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Climb the social ladder — or kick it over. The trick-taking game Tax the Rich features a deck depicting characters of various social ranks from the Poor to the President. Each round begins with a simple bidding phase to determine both the trump color and the number of tricks required to score bonus points. The winner of the bid must then acquire the required number of tricks,...

The brilliant forest wizard Elixirus invites you to his annual "Magic Potion Mixing Contest," held in his wooden hut in the middle of a deep, enchanted forest. As apprentices from different teams, you will gather at this special place to impress Master Elixirus with your homemade potions. First, you must find the right ingredients in the forest, which you will then mix in your bottles to create...

In Coming of Age, you will start the game as a child, and as such, you will have a limited set of interests and skills that will determine your development. During this time, your parents' help will be important for your progress. As the years go by, you will grow and acquire new interests, gain more independence, and with it, access to other experiences that will allow you to achieve your own...

In ‘The Druids of EDORA’, you take on the role of druids and sorceresses. You move through a magical forest full of places of worship and other mysterious locations. You erect numerous steles and menhirs, visit dolmens and the oracle site.

Guide one of the seven largest cities of antiquity to prosperity in 7 Wonders Dice. During the game, you will construct a wonder that defies time, make scientific advances, develop commerce, manage your resources, and handle your gold reserve prudently — all while keeping an eye on neighboring cities since ignoring them has a heavy price! A game plays over a series of turns during which you...

In Aquaria, you and your friends compete to have the most expertise in maintaining a thriving aquarium. Build your aquarium from scratch to see who can maintain the best aquascape and fauna. One to four aquarists will see who can best accomplish their marine goals.

Let's auction off some wine! You and your rival sommeliers have decided to face off to determine who is the best. Each person will take on a client, building a cellar that ages well and is suited to the client's tastes.Over the course of eight rounds in Wine Cellar, players will collect wine bottles to create a cellar for their client. Bottles will be arranged to create a timeline for the order...

The BBQ's hot, and it's time to prep the food for cooking, but don't spill on the grill or everyone will go hungry!1. Draw a card!2. Grab food with tongs!3. Add it to the grill, but don't drop any!Take turns to add food add to the grill If any piece fall off, take a card. Get 2 cards and you're eliminated. The last player standing, wins.

The Trojan War has begun, and both sides of the conflict pursue every advantage they can possibly gain. Two opposing heroes — Hector of the Trojans and Achilles of the Greeks — seek the favor of the gods to lend them support and tip the scales of fate. Only one side will emerge victorious, its hero becoming the legend of the Iliad.

In this strategic 4X board game, you command an interstellar alliance made up of three unique factions. Explore star systems, colonize distant worlds, research breakthrough technologies, build galactic cruisers, and shape the destiny of the cosmos.

Inspired by classic arcade-fighting games, Tag Team is an auto battler combined with a deck-building game. Make your team of two fighters from the twelve available — each with their own techniques and special moves — and build an unbeatable synergy by combining their two unique decks!  

Galaxy Trucker: Do What!? is the second expansion for the relaunched Galaxy Trucker—a delightfully chaotic game for 2 to 4 players. Enjoy two big modules you can mix and match: wild Missions and fussy VIP Astronauts Embark on impossible or even more impossible Missions and deliver cargo that most likely violates all intergalactic shipping laws Feeling fearless? Throw in some Supercards...

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. Codenames: Back to Hogwarts is the first competitive Codenames game inspired by...

Echoes of Time is a strategic game for 2-4 players in which you attempt to create the best-equipped fellowship of characters from different factions to conquer the sources of power. Try to control and modify the flow of time to outshine your opponents. The game includes more than one hundred cards with unique effects that you will use to build a new deck each game, and a "sliding tile" system...

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.

Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative board game for 1–5 players set in the Forgotten Realms. Players take on the roles of heroes inspired by classic D&D classes (wizard, fighter, bard, rogue, cleric) and work together to defeat iconic monsters lurking in the Undermountain beneath Waterdeep.

Vantage: Playmats is a set of 6 dual-layered cardboard mats designed specifically for Vantage. Each player builds a 3×3 grid of cards on their mat to represent their current location. These optional mats prevent cards from shifting and help organize the play space.

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...

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.