Board Games

In the 16th century, the small fishing village of Altona was founded in Northern Germany, initially posing no threat to its long-established neighbor, Hamburg. However, as Altona rapidly grew, a fierce rivalry emerged between the two cities, each constantly trying to outdo the other.In Rival Cities, you face off in an enthralling city duel. Outmaneuver your opponent to achieve an instant victory - but beware as either of you can pull this off in many ways. Only by combining foresight with the art of deflection will you lead your city to victory. The suspenseful back and forth between the players makes it a very confrontational gaming experience full of weighty decisions.

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Players represent various families in Republica de los Bananas. Each game turn has between 7 and 9 rounds, drawing cards, President assigns roles, foreign aid money is drawn, the president proposes a budget which is voted on, locations are chosen, there are assassination attempts, then the bank may be open or not, there may be a coup and aftermath, then the next round starts. The game is won by whoever has the most pesos in their Swiss bank account when the money runs out. The game is for 4 to 7 players (although there are 2 and 3 player variants). A president for life (El Presidente) is elected and then she or he allocates roles for all other players. Depending upon his or her office and the various cards they hold, each player has a certain number of votes. These are important for the first vote to elect El Presidente and then there are votes each turn on the budget proposed by the President. The budget starts when the President draws 8 money cards face down from the money deck (which varies in denomination from $1 to $3) and proposes allocations. Not everyone will be included in the budget and the amounts are at the President's discretion. The President can keep undisclosed foreign aid money. Players may attempt to assassinate the other players including the President by guessing where they will be from among five locations. Players who successfully assassinate another player take that player's unbanked money, the only safe money is the money that has been deposited in a players' Swiss bank account, and the only way to get to the bank is to survive the assassination round. Players assassinated or killed simply become another member of their family and begin again with new cards, but keeping any of their family's funds deposited in their Swiss bank account. If players are unhappy, see an advantage, or just want to, and there is a 'coup excuse', they can start a coup. A coup sees players compete using armed forces to control a majority of the 5 power centers. Rebel players control the forces of the role which they were assigned prior to the coup (e.g. army, navy, air force), and players loyal to the President do the same, seeking to control the strongholds until the coup is over. At the conclusion of each coup players who have control of the 5 power centres vote to be pro-President or pro-Junta determining if the President stays, or the Junta wins and elects a new President. And someone is sent to the firing squad.

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An expansion to CoraQuest, a family dungeon crawling board game, that adds campaign rules to the base game. Players are now able to level up your heroes between quests, and also keep treasure from one adventure to another. There are two full campaigns included - “The Curse of Hoodez” and “A Spotter’s Guide to the Dungeon”. Each campaign contains five brand-new adventures to play through. There is also very simple guidance on how to turn the base game adventures into a campaign, as well as write your own campaigns yourself. There are also new “Environments” to CoraQuest. And of course there are tons more heroes, enemies, treasure cards, and dungeon cards for you to play with too.

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Come up with words that meet the criteria set forth by the Word Rule cards. Score points for difficulty and meeting personal objectives. Better Letters starts with a 3 x 3 grid of Word Rule cards, and gets larger in later rounds (up to a 5 x 5 grid). Set up the game by shuffling and dealing out nine Word rule cards into a 3 x 3 grid into the middle of the play area. Shuffle the personal objective cards and deal out three to each player. Each player will select two to keep and discard the other. These are kept secret from other players. Give all players six tokens in their player color. Better Letters is played in 60 second rounds with all players acting at the same time. Each player’s goal is to form a word(s) by following the restrictions listed on one or multiple cards. You may begin with any card and continue utilizing cards connected orthogonally. Write down your word(s) on your score sheet in the corresponding boxes. All players must finish discovering up to three words before the timer runs out. When the timer expires, everyone makes sure they have one word checked from their list and will be the word they submit for the round. Custom scoring commences and the game is played over five or six rounds, depending upon player count.

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Meet the Gloomies — little creatures from outer space who like to adorn themselves with beautiful, galactic flowers. Your aim is to grow these radiant blossoms in the first half of the game, then harvest them in the second half. In the first half, you play cards to strategically place flowers on the board in rows, setting yourself up for good bonuses, then draw new cards. Once that's done, your discarded cards become your deck for the second half of the game. Play cards to strategically harvest flowers from rows, once again trying to set yourself up for good bonuses. At the end of Gloomies, you receive points for your harvested flowers and any Gloomie decoration orders you've completed.

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Darth Maul and Captain Phasma join Ravensburger’s award-winning game system in this “expandalone” box that can be played on its own or combined with any Star Wars Villainous title! Be the first Villain to achieve your objective to win. Each Villain’s deck of cards is designed with a gameplay strategy inspired by the film, shows, and media you love. Wield their cards well to plot, scheme, and conquer your way to victory in this immersive game for the Dark Side. The heart of gameplay is simple. Move your Villain’s sculpted mover to a new location on their sector board to access the actions at that location. Use actions to play your cards, move closer to your objective, and draw from your opponents’ Fate deck disrupt their carefully made plans with meddling heroes. How will you manipulate your abilities to dominate the galaxy?Villainous games are known for their immersive game design, custom illustrations of iconic Star Wars heroes, evil alllies, and scenes, and artful sculpted movers. Star Wars Villainous adds to the award-winning system unique currencies, bounties, ships, and game mechanics unique to the Star Wars galaxy.

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Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from designer Elizabeth Hargrave and Stonemaier Games. It is the winner of the prestigious 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres award. You are bird enthusiasts - researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors - seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: Gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower Lay eggs using egg miniatures in a variety of colours Draw from hundreds of unique bird cards and play them The winner is the player with the most points after 4 rounds. Contains: 170x Unique Bird Cards (57x87mm) 26x Bonus Cards (57x87mm) 16x Automa Cards (57x87mm) 103x Food Tokens 75x Egg Miniatures 5x Custom Wooden Dice 5x Player Mats 1x Birdfeeder Dice Tower 1x 2-piece Game Trayz Custom Tray 1x Goal Mat 8x Goal Tiles 1x First-player Token 40x Action Cubes (8 per player) 1x Scorepad (50 sheets; 1 sheet used for all players each game) 3x Rulebooks

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Squires, welcome to the Medieval Academy! Here you begin your training to master the arts of knighthood, compete in challenges and complete dangerous quests. Draft cards to move around the board and make choices at every turn. Will you take enough risks to prove yourself the best Knight in training? Chivalry is a future proof career plan!

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Dare you join the expedition into the unknown caves in Diamant? Players all join to explore the caverns, sharing the loot they find between them all. But at every turn, players have the option to go further for more treasure – or head back to camp, and snatch up any missed treasure on the way back. But be careful, the caverns are full of unknown dangers that could cause you to lose all your gems. The 2024 edition of the game features redesigned visual elements, a new camp board and redesigned unique meeples and chests for each character. Will you risk it all for greater riches, or play it safe and turn back before it is too late?

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A new puzzle-centric entry in the Magic Maze family, as our brave crew must now break out of the tower!This new title changes up the formula of Magic Maze, removing the timer and the “do something” marker, but continuing to remove talking. This time, players must help the adventurers escape the complex floors of the prison tower using their limited movement options and each character’s unique abilities. Once you get the hang of it, you can try your hand at the “epic floors” made from several tiles to really test your escape skills.Can you help the dynamic adventurers escape their perilous predicament?

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The adventurers have lost their equipment, and to replace it have planned a heist at the local mall to replace it. Magic Maze is a co-operative game with a difference - instead of playing as a particular character, players instead are responsible for certain movements for all characters in play! With limited communication and working against the clock, can you co-ordinate your team well enough to pull off the heist without drawing attention. With 19 different scenarios to play through, there is plenty of challenge ahead in the Magiz Maze.

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Race to catch the wild Pokemon! The Monopoly Pokemon Edition game combines classic Monopoly gameplay with thrilling Pokemon-catching action. Play as a Pokemon Trainer adventuring through a vast land with a Pokemon partner. In this fun children's game, Properties are vibrant locations and Poke Balls replace money. Players explore locations, catch different types of wild Pokemon to add to their tracker mat, and battle rival Trainers to collect Poke Balls. Race to catch wild Pokemon: Go on an exciting pokemon-catching adventure with family and friends in this Monopoly pokemon edition game, featuring locations and characters inspired by the Pokemon universe. Become a Pokemon trainer: in this version of the monopoly game, properties are locations to explore for Pokemon and poke balls replace Monopoly money. Playing as a trainer, race to control and explore locations. 4 Pokemon character movers: Pck a partner! Choose from four adorable plastic Pokemon tokens: Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly and Pikachu. 48 different Pokemon to catch: Players try to catch eight different types of Pokemon and add them to their tracker mat. The first trainer to collect one of each type or the last one with Poke balls wins. Explore wild locations, battle rivals: Take control of locations, from forests to cities to gyms. A player who lands on a controlled location can either explore it or battle its owner to try and take over that territory.

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