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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.

Explore the wilds in a 2-player tile-laying simple strategic game. The closer you camp to the unexplored wilderness, the higher you'll score.

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.          

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...

A Carnivore Did It! promises a carnivorous culprit, but you'll have to determine the perpetrator yourself. Maybe a herbivore is actually behind the crime, or maybe you're looking for two perpetrators—or even three?

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!

Adventure Chest is an expansion for the game Lost Ruins of Arnak, featuring a larger double-sided map, new research tracks, guardians, locations, assistants, and solo play content. It also includes an original storage solution designed for easy game setup, play, and cleanup. The base game or previous expansions need to be purchased separately. A perfect addition for fans of the world of Arnak!

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.

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

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.

Take Time is a cooperative game where players either win or lose together. To succeed, you must strategically play 12 cards facedown around a Clock, following specific rules for each Test. You can work together through a series of games to pass all 40 Tests available in the game.

Nippon: Zaibatsu is a new edition of Nippon, a fast-paced, area-majority economic game. Players control "zaibatsu": massive conglomerates of interconnected companies driving Japan's economy in the Industrial Revolution era.

Enjoy the foliage, discover all the colors and shapes that nature can offer, and create a beautiful and satisfying grading sequence! In 13 Leaves, players can play one or more cards of the same value that align with the sequence on the table. The cards must be of a value equal to or lower than the lowest card in the sequence, or of a value equal to or higher than the highest card in the sequence.

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.

We send the original English version abroad. In the game House of Fado, players have to manage their restaurant, attract customers, and contract and promote fadistas and musicians, thus gaining prestige for their fado house. Managers will move their staff members to different places to perform some actions, using the same bump action as in The Gallerist.

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!  

Following the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, daimyos competed for control of foreign trade and technology. Himeji Castle, a symbol of feudal power, became a strategic center for clans seeking to gain influence.

A certain something filled the air. While energizing the magic crystal in his wand, Orly suddenly felt a change he couldn’t name. Usually this ritual took only seconds before the crystal power kicked in. Not today … it took him minutes to obtain the desired power required to load his wand for the adventurous travel ahead of him. While waiting for the blessing of the crystal power he noticed...

Stínadla is an old-school co-operative game set in the world of Rychlé šípy — that is, The Rapid Arrows, a Czech comic book and novel series by Jaroslav Foglar set in 1930s Czechoslovakia that was inspired by the mysterious atmosphere of Old Prague.

Between the 8th and 11th centuries, the Vikings kept the world on edge. Always hungry for new land, they didn’t shy away from fighting their own kin. In Small Fjords, two clan leaders clash over the most fertile stretch of Norway’s coast. Villages rise at key locations, and every tool is fair game in the battle for dominance.

Dive into AI conflict! Compile concepts, conquer reality. Discover the card game that redefines sentience.