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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 the game Removal you take on the challenging task of moving the whole house as efficiently as possible, but at the same time as sparingly as possible, so that nothing brakes.

Propolis is a worker-placement, engine-building, area-control, and tableau-building game for 1-4 players. Players take on the role of competing medieval bee colonies and take turns deploying worker bees to collect pollen, fortify their positions, and construct their hives to appease their queen and become the most glorious in the land! As bees compete over the realm's floral landscapes, they...

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...

You are a marine researcher seeking to find and observe an array of aquatic life in the colorful Sunlight Zone, ghostly Twilight Zone, and pitch-black Midnight Zone of the world's seas and oceans. In Finspan, the fish you discover over four weeks will generate a series of benefits as you dive deeper into the ocean.

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.

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.  

Moon Bunny is a whimsical strategy game where players guide bunny alchemists across the moon to collect rare herbs. By arranging ingredients to complete recipes, you brew the elixir of life and score points. The bunny with the highest score at the end wins.

Ruins is a groundbreaking card game where players craft powerful cards using transparent upgrades while competing to shed their hand first. 

In the depths of the seas, octopuses compete for treasures left behind by surface dwellers; they collect and stack them in their secret lairs.  

Tropicalia is a worker‑placement game where players gather and sell fruit across a shifting island. Earnings are used to buy buildings and events that expand each player’s personal board with bonuses and points. The winner is the one who builds the most valuable island by the end of the game.

Thesauros is a Eurogame that combines several mechanisms. Players use closed auctions to determine turn order and secure resources, while map additions and open drafting expand strategic options on a dynamic game board. Success depends on moving from point to point, collecting sets, and placing different types of workers, creating layered tactical depth!

Bombastic is a spicy, five-minute, travel-friendly game for two players. One player is Xs, and the other is Os — pretty standard so far. But what you don't know can hurt you. Nine chunky tiles are shuffled face down into a 3×3 grid — 4 of them Xs, 4 of them Os, and the last? A ticking, delicate bomb. Can you find your tiles without blowing up?

As courageous marine conservationists, in Reef Gardens you dive into the dazzling world of coral reefs and take on the mission to save these vital ecosystems. With a skillful hand, you plant new corals and create thriving reef landscapes while the clock ticks and the budget dwindles. To get more research money, you may have to part with existing reefs from time to time so that new ones can be...

In Sanctuary, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically-managed zoo for animals and visitors. A supply of 135 unique zoo tiles provides you with animals, buildings, and projects. In every game, you want to find the best mix from those available to build the most successful zoological establishment. Different effects on the tiles will help you to achieve conservation goals and to...

A trick-taking game set in the movie world—compete for awards in Best Film, CGI, and Soundtrack.

In Suna Valo, two individuals take on the task of establishing their own farm in the Solarpunk world of Overgrown. Located in the picturesque "Sunny Valley" (Suna Valo), nestled at the foot of a mountain and crisscrossed by a broad river, the village of Foriro has been erected — a place of new beginnings! The farmers in this village supply valuable goods using their transport drones and river...

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,...

In Timber Town you are a beaver architect, constructing a new town on the riverbank using buildings sent drifting down the river.