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Torus

An abstract game played on a 2D board in a 3D area control environment. Originally designed as a teaching tool for advanced mathematical applications in biology. Now a challenging mobile strategy game for 2 or play in solo mode; your intuitive versus your analytical mind.

GAME DETAILS

Number of Players: 1 – 2
For Ages: 8+
Playing Time: 15-25 minutes
CONTENTS

1 Game Board
100 Chips
2 x 30 second sandtimers
1 x 10 second sandtimer
1 Rule Page
GAME DESIGNER

Dr. Bronn

GAME ILLUSTRATION/LAYOUT

Michael Christopher

1-2

Players

13+

Age

20

Minutes

Capo Dei Capi

It is prohibition in New York City. Rival gangs of mobsters use their influence to bribe politicians, run casinos, bootleg liquor, and gain the favor of corrupt policemen. In Capo Dei Capi, players compete to decide who will be the "boss of all bosses." Capo Dei Capi is a 2-player dice game that requires players to "push their luck" each turn as they make tactical area control decisions. It is designed to be a very quick filler game (10-15 minutes) that still demands a certain level of skill and tactical decision-making. Yet, because dice rolls can be unexpected, players must be prepared to adapt and change their plans at the drop of a die.

2-2

Players

8+

Age

20

Minutes

Kahuna

Originally published in 1997 as Arabana-Ikibiti by the designer's own publisher Bambus Spieleverlag, then reprinted by Funagain in the U.S., Kosmos' Kahuna – part of its Kosmos two-player series – is the best known implementation of this design. It's a two-player game, played on a board depicting twelve islands. Players use cards to place bridges between these islands or remove opponent's bridges. If you get the majority of bridges around an island, you place one of your marker stones on it and also remove any of your opponent's bridges to that island – which might cause them to lose a bridge majority on an adjacent island and lose a marker stone there. The game is played in three rounds. A round ends when all cards from the face down deck and the three face up cards have been taken. Then points are scored for the islands with a marker stone on them. The game can also end sooner when one player has absolutely NO bridges left on the board. The Kosmos edition has excellent graphics and nice wooden pieces and plays very well.

2

Players

10+

Age

30

Minutes

Just Desserts

A sweet card game all about serving some very picky guests.
No soup, no salad, no entree... it's just desserts! Compete with your fellow waiters to serve guests their favorite goodies before someone else gets to them first.
With a kitchen full of mouth-watering offerings, and the cafe filling up with customers, you'll have your hands full making sure everyone gets their just desserts..

2-5

Players

8+

Age

25

Minutes

Super Fantasy Brawl: SuperFan Box

In the land of Fabulosa, powerful magics have rendered war obsolete. With nothing else to compete for, the bored populace has turned to the Super Brawl for entertainment. These same powerful magics are now used to reach back into the timelines to pluck out the finest warriors from every civilization in order to compete against each other in the greatest entertainment spectacle ever staged. The ultimate Super Fantasy Brawl starter pack!

In the Superfan box, you get 12 champions to play with, allowing you to competitively draft from teams of five players or play 2 vs 2. All the tokens (traps, and wounds) are plastic for durability and all components come into clippable and convenient GameTrayz. Play three actions on your turn, one for each core of magic, and try to best your opponents in this arena-style game. Each player will control three Champions from all Fabulosa and try to score points by accomplishing challenges or by knocking down opponent champions! Each Champion comes with their 6 skill cards and you shuffle all of them to create a team deck.

Contains:

12 Champions

84 Champion cards

22 Challenge cards

58 double sided cardboard tokens

58 plastic tokens

1 Arena board

1 four-player overlay

GameTrayz storage solution

2 or 4

Players

14++

Age

30 – 45 mins

Minutes

Apocalypse Chaos

Your ship has been surrounded by a hostile alien race and the situation looks dire, but you and your crew aint goin down without a fight! You must work together to contest the onslaught of enemy forces, recover items of scientific interest, rescue the innocent, escape imprisonment, and destroy the alien leader.

1-4

Players

13+

Age

60

Minutes

Fate of the Cowries – Kingdom Edition

Fate of the Cowries - Kingdom Edition takes you on a journey to a world that is riddled with war, famine, and plagues. The game uses unique cowrie shells instead of regular dice to help you govern your Kingdom.

Fate of the Cowries - Kingdom Edition
Choose one of the 8 states from the Kingdom and take control of its armies. Use your unique perk to outwit your foes or use the brute force of your armies to carve out your path and conquer the Kingdom of Esbia. What sort of legacy will your rule leave behind?

2-8

Players

12+

Age

60-120

Minutes

Forbidden Sky

Forbidden Sky continues the tale of the ill-fated adventurers who first went looking for treasure on Forbidden Island. Picking up where Forbidden Desert left off, it sees our adventurers land on a mysterious platform in the sky.

Buffeted by high winds, and with an electrical storm brewing, our adventurers must complete a working electrical circuit to launch a rocket that will allow them to reach safety.

Forbidden Sky is the third in the ‘Forbidden’ series of co-operative games designed by Matt Leacock. Players will need to work closely together with limited information to avoid being struck by lightening or blown off the platform by the storm.

Taking familiar elements of the Forbidden series, such as unique player roles and variable difficulty, as well as new elements including components to build a working electrical circuit, Forbidden Sky will challenge players like never before.

Have you got what it takes to power up the rocket and escape before the storm grounds your adventure permanently?

Player Count: 2-5
Time: 60 Minutes
Age: 10+

2-5

Players

10+

Age

60

Minutes

Impulse

Impulse is a quick-playing 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) game set in space with the game board being composed of cards that have actions on them. Players also have cards in hand, and in addition to featuring one of ten possible actions, these cards have a color (red, yellow, blue or green) and a size (1, 2 or 3, as indicated by the number of icons on the card). Each card also has six edges, and these edges connect adjacent cards in the hex-shaped playing area. The cards in the playing area start face down, with each player controlling a card(their Home) on a corner of this area. Each player has two transport ships in the center of his Home card and a cruiser on an edge. Cruisers are used to patrol sectors of space and destroy opposing transports, while transports let you activate sectors that you enter. On a turn, a player adds a card to the Impulse from his hand, then (optionally) performs an action for a tech in his playing area, then (optionally) performs all the actions in the Impulse, then draws two cards and adds them to his hand. The Impulse is a line of cards shared by all players that changes turn by turn as players add cards to it and as cards fall off once it reaches maximum size. Thus, players need to feed the Impulse with actions that benefit them more than opponents, but that's easier said than done. When you perform actions – whether from moving transports to them or using the Impulse – you can boost them by having minerals of the same color or lots of transports. Each action has a single numeral on it, e.g., "Command [1] ship for one jump" or "Build [1] cruiser at home"; when you boost an action, you increase that numeral. Players score points by destroying enemy ships (one point per ship), by controlling edge spaces on the central card (one point per edge), and by taking other actions via cards. The first player to score 20 points wins!

2-6

Players

14+

Age

60

Minutes

Dungeon Fighter

Explore spooky dungeons, find glorious treasure, buy powerful magic items, and challenge the most horrible creatures. Will your party be able to defeat the final boss?

In Dungeon Fighter, a fully cooperative board game, players take on the roles of heroes venturing deep into a three-tier dungeon. Along the way, they explore the dungeon, search its many rooms, and face endless hordes of vicious monsters. Best of all, your skill determines the ability of your character. Can you kill Medusa without looking into her eyes, defeat the Minotaur in the labyrinth, or resist the breath of the dragon? Will you be able to hit a target by throwing the dice under your leg with your eyes closed?

You will feel truly part of a centuries-old battle between good and evil...with a touch of foolish stupidity.

1-6

Players

14+

Age

45

Minutes

Tri To Win

Welcome athletes to race day! At this very special triathlon you will build your skills as well as contribute towards creating the three courses that make up the race. Tri To Win is a card game where players build their own board game. Everyone can see the race course, you’re building it as a team. But only you know what skills your athlete has, this means each player is trying to build the course that their own athlete is more likely to win, and leave the others in the dust. The race course is different every game, your athlete’s skills will be different every game, and so your tactics will need to be as well. Can you build the ultimate athlete? Good luck! Game Instructions The game is played in two phases. In the first phase of the game players draw and play one card per turn to build up their athletes’ skills, create the race courses, and a little bit of card and skill thievery. Skill cards are played face down next to your athlete, only you know what skills you have. All other cards are played face up, the Course cards are played along the corresponding course (as in the image below). And Action cards are used to cause some mischief, with Action cards you can steal skills, cards, remove pieces of the race course and stop other players actions. Phase one ends when a player uses their turn to play the ‘Start The Race’ card at the end of the running course. In phase two, players use their accumulated skills to race on the course they made in phase one. The Course cards are used as a board game with coloured player tokens that match each athlete. Add up all skills your athlete has gathered and these are now your movement points. Each player takes turns moving their token the number of swim points they have, then cycling, then running, stopping at each race transition until their next turn. The winner is the first player to make it past the finish line to the Gold 1st place position at the end of the running course. Keep playing to find out who comes 2nd and 3rd! We haven’t been able to play a game yet without continuing after we have a winner; we just have to know!

2-6

Players

8+

Age

10-30

Minutes

Hospital Rush

Paging all interns! New patients have arrived in the ER, and you want to fight — whether fairly or not – against the other interns to prove that you're the right person for the open doctor position at the hospital.

In Hospital Rush, the player interns compete against one another to be the first with ten prestige points. Each round, players place two pawns on various fair and unfair actions, with unfair actions possibly being punished later by other players. During the game, the players collect medicine, learn new skills, take exams, and treat patients. May the best (or most devious) intern win!

3-5

Players

10+

Age

60

Minutes

Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven is a clearly structured but complex economic game about the famous harbor town in the north of Germany. Each player builds his own unique harbor and tries to reach the highest combination of money and prestige by the end of the game.

2-4

Players

12+

Age

120

Minutes

Happy Pigs

As pig farmers in Happy Pigs, players compete on raising healthy pigs by executing strategic combinations of ?Actions? (Feed, Mate, Purchase, and Sell) and ?Tools? (Vaccines, Nutritional Supplements and Birth Amulets) for each round.
Both the frequency to take these ?Actions? and the number of ?Tools? a player can purchase are restricted by the number of players choosing to take the same action in any given round.
Also, from time to time there are unexpected events (such as Pig Shows and Sausage Fest) which offer players great opportunities to outperform their peers.
There are four rounds to each season, and all unvaccinated pigs die at each season change.
The game concludes at the end of four seasons, when all pigs are sold off at different prices in accordance with their sizes.
The player with the highest profit at the end wins the game.
Players 3-6 Suggested ages 8 Playing time 30-45 minutes.

3-6

Players

8+

Age

45

Minutes

Fuse

“SECURITY ALERT! The hull has been breached! Intruders have made their way onto your ship! Their goal: Total Destruction!”

Designed by Kane Klenko and published by Renegade Game Studios, FUSE is a co-operative game set in real time as you and your teammates in the Bomb Defusal Team (BDT) race against the clock to defuse a number of bombs (represented by cards) using a collection of coloured dice.

Once the 10-minute timer starts you will be rolling dice and distributing them amongst your team who will place them on the bomb cards in front of each of you in the correct manner in order to defuse the bombs. You must distribute wisely because unused dice will have to be rolled again and all players must discard one dice of that colour or value from their bomb cards.

The icons on the bomb cards will show you the type of dice you will need to place onto the card to defuse the bomb. This can range from placing dice of certain colour or number combinations or sequences to placing dice that answer certain equations. You will even find yourself stacking dice on top of each other and constructing pyramids of dice!

If you have completed a card you have defused the bomb and you can put it to the side (and you will score the number of points printed on the top-right of the card at the end of the game) and draw a new bomb card from the deck and place it face-up ready for defusal.

When all dice in a round are dealt with, the dice bag is passed to the next clockwise player and they draw and roll the required number of dice and the process continues until the end of the game. The game ends once you have successfully defused all bombs or the 10 minutes runs out and you’re all blown up!

FUSE scales from one to five players and even in defeat you can log your score and because of the timer, a game of FUSE will always take exactly 10 minutes. Any 10-minute timer will suffice but for full immersion into the FUSE universe it is recommended to use the official FUSE timer which is available (for free) on the Renegade Game Studios smartphone app. The app includes thematic background noises and a soundtrack that increases the tension as every minute passes, plus a female ship’s computer voice that intermittently attempts to taunt and distract you as the time passes. The app also has a save facility so you can keep track of your scores.

Remember, “This game will self destruct in 10 minutes!”

Player Count: 1-5
Time: 10 Minutes
Age: 13+

1-5

Players

10+

Age

10

Minutes

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Crashword

Object of the Game

Win the largest number of points by creating the longest words possible, Unless...!

Unless obstacles appear to obstruct the game!A great game to enjoy with f riends and family.Getting Started❝

The first to reach 100 points wins (or choose your own limits).

❝Each player has 30 seconds to create a word (or choose your own time limit).

❝Each player chooses his color for the game, yellow, blue, red, black, green, or pink and places his two colored pins on the game board (one counts as ten points and the other counts for individual points).

❝Throw one die to see which color rolls first. Example: If the color red is rolled then the player who chose that color begins the game.A game1 Throw the four colored dice.

a The first player throws the four colored dice. If the player’s color is rolled he keeps those dice as Jokers, or wildcard dice which can prepresent any letter to help build a word. If his color is not rolled then the turn passes to the player to his right. Otherwise, the turn passes to the player to his right.

b If the player rolls four identical colors the player who has that color takes the turn and the Jokers and rolls the letter dice.

c Between 1 and 3 dice of his color. Then rolls the lettered dice.

2 Next, the player rolls the 12 lettered dice. a The player has 30 seconds (if the hourglass is used) to create the longest word possible. b Unless.....If a star is rolled al players simultaneously try to create a word using the alphabetical dice and the Jokers in 30 seconds (if the hourglass is used).If a hand is rolled the player whos threw the dice mimes a word (using sounds if agreed before hand). The other players try to guess the word and write down. The first one who guesses correctly wins points for the vowels and the thrower wins points for the consonants.When the skull and cross bones is rolled whoever shouts «CRASH» first wins a turn to throw the lettered dice.Golden RuleHow to steal a turn or win outright.Steal a turn by being the first to shout «CRASH» when the skull and cross bones is rolled. A player gets an extra turn to roll lettered dice if he can create the word «CRASH».A player wins outright if he can create the word «CRASHWORD».

6

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7+

Age

30

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Heroes of Barcadia

In Heroes of Barcadia, two to six players take on the roles of Barcadian champions to battle monsters and bosses, collect Power-Ups with mystical abilities, and race to collect the elusive Drink Hoard hidden in the dungeon! There is a special twist to this drinking game: your character’s health is measured by the liquid in your cup. Getting hit by a monster forces you to take a drink, slowly sipping down your health pool until it’s back to square one.

Players

21+

Age

30-90

Minutes

Zoo King

The "Zoo Tycoon" of card games has arrived. Zoo King is a light to medium-weight card game that puts players in the role of zoo owners competing to acquire the best animals, make the most money, and win the most awards. Plan a strategy as you purchase cards from the market, pick and choose when to push your luck, and build a beautiful tableau of animal card combinations. Immerse yourself in this beautifully-illustrated adventure where your decisions can either break you or make you...the Zoo King!

2-4

Players

10+

Age

20-30

Minutes

Zuckered

Inspired by the cut-throat world of the entrepreneurs - Zuckered is a competitive tabletop game to enjoy with friends and enemies alike. The objective is to grow a successful business empire to deliver cash profits, brand love and planet points - through any means necessary.

Do you have what it takes - or are you about to get Zuckered?

3-6 players

Players

12+

Age

40 mins

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Troy – the battle card game

Troy is an easy to learn and quick to set up 1 or 2 player game of strategy, with the aim of the game being to break through the opposition’s defence and destroy their defences. Suitable for ages 9+. As with the famous Trojan war told through Homer’s Iliad, the game pits the Trojan army against the Achaean army that has traveled far and wide to reclaim their pride after Helen was taken from them. The game includes a large number of the armies that are written about in the war and also many of the heroes and leaders in the battle such as Hector, Achilles, Agamemnon and Odysseus. There is also the addition of the Greek gods that play their part.

Game play: You take charge of either the Trojan or Achaean armies. Defences are set up (both sides have four) and you make the decisions of which armies to defend the wall/stockade. Then you have the option to level your armies up to make them stronger, choose a leader to improve their abilities or attack the opposing armies. Attacking is done through dice rolling strategy as armies have improved abilities when fighting specific enemies. All armies have the ability to defend each attack and this is done through dice rolling. The leader's capabilities can be even better if they are linked to their respective armies. There are also divinity cards which can be played at any time. These can help to improve the strength of an attack of assist with defence rolls depending on their capability.

The aim of the game is to defeat the enemy army in front of their defences and destroy their wall. The first side to destroy all four levels of the defence of their opposition is the winner.

The solo version of the game follows a set of rules for your opposition to follow, using a simple numbered system. Be prepared to not always win though!

1-2

Players

9+

Age

20-60

Minutes

Traps

In Traps, players take control of a team of two unique adventurers. Each team is desperate to escape the jungle the first.

-You’ll use a variety of cards and special abilities to make it happen.
-Draw from hundreds of unique cards to help you make your escape
-Use your characters’ special abilities to incite game changing moments
-Plan your perfect strategy (and a few backup strategies) to stay one step ahead

Card Types:

TRAPS: Place these cards directly on the board to stop your enemies dead in their tracks, wipe out their funds, or just generally cause chaos.

ACTIONS: Play these super-powered cards right from your hand. They’ll help you tilt the game in your favor—from blocking Traps to giving you special perks that last all game.

MONEY PITS: These Traps are all about the money. When an opponent lands on one, they pay you. When you land on one, the bank pays you. It’s a win-win.

FOUND TREASURE: These cards help you accrue sweet, sweet cash to fund your wildest dreams and schemes. You’ve just got to be lucky enough to draw one.

Each turn consists of rolling and moving, drawing cards (see above), and playing those cards with devastating effect.

These cards reshape the jungle with each playthrough so that no two games are ever the same.

Beyond cards, one of the primary game mechanics is character abilities. These let you perform unique actions such as stealing a ton of extra cash from your foes to dodging a Trap at the last minute.

There are 8 characters (4 humans and 4 animals). Each team is made up of a randomly paired human and animal duo. Since every character has their own ability, you never know what combo (and strategy) you’ll end up with.

Along the way you’ll encounter spaces that protect you, beef up your wallet, or poison you, severely setting your progress back.

Nothing is truly as it seems in this jungle. So be warned: Trust no one. Trap everyone.

2-4

Players

10+

Age

60-90

Minutes

Dinos Not Assembled

In Dinos Not Assembled, you and your fellow players are paleontologists compete for a contract by a museum curator, looking to put together a new dinosaur exhibit.

Each player is assigned an exhibit display area on the game board and starts with 2 dinosaur cards in hand. Each dinosaur card has 3 bones that are required to build the dinosaur.

Bones are displayed as face-up tiles at a common dig site. A player can acquire bone tiles by either digging out 2 of the available bones at the dig site or by stealing a bone tile from another player.

Bone tiles are stored on each player's board, but players only have room to store up to 4 bones at once.

Once bones are taken from the dig site, tiles are pulled from a bag to replace them.

Players may also draw new dinosaur cards, from the facedown deck of dinosaurs.

Players may only take 1 action on their turn. Draw and/or discard a dinosaur card, take 2 bones tiles from the dig site, steal a bone from a player, or build a dinosaur.

When a player has the 3 bones necessary to build the dinosaur, they take a dinosaur meeple and place it at their exhibit on the game board. The first player to place 3 dinosaur meeples in their exhibit wins the contract and the game.

2-4

Players

5+

Age

30-45min

Minutes

Kawaii

Be the fastest to collect as many ice creams of your favourite flavour as you can, or you might see your score melt like ice in the sun!

To succeed you need to constantly observe other players’ actions, use your memory and act fast, with no hesitation.

3-5

Players

6+

Age

15

Minutes

Kahuna

2

Players

10+

Age

30

Minutes

Jungle Party

In Jungle Party, the animals are splashing down the river at night, and you need to remember where they all are: Which animal is swimming in the river? Which is diving under the bridge? Who can discover each of the critters out there and more importantly remember where they're hidden. If you move the right animal cards down the right river branch, you can be sure to advance rapidly...

2-4

Players

5+

Age

20

Minutes

Forbidden Sky

2-5

Players

10+

Age

60

Minutes

Gretchinz!

The greenskin’s passion for speed and violence is known throughout the galaxy. It is not uncommon to see (from a reasonably safe distance of course) little crowds of Orks from different klans take any excuse to launch their best Gretchinz into insane races where they pilot buggies which have been slapped together with whatever is at hand. There is no need to point out that firepower and speed are far more important than the safety of the racers when it comes to the design of such contraptions. Now you too can recreate these frantic races, pitting these crazy speed freaks against each other. Play your cards cunningly and try to manage your attacks and movements intelligently, before your rivals have a chance to get ahead. Come on, you must finish them! Gretchinz! is a crazy racing game for 2 to 4 players (which can be expanded to up to 8 players with a second copy of the game).

2-4

Players

8+

Age

30

Minutes

Dimension

In the puzzle game Dimension six task cards are laid out each round, with these cards dictating how the balls in the game should be stacked on top of one another and side to side. These challenges aren't easy as some colors shouldn't touch one another. Fast puzzle-solving is important, but more than that in the end whoever solves the most of these difficult tasks wins.

1-4

Players

8+

Age

30

Minutes

Drop It

Circles, triangles, squares and diamonds: Drop It is about letting go, with the pieces you drop landing somewhere in the vertical game board, ideally where they'll score the most points, but the tiles bounce around and don't always land where you expect them to! In more detail, each turn the active player drops one of their pieces into the slot of the game board. The player scores points for the highest level that the piece touches and for any special locations that it touches, but if the piece touches anything of the same shape or color, then you score nothing! What's more, certain pieces are forbidden at certain spots on the edge of the playing area. The Drop It rulebook includes variant rules for simpler play or more variety from game to game.

2-4

Players

8+

Age

30

Minutes

Break the Code

Break the Code is a logical deduction game played with number tiles and question cards. You win if you can guess all of your opponent's tiles in a two-player game or if you can guess the face-down tiles in the center for a three- or four-player game. Put on your thinking cap!

Place all of the number tiles face down and shuffle them. Place your game screen in front of you, then randomly take your tiles. Place them face up behind your screen in numerically ascending order starting from the left. If you have two tiles with the same number, place the black tile on the left. Once you have placed your tiles, removed any unused number tiles from the game. Lastly, shuffle the question cards and place them in a pile face down. Draw the top six cards from the pile and place them in the center of the table.

Deduce all of your opponent's tiles (or the center tiles) and correctly guess their colors and numbers in order from left to right.

2-4

Players

10+

Age

15

Minutes

Bandida

Tired of seeing Bandido always escaping? Beware, a new gangsta’s coming to town...
Which side will you choose this time: will you play cop and try to prevent Bandida from running away, or join the wild side and help her? In this new Pocket game, you will find all the things you loved about Bandido and more. Three different ways of playing and cooperating all together bring even more fun.

1-4

Players

6++

Age

15

Minutes

Coup

In Coup 2-6 players will be telling as many lies as they can get away with in order to take the reigns of power in a collapsing futuristic government. Released in 2012 by Indie Boards and Cards, this is a must have addition to any gamer who likes bluffing games. Each player is given two face-down roles, which only they know. On your turn your face-down cards will allow you to perform various actions. For example, if you have the Duke you can take three coins from the central supply instead of one. With the roles face-down, when a player takes three coins from the supply, how do you know they really have the Duke? If you suspect a player to be taking an action for a role they don’t have then you can call their bluff. If you call them out successfully then they will lose a life, however, if you have challenged incorrectly then you lose a life. Any time a player gathers seven money they can perform a Coup. This is an action that cannot be stopped and will remove one players life. Timing when to perform a Coup is key to winning the game. Most social deduction/hidden role/bluffing games improve when you play a lot with the same player group. Coup is no different, being able to spot players' tells or preferred actions is very rewarding. Players then using these tells to their own advantage is even better. If one player is known for using an Assassin early on whenever they have one, then in future games they will be able to pretend to have an Assassin without anyone challenging them. There is player elimination in this game, but each game is over so quickly that you will not be watching others play for more than a few minutes. You are interested in the information that is yet to be revealed so you’re engaged with what’s happening after your elimination. If you enjoy games like Cockroach Poker and Skull, then Coup will be a great addition to your collection. Learning the different roles and actions can appear daunting. Once you’ve played one 15-minute game with the player aid in front of you you’ll be stealing coins from your friends as if you actually have the cards you’re claiming to have. Player Count: 2-6 Time: 15 Minutes Age: 13+

2-6

Players

10+

Age

90

Minutes

Cribbage

Piatnik have been making the finest quality playing cards since 1824. Their superior standard make these playing cards a favourite in the market. Packaged in this classic style box set, Piatnik Cribbage is ideal for both novices and experienced players alike. This classic card game traditionally for two players, but commonly played with three, four or more. The game involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gains points. The distinctive features of cribbage are the cribbage board used for scorekeeping, the crib or box (a separate hand counting for the dealer) and two distinct scoring stages (the play and the show). Piatnik offers the largest selection of standard and luxury Playing Card items all of which are made in Vienna from the highest quality materials.

2-4

Players

10+

Age

30

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Crows

Tyler Sigman's Crows is a competitive tile placement game where every player takes on the role of an Outcast Mage in the world of Tessandor. A once-in-a-lifetime event is causing the crows of the Obsidian Wastes to give off mana that can be collected in magical stones. Players score points by enticing crows to flock to their totem (their shiny object). This can potentially create murders of crows, which then disperse throughout the ever changing map keeping the strategic gameplay tense and diverse.

2-4

Players

10+

Age

45

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Cry Havoc

Cry Havoc is a card-driven, asymmetric, area control war game set in a brutal, science fiction setting. Each player commands one of four unique factions with varying abilities and units. The game includes 54 custom miniatures, a large format board, and over one hundred unique cards, all with stunning new artwork. Ages 10+, 2-4 Players, 90-120 Minute Playing Time.

2-2

Players

12+

Age

240

Minutes

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Silicon Saga: Wreck of the Andromeda

Silicon Saga: Wreck of the Andromeda is a sci-fi dungeon crawl/exploration game set aboard the floating wreck of a space research station. Players take on the roles of members of a crew of space marauders looking to strip the station of valuable resources. Unfortunately, the station is not quite as abandoned as they had hoped. They will be faced with lurking dangers and struggling survivors. The goal of the game is to collect a determined amount of silicon from the ship and return to the hanger with the silicon before the game ends. There are variable play modes which allow players to compete against each other or to play cooperatively.

The game is played on square tiles with players drawing and placing tiles as they explore the ship. Players move and interact by playing cards. The game is broken into rounds with each player drawing a number of cards and performing a number of action during the round. Players take turns, performing actions one at a time. Players have a chance to add new cards to their deck or hand each round or to gain additional actions.

While exploring the Andromeda, players will find resources such as crafting components, ammo, food and their true goal, silicon. They may also find survivors, dangerous threats or face random events. Interaction with survivors or threats are handles through a chit-pull system. Each player has a bag and a set of different markers, each with a different effect. Throughout the game, the cards they play will have them add markers to their bag to form a pool. When interacting with entities, they can play cards that let them draw markers from the pool in an attempt to cause different effects. Players may face hostile encounters or peaceful encounters. Each marker type has a different effect depending on the type of encounter.

In addition to interacting with entities encountered onboard, players can interact with one another. They can steal from or sabotage other players to take or force them drop any carried silicon.

Silicon Saga can be played by a group or by a single player. For solo play, the game can be played using the base game mode. The rules will also include additional solo player challenges.

1 - 6

Players

14+

Age

90-120

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Hoax

The best liar wins in Hoax, a fast-paced party game of secret identities designed by, Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Ned Horn, and Peter Olotka. When an unscrupulous business magnate meets an undignified end, a fierce competition for his estate begins. The inheritance is legally promised to whoever can prove that he is just as clever, deceitful, and ruthless as the deceased magnate. Therefore the greedy members of the magnate’s inner circle engage in a heated struggle to lie, cheat, accuse, outwit, and manipulate their way to wealth.
Each player in Hoax takes on one of seven secret identities, from the resentful chef to the ambitious son-in-law, and attempts to make the other players believe that they are actually someone else. Each turn you can claim a privilege (whether or not its actually yours to claim), investigate another player, or make an accusation. You can be eliminated by making false accusations or getting caught in a lie. Victory goes to the player who can outlast all the others, demonstrating that he is the most devious, scheming competitor in the game.

3-12

Players

10+

Age

45

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Captains of Industry

As a captain of industry in the suitably titled game Captains of Industry, you will vie for domination in the cutthroat arena of the marketplace. To do this, you will: Build facilities to control supply, Develop real estate to manipulate demand, Invest in technology to increase efficiency, Complete hidden agendas to secure your legacy, and Undercut the competition to dominate the marketplace! You will depend on your opponents to fuel your expansion as they exploit your production for theirs. Supply and demand are king in this player-driven marketplace!

3-5

Players

13+

Age

150

Minutes

Fuse

1-5

Players

10+

Age

10

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Encore

The ingenious dice game!

Score bonus points by being the first to check off all boxes in a column, and all boxes of the same colour.

Will you score big?

2-8

Players

8+

Age

45

Minutes

Dimension

1-4

Players

8+

Age

30

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Games from the Deep, Dark Wood – The Gruffalo

'Games from the Deep, Dark Wood' is a charming set of four brand new games designed for 'The Gruffalo' the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Each game takes moments to learn and plays in around 15 minutes. The games are designed to be accessible for children age 4 and upwards.

'What's a gruffalo?' is a memory game where players are racing to be the first to complete a picture of The Gruffalo. Each player has 10 tiles with parts of the picture. A card is turned over and players have to find the matching part. If they pick the correct tile they can put it on their board, if not - remember what it was as you will need it later.

'Oh help! Oh no!' is a dexterity game about hiding mice in the wood. Each player has 5 mice and there is a large central picture of the deep, dark wood. A card is turned over to show which part of the wood players need to hide their mice. From a distance flick your mice to land in the right place on the board - in the rocks, on the path etc. If the mouse lands in the right place then you leave the mouse there. If you miss take your mouse back for this turn. The player to hide all 5 mice first wins.

'The deep, dark wood'. Make a path through the deep, dark wood. Each player is given 6 cards each showing a part of a gruffalo or a part of the wood. Place cards that match at either end of the growing path. If you cannot place a card discard one from your hand and choose another. The frst player to place all of their cards wins.

'His eyes are orange...' Is a set collecting game. Players aim to complete sets of three cards which the mouse uses to scare off the fox, owl and snake. Pick up two cards from the five decks showing, or swap a card with another player. Once a set is made read out the line (His eyes are orange. His tongue is black. He has purple prickles all over his back') and take a mouse token. The first player to get 5 mouse tokens wins.

For more information look at www.yaygames.uk

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2-4

Players

4 upwards+

Age

15 minutes per game

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7 Ronin

7 Ronin is an asymmetric two-player game in which one player controls a group of ninja attacking a village that's defended by seven ronin (masterless samurai), which are controlled by the other player. The ninja player wins by occupying five of the village's ten areas, while the ronin player wins by surviving eight rounds.

Each turn starts with the players distributing their forces over the village areas simultaneously and separately. Their choices are then revealed, and combat resolved. Each of the ronin have a different special ability to aid the defender, while each of the village areas have a special ability usable by the attacker once it has been occupied.

2-2

Players

14+

Age

30

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Kingdomino

Kingdomino has got a smattering of Dominoes to it, but instead of numbers, you’re building a multi-terrain kingdom around your castle. It’s like the Ronseal of board game titles – “does exactly what it says on the tin”. Kingdom-ino? Well played, Bruno Cathala; well played, sir. This won the coveted Spiel des Jahres award in 2017 (the best Family Game of the Year), and it is easy to see why… Kingdomino is a charming, colourful tile-laying board game for two to four players. You’re competing monarchs, acquiring rectangular 2x1 land tiles that have two different terrains on them – including lakes, mines, pastures and more. There are 48 tiles in total, and in theory, the more valuable tiles are the higher-numbered ones. Some tiles will have crowns on them – these are worth precious points. The game ends after 12 rounds (24 rounds in the two-player variant). Players then multiply the size of each continuous terrain by the number of crowns within it. Highest score wins! Gameplay is as wonderful as it is simple. As many tiles are randomly selected from the supply as there are players, and are then placed numerically. In turn order, players select which Kingdomino tile they want by placing their monarch on it. Then more tiles are revealed, but turn order has changed; now the first player is the person that claimed the lowest number tile in the previous round. They do two things: claim another tile from those just revealed, and then place the tile they claimed earlier into their own, expanding kingdom. When putting a tile into a kingdom, at least one of the two terrain types must touch a matching terrain (Dominoes-style). You might wish to, say, expand your woodland, or concentrate on a giant lake, instead. However, players must think strategically and plan ahead: the borders of your kingdom only stretch so far. You’re limited to building five squares high by five squares wide. (In the two-player variant, you can build a 7x7 grid, which becomes quite the pleasant puzzle). The rules are quick to teach and elegant to present – you’ll be up and running within two to three minutes of taking it out of the box. Games are short and snappy – they fit into that wonderful ‘Let’s play that again!’ category. The tiles are thick, chunky and therefore durable, which is handy, because believe us, you’re going to play Kingdomino again and again! Player Count: 2-4 Time: 15 Minutes Age: 8+

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Age

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Don’t Turn Your Back

In this game, set in the sinister world of the Don?t Rest Your Head role playing game, your opponents lurk around every corner, waiting to attack.
Can you outsmart your friends and win the Nightmares? game? Whatever you do, Don't Turn Your Back!.

2-4

Players

13+

Age

60

Minutes

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