a decider.Playing Time The game covers a time span similar to AH Civilization - that is to pre-gunpowder. This epic game is playable in about an hour per player! This is a pretty good playing time for a game that covers so much ground as this game will.City management Players expand their cities through the game. But not just to the generic larger city. Players instead choose a building type which represents the growth of the city. For instance you can expand a city with a port fort temple and academy - all with different benefits! Additionally cities can be angry neutral and happy. Everything integrated in an intuitive and elegant fashion.Multiple paths to victory Earn points through: - Founding cities and increasing their sizes - Advances - Objectives - Wonders - Events

Stockpile is an economic board game that combines the traditional stockholding strategy of buy low sell high with several additional mechanisms to create a fast-paced engaging and interactive experience.In Stockpile players act as stock market investors at the end of the 20th century hoping to strike it rich and the investor with the most money at the end of the game is the winner. Stockpile centers on the idea that nobody knows everything about the stock market but everyone does know something. In the game this philosophy manifests in two ways: insider information and the stockpile.First players are given insider information each round. This information dictates how a stock’s value will change at the end of the round. By privately learning if a stock is going to move up or down each player has a chance to act ahead of the market by buying or selling at the right time.Second players purchase their stocks by bidding on piles of cards called stockpiles. These stockpiles will contain a mixture of face-up and face-down cards placed by other players in the game. In this way nobody will know all of the cards in the stockpiles. Not all cards are good either. Trading fees can poison the piles by making players pay more than they bid. By putting stocks and other cards up for auction Stockpile catalyzes player interaction especially when potential profits from insider information are on the line.Both of these mechanisms are combined with some stock market elements to make players consider multiple factors when selling a stock. Do you hold onto a stock in hopes of catching a lucrative stock split or do you sell now to avoid the potential company bankruptcy? Can you hold onto your stock until the end of the game to become the majority shareholder or do you need the liquidity of cash now for future bidding? Do you risk it all by investing heavily into one company or do you mitigate your risk by diversifying your portfolio?In the end everyone knows something about the stock market so it all comes down to strategy execution. Will you be able to navigate the movements of the stock market with certainty? Or will your investments go under from poor predictions?

Japan during the Meiji period—a closed isolated and feudal country—decides to change into a modern industrialized state. The Empire sends emissaries to foreign nations brings technicians and scholars from the west builds a network of railroads and achieves an outstandingly fast industrial revolution.The nation and Emperor count on the support of the Great Four the big conglomerates that emerge with great power and massive control over the Japanese economy. They are called Zaibatsu and their influence on the Meiji Emperor and importance on the fate of Japan is incredibly high.Nippon is an Area Majority Game in which players control Zaibatsu and try to develop their web of power by investing in new industries improving their technological knowledge shipping goods to foreign countries or using them to satisfy local needs and growing their influence and power as they oversee the era of rapid industrialization of Japan.The foundations of the big Zaibatsu were the traditional silk workshops but soon the conglomerates diversified their influence and power building a complex structure of interconnected companies that made them giant players in the world’s new industrial era. Each player takes the reins of one of these big corporations and tries to develop it in order to grow and achieve power.To win the game players must carefully choose which types of industry to invest in to get the most influence over the Japanese islands. Every action that is taken helps to forge their own path to new opportunities.Nippon is a fast-paced economic game with challenging decisions set during an important time in Japanese history and when a new great nation is born.

In Woodcraft you play as forest people running competing workshops in the woods with you gathering wood and crafting goods for your customers. Along the way you hire helpers improve your workshop and buy different types of wood and other tools to create the best workshop you can.During the game players complete their projects with wood (dice) that can be cut down to size glued back together and adjusted using dice manipulation to be as efficient as possible with their resources.Whoever builds the best most successful workshop wins.—description from the publisher

Thunderstone returns with Thunderstone Quest. Recruit your heroes arm your party then visit the dungeon — and the dungeon has new perils not seen in prior Thunderstone releases. All-new dungeon tiles create new challenges and rewards as you explore deeper and deeper in the dungeon. Each quest brings new dungeons as well as new side adventures!Thunderstone is a fantasy deck-building game. Each player starts with a basic deck of cards that they can use to purchase or upgrade to other more powerful cards. Thunderstone Quest brings new play modes to the table. The game will tell a specific story with a series of pre-set dungeon tiles monsters heroes and support cards. Each will come with a series of mini-adventures and a story booklet that tells players what happens as they progress through the scenarios.Once players have completed the quests they will be able to enjoy great replay value with the available selection of monsters heroes and support cards as well as the new dungeon tiles by choosing random set-ups before the start of play. Aside from heroes such as wizards fighters rogues and clerics cards will include supplies that heroes need like weapons spells items or light to reach further into the dungeon.The dungeon deck is created by combining several different groups of monsters together. Certain groups of monsters may be more or less susceptible to different hero types so players have to take this into account when they choose what to buy.

The LOOP is a quirky co-operative game in which you battle the evil Dr. Faux. Play a Temporal Agent in four different game modes full of new challenges and replay value. Gather powerful artifacts defy the Doctor's duplicates and sabotage his maniacal machine. Make the most of your cards and master the LOOP to use them multiple times in impressive chains — but the Doctor isn't going to make this easy on you!The evil Dr. Faux has built a terrrrible time machine! With the help of the duplicates of himself that he is creating through the ages he aims to carry out his Omniscience 2000 project to become master of the universe. But the rifts that he is opening in spacetime will probably destroy quantum space way sooner...Join the Agency in the shoes of one of its most legendary agents and co-operate to foil the fiendish schemes of Dr. Faux using quirky but still powerful artifacts.—description from the publisher

Beings of ancient evil known as Old Ones are threatening to break out of their cosmic prison and awake into the world. Everything you know and love could be destroyed by chaos and madness. Can you and your fellow investigators manage to find and seal every portal in time? Hurry before you lose yourself to insanity.In Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu you'll experience the classic Pandemic gameplay with an horrific twist that'll have you face twelve Old Ones each threatening the world with their unique powers. As players take on the roles of investigators attempting to seal a series of portals before monsters of unspeakable horror pour into our world there is of course a high risk of the investigators losing their own minds.Instead of curing diseases like in the original Pandemic players seal portals and shut down cults in the classic New England fictional towns of Arkham Dunwich Innsmouth and Kingsport. Can you and your fellow investigators manage to find and seal every portal in time? Hurry before you lose yourself to insanity and the evil that lurks beneath your feet...Part of the Pandemic series.

From the back of the box:Global Power Struggle Begins Which nation will take the lead and become world's dominant superpower?The Manhattan Project makes you the leader of a great nation's atomic weapons program in a deadly race to build bigger and better bombs. You must assign your workers to multiple projects: building your bomb-making infrastructure expending your military to protect it or sending your spies to steal your rival's hard work!You alone control your nation's destiny. You choose when to send out your workers–and when to call them back. Careful management and superior strategy will determine the winner of this struggle. So take charge and secure your nation's future!Additional description:The Manhattan Project is a low-luck mostly open information efficiency game in which players compete to build and operate the most effective atomic bomb program. Players do not nuke each other but conventional air strikes are allowed against facilities.The game features worker placement with a twist: there are no rounds and no end-of-round administration. Players retrieve their workers when they choose to or are forced to (by running out).An espionage action allows a player to activate and block an opponent's building representing technology theft and sabotage.

From the designer of Glen More comes a new title published by Queen Games: Lancaster.In 1413 the new king of England Henry V of Lancaster has ambitious plans: The unification of England and the conquest of the French crown! Each player takes the role of an ambitious aristocratic family. Who will be the best supporter of this young king and the most powerful Lord of his time?In Lancaster the players want to proceed from simply being a Lord to being the most powerful ally of the king. They may achieve this by developing their own knighthood as well as by clever deployment of individual knights in the counties of England at their own castle and to conflicts with France. In parliament they try to push laws from which they will benefit themselves most. The player with the most power points at the end of the game is the winner.Every turn players send their knights to the different locations: • Counties where they compete with knights from other players for rewards and the favor of the nobles. • The castle to receive income or new knights. • Into conflict with France where all players combine their power and try to gain power points.In the counties the strength of the knights is important as you can remove the knight of another player by placing a knight of your own with higher strength in the same location.

In battle there are no equals.Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise but just when you've mastered one set new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.Battle of Legends Volume Two features four heroes: Yennenga Achilles Sun Wukong and Bloody Mary.Combat is resolved quickly by comparing attack and defense cards. However each card's unique effects and a simple but deep timing system lead to interesting decisions each time. The game also features an updated version of the line-of-sight system from Tannhäuser for ranged attacks and area effects.The game includes a new battlefield with a brand new mechanism pre-washed miniatures for each hero and custom life trackers that's brought to life with the stunning artwork of Zoe van Dijk and the combined design teams of Restoration Games and Mondo Games.—description from the publisher

In battle there are no equals.ONCE UPON A TIME Little Red Riding Hood took her basket of nasty tricks and faced off against the legendary Beowulf in this exciting Unmatched set.What big eyes you have Wulfie!That’s called 'rage' kid!Little Red features a clever card-combo mechanism. Matching icons on the cards she plays to the one in her basket (discard pile) triggers potent effects. Meanwhile Beowulf uses rage to power up his cards for devastating attacks.Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise but just when you've mastered one set new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.—description from the publisher

A Few Acres of Snow is a two-player deck-building Strategic level board-wargame about the French and British conflict in North America.The card-play contains a focus on a deck-building mechanic similar to Dominion each card will have multiple uses like card-driven games. The players have to choose only one aspect of the card to use when it is played. Each space captured by a player will add another card to the capturing player's deck.From the box description:A war fought at the edge of two mighty empires. For over one hundred and fifty years Britain and France were locked in a struggle for domination of North America. Thousands of miles from their homes settlers and soldiers were faced with impenetrable forests unpredictable American tribes and formidable distances. Despite these obstacles they were able to engage in bitter warfare with the British ultimately taking the prize of Quebec. A Few Acres of Snow is a two-player game that allows you to recreate this contest. You can change the course of history by your decisions.A Few Acres of Snow takes an innovative approach to the subject using cards to represent locations and manpower. As the game progresses you add to your selection of cards increasing the range of actions available to you. There are many strategies to be explored. How quickly should you build up your forces do you employ Native Americans what energy should be expended on your economy?The game is about more than just fighting – you must successfully colonize the land to have a chance.

The refinement of oil has long been part of the government-controlled energy sector. Amassed with an incredibly complex and inefficient system of refineries the government has felt the severe pressures of worldwide demand and the ever-increasing global standards for refinement. Unable to keep up with demand the government has only one option: privatizing the oil industry.This is where you come in. Seeking to capitalize on this new opportunity in Pipeline you start a company in the oil business. You will focus on building a much more efficient pipeline network in your refinery hiring experts that provide valuable benefits over your competitors and managing the logistics of purchasing and selling your refined oil in the various markets. You will need more than strong economic skills – carefully crafting an interweaving network of pipelines just might ensure your victory!

During the reign of Emperor Yao the people of ancient China were constantly plagued by deadly floods along the Yellow River. Eager to put an end to the devastation Yao selected Gun one of his officials to devise a plan. After nine years of failed attempts using dams and dikes Gun's employment came to a questionable end. After his passing Yu inherited his father's work. Learning from Gun's failures Yu set out to construct a series of canals to direct the surging river into nearby fields and smaller waterways.Legacy of Yu is a solo-only fully-resettable nonlinear campaign game in which you step into the role of the legendary hero of the Xia Dynasty Yu the Great. It will be your job to build the canals ahead of the impending flood while also defending your growing village against neighboring barbarian tribes. With each game stories will be shared and new gameplay elements added. The campaign features a self-balancing system which adapts to how well you are doing. The campaign ends once you either win or lose seven games.—description from the publisher

Black Rose Wars is a competitive fantasy game of deck-building strategy and combat set in the hectic universe of Nova Aetas in Italy. Each player is one of powerful mages of the Black Rose Order who aspires to become the new Supreme Magister in order to acquire the mighty power of the Black Rose Artifact and the Forgotten Magic. Mages must fight fulfill Black Rose desires and gain strength with their spells until their power reaches the containment threshold of the prison where they are exiled finally freeing themselves. Each mage has at their disposal six schools of magic each one with its own strategy to annihilate their opponents and increase their power.At the start of the battle mages start with a grimoire of six cards; as mages study more spells during play their grimoire will increase. Every spell in Black Rose Wars has two different effects increasing a player's adaptability during a fight.Mages fight each other in a modular arena of hexagons called rooms. They summon powerful creatures cast destructive spells or devise dark deceptions with their enchantments. The game system is divided into different phases. Each turn after choosing new spells from the six schools of magic players plan their strategy in advance placing cards face down. Later they reveal the played cards to kill each other solve missions summon creatures or destroy the prison rooms one against each other and against the Black Rose (the playing system). After being killed mages are reborn immediately allowing them to re-enter the fight without delay — although their death still fed energy to those mages who caused it. The mage with the most power at the end of the battle will be crowned Supreme Magister of the Order by the Black Rose itself.

Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North is a new standalone card game in the established Imperial Settlers universe with players heading to the far north where three different factions live: Scotsmen Inuits and Vikings. Take on the role of leader and make your faction into the best empire in the world!Choosing the faction is only the first step though as each faction can be played using one of the two separate and unique decks. Yes in the base game players will find six pre-constructed decks ready to use straight out of the box. Each one offers a completely different gameplay style!Develop your economy deflect your opponent and fight for dominance in the north. Learn new mechanisms and experience a unique style of Imperial Settlers. Will you be able to create the most successful civilization in Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North?

Hadara carries you off into the world of cultures and countries of this earth. Over three epochs you will experience the transformation of your new world from a small settlement to a high culture. You want to populate this world with people who come from different cultures and continents as well as different ages. To bring glory and honor to your world you should choose the persons and accomplishments skillfully. But you should not ignore agriculture culture and military power otherwise one of your competitors might get bigger and more successful than you. Who will succeed first in creating a new flourishing high culture?—description from the publisher•••Hadara entführt dich in die Welt der Kulturen und Länder dieser Erde.Über 3 Epochen hinweg erlebst du die Verwandlung deiner neuen Welt von einer kleinen Siedlung zu einer Hochkultur. Du willst diese Welt mit Personen besiedeln die dabei aus verschiedenen Kulturkreisen Kontinenten aber auch Zeitaltern stammen. Um deiner Welt zu viel Ruhm und Ehre zu verhelfen solltest du die Personen und Errungenschaften geschickt aussuchen. Dabei solltest du aber die Landwirtschaft die Kultur und die militärische Macht nicht außer Acht lassen sonst kann es passieren dass einer deiner Mitkonkurrenten größer und erfolgreicher wird. Wem gelingt es zuerst eine neue blühende Hochkultur zu erschaffen? —description from the publisher (German)

A curse has been placed on the Valley of Life. Hearing the spirits of nature cry out for aid clans of druids have arrived determined to use their blessings to heal the land and rescue the spirits. It will require courage and also caution as the curse can overwhelm the careless who wield too much power.In Mystic Vale 2 to 4 players take on the role of druidic clans trying to cleanse the curse upon the land. Each turn you play cards into your field to gain powerful advancements and useful vale cards. Use your power wisely or decay will end your turn prematurely. Score the most victory points to win the game!Mystic Vale uses the innovative Card Crafting System which lets you not only build your deck but build the individual cards in your deck customizing each card's abilities to exactly the strategy you want to follow.

Friday the second game in the Friedemann Friese Series: Freitag-Project (Friedemann Friese) is based on the story of Robinson Crusoe and his loyal partner Friday (Freitag). You play as Friday and when Robinson Crusoe crashes his ship on your island your peaceful times are disturbed. You must help Robinson to survive the island and prepare him to defeat the pirates that are coming for the island.Friday is a solitaire deck-building game in which you optimize your deck of fight cards in order to defeat the hazards of the island. During a turn the player will attempt to defeat hazard cards by playing fight cards from their deck. If defeated a hazard card will become a fight card and is added to the player's deck. If failed the player will lose life points but also get the opportunity to remove unwanted cards from their fight deck. In the end the player will use their optimized fight deck to defeat the two pirate ships coming for the island allowing Robinson Crusoe to escape the island and allowing you to finally have your peace back!

In Amerigo the players help Amerigo Vespucci on his journey to discover new land. The players explore the islands of South America secure trading routes and build settlements.The actions available to players are determined through the use of a specialized cube tower which has appeared in the Queen titles Im Zeichen des Kreuzes and Wallenstein. At the start of the game this tower is seeded with action cubes which come in seven colors with each color matching a particular type of action. During the game players will drop additional action cubes into the tower – but some of these cubes might get stuck in the floors of the tower while other cubes already in the tower are knocked free. Thus players need to play both tactically – taking advantage of the actions currently available in the best way possible – and strategically – using their knowledge of which actions do what to play well over the course of the game.The game board is composed of nine twelve or sixteen tiles depending on the number of players. Players sail their ships through the landscape created for this game landing on islands to plan and build settlements which then supply resources and allow the player to earn victory points. Players might want to invest in cannons to protect themselves from pirates roaming the waters or acquire progress tokens to gain special advantages.

In Deus players work to develop their own civilizations in a shared environment. Each player starts the game with five building cards and on a turn a player either uses one of these cards to construct a building or discard one or more cards to make an offering to a god. Cards come in six colors: red for military green for resource production blue for trade brown for scoring purple for temples and yellow for a variety of effects.When you construct a building you build it in the appropriate location on the modular game board — which is sized based on the number of players with the hexagonal tiles composed of seven landscape circles — then you place the card in your personal tableau in the appropriate stack of colored cards and activate the power of all of those cards already in your tableau starting with the card at the bottom of the stack.When you make an offering you discard cards then receive the help of a god associated with one of the cards that you discarded with the number of cards determining the strength of the associated action. You then refill your hand to five cards.The game ends either when all the barbarian villages on the game board have been surrounded and attacked or when all the temples have been constructed. Whoever has the most points wins.

In the early 1900s the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud established a revolutionary theory called psychoanalysis related to the study of the unconscious mind. As his work took hold supporters met at Freud's apartment every Wednesday to discuss psychology and dream symbolism. This group—the Wednesday Psychological Society—marked the beginning of the worldwide psychoanalytic movement. As a member of this society you aim to formulate new therapeutic techniques establish a practice grow your clientele and become Freud’s most distinguished contemporary. To best accomplish this you’ll need to share insights discuss ideas with peers and publish theories. And to stay invigorated you’ll likely need some coffee—lots of coffee.Unconscious Mind is a euro-style game featuring worker placement engine building multiple rondels and cascading effects. On your turn you may place one or two Ideas (workers) on a central Meeting Table to access a variety of actions such as adding tiles to your player board drafting and playing cards and moving around the city of Vienna. Where you place your Ideas also determines how far to advance your rondel’s inkpot activating a row or column of tile effects on your player board.To treat your clients and interpret their dreams you must work with a supply of Insight resources which you’ll manage on a multi-level dial. As you work through surface-level Manifest dreams into deep-seated Latent dreams these Insights will help your clients reach catharsis. This is represented by lifting transparent layers from the client cards—unlocking their ongoing special abilities and end-game scoring opportunities.Once the group has solidified its reputation the end of the game is signaled and the member with the most points wins.—description from the publisher

The prosperous Kingdom of Greengully ruled for centuries by the Forever King has issued a decree to its citizens to colonize the vast lands beyond its borders. In an effort to start a new village the Forever King has selected six citizens for the task each of whom has a unique set of skills they use to build their charter.In Charterstone a competitive legacy game you construct buildings and populate a shared village. Building stickers are permanently added to the game board and become action spaces for any player to use. Thus you start off with simple choices and few workers but soon you have a bustling village with dozens of possible actions.Your journey through Charterstone's many secrets will last twelve games but it doesn’t end there. Your completed village will be a one-of-a-kind worker-placement game with plenty of variability.Charterstone released in the US/Canada on December 12 2017 (the rest of the world received it slightly earlier).

Aquatica is a deep but easy to learn family engine builder about underwater kingdoms.In the game you will become one of the mighty ocean kings struggling to bring glory to his realm. To win the game you need to capture and buy locations recruit new characters and complete goals; each of these actions gives you victory points at the end of the game. To do so you need to play cards from your hand (each with a unique set of actions) and combine them. Don't think it's simple! With a good strategy during your turn you can take up to ten actions in a row.You will encounter plenty of mysterious ocean creatures and take them to your hand. With their help you will explore the unknown locations and raise found resources from the ocean depths to your kingdom. Mechanically this is represented with the help of three-layered player board and the unique mechanism of card-rising.—description from the publisher

Three years in the making Oceans is a stand-alone game in the award-winning Evolution series. With over 120 works of art 40 scenarios cards and more than 100 unique trait cards Oceans is the most ambitious project North Star Games has ever tackled.Theme Oceans depicts the boundaries between the known world near the ocean’s surface and the mysteries lurking in Earth’s deepest unexplored region. Enter a vast underwater cosmos: a mysterious interconnected world of sharp teeth glowing eyes and black ink where your survival depends on your ability to adapt to the unknown.The foundation of the oceanic food chain are billions of one-celled organisms called phytoplankton that capture the sun's energy through photosynthesis. Every other species in the ocean is a predator each bigger than the next all the way up to the dreaded Apex Predator. And even bigger than Apex Predators are enormous Whales that gently swim through the ocean scooping up everything in their path. This ecosystem mimics the known world near the surface.But there is more if you are willing to dive deeper...Oceans also includes a deck of 100 unique power cards called The Deep that represents the unknown. These powerful cards break the seams of the reality you've come to accept ranging from astonishing things found in the ocean to the fantastical Kraken or Leviathan.Gameplay Oceans is an interactive engine builder where players evolve their species in a continually changing ecosystem. Players must adapt their interconnected ecosystem to survive against the inevitable march of time (Aging) as well as a multitude of predators looking for food.During the first half of the game players use traits from a deck of Surface cards to modify their species. With only 12 Surface traits it’s easy to wade into your first game without being overwhelmed by new cards. These traits were chosen for their rich thematic interconnections providing synergistic card play that mimics an oceanic ecosystem. The Surface traits bring stability to the game environment.During the second half of the game players can use power cards from The Deep to disrupt the stability. With over 100 unique traits in The Deep players will slowly discover game-altering traits over the course of many games. These traits were designed to evoke wonder and disbelief - to spark your imagination as you consider the fantastic synergies that are possible in Oceans.Additionally there are 2 randomly chosen scenario cards that activate and deactivate at various points during the game. The scenario cards impact the basic tenets of gameplay encouraging people to vary their play style and strategy each game.The Evolution Series Oceans is a stand-alone game in the Evolution series but it's a vast departure from other games in the series. The turn structure has been simplified the game play is much more forgiving and the web of interconnections has increased dramatically. Whereas Evolution has the feeling of a traditional back-and-forth battle game like Magic: The Gathering Oceans has the feel of an interactive engine builder where everything is interconnected and where your engine must continually adapt to a changing environment.Join the Oceans Discord community for rule questions strategy discussions and to get involved in future playtesting.https://discord.gg/GMaDycjKBV

This description is spoiler free containing nothing outside the initial rulebook for the game. Details on why this is important in the description.Risk Legacy represents what is if not a new at least a rare concept to boardgaming: campaigning. At its core the game particularly at first plays much like regular Risk with a few changes. Players control countries or regions on a map of the world and through simple combat (with players rolling dice to determine who loses units in each battle) they try to eliminate all opponents from the game board or control a certain number of red stars otherwise known as victory points (VPs).What's different is that Risk Legacy' changes over time based on the outcome of each game and the various choices made by players. In each game players choose one of five factions; each faction has uniquely shaped pieces and more importantly different rules. At the start of the first game each of these factions gains the ability to break one minor rule such as the ability to move troops at any time during your turn as opposed to only at the end.What makes this game unique is that when powers are chosen players must choose one of their faction's two powers affix that power's sticker to their faction card then destroy the card that has the other rule on it – and by destroy the rules mean what they say: If a card is DESTROYED it is removed from the game permanently. Rip it up. Throw it in the trash. This key concept permeates through the game. Some things you do in a game will affect it temporarily while others will affect it permanently. These changes may include boosting the resources of a country (for recruiting troops in lieu of the older match three symbols style of recruiting) adding bonuses or penalties to defending die rolls to countries or adding permanent continent troop bonuses that may affect all players.The rule book itself is also designed to change as the game continues with blocks of blank space on the pages to allow for rules additions or changes. Entire sections of rules will not take effect until later in the game. The game box contains different sealed packages and compartments each with a written condition for opening. The rule book indicates that these contain the rule additions additional faction powers and other things that should not be discussed here for spoiler protection.The winner of each of the first 15 games receives a major bonus such as founding a major city (which only he will be allowed to start on in future games) deleting a permanent modifier from the board destroying a country card (preventing it from providing any resources towards purchasing troops in future games) changing a continent troop bonus or naming a continent which gives that player a troop bonus in future games. Players who did not win but were not eliminated are allowed to make minor changes to the world such as founding a minor city or adding resources to a country.It should be noted that although cards are ripped up over the course of the game there are so many cards added via the sealed packages that the game does not suffer. Nor is this a disposable game merely a customized one. The game can continue to change beyond the 15 game campaign and even when it finally does stop changing you still have a copy of Risk that is completely unique.Initial games take approximately 30-90 minutes to play which includes a brief rules explanation and setup.

Join other ambitious guild leaders in mining and developing the famous City of Silver during its period of rapid economic growth and expansion in the 14th century — from the first discovery of silver near the Cistercian monastery to the construction of Kutná Hora which quickly became one of the most important cities in central Europe.Kutná Hora: The City of Silver is a historical city-building Eurogame for 2-4 players that features a real-life supply and demand experience in which every action you take has an impact on the game's dynamic economic systems.In each round players take turns selecting actions from a hand of double-sided cards to engage strategic plans like mining purchasing plots of land on which to build gaining permits raising buildings for their affiliated guilds gaining profit from their production and of course working towards the construction of Saint Barbara's Cathedral.The asymmetrical nature of each player's available guilds makes for highly interactive rounds in which each decision impacts the economy and other players in interesting ways as they expand their mines and build infrastructure across a shared board.Mine ore and smelt it into a fortune of silver for expanding this beautiful historic city but take care to balance your personal goal advancement with the need to further the city's growth. Everything is connected and sometimes the path to personal victory relies on the prosperity of the many.—description from publisher

Mamma Raptor has escaped from her run and laid her eggs in the park. A team of scientists must neutralize her and capture the baby raptors before they run wild into the forest.Raptor is a card-driven board game with tactical play and some double guessing. Players use their cards to move their pawns — with the scientists on one side Mother and baby raptors on the other — on the board. Every round the player who played the lowest ranked card can use the corresponding action while their opponent has movement or attack points equal to the difference between the values of the two cards. The scientists can use fire can move by jeep on the tracks and can even call for reinforcements while the mamma raptor can hide in the bushes yell to frighten the scientists and call for her babies.

The time has come for the selection of a new Chancellor at Argent University of Magic and you are among the likely candidates for the job. Gather your apprentices ready your spellbook and build your influence while secretly discovering and competing over the votes of a limited Consortium of influential board members. Only the one who is able to fulfill the most criteria will claim the title of most influential mage in the World of Indines!Argent: The Consortium is a cutthroat worker-placement/engine-building game of manipulation and secrecy in which the criteria for victory are secret and the capabilities of your opponents are constantly changing. You'll need to outwit the other candidates use your spells at the right moment and choose the correct apprentices to manage your plan.Argent: The Consortium is a European-style game that minimizes luck and focuses on player interaction and strong core mechanisms that allow new strategies to emerge each time you play.The designer keeps an updated Official Errata/Typo/FAQ thread on BGG.

Will you escape the city with the most money or will the Police lockdown the city before you can escape?In Escape Plan players are the thieves but they may influence the cops' moves every turn. The robbers move on a modular board trying to reach the best spots to recover their loot and escape from the city with more money than the other thieves. The cops are trying to thwart their escape plan — by force if necessary. The players play cards to aid their escape and slow the other players down. The players take actions that allow them to move and to engage gangs mules and snitches.It contains asymmetric roles set by missions that players may achieve during the game while avoiding the police. The players' roles as thieves are individual with every player for themselves. In the end only the player who escapes with the most cash wins.The game design is influenced by great heist films.

Fifty years ago humanity began mining the Moon and the asteroids and for decades that task was firmly kept in the hands of the World Government. But the turmoils of recent years have caused this enterprise to collapse. Now adventurous companies and private investors take to the sky to revive this mining network.As investors you try to earn the most CrypCoin over the course of seven rounds. You do this by investing mined resources in companies and by spreading their outposts. You can improve your earnings by supporting your scientists’ research and by having them collect precious helium-3.The heart of Skymines is a unique card programming and hand management system that requires careful and clever planning. It provides deep player interaction by letting you invest in any of the four companies as you see fit.And as the combination of company abilities changes each game there are endless synergies and strategies to explore.—description from the publisher

Fleet: The Dice Game is an exciting new strategic roll and write dice game from the creators of Fleet! Fleet: The Dice Game is heavier than many roll and write games and captures the tense meaningful decisions of Fleet. Fleet: The Dice Game is for 1-4 players.In Fleet: The Dice Game you are back in beautiful Ridback Bay to reap its rewards! Fleet: The Dice Game takes place over 10 rounds with each round having two phases the Boat Phase and the Town Phase.In the boat phase the active player rolls players plus one boat dice. In turn order each player selects one die to use immediately. By selecting a boat die they get to check off the matching boat type on their sheet - unlocking license powers and boat launches to catch fish. The die that remains after all players have selected is then used by all players.In the town phase you roll town dice equal to players plus one boat die. Again in turn order each player selects one die to use immediately. In the town phase you unlock special buildings in the Wharf that grant bonuses awesome ships in the harbor to earn points and catch more fish or go to the market and gain income to generate bonus actions. The die that remains after all players have selected is then used by all players.Fishing occurs between phases in the even rounds and the player with the most points at game end wins!Fleet: The Dice Game also features a fully integrated solo mode where you battle Captain Ruth to earn the most points and reap the rewards of Ridback Bay.

Horizons of Spirit Island features the core mechanisms of Spirit Island but features a new double-sided game board with a streamlined set-up punchboard components and five new Spirits designed to be ideal for those playing a Spirit Island game for the first time. These new Spirits are compatible with all existing Spirit Island components but to play with expansions like Jagged Earth you would need a copy of Spirit Island itself.

Early in the history of the United States slavery was an institution that seemed unmovable but with efforts of men and women across the country it was toppled. In Freedom: The Underground Railroad players are working to build up the strength of the Abolitionist movement through the use of notable figures and pivotal events. By raising support for the cause and moving slaves to freedom in Canada the minds of Americans can be changed and the institution of slavery can be brought down.Freedom is a card-driven cooperative game for one to four players in which the group is working for the abolitionist movement to help bring an end to slavery in the United States. The players use a combination of cards which feature figures and events spanning from Early Independence until the Civil War along with action tokens and the benefits of their role to impact the game.Players need to strike the right balance between freeing slaves from plantations in the south and raising funds which are desperately needed to allow the group to continue their abolitionist activities as well as strengthen the cause.The goal is not easy and in addition to people and events that can have a negative impact on the group's progress there are also slave catchers roaming the board reacting to the movements of the slaves on the board and hoping to catch the runaway slaves and send them back to the plantations.Through careful planning and working together the group might see an end to slavery in their time.

Hong Kong has been struck by a large scale unexpected blackout. As the government struggles to maintain control you decide to take matters into your own hands and try to bring back some kind of societal order! Daily life as you were used to it has quickly dissolved. Even the most mundane tasks have become incredibly challenging without electric power. Whoever best manages this situation and restores the semblance of order will surely claim a position of power in post-blackout Hong Kong!In Alexander Pfister's Blackout: Hong Kong you have to manage ever-changing resources and a network of various specialists to keep Hong Kong from descending into chaos while also staying ahead of your rivals.—description from the publisher

Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write is a roll-and-write version of the critically-acclaimed game Dinosaur Island.Dinosaur Island: Rawr ‘n Write is a unique game in which players draft dice and then use those drafted dice as workers in a worker placement phase. Then a fun polyomino puzzle ensues as you try and fit all your attractions and Dinosaurs into your park while buildings roads and routes to the exits for bonus points. At the end of the game have more victory points than your opponents to win!

Captain Swallow has always dreamed of pocketing a large nest egg in order to retire on a remote island – but he never counted on stiff competition from Captains Stanley Rackum Dirk Chivers and others greedy and cruel enemies who always manage to attack the same ships as him. If he wants to finally sink back and enjoy peaceful days in the sun he must become the most cunning pirate!In Libertalia you must thwart the plans of competitive pirates over the course of three rounds while using cards that show the same crew members as your piratical comrades-in-arms. Yes not only do they attack the same ships but they employ the same type of ravenous scum that you do! Can you take advantage of the powers of your characters at the right time? Will you be outdone by a pirate smarter than you? Jump into the water and prove your tactical skills!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is dead. His last conscious action on his deathbed was composing the Lacrimosa movement of his Opus Requiem. You as one of his sponsors will meet with the widow in order to participate one last time in the funding of the works of the Austrian genius. Also you will reminisce and retell all your memories alongside Mozart in order to make sure that she portrays you under the best light when writing her memoirs in order to enter history as Mozart's most important patron.In Lacrimosa players take the roles of patrons of the late musician contributing with their fundings to the composer's works one last time. During the game you play in two different timelines: the present and the past. In the present you commission the missing parts of the Requiem from other composers in order to complete it. When developing past events the game takes place in five epochs in which you contribute by buying new compositions from the composer to sell or exhibit accompany him on the different journeys through the main courts and theaters in Europe and gather the resources you need in order to support the musician during his career.During the game you play cards from a limited hand that you will improve as the game progresses. These cards can be played either as actions or as resource generators and players need to optimize their resources and finances in order to support their best version of the story and their relationship with Mozart.—description from the publisher

In First Class: Unterwegs im Orient Express players try to score as many fame points as possible by building a rich network of rails by building luxurious train cars or by serving well-paying passengers.From the Publisher's website: In the early days of the twentieth century rail is the preferred mode of transportation for the elite. Luxury lines scramble to accommodate the needs of business tycoons diplomats and even royalty. Step into this world and compete to build the most luxurious train lines possible in First Class. Guide your lines from humble beginnings into rivals of the fabled Orient Express itself as you carry out actions each round. Add cars to your trains upgrade those cars to attract wealthier clientele extend your lines towards Constantinople and more. A limited number of action cards is available each round so pick your actions carefully and choose a path for your rail lines. There are many ways to score points but only a true railroad baron will accumulate the most points and win the game.First Class is a card game that includes aspects of board games creating a unique and dynamic experience every time you play. Cards represent your train cars and provide a visual reminder of your empire's growth as they extend out from your player board. On top of that every game of First Class uses two of five interchangeable decks of action cards. Each deck provides new challenges for building your rail empire. One game might have you catering to the celebrities on your trains and fulfilling contracts along your route while another game asks you to accommodate passengers and their luggage while you get swept up in a murder mystery. Each combination of modules opens many possible strategies and provides even more thematic flair. Return to a time when rail was king and grow your empire!

In his last will your rich uncle stated that all of his millions will go to the nephew who can enjoy money the most. How to find out which nephew should be rich? You will each be given a large amount of money and whoever can spend it first will be the rightful heir. Visit the most exclusive theatres or eat in the most expensive restaurants. Buy old properties for the price of new ones and sell them as ruins. Host a huge party in your mansion or on your private boat. Spend like your life would depend on it. Spend to become rich! If you're the first to run through the money on hand you'll receive the rest of his inheritance – oh and win the game.In Last Will each player starts with a certain amount of money an individual player board two errand boys and two cards in some combination of properties and helpers. At the start of each round lay out cards from the appropriate decks on the offering boards; the four regular decks are properties companions events helpers and expenses with special cards forming a deck of their own. The particular mix of cards varies by round and by the number of players.Each player then chooses a plan for the round with each plan indicating the number of cards the player draws (drawn immediately from the four regular decks in any combination) how many errand boys he can use later (one or two) the number of actions available to him that round and his spot in the playing order that round. In the playing order for that round players then take turns choosing an action with their errand boy(s) with those actions being:Players then take actions in the playing order for that round with each player having as many actions as indicated on his plan. Actions let you play one-time events (which have a cost possibly variable); helpers and recurring expenses (which are placed on your individual player board); and properties (which cost money and may depreciate over time). You can often play companions with events or recurring expenses – of course you should bring a date to the opera or a horse on your yacht! – to increase their cost. You can also use actions to activate cards on your player board possibly with one or more companions and always with the goal of spending money. Helpers and special cards can provide you with unique powers to further boost your profligacy.At the end of each round you must discard down to two cards in hand and properties that can depreciate do so; this is good as a player cannot go bankrupt if he owns properties and the only way to get rid of properties is to sell them which regretably puts money back in your hands unless the depreciation was intense or you manipulate the market.If a player has no money and no properties he declares bankruptcy and the game ends at the conclusion of that round; otherwise the game ends after seven rounds. The player who has the least money (or even who is most in debt) wins.

Mythic Greece. As an upstart demigod you want to earn the favor of the Olympians and become a figure of legend yourself. Gather heroes and powerful artifacts please the gods and bear their power to write your own epic tale.Let your allies achieve their destiny and enter the Elysium home of the glorious and the brave. Once the stories are written only one demigod will be chosen to stand at the side of Zeus.Elysium is a game of set collecting and combinations in which players recruit cards representing heroes items powers and gods. These cards have many different powers and you can create powerful combination to earn gold (the help of the gods) and victory points (the favor of the gods). Each card belongs to one of the eight Olympians gods (a family) and shows a level (1 to 3).During the five turns of the game players will try to transfer their cards to the Elysium and write their own Legends which are series of cards from the same family or from different families of the same level. The more epic the Legends the more favor from the gods they’ll earn. But as they go to Elysium most cards lose their power and players will therefore have to renounce some of their combinations !A game of balance and opportunity with simple action but constant dilemmas and complex strategies.

In Archipelago players are Renaissance European powers competing in the exploration of a Pacific or Caribbean archipelago. They will explore territories harvest resources use those resources in markets both internal (for their use and that of the natives) and foreign (to sell it in Europe) build markets harbors cities and temples and negotiate among themselves (and maybe betray each other) – all this to complete their secret objectives. They will also need to guess the secret objective of the other players to be able to benefit from them.But players also need to be careful of the natives; if they make them too unhappy or if too many of them are unoccupied they could revolt and declare independence. Then everyone will lose!According to the author what he's tried to create is a German economic worker-placement game but without the two things he dislikes in them: the superficial theme and the lack of interaction. Indeed this game includes a very present theme and a lot of negotiation and potential backstabbing.The game includes three sets of objectives enabling players to choose between a short medium and a long game. Solo play is also possible with an expansion.IN FRENCH Archipelago retrace l’ère majestueuse de la découverte des archipels à travers le globe de 1492 (découverte des Antilles par Christophe Colomb) jusqu’à 1797 (colonisation de Tahiti). Chaque joueur incarne un explorateur et son équipe mandatés par une nation européenne pour découvrir coloniser et exploiter les archipels. Ces missions sont censées s’effectuer de manière diplomatique en répondant tant aux besoins de la population locale qu’aux demandes régulières du continent. Il faudra donc respecter l’archipel et ses autochtones sous peine de voir les natifs se révolter pour finir en guerre d’indépendance. Les limites entre expansionnisme et humanisme économie et respect des valeurs locales transmission de connaissances et industrialisation à outrance ne sont pas toujours évidentes à trouver. L’équilibre de l’archipel dépendra donc beaucoup de la volonté que mettra chacun à faire de ces îles des colonies heureuses et productives ou au contraire à exploiter outrageusement les ressources et les natifs pour finir dans le chaos et la révolte. Pour compliquer les choses parmi vous se cache peut-être un indépendantiste ou un pacifiste. L’un comme l’autre tentera de faire pencher la balance respectivement vers la révolte ou vers la paix. Êtes-vous prêt à endosser votre rôle et partir à la découverte d’Archipelago ?

You find yourself in a dystopian cityscape with a few workers at your disposal to make your mark on the world. Like most people in dystopian fiction your workers are oblivious to their situation. This world is all they've ever known and you may use them at your whim.The world as we know it has ended and in its place the city of Euphoria has risen. Believing that a new world order is needed to prevent another apocalypse the Euphorian elite erect high walls around their golden city and promote intellectual equality above all else. Gone are personal freedoms; gone is knowledge of the past. All that matters is the future.The Euphorians aren’t alone. Outside the city are those who experienced the apocalypse firsthand—they have the memories and scars to prove it. These Wastelanders have cobbled together a society of historians and farmers among the forgotten scrap yards of the past.There is more to the world than the surface of the earth. Deep underground lies the hidden city of Subterra occupied by miners mechanics and revolutionaries. By keeping their workers in the dark they’ve patched together a network of pipes and sewers of steam and gears of hidden passages and secret stairways.In Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia you lead a team of workers (dice) and recruits (cards) to claim ownership of the dystopian world. You will generate commodities dig tunnels to infiltrate opposing areas construct markets collect artifacts strengthen allegiances and fulfill secret agendas.Euphoria is a worker-placement game in which dice are your workers. The number on each die represents a worker's knowledge—that is his level of awareness that he's in a dystopia. Worker knowledge enables various bonuses and impacts player interaction. If the collective knowledge of all of your available workers gets too high one of them might desert you. You also have two elite recruit cards at your disposal; one has pledged allegiance to you but the other needs some convincing. You can reveal and use the reticent recruit by reaching certain milestones in the game... or by letting other players unwittingly reach those milestones for you.Your path to victory is paved with the sweat of your workers the strength of your allegiances and the tunnels you dig to infiltrate other areas of the world but the destination is a land grab in the form of area control. You accomplish this by constructing markets that impose harsh restrictions of personal freedoms upon other players changing the face of the game and opening new paths to victory. You can also focus on gathering artifacts from the old world objects of leisure that are extremely rare in this utilitarian society. The dystopian elite covet these artifacts—especially matching pairs—and are willing to give you tracts of land in exchange for them.Four distinct societies each of them waiting for you to rewrite history. What are you willing to sacrifice to build a better dystopia?

Madeira is an island officially discovered early in the 15th century by Portuguese seafarers. Madeira the Portuguese word for wood refers to the dense forest that covered its wild fertile landscape. This and its strategic position far into the Atlantic Ocean made the island one of the most significant Portuguese discoveries. Madeira served as a “laboratory” for what would become the Portuguese Empire.Wheat plantations were the first means for survival on the island. After that when D. Henrique decided to increase the economy of the Empire sugar became the core business of Madeira. Once sugar started coming from other places in the world such as Africa and Brazil profits from sugar were no longer enough and production of the very famous Madeira wine became the most important economic product of the island.Players try to adapt themselves to these constraints working to find better fields for farming the right goods and for obtaining precious wood essential for erecting new structures in the cities and for building ships. In turn the ships are crucial for trading in foreign markets as well as for taking part in new expeditions to discover other countries. Madeira has been established just as it was in the original administrative division of the island under 3 captaincies (Funchal Machico and Porto Santo) where the ultimate goal is to develop the Island gaining the most prestige under and for the Portuguese Crown.The Crown of Portugal has a series of requests regarding expeditions urbanization opening trade routes increasing wealth and controlling the guilds on the islands. Three times during the game the players gain prestige for fulfilling certain requests by the Crown. At two other times the Crown requests that the islands change the focus of their agriculture due to the changes in the world.Players must carefully choose the correct timing to show their achievements. Too early and you don’t gain as much prestige too late and you risk someone else stealing the best opportunities. Will you have what it takes to excel in all of these endeavors? Beware wheat may become scarce money is never enough the population is hungry and the shadow of piracy looms large….

Play as trolls rebuilding your abandoned kingdom under the mountain in In the Hall of the Mountain King. With muscle and magic you'll unearth riches dig out collapsed tunnels and carve out great halls as you raise the toppled statues of your ancestors to their places of honor at the heart of the mountain. Gameplay is driven by the innovative cascading production system. Timing and tactics are key as you work to restore your home to its former glory and win the crown!Working on the same game board with the other players (but beginning at your own entrance) you'll dig a competing network of tunnels by spending increasingly valuable materials to lay polyomino tiles onto the map. You want to extend your tunnels to connect with buried gold and materials with workshop locations that can transform resources and especially with toppled statues. Statues are key to scoring and you'll spend carts to move them through the tunnels to prime scoring locations near the heart of the mountain.A major aspect of the game is the cascading production. You begin with a line of four trolls and every troll shows the combination of resources — gold stone iron marble carts runes and hammers — that it produces. When a new troll is hired place it above two other trolls forming a pyramid. The new troll activates gaining its resources and any trolls beneath it ALSO activate gaining any resources that they have room to carry. In this way as you hire more trolls you gain bigger and bigger windfalls of resources as the end of the game nears. The timing of your hiring turns versus your building turns is important as you try to maximize your cascades while making sure you get the trolls you want from the shared market and also stay competitive on the map.The game ends shortly after the last player hires their sixth troll then the player with the most honor (earned for digging tunnels of increasing quality for excavating great halls and for moving statues closer to the heart of the mountain especially onto matching pedestals) is crowned the Mountain King and wins!

You are Taylor Minde rookie pilot of the Force’s Outer Rim. After a crucial battle you are stranded far away from your fleet lost and alone. With resources running low you jump through warp gate after warp gate hoping to find the right combination home.But home is not what you find. The warp takes you further out in the galaxy than the Force has ever gone. You are deep behind enemy lines and find yourself on the edge of a blackhole... and on the doorstep of the enemy’s mighty mothership.You have a moment of bravery and approach the enemy’s fleet. Just maybe you can get through them and destroy the mothership... but before you have a chance to react the enemy is already upon you. Lasers fire. Photon cannons pierce through the blackness. A moment later your shields are gone your laser battery empty and your hull damaged. Your powerless ship splits apart as you fall from the enemy and into the black hole below.Just as your ship crests gravity’s edge you and infinite blackness takes hold... you are back where you started. The enemy fleet is before you. The mothership looming in the distance. And most importantly your laser battery is full. You have a second chance at the edge of space and now you know what’s coming...Warp’s Edge is a solo bag-building game of space combat. Pilot one of four starfighters which each have their own unique weapon loadouts. You’ll be facing off against one of five alien motherships and its accompanying fleet. Every matchup offers a different challenge pushing you toward new strategies and tactics. You have a limited number of warps to succeed so choose wisely as you improve your arsenal and learn new skills!In the box you will also find a 28-page choose-your-path storybook Singularity written by Banana Chan. This sets the stage for the events of the game and reveals Taylor’s backstory. You can even customize the game setup based on the narrative choices you make!

American baseball was on its last legs as a spectator sport. Football had become the predominant national pastime — that is until the year 2032 the year baseball decided to revolutionize the game and regain the throne!Starting in 2032 baseball games were shortened to six innings. Pitchers were encouraged to have bionic arm implants to improve their pitching. These cyborgs or 'Borgs as they're affectionately known were immediately popular and soon ruled the league. In 2041 robotic players were introduced to get more offense back into the game. These robots were similar to designated hitters in that they were used only to bat and did not field. However recent reports indicate fielding 'Bots are on the way.Now in 2045 human players are still in the game and known as Naturals. They are the best fielders by far but are sorely challenged when it comes to hitting and pitching. Some Naturals have learned to hit by swinging before the pitcher starts his windup which gives them a chance to hit the ball. Although it's hard for a Natural to get into the league those who do are popular. Many Naturals have named themselves after the great players of pre-2032 baseball by taking a first and last name borrowed from different star players of the past. The fans love them and their presence on the team ensures good revenue!The stage is now set! The fans are energized and root fanatically for their new favorites be they 'Bots 'Borgs or Naturals!Baseball Highlights: 2045 is like watching TV highlights of early 21st-century baseball games with the gameplay being full of theme with no outs or innings and without bogging down in a play-by-play baseball simulation. In this quick and interactive game two players build their teams as they play combining both strategy (building your team) and tactics (playing the game) without any of the downtime. During each mini-game each player alternates playing six cards to simulate a full game's highlights. The mini-game includes defensive and offensive actions and your single card play may include elements of defensive and/or offensive plays. Do you try to thwart your opponent's pending hits put up strong offensive action of your own or use your better players to do both? Players buy new free agents after each mini-game to improve their roster and the team who wins the most mini-games in the series is the champ!

Move your knights erect buildings and go crusading to spread the influence of your Order. When the Orders get too strong King Philip will become nervous and disband all Templar orders ending the game.Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done uses a combination of rondel and mancala mechanisms. Each player has their own rondel which they can upgrade over the course of the game that controls their action choices during the game. Your faction gives you a special power to control your rondel and the buildings you erect will help you form a strategy.

Pax Porfiriana – Latin for The Porfirian Peace – refers to the 33-year reign of dictator Porfirio Díaz who ruled Mexico with an iron hand until toppled by the 1910 Revolution.As a rich businessman (Hacendado) in the turbulent pre-revolutionary borderlands of the U.S. and Mexico players compete to build business empires of ranches mines rails troops and banks while subverting opponents with bandidos Native Americans and lawsuits. Each turn goes as follows:1. Action Phase: Perform three actions such as play new cards get new cards from the market speculate on cards in the market buy land or redeploy troops. 2. Discard Headlines: Remove any Headlines (i.e. cards with the Bull-Bear icon) that have reached the leftmost position in the Market. 3. Restore Market: Restore the Market to twelve cards. 4. Income Phase: Collect one gold per Income Extortion and Connection Cube in play. If Depression pay one gold for each card in play (includes Partners and Enterprises in your Row and all of your Troops).Four scoring cards (Toppling) are in the game and their effect depends on the current form of government. The government can change if troops are played and as a result of other cards. The form of government also influences different production values of the game such as how much mines produce. Players win by toppling Díaz either by coup succession revolution or annexation of Mexico by the U.S. If Díaz remains firmly seated at the end of the game then the player with the most gold wins.Pax Porfiriana includes 220 cards but only fifty cards (along with ten for each player) are used in a game so no two games will be the same!

Scholars of the South Tigris is set during the height of the Abbasid Caliphate circa 830 AD. The Caliph has called upon the keenest minds to acquire scientific manuscripts from all over the known world. Players will need to increase their influence in the House of Wisdom and hire skilled linguists to translate the foreign scrolls into Arabic. In this Golden Age of wisdom and knowledge be mindful not to neglect one in pursuit of the other.The aim of Scholars of the South Tigris is to be the player with the most victory points (VP) at the game’s end. Points are gained by translating scrolls increasing knowledge in various areas of science and mathematics influencing the 3 guilds and by retiring translators after their years of faithful service. The game end is triggered once all 4 caliph cards have been revealed.—description from the publisher

News from the depths! The AquaSphere is a research facility stationed deep below the ocean's surface and your skilled team — consisting of an engineer a scientist reprogrammable bots and exploratory submarines — is trying to gather as much data as possible.The game board in AquaSphere has two main areas: A research station comprising six sectors in which your scientist conducts experiments and a headquarters where your engineer supervises preparation of the bots. During each of the four game rounds you take several turns and on each turn you either:Through actions such as improving your lab sending out submarines collecting crystals and examining octopuses you expand the abilities of your team or gather knowledge points which are necessary to win. Additional challenges result from the limited size of your lab which is your personal stock; you can increase the size of your lab which makes life easier but this costs valuable time.AquaSphere is a challenging game of strategy and tactics with different paths to victory that requires planning in advance as well as skillful use of short-term opportunities.

In battle there are no equals.They show extreme intelligence even problem-solving intelligence. Especially the big one. He has hunted many a dangerous predator but against a pack of raptors is Robert Muldoon the hunter or the hunted? In Unmatched: Jurassic Park – InGen vs Raptors these clever girls use their speed and agility to surround their prey getting stronger when they attack together. InGen's Game Warden and his Security Team lay traps to slow their opponent down and attack from range in a matchup 65 million years in the making.Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise but just when you've mastered one set new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.—description from the publisher

“Natural disasters will soon be a thing of the past!” proclaimed Professor Sêni Lativ Project Chief of Meteorological Manipulation at Lightning Technologies. Tests of his new invention the Weather Machine showed positive results. Visions of quelling floods subduing cyclones and ending droughts made him smile.In Weather Machine you are scientists on Prof. Lativ’s team tampering with local weather: adjusting rainfall for farms maintaining wind and clear skies for ecological energy sources and tweaking the temperature for resorts and sporting events. The prototype is quite effective so far; however a pattern has emerged revealing a worrying side effect: Each use of the Weather Machine also alters the conditions elsewhere on the planet — a “butterfly effect”.We must build a new prototype,” he announces as the agents shoot him sidelong glances; “…but this time we’re going to get it right.” The agents silently give a single crisp nod of confirmation. “The government is funding this and we will succeed.” As Prof. Lativ explains the plan the need to secure suppliers for sufficient bots and chemicals is clear. In addition to the materials time is of the essence; you must be focused and efficient to have any hope of reining this growing global terror Earth’s atmosphere before conditions are too harsh for Homo sapiens and other species.Note: The solo mode is NOT included in the base game's box. It is part of Weather Machine: Upgrade Pack.

As new villains appear to lay claim to the world of Indines new heroes rise to challenge them. BattleCON: Devastation of Indines puts you in control of 30 mighty heroes and deadly villains to decide the fate of the world.BattleCON: Devastation of Indines is a standalone dueling card game designed for head-to-head and team play. Each player selects a character who uses a unique gameplay mechanism to give them an edge in combat. Take control of guitar-playing summoner a pair of tag-teaming werewolves a prodigal paladin a genius artificer and more! Each character's play style requires new strategies but uses the same foundational tactics making a new character easy to learn but challenging to master.Players move along a seven-space-long board trading blows and attempting to strike the opponent using attacks formed by combining a character's unique styles and abilities with a set of basic cards that all characters share. The last player standing wins!BattleCON: Devastation of Indines can be played on its own or combined with BattleCON: War of Indines to create an even greater pool of characters and play variants.Included with the game: BattleQUEST GuideThe BattleQUEST Dungeon Guide contains six adventures (3 solo and 3 cooperative) for players. Using BattleQUEST players can play alone or cooperatively against automated enemies in an attempt to defeat the final boss and claim victory!

It's the mid-19th century. The city of Barcelona is the most densely populated city in all of Europe. Shortly after the old city walls were finally destroyed Ildefons Cerdà who is now considered the inventor of urbanism presented the plan for the creation of the Eixample the expansion that Barcelona so desperately needed. Its construction began in 1860.In Barcelona you will take on the role of builders in 19th-century Barcelona who are working on the new expansion to the city. Your main goal is to construct buildings to accommodate the citizens who want to leave the old city and in the process you will also build streets create tram lines and build public services. You may even decide to explore Modernisme a new architectural and arts style that has been gaining popularity among the rich.Barcelona is played over a variable number of rounds interrupted by three scoring phases before a final scoring phase. Every round each player takes a single turn consisting of two or more actions a building phase and then preparation for their next turn. At the end of the game the player with the most points wins.—description from the publisher

Description from the publisher:In The Colonists a.k.a. Die Kolonisten each player is a mayor of a village and must develop their environment to gain room for new farmers craftsmen and citizens. The main goal of the game is full employment so players must create new jobs educate the people and build new houses to increase their population. But resources are limited and their storage leads to problems that players must deal with while also not forgetting to upgrade their buildings. Players select actions by moving their mayor on a central board.The Colonists is designed in different levels and scenarios and even includes something akin to a tutorial with the playing time varying between 30 minutes (for beginners) and 180 minutes (experts).The Colonists FAQ

In the age of exploration the players arrive at a new home far away from their homeland. They try to settle the big island and each player tries to explore one part of it by placing landscape tiles. Landscape tiles grant resources and those are used to erect buildings with special abilities. Barriers on the island have to be removed in order to explore the island even further. Players build valuable statues and supply ships get them the supplies from the old world they need to be a successful settler on Cooper Island.The special thing about Cooper Island is the way the players mark their victory points. They sail with ships around the island to show their progress. On their way around the island they find smaller islands inshore that grant valuable benefits. After five rounds a game of Cooper Island ends and the player who developed the best and went on furthest with their ships will win.•••The second printing of the German and English versions of the game along with the Spanish version of the game include the Solo Against Cooper expansion that was originally available separately as a bonus item.—description from the publisher

One-hundred years ago The Infinity Engine was shattered and its reality-bending shards have destroyed most of the world. Now it falls upon you to gather your forces defeat your adversaries and rebuild the Infinity Engine! Will you survive?Shards of Infinity combines an unprecedented level of strategy and customization into one small box. Rather than competing for points players must outlast their opponents and reduce their health to zero which can be done in a number of ways. Each player starts the game with a basic deck of cards and they can acquire new cards from a central display of six cards (as in Ascension) and add these new cards to their deck or use them immediately depending on what they are.Every character starts with fifty health and zero mastery. On each turn you can spend one gem (a.k.a. money) to gain a mastery point. The more mastery you have the more powerful your cards become. This lets even the weak cards in your starting deck become more powerful as the game progresses. If you reach a total of thirty mastery you can activate your Infinity Shard which instantly defeats your opponent.As you acquire new cards you can employ allies and champions to craft your strategy. Mercenary cards can be added to your deck as in other deck-building games or they can be played immediately from the center row for their ability; this adds even more drama to each player's turn as a key mercenary flip can alter the very outcome of the game!Will you neutralize your opponents before they can fully master the Infinity Shard? With careful planning and aggressive gameplay only one player can emerge the winner!

Inspired by the best-selling and award-winning War of the Ring board game War of the Ring: The Card Game allows players to journey to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and create their own version of the dramatic conflict between the Dark Lord Sauron and the Free Peoples of Middle-earth.In War of the Ring: The Card Game up to 4 players compete in two teams the Shadow against the Free Peoples each player using a specific and different card deck representing the strengths and weaknesses of the different factions involved in the war.The Free Peoples desperately try to complete their quest to destroy the One Ring while at the same time defending their homelands from the encroaching hordes of Sauron and from his evil allies.The Shadow players must strike quickly and decisively before the Ring-bearers can complete their quest; or try to slowly corrupt Frodo burdening him with wounds toil and the sorrow for the loss of his Companions.During the game players will take turns playing cards representing the characters armies items and events of the War of the Ring. Each card they play will help or hinder the journey of the Fellowship as it progresses on its Path; or be used to defend or conquer the strongholds of Middle-earth as they fight to control the new Battleground cards activated in each round.With more than 100 original illustrations from the greatest Tolkienian artists in the world including an amazing gallery of landscapes from The Shire to Mordor by John and Fataneh Howe War of the Ring: The Card Game is more than a game – it also a memorable collection for all lovers of the world imagined by J.R.R. Tolkien.This is your chance to forge the destiny of an age like you never did before!—description from the publisher

October 1888: During the construction of the Metropolitan Police headquarters near Whitehall which would later be known as Scotland Yard the remains of a body were found. In September a severed arm had already been discovered in the muddy shore of the River Thames.There is another murderer roaming the streets of London in Whitehall amusing himself by spreading the pieces of a poor woman around Whitehall like some kind of macabre treasure hunt. The identity of this monster and his unfortunate victim are a mystery the Whitehall Mystery.

Game description from the publisher:Return to a bustling Plymouth Harbor in 1572 as an aspiring Elizabethan captain making preparations for three exciting voyages to the Spanish Main in search of fame and fortune! As captains players will have to plan their missions and provision their ships accordingly.Francis Drake is a race to see who can set sail and reach the Spanish Main first. The riches of the Aztec and Inca Empires await these swashbuckling captains. Many tough decisions must be made before each voyage:Each new voyage has its own challenges to overcome but the captured gold silver and jewels should greatly please the Queen. Get ready for the voyage of a lifetime!

In Evolution players adapt their species in a dynamic ecosystem where food is scarce and predators lurk. Traits like Hard Shell and Horns will protect your species from Carnivores while a Long Neck will help them get food that others cannot reach. With over 4,000 ways to evolve your species every game becomes a different adventure.Evolution is played in a variable number of rounds. Each round players draw 3 Trat cards to enhance their species create new species or feed their existing animals. Play continues until the Trai deck has been finished and needs to be reshuffled. Reshuffling the Trait cards signals the final round of the game. At the end of the game the player with the most food traits and population wins.Evolution packs a surprising amount of variety for a game with simple rules. The variety comes from the synergies between the trait cards and from the different personalities at the table. Some players thrive on creating Carnivores to wreak havoc on their fellow players. Others prefer to stay protected and mind their own business. Evolution encourages both play styles by giving each of them multiple paths to victory. And it is the mix of play styles at the table that ultimately determines the ecosystem in which the players are adapting. So gather your friends and see who can best adapt to the changing world around them.

Three Sisters is a strategic roll-and-write game about backyard farming. Three Sisters is named after an indigenous agricultural technique still widely used today in which three different crops — pumpkins corn and beans — are planted close together. Corn provides a lattice for beans to climb the beans bring nitrogen from the air into the soil and the squash provides a natural mulch ground cover to reduce weeds and keep pests away.In the game you have your own player sheet with multiple areas: the garden which is divided into six numbered zones each containing the three crop types; the apiary; compost; perennials; goods; fruit; and the shed which is filled with tools that have special abilities. All the crops fruits flowers and hives are represented by tracks that you will mark off as you acquire these items. Many of the tracks are interconnected with other elements in the game giving you bonuses along the way. A common feature of these tracks are circles that represent a harvest which generates goods; get enough goods and you unlock bonus actions. Advancing on all of these tracks offers various amounts of points advancements and bonuses.The game lasts eight rounds. Each round roll dice based on the number of players group them by number then place them on an action space of the circular action wheel starting with the current position of the farmer; the farmer moves each round which means that dice showing 1s 2s etc. will end up on different spaces each round. Once the dice have been placed each player drafts one die and uses it as described below. Once everyone has drafted a die all players get to use the lowest-valued die remaining on the action wheel. A die lets you do two things which you can do in either order:To plant you mark the bottom space of two empty crop tracks. (Note that you can't plant beans until the corn adjacent to the beans is tall enough to support them.) To water you mark one space in all the crop tracks that already have at least one mark in them. As for the actions on the action wheel you can:Perennials don't have a direct action associated with them and are marked off only through actions in other areas with the various perennials giving different bonuses as you mark them.At the end of the round all players receive a bonus action either rain that waters all numbered zones in your garden a trip to the shed or a visit to the farmer's market. After eight rounds you score points for harvested crops perennials the apiary fruit and some shed items. Whoever has the most points wins.Three Sisters has a solo mode in which you try to top your own score against an opponent that drafts dice and blocks areas of your sheet.

Golem is an engine-building game by Simone Luciani Virginio Gigli and Flaminia Brasini the same team that brought you Grand Austria Hotel and Lorenzo il Magnifico.The game is based on the 16th-century legend of the Golem of Prague an anthropomorphic creature that Rabbi Loew animated from a clay statue to protect his people. In the game players take on the role of rabbis who create and grow these powerful creatures that will be moved around the neighborhoods of Prague under the control of students. Be careful because if a golem becomes too powerful it will destroy everything it encounters on its way. Players can also kill their Golems in order to get bonuses.Players also create powerful artifacts and acquire knowledge by collecting ancient books.The game is divided into four rounds and each round is composed of 7 phases:At the beginning of each round the players will shuffle the colored marbles into the 3D synagogue that will split them into five lines corresponding to the five main actions available in the game:The number of marbles available in the corresponding action line determines how much the player gets from the action. When you choose an action you collect one marble of your choice in the corresponding line and depending on the color of the marble you chose you also move your student forward on one of the districts of Prague.It's important to advance your students on those tracks to be able to keep your golems under control. At the end of the round knowledge can also be used to control a golem that surpassed its students but if one of these creatures is uncontrolled it may become dangerous and destroy the neighborhood after which you will have to destroy and bury it!The marble color also matters because at the end of the round if you get the correct combination of two colors you receive the favor of one of the powerful Prague characters which will differ each round.At the end of the fourth round players score points for active or buried golems artifacts books development on their personal board and collected goal cards.

Send out the scouts! Position the Flagship in tactical orbit! And reconfigure that Battlestation into something new! Your fleet of loyal ships powered by the might of quantum probability itself carries your empire to the far-flung stars. How will history remember you? As a ravenous destroyer? A clever tactician? A dauntless explorer? Command your armada construct world-shattering technologies and rally the remnants of humanity for a final confrontation.In Quantum each player is a fleet commander from one of the four factions of humanity struggling to conquer a sector of space. Every die is a starship with the value of the die determining the movement of the ship but also its combat power - with low numbers more powerful. So a [ 6 ] is a quick but fragile Scout and a [ 1 ] is a slow but mighty Battlestation.Each type of ship also has a special power that can be used once per turn: Destroyers can warp space to swap places with other dice and Flagships can transport other ships. These powers can be used in combination for devastating effects. You're not stuck with your starting ships however: using Quantum technology you can spend actions to transform (re-roll) your ships. Randomness plays a role in the game but only when you want: Quantum is very much a strategy game.You win by constructing Quantum Cubes - massive planetary energy extractors. Each time you build a new one you can expand your fleet earn a new permanent ability or take a one-time special move. The board itself is made out of modular tiles and you can play on one of the 30 layouts that come with the game or design your own. The ship powers player abilities and board designs combine to create a limitless set of possibilities for how to play and strategies for how to win.With elegant mechanics an infinity of scenarios and easy-to-learn rules that lead to deep gameplay Quantum is a one-of-a-kind game of space combat strategy and colonization that will satisfy both hard-core and casual players.Quantum won the 2012 Game Design Award at the IndieCade Festival of Independent Games as a prototype game with the title Armada d6.

The period of the Warring States (475-221 BCE) describes a time of endless wars between seven rival states: Qin Chu Qi Yan Han Wei and Zhao. These states were finally unified in 221 BCE under the Qin dynasty to lay the origin of today's China with its two main rivers: the Yellow and the Yangtze.Yellow & Yangtze the sister game to the highly acclaimed board game Tigris & Euphrates invites you to replay this eventful period and to lead your dynasty to victory.In Yellow & Yangtze players build civilizations through tile placement. Players are given five different leaders: Governor Soldier Farmer Trader and Artisan. The leaders are used to collect victory points in these same categories. However your score at the end of the game is the number of points in your weakest category. Conflicts arise when civilizations connect on the board. To succeed players' civilizations must survive these conflicts calm peasant revolts and grow secure enough to build prestigious pagodas.

Mosaic: A Story of Civilization is a Civilization-Building game from Glenn Drover designer of among others Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery Railways of the World Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame and Raccoon Tycoon.Mosaic is an action selection game. On your turn you will perform one of eight actions and acquire pillars of civilization.Acquiring pillars is important in creating the unique mosaic of your civilization. They are used as prerequisites for many new technologies as well as for scoring. Also by pursuing specialization in one or more civilization pillars you may be able to claim a ‘Golden Age’ of that type.As the game goes on and your civilization grows scoring cards are eventually revealed from the four decks. Each time a scoring card is revealed your civilization will score for each region that you dominate with your cities towns wonders and military units. After the third scoring card is revealed there is one final turn and the game ends. You will then score for your cities and towns your wonders projects achievments and golden ages and for all of your cards that score for your unique civilization pillars.-description from publisher (corrected and updated)Please note that the solo rules are only included in the Kickstarter editions not in the retail versions (although they are available as print-and-play in French at the very least).

The ancient Romans called the Mediterranean Sea mare nostrum which is Latin for our sea.Mare Nostrum is an empire-building game in which 3-5 players [or 2-6 with the 'Atlas' expansion] lead their individual ancient empires to dominion of Mare Nostrum. You grow the fame and glory of your empire by expanding your influence into new Provinces then extending your Trade Caravans building Markets and founding new Cities and Temples. You can recruit Heroes and create Wonders to help your cause. But beware of your friends because they may look upon your gains with envy and greed...Mare Nostrum is a re-introduction by Academy Games and Asyncron of the original 2003 release with updated rules counters and map board. This edition includes many new components and multiple new ways to win!In more detail you choose an empire to lead which begins with three Provinces. You can lead with Caesar of Rome and its powerful Legions or with Pericles the prominent Greek statesman and orator with the great Babylonian lawgiver and healer King Hammurabi or with Queen Cleopatra of Egypt whose engineers led in the development of grain storage and irrigation or with Hannibal leader of the Carthaginians whose merchants thrived on trade and commerce. Now you decide how you will grow your empire. You can do this by:

In Brian Boru: High King of Ireland you strive to unite Ireland under your domain securing control through might cunning and matrimony. Join forces to fend off Viking invaders build monasteries to extend your influence and gather support in towns and villages throughout the land. To become High King of all Ireland you need to navigate a web of shifting alliances outmaneuver your enemies and grab history by the reins.The success of the historical Brian Boru rested on three pillars: his victories against the Vikings the favor he managed to garner with the Church and the alliances he forged through political marriages. This became the foundation of the game with each pillar becoming a suit in the trick-taking that forms the core of the mechanisms. Win a trick and you gain influence in a town which in turn gains you majorities in the regions; if you lose the trick however (deliberately or otherwise) you instead take an action corresponding to the suit of the card.

This is the 4th ed of Phil Eklund's signature game High Frontier. It started with Rocket Flight (1999) a game with the vision to let Each player start as a spacefaring company in the year 2020 trying to make a profit in trade and technology development. Now that we are at that year High Frontier has evolved into a modular system open to enthusiasts to keep it updated ever farther into the future.The Core Game is equivalent to the previous edition's basic and advanced rules and includes Module 0 (Politics). It also comes with the beginner's game Space Diamonds (accessible to bright children) Race for Glory (introductory including a playthrough) and a variety of solitaire and cooperative variants. The iconic map of High Frontier is the most comprehensive map of the solar system ever published! Since it is a delta-v map it offers a completely different view of the accessibility of the worlds that orbit Sol. The cards and map have been expanded and produced in consultation with experts in the field and the author himself is a former rocket scientist and we can safely say this is the most accurate yet accessible game of space exploration/exploitation ever published. Transition rules allow High Frontier to work as an independent 4th stage in the Bios:Earth trilogy (Bios: Genesis Bios: Megafauna and BIOS: Origins) about the evolution of life on our planet.—description from the publisher

Daybreak is a co-operative game about climate action. Each player controls a world power deploying policies and technologies to both dismantle the engine of global heating and to build resilient societies that protect people from life-threatening crises.If the global temperature gets too high or if too many people from any world power are in crisis everyone loses. But if you work together to draw down global emissions to net-zero you all win!

Sixty-Something Millions of Years Ago — A great ice age has ended. With massive warming altering the globe another titanic struggle for supremacy has unwittingly commenced between the varying animal species.Dominant Species: Marine is a game that abstractly recreates a small portion of ancient history: the ending of an onerous ice age and what that entails for the living creatures trying to adapt to the slowly-changing earth.Each player will assume the role of one of four major aquatic-based animal classes — reptiles fish cephalopod or crustacean. Each begins the game more or less in a state of natural balance in relation to one another. But that won’t last: It is indeed “survival of the fittest.”Through wily action pawn placement you will attempt to thrive in as many different habitats as possible in order to claim powerful card effects. You will also want to propagate your individual species in order to earn victory points for your animal. You will be aided in these endeavors via speciation migration and adaptation actions among others.All of this eventually leads to the end game – the final ascent of a vast tropical ocean and its shorelines – where the player having accumulated the most victory points will have their animal crowned the Dominant Species.But somebody better become dominant quickly because there’s a large asteroid heading this way....Game PlayThe large hexagonal tiles are used throughout the game to create an ever-expanding interpretation of the main ocean on earth as it might have appeared tens of millions of years ago. The smaller Hydrothermal Vent tiles will be placed atop some of the larger tiles throughout play converting them into Vents in the process.The action pawns drive the game. Each pawn allows a player to perform the various actions that can be taken—such as speciation environmental change migration or evolution. When placed on the action display a pawn will immediately trigger that particular action for its owning player. Dominant Species: Marine includes new “special” pawns that can be acquired during the course of play. These special pawns have enhanced placement capabilities over the “basic” pawns that each player begins the game with.Generally players will be trying to enhance their own animal’s survivability while simultaneously trying to hinder that of their opponents’—hopefully collecting valuable victory points along the way. The various cards will aid in these efforts giving players useful one-time abilities ongoing benefits or an opportunity for recurring VP gains.Throughout the game species cubes will be added to moved about on and removed from the tiles in play (“earth”). Element disks will be added to and removed from both animals and earth.When the game ends players will conduct a final scoring of each tile and score their controlled special pawns—after which the player controlling the animal with the highest VP total wins the game.Dominant Species Veterans—description from the publisher

In the 19th century shortly after the industrial revolution railways quickly spread over the world. Japan importing Western culture and eager to become one of the Grand Nations saw the birth of many private railway companies and entered the Golden Age of railways. Eventually as a result of the actions of powerful people and capitalists many of these smaller companies gradually merged into larger ones.In Trains the players are such capitalists managing private railways companies and striving to become bigger and better than the competition. The game takes place during the 19th and 20th century in the 2012 OKAZU Brand edition whereas the 2013 AEG/Pegasus edition is set in modern times with bullet trains freight trains and more. You will start with a small set of cards but by building a more effective deck throughout the game you will be able to place stations and lay rails over the maps of Osaka Tokyo or other locations. The trick is to purchase the cards you want to use then use them as effectively as possible. Gain enough points from your railways and you will ultimately manage the most powerful railroads in modern Japan!Trains is the first title in AEG's Destination Fun series! Continue your travels in the acclaimed Planes and Automobiles board games.Integrates with Trains: Rising Sun

Fort is a 2-4 player card game about building forts and following friends.In Fort you're a kid! And like many kids you want to grow your circle of friends collect pizza and toys and build the coolest fort.By doing this cool stuff you'll score victory points and at the end of the game the player with the most victory points wins! Your cards not only let you take actions on your own turn but also let you follow the other players' actions on their turns. Will you devote yourself to your own posse or copy what the other kids are doing?But be careful as your carefully constructed deck might start losing cards if you don't actually use them. After all if you don't play with your friends why should they hang out with you anymore?—description from the publisher

Description from the publisher:Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn is a strategy board game in which two to four players act as the rulers of history's most memorable empires. Over the course of the game players will expand their domains gain new technologies and build many of humanity's greatest wonders. In the end one nation will rise above all others to leave its indelible mark upon history.This new game presents players with an undiscovered country to conquer built from beautifully illustrated map tiles. These would-be conquerors construct and populate the map with barbarians natural resources and city-states then formulate their plans for how they will shape this world to their vision. Their exact goals however change with each game. Agendas are detailed on victory cards three of which are drawn during set up. Players race to become the first to accomplish one agenda on each of these victory cards spreading throughout the world and ensuring their civilization’s place as the greatest world power.

Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road is a tense economic game charting the rise and fall of the greatest city in the world.In Merv players are vying to amass power and wealth in the prosperous heart of the Silk Road. Through careful court intrigue timely donations to the grand mosque and favorable trade deals players attempt to redirect as much of that prosperity as possible into their own pockets.Meanwhile beyond the city walls Mongol hordes approach. If you help construct the city walls you give up on precious opportunities to build up your own stature but leave it unprotected and you will burn with the city. Every decision is weighty and the consequences of each misstep are dire. Will you rise to prominence or fade into oblivion?—description from the publisher

As a Renaissance banker you will finance kings or republics sponsor voyages of discovery join secret cabals or unleash jihads and inquisitions. Your choices determine whether Europe is elevated into the bright modern era or remains festering in dark feudalism.In Pax Renaissance you have two actions each turn. As in other Pax games you can acquire cards in a market sell them out of the game or play them into your tableau. You can also stimulate the economy by running trade fairs and trading voyages for Oriental goods. A map of Europe with trade routes from Portugal to Crimea is included and discovering new trade routes can radically alter the importance and wealth of empires ten of which are in the game.Four victories determine the future course of Western Society: Will it be towards imperialism trade globalization religious totalitarianism or enlightened art and science?

The players in the game take on the roles of Churchill Roosevelt or Stalin as they maneuver against each other over the course of 10 Conferences that determine who will lead the Allied forces where those forces will be deployed and how the Axis will be defeated. The player whose forces collectively have greater control over the surrendered Axis powers will win the peace and the game.Churchill is NOT a wargame but a political conflict of cooperation and competition. While the game focuses on 10 of the historical conferences from 1943 till the end of the war these and much of this design should not be taken literally. Before and after each conference small groups of advisors and senior officials moved between the Allied capitals making the deals that drove the post war peace. Each conference sees one of a group of issues nominated for inclusion in the conference. The issues categories are: Theater leadership changes directed offensives production priorities clandestine operations political activity and strategic warfare (A-bomb). Each of the historical conference cards independently puts some number of issues such as directed offensives or production priorities metaphorically put on the table while the players nominate an additional 7 issues.The game display for this is a circular conference table that the three players sit around behind their 'seat'. Each player has a staff deck of named personages such as Secretary Stimson and Anthony Eden that are randomly drawn to make your conference hand. A pre-conference round of cards gives leverage to the winner who then moves an issue toward their side of the table equal to the value of the card played. Play then proceeds with the conference where each player in turn plays a card on one of the issues in the center of the conference table moving it the value of the card toward his side of the table. Each card is a historical personage and they often have bonuses if played on a particular category of issue. Contesting an issue has you move an issue away from an Ally toward your own. At all times each player has his Head of State card (Roosevelt Churchill or Stalin) that can weigh in on any issue once per conference by discarding another card. Each use of your personage has a bonus and a potential penalty. Each time Roosevelt is used he may die and be replaced by Harry Truman. Churchill can have a heart attack and miss the next conference while Stalin's paranoia may cause a mini-purge and reduce his side's effectiveness for the remainder of the conference. The net result of the conference play is players will 'win' various issues with the player who won the most issues gaining leverage in one of the bilateral global issues (UK versus USSR global issue is Free Europe versus Spheres of Influence).The game then moves into a post-conference phase where players implement the issues that they now control. These actions impact three basic game functions: clandestine operations political activity and military offensives. Clandestine operations has players try to establish political networks in conquered countries and colonies. Using a very simple mechanic of placing a network or removing an opponent's network the historical ferment that occurred in Yugoslavia France and across the world is simply simulated. A country or colony can only have one dominant side's network at any given time and during political activity players can emplace friendly governments in exile that can be subsequently undermined and replaced if the supporting networks are later neutralized by one of your allies.Once this has all been sorted out the military portion of the game keeps the score. There is a separate display that abstractly represents the major theaters of war Western Eastern Mediterranean Arctic (Murmansk convoys and Scandinavia) CBI SW Pacific Central Pacific and Far East. Each of these tracks has a Allied front for which I am looking for some kind of 3D tank piece that advances toward Germany Italy and Japan. Using a very simple combat mechanic each front tries to advance with Axis reserves deploying to oppose the various fronts. A successful offensive advances the front one space although with overwhelming superiority a two-space breakthrough is possible. Naval operations are simply handled by requiring a defined level of support to advance into an amphibious entry space such as France (D-Day). When a front enters Germany Italy or Japan they surrender shutting down military operations although clandestine and political activity continues until the end of the game. In the background is the development of the A-bomb and Soviet efforts to steal its secrets. If the A-bomb is available Japan can be forced to surrender sans a direct invasion.As I stated this is not a wargame but a three-player excursion into power politics. The game takes around 3 hours to finish but I will be including a short and medium scenario. All scenarios end with Potsdam but you will be able to start later in the war if you only have 1 or 2 hours to play. In addition the game can be played with 3 or 2 players plus solitaire. I am very excited about the new Churchill and large scale playtesting will commence by the end of the month. More to follow...

The peaks of Snowdonia rise before you encased in mist their summits barely visible. The highest is Snowdon (Wyddfa) herself at 1,085 metres. The year is 1894 and the Snowdon Mountain Tramroad and Hotels Company Limited has been formed to build a branch line from Llanberis to the summit. You can scarcely believe it's possible!In Snowdonia players represent work gangs providing labour for the construction of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. Unlike other train games you will have to excavate your way up a mountain side as well as make and lay the track construct viaducts and stations. All this in competition with the weather of the Welsh mountains (and the game itself)!You may be assisted by a train (though that's not always best) and you'll be able to collect essential materials from the Stock Yard. You will obtain special work contracts that give you bonuses.Can you contribute more than the other players to the magnificence of the Snowdon Mountain Railway?

The Lazax Empire has burned to ash rejected by its subjects. The aftermath was tragedy and petty conflict in equal measure a time of loss and exhaustion. In the ensuing Dark Years the factions of the galaxy retreated and recovered their strength. Now they look upon the stars and see an opportunity—a chance to reclaim what was lost. A chance to redefine galactic civilization. A chance to leave their mark upon the stars.Twilight Inscription an epic roll-and-write game for one to eight players offers an experience unlike anything Fantasy Flight Games has done before. With a limited pool of resources at your disposal you’ll need to carefully manage Navigation Expansion Industry and Warfare as you amass victory points and earn your right to the throne on Mecatol Rex. Will your faction become the new rulers of the galaxy? Or will your fledgling empire fade into obscurity? Anything can happen in this strategic infinitely-replayable game!—description from the publisher

Blimey! You and your blokes have been banished and stripped of everything but a few shillings and table scraps. Undaunted you journey to a strange land to reinvent yourself and reclaim your honor. Will you farm the earth fight as knights or finagle your own feudums?Feudum (latin for fiefdom) is an economic medieval game of hand and resource management for 2-5 players. With many strategies at their disposal players optimize four actions per turn in attempt to score the most victory points over five epochs.Each player controls several medieval characters that roam the countryside tending farms taxing towns and taking outposts in effort to rise in power.But that’s only the tip of the behemoth's horn! You will also compete to acquire coveted feudums which increase your membership status in one of six guilds. But beware! Feudum owners must pay homage to the king through military service or face the charge of disloyalty.Once a guild member you will dutifully play your part in a progressive economic cycle whereby the farmer ships goods to the merchant who equips the alchemist who invents black powder which arms the knight and so on.If you run your guilds wisely maintain control of key locations and adapt best to changing events you will be victorious. Unless of course you starve get sidetracked by sea serpents or develop an unhealthy interest in fermented grapes. Long live the King!

Hello student beings! The cosmic faculty of the Technical Academy of Creation is delighted to welcome you to your Civolution the final exam in Civilization Design!For this occasion we prepared a humanoid scenario on an isolated continent. Here each of you holds the rank of a local deity which is closely linked to its very own civilization and must lead it to success over the other civilizations. Your developmental possibilities are endless and reach from cultural and technical progress to evolutional adaptations. For example what would you consider more beneficial to your tribes: inventing the wheel or growing wings? Demonstrate your ability to operate your civilization console and show us how well you can adjust to changeable environmental conditions and mild creational chaos.When the exam ceases after four eras whoever managed to gather the most success points will not only pass the exam but will become a full member of the Technical Academy of Creation and garner the opportunity to be promoted to the next instance.Civolution is a medium heavy to heavy euro-style game that utilizes a dice selection mechanism to trigger actions on a tech tree-like structure. As you figure out how to best use your dice and put your unique cards into play tons of strategies and paths to victory emerge though each time you play you will only explore a fraction of the possibilities that the game’s system and many cards provide.—description from the publisherA webapp implementation of the V.I.C.I solo automa is available (requires a physical copy of the game).

The theaters of London are abuzz. In one week her majesty the Queen will attend their new shows and will grant her support to one of the troupes. It's the chance of a lifetime for the young authors who are inflaming the populace with ever more audacious and motley plays. But how do you create a masterpiece in such a short time? Whoever has the answer to this thorny question will probably enter the rolls of history!In Shakespeare players are theater managers who must recruit actors craftsmen jewelers and others in order to assemble everything needed for the play's performance at week's end.In more detail the game lasts six days and on each day players recruit one new character — starting with five at the beginning of the game: four identical ones on their individual player board and one that they've drafted — and take 1-5 actions with the characters they have. Characters and their actions are:After players take actions they check the individual ambience level in their theater gaining or losing points or rehearsal time depending on the atmosphere. Dress rehearsal on the fourth and sixth days provide another chance for fully-dressed actors to perform and those who are well-rehearsed earn points or money.On all but the final days players must allow characters who performed to rest with only one of those characters being able to work the next day. Thus the more you put them to work today the less you'll be able to do tomorrow — but those who don't plan to do as much act before other players so that might be a good thing.In the end players must pay their actors with each unpaid actor blemishing your reputation and costing you points. Whoever finishes with the most prestige points wins.

AuZtralia is an adventure/exploration game for 1-4 players set in an alternate reality 1930s. The theme is inspired by Martin Wallace's A Study in Emerald. Following the Restorationist war the northern hemisphere lands lay poisoned and starvation was the norm. Intrepid adventurers set out to explore and settle new lands. Little did they know after the war the surviving Old Ones and their remaining loyal human armies made their way to the outback of Australia to lick their wounds. Build a port construct railways mine and farm for food. You’ll need to prepare for the awakening. You’ll need to fight.Everything you do in the game costs time which is one of AuZtralia's most valued resources. At a point in time the Old Ones will wake up and become an active player. They begin to reveal themselves and move with potentially devastating outcomes. You’ll need to prepare wisely for the awakening and may have to co-operate with others to defeat the most dangerous Old Ones.Military units will help you to locate fight and defend against the nightmarish beings that may be lurking on your doorstep. As well as hardware you’ll need to recruit some Personalities who have the skills and resources to help you.Riches from the land mixed with darkness and insanity await you in the outback. Will humanity prevail or will the Old Ones wreak their revenge?By default the game is semi-cooperative where one wins or everyone loses. The rulebook includes a fully cooperative variant.

The universe is organized into many federations which trade intrigue develop… One of these federations still not fully developed yet (5 member planets so far) wants a new delegation to join them but you are not the only one having your sights set on the federation. The Federation challenges you to prove your worth for 5 years. During these 5 years you must develop strategies deploy tactics take the best opportunities but also form the right alliances at the right time… In the end only 1 delegation will be chosen: the one with the most prestige!Federation is an interactive Eurogame with innovative double-sided worker placement mechanic..Federation is played over 5 rounds. Each round is divided into 2 main steps. The first step is player turns where each player plays an Ambassador's pawn and send a spaceship on a special mission. Once all players have completed their turn the Executive Phase starts where players receive their income fund Major Projects and pass laws.At the end of the 5th round the game ends. The Player with the most prestige points wins the game and joins the Federation. In case of a tie the victory is shared.Your individual board is composed of the 5 federated actions 1 spy action some senate actions and some special senate actions giving prestige points.—description from the publisher

Description from the publisher:For once Zeus Greek god of thunder and sky is in high spirits. Hence he decides to offer a generous gift to a worthy mortal and invite him or her to his realm to Olympus. To determine a sufficient candidate Zeus hosts a competition for his entertainment. Twelve legendary tasks are imposed upon the fearless participants: to erect graceful statues to raise awe-inspiring sanctuaries to offer capacious offerings and to slay the most fearsome monsters. The first participant to master all the posed assignments wins the favor of the father of the gods himself.Indubitably you will not pass up this golden opportunity so you clear your ship and rally your crew to follow on the trails of legendary Odysseus through the dangerous waters of the Aegean. But how could you find the righteous path onward? There is but one who can help you. Visit the mysterious oracle of Delphi and let her answers guide your ways.In Stefan Feld's new game The Oracle of Delphi the player's ships travel across a large variable game board of hexagonal tiles showing islands and the surrounding waters. Each player aims to reach certain islands to perform the twelve tasks given by Zeus: e.g. to collect offerings of different colors and to deliver them to corresponding temples or to slay monsters of a specific type (and color) all of which can be discovered on the islands.In order to execute these color-dependent actions you are given three colored dice each turn the so-called oracle dice. Rolling the dice (at the start of the turn) is equivalent to consulting the oracle whereas the results represent her answers. The answers determine which actions you will be able to take but you will always have three actions per turn. However a slight divergence from your fate is often possible.In addition to the oracle you can request support from the gods and you can acquire favor tokens companions and other special abilities that will help you win the race against other competitors.Differently equipped ships and the variable set-up of the game board will offer new challenging and interesting strategic and tactical decisions with every new game of The Oracle of Delphi that you play.

The Magnificent is a tightly designed Eurogame from the creators of Santa Maria set in a mystical world beautifully illustrated by French artist Martin Mottet.In the game players are competing to attract the largest audiences to their shows featuring magnificent performers. In the process you must expand your camp by placing Tetris-style tiles on your player board gather elements needed for the shows and set up performances in your tents.On your turn you take one die from the supply. The value of the chosen die is your strength. Add to this the value of all dice of the same color that you have already collected then use this strength to carry out one of three main actions: build travel or perform. The more strength you have the better the action will be but at the end of the round you must pay — in coins — the total of your highest-valued dice color. Thus taking dice of the same color makes for better actions but will cost more coins.After each player has taken four turns the round ends. Each player must discard one of their ringmaster cards and score points according to its requirements. After three rounds the game ends and the player who has collected the most points wins.In more detail players start the game with four ringmaster cards and a unique trainer tile. Each ringmaster card provides a special ability (which is triggered when you place a die on it) and a unique end-of-round scoring opportunity. When you choose a ringmaster card to discard and score at the end of the round you must therefore also take into consideration which special abilities you want to keep.In addition to your main action you may use trainers on your personal unique trainer tiles or on common trainer spaces on the game board for various benefits.At the end of each round in order of the players' highest-ranked performances players choose a new ringmaster card and a trainer tile providing new abilities and scoring opportunities for the next round.

In his first year as king of Persia Cyrus the Great issued a decree in writing to the Israelite exiles living under his rule:The God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build a temple for Him in Jerusalem. Any of his people may go up to Jerusalem in Judah to build the temple of the Lord the God of Israel. And in any place where survivors may now be living the people of Persia are to provide them with silver gold goods livestock and offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem. - Ezra 1:2-4 (paraphrased).Decades later in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes reign the king noticed a sadness in his cupbearer Nehemiah. When asked why he looked so ill Nehemiah replied:May the king live forever! Why should I not look sad when the city of my ancestors lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire? If it pleases you and if I have found favor in your sight let me go to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I may rebuild it. - Nehemiah 2:3-5 (paraphrased).The aim of Ezra and Nehemiah is to be the player with the most victory points (VP) at game's end. Points are gained primarily by building the temple rebuilding the city walls and gates and by teaching the Torah to the returning exiles. Players may also seek to develop their land travel to settlements outside the city walls or stoke the altar's fire to keep it burning day and night. The prophets Haggai and Zechariah will be doing their part to keep the people focused on what is most important.Over three weeks (rounds) players will use their hand of cards workers and resources to do their part in rebuilding the great city of Jerusalem. After six days of work comes a Sabbath day of rest when food will be needed and the week's work will be reflected upon. The game ends after the third Sabbath has been completed.—description from the designer

Welcome to the Tasty Minstrel universe! Put your Elves Dwarves and Gnomes to work in the Village and Guilds of Belfort to collect resources and build up the city!Elves collect wood from the forest while Dwarves collect stone from the quarry. An Elf and a Dwarf together can collect Metal from the mines and either one can collect Gold. Build buildings in the five districts of the pentagonal city and hire Gnomes to run them to gain their special abilities.Belfort is a worker placement game with area majority scoring in each district as well as for each type of worker. Buildings give you influence in the districts as well as income but taxes increase based on your score so the winning players will have to pay more than those behind! Manage your resources and gold well choose your buildings wisely and help build the city of Belfort!

Whistle Stop designer Scott Caputo has teamed up with Luke Laurie (Manhattan Project: Energy Empire) to create a new worker-placement strategy title. Whistle Mountain gives a nod to Whistle Stop but in this standalone game you leave the train tracks behind and head to the sky with blimps dreadnoughts and hot air balloons!In Whistle Mountain take your company's massive profits from all of that railroading and invest them in new technologies deep in the Rocky Mountains where there is an abundance of resources. Your workers build crazy arrays of scaffolds and machines upgrading your abilities and collecting resources. As you build with the help of your airship fleet the mountain's melting snow causes the water below to rise higher and higher putting workers in danger and increasing the tension on the dynamically-changing board.Because the resources you gather are determined by what players build each game evolves differently resulting in endless replayability. You have to choose between acquiring new abilities and enhancements for your airships and workers or building all sorts of contraptions as quickly as possible in order to achieve victory on Whistle Mountain.—description from the publisher

France 1831: In a remote corner of Ardèche the little village of Peyrebeille sees numerous travelers pass through. A family of greedy rural farmers is determined to make its fortune and has devised a diabolical stratagem to achieve this goal: Invest in an inn so they can rob traveling guests getting rich without arousing the suspicions of the police! Whether or not their plan will work out one thing is certain: Not every guest will leave this inn alive.At the end of the round if any room of the inn contains one of the police then they conduct an investigation; if a player has any unburied victims then he must pay 10F per victim to the local gravedigger to hurredly — and quietly — bury the bodies! Lastly in the round any cards (accomplices) in each player's hand must be paid 1F each. After the guest deck has been depleted the second time players take a final round then tally their francs. The player with the most money wins!

The Neo-Babylonian empire especially under the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 B.C.) was a period of rebirth for southern Mesopotamia. Irrigation systems improved and expanded increasing agricultural production. Urban life flourished with the creation of new cities monuments and temples and the consequent increase in trade.In Babylonia you try to make your clan prosper under the peace and imperial power of that era. You have to place your nobles priests and craftsmen tokens on the map to make your relations with the cities as profitable as possible. Properly placing these counters next to the court also allows you to gain the special power of some rulers. Finally the good use of your peasants in the fertile areas gives more value to your crops. The player who gets the most points through all these actions wins.—description from the publisher

In Yamatai 2-4 players compete to build palaces torii and their own buildings in the land of Yamatai. The game includes ten numbered action tiles each showing one or more colored ships and with most showing a special action. You shuffle these tiles place them in a row then reveal one more than the number of players.On a turn each player chooses a tile collects the depicted ships from the reserve optionally buys or sells one ship then places the ships on the board. The land has five entryways and you must start from these points or place adjacent to ships already on the board. You can't branch the ships being placed and if you place your first ship adjacent to another then that first ship must be the same color as the adjacent one; otherwise you can place ships without regard to color.After placing ships you can either claim colored resources from land that you've touched with new ships this turn or build on one vacant space. To build the space must have colored ships around it that match the ships depicted on one of the available building tiles. If you build a personal building that's connected to others you own you receive money equal to the number of buildings.You can bank one ship before the end of your turn then you can use any three resources or a pair of matching resources to purchase a specialist each of whom has a unique power.After all players go you shuffle the action tiles place them face down in the row then reveal enough tiles at the front of the line to set up for the next turn with the turn order being determined by the numbers on the tiles that players chose the previous turn. Once you trigger one of the game-ending conditions — e.g. no ships of one color or no more specialists — you finish the round then count points for buildings built specialists hired and money on hand.

In Oh My Goods! first released as Royal Goods players are European artisans during the Middle Ages who produce tools barrels glass windows and many other goods. Only if you make clever use of your production chains will you have the most victory points at the end of the game.

The City Council recently approved the zoning map for a new urban development — The Estates — featuring high-end infrastructure and a modern atmosphere for its citizens. Soon after the banks awarded millions of dollars in loans to six real estate investment firms to help develop this new area. The zoning map for The Estates calls for two rows of four buildings each located between the River and Main Street. The meadows on the other side of the River are to remain a recreational area for the City.But with hopes of larger profits investors and building tycoons entirely ignore the City Council's demands and begin developing three rows of buildings instead. The Mayor catches wind of the potential for profit and begins planning a new mansion in The Estates which would double the value of one of the building rows! With some sketchy building permits investors begin developing buildings on the other side of the River beyond the designated building zone. However the City Council takes rigorous steps to put an end to the racketeering with an ultimatum: As soon as the first two rows are completed the buildings in the uncompleted row will be torn down resulting in a huge loss for all who invested there. At the end of the day the investor with the highest-valued buildings will come out on top.The players take on the role of investors seeking to make the most money by developing buildings in The Estates. Players will bid for the various building pieces and place them in The Estates to their benefit. All buildings in completed rows score positive points while all buildings in incomplete rows score negative points. It is possible to have zero completed rows of buildings.A game of The Estates lasts around 40 minutes and can be played in several rounds to experience a shifting economy.

Trapped in a drowned world you and your allies are doomed -- or are you? Using a mystical deck and a healthy dose of logic you can predict each others' fates and escape unscathed.The Shipwreck Arcana is a compact co-operative game of deduction evaluation and logic. Each player's doom constantly changes as they draw numbered fate tiles from the bag. By choosing which fate to give up and which card to play it on you can give your allies enough information to identify the fate you're holding...which is important as the active player cannot communicate with their allies during their turn!Each card has strict rules governing what fates can be played on it. As doom builds up the cards themselves fade becoming one-time powers to help the players while new cards cycle in from the deck.Skilled play requires carefully rationing powers hints and cycling while paying attention to not only where each fate was played -- but more importantly where it wasn't.The rotating active player creates a different group dynamic each turn preventing any one player from dominating the game. Inexperienced players can still use the group deduction phase to ask questions (while they are not the active player).

In Myrmes originally shown under the name ANTerpryse players control ant colonies and use their ants to explore the land (leaving pheromones in their wake); harvest crops like stone earth and aphids; fight with other ants; complete requests from the Queen; birth new ants; and otherwise dominate their tiny patch of dirt all in a quest to score points and prove that they belong at the top of the heap er anthill. After three seasons of scrabbling and foraging each ant colony faces a harsh winter that will test its colonial strength.In game terms each player has an individual game board to track what's going on inside his colony – that is whether the nurses are tending to larvae or doing other things where the larvae are in their growth process what resources the colony has which actions are available to workers when they leave the colony and so on. The shared game board shows the landscape outside the exit tunnel that all colonies share; after exiting this tunnel workers ants can move over the terrain to place pheromones (which gives them access to resource cubes) clean up empty pheromones (to make space) hunt prey (by discarding soldiers) or place special tiles (but only if they've developed the ant colony).The game lasts three years and at the start of each year three season dice are rolled to determine the event for each season: extra larvae or soldiers more VPs for actions and so on. Within each season players can spend larvae to adjust the event for themselves on their personal player board. (Put the kids to work!) After adjusting the event player allocate nurses to birth larvae worker or soldier ants or to use them for other actions. The worker ants then do their thing working within the colony itself (although only one colony level is open initially) or traveling to the outside world to hunt prey (ladybugs termites spiders) lay down pheromones (which later lets them claim resources on these spaces) place special tiles (like an aphid farm or sub-colony) or clear out pheromones left by ants from any colony. After harvesting nurses who didn't tend to births then take additional actions such as opening a new tunnel that only your colony can use clearing a new level within your colony or meeting one of the six objectives (capture a certain number of prey build special tiles and so on) laid out at the start of the game.After three seasons players must pay food to get their colony through winter losing points if they can't. Whoever has the most points after three years wins. All hail our new ant overlords!

You are an adept of the mysterious art of alchemy seeking a way to become the successor of the greatest alchemist ever living — Hermes Trismegistus. In order to do so you will be transmuting mere metals into pure gold performing experiments and inventing artifacts to finally achieve everlasting greatness.Trismegistus: The Ultimate Formula is played over three rounds during which you will draft exactly three dice. By expertly utilizing the potency of your drafted die you will be able to transmute precious materials collect alchemical essences purchase and activate artifacts and perform experiments that will progress you along four mastery tracks. You will also build a secret hand of publication cards which — together with the value of your experiments the completed formulas of your Philosopher's Stone and your collected gold — will determine your final score in victory points and perhaps make you the greatest alchemist someone able to rival Hermes Trismegistus himself!The game features custom dice the sides of which represent alchemical materials. At the beginning of each round the dice are rolled and grouped by their respective types. On your turn you must either draft a new die or utilize the untapped potency of a previously drafted die. Based on the material associated with your chosen die you will be able to collect certain essences in addition to the material to which the die is keyed. Additionally the color of the die will determine which types of transmutations you can perform refining raw materials and increasing your mastery of the elements.Acquire precious artifacts in order to maximize the effects of your transmutations. Conduct experiments. Increase your knowledge and expertise and discover the ultimate formula!The game includes a solo mode by Dávid Turczi and Nick Shaw.—description from the publisher

In Arkwright players run up to four factories in England during the late 18th Century. Your goal is to have the most valuable block of own shares. Thus you must increase your share value and buy shares from the bank.To run the factories you need workers. When hiring Workers demand is automatically created. But of course you want to replace your expensive workers (wage 2-5) by machines (1). To have more output from your factories you may employ new Workers or improve your factory to the next technical level.You fix the price for your goods during an action round. To enhance your chances of selling goods you improve your factories to higher levels increase the quality and make some sales promotion. The higher these factors the better are your chances of success - the higher the price the lower.Each player has an own set of action tokens like build and modernize factories employ new workers improve quality etc. On your turn you place one of those tokens on one of the free spaces in your line of the Administration board and pay the according administration costs ranging from 2 to 10 (even numbers). Some actions depend on how much you paid i.e. you may buy more machines with one single action when you pay more (= use a higher space which is then blocked for the rest of the round). During the game your actions become more and more effective by new tokens i.e. allow you to buy 3 machines in a single turn instead of 2 increase quality 2 levels instead of only 1...).After each round of actions one kind of factories is active and you have to pay for all your workers and machines there then sell the manufactured products. The value of your shares increases for sold products and best quality.Goods may also be traded to the colonies by ship - provided you have a contract with the monopoly of the East Indian Company.After four turns each of the factories has produced and the round ends. Players remove the action tokens from the administration board and reveal an event token. After 5 rounds the player with the most valuable block of shares wins. Neither being to be the one with the most shares nor being the one with the highest share value guarantees victory.Arkwright allows you to act in different ways. Run all four factories with most possible output set the focus on only two factories and improve them more than the others can; use shipping to colony or focus on the home market. In any way you have to react to the opponents and their strategy. Enter markets with deficit in supply or give up business where the other players start to push you out. Buy shares when they are cheap and increase the value or first make money and buy shares later.To get familiar with the market mechanics you may start with a 120 minutes version Spinning Jenny but for those who like full strategy in economic themed games the 240 minute Waterframe-Rules come with more options to improve your factory and use ships.

Engage the Nazi occupation of France in la petite guerre to throw off the yoke of the oppressors and free your homeland!Maquis is a solitaire worker-placement game with variable goals and a play time of approximately twenty minutes. The player places his resistance agents on spaces around town to achieve his goals - blowing up trains publishing underground newspapers - but at the same time Milice collaborators and Wehrmacht soldiers patrol the area. Agents who can't make it back to the safe house at the end of the day are arrested and never seen again.

1949: Germany still in ruins from WWII is split in two as the Iron Curtain of the Cold War descends. East Germany and West Germany become bitter rivals each wanting to show its system is superior. Which will reconstruct quicker? Which will make its people happier? Socialism vs Capitalism; collectivism vs individualism - which will triumph?Wir sind das Volk! (We are the people! — the main slogan of the East German demonstrators in 1989) recreates the history of the divided Germany from the Berlin Airlift to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Flowing from how the 84 individually designed action cards are played each game is different. There are many possible strategies. Will East Germany build the Wall or stem the exodus of its citizens another way?East vs West: as a player you take the role of East or West Germany. Use your action cards wisely. Build up your economy and increase the living standards of your people. Don’t fall behind or you will face widespread unrest. Also win the contest for international prestige. Precise planning is the key to victory. But be careful! Even the best plans may be derailed by events like the 1973 Oil Crisis or the Monday demos. Mass protests that may seal your fate are always on the horizon.

La Granja: Deluxe Master Set is an upgraded and expanded version of the 2014 game La Granja in which 1–4 players manage small farms by the Alpich pond near the village of Esporles on Majorca.The players must carefully consider the decisions of which dice to draft which cards to play when and where to deliver goods to various markets and how best to utilize the flexible powers afforded by several anytime actions.The multi-use cards offer four different options for players to choose from. Decide whether you want to use the card as an extension to your fields (increasing your ability to grow olives grain or grapes) as an extension to your farm (increasing the number of pigs you can house the deliveries you can make or the coins you will earn each round) as a market barrow (providing a personal contract you can fulfill for valuable rewards) or as a hired helper (each providing a unique and powerful ability to improve your actions).Each game round follows a consistent and simple structure.At the end of the sixth game round the game ends wherafter the players convert remaining farm goods and coin into victory points. The player with the most victory points is crowned the winner.While La Granja Deluxe Master Set reimplements the beloved original game it also adds a lot of never-before seen content including modular expansion content designed by Michael Keller and Andreas ode. Odendahl themselves.Additional expansion modules have been designed by Stefan Feld Adam Kwapiński and Andrei Novac.Many others have also participated in designing promo cards for La Granja Deluxe Master Set including Tony Boydell Mike Murphy and David Waybright.This Deluxe Master Set features brand new artwork redesigned multi-layer player boards high quality upgraded components metal coins and more.—description from the publisher

The Roman Republic is coming to an end but not before a power struggle between Caesar and Pompey. Players will command their legions strategically deploying them to key battlegrounds to try and seize control of the provinces and become ruler of the republic.Players draw tokens from a bag to determine their starting forces and to replenish their losses. Players allocate their resources to each province gaining tactical advantages and vying for control of the republic.Three modules to expand the game are included: poison your opponent deploy powerful Centurions and use underhanded tactics to gain advantages in the Expansions of Rome.

After the great Chicago Fire of 1871 the brave men and women of Chicago sought to rebuild their once-great city and rebuild it they did. Over the next 60 years Chicago experienced an economic golden age making such great progress that it hosted The World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 followed not long after by a celebration of its Century of Progress at The World's Fair in 1933.Many of the household brands we've come to know and love today had their start in Chicago during this time period; Oscar Mayer Kraft Quaker Oats Nabisco Swift & Co Armour & Co Schwinn Bicycles Charles Schwab and many others made a home here in this tall bold slugger.In City of the Big Shoulders players take on the roles of entrepreneurs and investors seeking to rebuild Chicago into a city fit for the world stage. In this unique merger of 18xx-style stock manipulation mechanics with euro-style gameplay players start companies trade in shares hire employees equip their factories produce goods and sell them to be delivered to homes across the midwest.Although City of the Big Shoulders features a large amount of strategic depth and rewarding gameplay it does so in a shorter timeline than is typical of most heavy economic games. Players play just five rounds (also known as decades) in about two and a half hours. Each decade consists of five unique phases: A stock phase where players can buy and sell stock; a building phase where players rebuild the city of Chicago placing action spaces on the board; an action phase where companies send their partners to make deals across Chicago; an Operating Phase where companies buy resources produce goods and ship them out of Chicago; and finally a cleanup phase where the board is set up for the following decade. At the end of the fifth decade the game ends. Players then exchange shares that they have purchased over the course of the game for cash are rewarded for any of the public goals they have accomplished over the five decades of play and tally their money to determine who is Chicago's greatest resident.—description from the publisher

In Crystal Palace players take on the role of a nation at the time of the first World Fair in London (1851) trying to create a buzz with spectacular inventions and the support of famous and powerful people.Crystal Palace is a dice-placement game in which the players themselves determine the stats of their dice at the beginning of each round. The higher the number the better — but it comes at a price. In the course of the game dice are placed on eight action locations (Patent Office Reform Club London Times Port of London Waterloo Station British Museum Bank of England Westminster) in a competition for the best resources patents and brains.In a world of slightly weird inventions you will meet people like Phileas Fogg Levi Strauss and Amelia Edwards and invent gadgets such as the Thinking machine the Beer glass counter or the Climate changer.—description from the publisher

As established representatives of your guild you gather around an ancient sacred stone the significance and magical powers of which are known to adepts only. Each player occupies one of the four towers around the Witchstone and starts from there. Create your magic spells with the help of your cauldron and put a network of magic energy around the stone. Send out your witches scoop the magic crystals out of the cauldron make use of the pentagram and the magic wand and keep an eye on the prophecy scrolls in order to ensure victory.Not all options are always available to you. Only if you cleverly make the most of your opportunities will you have the chance of accumulating the most victory points over the eleven rounds and thereby win Witchstone.Each player in the game has a personal cauldron that bears seven crystals and six pre-printed magic icons and they share a larger game board that features a crystal ball that shows the entire landscape. Each player has a set of fifteen domino tiles with each half of the domino being a hexagon; each domino depicts two different magic icons from the six used in the game.On a turn you place one of the five face-up dominos in your reserve onto your cauldron then you take the action associated with each icon depicted on that domino; if the icon is adjacent to other dominos showing the same icon (or the matching pre-printed icon) then you can take that action as many times as the number of icons in that cluster. You must complete the first type of action completely before taking the second action. With these actions you can:After each player has completed eleven turns — which could equal 40-60 actions depending on how well you've used your cauldron — the game ends and players tally their points from prophecies and other collected scoring markers to see who has the highest score.

The year is 1956. Mankind stands at the dawn of a new age the Space Age when the flying bombs of yesteryear will become the rocket ships of tomorrow. As the director of a national space program your country is depending on you for success in this great contest. You may be the first to create an artificial satellite send a probe to another planet or even put a man on the moon.Leaving Earth is a game about planning and about managing risk. With even a single grand journey into outer space you might claim victory in the game. Consequently it is your job to plan each journey carefully finding the cheapest quickest and safest ways to reach your objective—but do not spend too long preparing or another nation might reach its goal before you.On your turn you will be conducting research building spacecraft and directing journeys into outer space. To conduct research you buy an advancement that begins with certain flaws then you test the advancement to find and eliminate those flaws. To build a spacecraft you purchase components and assemble them into a whole. To travel to outer space you expend rockets to maneuver from one location to another.

Messina 1347 takes place during the introduction of the plague epidemic (a.k.a. the black death) and the spreading of its infection through town. During this time period merchant ships delivering luxury goods to Europe brought to these countries an unprecedented epidemic — and one of the first affected cities was Messina Italy.In the game players take the role of important Messina families who are leaving town and moving to the countryside out of fear of being infected by the plague. While doing this they are focusing on saving other inhabitants and helping to fight the plague infection in town. They must also endeavor to prosper in their countryside residence where they are temporarily accommodating rescued residents. They are all waiting there for the epidemic to subside then they return to Messina to take over and dominate particular districts in the town.

Tiny Epic Dungeons is a fully co-operative dungeon crawler for 1 to 4 players set in the fantasy world of Aughmoore.In Tiny Epic Dungeons players control a band of Heroes exploring a treacherous dungeon in search of the fearsome Dungeon Boss. Heroes make their way through the dungeon one room at a time. Around every corner goblins and ferocious minions seek to block the Heroes’ path. Where there isn’t an enemy traps are set ready to spring on even the most prepared Hero.Tiny Epic Dungeons features a modular dungeon that is unique with each play.The game is played over two acts: The Dungeon and the Dungeon Boss. In both acts the players are constantly struggling against the waning firelight of their torch which decreases each turn. When the torch goes out the Heroes are forever lost in the darkness.After clearing the dungeon of all its' minions and finding the entrance to the lair players must engage in an epic battle against the Boss. Each boss has unique abilities and a lair with a unique environment that gives various advantages and disadvantages depending on the skill used and where the Hero attacks from.These Epic Monsters cannot be slain by mere swords axes arrows and the occasional spell. Ritual Rooms around the dungeon must be used to lower their magical bond to the dungeon. The Dungeon boss must be lured to these rooms to lower their defenses and allow the Heroes to strike the final blow!Victory in Tiny Epic Dungeons is achieved by defeating the Dungeon Boss! In order to do that the Heroes will need to collect legendary loot and supreme spellsHeroes of old crafted loot to honor the ways of their clans. Bear Lion Phoenix and Panther. Heroes can discover pieces from these ancient sets that grow more powerful the more you collect.Will you be the greatest warrior the Bear clan has ever seen? Or will you make the Panther clan proud by stalking your prey and striking with surprising force unseen before the moment of impact?The story is yours to tell in Tiny Epic Dungeons!-description from publisher

Coal Baron – or Glück Auf in German after a greeting German miners use when wishing one another luck – has players sending miners underground to dig tunnels and acquire coal which comes in four levels of quality and is used to fulfill contracts.The game lasts three rounds and in each round players take turns placing their workers on action spaces; you can place on a space occupied by another player but you need to place additional workers in order to do so. Each player has an individual elevator shaft and will need to use workers to extract coal and bring it to the surface while also competing for contracts and scrounging for cash in order to do everything else that needs to be done!

Moonrakers is a game of shipbuilding temporary alliances and shrewd negotiation set in a space-faring future. The players form a loose band of mercenaries but while they are united in name actual alliances are shaky as players are pitted against each other in the quest to become the new leader of the Moonrakers.Moonrakers is a deck-building game in which players choose Contracts to attempt alone or with Allies in order to gain Prestige and Credits. After negotiating terms with Allies players use their decks of Action cards to play Thrusters Shields Weapons Reactors and Crew to fulfill the requirements on each Contract. Each type of Action card has additional effects such as extra Actions drawing additional cards and protecting players from Hazards encountered while attempting Contracts.Players create powerful decks and gain special abilities by upgrading their ships and hiring Crew Members. This helps them accomplish more difficult and rewarding contracts alone letting them keep more Prestige and Credits for themselves.Allies negotiate who will receive the Prestige Credits and risk of Hazard from Contracts but if you don't make your offers enticing enough players may be tempted to betray you! The first player to 10 Prestige wins but be careful as hazards encountered on Contracts reduce your Prestige!-description from designer

Between 230 and 221 B.C. the ambitious and extremely young king of Qin Ying Zheng unified China adding all the other so-called Warring States (ZhanGuo) to his empire. Through this Ying Zheng became the first emperor in Chinese history taking the title of Qin Shi Huang Di.Plenty of things had to change in order to make the Chinese empire whole and Qin Shi Huang Di didn't waste any time. He divided the empire into prefectures personally appointing central and local functionaries; afterward he decreed that the same writing symbols had to be used throughout the entire nation. Furthermore he unified the laws and the units of measure particularly the currency creating amazing conditions for the economic development and growth of the empire.Internal decisions were not the only things that shaped this new unified nation. From the North the menace of the Hsiungnu barbarians kept shaking the empire and Qin Shi Huang Di knew that the only way to stop that menace was to build one of the most ambitious buildings in human history: The Great Wall of China. Thousands of peasants left their fields to take part in the construction not only of the Great Wall but also of roads channels palaces and majestic buildings.In ZhanGuo you are the emperor's emissaries and you have been assigned the challenging task of contributing to the process of unifying the empire helping to build the wall and all infrastructures needed. During the five rounds of the game you must make the best of the few cards you get each round. You can play each card either on your own player board to increase your personal power in the empire or on the game board to recruit manpower construct buildings wanted by the emperor call reinforcements from Qin and move the armies from kingdom to kingdom.Each player has to choose the best time and best way to play his cards in order to earn the emperor’s favors. Careful though because trying to get too much power or exploiting the workers for personal gain could increase dissatisfaction among the populace and consequently increase the risk of uprisings in the newly added kingdoms. Whoever is able to make the greatest contribution to the emperor's cause while at the same time keeping the citizens placid will be the winner.

A secret agent of A.R.K. has infiltrated a top secret Raxxon facility attempting to complete three mission objectives before they escape — but they are hunted by genetically modified Raxxon Hunters. Players can choose which side they wish to join.Specter Ops is a sci-fi stealth ops game of hidden movement that's similar to Scotland Yard. Players are trying to locate/capture a mysterious agent who keeps track of their sneaking via a private map. The other players take control of unique characters who must use their wits abilities and technology to help them hunt down this infiltrator. Items like flash grenades scanners and the like are at the disposal of this covert agent.

In The Networks you and your opponents are new television networks and you need new programming. For this you’ll need Shows Stars and Ads.Shows need Stars and Ads. Stars give you bonus viewers (points) and Ads give you extra money. You’ll need everything you can get; you'll have a small amount of resources and time and you must grab the latest hot show before your opponents.And some Stars will give their best effort only if you put them on in the proper conditions. For example some Stars only want to be put on dramas. Other Stars want to be the only Star on the show. And your Ads will give you the most money only if you put them on in the correct time slot.Finally Shows age and viewers lose interest so you have to keep your line-up fresh by canceling shows and sending them into reruns. Fortunately you can get viewers from your reruns and you'll get bonuses if you get a lot of shows of the same genre throughout the game.If you need a special push Network Cards can give you special powers — but will a Network Card be better than another action? You'll have to make that call.The player with the most viewers after five seasons wins!

In New Frontiers a standalone game in the Race for the Galaxy family players build galactic empires by selecting in turn an action that everyone may do with only the selecting player gaining that action's bonus.The developments to be used are determined during setup allowing players to make strategic plans based on them before play begins. One group of eight developments is always in play. The game includes a suggested set of sixteen additional developments for your first game; in later games players randomly select which side of eight double-sided small developments and eight double-sided large 9-cost developments to use during setup.Many worlds that players can acquire have special powers with these worlds being drawn from a bag during the Explore phase. Unlike in Race in New Frontiers worlds need colonists to be settled in addition to either payments or conquest.Some worlds are windfall worlds and receive a good upon being settled. Others are production worlds and receive goods when the Produce action is selected. Goods can be traded for credits or consumed for victory points.Play continues until one or more of four game ending conditions is reached. After all actions for that round have been done the player with the most victory points from settled worlds developments 9-cost development bonuses and VP chips earned from consuming goods wins.

Dogs of War is an elegant game set in a steampunk-influenced renaissance universe. Noble houses engage each other in a series of fierce battles and it's up to the players and the Dogs of War they control to deploy their private armies in support of whatever house they wish to favor. Clockwork knights and imposing war machines shift the tides of war as they enter the battlefields but the interest of their Dog of War captains actually lie in the rewards offered by each noble house to its supporters. Each Dog of War has a special ability that helps them claim influence win battles or betray the house to which they've sworn allegiance!Dogs of War is not a game of pure military power but rather a game in which deception and betrayal often lead the way to a decisive victory. The goal for the Dogs of War is to earn the most power by the end of the game. Thanks to thoughtful game design and development there are many ways to achieve this like defeating other captains in battle getting rewards from the Houses you help amassing gold and troops and most importantly gaining influence with the most successful Houses.

In Khôra: Rise of an Empire each player is the head of a blossoming city-state in Ancient Greece.On your turn you must take 2 of the following 7 Actions: Philosophy Legislation Culture Trade Military Politics or Development. Choose Actions that align with your strategy but which also work with your dice roll.You will need to adapt your strategy constantly and strengthen your Actions by moving your markers up on your Economy Culture and Military Tracks.Move up on the Taxes Track to collect highly sought-after Drachmas the Troop Track to Explore and gather Knowledge tokens and the Glory Track to capitalize on your Knowledge.Unlock Achievements and above all make sure you have the most points at the end of the 9th Round to be crowned with the laurels of victory!—description from the publisher

Survey the galaxy to expand your civilization – will you colonize nearby planets or take them over by force? Harvest resources for trade and do research to improve your technology. Build the best civilization and win the game!Eminent Domain is a civilization-building game in which your civilization's abilities are based on a deck of Role cards. At the beginning of the game each player has the same deck of cards with just two cards for each Role in it. Every turn you must choose a Role to execute (and like Glory to Rome or Puerto Rico your opponents will get a chance to follow suit) and in doing so you will add one of those Role cards to your deck. When executing a Role you can boost its effect by playing cards out of your hand matching the Role you have chosen. For example the more you Research the better you get at Researching (because you'll have more Research cards in your deck).

In Thunderstone: Heart of Doom you had a chance to face Doom's very heart the eighth Thunderstone and defeat the ancient evil – but winning that battle had unexpected consequences. It banished Doom but also freed him to visit other worlds so you advanced to the next world with him.Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin which is fully compatible with all previous Thunderstone offerings is the next stop in your adventure. In Thunderstone Advance you build your party of heroes to defeat the dreaded Thunderstone Bearers in their dungeons or wilderness. The player who defeats the most valuable monsters will win the day but beware – those monsters have all-new tricks up their sleeves and victory will not come easy.Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin includes new rules all new cards in new card frames and a new village and dungeon board.Integrates with

In the 1970s the governments of the world faced unprecedented demand for energy and polluting power plants were built everywhere in order to meet that demand. Year after year the pollution they generate increases and nobody has done anything to reduce it. Now the impact of this pollution has become too great and humanity is starting to realize that we must meet our energy demands through clean sources of energy. Companies with expertise in clean sustainable energy are called in to propose projects that will provide the required energy without polluting the environment. Regional governments are eager to fund these projects and to invest in their implementation.If the pollution isn't stopped it's game over for all of us.In the game CO₂ each player is the CEO of an energy company responding to government requests for new green power plants. The goal is to stop the increase of pollution while meeting the rising demand for sustainable energy — and of course profiting from doing so. You will need enough expertise money and resources to build these clean power plants. Energy summits will promote global awareness and allow companies to share a little of their expertise while learning still more from others.In CO₂ each region starts with a certain number of carbon emissions permits (CEPs) at its disposal. These CEPs are granted by the United Nations and they must be spent whenever the region needs to install the energy infrastructure for a project or to construct a fossil fuel power plant. CEPs can be bought and sold on a market and their price fluctuates throughout the game. You will want to try to maintain control over the CEPs.Money CEPs green power plants that you've built UN goals you've completed company goals you've met and expertise you've gained all give you victory points (VPs) which represent your company's reputation — and having the best reputation is the goal of the game … in addition to saving the planet of course.This new totally re-designed edition of CO₂ features a completely new iconography an entirely new rulebook with lots of 3D pictures for easy comprehension of the rules more balanced gameplay a new events deck improved and streamlined mechanisms and upgraded wooden components for the power plants instead of the cardboard tokens in a game with a shorter play length. This version also features a co-operative mode of play as well as solo play based on goals.

We were light years from our home galaxies away when we first discovered this ancient celestial body — a planet filled with intriguing intelligent lifeforms not too unlike our own. Some built kingdoms below the surface of the green seas while others controlled the desert-filled plains and cliffs. Among them we found scientists inventors farmers traders and fighters. While our presence has been unsettling for some we have had very few incidents with the locals. Still we Circadians Earth's famed explorers must do what we can to ensure peace. We must respect this world and its hosts. The heads of Moontide passed down orders from above. We are to open negotiations with the three clans in hopes of gaining their favor along with our own security while on the planet. We must also collect organic samples for the depository on Moontide. This is new ground for all of us but we must be brave and resourceful. The future of the Circadians depends on it.The aim of Circadians: First Light is to lead a team of researchers on the planet of Ryh. Players need to manage their crew (dice) to visit various parts of the planet for trade farming construction and research. Players score points for negotiating with the locals harvesting resources for the depository upgrading their research base exploring the planet and collecting gems. The game is played over eight rounds. At the end of the final round the player with the most points wins.—description from designer

In the two-player game Caverna: Cave vs. Cave each player starts the game with only two dwarves and a small excavation in the side of a mountain. Over the course of eight rounds they'll double their workforce open up new living space in the mountain construct new buildings and rooms in which to live and dig for precious metals.In more detail each player starts the game with an individual player board that's covered with a random assortment of face-down building/room tiles and only one space. Some tiles are face up and available for purchase at the start of play. Four action tiles lie face up as well. At the start of each of the eight rounds one new action tile is revealed then players alternate taking actions with the number of actions increasing from two up to four over the course of the game. As players excavate their mountainous player board new building and room tiles are added to the pool; some rooms can be used immediately when acquired whereas others require the use of an action tile.After eight rounds players tally their points for buildings constructed and gold collected to see who wins.

Since the dawn of time humanity has sought new ideas forever developing them into still newer concepts. Their genius made them stand out from the other animals. Each invention is a veritable evolutionary step. Humans' use of tools surpasses the efforts of all others making Homo sapiens technologists since before historical records were invented.Inventions: Evolution of Ideas follows humanity's most noteworthy innovations and places the power of these technological developments in your hands to evolve your societies over the ages.In Inventions cards simulate these new concepts. Cards are the ideas that eventually become inventions. Once they are invented these technologies can be shared with the world and everyone involved in the process spreads the exciting news giving credit where credit is due. Developing these inventions progresses your society advancing its technology economy and culture. You can even share with other societies boosting the inventions' efficacy even more!Inventions is a tactical game but you will do best by building these tactics around a long-term strategy. Each society's progress will be measured in Intellectual Property Points (IPP) and the player who has the most IPP has the strongest society and wins the game.

Good times in the tiny kingdom of Emara: During the reign of King Thedorius the Wise wars uprisings and other inconveniences became a thing of the past. Thedorius always cared more for the well-being of his subjects than for power or riches. Therefore only the nobleman who is able to care for Emara's citizens as well as Thedorius himself did shall become Thedorius' successor and wear the Crown of Emara.To test the skills of all aspirants Thedorius and his counselors issue a challenge of practical use: Whoever can persuade the majority of the newly arrived citizens in the capital to support their claim shall become the future king of Emara. To achieve this players have to cater to the citizens' needs and — most importantly — offer proper housing for everyone. This means that promoting the building activities in town will be one of the major tasks of the candidates.Crown of Emara skillfully combines card actions with worker movement actions allowing players to plan their turns carefully during their downtime. The two counselors available to every player move in two separate roundabouts requiring players to optimize every move. Additionally two scoring tracks lead to a multidimensional playstyle as only the lower score counts towards victory and thus both tracks have to be advanced equally.

In 1703 Czar Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg in Russia which quickly earned the nickname Paris of the East. The Winter Palace the Hermitage the Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and many other buildings still amaze visitors from around the world today. To accomplish this he needed a new administration and brought the aristocrats under his control. This was also a golden time for the workers as their skills were much needed to reform and build the new Russia.In Saint Petersburg players play important roles in building the city of Saint Petersburg. To do this they will take turns selecting and purchasing cards from the display of available workers buildings and nobles. Each type of card has an associated phase and at the end of each phase players earn rubles and score victory points based on the cards they have collected of that type. When one of the decks runs out the players play until the end of that round then the game is over. Additional victory points are awarded at the end of the game depending on the number of unique nobles that each player has and the player with the most victory points wins the game.This new edition of Saint Petersburg features an additional optional module the Market which adds a new card type the market cards and a new Market phase with its own rules for scoring points. These cards bring in new resources and not only allow for new tactical opportunities as having a majority in provides extra victory points during the market phase scoring but also allow for a fifth player to join the game. This edition also includes the two expansion modules from the original edition plus four entirely new modules that can be used on their own or mixed and matched as players like.

Empires: Age of Discovery allows you to revisit the age of exploration and discovery. Take on the role of a colonial power seeking fame glory and riches in the New World. As you proceed through three ages you launch expeditions of discovery colonize regions expand your merchant fleet build capital buildings that give your nation distinct advantages develop your economy and (if necessary) declare war.Empires: Age of Discovery is a reimplementation of Age of Empires III but without that name due to the expense of renewing the license from Microsoft. This edition includes the Empires: Builder Expansion along with its capital buildings; its National Advantage tiles have been built into the new player boards.

In Ex Libris you are a collector of rare and valuable books in a thriving gnomish village. Recently the Mayor and Village Council have announced an opening for a Grand Librarian: a prestigious (and lucrative) position they intend to award to the most qualified villager! Unfortunately several of your book collector colleagues (more like acquaintances really) are also candidates.To outshine your competition you need to expand your personal library by sending your trusty assistants out into the village to find the most impressive tomes. Sources for the finest books are scarce so you need to beat your opponents to them when they pop up.You have only a week before the Mayor's Official Inspector comes to judge your library so be sure your assistants have all your books shelved! The Inspector is a tough cookie and will use her Official Checklist to grade your library on several criteria including shelf stability alphabetical order and variety — and don't think she'll turn a blind eye to books the Council has banned! You need shrewd planning and cunning tactics (and perhaps a little magic) to surpass your opponents and become Grand Librarian!

SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing board game in which one to four players explore and develop outer space over three eras. Each player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and beyond. In SpaceCorp you can …Each of the three eras is played on a different board:The game is based on Ejner Fulsang's SpaceCorp book the first of the Galactican Series.

A War of Whispers is a competitive board game for 2 to 4 players. Five mighty empires are at war for the world but you are no mighty ruler. Instead you play a secret society that is betting on the results of this war while pulling strings to rig the results and ensure their bets pay off. A War of Whispers is a game of deep strategy hidden agendas and shifting loyalties.You start the game with five loyalty tokens each corresponding to one of the five different empires bet randomly on a loyalty value. Your primary goal is to ensure that when the game ends the empires you are most loyal to control the most cities across the globe. Gameplay consists of turns broken down into four phases:Gameplay repeats itself in this order four times. When the last space on the turn track is filled the game ends immediately and scoring commences. The player with the most points based off their empire loyalties and the cities they control wins.

Mars. The very near future. The Solarus Corporation discovered an infinite source of rare and precious minerals deep in the red crust. Resources that will end the energy crisis on Earth and fuel the deep space expeditions planned as population swells beyond capacity. You have been chosen to lead an elite crew of Pod pilots who will delve below the surface of Mars in Solarus Corporation's first major drilling expedition. As a part of this maiden voyage the corporation has agreed to let you reinvest any wealth you uncover back into training your Pod pilots increasing their skills and efficiencies. Will you be remembered as the greatest Solarus Corporation employee in the galaxy?Super Motherload is a tile-laying deck-building game which means that you have your own deck of cards from which you draw each turn. The cards in your deck start out very basic but over the course of the game you add new and more powerful cards to it. You use these cards to bomb and drill minerals and other bonuses from the game board. You then use the minerals you've collected as money to purchase better cards for your deck. Some cards give you an immediate bonus when you purchase them and some give you other bonuses when you use them to drill. Each card you purchase from your library is worth victory points (VPs). You can also gain VPs from achievement cards that become available throughout the game. Whoever has the most VPs at the end of the game wins.Super Motherload features game boards that are added and removed during play to create videogame-like scrolling action and it challenges spatial relation skills for 2-4 players who love video games Eurostyle board games or deck-building card games.

Build the city’s greatest theme park whatever it takes!Mix your favourite themes from Pirate Robot Vampire Jungle Ninja and Gangster. Build attractions and upgrade them to match blueprints stack up towering rides or simply make the most cash.But watch out – your competitors may pay off the safety inspectors to close your rides or hire hooligans to vandalise your park! Build wisely and protect your park to make sure you come out on top!Whatever happens it’s bound to be Unfair.Your goal is to build the park that scores the most points at game end using three main ways to score:You can also play events to help yourself and hinder your opponents as you build your park over the course of 8 rounds.Recruit staff members to help you or build a super attraction with a unique ability. Bribing officials and blackmailing politicians is entirely optional.

Heroes of Land Air & Sea is an immersive and strategic 4X-style board game that transports players into a world of epic battles between orcs and humans dwarves and elves and warring kingdoms. With beautifully crafted miniatures this game brings to life the thrilling tale of heroes who shape the course of war. In this game players take on the role of one of these iconic factions vying to expand their kingdom and conquer new territories. Every great kingdom starts small and players begin their journey with just a humble town hall a handful of peons and a lone warrior. From this modest beginning players must venture out explore the surrounding lands strengthen their workforce build a formidable army and develop their kingdom. This requires careful decision-making resource management and strategic warfare. As players progress and achieve milestones in their kingdom's development they unlock a multitude of advantages. Peons evolve into mighty warriors warriors ascend to become powerful heroes and town halls transform into majestic castles. Players also gain access to water vessels and air vessels as well as mythical creatures. By boarding these vessels and creatures with their units players can traverse the expansive game board more swiftly and position their armies for devastating attacks. Warfare in Heroes of Land Air & Sea employs a meticulously designed cost/reward system outlined on tactics cards that players must secretly select. The availability of these tactics cards depends on the units involved in the conflict. It is during these intense battles that players must showcase their strategic prowess and fight for victory knowing that history is written by the victors. Furthermore Heroes of Land Air & Sea features two distinct economic systems. The first involves the risky acquisition and careful management of vital resources such as food ore and mana. The second system introduces a unique twist on worker placement where players must strategically allocate their peons to construct buildings. However it’s important to note that these peons could also be utilized for exploration expansion exploitation or even extermination! Achieving the perfect equilibrium between these two systems is absolutely pivotal for securing victory in this thrilling game.

Cerebria introduces a unique theme and numerous innovative mechanisms. The game is centered around the player-controlled Spirits and the Emotion cards controlling Cerebria’s areas each with their own stats and abilities.The game is won by the side with more influence over the finished Identity thus becoming the dominant force in Cerebria.

Cry Havoc is a card-driven asymmetric area control war game set in a brutal science fiction setting. Each player commands one of four unique factions with varying abilities and units. The game includes 54 custom miniatures a large format board and over one hundred unique cards all with stunning new artwork.

The dragon has been asleep for many long years. In that time the cave under which it slumbered has changed greatly…Goblins and strange monsters have filled its gloomy depths and there are whispers that the cave itself has begun thinking shifting and growing evermore dangerous.Still stories of peril rarely overshadow the rumors of riches. And riches there may be… For where a dragon slumbers there also lies a fiercely guarded treasure. Fortunately for the slumbering beast malevolent crystals fill the cave’s rooms with spectral light hiding the entrance to the immeasurable treasure trove. Many have given their lives to the search and over the years the rumors have faded to legend.But the most courageous adventurers will not be discouraged by bloodshed. On this day a knight steps into the darkness her gloved hand gripping the hilt of her sword. Her years of quests--all of the victories and defeats--have led to this one final adventure. Knowing the kingdom can never truly be at peace with the dragon beneath the cave she has come to make a final stand. Little does she know that she will awake everything that slumbers in the shadows… and begin the final battle in the darkness.Enter the world of Vast: The Crystal Caverns!Vast takes you and your friends into the torch light of a classic cave-crawling adventure built on the concept of total asymmetry. Gone are days of the merry band of travelers fighting off evil. In Vast you will become part of a new legend... Any part you wish!Play as the classic daring Knight the chaotic Goblin horde the colossal greedy Dragon or even the Cave itself — powerful brooding and intent on crushing the living things that dare to disturb its gloomy depths. Each role has its own powers pieces and paths to victory...and there can be only one winner.As the ultimate asymmetric board game Vast: The Crystal Caverns provides a limitless adventure playable again and again as you and your friends explore the four different roles in different combinations. Play one-on-one in a race to the death between the Knight and the Goblins or add in the Dragon and the Cave for deeper and more epic experiences different every time.

Gentes is an interesting civilization game with an innovative timing mechanism.Gentes is a pleonasm of the Latin plural word for greater groups of human beings (e.g. tribes nations people; singular: gens). In this game players take the role of an ancient people who are attempting to develop by building monuments and colonizing or founding new cities in the Mediterranean sea.The game is played in six rounds each consisting of two phases: action phase and tidying up. There are three eras — rounds 1-2 3-4 5-6 — with new monument cards entering the game at the beginning of rounds 1 3 and 5. Each player has a personal player mat with a time track for action markers and sand timer markers. In the action phase of a round the players take their turns in clockwise order conducting one action per turn. Each action requires an action marker from the main board that is placed on the time track. Depending on the information on the action marker you have to also pay some money or take sand timers that are placed on the time track. When you have no free spaces on your time track you must pass for the remainder of the round. Therefore the number of actions per player in a single round may vary significantly if for example you choose double sand timers instead of two single ones or take action markers that require more money but fewer sand timers. Single sand timers are dropped in the tidying up phase while double sand timers are flipped to become single sand timer markers and stay for another round. The actions are:To play a card you must meet the requirements printed on that card such as having specific persons on your personal board (e.g. two priests and four soldiers). These requirements are why training — i.e. getting specific people — is important but that is not that easy because there are six different types of people — three on the left and three on the right side of your personal player board — and you have only six spaces in total for the two types in the same line. If you have three merchants for example you move your marker for counting merchants three spaces toward the side of the soldiers and thus you have only three spaces left for soldiers. By educating a fourth soldier and moving your soldier marker forward to its fourth space you automatically lose one merchant because that marker is pushed back to its second space.It is crucial to generate additional actions by using the specific functions of monuments in your display and cities you have built. Cities are expensive but they create benefits at the end of each round or provide new options for taking an action without acquiring an action marker gaining only a sand timer marker instead.Try to have a steady income to avoid wasting actions to take money. Pay attention to the display of common cards which is new in every single game because the monument cards are shuffled randomly within the decks of eras I II and III. Collect identical achievement symbols on the cards to benefit from the increasing victory points for a series of symbols. Build cities to enlarge your options!The differences between the Deluxified and regular edition:Includes New Cities Expansion A foil stamped box 6 oversized meeples 24 normal sized meeples 89 metal coins 28 wood action tokens 21 wood lock tokens 60 wood hourglass tokens 4 dual layered player boards 4 custom shaped score tokens folded space custom insert 1 drawstring bag 1 upgraded round token

It is the 25th century. You are a member of an intergalactic expedition shipwrecked on a mysterious planet named Artemia. While waiting for the rescue ship you begin to explore the planet but an alien entity picks up your scent and begins to hunt you. You are NOT ALONE! Will you survive the dangers of Artemia?NOT ALONE is an asymmetrical card game in which one player (the Creature) plays against the stranded explorers (the Hunted).If you play as one of the Hunted you will explore Artemia using Place cards. By playing these and Survival cards you try to avoid confuse or distract the Creature until help arrives.If you play as the Creature you will stalk and pursue the shipwrecked survivors. By playing your Hunt cards and using the mysterious powers of Artemia you try to wear down the Hunted and assimilate them to the planet forever.NOT ALONE is a immersive thematic card game where you use guessing bluffing hand management and just a pinch of deck-building to achieve your goal which is survival for the Hunted... or total assimilation for the Creature!

It's been twenty years since Victor Frankenstein died on a ship in the arctic but his vengeful creature lives on as does Robert Walton the sea captain who vowed to kill the fiend before mercy stayed his hand. It's now 1819 and a sinister darkness descends upon the city of Paris. A mysterious benefactor of gigantic stature has emerged in the scientific community never showing his face claiming to possess the late Frankenstein's research. He sponsors a grand competition offering an even grander prize: unlocking the mystery of mortality!Renowned scientists from around the world come to take part: some drawn to solve this eternal riddle others coerced against their will. But a certain captain comes as well one deeply suspicious of the secretive patron hoping to finally fulfill his vow.Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein is a competitive game of strategic monster building for 2-4 players inspired by Mary Shelley's classic novel of gothic horror. In the game the creature demands your help to accomplish what his own creator would not: to bring to life an abomination like itself a companion to end its miserable solitude. Through worker placement and careful management of decomposing resources you'll gather materials from the cemeteries and morgues around the city conduct valuable research at the Academy of Science hire less-than-reputable associates and toil away in your lab — all in an effort to assemble a new form of life and infuse it with a spark of being. Do well and the creature may reward you during one of its surprise visits; do poorly and you may come to regret not putting forth more effort. Narrative elements come into play throughout the game guided by your decisions leading to potentially unsavory outcomes.The game ends when you succeed in bringing your creation to life or when the Captain kills the creature whichever happens first. Then the player with the most points fulfills Frankenstein's dark legacy becoming his heir for good or ill...—description from the publisher

After one hundred years in service the Panama Canal still is one of the most important and impressive engineering achievements in modern times.Built in 1914 it held a prominent role in the deployment of military vessels during WWI and in the conflicts that have followed. Nowadays commercial usage is the core business of the Canal; its economic impact is profound and has not only developed the region but in fact helped define shipping throughout the world.In the wake of the Canal’s opening hull designs were influenced accordingly; ships fell into three categories those that could travel through easily and in groups (Feeder class) massive ocean-going ships too big to enter the Canal (ULCV or Ultra Large Container Vessels) and the new standard—designed to the maximum limits of the Panama Canal. These ships are called PANAMAX.In Panamax each player manages a shipping company established in the Colón Free Trade Zone. Companies accept contracts from both US coasts China and Europe and deliver cargo in order to make money attract investment and pay dividends. At the same time the players accumulate their own stock investments and try to make as much money as possible in an effort to have the largest personal fortune and win the game.Panamax features several original mechanisms that blend together; an original dice (action) selection table pickup-and-deliver along a single bi-directional route a chain reaction movement system—“pushing” ships to make room throughout the Canal and a level of player interaction that is part self-interest part mutual advantage and the freedom to choose how you play.On their turn players remove a die from the Action table to select Contracts and Load Cargo or Move ships until the pool of dice is emptied ending the Round. Over the course of three rounds these actions are blended during the turn to create a logistics network which the players use to ship their cargo minimize transportation fees and increase the net worth of their Companies. Each Company has a limited amount of Stock that the players can purchase in exchange for investing—receiving a dividend each round. The questions for the players will be which companies are likely to yield higher dividends?There’s more to explore and several ways to win but we ask that you join us at the table and celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal with a session of Panamax!

Welcome ashore! Merchants Cove is a highly asymmetrical eurogame where each player assumes the role of a different fantasy merchant with a unique shop. The merchants contend to sell their goods to the arriving adventurers at the cove’s piers—the most famous markets in the Five Realms. Each player uses their own set of role-specific components and gameplay mechanisms to produce their goods increase their shop’s efficiency and—most importantly—get rich!Though the merchants work independently in their specialized shops they compete against each other to attract customers influence the demands for goods and secure sponsorships from the four faction halls. To get an edge merchants can employ local townsfolk to work in their shops as staff. Or if they dare to cut corners they can gain leverage from the corrupt lair of rogues—but at what cost? After three days of selling at the markets the wealthiest merchant shall be declared the winner!—description from the publisher

Humanity through its irresponsible behavior has exhausted the natural resources of Earth making it almost uninhabitable. In a burst of lucidity pressed by the irreversible degradation of your planet the great nations are forced to put aside their differences and share their knowledge in order to create the most vast spacecraft ever constructed. The Black Angel the first intergalactic frigate in history must transport the genetic heritage of humanity beyond known worlds over a journey that is likely to last several thousand years. Her crew will be composed of only robots. Because no nation is willing to trust creation of the AI (artificial intelligence) that will control this crew to any other nation a compromise is found: The Black Angel will be co-managed by several AIs and the utility of each decision will be evaluated in VP (Validation Process).Players take the role of AI robots piloting the Black Angel while engaging with alien species and fighting off ravagers. Actions are determined by cards and die rolls. Rounds continue until either of the following situations occurs: The Black Angel figurine arrives on Spes (during a Sequence B) or The Ravager card deck becomes empty (during a Sequence A). Players finish the round in progress and then play one final round.At the end of the final round victory points are tallied (depending on the end condition) and the player with the most victory points wins.

Your Town Center is flourishing but as the city grows the need for emergency medical care grows with it. Fortunately you and your business partners have the wherewithal to build a clinic to help those in need of more than first aid. You quickly get a pre-admissions facility built to help process and route the different cases into the appropriate queues. Unfortunately just before groundbreaking your differing views of the ideal clinic cause a schism between you and you go your separate ways with patients already lining up in pre-admissions. Each of you decides to build the clinic of your dreams trying to hire doctors nurses and maintenance staff and build new modules specialized services and even parking in order to meet the needs of the patients ailing in pre-admissions.This is your Clinic! Build it however you like to give patients the care they need so you can make your Clinic the most popular one in town!Possible exhaustive list of differences between the Deluxe edition and previous edition: - The rules have been totally rewritten - The rules offer two sets up for beginners and experts - The rules include a solo variant - Many bonuses and penalties have been changed such as when a Patient dies in your hospital the turn order has been updated and clarified - The box includes a bag of wooden laser cut meeples for the cars the doctors the staff and the nurses

Take on the role of one of the great monarchs of the past and show your valor! You will arrive in a vast and rich territory but the road to the prosperity is filled with challenges.In Brazil: Imperial you need to construct buildings manage resources explore the land create trade acquire the support of the greatest personalities of the country and recruit a powerful army to protect your interest against the rival states. If you make the right choices you can complete missions to progress to a more advanced era receiving new interesting options of development and victory points. In the end the best monarch receives the title of Brazilian Emperor and constructs a new era of prosperity freedom and peace!In more detail while playing in a modular map board that recreate real regions you use a combination of worker placement area majority and individual powers to construct an empire in Brazil between the 16th and 19th centuries. You start by choosing one of the available monarchs and its personal game board and components; some monarchs are strong in combat while others prioritize science or exploration. You receive tasks that advance you to a new era when you complete them giving you access to more power constructions as you move into the second and third eras of the game then you choose a starting point on the shared map.On each turn you can participate in an action phase and a movement phase. You manage actions on your individual game board and you have these seven choices:During the movement phase you can explore hidden places or attack other players. For combat you check the power of the troops involved in the conflict to determine the winner with cards being able to modify these values. Once a player completes their goals in the third era the game ends and players tally their scores.Brazil: Imperial was developed with the concept of it being Euro X a new style of game that combines Eurogames (in which you collect and manage resources) and 4x games (in which you explore expand exploit and exterminate). A new concept of maps was also introduced in this game. All maps are different and created with modular boards that recreate real regions of Brazil and the world. Each game you can focus on resource management combat or a combination of both depending on your choice of monarch and the interaction with other players.