size of the tray once set up =) 74 cm x 19cm 

You've had your first encounter with these bugs, but now you've got to find a way off this rock. It'll be 17 days before any rescue mission is called, and you'll be lucky to survive 17 hours!

Aliens: Get Away From Her, You B***h! contains four double-sided game boards, five miniatures, tokens, dice, cards, and rules to adds more ways to play the Aliens: Another Glorious Day In The Corps! co-operative survival game. You can even play as the alien hive!

Orléans Stories is based on the bag-building mechanism known from Orléans, with this mechanisms having been further developed into a storytelling experience in which players go through different eras and face different challenges. Broadly speaking, instead of focusing on the city of Orléans and trade with the surrounding villages, player are now settling the Loire Valley. Players must farm and produce, found villages, and build fortresses and churches. They will experience times of prosperity and success, but also times of deprivation; they must defy hunger and plague, fight for their land, and perhaps conquer foreign lands to secure the lives of their settlers. In the end, however, there is peace and the joint administration of territories and villages.

The game includes two stories: "The First Kingdom" and "The King's Favor". "The First Kingdom" is an epic story that spans eight so-called eras, and each era features different conditions and emphases. Sometimes knights settle down, with whose help you can conquer foreign territories, sometimes the plague threatens to decimate the population of settlers unless all have worked together to develop medicine.

"The King's Favor" is shorter, simpler, and more suitable as an introduction to the game. Over five eras, certain tasks have to be fulfilled by the end of each era, and those who fail to do so will drop out mercilessly. The threat of having to end the game prematurely provides a constant thrill, but all tasks are achievable, so that (usually) all players experience the end of the fifth era — but those who have concentrated only on the tasks will be punished because at this point everyone's achievements will be compared in the king's castle, and you will receive victory points for territory size, buildings, goods, and coins.

The different eras affect the parameters of play as well as the rules of the game, creating new strategic possibilities. This challenges players to constantly adapt to current conditions, giving you the impression of experiencing a story, but unlike in legacy games, these stories can be repeated as often as you like. The changes from era to era require a new way of looking at things from a distance, but this is made easier for players by a story booklet in which players will find not only all relevant information and rule peculiarities, but also hints of how to prepare for the upcoming game in the form of a narrated story.

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Egizia: Shifting Sands is an updated version of the beloved strategy game Egizia. Players travel down the Nile, placing boats as they go, to collect resources that will help them construct some of Egypt's most famous monuments. With new monuments to build, new cards to collect, and a constantly shifting river, Egizia: Shifting Sands Edition is a streamlined, modern update that both longtime fans and new players can easily pick up and enjoy.

In Egizia, players must place their pawns following the course of the Nile, moving northwards. In this way, each placement not only blocks the opponents from choosing the same square (except monuments, where multiple players are always allowed), but also forces the player to place their remaining pawns only on the squares below the one they just occupied.

When the placement phase is over, the workers of the players (which are separate from the pawns) must be fed with the grain produced in the fields. The production of each field is based on the floods of the Nile, so some fields may not give grain each turn. If a player doesn't have enough grain for all their workers, they must buy it with victory points. After that, stones are received from the owned quarries and used to build the monuments (if the right to do so was reserved earlier) along with the workers.

In this new edition, players each get a chance to build across the Colonnade, a new monument. The more columns you build, the better powers you unlock to help you on the river. Perhaps once per turn you can place boats on occupied river spaces or upstream, or gain an extra point each time you place bricks in monuments. With randomized rewards from game to game, the Colonnade is a dynamic new monument to shake up traditional gameplay.

Below the Colonnade, where the graves once stood, lie the mysterious statues — a new monument unlike anything else in Egizia. These tiny build sites are cheaper than any other monument, but they hold the potential for high reward if you fulfill their requirements. Players must plan early as they can place only one brick in a statue per round, and each level they build has more strenuous requirements for endgame bonuses.

Egizia: Shifting Sands keeps all the painstaking risk/reward decisions of the original Egizia and adds new depths of strategy, balance, and gameplay for a fresh twist on a timeless classic.

Recollect the images from your childhood. All the exciting books, graphic novels and movies full of tireless discoverers and travelers, surprisingly lethal archeologists, secret agents, or crocodile hunters. Now grab your cards and use them to form a unique expedition to find legendary treasures! So, where’s the catch? The heroes we’re talking about are close to immortal – whatever happened they always found a way out, never actually meeting enemies powerful enough to defeat them. You, on the other hand, will have to face your friends, who probably had the same sources of inspiration as yourself… It's time to prepare for a tough competition full of dirty tricks!

When playing Venturesome, you try to gather a group of adventurers able to undertake a chosen challenge while evading any threats. You use the abilities of your expedition members in order to thwart your rivals’ plans. However, bear in mind that your opponents are equally ready to steal, manipulate, or do anything that is necessary to defeat you. If you don’t act quickly and decisively, instead of finding the treasure, your expedition will get into real trouble. So, forget about scruples and compromises. Be smarter, quicker, and meaner that your rivals.

Venturesome is the spiritual successor of the legendary Palastgeflüster. With the updated game mechanics and victory conditions, you can expect hours of gaming full of negative interaction. In this game each move is a risk that might pay off.

Just remember about the most important rule: be RUTHLESS! That’s the only way you can win!

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In the Pocket Detective game series, players take the role of investigators trying to get to the bottom of tangled cases and mysterious stories. Gather clues, interrogate suspects, perform arrests and identify evidence to successfully solve the case.

On their turn, each player chooses an available card to investigate. These cards can represent a Clue, a Location, Witness Interrogation, Special Action, Arrest of a Suspect, etc. Players will discover what actually happened by investigating leads on these cards. The objective is to solve a case in a minimum number of turns.

Pocket Detective Season 1 includes three cooperative card-based cases which will test your deduction for 1-6 players, ages 10+.
Test your investigative skills with three criminal cases: “Murder at the University,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” and “Time is Running Out.”

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the circus! You have one goal: dazzle your audience with the greatest show on Earth! Your acrobats, circus animals and stars will put on a show-stopping performance that will have everyone on the edge of their seat. But beware, competition is fierce!

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the circus! You have one goal: dazzle your audience with the greatest show on Earth! Your acrobats, circus animals and stars will put on a show-stopping performance that will have everyone on the edge of their seat. But beware, competition is fierce!

Universe:
The ruling house of the empire is in decline & in their weakness and opportunity presents itself. The throne is within the grasp of any rival faction bold & cunning enough to grab power for themselves. In this nuanced conflict where diplomacy cuts just a sharply as the weapons of your army, be aware that neither cuts are deep as the assassin's blade. 
The throne is within your graps!

Boomerang: Europe, like its sister games Boomerang: Australia and Boomerang: USA is a "draft-and-write" game. It features a unique blend of set collection and card drafting with the approachable feel of a roll-and-write game. Draft locations from across the European continent as you collect sets of activities and try delicious food to gain the most points.

Boomerang: Europe is a stand-alone game in the Boomerang family that plays similarly to the original Boomerang, but has some rules differences and new ways to score.

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Endossez le rôle du Diable et proposez aux joueurs une partie de cartes dont l’enjeu est leur âme ! Leur objectif : vous distraire en vivant au travers de leurs Avatars la meilleure histoire possible ! Chaque joueur a le pouvoir d’influer sur la Diablerie (scénario) à son envie en l’enrichissant avec son imaginaire. Grâce aux règles inspirée du Blackjack, ils vont prendre des risques pour parvenir à dénouer le fil de l’intrigue dont vous seul connaissez la révélation. Chaque Diablerie est non seulement une aventure mais aussi un univers à part entière : embarquez pour de la science-fiction, de l’action, du thriller, du western, du fantastique ou du steampunk !

In DrawBot, players take on the role of robot designers in the world-famous DrawBot Factory. They compete against each other to fulfill customer orders as quickly as possible - all in order to become the greatest designer in the Factory’s history!

DrawBot is a Roll & Write game in which all players take their actions simultaneously with the roll of the dice. Players aim to fulfill a customer’s order before anyone else by drawing on their factory sheet the available robot parts.

At the beginning of each turn, the Workshop Manager rolls the 4 dice that determine the pieces available for robot manufacturing. He or she chooses one that only they can use. This piece is in limited quantity; the Workshop Manager keeps it exclusively for themselves. The other players can take any die other than the Workshop Manager's die. The same die can be chosen by multiple players. This reflects that these robot parts are available in larger quantities!

As soon as the Workshop Manager has chosen a die, all players choose one action:

- DRAW: The player the piece represented on the dice he has chosen
- BOOST: The player uses 2 energies then draws any piece of their choice
- ACCUMULATE: The player does not draw anything and circles 1 energy

Players can only draw on the face in front of them. Before drawing, they can use 1 energy to TURN their Factory Sheet to access the workstation of their choice. The Factory Sheet can do ¼ or ½ turn.

The first one to finish an ordered robot scores 3 points. When a customer’s order is fulfilled, the robot is removed and replaced with a new robot design. If a completed robot does not correspond or no longer corresponds to a customer’s order, it is worth only 1 point. If two players finish the same robot at the same time, this robot design is worth only 1 point!

The game ends the moment a designer finishes their 4th robot. They circle 1 bonus point for finishing first. At the end of the game, players score originality points. Each designer compares their four robots, including the unfinished ones. If pairs of robots having no symbol in common, the player scores 1 point. The designer with the most points wins!

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Congratulations! You have just been accepted to attend the school of the world-famous alchemist Nicolas Flamel. As a new student, your goal is simple: become the best disciple of the Master!

Each alchemy student gets taught an array of brews and potions by Nicolas Flamel himself. He will observe you while you prepare, cook, and perfect your concoctions.

Who will be the first to complete three parts of a Great Work?
Who will be the craftiest student, avoiding their classmates’ tricks?
Who will be the one to discover the Philosopher’s Stone?

Each student will have access to their own Cauldron. With this prized possession, they will mix the ingredients they have collected - but be careful, if the ingredients are unstable, they might blow up inside the Athanor - the alchemist furnace!

Creating the perfect mixture is not all. Each student has a whole batch of tricks up their sleeve to get ahead: steal ingredients, sabotage a rival’s potion, gain favors from the Master.

The Imagineers: Have More Fun expansion pack includes everything needed for expanding the game to five or six players (including a pink candy-themed and a green pirate-themed player board), wooden tokens to replace the cardboard tracker tokens, a larger first player piece, a plastic construction cone to replace the cardboard mess marker, a Maple Games cloth bag and fifty stickers meeple clothing stickers to give the wooden meeples some personality.

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Explore the amazing lands of Australia in the new version of this clever ‘draft & write’ game! Visit the most beautiful places of Australia. While touring, you will meet local animals and enjoy tourist activities, such as hiking, swimming or simple taking beautiful pictures! But don’t forget that this trip is not only for pleasure, you all compete to be the best visitor and discover the most of Australia!

Almanac: The Crystal Peaks is the second entry in the Almanac series of games from acclaimed designer Scott Almes. Each round of Almanac is played on a different page in the gamebook. Each page represents a unique location/board with a special twist on worker placement. When combined an innovative bidding mechanism for turn order and a vast array of fantasy encounters, every game of Almanac: The Crystal Peaks is a new experience!

Réfugié dans son bordel, le Triste Sire est acculé par ses ennemis dirigés par le Rouennais. Parallèlement, dans les bas-fonds, un complot se met en place pour détrôner le Grand Coësre et installer Saïf à sa place. En surface comme sous-terre, la tension est à son paroxysme, les armes ont été sorties de leurs fourreaux, et c’est tout Paris qui tremble sur ses bases…Ce troisième livre clôt de façon magistrale le premier cycle du «  Roy des Ribauds  ».

Tout au long de sa carrière, Jean-Baptiste Andreae a dessiné pour lui-même des centaines de monstres et de jeunes femmes plantureuses. Ce beau livre regroupe les trésors méconnus d’un auteur qui ne cesse de renouveler son art et de peaufiner sa technique à travers ses sujets favoris : les créatures de toutes sortes…

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
(I shall either find a way or make one.) — Hannibal the Barcid

In 3 B.C. two genius strategists vied for the fate of the world.
Hannibal: The renowned Carthaginian general; and Scipio: The Roman Hero.
SCIPIO is a two-player strategy board game: players take on the role of military leaders to command the armies of an ancient age to crush your enemy.
Develop a formation and give orders to your armed forces — never be too aggressive nor too passive.
To win in SCIPIO, as in a real battle, read and bluff your opponent, plan a careful strategy, be a daredevil and have courage to get a break.
Gain a victory and claim glory with your leadership!

Plongeant au coeur du monde cauchemardesque orchestré par Guillermo del Toro dans Le labyrinthe de Pan, cette analyse explore les contextes culturels et historiques entourant le film. Elle examine la manière dont il utilise la mythologie et aborde la mémoire et l'oubli, mettant en lumière les techniques, les thèmes et les références qui se combinent pour engendrer de multiples significations.
La collection BFI : Les Classiques du cinéma regroupe des ouvrages finement écrits et joliment illustrés, qui introduisent, interprètent et célèbrent les films marquants du cinéma mondial. Chaque volume offre un argument pour le statut de “classique” du film, ainsi que le récit de sa production et de sa réception, sa place au sein d’un genre ou d’un cinéma national, un compte-rendu de son importance technique et esthétique et, dans de nombreux cas, la réponse personnelle de l’auteur par rapport à son film.

Soixante-dix ans après sa sortie, Chantons sous la pluie (1951) reste l'un des films les plus appréciés jamais réalisés. Pourtant, malgré un succès fulgurant auprès du public, il n'a jamais reçu sa juste part d'analyse critique. Le génie de Gene Kelly en tant qu'interprète est indéniable. Sa contribution innovante en tant que réalisateur est moins souvent reconnue. L'étude éclairante de Peter Wollen rend justice à ce film complexe. Dans sa préface à cette édition spéciale, publiée pour célébrer le 20e anniversaire de la collection BFI : Les Classiques du Cinéma, Geoff Andrew revient sur l'héritage du film et célèbre la passion, la lucidité et l'originalité de l'analyse de Wollen.
La collection BFI : Les Classiques du cinéma regroupe des ouvrages finement écrits et joliment illustrés, qui introduisent, interprètent et célèbrent les films marquants du cinéma mondial. Chaque volume offre un argument pour le statut de “classique” du film, ainsi que le récit de sa production et de sa réception, sa place au sein d’un genre ou d’un cinéma national, un compte-rendu de son importance technique et esthétique et, dans de nombreux cas, la réponse personnelle de l’auteur par rapport à son film.

Dès sa sortie en 1988, Le Tombeau des lucioles d'Isao Takahata a captivé le public avec son drame sans concession, et il est aujourd'hui considéré comme un des plus grands films d'animation de tous les temps.
Pourtant, le sombre chef-d'oeuvre des studios Ghibli reste peu analysé en dehors du Japon, alors même que sa signification est farouchement contestée - Takahata lui-même a déploré que peu de Japonais aient saisi son message. Dans la première véritable étude du film en Europe, Alex Dudok de Wit (réalisateur de LA Tortue Rouge) explore ses thèmes, ses dispositifs visuels et son utilisation révolutionnaire de l'animation, ainsi que le contexte politique dans lequel il a été réalisé. S'appuyant sur des récits non traduits de l'équipe du film, il décrit également sa production mouvementée, qui a failli conduire Takahata et son studio au désastre.

La collection BFI : Les Classiques du cinéma regroupe des ouvrages finement écrits et joliment illustrés, qui introduisent, interprètent et célèbrent les films marquants du cinéma mondial. Chaque volume offre un argument pour le statut de “classique” du film, ainsi que le récit de sa production et de sa réception, sa place au sein d’un genre ou d’un cinéma national, un compte-rendu de son importance technique et esthétique et, dans de nombreux cas, la réponse personnelle de l’auteur par rapport à son film.