Essen 2026 – novelties

In Fishing 2, you try to catch as many tricks as possible over eight rounds, with each card you catch being worth 1 point. You then use your caught cards for the next round — and if you didn't catch enough tricks to fill your hand, you'll draw fresh cards from the ocean stack, which will introduce new cards for you fishers to fight over.

Flourishing times in the kingdom! With every card played, the kingdom’s display grows in power – but only your last two cards in hand will score at the end of the round. Will you build up a character’s strength, or go for their victory points? And are the conditions met for a particularly lucrative scoring?

Skřítkov (Minikin City - Czech Edition) is a strategic game where every card you play has a double meaning. Colors and values give you rewards each round, while icons and effects give you points at the end, but only if you fill the card with Minikins!

Bologna, the city of towers, is torn by the rivalry between the Guelfs and Ghibellines, competing for influence and the favor of the podestà. In this two-player strategy game, you fill city districts with buildings, enclose courtyards for immediate influence, and build towers that determine control of landmarks at the end of the game. With no randomness, every decision shapes the outcome and...

Flip 7 is back - With a Vengeance! All of the fun of the original game, plus new player interactions and special take-that cards! Flip over cards one by one without flipping the same number twice. Sound easy? Think again! This isn't just any deck of cards… In Flip 7: With A Vengeance, there's only one 1 card, two 2's, three 3’s, etc., plus a bunch of special cards that can cut your points in...

A fast-paced card game for everyone. Adapt and "dnup" your game! Quick decision-making, working with combinations, and constantly changing card values create a dynamic game where every round feels different. dnup is based on simple principles, but these constantly evolve during play, forcing you to react to other players and the developments on the table. Be the first to get rid of all your...

Harmonies: Pulse introduces 10 new animals and the option to mirror-fold the landscape for even greater variety.Create even more diverse landscapes, combine new animal patterns, and discover the possibilities that mirror placement of landscape elements brings to the game. Harmonies: Pulse expands the familiar mechanics with additional planning space and variability.This is an expansion only....

Skřítkov (Minikin City - Czech Edition) is a strategic game where every card you play has a double meaning. Colors and values give you rewards each round, while icons and effects give you points at the end, but only if you fill the card with Minikins!

This value set includes the base game and an expansion. Help the zoo animals get back to their homes in time.

Not standalone expansion for the game Revenant that introduces two new, sophisticated modules. "Reason" introduces a new type of spacecraft to the game, while "Faith" introduces new doctrines.

A strategic game for experienced players, full of both competition and cooperation. Save humanity in this epic sci-fi game! Battle the Zplozent, upgrade your ship, and escape to safety.

Harbordrift is a small, standalone expansion for the game Dirt & Dust.

Star Trek: Captain's Chair – To Boldly Go is a new game that can be played on its own or combined with Star Trek: Captain's Chair to create even more captain competitions. Prefer to fly solo? Take on the galaxy with a challenging single-player mode built to test your skill and strategy!

In Star Trek: Captain's Chair   you go head-to-head against an opponent, each stepping into the shoes of an iconic leader from across the history of the Star Trek galaxy. This expansion contains new captains and a location with a portal.

Planet Bee is a strategic tile‑placement game from Cranio Creations, where players act as pioneers tasked with developing a thriving ecosystem inside a geodesic dome on a barren new planet. By placing Ecosystem tiles efficiently, you generate life, expand biodiversity, and manage two vital resources — oxygen and water — which determine how effectively your habitats can grow. Bees play a central...

Terravista is a fast and accessible roll‑and‑write route‑building game from Chilifox Games for 1–6 players, ages 8+, with a playtime of about 15 minutes. Each player works on an asymmetric map, drawing roads to connect olives, oranges, and strawberries to their markets while linking matching market pairs for extra progress. Two custom dice determine which terrain types can be connected each...

A fast-paced card game for everyone. Adapt and "dnup" your game! Quick decision-making, working with combinations, and constantly changing card values create a dynamic game where every round feels different. dnup is based on simple principles, but these constantly evolve during play, forcing you to react to other players and the developments on the table. Be the first to get rid of all your...

For aeons, entropy was an inescapable force of nature. But then humanity evolved to understand it, harness it, and even bend it to their purpose. Your life has been devoted to learning how to shape the very workings of the universe to your will… or rather, to the will of your people. You are to become a scientist, a member of the most revered caste. Now the time has come for the final exam....

In Drillers, players explore an abandoned mine using their mechs, trying to find and excavate anything useful or valuable left behind by a forgotten mining corporation.

World Order is a strategic board game set in the 2010s, where players embody one of four global powers — USA, China, Russia, or the EU. Using diplomacy, economics, and military might, they expand influence, forge alliances, and compete for dominance in a shifting world order. The game blends international relations theory with tense, thematic gameplay to decide who will lead in this new era....

Nippon: Zaibatsu is a new edition of Nippon, a fast-paced, area-majority economic game. Players control "zaibatsu": massive conglomerates of interconnected companies driving Japan's economy in the Industrial Revolution era.

In Kano, 2 to 4 players compete to create their own Emakimono—traditional Japanese painted handscrolls—by skillfully arranging vibrant paint pots. The game elegantly blends tactical resource management with spatial optimization as players navigate a shared central mat to collect the pigments needed for their masterpieces.

Flourishing times in the kingdom! With every card played, the kingdom’s display grows in power – but only your last two cards in hand will score at the end of the round. Will you build up a character’s strength, or go for their victory points? And are the conditions met for a particularly lucrative scoring?

Orcs Up! is a fast, tactical stacking game from Cranio Creations, where players build towering columns of orcs to claim objectives, trigger special abilities, and outscore their rivals. Each turn you place an orc card onto your growing structure, aiming to meet specific height and color requirements while activating unique powers that can boost your position or disrupt opponents. With its...