It is 1598, and you have settled in the middle of France in the city of Orléans on the Loire. Your goal is clear: Build a cathedral in Orléans — all of you together because only together can you meet this challenge!

In the co-operative game The Cathedral of Orléans, players will recruit followers familiar from Orléans to take actions — knights, craftsmen, scholars, traders, and monks — but these followers are divided between two pouches, so the question you will constantly face: From which pouch should I draw to get the desired tile? You will want to remember which tiles go into which bag at the end of the round, dividing duties between one another in order to work out your strategy together as effectively as possible.

Time is always a pressing issue. The cathedral must be completed in the third round at the latest, and if a tile can no longer be placed elsewhere with an action, it must go into the bell tower, with that tower's toll ending the round.

Special highlight: You build a real, three-dimensional cathedral!

Mon Dieu, quelle horreur! The inhabitants of Orléans have been hit hard as the plague has come upon them, bringing suffering and misery to the population. There are many dead to mourn, and even the plague doctor can bring only limited relief and hope to the long-suffering inhabitants. The clergy also has little to offer in the way of relief. And so, in the end, everyone is on their own and must try to protect their followers as best they can...

When you use the Orléans: Die Pest / The Plague expansion, the game conditions are made tougher from the start of play thanks to the "rat cards". Sometimes there are fewer monks in the game, sometimes no gears may be placed on place cards or the building of trading stations must be paid for with an additional coin.

New events are now also linked to the "corpse tokens" which players must place a certain number of in their bag at the end of each round. These tokens might be randomly drawn from the bag at the beginning of the round and occupy valuable space on the marketplace because they cannot be used for any action. To get rid of them for good, a player can fulfill indulgence cards through pilgrimage, donations, or other conditions, which also bring victory points at game's end. Fortunately, each player has a "plague doctor", a new figure that is available in (almost) every round and can be used universally.

—description from the publisher

The last shall be first...
Make sure to be the last!!!

The game is separated into two phases.

Phase one is a trick-taking game with simultaneous card selection. First we check for ties. The tie numbers are gone and then the highest card wins. Cards are 1 to 6. Four times per card.

If after the first check we have a 1 card and a 6, then the 1 card wins the trick.

So now all keep the winning trick cards and we are ready for phase 2.

Phase 2 is Russian roulette, a game of chance. We have 6 cards (bullet cards) in the middle of the table, as a revolver. 5 empty chambers and one with a bullet.

On your turn (beginning with the player with the most cards from phase one):
You can draw a card (pull the trigger) or you can discard one card from that you collect before, to shuffle all open bullet cards back together and then draw one, you just spin the cylinder of the revolver, (no point to do it if you have to draw the first bullet)
or you can discard as many cards as alive players in the game to pass your turn to the next player.

When you draw we check if you die or live from the bullet card.
If you stay alive the game continues to the next player. If you die we shuffle the bullet cards and continue with the player with most cards.

Last man standing is the winner.

Become Peter, Wendy, Tiger Lily or even Wendy's brothers, John and Michael. Go out on a quest to find the Lost Children who... got lost on the island.

Explore every location, lead the other players wisely to finding some of the Lost Children. You will need to co-operate to find them all. After the game, the island will change for the next those children lose themselves.

And you know it will happen again!

Partez à la découverte des parcs nationaux américains !

Un matériel somptueux

Des parcs aux illustrations incroyables réalisées par une multitude d’artistes

Un jeu stratégique idéal pour initier les néophytes

 Limité à 2 par commande jusqu'à épuisement du stock / Précommande conseillée pour le réassort de décembre 2020

After many winters of war, the Realms lay in ruin. The feud of the deposed heirs to the throne has spilled out across the sea, reaching the forgotten shores of the Hinterlands. There in the abandoned cities and broken temples, relics of impossible power await. But so do their keepers, the ancient race Viratis that walk between the light and the shadow.

In this expansion you will explore megalith ruins on a new island, utilize magical relics, and command new forces that move between Cruelty and Mercy for powerful effects.

Inside the box you can find new player cards for existing factions, a new Region deck for the Hinterlands that include the new Viratis faction, and special map Regions that contain powerful Megaliths instead of towers.

-description from publisher

Fight against a cataclysmic plague and rebuild the fallen empire.

A children’s game in which five witch tokens in different colors are hidden under witches' hats. On your turn, roll a die and pick up the hat that you think is hiding the witch of the corresponding color. If you are correct, roll the die again and repeat. If you are wrong your turn ends. The sixth side of the die shows an "exchange" symbol. If rolled, the player exchanges two witch hats on the board without revealing the hidden tokens and ends his turn.

The first player to move any witch to the last space on the board, Block Mountain, wins the game.
Awards & Honors

    1994 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Children's Game Winner

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”
Pericles (circa 495-429 BCE)

Live an Epic, Odyssey adventure; as one of Ancient Greece’s greatest thinkers in this new Sandbox, Tabletop experience. Forge your destiny in an age of city states and ancient wisdom. In Philosophia, you will build schools, battle it out in public debates, learn profound wisdom and make deals with the Olympic Gods. All in an attempt to prove yourself the greatest mind of the era.

The goal in Philosophia is to gain three Labyrinth Tokens before the ancient Greek World is superseded by the Romans. There are many different paths you can take to do this; from building schools dedicated to your teachings, to locking yourself away in temples to develop your ideas. All players who gain 3 Labyrinth tokens will finish the game with a tense final public debate; exchanging Sophistry and Syllogistic arguments until one thinker is crowned the greatest. Good luck!

Pictures is a quick-playing family game with very simple rules. Form the image on your secret picture card with one set of components, either shoelaces, color cubes, icon cards, sticks and stones or building blocks in such a way that the other players guess what image you have pictured:


Pull out a marker from the bag that determines your secret picture card.
Then form that image with your components in such a way that it is recognizable.
And finally guess what image each other player has pictured.


The players get points for correctly guessing other players images and for other players guessing their image. The most points wins!

Pizza Rush is a fast-paced pizza-making themed strategy card game where players make a stack of pizzas and race to claim the greatest pizza chef card.

How would you define the Little Mermaid? And what about Captain America? Kissable? Edible? Colorful? But wouldn’t this definition also apply to a unicorn? Or candy? Defining a word is a challenge in itself when you can use all the words you want, so will you succeed with only a handful of random adjectives?

You are a survivor in a near-future Europe that has collapsed under the weight of its own political errors, in the wake of a bloody class-war fueled by genetic modifications. In Posthuman, you journeyed to the last bastion of organized human society in the area: The Fortress. A year down the line, you have become an active part of that society and honed the skills you need to fulfill your role there, but the mutants are gaining ground...

Posthuman Saga is a standalone survival game in the Posthuman universe. You play a seasoned member of the Fortress' militia, sent out beyond the defensive perimeter to explore and hopefully reconnect with outposts the Fortress has lost touch with, while searching for scavengable sites along the way. You have to forge across a crumbled land where resources are spare and mutants roam the ruined mansions and forests alike.

Like the initial Posthuman, this is a sandbox-style survival journey, but the game system in Posthuman Saga differs from that of the first game in the series. Players win by completing various objectives that suit different characters and playing styles. It has an emphasis on tactical choices on two levels: the journey expressed through an innovative modular tile map puzzle and the individual story and combat encounters. The latter are fast, card-based affairs involving tough choices with future consequences. Posthuman Saga boasts over one hundred, finely crafted story scenes with a simple, push-your-luck mechanism that supplements the emergent narrative afforded by the game. Mutation is a way of life in the Posthuman world, and it can have its advantages, but it can easily get out of control...

—description from the publisher

Resistance is the first expansion for Posthuman Saga. Just when you thought you could journey back to the safety of the Fortress, you receive a message from its leadership ordering you to venture further into the Wilds. To make things worse your mission is even more perilous than before! You’ll need to make contact with an assigned Resistance lookout who will help you track down mutant slave trains carrying human captives and follow them to a mutant stronghold. 

* Requires Posthuman Saga base game to play.

Power Grid is the updated release of the Friedemann Friese crayon game Funkenschlag. It removes the crayon aspect from network building in the original edition, while retaining the fluctuating commodities market like Crude: The Oil Game and an auction round intensity reminiscent of The Princes of Florence.

The objective of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with power when someone's network gains a predetermined size. In this new edition, players mark pre-existing routes between cities for connection, and then bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities.

However, as plants are purchased, newer, more efficient plants become available, so by merely purchasing, you're potentially allowing others access to superior equipment.

Additionally, players must acquire the raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power said plants (except for the 'renewable' windfarm/ solar plants, which require no fuel), making it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes.

Power Grid FAQ - Please read this before posting a rules question! Many questions are asked over and over in the forums... If you have a question about a specific expansion, please check the rules forum or FAQ for that particular expansion.

In Power Plants, you are growing a shared garden of magical plants with your rivals. You will add patches to the garden, choosing between the awesome Sprout powers and Grow powers. Tend the garden, gather magical Gems, and deploy your team of loyal Sprites to control the most valuable fields!

A deckbuilder full of miracle turns, magical gems,
and a Scepter of Power that tests your greed.

Evil had beset the village, and we were their last hope. We could not ignore our duty, so we set out on one last quest. We fell one by one, until I was the last survivor. Holding steadfast, I swung my axe one last time. As I crashed to the ground, I knew I had found, at last, peace.

Ragemore is an 18 card solo game where you will complete quests, while managing your hand and resources as you delve though the dark, fighting demons, all in a span of 10-15 minutes.

Each card is two sided; a demon and a hero. In the beginning of the game, the player will set up 2 piles of demon-sided quests and a party of 3 hero-sided cards. Then an immediate threat is revealed from the draw deck as the current demon card that may or may not be dealt with. If it is not killed, the demon card will go to one of the quests piles and an event written on that card will take effect. If it is killed, the demon card is flipped to the hero side and becomes one of the party. The player can also ignore the immediate demon threat and goes on a quest to obtain the win condition, or parlay with some of the demons to turn them into heroes but with the cost of the hero's morality: the hero is flipped to the demon side and joins the draw deck of demons.

The game is won when the hero gains the required number of quest card by using a combination of four symbols drawn on each cards. The game is lost when the graveyard has 3 deaths or when a quest pile has 4 demons or the party has no more heroes or the draw deck of demons is empty before the number of quest cards is fulfilled or if the quest piles are empty before the number of quest cards is fulfilled. 1 winning condition and 5 losing conditions.


Released in the May 2020 Board Game of the Month Club $20+ package.

Hidden in the scrub, a team of scientists is looking for a family of raptors. But survival instinct works both ways, for humans and for animals. Play the researchers or dinosaurs, and use your tactics and strategy to emerge victorious from this thrilling duel.

Are you cool as a cucumber under pressure? Is your games night a bit of a dog’s dinner? Now is the time to put your eggs in one basket with the card game of culinary chaos.

Recipe for Disaster is a new set collection card game with a twist where you will be collecting the necessary ingredients for a dish by any means necessary - Even a hectic, timed dumpster dive!
Once all your ingredients are collected and the bell its rung, its time to get your snake oil pitch on, as each player takes turns to describe which ingredients they've used and why their dish is better than everyone else's!

Once all dishes have been presented, players rate their opponents dishes 1-5 stars, and whoever has the most points is awarded the coveted Golden Turnip Award!

The first player to collect 3 Golden Turnips Wins!

RELOAD, the biggest TV show on the planet.

Reboot, replay, reload: In the near future, the military-industrial complex has developed remotely operated battle androids for planetary exploration in hostile environments.

Because these clones take on the faces and memories of their controllers, military laboratories are looking for applicants with specific skill sets. Seeking to build robust teams for the next missions, selected individuals are put to the test on a special training island.

Dans un futur proche, les méga-corporations du complexe militaro-industriel ont investi des milliards dans le développement de soldats clones améliorés cybernétiquement pour l’exploration du monde extérieur. Afin de financer ces programmes coûteux et les innovations de pointes intégrées à leurs sujets, les fabricants se sont associés à des conglomérats médiatiques afin de créer et promouvoir des compétitions diffusées en direct depuis l’île. Ainsi est né RELOAD, l’émission de divertissement la plus regardée de la planète. Les participants les plus charismatiques et compétents deviennent tellement populaires qu’ils s’affrontent désormais devant des millions de téléspectateurs passionnés et permettent à leurs créateurs d’engranger des fortunes.

Capture the Flag adds new tiles, maps, and rules for playing in "Capture the Flag" mode. You will also find in this extension 4 new characters.

C'est l'appel de l'abîme ! L'extension Revive : L'Appel des Abysses présente la mystérieuse forme de vie Scyphoz, qui vit dans les lacs géants formés par l'eau de fonte des glaciers.

Une extension qui ajoute de la profondeur et de la variété à votre expérience de jeu !

It was supposed to be an easy job, investigating this abandoned mansion. Suddenly a shot rings out in the darkness, the bullet shattering the plaster behind you. Turns out someone is here as well, and only one of you is leaving alive.

Revolver Noir is game for two players that puts you in the shoes of a private eye stuck in a dark mansion with an unknown hostile. Using a combination of detective work and calculated shots in the dark, your goal is to track down your enemy and put an end to them – before they do the same to you.


Finalist (top 3) of Button Shy's 18 Card Challenge: Design a game that doesn't use a table or surface.


Setup

Give one player all the John Doe cards, and the other all the Jane Doe cards.
Each player chooses one room in which to start, then places the rest of their cards behind it in their hand. The visible card is your current location.


The turn alternates between players. On your turn, you have Action Points, which you can spend to perform actions like moving, shooting, listening, setting traps, and use the room effect.

Use Room Effect
Most rooms in Revolver Noir have a unique effect, which can be used only while you are in that room. To trigger this effect, reveal your location, then follow the instructions on your room card.

Winning the Game
The objective is simple. To win, you’ll have to hit your opponent twice.

Rocódromo is a climbing game for 2-4 players, 7+ years old and about 10 minutes of playing time.

Rocódromo is a game in which we compete to be the first to reach the top of a climbing wall. As if it was a race, we combine colour sticks of different lengths which simulate the routes of the wall that was built at the beginning of the game. Who will be the first to conquer the climbing wall?

Rocódromo has two game modes: Basic and Advanced. The differences between them are the difficulty and the levels of the wall that we set to climb:

In Basic mode, the wall to be climbed will have three levels.
In Advanced mode, the wall can have more levels, a different shape or it can include some special settings.


If it’s the first time you play, we recommend the Basic mode; once you know the mechanics, we encourage you to follow the rules to set up the game in Advanced mode.

—description from the publisher

In Rolling Realms Redux, players compete to earn the most stars over 3 rounds in a series of minigames. (There are 12 different “realms” included in the game.) This is a roll-and-write game, meaning that players will write on the game components using dry-erase markers.

Each turn, one player rolls 2 dice, and all players use the dice results on their realm cards to generate resources and earn stars. After 3 rounds, the player with the most stars wins!

Rolling Realms Redux is a standalone game, and it includes everything you need to play up to 6 players. It features the same rules and full compatibility with its predecessor, Rolling Realms, but with 12 new realms inspired by popular games from other publishers, a printed version of the living rulebook that will include explanations for all realms (original, new, and promo), with everything in a box designed to fit all realms ever printed.

All 12 realms in Rolling Realms Redux are 100% new and unique to this specific product.

—description from the publisher

ROOM 25 DUEL reprend l’univers du jeu télévisé futuriste familier des joueurs de ROOM 25. Il retrace l’épreuve de sélection des candidats où deux adversaires s’affrontent dans le complexe mais cette fois, un seul doit en sortir.