Essen 2025 – novalties

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 MÉÉÉD!, every card you reveal is a tempting gamble. Push your luck, trust your memory, and decide when to stop as you race to build a sequence of cards from 1 to 8 or claim a sweet honey-fueled victory.

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.

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!

Help the Queen build a new bridge! Scour the kingdom, recruit the best artisans, gather construction resources, and create magnificent decorations. Note, however, that you can never use the same bridge more than once in the same day. The game is inspired by the problem of the "Seven Bridges of Königsberg", and gameplay combines engine-building and programming mechanisms, with a solo mode.

Neoprene playmat for Shrinkopolis (57 x 37 cm with stitched edges).

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.

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

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.

World Wonders: Europa Wonders Pack adds ten new wondrous monuments from Europa to World Wonders, along with a new gameplay mode.

Monsters are massing into huge armies that threaten to destroy the cities the heroes have so laboriously built. Elite units need to be summoned, new weapons forged, and the battle against evil must be waged once more.

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

Gather sets of moles, but there’s a problem: as soon as you catch one, the others hide! Form sets of three matching moles, trigger special effects, and explore the advanced mode where a friendly dog will help you in your search.

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 Codenames, two teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Lay out 25 cards, each bearing a single word. The spymasters look at a card showing the identity of each card, then take turns clueing their teammates. A clue consists of a single word and a number, with the number suggesting how many cards in play have some association to the given clue word. The...

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.

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.

Spletité stezky is the final addition to the world of Arnak. Its major highlight is a new double-sided map, bigger than the one in the base game, that features two new research tracks, each with unique mechanisms and components.

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...

An expansion for the game On the Wings of Dragons, which adds a wide range of new dragon cards, caves, quest tiles, Dragon Brotherhood boards, and a new round counter that brings new income opportunities when you pass.

Codenames: Pictures differs from the original Codenames in that the agents are no longer represented by a single word, but by an image that contains multiple elements.

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....

"Hang on Mama, I'm on my way!" Toto the black cat said, skittering towards the lopsided tower looming before him. Having been told that his mother left the world of the living to become a star in the sky, Toto and the rest of his feline friends bound unwaveringly for the top of the tower in the hopes to meet her again.

Vantage: Metal Coins is a premium accessory for the Vantage board game, replacing the cardboard tokens from the base game. The set includes 45 zinc alloy coins in four denominations. One pack is more than sufficient for a full 6-player game. These coins enhance the tactile experience and bring added immersion to your planetary adventure.