Beyond the Sun is a space development game in which players make collective decisions about humanity's technological progress in the Spacefaring Era. But it is of course not just about cooperation, you also want to become the leading faction in the field of economy, technology and space travel. The game is played over a number of rounds until a number of objectives have been achieved by the players. The winner is then the faction with the most victory points. You get those victory points by developing technologies, improving your economy and by colonizing areas. On your turn, you move your figure to an empty action space and then perform that action. Then it's time for the production phase where your population grows and you can trade goods. Finally, you can try to achieve an objective. You develop your technologies on a 'technology tree', in which you work towards better possibilities. This means you can try many different tactics and every game is different! The Games Friends: " Beyond the Sun is a very fun game that plays smoothly. Because the technology tree is different every game, the replayability is high. The turns are also short and the actions are clear, so it is never boring. The artwork could have been a bit nicer, but that is compensated by the quality of the game. "

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Dune: Imperium is a game with elements and characters from the Dune universe, both from the film and the books by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. In Dune: Imperium you are the leader of one of the houses. War is approaching and at the center of the conflict is Arrakis – Dune, a desert planet. Dune: Imperium combines deck-building with secret information and worker placement. Try to defeat your opponents in battle and collect important cards to emerge victorious. The Games Friends: " Dune Imperium is very well put together. The actions are perfectly coordinated and the many cards provide good replayability. You score few points during the game, so that sometimes takes some getting used to, but otherwise it is a great experience. topper that will remain high on the lists of the best board games ever for years to come. "

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Viscounts of the West Kingdom is set in a time when the power of the king is slowly decreasing. The king chose peace over wealth and even offered the enemies money to stop fighting. Peace came, but poverty caused many people to lose confidence in the crown. We as viscounts must keep a close eye on that trust, because the support of the people is the most important. The goal in Viscounts of the West Kingdom is very simple: collect the most victory points. You can get these by building buildings, writing manuscripts and working in the castle. You start the game with a number of people, but you must try to select the talented workers as quickly as possible so that you can take advantage of their gifts. Each turn you travel through the kingdom looking for a way to increase your influence there. You do all this until the kingdom is prosperous again or until it has descended into absolute poverty. Or both!

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Terrinoth needs heroes - and there's no better time to create your own legend. Get ready to play the definitive dungeon-crawling board game with the release of Descent: Legends of the Dark. Create your own legend with your friends as you adventure through the vibrant fantasy realm of Terrinoth! Powered by the fully integrated free companion app, Descent: Legends of the Dark puts you in the role of a budding hero with your own play style and skills. Together with your unlikely companions, you embark on an unexpected adventure - an adventure told through the 16 missions of the Blood and Flame campaign. During your campaign you will encounter undead lurking in the mists, demonic barbarians prowling the wilderness, and even more terrifying threats. Descent: Legends of the Dark is not the third edition of Descent: Journeys in the Dark and is not compatible with Descent: Journeys in the Dark content despite being set in the same Terrinoth world. Although Journeys in the Dark included the companion app Road to Legend, that game was always designed as a competitive experience, with one to four heroes playing against a single overlord. Legends of the Dark uses the integrated companion app to deliver cooperative play from the start, so you and your friends can focus solely on becoming the heroes of Terrinoth. Game elements such as combat, fatigue, skills, items and more have been completely revamped with Legends of the Dark, while a new approach to scenario layout and 3D terrain creates striking multi-level scenarios. The app also brings new changes to the gameplay, introducing enemies with customizable strategies, complex status effects and triggers fully managed by the app, and the ability to develop your heroes based on the choices you make in scenarios. You'll also discover plenty of activity between scenarios, such as crafting, shopping in town, upgrading equipment, and more. With 46 pieces of 3D terrain and 40 stunning hero and monster miniatures to engage you in the game, your greatest adventure is here before you!

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Your city center is booming, but as the city grows, so does the need for emergency medical care. Fortunately, you and your business partners have the resources to build a clinic to help people who need more than first aid. You will soon have a building to help the various cases and direct them to the correct queues. But unfortunately, just before you break ground, your disagreements about the ideal clinic lead you all to go your separate ways, with the patients already lined up... Each of you decides to build the clinic of your dreams, by hiring doctors, nurses and maintenance staff and building new modules, specialized services and even parking lots to meet the needs of patients. This is your clinic! Build it the way you want to give patients the care they need so you can make your clinic the most popular in town!

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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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When the Roman emperor Hadrian Augustus visited northern Britannia in 122 AD, he witnessed the aftermath of the war between his armies and the fierce Picts. In a show of Roman might, he ordered a wall built that would separate the Pict tribes from the rest of England. Large in its design, the wall stretched 80 Roman miles, from coast to coast. In Hadrian's Wall, players take on the role of a Roman general, presiding over the construction of a mile castle and an adjacent wall. Over 6 years (rounds), players will build their fortress and wall, man the defenses, and attract citizens by building services and providing entertainment - all while defending the honor of the Roman Empire against the wary Picts. The player who can amass the most fame, piety, courage and discipline, while avoiding contempt, will prove to the Emperor that he is the model of the Roman citizen and be crowned Legatus Legionis! The Games Friends: This game is an absolute favorite! It is a wonderful puzzle, with many tactical choices and little interaction. At the beginning it sometimes feels a bit overwhelming when you see all the choices, but once you get started it plays very smoothly. All this makes Hadrian's Wall unique and a real hit!

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Increase power in your city-state! In ancient Greece, city-states (also called Polis) competed for wealth and power. They drew strength and resources from their Khôra: the surrounding countryside. As the leader of your city-state, you must develop the economy, culture, and your military as you send your army troops out to explore and conquer. Take advantage of your strengths to attract more residents, raise taxes, recruit military troops and gain prestige. But choose wisely! You don't have enough time to develop everything in just 9 rounds. The Games Friends: "Khôra: Rise of an Empire is a great one. As far as we are concerned, the perfect entry-level expert game, just like you also have Tapestry and Anno 1800. Because you are a little dependent on the value of the dice, but still have sufficient options to perform the desired actions, every round is exciting and tactical. Highly recommended!"

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Paladins of the Western Kingdom is set during a turbulent time in the history of Western Franconia, around 900 AD. Despite recent attempts to develop the city, the surrounding villages are still threatened by outsiders. Saracens explore the borders, while Vikings plunder riches and livestock. Even the Byzantines from the east showed their dark side. As noble men and women, players must gather workers from the city to defend themselves against enemies, build fortifications and spread the faith across the land. Fortunately, you are not alone. In his great wisdom, the King has sent his best knights to assist in our efforts. So prepare the horses and sharpen the swords. The Paladins are approaching. The aim of the game is to be the player with the most victory points at the end of the game. You earn points by building outposts and fortifications, appointing monks and entering into confrontations with outsiders. Each round, players enlist the help of a particular Paladin and gather workers to complete tasks. As the game progresses, players will slowly increase their faith, power and influence. These not only influence their final score, but also determine the meaning of their actions. The game concludes at the end of the seventh round. The Games Friends: " Our favorite game in the West Kingdom Trilogy. There are a lot of choices, but the actions still feel logical. We think the strong element is that you cannot focus on everything in one game. This means that you can always do something different. try something else and you will be able to play Paladins for a long time. A great recommendation that will remain one of our favorite games for a while. "

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Arkham Horror: The Card Game Revised Core Set is a cooperative Living Card Game set in the early 20th century. As unspeakable evil and terrifying horrors seek to enter our world, one to four investigators attempt to unravel all the mysteries and conspiracies before it's too late. Each player takes on the role of one of these researchers. During your turn you can play cards, move your investigator from location to location, look for clues, or attack and hopefully defeat a monster. Once all players have had their turn, the Mythos phase begins, in which new threats arise that you will have to deal with. If you take too long, the enemy's agenda will advance, which could lead to an unfavorable outcome for the scenario! But what's new about the Revised Core Set? To be honest, nothing has changed about the game itself. This is still the Arkham Horror: The Card Game that many have come to know and love. The rules are the same, the campaign is the same, the experience is the same. Even the cards are largely the same, with the only difference being a number of new cards that are great for new players. The contents of the box have received an organizational upgrade, meaning it's much easier to find specific cards than before. Additionally, some additional quality improvements have been made, such as new numbered resources and clue/threat tokens, and even a lead investigator token! The Games Friends: " One of our favorite games! We think it's really cool that you can upgrade your character and deck during the game and that the choices you make in the game have direct consequences in the story. "

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Destinies is a competitive game of adventure and exploration, combining an app and a board game. Each of the 5 unique scenarios shows part of a vibrant world, full of dark stories, epic characters and mysteries to solve. Each player takes on the role of a hero. During the game, players will discover new parts of the world presented on tiles, explore them and visit places of interest. There they learn more about the story and make choices about how they want to deal with everything they encounter. The consequences of each choice are important and often change the state of the world forever. Destinies comes with 30 miniatures. It also features a huge 90 millimeter high Abbadon miniature. Players can also enjoy Destinies solo, in the relaxing "Explorer Mode" or in the "Challenger Mode" which adds special events and time constraints to the game! Destinies is a perfect game for adventure-seeking players looking for a narrative-driven and engaging tabletop experience. The Games Friends: Destinies is a truly unique board game. It combines the mechanics of Chronicles of Crime with the expansiveness of a sandbox game. And then it is also not cooperative! We are fans! Sometimes we had the feeling of wandering around the world a bit and we found it difficult to think of what each character should do next in their mission, but that does not alter the fact that this is simply a very good game . Highly recommended!

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Arzium is a world of ancient civilizations, bizarre characters, inexplicable wonders and colorful characters. A strange substance has spread into the air in the land, causing all types of characters to wander around in a dazed and disorganized manner. It's your job to find and wake up the wandering characters. Once you've found and awakened them, take them with you to search for even more lost characters in the realm of Arzium! The game is played in turns. The starting player starts. Then play continues clockwise. On your turn, you use the pattern of an available character to place travel stones in the playing area. Place your travel stones in the playing area in the shape and orientation indicated on the character's banner. Then turn the card over. You should place all the pattern's travel stones in the playing area, if possible. Blank squares on the playing card do not have to fit in the playing area. If there is already a travel marker of yours or another player on a space, you skip that space. You must place all other travel stones. If at the beginning of your turn all your characters are face down in front of you, you may reactivate the characters. Turn over all cards and proceed with the rest of your turn as normal. At the end of your turn you may purchase one of the face-up artifacts. Pay the number of coins indicated on the artifact tile. Place the tile face up in your personal playing area. Take a new artifact tile from the stack and place it in the row. A player may own an unlimited number of artifacts, but you can purchase a maximum of one artifact per turn. Artifacts have special actions. When you use the special action of an artifact in your personal play area, you turn the artifact over (image down). If at the end of a turn the 6 spaces of a playing card in the playing area are completely filled with travel stones, the playing card is completed. The wandering character has been found! The game continues until a player has 10 playing cards in his personal playing area. The 3 starting cards count. Complete the round so that all players have had the same number of turns. All players add up the points of their playing cards and artifact tiles (if played with them). The player with the most points in total wins the game. In the event of a tie, the tied player with the most coins wins. If there is still a tie after that, the tied players will share the victory. The Games Friends: "Roam is a surprisingly cool card game with many tactical choices. Every round you use a character and with that you can place stones. Because there is a new character on the back of all the cards, you build a nice machine . Recommended!"

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In Unmatched you compete as a legendary hero and duel each other. The legendary heroes come from films, books or age-old legends. You can combine fighters from different Unmatched games. Each hero has a set of action cards with unique abilities associated with that hero's fighting style. But remember, there can only be one winner at the end of the game! The Games Friends: We really doubted whether Unmatched would be something for us, but we were positively surprised. There is a lot of interaction and it is nice that each character plays differently. Recommended!

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The stakes have been raised. Imagine living in a place so miserable that it is plagued not by one, two, or even three monsters - but seven of the most horrific devils! In this game, you'll face them all as you work together to rid the city of the maniacal or misunderstood creatures...before it's too late. Horrified contains high quality sculpted miniatures (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon). The innovative, easy-to-learn, cooperative gameplay lets players work together against the monsters of varying difficulty levels. Just as each monster is unique, they require different strategies and tactics to be defeated.

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Take a journey through Cascadia in northwestern North America and create a balanced ecosystem. The turns are simple: choose a combination of habitat tile and animal token and place it in your growing ecosystem. Receive points by satisfying the animal species' wishes. You also receive points for the size of your habitats. With 20 different animal cards, every game of Cascadia is different. Cascadia is a puzzle game for 1 to 4 players. With the performance walking path you can also take on the challenge alone or together to complete certain assignments and become the expert of Cascadia. In this challenge (3 modules) you will find a total of 30 different assignments that you can complete. The Games Friends: Cascadia is a real hit! It has the same ease as Calico, but we still find this game a lot more fun. Due to the different animal cards, there is sufficient variation in the game, which makes it something that is often on the table here. Highly recommended!

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In Ark Nova you plan and design a modern zoo with the ultimate goal of having the most successful zoo. You build enclosures, house animals and support nature conservation projects around the world. Specialists and unique buildings can help you achieve certain objectives during the game. The Games Friends: What a hit Ark Nova is. In our opinion, one of the best games EVER! The enormous amount of cards gives you a high replayability and the different action options also ensure that you can play each game differently. Highly recommended!

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Suspects is a series of detective games with simple rules in the style of Agatha Christie's novels. The first part features the ingenious and fearless Claire Harper, completely in the style of the great classics of detective literature! Claire Harper was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford in 1927. She specializes in criminal law and is also an adventurous traveler. Every mystery is an opportunity for her to test her formidable mind of deduction and her unwavering determination! In this first episode, follow her on her investigation that will take her from grand mansions to shady theaters and from Scotland to... Egypt! There are three cases in the box. The Games Friends: "What a fun detective Suspects is. The game itself does not do anything new in terms of rules or setting, but all the cases are still very fun and the difficulty is also completely fine. Highly recommended for all fans of Chronicles or Crime, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game.”

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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is FFG's longest running LCG and is getting a new base game. In the box you will find enough cards and parts to play with up to four players. It also includes campaign cards, favors and charges that are brand new to the game, and for players who own the old base game, these cards will be available for free as a print-and-play on FFG's website. The Games Friends: "Lord of the Rings The Card Game LCG is an absolute must in our opinion! In many things it falls a bit between Arkham Horror and Marvel Champions and that is of course absolutely no punishment. New in this version is the campaign system, which allows you to play all scenarios in a campaign mode. This means you get cards after each scenario and your deck gets better and better.

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In Meadow the players are hikers who set out to discover the secrets of nature and spot the local fauna and flora. Don't forget to take your map with you on this picturesque walk and be inspired by the unspoilt nature. Driven by your passion, your insatiable curiosity and your desire to unravel the mysteries of nature, you try to win the title of 'best spotter'. However, to do this you will have to collect more points than your opponents! You do this by discovering as many animals, plants and landscapes as possible, and by collecting samples. The competition continues tonight around the campfire: you will have to achieve the objectives of your adventures as quickly as possible. In addition to the regular game, Meadow also contains an advanced variant (with opening envelopes) and a solo variant. The game contains more than two hundred unique cards with hand-painted watercolor illustrations.

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Awkward Guests is a unique deduction game with infinite replayability. You can investigate the murder of Mr. Emulating Walton in so many different ways, you'll never play two similar games! (Mr. Walton won't thank you for this.) The game challenges you to use real detective skills to solve each case. To solve a mystery, you must interrogate the suspects, interrogate the housekeeping staff, investigate the crime scene, search for clues around the Walton Mansion, and consult police reports. You'll do all this while exchanging information with your opponents or hiding it from them, so prepare to use all your gumshoe skills! The Games Friends: Awkward Guests is FANTASTIC! Each case is different and unique and certainly the more difficult scenarios provide a wonderful challenge. Because you pass on the cards, there is quite a lot of interaction in the game, but it all comes down to the right tactical choices. A real hit!

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Every 100 years, witches and wizards come together to compete for the title of Master of the Witch's Stone. Whoever holds the Witch's Stone will be rewarded with prestige and honor, not to mention the stone's immense powers. But who will be the best magician this time? In Witchstone you have to collect points by performing actions. These actions come in different types. For example, you have actions to connect locations on the playing field with energy lines, actions to deploy your personal witch army at the same locations and actions to collect crystals for bonuses. All these different actions are initiated in the same way. You do this by placing a tile with action symbols on a cauldron tableau. If your current tile with its action symbols connects to previously placed tiles with the same symbols, the relevant action is triggered multiple times. By playing smart you can cause enormous chain reactions of magic!

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Messina 1347 takes place during the introduction of the plague epidemic (also known as the "Black Death") and the spread of the infection through the city. During this period, merchant ships delivering luxury goods to Europe brought an unprecedented epidemic to these countries - and one of the first cities affected was Messina, Italy. In the game, players take on the role of important Messina families who leave the city and move to the countryside for fear of being infected by the plague. As they do this, they focus on saving other residents and helping combat the plague infection in the city. They must also try to thrive in their rural hometown, where they temporarily host rescued residents. They all wait there until the epidemic is over, and then return to Messina to take over and dominate certain neighborhoods of the city. The Games Friends: "Messina 1347 is once again a masterpiece by Vladimír Suchý. The theme is well implemented and there is a high replayability because the tiles are positioned differently each time. In our opinion, together with Praga Caput Regni and Underwater Cities, this is one of their n best games!"

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In the Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle cooperative deckbuilder game, you team up against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to protect Hogwarts Castle. Players start with a starter deck and, using their skills and influence, will put together an increasingly powerful deck containing well-known characters, spells and objects from the wizarding world of Harry Potter. Only by working together will players be able to protect Hogwarts Castle and defeat He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!

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Castles by the Sea is a sandcastle building puzzle game for 1-4 players. As a group of small creatures called "beach dwellers", your goal is to build and populate a kingdom by the sea. Each turn you place blocks and figures on the map to earn victory points. The core of the game resembles abstract strategy games like Santorini, where players must optimize three-dimensional placement on a shared board. Hazards are the only source of randomness in the game, and even those depend on the players' choices. Each turn you must choose your placement carefully, optimizing your score while thwarting your opponents' plans. The game ends after a fixed number of turns. Few castles will remain standing after a final assault from the perils, but the kingdom with the most sand dollars can claim victory.

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Freehand is a creative party game where anyone can create a masterpiece! Each round, picture cards are placed in the center of the table, and each player secretly chooses one to use as inspiration. The goal is to paint something close enough to your inspiration that everyone can guess which image you chose. The twist? You paint with blocks! The players must use a wooden "artist pen" to push mini-cubes around and create an abstract masterpiece that evokes the picture card they have chosen. With a hundred different images to play with, there are endless artistic challenges to dive into!

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