Slay the Spire: The Board Game is a co-operative deck-building adventure. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and finally become strong enough to slay the Spire!

Slay the Spire: The Board Game is a co-operative deck-building adventure. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and finally become strong enough to slay the Spire!

The aim is to become the best "Mind Cycling Manager" by winning the most medals with your team: medals are awarded to the race winner (the cyclist who crosses the finish line first), the best sprinter (the cyclist who finishes the "sprint" section first), the best climber (the cyclist who finishes the "mountain pass" section first), and the best team (based on the places of the cyclists in each team in the final classification of the race).

—description from the publisher

Mold and squish new terrifying monster miniatures out of Spell Clay by adding this set of evil spellbooks to your Necromolds board game collection!

    Transform smashed monsters into gems to empower your golem army using the unique reclamation ability of Gorgoden!
    Keep your friends and enemies close by snaring them in the barged chains of Tormurack—a living dungeon of no escape!

Mold and squish new terrifying monster miniatures out of Spell Clay by adding this set of evil spellbooks to your Necromolds board game collection!

    Hail missiles of molten lava upon your enemies and erupt the top of Magmass to power its fierce close-quarters attack!
    Deploy claws and hooks to fight off swarms of smaller enemies using Kracklings—a crustacean curiosity of cruel creation!

This Monster Pack expansion for Necromolds: Monster Battles contains two new spellbooks.

Ankropora: Bring ruin to your rivals by spewing forth a cascade of anemone quills, starfish fingers, and shark's teeth from the vile Ankropora!

Sigurath: Flip the crimson-eyed golem upside down to radically change its powers and strategically stomp-out your enemies on the map!

—description from the designer

This Monster Pack expansion for Necromolds: Monster Battles contains two new spellbooks.

Fungix: Use your fallen monsters as fodder to power-up the ravenous Fungix and crush your enemies with mud, bones, and tree rot!

Petripod: Charge undaunted into a barrage of ranged attacks and dig not your foes using Petripod's powerful defense and melee abilities!

—description from the designer

This Monster Pack expansion for Necromolds: Monster Battles contains two new spellbooks.

Batadactyl: Storm your opponents with deadly speed using a horror of bestial bat and basaltic gargoyle -- The dreaded and corrupt Batadactyl!

Mongeragon: Survive the smash and annoy your adversaries with Mongeragon -- a treasure hoard that keeps coming back to the battle!

—description from the designer

Fill your house with cats, mice and dice!

Form rooms using numbers. Then use the rooms' special abilities to score the most points.

There are 4 unique levels (each with their own rules), and every time you play you use a random set of 4 out of 12 possible abilities. This ensures new challenges every game.

House of Cats is a quick and clever roll-and-write game, and the first collaborative design by veteran designers William Attia and Kristian A Østby.

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HOW TO PLAY:

Each turn, one player rolls the dice and all players use the results to fill in spaces on their individual playing sheet. Keep taking turns until one player has filled every space on their sheet.

Try to group equal numbers together. A room is formed if you make a group with size equal to the number that makes up the group (i.e. groups of two 2's, three 3's, four 4's or five 5's). Each completed room scores points and gives you access to a special ability.

Cats and mice will score depending on the level you are playing.

As the Count of the small territory of the Nine Estates, you must build up the county into a powerful economic and cultural center. However, limited nearby resources force you to make difficult decissions. Can you earn the favor of the King?

Count of the Nine Estates is a 18-card reimplementation of Count of Nine.

Search your land for resources to build basic structures that will provide more resources. Use these structures and resources to build up your estates into a powerful economic force.

—description from the publisher


For Count of the Nine Estates, I did want to focus more on the experience. Looking back on Count of Nine, it seemed the player experience was a bit "on rails": once you pick a major structure to build, you are going to find the stuff you need to build that major structure. For Count of the Nine Estates, the player will have more freedom, and will have to make a couple strategic decisions during a match. So, I guess the "experience" I was going for CotNE is: a more strategic and "free" feeling compact, solo euro game.

—description from the designer


Count of the Nine Estates is a solo city building game played with 18 cards. Nine Estate cards are your targets to build: City Walls, a Cathedral, a Castle, and more. The other 9 cards make up the Structures deck which contains resources plus structures to be built. Play through the Structures deck in multiple rounds to build the structures needed that will enable you to build one or more of the Estates. The goal is to score the most victory points in the game, which is made up of 2 separate eras.

Victory points are awarded several ways:

Victory points marked on the Estate cards and some of the structure cards

+ 1 victory point for each structure built

+1 victory point for each duplicate structure built
-2 victory points for each round played

Well done gardener, you have splendidly performed your duties by taking care of the imperial panda. As a reward, the Chinese emperor hands you over a second animal's care and not just any one! You will need to try twice as hard to take care of the couple... and also their babies!

Experience the thrilling world of altar like never before with this groundbreaking expansion.

One must prevail revolutionizes gameplay by introducing a solo mode, allowing you to embark on an epic adventure all on your own. No longer bound by the constraints of multiplayer, you can now delve into the realms of altar at your own pace and immerse yourself in a captivating solo experience.

But that's not all. Alongside the introduction of solo play, one must prevail brings forth a new deity - the enigmatic and unpredictable god of chaos. This deity's abilities will test your strategic thinking and adaptability like never before. Prepare to navigate the twists and turns of chaos itself as you harness its immense power to shape the fate of altar.

Are you ready to face the challenges of altar alone and confront the chaos that awaits? Prepare to embark on an unforgettable solo adventure. One must prevail beckons you, with boundless possibilities and the thrill of unruly unpredictability.

Will you find order in the chaos or succumb to its whims? The choice is yours. Will you prove yourself worthy?

The party game you can play anywhere

Guess the number - but don't go too high!

Lighten up the mood at any game night, dinner party or couples therapy session. Play it during business meetings, datenight your uncle's funeral - or all three at once!

—description from the box

Gameplay:
One player reads a question (all answers are numbers). The active player must guess a number that is close to - but not higher - than the correct answer. Players take turns either making a guess that is higher than the previous player, or calling out a DARE if they believe the previous player guessed too high. When a Dare is called the answer is checked and the player who was wrong must keep the card for "Silly goose points". Once a player has collected a certain number of cards, the game ends, and the player with the most silly goose points loses. Everyone else wins.
Nearly no table space is required, and the game therefore works well as a party game in nearly any setting.

"How Dare you?" comes with 2 optional advanced rules that spice up the gameplay:

"Doubling": If you guess a number that is at least twice that of the previous player, you gain a doubling card. This card negates one "silly goose point". This variant tempts players to make higher guesses.

"Double Dare": If you are dared, you can either accept the dare and check the answer like normal, or you can reply with a "Double Dare". The player who is wrong will now get double punishment (two cards instead of one). But the player who initiated the dare, now has the option to chicken out and withdraw their dare. If they do, they must instead guess a higher number before the round continues as normal.

In Neotopia, a competitive fast paced tile placement pattern building game, you are part of a team of Visionaries who are building a futuristic pilot city focused on the fields of Energy, Technology, Community and Sustainable food.

You will be building elements on the three regions of the city in order to complete feature cards that you have in hand. A good combination of tile placement and card management can result in very impactful turns, where several cards are completed and the city expands. Interaction between players is important, because all players are building on the same board and can take advantage of what other players have built on their previous turns.

You will try to build the most harmonious city possible, because that will be vital for your score: in the end of the game you will score normally the regions where you have your two highest scores but you will triple the score of your lowest scoring region. So be aware! Even if it’s tempting to build on regions that are more developed and where you have already scored a lot points, if you don’t start working on the development of the other regions you will not be able to win the game. Balance is the key point on Neotopia, just like the type of future that the players are trying to build.

—description from the designer

A witch named Hester was hung, burned, and buried under a tree. Some time later, the family of Hester come to Harrow County to destroy it, but standing in their way is eighteen-year-old Emmy who mysteriously has powers of her own.

In the asymmetric combat game Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict, players can play as one of the Protectors, trying to rescue townsfolk, or as one of the family, trying to destroy Harrow County. You can instead play as a third faction that originates from the surprise return of Emmy's twin sister, Kammi, who wants to rule Harrow County. Players activate mason jars to move their haints (undead creatures) around the hex-based board as they try to accomplish their missions. Combat is resolved using a never-before-seen cube tower that's built into the actual box.

Finally, a third player can enter the game: Hester, the dead witch buried under the tree. She controls the roots of the tree and using the cube tower, Hester can infect haints on her roots, which causes a snake to be placed into its ear. That player can still control this haint, but now so can Hester. If Hester comes back to life, then she needs to eat the other legends to gain all her power back to win.

In short, Harrow County is a thematic, tactical game of territory control and enemy elimination to determine the fate of Harrow County.

The fun mint-tin sized dexterity game gamers and non-gamers will love!

Tinderblox sets players in a campfire setting, where each player will attempt to grow the fire! But watch out! Place the blocks badly and you risk burning down the camp!

Each turn players will draw a card from the campfire deck. The card will instruct them to place on the campfire a log, a fire block or any combination of the two (or more) in various orientations. Players use tweezers to "Play with fire" in a shared pool, however, once all pieces have been put together and are off the ground the player must carefully place this on the campfire!

The player who is the most careful with fire wins!

—description from the publisher

Thousands of years ago, when the human mind was still primitive, the gods ruled the world.
Men were only creatures al neir service who Wied to gain more and more power through their blind Faith.
However, their arrogance and incessant fighting precipitated the decline of humanity. The survivors hid in oblivion, walling for the right moment to reappear. Some tine later, man's thirst for knowledge triggered the awakening of the ancient gods.The age of the gods has returned, more brutal than ever, and gods and followers are ghing to see who among them will rise to supreme power.

ALTAR: Realms of the gods is a card game for 2 to 5 players, whose fast and strategic games will appeal to your tactical sense and allow you to make your cult prevail.

Prepare to unlock new realms of divine power with this captivating expansion. The pilgrims' road introduces two powerful new gods and fifteen devoted adepts, offering fresh opportunities for strategic gameplay. Within this expansion, you will encounter the awe-inspiring gods of dreams and blood, who bring their unique abilities and blessings to the game. These celestial beings will guide you on a path of devotion and enlightenment as you navigate the Realms of Altar. But that's not all! The pilgrims' road introduces a brand-new gameplay system, allowing you to harness the power of the adepts who embark on pilgrimages to the divine realms. These devoted individuals, with their unique skills and talents, can be employed strategically to further your objectives and shape the course of your journey.
Are you ready to embark on a celestial pilgrimage and forge your path among the gods! The pilgrims road awaits you, with boundless wonders and divine secrets to uncover. Will you answer the call?

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