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Aquarium

In aquarium, players need to buy matching fish to collect points. But at what cost? cross your fingers while competitors change your offer, add new fish, swap others, or even double their value! build your own aquarium with colorful fish to score the most points!

2-4

Players

8+

Age

45

Minutes

*Star

Whether a treat for yourself, or a gift for that special gamer in your life you can be sure they will love the super soft Club Mocchi- Mocchi- clip-ons.

2-2

Players

10+

Age

0

Minutes

Favor of the Pharaoh

Once any player gains the Queen's influence, a final contest occurs for the Pharaoh's favor.
Favor of the Pharaoh tasks players with building a dice-rolling engine?not to mention adding and manipulating dice?in preparation for a final roll-off between all players to gain the Pharaoh's favor and win the game.
Favor of the Pharaoh includes more than one hundred tiles, over twenty standard and custom dice, dozens of bonus tokens, level bars, locking pyramids, and more.
With so many combinations of level bars and tiles, no two games will ever be set up the same!

2-4

Players

13+

Age

45

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

Sasq-Watch

In Sasq-Watch, players comb through the forest to collect photographic evidence of the elusive Sasquatch! Or Bigfoot. Or maybe even Sheepsquatch. Supplies like hiking boots can help you close in on the monster - but dangerous animals, foul weather, or even your annoying cousin can keep you from meeting your goal.

You and your fellow "squatchers" will take turns drawing from your decks, deciding which cards to keep, which to play on others, and which cards to return in a race to uncover the mysterious phenomenon that has eluded science and captured our imaginations!

3-4

Players

7+

Age

30

Minutes

Fish N Ships

What a time to be a pirate! You have gained a set of scrolls that lead you to magic fish! The more fish you collect, the more magic-y goodness courses through you. Destroy your enemies, gather your fish, and gain arcane magical dominion over the seven seas!

Fish N Ships is a quick combat & hand-management card game set in a fantastical world of swashbuckling seafarers. In Fish N Ships, each player takes on the role of a pirate who must follow the compass points on their scrolls in order to find the legendary fish and gain unique magic powers. Players fire cannons at each other, steal one another's cards, hoard treasure cards to claim special abilities, and play powerful Tide-Turner cards that can change the course of the game entirely.

Each player starts with four cards from the draw deck and a secret goal card listing their unique combination of treasure cards needed to win the game. The moment a player takes possession of the cards listed on their goal card, they immediately win and the game ends.

Players may steal cards from each other's hands by engaging in battle, and could easily lose everything if sailing into battle unprepared. To mitigate (but not completely eliminate) the risk of losing their treasure cards, a player may choose to place a card face-up in front of them, making the card "Locked down" and immune to the effects of battle.
The more treasures a player has locked down, the more special abilities they may claim. Special abilities (such as "+1 to Attack" and "Draw from discard pile") can only be claimed by one player at a time, encouraging players to race to be the first to claim the most desirable powers.

Fish N Ships uses a structure that rewards planning while also encouraging quick adaptation of play strategy. Players are never eliminated (even if they run out of cards) & are given equalizing bonuses if ganged up on repeatedly. Powerful single-use "Tide-Turner" cards are included in the deck that can be used outside a player's normal turn-actions to disrupt an opponent or bolster a winning streak. Once used, Tide-Turners are removed from the game, encouraging players to use them wisely.

All gameplay mechanics of Fish N Ships are designed to encourage player interaction, either through battle or theft. It is statistically impossible for a player to collect all the treasures listed on their goal card by solely drawing from the deck. Though a player may choose to play a pacifist for most of the game, they will be forced to fight an opponent eventually.

Combat is structured so that neither party will have an immediate advantage (other than the surprise of the initial attack) and the game encourages players to be prepared for battle at all times.

Of course, your luck could change it's tide at any moment, so best be havin' yer cannons at the ready!

2-6

Players

10+

Age

15-25

Minutes

DVONN

DVONN is played on an elongated hexagonal board, with 23 white, 23 black and 3 red DVONN-pieces. In the beginning the board is empty. The players place the pieces on empty spaces of the board, without restrictions. They place the DVONN-pieces first and their own pieces next. Then they start stacking pieces on top of each other. A single piece may be moved 1 space in any direction, a stack of two pieces may be moved two spaces, etc. A stack must always be moved as a whole and a move must always end on top of another piece or stack. If pieces or stacks lose contact with the DVONN-pieces, they must be removed from the board. The game ends when no more moves can be made. The players put the stacks they control on top of each other and the one with the highest stack is the winner.

2-2

Players

9+

Age

30

Minutes

Blue Moon City

Blue Moon City - the board game - picks up where the two-player game, (Blue Moon), ended: the reconstruction of the destroyed city of Blue Moon. The board, illustrated by Franz Vohwinkel as well as many well-known American fantasy artists, consists of 21 large building tiles, which show building plans on one side and the buildings in their reconstructed glory on the other. As in the 2-player game, the game includes 3 large molded plastic dragons. At the start of the game, the board tiles all show their building plan sides. The object of the game is to use cards featuring the races of Blue Moon to help rebuild the city and, at the end, put the large Crystal of the Obelisk in the middle of the city back together. Whenever a building is completely rebuilt, its tile is turned back over to its rebuilt side. The players who helped with a building get crystals and dragon favors, which can be traded in for crystals at certain times. The player who first manages to add the required number of markers by paying crystals to the Obelisk wins the game. (four markers in a 4-player game, five markers in a 3-player game, and six markers in a 2-player game)

2-4

Players

10+

Age

60

Minutes

Amphipolis

One of Greece's greatest excavations in the last years, the archaeological site of Amphipolis is threatened by landslides.
As a result, several teams of archaeologists work feverishly to secure as many of the valuable findings as they can.
In Amphipolis, an adventurous game for the whole family, you take the role of the captain of an archaeological team, trying to save as many findings as possible and become the best archaeological team of all time! Each round, different artifacts are found and placed on their sorting areas.
The players during their turns take tiles from those areas trying to combine them in the best possible way in order to score the most points before landslides shut down the entrance to the monument.

1-4

Players

10+

Age

30

Minutes

Cthulhu Realms

In Cthulhu Realms, each player tries to reduce their opponents to insanity or have more sanity than their opponents when the deck runs out. Each player starts the game with a small deck comprised of initiates, goons and followers. You can use the power of your locations once each turn. At the end of your turn, discard any cards still in hand and all entities and artifacts that you played. If you lose all of your sanity, you're out of the game. If you're the only one at the table who's still sane, you win. Otherwise, the game ends when the deck runs out and whoever has the most sanity wins. Players 2-4, Playing time 25-45 minutes, Suggested ages 14

2-4

Players

14+

Age

45

Minutes

Exile Sun

Exile Sun combines some of the most compelling strategic mechanics in a way that delivers a streamlined, integrated, and fast-paced game of competition and conflict. Simplified deck building, hand management, simultaneous hidden worker placement, a card draft, 6 unique player advantages, and a revolutionary zero-luck combat resolution system ensure that playing Exile Sun is like no other game. Private and public card-based objectives give players options for points, but they must choose carefully when allocating their limited resources. The player with the most points accumulated at the end of three game cycles wins.

2-6

Players

14+

Age

180

Minutes

Al Rashid

Harun al-Rashid was the fifth Great Caliph of the Abbasid Dinasty, and he ruled over the Middle East between the years 786 and 809. His reign was full of prosperity in all areas, like culture, science and politics. His life and his famous court are said to be the ispiration for the "One Thousand and One Nights" collection of folk stories.

In Al Rashid, players will take the role of the heads of powerful families, and will use the members of their families for trading, travelling, and ultimately trying to exercise influence over the court of the powerful ruler.

Al Rashid is a mostly deterministic strategy game – with a slight hint of randomness – based on worker placement, influence, resource management, and the efficient scoring of prestige points (PPs). As heads of families, players will have three different worker types at their disposal: the Sage, the Merchant and the Pasha. The three different types of workers, each with a different influence value, can be placed on the map of ancient Middle East to gain resources, or can be placed on the corporations to get more workers, or on government and imperial offices. The corporations represent several powers at the court of the Caliph: Intrigue, War, Science, Commerce, and Politics.

The game takes place over five turns, with turns split into two main phases: the placement phase and the resolution phase. Each phase is split in several rounds. During the placement phase players take turns placing their workers on the board. During the resolution phase they take turns deciding which action will be resolved. Each action, either a zone on the map or a corporation, can hold workers from all of the five players, but only the top three players, identified by influence and placement order will get to resolve the move. During placement workers can be added to the same areas to improve a players's influence. Players with higher influence will get a bigger and better effect out of the action they are resolving.

Resolving geographical areas will give a player resources. The resources come in five flavors: Wood, Pottery, Metal, Spice and Silk, and they can be used in trades. The dominating player – that is, the one with more influence, or in case of a tie, the one who placed first – will get three different resources, or all of the resources of one type (resources are distributed unevenly on the map), the second player will get two different resources and the third player just one.

The resources gained by resolving geographical areas can be used in the corporations to buy more workers or get government offices. Government offices work more or less like buildings in other placement games. Some give permanent advantages, some have a one-shot effect, and some can be used every turn. As for the geographical areas, having more influence will be advantageous, and dominating players will get cheaper workers or better effects out of the corporations.

The game contains no currency, so players will need to be careful when they combine resources to get money because if they pay more than they should, no change will be returned.

Every turn raiders will spontaneously appear on random locations on the map, so players will need to use some of their actions to hire mercenaries that can be used to combat the raiders and give them access to resources. Players accumulate PPs when they buy offices and workers, and at the end of the fifth turn the player with more PPs is declared the winner.

2-5

Players

13+

Age

100

Minutes

Andromeda

The far future. Humanity is long extinct. Its place has been taken by many new races from across and beyond this galaxy. Peace is preserved only by the Galactic Council of Elders maintaining a balance of power among ambitious races. And each of these secretly seeks to discover new technologies that would grant them dominion over the Universe.

One day, a huge, devastated spaceship appears suddenly in space, with the name "Andromeda" marked on its side. It seems that Andromeda is the abandoned wreck of a spaceship from an ancient, vanished race. Every modern race knows that these Ancients had fantastic technologies far beyond those now known, and many wish to seize the ship's secrets for themselves. The Galactic Council has authorized an exploration team composed of scientists from different races, but while they'll all go aboard together, they each represent a race with its own interests and goals... Andromeda is a board game with an interesting action selection system based on the "I split, you choose" idea. One player rolls dice and splits them into two groups, but another player choses which group will be assigned to which action.

2-4

Players

10+

Age

60

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

Johari

Johari is a world famous jewelry market in Jaipur, so naturally in the game Johari you and your fellow players will try to buy and sell gems in order to come out tops on the market. The game lasts ten days, with players taking three actions each day. At the start of each day, the market is seeded with new gems, gold and prestige cards, with the stores holding only items of the same type and bazaar booths holding whatever comes to them. A new noble visits the market each day, offering a special power to whoever wants to pay for the privilege, with his price dropping each day. Each player chooses one of the seven action cards in hand, then they resolve them in order of who has the most gold. They then do this twice more, getting discounts now for the cost of taking certain actions. The action cards let you earn gold, take all the cards from one store or bazaar booth, hire a noble, swap gems, protect yourself for inspections in case you have fake gems, copy your previously played action, or (most important of all) sell gems. Whoever has the most prestige points after ten days wins. Ages 10+, 2-4 players, 60- 90 minutes playing time.

2-4

Players

10+

Age

90

Minutes

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Prove your friends WRONG! A funny strategy card game for 2-5 players about dumb arguments + absurd insults.

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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

Players

7+

Age

30

Minutes

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30-90

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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!

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20-30

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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 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.

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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.

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

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2-4

Players

10+

Age

60-90

Minutes

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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

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2

Players

10+

Age

30

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2-4

Players

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20

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2-5

Players

10+

Age

60

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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

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Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain by Richard Borg, a remastering and upgrading of the classic, much loved old TSR classic. This upgraded version takes all the brilliant mechanics and features of the original game and adds new features to give an even more exciting and satisfying gaming experience, including new streamlined dogfighting and fuel rules, ace fighter squadrons and the ability to play shorter scenarios in 1-2 hours or the full campaign game in 3-4 hours. Take command of RAF Fighter Command, marshalling your too few fighter squadrons to protect your homeland’s cities, industrial resources, airfields and vital radar chain against the waves of Luftwaffe bombers intent on destroying them and the swarms of fighters intent on shooting the RAF out of the sky. Can you thwart the Luftwaffe’s bombing missions, tear the heart out of their bomber and fighter squadrons and survive long enough to win the game? Take command of Luftflotte 2 and 3 in Northern France and Luftlotte 5 in Norway and use your numerous bomber squadrons, protected by your numerous fighter squadrons, to complete a number of specific bombing missions to win the game. But don’t be fooled by your starting strength! Your losses will not be replaced as the Spitfires and Hurricanes carve holes in your ranks. Your medium bombers are not really suited to mass strategic bombing and will struggle to complete their missions. Your fighter squadrons, although mainly composed of the excellent Messerschmidt 109, will struggle with fuel, not having the range and endurance to protect your bombers properly. In addition, the Plastic Soldier Company has added its plastic miniature expertise to create some fantastic little 1/300th scale plastic airplane models.

2-2

Players

12+

Age

120

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Forests of Pangaia

Offical website Forests of Pangaia is a competitive strategy game for 2-4 players. Each player slips into the role of a forest, which sets out to grow on the vast and barren lands of the continent Pangaia. The players need to place seeds and trees in a tactically clever way, spread out and perform the rituals of Gaia to earn victory points. Every round the players receive valuable elements depending on the weather conditions and which lands their forests grown upon. The elements, however, can also harm the forests when growing in excess and out of balance. The challenge is to keep the elements in balance while performing enough rituals to win the game.

2-4

Players

12+

Age

60-90

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Famiglia

The players control two rival gangs and try to recruit additional gang members from the four families (La Famiglia The Accountants The Brutes The Mercenaries) on the Street.
The player who uses the special abilities of the different families better than his opponent will get the most influential gang and win the game.
The players collect gangsters with the goal of collecting the higher-valued gangsters.
With the exception of the smallest gangsters (the 0? cards) a player normally needs two identical gangsters (same family same value) to be able to take a gangster with the next higher value of the same family into his hand.
When he does this he places one of the smaller gangsters from his hand into his play area (the area near him on the table).
To get the higher gangsters in a faster way the player may use the special abilities of the different families but at the cost of placing more gangsters in his play area.
By doing so however a player may reduce his options and so must carefully plan these actions so that he can end the game with the most influential gang.

2-2

Players

10+

Age

30

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Reckless Sloths

Reckless Sloths is a fast-paced card game for 2-5 players.

Players take turns saving sloths from wacky dangers, competing to be the first player with 5 sloths in their sanctuary.

Each player starts with 5 cards in their hand.

There is no limit to the amount of cards you can have.

Your turn consists of 3 phases:

Draw a card
Play power cards
Save a sloth

2-5

Players

7+

Age

20-25

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Forbidden Sky

2-5

Players

10+

Age

60

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Above and Below

Your last village was ransacked by barbarians. You barely had time to pick up the baby and your favorite fishing pole before they started the burning and pillaging. You wandered over a cruel desert, braved frozen peaks, and even paddled a log across a rough sea, kicking at the sharks whenever they got too close, the baby strapped tightly to your back. Then you found it! The perfect place to make your new home. But as soon as you had the first hut built, you discovered a vast network of caverns underground, brimming with shiny treasures, rare resources, and untold adventure. How could you limit your new village to the surface? You immediately start organizing expeditions and building houses underground as well as on the surface. With any luck, you'll build a village even stronger than your last-- strong enough, even, to turn away the barbarians the next time they come knocking. Ages 13+, 2-4 players, 90 minutes playing time

2-4

Players

13+

Age

120

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Floating Market

As players, you are the grandchildren of Ama who has had a long day and wants you out of her hair. In a clever trick she sends you to the market to collect fruit – with the promise of making her famous fruit salad! At the floating market it is difficult to collect the fruit but each player is competing with each other to be the first to collect the all five fruits! Perfect for families or new gamers, this accessible and fun game teaches quickly and combines new and familiar techniques with dice in an interesting way!Age: 13+ Players: 2 – 5 Play Time: 30 – 45 mins

2-5

Players

13+

Age

45

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Bloodsuckers

The once quiet small town of Blackwood has become a battleground. A coven of vampires has crept in under the cover of darkness to drain the very life from its helpless citizens. As powerful as these creatures of legend are, they do not prowl the streets unchallenged. A team of skilled vampire hunters with an arsenal of modern weapons has tracked these bloodsuckers down and the battle for the soul of Blackwood is about to begin. Play as either vampire or hunter, using Attack cards to battle for the citizens of Blackwood, Impact cards to enhance your powers, and deadly Strike cards to destroy your opponent. Unleash powerful combos and use Blood or Adrenaline as you fight, alone or with a teammate, through both night and day. Win battles to recruit the innocent bystanders at the Nightclub, Church, Graveyard, Police Station, and Hospital. Claim the most locations to win control of the town. Save the town of Blackwood, or drain it dry. The choice is yours.

2-4

Players

13+

Age

120

Minutes

Dragon’s Gold

In Dragon's Gold, each player controls a team of dragon hunters (two knights, a thief, and a wizard).
Like all dragon hunters, they have only one goal: gold, silver, jewels and magic objects.
As for actually killing a dragon? It's a piece of cake.
But the most difficult part comes after the dragon is dead: the adventuring party has to figure out how to share the spoils.
As soon as a dragon is overpowered, then some additional gems are revealed, and the players who had participated in that hunting party start a negotiation over how to divvy up the gems.
If the sixty-second sand timer runs out, then no one gets treasure.

3-6

Players

8+

Age

45

Minutes

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

or watch the short intro video with the link below.

2-4

Players

4 upwards+

Age

15 minutes per game

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