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Glory Islands is played over a series of rounds in which players simultaneously play sailing cards from their hands. The card values define the turn order, how far ships can move on the board, and where a player’s pirates may be placed on the board. Depending on where they are placed, pirates may receive glory, treasure tokens, or barrels. The cards may also provide bonus actions that players...

Dice Realms, a new, innovative twist on “dice customization,” is the latest game from Tom Lehmann, designer of Race for the Galaxy.In Dice Realms, each player rules a small realm, represented by two customizable dice. The removable die faces allow for the strategic improvement of farming, mining, defense, upgrades, and more. Each round, the players simultaneously roll their dice to collect...

An asymmetric, cooperative dungeon defense game for 1-4 players where you play as the monsters protecting their hard earned treasures against invading hordes of looters (so-called heroes) trying to steal it. In their turn players draw 5 cards and play, these cards allow them to move, activate the tiles they are to perform the tiles actions, attack heroes, and move their units around. After each...

Foul pollution blights the beautiful lands of Barbearia; Impossibly sticky and unnaturally sweet, this darkness corrupts anything it comes in contact with. The once lush landscapes are becoming tainted with an irresistibly delicious slime, and bears who fall to temptation are transformed into ravenous abominations.The Unbearable Expansion adds two new features to Tales of Barbearia...

From the snowy peaks, to the volcanic wastelands, BarBEARia’s villages are filled with warrior bears in competing villages. Their goal is to have their praises sung loud and long thanks to their mighty deeds. At the very least, they want to outshine the other villages. But winter is long and cold and sleepy, so every village must strive to do their BEARy best before then!

In Armonia, the question of the origin of the sound discs that play a decisive role in Sagani is answered. Together with cute little gnomes, furry yetis, bouncing cyc-hops and wet but happy octis, you go in search of the most melodious sounds and harmonies. In the Temple of the Clouds, you forge the melodies you find into sound discs. To do this, you have to solve tasks to unleash the true...

CoraQuest is an exciting and accessible co-operative dungeon crawling game for one to four people, aged six and up. In CoraQuest the players work together to guide four adventurers exploring a dungeon, avoiding traps, finding treasure, fighting monsters, and sometimes rescuing a gnome called Kevin. CoraQuest is a game that kids and grown-ups can play together and get equal amounts of fun from....

Procyon is a star 11 light-years from Earth, visible in our skies as the brightest star in the Canis Minor constellation. Since the system contains the remains of a collapsed star it was bound to be rich in heavy elements, ripe for industrialization. It was thus no surprise, that in 2104 this was one of the first extrasolar systems to be colonized. The surprise came 3 years later, when an...

A magnificent building for Moscow is needed! Tsar Ivan IV, known as "the Terrible", has the red Basilius Cathedral built in the 16th century. As builders and craftsmen, you follow his wishes and plan and build as much as you can. But which of you will contribute the most to the cathedral's towers and add the most beautiful decorations? Procure the best building materials on the market,...

Nanty Narking is a Victorian board game of wit and podsnappery that reintroduces the well-known bestseller of Martin Wallace. Immersed deeply in the world of Dickens's and Doyle's literature, the card events in the game are now tied to real and fictional characters and places in London. More specifically, following a scrupulous analysis of inspirations that were found and identified in...

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is FFG's longest-running LCG, and it is getting a new core set. The Revised Core Set's core box will come with enough cards and components to support up to a four players. It also features campaign cards, boons, and burdens that are entirely new to the game, and for players who own the older core set, these cards will be available as...

Goodcritters is a game for 4-8 critters who are pulling off heists, and it`s time for the Boss to distribute the loot. The Boss can distribute the loot however they want, but the crew has the final say. If the crew doesn`t like the split, they might just tell the boss to take a hike and put some other critter in charge! In the end, the critter that collects the most valuable stash of loot wins!