Essen 2026 – novelties, Page 2

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.

In Emerland, you send critter Workers to various locations on the board to gather resources. You use these resources to play cards face-up in front of you, forming your jungle city and helping you to score points. Each turn, you take one of 6 possible actions: Place a Worker (with or without Helpers), Place a Helper, Play a Card, Use an Artisan Card, Excavate with your Archaeologist or Prepare...

You’ve always wanted to travel… And now here’s your chance to get paid for it! The publisher of the most famous travel guides is looking for editors. You’ve got four weeks to travel around Europe and prove that you’re the right person for the job! Visit enchanting places, get to know the locals, take advantage of their tips, and perhaps even pop along to a weekend festival or fulfil a lifelong...

It’s a beautiful Summer day, the tide is low, and conditions are perfect for collecting shells! In Seashells, the new game from renowned designer Bruno Faidutti, you take turns moving the Beachcomber along a path and discovering conches, clams, and scallops to add to you collection. Score points for having the most shells in different shapes and colours and prove you're the most talented...

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...

Buried Memories is a competitive push‑your‑luck and set‑collection game for 2–4 players, ages 10+, with a playtime of 20–30 minutes. Players reveal and manipulate tiles to gather valuable sets while deciding how far to press their luck before the round ends. With streamlined rules, fast turns, and a tactical focus on timing and risk evaluation, Buried Memories delivers a sharp, replayable...

A strategic game for two players with relatively simple rules yet highly complex gameplay, infused with the flavors of fine wine and aged cheese.

Help the animals find their way back to their enclosures in this family-friendly zoo game. Use each escapee’s unique movement abilities, plan your route, and get them all home safely.

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....

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....

Nightmares and horrors await behind these doors. You will face many disturbing challenges: each step may be your last.

In The Council, play as an adventurer who arrives in a doomed city, lost in the hands of a power-crazed regent, and his council who orchestrates dark manipulations in the shadows. Wander the dark, randomly-generated alleyways, card after card, encounter ever more terrifying encounters, manage your resources and upgrade your skills by gaining levels to meet the greatest challenge of all:...

This expansion contains all the characters from the base game, the Council, and from the Depths of Damnation, the Old Gods, Mountain of Torments, and Forgotten Guardians expansions, all re-illustrated by artist Nicolas Roblin and each character slightly changed from their original. They may have different starting stats, and they will have one of their skills reworked! They come from an outer...

The horrible Walking Castles are about to invade the peaceful land of Freigard. Gather the most valiant defenders of this enchanted abode and defeat the relentless mechanical monsters!

It’s election year in Chicago, and as an aspiring politician this might be your golden opportunity to rise to the coveted position of Mayor. Will you gather enough money, popularity, and power to prevail?

40 metal coins for Nippon: Zaibatsu.

Navigate the Karak labyrinth with a marker and solve tricky mini-games. This fast-paced and adventurous drawing game for ages 6 and up can be played independently. Pre-orders come with a free promo set of three task cards, which will then be available for purchase while supplies last.

In Avalon: The Riven Veil, an Arthurian-based area-control and exploration game, you lead mighty factions through the misty veil to discover what awaits on the mystical isle of Avalon. Explore the mists, discover legendary items of power, bond mythic beasts, hunt for the grail, and prepare for war.

Gold Country is a California Gold Rush strategy game by Reiner Knizia, published by Bitewing Games, where players develop mining companies, buy and sell shares, and manipulate a dynamic stock market as new gold veins are revealed across modular maps. Featuring streamlined rules, tactical ability cards, and lush illustrations by Beth Sobel, the game blends classic Knizia elegance with modern...

Pasteles is a solo puzzle game from Salt & Pepper Games that challenges players to complete pastry orders by placing polyomino tiles on a personal board with increasing difficulty. Designed for one player and featuring scenario‑based progression, the game offers a compact, thinky experience focused on spatial planning and efficient tile placement. With its accessible rules and escalating...