Mainports is the third game in the successful Ports of Europe series, which also includes Rotterdam and Antwerp. The large number of possibilities in the economic EURO game Mainports provides a clear strategic profile, but still a nice accessible entrance. It starts with you having to choose from which port you will sail your first ship and which goods you will take on board. The start-up contracts will help you choose the direction, but you will also have to look for lucrative deals in the (open) contract market. You also keep a close eye on the available fuel. Experienced players quickly realize that a little technological advancement can help them make more money from trading. However, arriving at the right time at a Mainport with a well-stocked greenhouse is just as important!

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Choose and build an exciting mix of attractions in your own theme park. Upgrade them to match blueprints, or simply to stack towering attractions that attract the crowds and make the most money. Hire staff members and build super attractions as you battle for victory! Funfair is a standalone game in the Unfair universe. It's a lighter and faster introduction to Unfair's ridiculously modular theme park building. You can set up Funfair quickly, the rules are simple and there is only positive player interaction in Funfair. A game for the whole family! However, new objectives, new cards, all new building strategies and tight combos give experienced players and Unfair fans a lot of challenge. The Games Friends: " Funfair is a very fun and easier version of Unfair. The fun elements have all been retained, such as building the most fantastic attractions and selecting the best employees. Highly recommended for the whole family! "

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The Roll Player Adventures expansion Nefras's Judgment contains 41 different backstory quests, one for each Backstory card in Roll Player. These quests are woven into the core story of the campaign and feature encounters for each player to make choices that customize their alignment. This expansion also includes: Massive Backstory Codex (300+ pages), 4 new Backstory Boards to add to each player's Character Sheet, 6 Backstory Markers and 6 Alignment Markers, and 65 new rare cards to discover.

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The audience holds its breath as she breaks through the darkness, the silence breaking like an icicle and the frozen sawdust swirling like a huge snowstorm. She is the Magnificent SNØ. This expansion to The Magnificent introduces SNØ, a new artist with her own camping tiles and poster cards. You can now play the game with up to 5 players. New master cards offer new types of bonuses and new ways to score. New trainer tiles offer new ways to customize your actions. The optional Master Board Module gives each player a special action each round, and then there's more. The Games Friends: " An excellent expansion that integrates smoothly into the basic game. You have just a few more options and the game lasts a little longer, giving you more opportunities to score points. We no longer play the basic game without it! "

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Discover the futuristic universe of Red Rising, based on the bestselling book series by Pierce Brown. In the future, society is divided into 14 castes. Will your house manage to climb higher? This new hand-management/hand-building game from Stonemaier Games for 1-6 players is a new hit from board game maker Jamey Stegmaier, the creator of Scythe, Viticulture and Tapestry, among others. The Games Friends: " Jamey Stegmaier is at it again, because Red Rising is a lot of fun. The rules are ridiculously easy, but there is still more than enough challenge in the game. Scoring the perfect hand of cards is quite tough and because of the many cards, different in every game. Highly recommended!

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Old V'Sheel, the High Priestess of the Vadoran Gardens, is retiring and perhaps one of you will take her place. Go into the gardens, study her lessons in Life, Nature and Wisdom to prove yourself worthy of such an honor. Vadoran Gardens is a card game set in the universe of The City of Kings. Players take on the role of young Vadorans training to become priests. You will have to complete tasks while exploring the Temple Gardens to prove your worth. Vadoran Gardens lasts ten rounds and in each round you try to learn a valuable lesson. Each player, in order, chooses a Pathway card from the supply and places it on their personal Garden Pathway, which represents your journey through the Temple Gardens and your quest for knowledge. Match the right symbols while also taking into account the animals, the ancient relics and the maintenance of the garden! The Games Friends: " A wonderful puzzle game for fans of Queendomino, for example. The artwork is super cute and it's just fun. Recommended! "

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In this fun interactive board game, players try to catch cows with their Gauchos. They can also lie down in the field to catch an unsuspecting cow. That seems easy, but catching the cows is just the beginning of this smooth-playing family plus. A board game for hunters and collectors that is certainly also a lot of fun for two players, thanks to the excellent 2-player custom version.

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In this expansion of the dynamic Rotterdam port game, the port economy makes its appearance. The players can now speculate on the raw materials market, trade products and invest in new factories. In addition, the players now determine the moment at which they want to load, sail, produce, tranship or trade products. Can you take on the challenge in a port game where you are at the helm? Masters of Trade is a family game for everyone: young and old, fans of Rotterdam and the game fanatic!

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Tidal Blades: Angler's Cove is an expansion to Tidal Blades - Heroes of the Reef. This expansion adds a 5th character and a new island to the base game. This new island offers new difficult choices and works for any number of players, making the replay value even greater. The Games Friends: " Angler's Cove is a nice expansion for Tidal Blades. It is not extremely innovative, but it is perfect for making the base game feel a bit fresher. A great tip for Tidal Blades fans! "

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Welcome young heroes! Many brave participants have signed up for the tournament, but only a handful will be chosen to join the Tidal Blades, the elite guards of our archipelago. To succeed in the tournament and be chosen as Tidal Blade, you must compete in challenges across the 3 arenas, rise to the top of the champion board and protect the realm from the ever-increasing threat of the monsters of the mysterious fold. The Games Friends: " Tidal Blades is a beautiful game that is also very well put together. We think the best element is upgrading the dice. This minimizes luck and allows you to make wonderful tactical choices about which dice you upgrade. chooses. Very extensive and very good!

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Do you have green fingers? In the tile placement game Botanik you try to become the best Mecha-Botanist and save the world thanks to technology and plants! In a laboratory, a leading inventor has discovered a technology to save the world thanks to flowers and plants. These must be fed using machines. She enlists her two best teams of mechanical botanists to build the best performing machine. You make a machine by connecting tiles with pipes from the source tile, so that you can water your flowers and plants. Choose the right tiles from the central register before your opponents take them, expand your network of pipes to irrigate your plants and score the most points.

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Is that the "victory" you taste in the salty air? You've secured your spot as a participant in the world-famous Coldwater Crown fishing tournament and the competition is just getting started! Can you cast the right bait at the right time to land the biggest fish? Can you strategically balance your efforts at the different fishing locations to win the most trophies? Very little is certain in these icy waters, but the fish are guaranteed to bite! Coldwater Crown is a fun and clever board game that captures the thrill of fishing in a board game. Created by acclaimed game designer Brian Suhre! It's a game of strategic planning, the fisherman's intuition and just the right amount of luck! Test your fishing expertise against up to three of your friends or improve your skills in the training pond. You don't have to be a master angler to win, but once your trophies start piling up, you might feel like one!

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A new city, new rules, new monsters: will you be the king of New York? King of New York is a standalone board game in the style of King of Tokyo. This time the gigantic monsters will attack each other in The Big Apple, namely New York. The game board shows the various districts of New York and each monster tries to demolish buildings in its own district. With six new monsters to choose from; Defeat all the other monsters, be the last one standing and win!

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Roll Player Adventures is a cooperative board game for 1-4 players set in the world of Roll Player. Player characters face challenges, explore new lands, make friends and enemies, solve puzzles, battle monsters, and make important decisions that will shape the story as they progress through 11 core adventures and the replayable Side Quest. Choose from one of many characters or import a favorite Roll Player character and take them on a heroic journey. If you import a character you built in Roll Player, you can still use the expansions, promo cards, and boards that were used in Roll Player Adventures.

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Between the 13th and 17th centuries, more than 900 monumental statues, Moaï, were erected on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island. Become a powerful chieftain of Easter Island and gather tribesmen to best serve your village and please the gods. Cut, transport, and raise Moai to gather resources, turning them into sacrifices to honor your ancestors and secure your spiritual and political prowess. Each turn takes place in 3 phases. During the first phase, each player sends one of his figures onto the board, each in turn, until all the figures have been placed. The wizard determines the order of the next turn and the villagers are placed on the board to become transporters or scupltors. Thanks to the number of sculptors present in the quarry, each player collects Moais of different sizes. Moai or Pukao must be transported through a continuous chain of carriers whether they are from your clan or not. But be careful, you provide resources to your opponents when you use their transporter! Once you arrive at your destination, you can set up the Moai to grab the Ahu tile that you can play to your tune, as well as one or more resources depending on the size of the Moai. Styling your Moais allows you to exchange resources to acquire Offer Tokens. At the end of a round, if the number of ahu without moai is less than or equal to the number of players, the game ends. The winner is the player with the most victory points earned thanks to the Sacrifice and Extraordinary Sacrifice tiles.

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Your dreams are home to all kinds of inhabitants, mostly discreet. You could meet one at any time, hidden around a bend in a path. And you'd be surprised to find out that those little creatures don't charge much to follow you. Sometimes smart, sometimes playful, and all different, these Dream Beings demand a small price for the precious help they are willing to provide. Are you willing to lure them?

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A War of Whispers is a competitive board game for 2 to 4 players. Five mighty empires wage war for the world, but you are not a mighty ruler. Instead, you play as a secret society that gambles on the outcomes of this war while pulling the strings to manipulate the results and ensure that their bets pay off. A War of Whispers is a game of deep strategy, hidden agendas and shifting loyalties.

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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 Dunaïas, metallic beings with complex powers animated by a mysterious energy, have caused terrible turf wars. The ancient humans, known by the infamous term "The Fallen", have been killing each other to control the metal creatures. Their deaths brought a prophecy of a new civilization that would respect life... Centuries have passed, but despite all this time, some tribes seeking retribution can easily destroy an uneasy peace, especially since an ancient prophecy inherited from The Fallen has been found. To avoid new conflicts, the Council has decided to test every tribe. Whoever manages to recreate a civilization with the help of the currently dormant Dunaïas will open the way to a new era of peace. The chosen ones hold the fate of the world in their hands. A New Civilization Will Rise in Dunaïa: The Prophecy...

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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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Two opponents compete around a hexagonal board with white and black marbles. To win, a player must push 6 of the opponent's marbles over the edge of the board. Observe, think ahead and consider your options with every move.

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Lead your tribe to the gates of Mara, portals to realms of pure elemental energy. Encounter powerful Elemental Lords, spread your control and summon colorful magic. Aim for the most influence in each realm so you can establish your tribal claims. JB Howell, co-designer of Flotilla, combines upgradeable worker placement with layered area control in Gates of Mara. You can command reptilian Dragonkin, the amphibious Goblins, the insectoid Antids or the tree Elves. Immersive Art - The world of Mara comes to life through the stunning art of Nastya Lehn. Unique Components - The members of your tribe are represented by standees with uniquely shaped bases, indicating which spaces they can claim. Varied Gameplay - With only two Elemental Lords in play per game and a variable central board, no two games are the same! Place your tribe members strategically around the realms and gates. Enchant your tribe members to give them new skills. Fight for short-term goals, but keep an eye on your influence. Only the player with the most influence can claim the gates of Mara!

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Build a unicorn army and trick your friends because unicorns are now your friends, thanks to Unstable Unicorns NL! This strategic card game combines two of your favorite topics: unicorns and destruction. The English version was already a successful Kickstarter project and won, among other things, the People's Choice Award at the 2019 Toy of the Year Awards. Now finally available in a Dutch edition! Be the first player to collect 7 unicorn cards in your 'stable' (on the table in front of you). Each player starts the game with 1 baby unicorn in their stable and during a turn you can either place a unicorn from your hand in your stable or play effect cards to annoy your opponents. For example, you can remove unicorns from someone's stable or have everyone discard a unicorn, etc. With 2-5 players, 7 unicorns are enough to win! With 6-8 players, 6 unicorns is enough to win.

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Not Alone: ​​Exploration is the first expansion for Not Alone. It includes new hunting cards for the creature, new survival cards for the hunted, and new location cards for the planet. These 10 new locations can be played together, or they can be mixed with locations from the base game, not only giving you a near-infinite combination of places to explore. Revisit the planet Artemia, if you dare, in Not Alone: ​​Exploration.

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Night after night, as you wander through your dreamscape, you believe it no longer holds a secret for you. But when you see the eyes of a Wisp for the first time, you immediately understand how wrong you were. You remember some stories of the ancients, in which they mentioned those little creatures who wait for a kind soul to show them the path to follow, in return for granting wonderful wishes. It's decided! Rescuing these adorable Wisps from limbo becomes part of your mission and Will O' The Wisp certainly won't forget your brave actions.

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Spring 1916. You are a war journalist and you have just fled the trenches. Traumatized by your experiences, you travel as a reporter to softer places. Fascinated by a book by Alexandra David-Neel about the Buddhism practiced in the East, you decide that your journey will follow hers. Sri Lanka, India, Tibet... who knows, maybe you can even inform your readers about the mysterious city of Lhasa. Discover a region of the world that flickers between colonial realities and Eastern wisdom... The Games Friends: What a great story-telling game, for a small price. You really get the feeling that you have played a large cooperative game, while it takes up very little space in the cupboard. Highly recommended for all fans of narrative games!

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Enhance the world of photosynthesis with the Under the Moonlight expansion! The moon rotates in the opposite direction of the sun, casting its moonlight over the forest. Players collect moon points for their new forest animal to activate special powers. Which of the eight animals will be yours? The boar collects trees, the hedgehog plants seeds, the fox steals and moves seeds and the owl turns moon points into sun points. Place your animal strategically near the moonstones, activate its abilities at the right time, and be careful not to stay in the shadow of the Great Elder Tree for too long!

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Build the kingdom, defend its borders and expand your influence across the land. In campaign mode, players compete on an epic journey to collect the most tomes and earn their place in the chronicles of their people. Alternatively, players can instead team up to take on the ruthless Overlord in separate cooperative modes for each game in the West Kingdom Trilogy. You need Architects of the West Kingdom, Paladins of the West Kingdom and Viscounts of the West Kingdom to play this game.

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Dive into the glittering sea to find exotic treasures on a seabed full of pirate shipwrecks. Send your divers to the depths, but be careful; by moving too close to other divers, they can join in too! Collect lost loot and stranded balls to curate museum exhibits and build dazzling aquariums... but don't forget to save the best bits for your personal collection! Wreck Raiders is an innovative dice-drafting worker placement game. Choose a die from the pool and send one of your divers to a random spot on the board with that number. But be warned: the spot you choose will help every diver in the spots next to you whether they are friendly or not. Do you risk bringing in a rival to get that treasure you want or can you find a way to get some extra loot? Display your treasures to build museum exhibits or send them to your vault for huge scoring opportunities... Don't forget to visit the nearby beach to collect washed-up balls and spend them to build amazing aquariums. (All marine animals are treated ethically and released into the wild; plus, they are cardboard tiles.) When the game ends, you'll earn coins for your exhibits, your vault, and your aquariums. The player with the most coins wins!

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In The Court of Miracles, players will lead a guild of beggars, scheme sinister plots and use deceit to build their fame in an attempt to take over 16th century Paris. The first player to place all their Glory tokens is the winner. Players use worker placement and area influence to compete for control of neighborhoods, inevitably leading to standoffs where glory can be won or lost. The use of plot cards and the secret values ​​of Rogue Tokens allows for deceptive tactics, while a wide mix of skills and actions gives huge variety to every game. So take control of one of the five guilds and make sure you're the most feared in Paris when the Penniless King reaches his final destination.

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Steampunk Rally Fusion is a standalone game that can be combined with the original Steampunk Rally. It introduces new tracks with unique event cards, new component skills (Gear Up and Overcharge) and a new card type: Secret Projects. It also introduces new custom dice that represent powerful fusion energy! Put yourself in the shoes of ingenious inventors from history. Design cards to invent your racing device. Amplify your creation's abilities with combinations of steam, heat, electricity and Fusion dice. Use gears to increase bad dice rolls and upgrade certain machine parts. Crashing through damaging terrain spaces can send parts flying off your machine, forcing you to constantly adjust your strategy and discover new card synergies. Fortune favors the brash, so gear up, load up your machine and make history again!

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Not Alone is set in the 25th century. You are part of an intergalactic expedition that has crashed on the mysterious planet Artemia. While you wait for the rescue team, you decide to investigate the planet. But an alien is hot on your heels and on the hunt... You are clearly not alone! Will you manage to brave the dangers of Artemia? Not Alone is an asymmetrical card game in which one player (the Creature) competes against all other players (the Prey). If you are part of the Prey, you research Artemia using Location Cards. By playing these cards together with Survival cards, you try to avoid, confuse, or distract the Creature until reinforcements arrive. If you play as the Creature, you hunt the castaways. By playing your Hunting Cards and harnessing the mysterious powers of Artemia, you try to undermine the Morale of the Prey and allow them to be absorbed by the planet.

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Taco Hat Cake Gift Pizza! Once there is a match between a card and a spoken word, you race to hit your hand on the central deck of cards. The last one to do that has to get them all. Be quick to be the first to get rid of all your cards. But watch out, because your mind will be completely confused! Guess what? There are new powers!

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In Cape May, players traverse the city streets as entrepreneurs, developing properties as they build wealth over four seasons to earn prestige. Build cottages, develop them into Victorian homes and upgrade them into historical monuments. Establish stores and grow them into profitable businesses. Move carefully through the city and use activity cards strategically. Complete bonus objectives and then take some time to relax and spot wildlife in the best birdwatching spot in the Northeastern United States. Those who best balance their income, development, exercise and personal goals will go down in history as Cape May's most successful developer!

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In Tiny Epic Pirates: Curse of Amdiak, rumors of the unthinkable quickly spread across the islands. Rumors of dead pirates returning to the sea... aboard an ominous ghost ship piloted by the legendary pirate Amdiak... Several new game elements have been added to play, including cursed gold, a ghost ship that haunts the players as they try to steal the cursed gold, ancient relics, haunted map cards, and even skeleton staff! Players obtain cursed gold by stealing it from the ghost ship and attacking other pirates who possess it. Cursed gold can be traded for an ancient relic said to contain Amdiak's ashes. Bury this relic and break the curse of Amdiak! However, if the ghost ship captures you, your captain will be cursed and you will lose your cursed gold. Once you're cursed, you can recruit powerful skeleton crews to mindlessly obey your evil command!

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Streets is a tile-laying game where players build a city together. Each building has a simple valuation formula that allows the owner to make money when the street is scored. Valuations are influenced by the other buildings on the street, so smart placement is essential to maximize profits. Moreover, the city is populated by hipsters, families, shoppers and tourists, each with their own preferred lifestyle. Smartly located properties can benefit from the growing crowds of people further increasing the value of the buildings they visit. Optional expansion modules add powerful asymmetric player abilities and extra layers of strategy and tough decisions.

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Lurking in the shadows, it's there. You have always felt this oppressive presence. As your steps lead you to the darkest corners of your dreams, you hardly dare to look at it when it finally appears on your path. Sometimes you chase it and gather enough strength to face your nightmares, but you know that sooner or later it will watch you and darken your sweetest dreams. Will you finally be able to free yourself from its harmful grasp?

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Drunk Stoned or Stupid is a hilarious and simple party game where you can get to know your friends well! But does that make you happy... Now finally available in a Dutch edition! In each round, a player draws a card and the other players decide to whom the description of this card applies most and why. Accusations can be based on personality traits, past stories, or basically anything. The player who drew the card (declarer) considers all charges and makes the final decision as to who gets the card. The first player to receive 7 cards loses the game. There are no winners in this game... only losers.

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The Mayan king Pakal has made his kingdom great and he is now ready for his final challenge: solving the puzzle dedicated to him. Pakal is a game of skill and sleight of hand. Move the Mayan tiles on your player board to match the model in front of your opponents and continue down the track. The whole kingdom is watching your skills: get ready!

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Rediscover the land of Andor with three new legends! In "Shadow Over Cavern", the heroes find themselves in the deep mines of Andor, where they investigate strange events and face a dark opponent. In "Strange Homeland", the heroes return to Andor, but the country no longer resembles how they remember it. New enemies such as the shadow witch and the Tauri medicine man await the heroes. In “The Last Shadow” the heroes stumble upon a secret in the history of Andor that will have far-reaching consequences for the country. The Legends of Andor: The Lost Legends “Dark Times” introduces new elements such as the almost invincible Three Great Trolls and the night mode, which now also requires choices to be made at night. Andor: The Lost Legends “Dark Times” can only be played in combination with the basic game. With the “New Heroes” and “Dark Heroes” expansions, “Dark Times” can be played with a total of 6 players.

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It's a Wonderful Kingdom is a standalone solo or 2-player game set in a Low-Fantasy universe. Inspired by the core mechanics of its predecessor "It's a Wonderful World", this new game offers more interaction, a bluffing mechanic and new challenges. The game is played using modules, each different and with mechanical twists. Each game, players choose one of several modules to compete against each other. The game is divided into 4 rounds. Each round has 3 phases. 1 / Split and fall Players take turns placing their cards in two piles in the center of the table. A player takes 2 cards from his hand and places them on the same pile or divides them between the two piles. The other player chooses a pile. This step is repeated alternately until the players have placed all the cards from their hands. Furthermore, each player has 2 traps that can be used to place face-down cards. 2 / Plans Each player chooses, from the cards he has collected, which ones to build and which to recycle to speed up development. 3 / Sequential production Each player produces the resources of his Kingdom in a sequential manner. Because the resources are produced in a certain order, it is necessary to anticipate the sequences to optimize production and development. At the end of the 4th round, the player with the most victory points wins the game. The Games Friends: It's a Wonderful Kingdom is, in our opinion, even more fun than It's a Wonderful World. The new mechanism for selecting cards works smoothly and is a bit more tactical and the modules are also a nice addition. Just a very good 2-player game!

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Curators is a Euro-style tile-laying game for 1-4 players in which players build museums and their collections to attract visitors. Your job as a curator is to expand the museum and its collection. With the help of your employees, you build new wings and collect objects to exhibit in the museum. The employees are represented by five tokens that are used to determine the different actions you can take in the game. Choose your action from the face-up tokens, then turn the token over to show that you used it. This reveals another action on the other side that you can use at a later time. On the other hand, if you ever have two of the same action available on your turn, you can choose to double down. This means that you can flip two chips in one turn and double the amount of work. As you play, you acquire loans for famous objects, such as 'the Roman soldier's dice tower' or 'the Neanderthal skull', from other museums. To score the points for these objects, you must complete a Tetris-like puzzle of color and space. When the game ends, only one museum will be the winner and take home the 'Museum of the Year Award'.

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Consider this your invitation to Wrong Party! In this delightfully quirky card game, you'll compete with your friends to create the GGLOAT - that is, the largest guest list of all time - by choosing from a variety of mismatched characters and party themes. Will you organize the perfect party or will you put an end to the atmosphere?

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Reavers of Midgard is a single worker placement game with elements of set collection, dice battles and engine building set in the Champions of Midgard universe. In Champions of Midgard your mission was to become Jarl. You fought the trolls, draugr, and some of the epic monsters that once threatened the sanctity of your humble port city. Now it's time to go on the attack. In Reavers of Midgard, you seek glory by plundering nearby villages for their wealth, plundering well-fortified castles, and battling both humans and monsters on the open seas. Not only will you have to bring your rowdy crew of vikings and the food needed to keep them happy along for the ride, but you'll also have to recruit a crew of elite warriors - the Reavers. Reavers can be used in three different ways. They can become the leader of your ship, giving you a one-time bonus and allowing your warriors to be more versatile in battle. They can also be used to gather more warriors to your cause and fill your ship to the brim with the right fighters for the right situations. Finally, they can also be used to help your crew specialize, earning you a bonus every time your crew goes into battle. Whoever can earn the most glory after six rounds is the winner.

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Take a garden trowel, grow pea plants and become a master geneticist! Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian who is called the father of modern genetics. In Genotype you are one of his assistants and you battle to collect experimental data on pea plants. You do this by determining how the plants inherit their most important characteristics: seed shape, color of the flowers, color of the stem and height of the plant. The observable properties of a pea plant (the phenotype) are determined by its genetic composition (the genotype). The relationship between genotype and phenotype and the nature of genetic inheritance are at the heart of Genotype: A Game of Mendelian Genetics. During the game you are given pea plant cards showing a series of phenotype traits that you try to produce and collect (such as pink flowers and a tall plant) to score points. Each round the dice are rolled to determine which plants are grown. This can create the properties you are looking for. Then each player takes turns choosing a number of dice to complete their pea plant cards or further their research. The traits produced during dice rolling are essentially based on Punnet squares, with the parent plants passing on one gene at a time. By changing the genes of these parent plants, players can increase the chance of rolling the desired traits. Rolling dice to complete pea plant cards is the main way to score points in this game. The difference between the standard version of Genotype and this deluxe version is the material. The deluxe version includes wooden game materials, metal coins and glass markers.

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It's the time of year when major Hollywood studios are thirsty for new screenplays that are sure to be the next big summer blockbuster. Screenwriters — who often work in teams — desperately try to get their foot in the door, to arrange a meeting with a powerful film director. There are so many screenwriters knocking on the door, but major breakthroughs are one in a million. Million Dollar Script is set in a lavish Hollywood office. Through extensive market research, the studio has identified the perfect hero, as well as an equally perfect villain counterpart to make millions. But other than that, these bigwigs don't take any risks; they will follow that tried and tested structure of almost every record-breaking blockbuster of the past forty years. This film will be one of the greats such as Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Avengers and Titanic. Two writing teams are invited to pitch their best and foremost ideas to a studio executive, also known as "the Exec." During the meeting, both teams work on the same film, pitching their ideas for each of the five traditional story events. Each round, the Exec chooses the pitch they prefer, which then becomes part of the shared storyline. The losing field is thrown away and treated as if it never existed, just like what should have happened with Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000. Each team of screenwriters tries to worm their way into the Exec's good graces by winning the majority of the five rounds and scoring points to secure the profitable writing deal for themselves.

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The Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North – Egyptian Kings expansion is the fourth expansion in the series and introduces two brand new faction decks to the game. The Hatshepsut deck is a clan in the Nile Delta, with the deck designed around that core concept. The faction introduces a new mechanism for assigning workers to field cards to make them more fruitful and effective. The Amenhotep deck is designed around the concept of the passage of centuries, the sands of time. Locations in the deck will decrease and be discarded at the end of the round if the player does not spend resources to keep the card in the realm.

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In Café, players run companies that produce, process and deliver coffee to the most exquisite coffee bars in Portugal's Bélle Époque. In each round you decide how to create your trading area and coffee production. Which of the players has created the best production chain after 8 rounds and scores the most points? The Games Friends: Cafe is a clever abstract puzzle that plays just as smoothly solo as with other people. Due to the many cards, there is excellent replayability in the game box. Recommended for fans of abstract games that are cleverly put together!

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New possibilities for the Tavern of the Old Town! The Kamer Vrij expansion comes with four new modules, with which you can add even more variation to this game. The four modules introduce new rules and themes. With module A you can install your own wine cellar. With module B you can let your guests spend the night in your tavern. With module C you can deploy special bar owners and with module D you have to deal with the mayor of the Old Town, who wants to turn her municipality into a real tourist resort. The new modules can be combined with the basic game in numerous ways. This ensures endless fun in the entertainment area of ​​the Old Town! Can only be played in combination with the basic game “The Taverns of the Old City”.

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