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"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.

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.

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.

Nucleum: Energy Research Institute is an expansion to the base game of Nucleum and brings to life 8 new Experiments, and Patron cards with powerful abilities. All new Experiments are also compatible with Nucleum: Australia, Nucleum: Court of Progress, and Nucleum: Patrons Set.

Dorfromantik – Light Luggage is a cooperative tile-laying game. Work together to create a beautiful world of hexagonal landscapes and earn as many points as possible.You’ll place tiles to build a beautiful Landscape while trying to complete tasks and create the longest possible River. The better you succeed, the more points you’ll score at the end of the game. From game to game, the points...

The Dice Pool Party will start in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Splash!Shake the pool and take a good look at the dice.Can you single out the ones that give you the most points? You have only a brief moment.        

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.

Join your friends and family — and memorable Sims from years past — in The Sims Board Game as you chart your journey. Will you create chaos and try to outrun Grim, or aim for career success? What will you do next when you have to start all over again? The possibilities are endless as you explore familiar venues, connect with iconic Sims, and achieve your aspirations to claim victory!...

Vantage is an open-world, co-operative adventure game that features an entire planet to explore, with players communicating while scattered across the world. With nearly eight hundred interconnected locations on four hundred cards and over nine hundred other discoverable cards, the world is your sandbox. Vantage is not a campaign game. Each game is a standalone experience;...

The World Expansion, the one all backers of this campaign are receiving for free with their pledge, is a special kind of expansion: it is the only one that can be mixed both with the core game and any other expansion (whereas you can only play with 1 thematic expansion at a time). It includes 2 kinds of components: additional Objective tiles and Special pawns.        

Despite the cute looks and serene atmosphere, this is deceptively one of the hardest expansions! Your goal is to create big Pastures with lots of Farms, but you want only 1 Animal of each type in the same Pasture or you will lose points. In contrast to all other expansions, the Animal pawns you get are tied to a specific column of tiles you get from the central board during the draft phase at...

Each thematic expansion comes with its own bag of tiles, in addition to the other components (like pawns and objectives, as well as other special components that are specific to each expansion, like the Canal End tokens, more on those later).      

Your goal is to create a Desert surrounding your regular tiles, placing Desert Attractions of the different types (Oasis, Pyramid, Sphynx, and Obelisk), connecting them to your regular routes through Desert Stations, and placing Camels to bring people seeing the attractions and gain a few extra points as well.          

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.

Valheim is a 1-4 player co-operative board game in which survival depends on teamwork and strategy. Gather your fellow companions and venture forward to explore, build, collect resources, forge weapons, equip sturdy armor, battle enemies, and carve your path towards facing the ultimate evil. Take on a role in which you help tailor the adventure to your liking. The fate of everyone lies in...

The year is 2043, and humanity has made significant strides in science and technology. Above all, the S.E.E.K.E.R. program has fueled a revolution in science, through the use of specialized machines that empower research. However, this invention has merely reinforced the growing need for a deeper understanding of our universe. To meet this need, a new groundbreaking sport has emerged:

In The Council, play as an adventurer who arrives in a doomed city, lost in the hands of a power-crazed regent, and his council who orchestrates dark manipulations in the shadows. Wander the dark, randomly-generated alleyways, card after card, encounter ever more terrifying encounters, manage your resources and upgrade your skills by gaining levels to meet the greatest challenge of all:...

A wondrous land of sweet-toothed critters, Sugarmouth is home to Macaraccoon, the renowned Bakemaster! Ensuring sugary treats for all is no easy task, though, and one fateful day, Macaraccoon announces he is hanging up his apron, to pursue his childhood dream of collecting shiny trash. But before he leaves, he'll find a successor! A fresh batch of wonder has frosted everyone’s minds: who will...

Welcome back to Karuba! The expedition begins – and you are not alone. As you uncover winding paths and search for forgotten temples, other teams move forward. The jungle is unpredictable, time is running out… and every decision counts! The player who retrieves the most valuable treasures wins this exciting expedition race.  

In “Millennia: Tracks of Time” embark on an epic journey to lead your civilization to greatness across thousands of years. This strategic board game, designed for 1-4 players, offers a rich tapestry of gameplay elements, including card drafting, set collection, and economic management, all woven into a novel system of obsolescence. Karma Games presents a dynamic experience where the passage of...

Tropichaos is a game about collecting and selling fruit in a world where the seasons are out of control, with winter being completely absent and the other seasons coming and going at random. Players take on the role of fruit sellers and try to get points by selling fruits at the right time during their peak season. The player who earns the most points wins.