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The adventure continues! Storm clouds are gathering and the seas are turning rough - do you have what it takes to overcome these obstacles and write a new chapter in history? As if the life of a privateer in the Caribbean wasn't exciting enough, an ocean of new possibilities stretches out before you. With new project cards you expand existing ones, adding new effects and variation to the game. New home bases give players individual skills. You can optionally play a new campaign, with new Legacy Tiles and a new story (which ties into the original story, but can be played without completing the original campaign). And last but not least, an optional scenario lets you help drive the colonial powers out of the Caribbean again. And other surprises.... Maracaibo: The Uprising contains a wealth of new modules and scenarios that you can mix and match as you please: from the simple to the complex, with familiar and entirely new concepts. The Games Friends: "This is just a very good expansion. It doesn't do anything extremely innovative, but the new elements still fit well into the basic game. In addition, there is also a new story, so you always get some new rules and tiles. .An absolute must-have for fans of the base game!”

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In Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write, 1-5 players will establish followers who will help them travel through France, collect goods, build buildings, establish trading posts, earn money and contribute to useful deeds . The player who can best use his chosen followers scores the most points and is the winner. Each round a number of follower tiles are drawn from a bag. Players take turns drafting the followers and taking actions corresponding to the follower they chose. After all followers have been set up, the bag will reset until you have used up one bag per player.

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After sailing the Caribbean in search of glory and treasure as a privateer in Pirates of Maracaibo, a new challenge awaits you with the Commanders expansion! Now you represent a notorious ship commander or a feared captain, whose special abilities add even more tactical finesse to the game. In addition, you can now equip your ship with cannons to access the fortifications of certain islands - because there are riches to be found there too! New explorer boards, maps and rum trading take Pirates of Maracaibo to a whole new level. Hoist anchor, the final journey begins!

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The residents of Orléans have been hit hard; the plague has overtaken them and brings suffering and misery to the population. Many have died, and even the plague doctor can only bring limited relief and hope to the long-suffering residents. The church also has little to offer when it comes to lighting. And so in the end everyone is on their own and everyone must try to protect their followers as best as possible... Right at the start of the game, conditions are made more difficult by the "rat cards". Sometimes there are fewer monks in the game, sometimes no cogs can be placed on place cards or the construction of trading stations must be paid for with an extra coin. New events are now also linked to the "corpse tokens", a certain number of which players must place in their pocket at the end of each round. These are then randomly drawn from the bag at the start of the round and take up valuable space on the marketplace as they cannot be used for actions. To get rid of it for good, a player can fulfill indulgence cards through pilgrimage, donations, or other conditions, which also grant victory points at the end of the game. Fortunately, each player has a "plague doctor", a new figure that is available (almost) every round and can be used universally.

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In the early Middle Ages, the height of ecclesiastical power, no fewer than five monasteries were founded in a beautiful valley with the aim of spreading the Word of God. As the dean of a cathedral school, you try to house the novices entrusted to you in the monasteries and thus build an unmistakable reputation. Depending on your talents, you send novices to monastery buildings, to the chapel or to the monastery. The intervention of influential personalities or other monks should not be underestimated. You can also fulfill the special missions of the monasteries and build on the stained glass windows of your cathedral to raise the profile of your school. After the three-year novitiate, it will become clear who, together with their helpers, has achieved the most fame and glory. Monasterium (which is Latin for "Monastery") is a strategic game with an innovative dice mechanism that presents players with ever new challenges. The game contains a double-sided board: one side for the game for two and one side for 3-4 players.

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Once thought lost, magic flows into the land via the Crystal Path, attracting new clans from far and wide. There's a lot to discover, but the goal remains the same: fight to secure a place on the magical throne! This expansion for the base game Evenfall includes two new clans, a Crystal Path and many new Rituals, Specialists and Places of Power to explore. With a new catalyst - the crystal - you reveal a new form of magic. Parts of this expansion can be modularly integrated into the base game.

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In 1811, free trade was declared for the port city of Valparaíso in Chile. A short time later, Chile declares its independence. As an influential citizen of Valparaíso, you want to stimulate the development of your city, so you send your merchants into the hinterland to obtain important export goods and send your ships abroad to achieve new achievements. To do well in Valparaíso, you need to plan ahead, keep an eye on your opponents and react to their actions at short notice. Almost every action affects the other players by changing costs or trading options. Every building of a house must be well thought out, every trade must be well timed. Anyone who wants to change the order of their original planning during the course of the game will have to pay a fine, but if your plans are not good enough, time will pass - both in the short and long term. You're all planning at the same time and the end of the game may come sooner than you hoped! For advanced players who like to make plans while under pressure for a long time, the game includes an hourglass variant.

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The legendary Atlantis is shrouded in so many stories and myths that it is said to have completely drowned in one night. Atlantis Exodus takes place in the 5 years before the sinking. The players and their respective kings must try to save as many of their subjects as possible to take their acquired knowledge and skills to another world and time. The Atlantis city roundel with its rotation mechanism constantly presents the kings with new challenges, as the possible actions are constantly changing, forcing them to reconsider and adapt their chosen strategies.

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Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina takes 2-4 players to the Tsarist Empire of 1762 to win the Tsarina's favor using an innovative card mechanic. As is often the case, different strategies can lead to different goals: will you devote yourself to the development of fine arts or trade, or perhaps you prefer to secure weapons and thus defend the realm? With each card you hold, you must decide whether to gain the resources and use the action on that card or discard it to activate another action.

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Number of players: 2 - 4 players Game time: 60 - 180 minutes Age: From 12 years Publisher: DLP Games Language: English, German Orléans Stories is based on the bag-building mechanic of Orléans, where this mechanism has been further developed into a story in which players go through different eras and face different challenges. Instead of focusing on the city of Orléans and trading with the surrounding villages, the player now settles in the Loire Valley. Players must produce resources, establish villages and build forts and churches. They will experience times of prosperity and success, but also times of hardship; they must brave famine and plague, fight for their country, and perhaps conquer foreign lands to secure the lives of their colonists. But in the end there is peace and joint governance of territories and villages. The game contains two stories: "The First Kingdom" and "The King's Favor". “The First Kingdom” is an epic story that spans eight so-called eras, and each era has different terms and emphases. Sometimes knights settle, with whose help you can conquer foreign territories, sometimes the plague threatens to decimate the population of settlers, unless they all worked together to develop medicine. "The King's Favor" is shorter, simpler, and more suitable as an introduction to the game. In five eras, certain tasks must be completed and those who do not will be mercilessly dropped. The threat of having to end the game prematurely provides a constant thrill, but all tasks are achievable, so (usually) all players make it to the end. But you certainly shouldn't just focus on these tasks... it takes more to win! The different eras influence both the game parameters and the rules of the game, creating new strategic possibilities. This challenges players to constantly adapt to current circumstances, giving you the impression of experiencing a story. The legacy game is replayable and you can play it as many times as you want. The changes from era to era require a new way of seeing things from a distance, but this is made easier by a storybook where players will find not only all the relevant information and quirks of rules, but also hints on how to prepare.

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