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Jezírko is a card game in which each player tries to build the best pond full of frogs and other elements. Players take cards from the common supply and try to assign them to their pond grid in such a way that they earn as many points as possible. Each card has its own specific scoring conditions that players try to fulfill, and they earn more points if there are more frogs of the same type...

The Hobbit: There & Back Again is a competitive adventure game in which players draft dice to make pathways, collect resources, and perform actions that help them to reach their chapter goal.          

This expansion adds two more Guardians to the core game, plus Dante himself. It includes 3 miniatures, 2 large cards and new cardboard components: 9 Bells and 8 Desks. It Includes a QR with the rules in 11 languages.

Railroad Tiles, the sequel to Railroad Ink, is a fast-paced tile placement game in which you select and place tiles to create a connected community. Build the best transportation network in this beautifully crafted board game! A fast-paced game for 1 to 4 players aged 8 and up.

Enemies & Lovers is a lightweight, fast-paced card game of strategy, deception, and betrayal, based on Holly Black’s bestselling Folk of the Air series. If you enjoy scheming great schemes, toasting to the incompetence of your enemies, gorgeous art, and a lot of shiny foil, this is the game for you!  

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.

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.

Puer is an expansion for the game Tea Garden. It adds a Solo mode and lots of new options and interactions to the game. Players can now assemble so-called Puer cakes, which are an exclusive type of additionally fermented tea.

SETI: Space Agencies is an expansion for SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence that introduces powerful asymmetric organizations—each with unique abilities, strategic advantages, and starting conditions that redefine how you approach the search for alien life. Take charge of unique organizations in your quest for alien contact. Take control of new asymmetric organizations, each...

Zářihvozd (Wispwood) is a family tile-laying game exploring a magical forest of bright-colored wisps. They each have their wishes and reward you for fulfilling them. Can you place your wisps the best and illuminate the brightest forest for your cat? Light up a magical forest and lure in a curious cat with glowing wisps. Choose from a display of wisp tiles with different spatial goals...

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

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.

The Hobbit: There & Back Again is a competitive adventure game in which players draft dice to make pathways, collect resources, and perform actions that help them to reach their chapter goal.          

Light Speed Arena is a fast-paced game of interstellar combat that requires fast reflexes and skilful precision. Over multiple 10-second rounds, players will simultaneously place their spaceship tiles freely in a defined area on the table. The goal is to quickly position the weapons and shields of the tile being placed to cause the most damage to their opponents while also protecting their own...

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...

Underwater Cities: Data Era is a second expansion for the Underwater Cities base game. Underwater Cities: Data Era can also be combined with the first expansion, Underwater Cities: New Discoveries.

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...

In City Tour, you and the other players want to pick up passengers in your bus and deliver them to the right stops. How many passengers? That depends on how difficult you want the game to be!

In the late 19th century, during the early Meiji era, Japan opened its first railway line between Shimbashi and Yokohama. This new mode of transportation sparked a railway boom across the country.    

Get ready for Movie Fight, the card game where you build the most epic cinema lineup! Strategically collect blockbuster films and key features to attract audiences and earn popcorn as victory points. Over 12 rounds, outwit your rivals, craft the perfect combinations, and prove your cinema reigns supreme. Will your strategy steal the spotlight, or will you fade into the credits?

In the game Olives, you will take care of your farm, harvest olives, and press them into oil, which you will sell from Portugal to markets around the world. Olive oil was an important commodity in ancient times, spreading thanks to Arab influence, and Portugal became the largest exporter. Come to sunny lands to expand your olive groves and supply your high-quality olive oil to households around...

A Wild Venture is a fast-paced, strategic 2-player game where you don’t just build engines… you dismantle them too! In this quirky world, you’ll share a deck of cards packed with wild characters, clever combos, and unexpected twists. Each turn, you’ll race to build powerful synergies... only to tear them apart when the time is right. Cards won’t last forever, but only the ones you have fully...