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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.

In this dynamic flip-and-write game, you will be transported to a contest where your architectural prowess is put to a test as you design the perfect island landscape.

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...

Your inner superhero is ready to emerge, one chapter at a time. Reveal your backstory, gather gadgets and allies, develop a grudge against your archenemy, and unleash an ultimate ability as you transform. Use a combination of brains, love, speed, and strength to craft your origin story.

"TRND" is a card game played with nine types of cards, each showing one of three shapes and one of three colors. On your turn, you swap cards in and out of your hand, aiming to finish with a hand made up entirely of identical cards, same shape and same color. The more matching cards you collect, the more points you earn, so it can be tempting to hold out a little longer instead of going out...

As the sun sets on the great Mayan empire, in the heart of Chichen Itza beneath the great pyramids and temples, ancient seals that once bound mythical creatures have been broken. The gods and beasts of legend — serpents of the sky, jaguar spirits of the underworld, and other beasts of lore — emerge from the forgotten realms to reclaim the world of mortals. Their siege is relentless, their power...

Empires rise, technologies are born, and legends are written, across three great ages of human history. In Epochs: Course of Cultures, you become a leader of civilization at the crossroads of time, guiding your people from the dawn of antiquity through the medieval age and into the modern era. Every choice matters as you balance expansion, innovation, culture, and war in a richly strategic 4X...

In Wriggle Roulette, players take turns reaching into a bag filled with eel- and snake-shaped wooden pieces, trying to pull out as many eels as possible — but if the number of snakes grabbed by all players exceeds the limit, a "snake outbreak" occurs, and the player who grabbed the most pieces loses all of their eels.

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.

Goat Simulator is a fast-paced party card game where you draw goats, play goats, and battle other goats. Gear up your goats, sabotage your so-called “friends”, and unleash chaos so marvelous it’ll make even the most stoic goat bleat. Who needs friends anyway, when you have goats?  

To win Fifty Fruity, you want to have the most bananas in your collection, and to get them you might have to lie.  

The goal is simple: create increasingly higher 2-digit numbers! Each turn, pass a card to the player on your left then lay down a 2-digit number! Draw more cards if you have the highest number, show the most stars on your cards, play a number with 2 identical digits or line up 3 similar colors in a row. If you are unable to lay down a higher 2-digit number, you drop out of the game. Be the last...

Junk Art – new edition is a refreshed version of the classic dexterity game, now with revised rules, updated scoring, and new cities to visit. As an up‑and‑coming artist, you travel the world turning scrap pieces into spectacular balancing sculptures, competing with others to impress crowds in each city. With every stop on your world tour, you build a new, unique structure using the quirky...

Bonjour, and welcome to Postcards, a board game about exploring the beauty of France — one postcard at a time!  

Whodunnit? In Alibis, a suspicious lineup of supervillains lies before you and your team, and you’re tasked with finding the true criminal.  

We are not alone! It is the 23rd century, and proof of alien life has finally been discovered beyond our solar system.

Neuroshima Hex: Battle is a fast-paced and dynamic version of Neuroshima Hex designed for two players to enter this rich world.

The "Arte di Calimala" — the guild of cloth finishers and merchants in foreign cloth — was one of the greater guilds of Florence, who arrogated to themselves the civic power of the Republic of Florence during the Late Middle Ages.