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An expansion for Apex Legends that introduces a brand new game map and a set of new buildings and terrain features, along with a new game mode that allows players to use two game maps simultaneously.

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.

In Bohemians, players take on the roles of artists wandering the streets of Paris at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, striving to create masterpieces while facing the challenges of daily life. Bohemians is a card-driven game in which players collect cards to find inspiration, seek muses, and manage everyday necessary tasks. In each round, players must plan that day's routine and decide...

Welcome to the age of replicators, sparks, and supermassive computers. Deckers isn't just a game; it's an entry into a world where every decision can save or destroy the team. Whether players prefer fighting on the front lines or plotting in the shadows, every game changes, every match is different. Ready to get started?  

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...

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...

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.        

Become the leaders of scientific teams venturing into uncharted boreal territories to observe and photograph the Arctic’s most adorable inhabitants. Play cards from your hand to one of 3 locations on your player board to snap a photo and send your scientists sliding to the left and to the right - but only if their colors match the ones printed on your card! Line up vehicle symbols, race to...

Knitting Circle is a standalone follow-up to the award-winning Calico. In this cozy tile-laying puzzle game for 1–4 players, you take on the role of knitters crafting the most beautiful assortment of garments. With variable scoring goals and dozens of unique template cards, every game offers a fresh spatial puzzle.

Recall is a deep strategy game from the designers of Revive that focuses on engine building and exploration. Each player begins the game with one of fourteen unique tribes and one of eighteen unique gadgets, both of which will heavily influence your strategy and opportunities. Throughout the game, you will lead your tribe, explore the lands, and discover traces of ancient...

Your goal is to build Lakes and place Ferries in them to score points. Lakes also have another purpose: you can send a route into the lake side of a tile to create a Harbor (a bit like Canal End tokens work in the Canals Expansion), and all routes that are connected to the same Lake via Harbors are also connected to each other... basically, Lakes act as big Stations!      ...

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.          

A collector's edition of Railroad Tiles that supports up to 5 players! A single "big box" including all components from the core game, the World Expansion, and all other expansions available as add-ons, as well as additional components to allow for 5-player gameplay for both core game and expansions.          

In West Story, players are building Wild West towns by purchasing cards for their player boards. They are trying to improve their available actions and get most victory points. While all actions from the player boards eventually get executed, the order of action execution is usually not easy to predict. Players will have to place cards carefully to try and maximize their chances!

Build your dream zoo with more choices than ever with Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game – New Shores! Dive into aquatic worlds featuring manatees, sea turtles, zebra sharks, and more. Feel the cold breeze from the new type of enclosures featuring polar species such as the majestic polar bear, penguins, and muskox. Additionally, the world of Australian wildlife takes center stage: crocodiles,...

In Rival Cities, players face off in an enthralling city duel. Outmaneuver their opponent to achieve an instant victory—but beware, there are many ways to pull this off. Only by combining foresight with the art of deflection will they lead their city to victory. The suspenseful back and forth between the players makes it a very confrontational gaming experience full of weighty decisions.

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...

Earth: Abundance is an expansion for Earth that allows you to enhance the rich gameplay of the award-winning board game with new player interactions and opportunities to curate your hand.

Step into the gritty underworld of 20th-century New York City with Omertà: The Five Families, an area-control and action-point game designed for 2-5 players. In this high-stakes game of power, you'll navigate the treacherous landscape as the head of a crime family, vying for control and dominion over the sprawling city.  

This is an expansion for Kingdom Legacy. It offers 5 rounds of play, and 30 new cards to explore. After purging most of your permanent cards, Ambitions offers a plethora of new ones. Each round, discover 4 new cards but destroy one of them. Many cards offer a choice between fame and production.  

Storyfold: Wildwoods is an innovative solo & narrative adventure board game with beautiful art and an immersive story campaign. Storyfold: Wildwoods is a narrative adventure game in which you play as a young girl named Luma, and her bear companion, Brom, as they set out to heal the forest from a dark and mysterious shadow. In Storyfold: Wildwoods, you will use the innovative Storybook...