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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...

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.  

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

Ohio Bob is on the track of the Kachapacha amulet. He has just discovered the entrance to the temple... Will he be able to explore the three levels of the temple before running out of supplies? Will he find the hidden gems that will allow him to deactivate the terrible trap protecting the amulet?  

Set in the Roman provinces, among the Celtic tribes, in the dominions of medieval Italy, in the territories of the Inca Empire, in the Ottoman court, or in pre-industrial England, Dominance is a game of majorities with the outcome always hanging in the balance until the end.  

In 23 Knives, you step into Rome at the brink of Caesar’s downfall. Players align as loyalists, liberators, or opportunists, swaying citizens and shaping the fate of the Republic. Victory depends on whether Caesar survives the Ides of March—or falls to 23 blades.

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.

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.

Ofrenda is a competitive card‑placement game inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. Players draft and arrange portraits, candles, and offerings to build vibrant altars while keeping relatives’ wishes in balance. The player with the most harmonious and rewarding altar wins.

Red Letter, Yellow Letter! Red Letter, Yellow Letter! Red Letter, Yellow Letter! It’s a party game of saying words! Words with letters in them!

In Emergency Exit Only, each player in turn will play a tile to advance to the exit. But you’ll be playing the tiles on top of each other, so you’ll be putting your spatial visualization skills to the test!

Evergreen – Cherry Blossoms and Bamboo is a set of 2 modular expansions for Evergreen. 

Fifty, which was also released as Count Up, is a number-based game in which players pick numbers that will ideally bring them points.  

Sand Art is a unique entry in the "___ & write" style of games.

A Knizia classic! Play cards, claim animal figures, and push their value.

Onstage is a "must follow" trick-taking game in which you play as a theater company competing for the best performers to join your troupe. By winning tricks, you claim performers onstage. The trump suit is determined by the most valuable performers currently onstage and will change throughout the game as you recruit and manipulate the line of performers.  

The Deluxe Edition of Mutagen includes the expansion contents - Mutation hand attachements, and 2 expansions  

The three little pigs are no longer so little, and as for the big bad wolf—well—it’s not just one, but an army. A house, even one of brick, has proven unable to repel the legions of wolves on the prowl, and so the pigs have turned to raising castles!