Essen 2025 – novalties

Immerse yourself in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo's fish market with Tsukiji Market, a strategic duel in which two chefs compete for the freshest ingredients. This game combines bluff, speed and anticipation, inspired by the frenetic atmosphere of Tsukiji.

Echoes of Time is a strategic game for 2-4 players in which you attempt to create the best-equipped fellowship of characters from different factions to conquer the sources of power. Try to control and modify the flow of time to outshine your opponents. The game includes more than one hundred cards with unique effects that you will use to build a new deck each game, and a "sliding tile" system...

Improve your Japanese state! Replace the cards in your hand and in your tableau with cards from the central river while respecting their positioning.

In The Hanging Gardens, players compete to build the most beautiful garden for King Nebuchadnezzar II. It is another game in the Akropolis and Looot series.

Daydream is a cozy roll-and-write. Fill your cloud grid simultaneously adding the values of the dice.

The goal of the game is to make your pigeons happy by feeding them with the correct amount of food and preventing them from exploding!

A grand adventure awaits you in this open-world style story-driven book game. You’ll explore scenes full of details for you to interact with using the skills, items, and prompts you acquire. These interactions lead to entries in the massive storybook full of branching narratives, puzzles, and illustrated cut-scenes. As each day ends you’ll recover from your adventures but just as the moon...

The Kitsune are divided into 2 clans: Zenko (blue cards) and Yako (orange cards). You are assigned one clan at the beginning of the game but you will have to play with your clan's cards and the ones of the opposing clan to win.

Two clans compete to exert their influence in the White Heron's court, managing resources and building engines. On each turn, you will use their lamp tokens to obtain resources and activate actions. Among the actions available, you can buy and upgrade influence cards, place clan seals on gardens and training grounds, move your courtier between circles of influence, or trade with the Portuguese....

On a dark night, your broomsticks drop you quietly to the top of an evil tower. Explore the tower to equip yourself and collect the items you need to defeat the terrible wizards lurking there! Using your magic wands, simultaneously point at one of the tokens in the tower room to collect it. If two players point at the same item, the one with the most powerful wand wins the item, but must...

In ANTS, players control ant colonies locked in an eternal struggle for dominance over the garden. Expand your anthill, explore the terrain, and mark your path with pheromones. Gather food and leaves, battle rival insects, and outmaneuver your opponents. Lay eggs and hatch larvae to grow your workforce with specialized ants. Evolve your colony to unlock unique abilities and secure supremacy...

Two promo cards for Ozvěny času (the Czech edition of Echoes of Time).

Experience The Witcher universe in an entirely new way with Gwent: The Legendary Card Game. Inspired by the iconic mini-game from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this official physical edition brings the strategic, faction-based card game to your tabletop.

The cooperative game The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers –Trick-Taking Game is designed for players who enjoy collaborative planning, clever combination thinking, and the atmosphere of Tolkien's world. It can be played by 1–4 players, making it suitable for both families and small gaming groups. The recommended age is 10 and up, which corresponds to the complexity of the trick-taking...

In Epochs: Course of Cultures, you will lead your civilization and plan a path through the crossroads of history across three epochs. Be a pioneer to expand territories, be an innovator to foster study and research, or be a warmonger to raid using superior armaments. The choice is yours, and it is your strategic acumen that will shape the course of cultures and lead your people toward victory....

Create a team of unique Champions in order to defeat the opposing Leader! To win, either position two of your champions next to your opponent’s Leader to capture them, or skillfully maneuver so the opponent’s Leader is surrounded, leaving no adjacent empty spaces.

Shrinkopolis is a resource management tile-placement game for 1-4 players and 15 - 45 minutes. Each player will build their own district inside the great living room. Win the hearts of your fellow micro-citizens, and you’ll be crowned the very first mayor of Shrinkopolis.

In Epochs: Course of Cultures, you will lead your civilization and plan a path through the crossroads of history across three epochs. Be a pioneer to expand territories, be an innovator to foster study and research, or be a warmonger to raid using superior armaments. The choice is yours, and it is your strategic acumen that will shape the course of cultures and lead your people toward victory....

In Fearless, you walk through a gloomy forest and try to stay on the safe path. If you still wander astray, you try to turn back again as close as possible. The closer you are to the safe path, the less fear you will suffer. Not walking at all is no alternative as you'll remain behind on your own in the scary ruin. If you are the most fearless after several rounds, you will win the game!

From the heart of Prague’s Old Town, the ancient Astronomical Clock, known as the Orloj, marks the passage of time with its intricate mechanism and enigmatic figures. A marvel of medieval technology that has endured to this day.

A historical battle between two trading cities for two players. In the 16th century, a small fishing village was founded in northern Germany. There seemed to be nothing special about it—except perhaps its proximity to the old Hanseatic city of Hamburg. People therefore began to call it "all too near," which, according to legend, became the name Altona. However, as Altona grew rapidly, fierce...

The original Czech game Codenames by Vlaada Chvátil has been enjoying success around the world – winner of the most prestigious international award Spiel des Jahres 2016, best party game in history according to the global game database www.boardgamegeek.com. A word association game for two teams of secret agents. Krycí jména: Zpátky do Bradavic is the first competitive Codenames game inspired...

The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth – Allies features various characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's universe who will come to the aid of either the Fellowship or Sauron. Collect power tokens in each chapter and use them to call upon your allies and benefit from their effects.