Essen 2024 – novalties, Page 4

Tea Garden is a game of talented debuting designer Tomáš Holek, who is also working on his designs for the biggest Czech publishers. The key elements of the game are deck-building and worker-placement, Maybe the most intriguing is the resource management part though. In Tea Garden, you will pay with tea leaves. Those can be either green or black (fermented) – the value of green leaves...

Ecosfera is a cooperative deck-building game with different levels of difficulty where we must restore nature before it’s too late.

Landmarks is a word game of hidden paths and clever clues. Your party is lost deep in an island jungle, relying on you to guide them to safety and treasure! In this jungle, every word matters. Use strategic wordplay to send a chain of one-word clues. The connections between them will create a path leading to fortune and glory.

Developing a national park is no small feat. Some animals have begun their migration, going around and around in search of a new place to live. Hippos that love both water and land. Huge elephants. And bears that just want to be left alone. "Uhhhh," you can't help but growl as the cards go around. You want to secure the perfect spot, but should you choose a location or an animal first? Take one...

In Art Society, you are an art connoisseur trying to impress your peers by putting together the most fashionable art collection of them all!

A city in the mountains was discovered, but no one dares to venture there without having mapped the place. Here is finally a mission for you, an archaeologist with implacable logic. ArcheOlogic is a competitive deduction game whose goal is to first find the exact location of the buildings of the city.

Become the best metro network planner Paris has ever seen. Use overhead crossings to link the capital’s iconic monuments, all while optimising shortcuts through the central platform! This game is the easiest version of the Next Station series, according to publisher Blue Orange Games.

The United States Police Force expansion is playable in 1 to 5 players, and it adds a command board, on which Bob Hawk is placed. Task cards will be revealed, with missions for players that will allow them to get Rewards.

The great cities of the world are challenging each other to present the most beautiful festival imaginable. The closing fireworks ceremony, held in all cities, will be the final rose in the crown of the festivities.  

Deluxe Upgrade Pack contains enhancements to the components and gameplay. Also adds expansion for the 5th player.

In 1951, the Indian government commissioned the renowned architect Le Corbusier to design a new capital for Punjab: thus CHANDIGARH was born.  

Legion - The Siberian Story is an original Czech strategy card game set in the Russian Civil War and the Czechoslovak Legions.

Europe, the second half of the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution is in full swing, due to the rapidly developing railways. New lines weave a net across the continent and one steam locomotive after another rolls along them, carrying agricultural crops, industrial raw materials, mail and passengers.    

Take charge of the formidable Roman legions and their allies. Command the powerful crossbowmen of the Han dynasty as they traverse unfamiliar deserts. Steer the renowned Greco-Bactrian cavalry, and fight for every oasis. Direct Hannibal's diverse array of mercenaries, elephants, and the Sacred Band of Carthage.  

Many faces, one purpose - Unity, the oppressive authority you have fled, has followed you to Andromeda's Edge. Nine Unity leaders, ranging in difficulty and tactics, will face of against your sole faction in solo mode. Or increase the risk in a multiplayer game by adding Unity into the mix.

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 Hello Kitty: Day at the Park, players take on the role of Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kuromi, and other characters to playfully compete for the most epic day of fun at the local park. They explore the park by laying tiles, ideally gaining items along the way that allow them to complete adventures, which they will document by taking selfies.

One night, a panda snuggled in a bamboo grove and dreamily munched on his favourite shoots. Looking up at the starry night sky, she wondered why she wasn't one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. "I should think of something in which I can be spoken of in the same breath as these famous creatures." Then, as she turned to get another sprout, the idea for this play was born...

In Beasty Bar: Down Under, a flood of new faces floods into the Beasty Bar.

Cat Packs is a fast-paced card game mixed with tile-laying in which you'll cleverly put together the cat gang of your most whimsical dreams! The game includes over one hundred unique illustrated cats by artist Liselotte Eriksson.