From the Spine of the World Mountains to the bustling fishing villages of Earthquake Fish Bay flows a river where fortunes can be made and lowly traders can brush shoulders with Rokugan's elite. Will your clan become the dominant force along this River of Gold?
In River of Gold, players take on the role of river merchants allied with legendary samurai clans, each vying to exploit the river to earn wealth, glory, and wisdom. Will you invest in developing ports, markets, shrines, and more along the banks of the busy river? Or will you rely upon sailing the river of gold, growing your wealth and influence through delivery contracts, visiting the nobility, and garnering a bit of divine favor during tough times?
River of Gold features a stunning embossed metallic gold game board illustrated by master fantasy cartographer Francesca Baerald. In addition to looking beautiful, the gameplay is fast and clever, with minimal downtime and a playtime of just one hour. Fans of Eurogames will enjoy this mid-weight game, and with easy-to-learn, intuitive rules, you’ll be able to get River of Gold to your table quickly.
Exclusive Deluxe Train Sets to mark the 20th anniversary of Ticket to Ride!
These limited-edition sets capture the nostalgia and craftsmanship that have made Ticket to Ride a beloved classic among board game enthusiasts worldwide. Each set includes 45 finely detailed train cars, along with 3 Standard Stations (for Ticket to Ride Europe), and a matching Scoring Token.
This limited-edition Deluxe Train Sets, exclusively available for the game anniversary, will beautifully enhance your games of Ticket of Ride. Finely sculpted, with intricate details and printings, these trains will stand out on your favorite Ticket to Ride map, transporting you even further in the amazing world of early 1900s train travel.
These collector sets are a must-have for any Ticket to Ride enthusiast, offering a unique blend of historical homage and exquisite design. They will be available for purchase at Essen Game Fair and worldwide in October 2024, available in five designs.
Forget the flowers, put away the chocolate box: THIS box is filled with pink and sugar-sweet Patchwork romance. It's the perfect game for two lovers on the cheesiest day of the year. Both, the box and it's contents have a Valentine's Day design and seduce collectors and newcomers to a romantic game evening in the Patchwork universe.
Cupid shows you where to look out for the next patch to fill your board with excellent golden, foil-wrapped "truffles" and stuff the nooks with petit fours.
Anniversary? Proposal? Girls night? This game is so cute, you can dish it for any romantic occasion!
COMPONENTS:Cardboard:1 Time board (18.8x18.8cm)2 Box boards (18.8x18.8cm player boards; 1 dark red, 1 gray)1 Special tile (7x7 = 7 points)5 Petite Fours (1-square pieces, pink)33 Polyomino pieces50 Praline chits (point chips): 32x “1 Praline”, 12x “5 Pralines”, 5x “10 Pralines”, 1x “20 Pralines”.
Wood:1 Neutral token (pink, with white Cupid)2 Heart tokens (1 red, 1 white)
Rulebook (4 p.).
The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game is a co-operative card game that plays out over eighteen chapters that lead players through the events of the novel The Fellowship of the Ring. The chapters can be played in any order, but ideally you play them in sequence.
In each chapter, each player takes a different character role — Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, Pippin, Farmer Maggot, etc. — and each character has a condition that must be met in order to pass the chapter and advance in the story. Frodo needs to capture ring cards, for example, while Pippin wants to take as few tricks as possible. As you advance through the chapters, new characters, items, and challenges are introduced to the game.
The deck consists of 37 cards, with one card being set aside as "lost" each hand. Whoever is dealt the One Ring becomes Frodo, then other players choose from the available characters based on their hand. The One Ring is the game's only trump card, but initially rings can't be led until someone plays one off-suit.
In the two-player game, one hand of cards is dealt to a dummy player, with some cards being face up and others face down. This dummy is assigned a character, and one of the human players will play cards for it based on which cards are free to be played.
In the solitaire game, one player plays four hands of face-up cards, with each hand being assigned a character and only a few cards being available at a time. After you play a trick, deal each hand a new card.
Embark your own adventure! The Hobbit: There & Back Again is an all new competitive, story-driven dice game from the master game designer, Reiner Knizia. Step into the pages of The Hobbit as you join Bilbo for 8 unique and replayable adventures. Draft dice to collect resources and overcome obstacles as you make your way from Bag End to The Lonely Mountain.
EMBARK ON YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: Step into the world of The Hobbit and embark on 8 unique and replayable adventures as you journey from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain.
DICE DRAFTING MECHANIC: Collect resources, overcome obstacles, and make tactical decisions using 5 six-sided dice and 1 twelve-sided die to guide Bilbo through his journey.
DESIGNED BY REINER KNIZIA: A competitive, story-driven dice game by the renowned designer of classic games, offering strategic depth and replay value.
INCLUDES 4 PLAYER BOOKS: Features individual player books, 4 dry-erase markers, 80 tokens, and other components to track progress, making it great for solo or multiplayer play.
FUN FOR FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Designed for 1-4 players, ages 10 and up, this 30-60 minute game is ideal for family game nights or solo adventure enthusiasts.
Contents:
Four individual player books
5 6 sided dice
1 12 sided die
4 dry-erase markers
80 tokens
A dark rumour rises from Mordor. The Eye turns to Middle-earth. The hour has come. The Fellowship is reunited. The Heroes prepare for battle. Will you play as the Fellowship of the Ring to defend the free races and destroy the One Ring? Or will you play as Sauron and pursue Frodo and Sam while deploying your hordes to the gates of the enemy cities? The destiny of Middle-earth is in your hands!
A game plays over 3 successive chapters that unfold similarly.On your turn, strengthen your Skills, hoard your treasure, stretch your presence across Middle-earth, rally Races to your cause, or advance the Quest of the Ring.
Turn Overview
In each chapter players take cards from a display of face-down and face-up cards arranged at the start of a round. A player can take a card only if it's available, that is not partially covered by any other cards. Players can either play the card, paying its cost and placing it in their play area, obtaining its benefit, or discard the card and take as many coins from the reserve as the current chapter.
Players can also take a Landmark tile from one of the faceup tiles, paying its cost placing it in their play area. They will be able to immediately place a Fortress pawn on the corresponding region of the central board and benefit from its other effects.
Victory Conditions
Immediately win the game by fulfilling one of the 3 victory conditions:
Quest of the Ring
For the Fellowship: If Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom, they destroy the One Ring and you immediately win the game.
For Sauron: If the Nazgûl catch Frodo and Sam, they seize the One Ring and you immediately win the game.
Support of the Races
If any player gathers 6 different Race symbols on their Green cards, they rally the support of the Races of Middle-earth and immediately win the game
Conquering Middle-earth
If a player is present in all 7 regions (with a Fortress and/or at least 1 Unit), they dominate Middle-earth and immediately win the game.
If none of these three victory conditions are achieved by the end of chapter 3, the player who is present in the most regions of Middle-earth (with a Fortress and/or at least 1 Unit) wins the game. In case of tie, share the victory.
In battle, there are no equals.
Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise, but just when you've mastered one set, new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups.
Battle of Legends, Volume Two features four heroes: Yennenga, Achilles, Sun Wukong, and Bloody Mary.
Combat is resolved quickly by comparing attack and defense cards. However, each card's unique effects and a simple but deep timing system lead to interesting decisions each time. The game also features an updated version of the line-of-sight system from Tannhäuser for ranged attacks and area effects.
The game includes a new battlefield with a brand new mechanism, pre-washed miniatures for each hero, and custom life trackers that's brought to life with the stunning artwork of Zoe van Dijk and the combined design teams of Restoration Games and Mondo Games.
So many pieces of cloth and patches lying around - time to make a beautiful, Christmas-themed quilt out of them! This requires significant effort and time and a steady supply of buttons. The player who picks the best patches and combines them most skilfully into a patchwork quilt wins the game.
Choose a patch. Patches cost time and buttons, but they also provide income.
Place the patch on your quilt.
The player who uses their limited time best and has the most buttons left wins.
What's in Box:
1 time board
2 player boards
2 time stones
1 meeple
33 patches
5 special patches
1 bonus tile
50 buttons
1 rule book
1 Patchwork tile shaped cookie cutter
Watch kids improve their decision-making skills while building the kookiest Ice Cream Cone!
They’ll use reasoning and creative thinking to match flavors and fill their Ice Cream Cone, and you’ll have fun playing along. It’s easy to learn and fast to play with funky flavors that spark creative conversations.
Play it as a two-player game or bring it to a party to get the giggles going.
Best Worst Ice Cream comes with:· 60 Cards· 5 Figures· 5 Ice Cream Cones
Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition) is a game of galactic conquest in which three to six players each take on the role of one of seventeen factions vying for galactic domination through military might, political maneuvering, and economic bargaining. Every faction offers a completely different play experience, from the wormhole-hopping Ghosts of Creuss to the Emirates of Hacan, masters of trade and economics. These seventeen races are offered many paths to victory, but only one may sit upon the throne of Mecatol Rex as the new masters of the galaxy.
No two games of Twilight Imperium are ever identical. At the start of each galactic age, the game board is uniquely and strategically constructed from among 51 galaxy tiles that feature everything from lush new planets and supernovas to asteroid fields and gravity rifts. Players are dealt a hand of these tiles and take turns creating the galaxy around Mecatol Rex, the capital planet seated in the center of the board. An ion storm may block your race from progressing through the galaxy while a fortuitously placed gravity rift may protect you from your closest foes. The galaxy is yours to both craft and dominate.
A round of Twilight Imperium begins with players selecting one of eight strategy cards that both determine player order and give their owner a unique strategic action for that round. These may do anything from providing additional command tokens to allowing a player to control trade throughout the galaxy. After these strategies are selected, players take turns moving their fleets from system to system, claiming new planets for their empires, and engaging in warfare and trade with other factions. At the end of a turn, players gather in a grand council to pass new laws and agendas, shaking up the game in unpredictable ways.
After every player has passed their turn, players move up the victory track by checking to see whether they have completed any objectives throughout the turn and scoring them. Objectives are determined by setting up ten public objective cards at the start of each game, then gradually revealing them over the course of the game. Each player also chooses between two random secret objectives at the start of the game, achievement of which provides victory points--only for the holder of that objective. These objectives can be anything from researching new technologies to taking your neighbor's home system. At the end of every turn, a player can claim one public objective and one secret objective. As play continues, more of these objectives are revealed and more secret objectives are dealt out, giving players dynamically changing goals throughout the game. Play continues until a player reaches ten victory points.
It’s time to take over the holidays!
Tactical card game where players choose to play as one of the film’s iconic characters: Jack, Sally, Santa Claus, Oogie Boogie, Dr Finkelstein or The Mayor as they try to create the most magical holiday. Over the course of four rounds, players will play cards to collect the most “Holiday tokens”. Players will need to place their cards thoughtfully and strategically in the right locations to secure their victory! Since each character deck has a unique play style, players will be excited to play the game over and over again.
Enter the world of Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, where the Holidays have never been so fun and so competitive!
• Based on Disney Tim Burton’s movie, The Nightmare before Christmas• A board game for the fans of the movie and families as well• Immersive components and original gameplay
Inside the box
• 6 Character Mats• 126 Character Cards• 12 Location Cards• 1 Middle Location Card• 108 Double sides Holiday Tokens• 16 “5 points” Double sides Holiday Tokens• 12 “10 points” Double sides Holiday tokens• 2 Oogie Boogie dice• 1 Mayor Mood token• 1 Jack Research Tracker token• 1 Pumpkin meeple (round tracker)• 1 Zero First Player tracker• 1 Rules booklet
You are an amateur dracologist in the world of Wyrmspan, a place where dragons of all shapes, sizes, and colors roam the skies. Excavate a hidden labyrinth you recently unearthed on your land and entice these beautiful creatures to roost in the sanctuary of your caves.
During a game of Wyrmspan, you will build a sanctuary for dragons of all shapes and sizes. Your sanctuary begins with 3 excavated spaces—the leftmost space in your Crimson Cavern, your Golden Grotto, and your Amethyst Abyss. Over the course of the game, you will excavate additional spaces in your sanctuary and entice dragons to live there, chaining together powerful abilities and earning the favor of the Dragon Guild.
Wyrmspan is inspired by the mechanisms of Wingspan, though its unique elements make Wyrmspan a standalone game (not compatible with Wingspan).
Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from Stonemaier Games. It's designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and features 180 birds illustrated by Natalia Rojas and Ana Maria Martinez.
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 colors
Draw from hundreds of unique bird cards and play them
The winner is the player with the most points after 4 rounds.
Welcome to Superstore 3000, the retro-futuristic mall building game where you must build the tallest and most incredible mall to satisfy as many customers as possible.
In Superstore 3000, each player builds their own mall by placing shop tiles and being the first to meet the criteria to collect the unique attraction tiles that will make your building even more exceptional.
In the year 2964, become a visionary mall engineer with the thrilling board game, Superstore 3000. Set against the backdrop of interstellar commerce, players race to construct the most customer-friendly and aesthetically pleasing shopping haven. Each round is a dive into strategic decision-making, from choosing the optimal Mall Elements from the innovative Dispenser 3000 to strategically positioning attractions to draw in more visitors.
This game is not only about building but also about foreseeing customer needs and cleverly managing your resources. The Dispenser 3000 enhances the tactical depth, requiring you to think ahead as you invest in valuable tiles. With over 96 Mall Elements to choose from and dynamic setup changes, no two games are alike, ensuring that each playthrough remains exciting and full of new challenges.
Superstore 3000 is beautifully crafted with detailed components that include food courts, fashion stores, and hobby shops, each tile vividly illustrated to reflect its unique identity. The game scales impressively from 2 to 4 players, making it an excellent choice for both intimate friend gatherings and lively family game nights. Aim to satisfy your customers, outsmart your competitors, and watch your futuristic mall come to life!
This game offers not just a play experience but an engaging narrative that blends commerce, architecture, and a hint of cosmic adventure. It's perfect for anyone who loves strategy games with a creative twist. Whether you're buying your first board game or adding to a growing collection, Superstore 3000 promises endless fun and strategic depth. Join the race to build the ultimate space mall and be the envy of the galaxy!
Deep in the forest, the Tree Society is a prospering community that wants to expand the neighborhood to welcome newcomers.
In the game Tree Society, players are asked to help various guilds follow the blueprints to construct new buildings. Take advantage of other players to sell your resources at the best price, and earn the favor of new guilds by skillfully combining their powers.
Everyone around the table works together to help the Tree Society, but only one can climb to the top and claim victory!
Coming from noble families, you are ready to do anything to accede to the throne...except that the competition between the pretenders is fierce!
For a Crown is a single-deck, deck-building game. Players recruit new characters, such as mercenaries, then place these cards within a sleeve of their own color. All cards — individual player cards and common event cards — are shuffled into a single deck, which is then drawn card by card, with the relevant player resolving the effect of their card when it's revealed.
After four rounds, the player with the most rubies wins.
From the craggy hillsides of Edinburgh to the sunlit docks of Constantinople, from the dusty alleys of Pamplona to a windswept station in Berlin, Ticket to Ride Europe takes you on an exciting train adventure through the great cities of turn-of-the-century Europe.
With elegantly simple gameplay, Ticket to Ride Europe can be learned in 3 minutes, yet players face strategic and tactical decisions that vary with every turn. Players collect cards of various types of train cars that are then used to claim railway routes connecting various cities across a map of Europe.
Contents:
1 Board map of European train routes
240 Colored Train Cars
158 Illustrated cards
15 stations
5 Wooden Scoring Markers
1 Rules booklet
Welcome to the city of culture, arts and music!Discover Unter den Linden, and immerse yourself in the young cultural capital of Europe. Enjoy a sightseeing cruise on the river Spree, ride a bike through the Brandenburg Gate, or be amazed by the masterpieces displayed in the Pergamon Museum.
In this fast-paced Ticket to Ride game, players race one another to visit the most iconic locations of the city and complete their Destination Tickets. The winning player will utilize Berlin’s streetcars and, for the first time, will venture under the streets to incorporate a subway system into their routes.
What’s in the box
1 board map of Berlin’s transportation network
44 Streetcars (11 in each color)
20 Subways (5 in each color)
44 Transportation cards
22 Destination Ticket cards
4 Scoring Markers
1 rule leaflet
Embark on an incredible adventure in Alan R. Moon’s Team Asia map as you and a partner compete against other teams on a 25,000 kilometer ride from Kabul to Beijing, through the steppes of Mongolia and the Gobi desert up to the Yellow River!
Or, if you prefer the quiet pleasures of traveling alone along the Silk Road, or winding your way through the hustle and bustle of Indochina, venture into the forbidden eastern lands of François Valentyne’s Legendary Asia. Just be ready for a hair-rising ride through the mountain passes of the Himalayas!
There's never been a board game like this before!
Your goal is to make it to the end of the board without landing on the Exploding Kitten. To do that, you'll play cards and plot strategies to sabotage your opponents. But don't get too cocky because one wrong move can cause the board to flip. This completely transforms the board to reveal a new path where every move could be your last. You have to think fast, form alliances, play smart, and avoid the Exploding Kittens at all costs.
Exploding Kittens: The Board Game comes with:
65 Action Cards
26 Move Cards
1 Pop-Up Game Board
6 Standees of Classic Characters
Plus, one instruction manual that you will probably skim.
Betray your friends. Try not to explode.
You Explode, You Lose: Exploding Kittens is the infamous card game where you try and avoid drawing the Exploding Kitten. Use action cards to skip, attack, shuffle, or defuse your way to being the last player standing.
Please Note: Non-English Versions of Exploding Kittens are not compatible with English Versions of Expansion Packs.
What’s in the box?
Exploding Kittens comes with 56 Cards featuring original illustrations by The Oatmeal
Plus one instruction manual that you will probably skim.
Therapy can be horrible so we made a game about it.
Playing is easy. You’ll make 3 panel comics about it with your friends. You’ll laugh. You’ll gasp. You’ll be mildly offended (in a fun way). But ultimately, you’ll feel great when your intrusive thoughts help you win this adult card game!
Perfect for pregaming, parties, or any situation where you need to get rowdy with a group.
What's In the Box?
Horrible Therapist comes with:
70 Question Cards
125 Answer Cards
175 Treatment Cards
Plus, one instruction manual that you will probably skim.
Easy to learn and quick to play, Ticket to Ride: First Journey is the perfect introduction to the Ticket to Ride series.
Players collect train cards, claim routes on the map, and try to connect the cities shown on their tickets to achieve victory. So climb aboard and embark on your very own railway adventure!
“Grandpa! I found this strange old hat in the attic. What is it?”“Good grief, that’s the engineer’s cap I wore when I was a railroader. I traveled all over the country with this thing… listen to me boring you with Grandpa’s stories.”“But we love stories! Tell us what it was like to be an engineer.”“Well, I’ve traveled all over the place — New York, Chicago, LA — but one thing I’ll never forget is my first journey. It all started when I arrived at the station…”.
1 Game Board
80 Plastic Trains
72 Train Cards
32 Ticket Cards
4 Bonus Ticket Cards & 1 “Golden Ticket” Card
1 Rulesheet
Easy to learn and quick to play, Ticket to Ride: Ghost Train is a chilling introduction to the Ticket to Ride® series.
In this horrifying edition of the classic Ticket to Ride First Journey, parents and kids collect Parade Float cards, claim routes on the map, and try to visit different locations in this hair-raising town“Knock, knock… Trick or treat!”
“Mommy! We found this vampire costume in an old trunk under the stairs. Is it yours?”“My goodness, I wore this when I was your age. Every year around this time, my friends and I walked around town, all dressed up…”“I hope this is a scary story. We love scary stories!”“Well, not only did we go trick or treating, but we also explored all the mysterious places in town. We poked around the haunted mansion, visited the terrifying swamp, and checked out rumors of an old witch living by the hidden cave. We wanted to discover everything!
1 Map of a Chilling Town
80 Haunted Carriages
72 Parade Float Cards
33 Tickets
4 “Trick or Treat” Bonus Tickets
1 Rulesheet
Did you know that playing board games offer a range of learning experiences for our little ones? Board games can support the development of social skills, such as turn taking, communicating, problem solving and resilience when things don’t go our way. Most games also have a mathematical element too, whether that’s number recognition, counting, subitising or matching.
