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You are the matriarch of your clan and are responsible for keeping your clan safe from Monsters while maintaining a competitive advantage over other clans. Some residents are hidden and you must find out which resident is where, and chase away any Monsters to the Open Highlands or rival clans. This game is all about memorizing cards, taking calculated risks and long-term strategic decisions. It's super easy to learn (5 minutes), fun for the whole family (2-6 players) and can be played again and again.

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The players are famous conductors who are constantly looking for talent. However, they have strong preferences regarding the size of their orchestra. They only want to conduct soloists or quartets. Each turn, a player takes a musician card from the face-down pile, which he places next to one of the conductor cards, or he takes a conductor card including the musician cards placed with it and places them in front of him. In the latter case the round is over for him. At the end of the game, only soloists and sets of 4 musicians with the same song earn points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins the game. Audition is a tactical card game of our own making. The rules of the game are very simple, but the tactical possibilities are enormous. The game also contains variants including action cards to make it even more challenging.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is dead. His last conscious act on his deathbed was to compose the Lacrimosa movement of his Opus Requiem. You are one of his sponsors and will meet the widow to participate one last time in financing the works of the Austrian genius. Also, together with Mozart, you will reminisce and retell all your memories to ensure that she portrays you in the best light when writing her memoirs to go down in history as Mozart's most important patron. In Lacrimosa, players take on the role of patrons of the deceased musician, who contributed one last time to the composer's works with their money. During the game you play in two different timelines: the present and the past. Now you commission the missing parts of the Requiem for other composers to complete. Developing events from the past, the game takes place in five eras where you contribute by purchasing new compositions from the composer to sell or exhibit, accompanying him on the various journeys through the most important courts and theaters in Europe, and gather the resources you need to support the musician throughout his career. During the game you play cards from a limited hand that you improve as the game progresses. These cards can be played as actions or as resource generators, and players must optimize their resources and finances to support their best version of the story and their relationship with Mozart.

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That was a great day in the pasture for the horses! But now they have to quickly return to the horse farm. They need different things in their box, such as a bunch of carrots or a bag of oats. These things must be collected on the way to the farm. If you always choose the right dice along the way, with a bit of luck you can be the first to bring your horse to the box

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The five unicorns are often visited by friends in their cloud castle. Because there is no longer enough space, they have to expand. The players work together and use their dexterity to stack the unicorns and clouds. If they stack skillfully and also collect all the cloud crystals, they win together.

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Verdant is a puzzling card game for 1 to 5 players. You take on the role of a houseplant lover trying to create the coziest indoor space by collecting and arranging houseplants and other objects in your home. You need to place your plants so that they get the most suitable lighting conditions and you need to ensure that you create the greenest collection. Each turn you select an adjacent pair of a card and token and use those items to build an ever-expanding tablue that represents your house. You'll need to keep several goals in mind as you try to increase plant greenery by making spatial matches and using item tokens to perform various actions. You can also develop your "green thumb" skills, allowing you to take extra actions to care for your plants and create the coziest space!

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Many centuries ago, the Greek, Persian, and Assyrian empires controlled vast amounts of land and wealth. But despite their fortifications and imposing armies, rumors began to spread about a formidable enemy in the lands above the Black Sea. They came on horseback. Fierce warriors, both male and female. Skilled with sword, ax and bow. But they were not mindless savages. Their craftsmen were known for their ability to create detailed trinkets from gold. They made leather armor and other weapons. They trained eagles for hunting and war. Some even believe they were the inspiration for the Greek stories of the Amazons. But they were more than a legend or fable. They were the Robbers of Scythia. The aim of Rovers of Scythia is to be the player with the most Victory Points (VP) at the end of the game. VP are obtained by raiding settlements, taking plunder and completing missions. Players must assemble a crew, train animals and collect supplies. The game ends when there are only 2 unraided settlements or 2 missions left on the main board.

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In Ready Set Bet, you and your friends head to the races for a day of cheering, cheering and betting on your favorite horses, whose fate depends on every roll of the dice. Ready Set Bet is played over four rounds. Each round consists of a race followed by the bet. During each race, players place their betting chips freely on the board while the race is in progress. After each race, players win or lose money for each of their placed betting chips and then receive a VIP Club Card that allows them to win more money in subsequent races. After four rounds, the player with the most money wins!

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In Ice Floes & Foes, 2 - 6 players make it their mission to save whales and seals from fishing boats and hunters. Move ice floes onto the board and try to make the fishing boats and hunters fall off on the other side. But be careful not to push whales and seals off! Ice Floes & Foes is a family game for 2 - 6 players aged 6+, and takes about 15 to 30 minutes to play. The aim of the game is to collect 5 points. Every fishing boat and hunter you move off the board gives you a point. On your turn you may move 3 ice floes onto the board. But if you move an animal off the board, your turn ends immediately! The first player to collect 5 points immediately wins the game. Ice Floes & Foes was designed by Dennis Merkx and Kees Meis, who are best known for their game The Great Tour, which won the Toy of the Year award in 2018 in the 12 - 17 years category.

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Pack your bags, we're going to Hogwarts with Harry Potter! Collect every item on your Suitcase card. To do this, you must memorize a series of Item cards in the correct order, while that series lengthens with each turn. If someone cannot retell the series, the packing starts. The player who made a mistake may not choose a card. Other players choose an item that matches the items on their suitcase card. If you have listed the series correctly, you can be the first to choose a card. The player who first collects all the items on the suitcase card wins the game.

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How do you take the perfect photo of a group of people when you only have one try? Each character has different wishes. Some want to be at the front of the photo; some want to stand next to another; and some don't want to be next to that one person in any way. Do your best to make everyone happy - even if you don't know all the characters' preferences... In Picture Perfect you have to arrange fourteen characters to take the perfect photo. Each of them has three specific wishes that you want to fulfill. Unfortunately, these desires are hidden in envelopes. During the game, players try to take a look inside these envelopes to figure out how to place the characters correctly. To do this, they trade their information with others - or perhaps try to hide it... Whoever earns the most points at the end of the game has fulfilled the most wishes and becomes the master photographer. The Games Friends: We played this game for the first time on Spiel and we were immediately enthusiastic: this is such a funny idea. On the one hand it is a deduction game because you have to put all the people in the right place and on the other hand it is also just a fun gimmick. Thematically it is great and the artwork is also beautiful. Recommended!

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There are a multitude of terrible stories about the mysterious unknown depths of the Lost Seas. Rumors of gigantic Krakens, hellish maelstroms, enormous sea serpents and hostile deserted islands abound, and only skeletal shipwrecks remain as evidence of preliminary expeditions past. It's time to arm yourself with the latest navigation tools and prepare to set sail on your most daring expedition yet, knowing that if you succeed, glory will exceed your wildest dreams and your map will be the stuff of will become legends. Forge your own legend by charting your exploits across the terrifying and hostile Lost Seas. Only the most dangerous and daring journey will go down in history. - Plan your expedition - Explore the dangerous depths of the Lost Seas - Map your perilous journey

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Little Factory is an exciting card game all about development and resource management in the world of Little Town! Start with just a few coins, produce or trade resources to obtain more valuable resources. Build buildings to obtain new resources, and earn influence points as proof of your hard work. Choose wisely to become the player with the most influence points and win the game! Including Solo variant! The Games Friends: Little Factory is a fun little card game, with quite a lot of tactical choices. Because you have to use raw materials wisely, you have to think carefully about every exchange action. Highly recommended for in between.

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Life is buzzing at the king's court! All advisors crowd around the young monarch in an attempt to get his attention. When he finally rules, he will undoubtedly give the most prestigious positions in his government to his most loyal advisors. How are you going to distinguish yourself? By taking on the most important tasks, of course! Who knows how to stand out with knowledge of diplomacy, architecture and the military and can also prepare the perfect royal banquet? But the most important thing is: can you succeed in winning the king's favor at the right time and outsmart the other players? Because putting yourself in a good light at the expense of others: that's what it's all about at the king's court! Long Live the King is a new version of the popular game Biblios. The Games Friends: We didn't have much confidence in this somewhat cartoonish board game beforehand, but that turned out to be completely unjustified. The rules are ridiculously simple, yet there are plenty of tactical choices. In our opinion, definitely recommended!

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Why did her beauty become his fate? Why did a man have to die just because he was working seriously? And why did no one help Ruud, even though everyone heard him die? It's 5 past 12 - one beat earlier...and her fate might have been different, less gruesome. For her, all help comes too late and so there is no happy ending. Instead, there are many pitch-black riddles with goosebumps guaranteed! The Games Friends: “ Black Stories is always surprising and super fun to play with friends or together on holiday. We have already solved many of them, but we are still looking for the best questions for the Riddle Master. We are fans!”

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Recreate World War II in 20 minutes! The perfect wargame for non-wargamers, Blitzkrieg! allows two players to fight in the war's most iconic fronts, win key campaigns and build military power. Players draw army tokens from their pockets to determine their strengths. Instead of "fighting" battles with dice or cards, players allocate their military resources to each front's campaigns, gaining victory points, additional resources, special weapons, and strategic advantages as they play. Resolved World War II several times in one evening!

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The race to become the best witch or wizard in this version of Steve Jackson's classic role-playing card game, where you can play as a member of your favorite Hogwarts™ house and battle other students to be the first to reach level 10! Acquire allies, use skills, and dish out curses to climb to the top in a whole new way and enjoy the magical movies you love.

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Subastral is a strategic card game for 2–5 researchers. Collect maps representing your notes on eight different biomes: subtropical desert, savanna, tropical rainforest, chaparral, temperate grassland, temperate forest, taiga, and Arctic tundra. Will your journal of research notes on the planet's biomes be deep and diverse enough to stand out among your peers?

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New packaging, new game board and new miniature figures. Control your armies, defend and conquer territories. Will you achieve your military goals before your opponents? Play 3 different games. The ultimate goal is to conquer the world. There is no more exciting game.

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Crystallo is a solo puzzle/abstract card game with a light fantasy theme. Explore the cave of the evil Black Dragon by placing cards, releasing six magical creatures by crafting crystal sets and, if you succeed, trap the dragon in its own cave. Collect treasures along the way and you might become a rich champion! The Games Friends: Crystallo is a fun solo game with simple rules. But as easy as the rules are, it is just as difficult to win this game. That still hasn't worked after more than five games. The advantage of this is that you do not immediately have the feeling that you have completed the game, but the disadvantage is that you do not always feel super satisfied.

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The Magnificent Continental Railroad. This is the 3rd part in the successful Dale of Merchants series. This part can be fully combined with the first part and second part of Dale of Merchants. You can freely use and combine the animal nations between the games. The Continental Transport Association was founded with an ambitious goal: to build a railway spanning the whole of Africa. The responsibility for negotiating the route and supervising construction work rests on the shoulders of the railway manager. With a handful of talented traders, the management holds a trading competition to choose the manager. Meet new characters such as the Archiving Desert Monitors, Disgruntled White-headed Lemurs, Scheming Green Kittas, Hospitable Echidnas, Superstitious Snowshoe Hares and Alert Gray Tree Kangaroos. Combine these with techniques such as the Bribe, Periscope and many others. Through deckbuilding you try to trade goods and build a trading stall. Dale of Merchants forces players to make difficult choices because each card can be used in multiple ways. Are you going for the fantastic promotion or even better cards? In any case, if you dream of victory, you will have to put your cards out again as quickly as you buy them.

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Bosk is a tactical game where you score points by planting trees and the falling leaves of those trees. During the spring, players take turns carefully planting trees of different sizes to gain influence in the forest. Those trees will determine how many points will be scored in the summer. When autumn arrives, the leaves of the trees fall in the direction of the wind. In winter, points are then scored for the player with the most leaves in each region of the forest. The Games Friends: " Bosk is a quite tactical puzzle, which feels very unique due to the completely different rounds. First you place trees and score points for that and then you have to drop the leaves as tactically as possible. Those two different elements in one game feel innovative. Highly recommended for fans of beautiful, tactical puzzle games. "

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In Oath, one to six players guide the course of history in an ancient land. Players can take on the role of agents who wreak havoc on the kingdom. The consequences of one game will affect the games that follow, changing the resources and actions of future players and even changing the game's main victory condition. If one player takes control by creating anarchy and distrust, future players will have to deal with a country overrun by thieves and warlords. In a later game, a warlord may attempt to establish a dynasty, a line of rulers that will last for generations or be crushed by the rise of a terrible, mysterious cult. In Oath, there are no fancy production tricks, app-assisted mechanics, or production gimmicks. The game can be reset at any time and does not require the same playing group from one game to the next. A player could use the full-featured solo mode to play different generations during the week and then use the same copy of the game for a Saturday night with friends. There are no scripted stories or predetermined ending points. The history embedded in each copy of Oath will be as unique as the players who contributed to it.

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During the Middle Ages, the German Hanseatic League (Latin: Hansa Teutonica) was a partnership of mainly merchants from Northern Germany. Cities that joined the Hanseatic League of Merchants and Cities were called Hanseatic Cities. The partnership between the Hanseatic cities is never based on a treaty or contracts. It is therefore difficult to precisely indicate all cities that belonged to the Hanseatic League, also because it is important to know when cities joined it. In total there are at least 200 cities that were at some point directly or indirectly part of the German Hanseatic League. Hansa Teutonica is a strategic game where you have a lot of freedom in choosing and using your actions. Make smart use of your merchants and wholesalers, improve your properties in time, keep a constant eye on your opponents and take advantage of the opportunities that arise to earn prestige. Whoever knows how to combine these components best will become the most successful trader in the history of the Hanseatic League. The Games Friends: " Hansa Teutonica is a wonderful classic, with relatively simple rules. But don't let that confuse you, because you have quite a few tactical choices to make. Especially the fact that you can build a nice engine by We really like connecting more and more cities to your network. "

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A gang of burglars carries out the Professor's plan step by step in the Royal Mint of Spain. Their goal is to print 2.4 billion euros worth of banknotes in small denominations and then escape from the police officers who have surrounded the building. La Casa de Papel: The Game is a game full of bluff and secret identities in the setting of the phenomenal series La Casa de Papel. Two teams compete against each other. With the help of the Professor, the burglars must print as many banknotes as possible within 5 turns. The hostages must prevent this at all costs. They are assisted by Inspector Raquel Murillo. But who can you trust?

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Village Green is a beautiful card game for 1 to 5 players, created by award-winning designer Peer Sylvester, in which various gardeners compete against each other in the battle for the 'Village Green of the Year' cup. Village Green is a simple card game with many tactical choices that partly uses the same format as Letterpress and Shahrazad . All this makes Village Green a perfect addition to your games cabinet!

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This board game follows the famous television program. With new questions and updated game components. You play the I love Holland board game with two teams. You can decide for yourself how big the teams are, as long as the teams are the same size. You need at least 4 players.

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Everyone is drawing one picture at the same time, but one person has no idea what needs to be drawn! In this game, a fake artist must be able to hide among the real artists. Can you bluff well enough so that no one knows you are the traitor?

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Pirate Long John Silver's crew has mutinied, cornered and tied him up! Round after round, they interrogate him about the location of his treasure and explore the island according to his directions - or perhaps his deceptions? Who knows... that old sailor is planning to escape, after which he will definitely try to get his treasure back. Treasure Island is a game of bluffing and adventure in which one player plays Long John and tries to deceive the others in their search for his treasure. The hunt reaches a climax with Long John's escape, when he will make a last-ditch effort to obtain the loot! The Games Friends: " Treasure Island is a really fun variation on the 'find the player' principle, as you know from Scotland Yard, for example. The playing material looks fantastic and the artwork is also very cool. Highly recommended! "

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The corridors keep changing; it looks like it's haunted. The treasure was just there! This maze looks like it's enchanted! Despite this enchantment, who can still find the mysterious objects and treasures? A witty game full of surprises.

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World of Draghan: Mischievous Old Dragons is a racing game full of surprises. A round starts with drawing cards. Of the cards drawn, you place 2 with yourself and 1 with each other player. When all cards have been placed, they are played 1 by 1 and the dragon starts moving. Most cards cause the dragon to move forward, but some actions can also change the direction of travel... Do you encounter a knight during the game? Then you can only beat him if you have enough courage. Don't you have enough courage? Then you will have to run back and hope that the dragon is distracted along the way so that you don't have to go all the way back to the start. But of course you can also encounter a wizard. You can't predict exactly what will happen when he casts a spell. As you can see, there are plenty of surprises in this racing game. Can you arrive first?

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Unbelievable! We're about to catch the handy thief who's been active for months. Because after several failures there is finally hope for the detectives: a witness has come forward. Unfortunately, the witness is a strange man, because he does not remember what the criminal looks like, but he does know everything about the bandit's habits. Can the detectives find the scoundrel based on those hints? In Unusual Suspects, one player plays the witness and the other players are detectives. The witness knows the identity of the heavy boy and that is why he or she tries to put the detectives on the right track. The detectives do this by asking questions to the witness and based on the answer, they can then cross off innocent suspects. The nice thing is that you can play Unusual Suspect not only cooperatively, but also against each other. In that case, you place twelve suspects in the middle and each round a team reveals a question for the witness to answer. Can you be the first to find the prisoner?

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In this 2-player game, each player moves through their own temple, which contains spaces for room tiles surrounded by 9 storage places with sacred and cursed relics. These relics are worth victory points. The game is played in a number of rounds. Each round, players try to claim a room tile in order to create a route to the relics by playing cards and rolling special dice. These dice bars have fate points or Naga symbols on them. The player with the majority of fate points claims the tile, or can play special action cards with naga symbols. These action cards give players the ability to manipulate the temple route, relics or dice bars used. The game ends immediately when one of the end conditions is met.

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Rory's Story Cubes® is a visual story generator that stimulates the imagination of young and old. A non-competitive game for one or more players. Roll all 9 story dice. Start with “Once upon a time…” and tell a story that connects all 9 images. Start with the picture that most appeals to your imagination. You can't go wrong with this! The goal is to let your imagination run wild with the Rory's Story Cubes®. You can do it! The human brain thinks in images and always finds a way to connect the pictures on the dice. The more you play, the easier it becomes to tell longer and more elaborate stories. You can play alone or in a group, in which everyone tells a story one after the other with the 9 images on the storytelling dice.

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Explore the cities of Celestia aboard a plane in search of their treasures. Each turn, a new captain must navigate the journey's twists and turns: will you trust him to reach the next city? The further you go, the more fantastic treasures you'll find... Unless the plane crashes! A clever, risk-taking game in a dreamlike world. The first expansion is also included in the box, bringing new rules, new cards, and new powers that allow you to face more dangers, help the captain more easily… or increase the number of bluffs and dirty tricks! The second expansion includes a 3D rowboat and new maps. From now on, you can leave the plane by borrowing the rowboat. With your only seat, you should be the fastest to board... but is traveling alone really such a good idea? Bonus content : - 2-player variant of Bruno Cathala - Exclusive Twinples pawns - All goodie City cards and tiles (including Christmas City, for the first time in a physical version) - Descriptive stickers to place on Power cards - Exclusive material to customize the plane in 3D

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The bees have discovered the economy. The queens believe that if they sell honey to the bears, badgers and forest animals, they will find peace and prosperity. Spring has arrived and it's time to build the hive, find nectar, make honey and, for the first time ever, set up shop. Honey Buzz is a worker bee placement game where players expand a personal hive by drafting different honeycomb tiles that contain actions that activate during the game. Each tile represents a different action. Whenever a tile is placed to complete a certain pattern, a series of actions are activated in the order the player chooses. A tile drawn on the first turn can be activated up to three times at any time during the game. It all depends on how the player places his beeples (bee + meeple) and builds his hive. After all, in the honey sector, efficiency is the most important thing. As you continually expand your hive, you forage for nectar and pollen, make honey, sell different varieties at the bear market, organize honey tastings, and care for the queen and her court. There's only so much nectar to go around, and finding it won't be easy. Players will have to explore the nectar field and pay attention to other players' searches to try to figure out the location of the nectar they need for themselves. The Games Friends: Honey Buzz is such a wonderful game! The artwork and material are all top notch! The game itself is also cleverly put together and plays smoothly. Because you have to make enough tactical choices, it is also fun for the experienced player.

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A real-time tabletop shooter where you aim with your tiles and take a photo with your smartphone to let the app unfold the battle for you. As the crowd roars, the arena is illuminated by the brilliant glow of sponsor ads: Choose your faction and join the fight. Place and orient your spaceships tactically to score the most points by shooting down enemy vehicles, collecting mineral units from asteroids, and impressing the game's sponsors. With a single photo at the end of the game, the accompanying app will solve and visualize the battle for you!

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