Board games

Take a garden trowel, grow pea plants and become a master geneticist! Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian who is called the father of modern genetics. In Genotype you are one of his assistants and you battle to collect experimental data on pea plants. You do this by determining how the plants inherit their most important characteristics: seed shape, color of the flowers, color of the stem and height of the plant. The observable properties of a pea plant (the phenotype) are determined by its genetic composition (the genotype). The relationship between genotype and phenotype and the nature of genetic inheritance are at the heart of Genotype: A Game of Mendelian Genetics. During the game you are given pea plant cards showing a series of phenotype traits that you try to produce and collect (such as pink flowers and a tall plant) to score points. Each round the dice are rolled to determine which plants are grown. This can create the properties you are looking for. Then each player takes turns choosing a number of dice to complete their pea plant cards or further their research. The traits produced during dice rolling are essentially based on Punnet squares, with the parent plants passing on one gene at a time. By changing the genes of these parent plants, players can increase the chance of rolling the desired traits. Rolling dice to complete pea plant cards is the main way to score points in this game.

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Congratulations my dear investor! Your investment in master Leeghwater's grand idea to drain the lakes in North Holland was certainly worth it. Master Leeghwater has used dikes and brand new windmills to drain fertile, low-lying land: we also call them polders. These large polders are ready to be divided between you and your co-investors. Use your Dutch insight and common sense to create high-profit areas and benefit from your investment. Don't forget that specific assignments will also result in significant profits.

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Increase power in your city-state! In ancient Greece, city-states (also called Polis) competed for wealth and power. They drew strength and resources from their Khôra: the surrounding countryside. As the leader of your city-state, you must develop the economy, culture, and your military as you send your army troops out to explore and conquer. Take advantage of your strengths to attract more residents, raise taxes, recruit military troops and gain prestige. But choose wisely! You don't have enough time to develop everything in just 9 rounds. The Games Friends: "Khôra: Rise of an Empire is a great one. As far as we are concerned, the perfect entry-level expert game, just like you also have Tapestry and Anno 1800. Because you are a little dependent on the value of the dice, but still have sufficient options to perform the desired actions, every round is exciting and tactical. Highly recommended!"

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At the start of each turn, players have a certain amount of energy to bid with, for an ever-changing pool of cards known as the Mortal Plane. This number is equal to the current number of suns in the sky. But every time Houyi appears, more Suns are closed and players have less and less energy to bid with them. Players can use other forms of energy, such as lunar energy from the moon or other gods, in short: engine building.

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Now also in a Dutch edition: expansion set #3 for Exploding Kittens: Barking Kittens! This set includes 20 new cards and a unique, wearable Cat Crown! Barking Kittens is the third expansion set for Exploding Kittens, after Imploding Kittens and Streaking Kittens. Add 20 new cards to the deck to make the game even more challenging, including the Barking Kitten card with which you can easily make another player explode... And what about the Cat's Crown? When you play this card, place the cat crown on your head and place cards in it. If someone wants to steal a card from you, they must blindly take a card from the crown. Hilarious! In addition to the Barking Kittens (2) and the Cat Crown (1), this set also contains the following cards: Change the Future NOW (2), Hide (2), Personal Attack (4), Share the Future (2), Give It Up Me (4), Super Skip (1) and Cat in the Pot (2).

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You've traveled to the heart of the Rockies to care for the Overlook Hotel while it's closed for the winter, but you're not alone. The hotel's bloody history has caused some of its former guests to become permanent additions to the building, and you'll experience terrifying visions. Stuck in the snow, you desperately explore the hotel rooms and try to gain enough willpower to resist the evil influences all around you. Worse still, one of you has already succumbed to the hotel's terrible forces and is secretly doing something to keep you here forever and ever... The Shining is a game full of cooperative tension, deception and terror.

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Players will find their favorite characters from Disney's most beloved franchises in this magical edition of Munchkin. Villains and unexpected pitfalls await you in this role-playing card game where hunting for treasure, drafting allies and collecting equipment are all part of your world as you race to become the best Disney fan at level 10. Are you ready to open the door and see what's on the other side?

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The world is in danger! Sinister supervillains create conflict, take power and subjugate humanity. At Marvel United it is your job to prevent that! In Marvel United, 2 to 4 players take on the role of superheroes who work together to thwart a supervillain's master plan. You create your own story by drawing the villain's cards and playing your own hero cards to counter the villain's sinister machinations. With your cards you can move your heroes, save civilians, defeat criminals, eliminate threats and use your heroes' special superpowers. Think carefully about what you play as your heroes can combine their skills to act as the perfect team. Meanwhile, the villain will roam the city, diligently working on his plans, spreading chaos, sending his minions and attacking the heroes. Only when the necessary missions are completed can the heroes attack the villain directly and defeat them for good! The Games Friends: " We surprisingly enjoyed Marvel United. The rules are very simple, but it's great that you can also use each other's actions. Furthermore, it plays very smoothly and quickly. We are fans! " DE: Die Welt ist in Gefahr! Finest Supervillains write Unfrieden, journeys with their own power and unterjochen die Menschheit. If Marvel United is a European Union, it will be prevented! Bei Marvel United schlüpfen 2 bis 4 Spieler in die Rolle von Superhelden, die gemeinsam den Masterplan eenine Supersvillaken durchkreuzen. I understand our own history, in this way we see the villain's maps and our own hero's maps are played out, and we understand the villain's finsteren machenschaften. With your cards, you can move your heroes, move your heroes, move them, explore them, and experience superpowerful heroes. Above all, it was a great experience, so the heroes could combine with great talent, or as a perfect team. In the meantime, the villains will continue to attack the city, attack their plans, spread chaos, develop their accomplices and attack their heroes. Once these strange missions have been absolved, the heroes can directly attack the villains and behold them in an end-good manner!

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Paladins of the Western Kingdom is set during a turbulent time in the history of Western Franconia, around 900 AD. Despite recent attempts to develop the city, the surrounding villages are still threatened by outsiders. Saracens explore the borders, while Vikings plunder riches and livestock. Even the Byzantines from the east showed their dark side. As noble men and women, players must gather workers from the city to defend themselves against enemies, build fortifications and spread the faith across the land. Fortunately, you are not alone. In his great wisdom, the King has sent his best knights to assist in our efforts. So prepare the horses and sharpen the swords. The Paladins are approaching. The aim of the game is to be the player with the most victory points at the end of the game. You earn points by building outposts and fortifications, appointing monks and entering into confrontations with outsiders. Each round, players enlist the help of a particular Paladin and gather workers to complete tasks. As the game progresses, players will slowly increase their faith, power and influence. These not only influence their final score, but also determine the meaning of their actions. The game concludes at the end of the seventh round. The Games Friends: " Our favorite game in the West Kingdom Trilogy. There are a lot of choices, but the actions still feel logical. We think the strong element is that you cannot focus on everything in one game. This means that you can always do something different. try something else and you will be able to play Paladins for a long time. A great recommendation that will remain one of our favorite games for a while. "

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The Perils of Puberty expansion is designed to be added to the base game Happy Little Dinosaurs! This 54-card expansion pack takes you back to the days of terrible acne, raging hormones and flesh-eating classmates... or maybe that's just dinosaur stuff...

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In Danger Park, players take turns placing attractions in a collaboratively built amusement park. Customers are placed and move through the park based on the rides' exits, and each customer generates money for the ride's various owners. Using the unique abilities of attractions and park improvements, players move customers, block exits and add danger in the form of vomit, pests, flooding, electrical faults and much more. You do all this to influence the outcome of the dice. High rolls provide satisfaction, while low rolls create additional danger. In addition, insurance policies can be taken out to take advantage of certain bad outcomes. When the park eventually closes due to poor quality, the player with the most money wins.

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After the nobles have settled in Honshu, the journey continues north: Hokkaido. With the large mountain ranges it becomes more challenging to settle. Hokkaido is played over twelve rounds. Each player starts with six cards, chooses one and passes the remaining cards to the player on the left or right (depending on the round). With the chosen card, the player expands his landscape, placing the card under or over an already played card. After twelve rounds there is a final score and the player with the most points wins the game.

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200 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the great continent of Pangea. As the land shifted, the dinosaurs moved around the world, constantly evolving and everywhere. To ensure the survival of their species, players must spread their dinosaurs across the planet, customize the land by strategically shifting tiles, and carefully divide their herds to rule the new continents.

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An ordinary trip to the museum turns into chaos when you find yourself locked up and all alone, after hours! Can you solve 12 mind-bending puzzles, decipher the alphabet on an ancient stone tablet and find the key to your freedom before your time runs out? This mini, communal escape room experience has an average playing time of 45 minutes and is great fun to do with friends or family! The Games Friends: "Are you looking for an escape room that doesn't cost anything? Then Escape from the Museum is highly recommended. There are smart puzzles and the whole thing will take you almost an hour. We thought it was a pleasant surprise and Definitely a tip for escape room fans!"

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San Francisco, 1850. The gold rush is in full swing. Off the coast lies a fleet of abandoned ships, the crews of which are obsessed with gold fever. A few magnates stake their claim on these dilapidated ships that they tow into port to house their growing empires. Over time, this waterfront neighborhood known as the Embarcadero would become the heart of the thriving port city's business community. In Embarcadero, players step into the shoes of these smart entrepreneurs. The game takes place over three rounds. In each round, players take turns playing cards and placing tiles to gain control of yards to earn points and influence.

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Eternal Palace is a highly interactive, medium dice placement Euro game from Steven Aramini. You are a loyal worker and skilled artist who has promised to help the Emperor rebuild his palace after a devastating earthquake so that you can win his favor. You must send your team to collect resources and rebuild monuments. You will also honor the emperor by painting a beautiful picture of his beloved gardens and palace. But others are also trying to impress him, and only one will have the honor of being chosen as the Emperor's favorite.

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Set of alternate miniatures for the queens of each alien race. These models are purely collectibles and have no additional game value. This pack contains an intruder king, a voidseer king, and three carnomorph kings.

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Throw Throw Avocado is a party game and casual sequel to Throw Throw Burrito! In this dodgeball card game, you collect cards and battle your opponents while throwing squishy, ​​cute avocados in the air and trying to dodge them. Take part in brand new battles including the Avocado Freeze War and Avocado Legs Duel. This game is super fun and easy to learn. It's a fast-paced party game for the whole family and perfect for the ultimate gaming night. Includes a BONUS combo pack of 36 cards that can be combined with your Throw Throw Burrito cards for an ultimate, epic combo game! And of course with hilarious illustrations by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal.

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After several generations, the ancient capital of underground gnomes must be moved due to human expansion. Brave explorers and their families are sent to found a new city in the largest and deepest stone hall of the Great Mountain. You and your friends will manage the construction of this new capital, which will become known as the great Gnomopolis! Gnomopolis is a fast and strategic game in which you have to combine city growth with population specialization. A near-endless combination of buildings and workers can create ingenious action systems and scoring mechanisms in a frantic race for victory. With a playing time of almost 45 minutes, one to four players must think wisely to build their own city and trade with neighbors. The game is played in turns, with each player drawing three gnomes (gnome meeples) from a cup. They can then use these gnomes to build buildings or perform actions. Actions can be a combination of specializing adults, hiring more gnomes, earning gold coins, building mechanical golems, or controlling the workforce in a district. As the city grows, more gnomes immigrate. At the end of the game, players count their points from coins and any workers working in buildings (be careful of unemployed gnomes!). The player with the most points is the winner!

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New adventures in the search for El Dorado! With this expansion, the expedition leaders will face new challenges, such as curses and demons. But don't worry, you will also get help from an unexpected source. This way you can hire special heroes and start your journey with your personal animal sidekick. Heroes & Demons continues with three new terrain tiles, new expedition cards and new cave tokens. Furthermore, this expansion has additional rules. There are now demon cards, a kind of punishment cards that take up space in your deck of expedition cards. You also run the risk of curses, which saddle you with demon cards or set your pawn back. Heroes & Demons can only be played in combination with The Search for El Dorado. The Games Friends: "An absolute must for fans of the basic game. The new tiles and cards provide even more variation and therefore you can make endless combinations. Highly recommended!"

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Have you played so many Wizard Dice that you have already run out of score blocks? This package contains three additional score blocks with which all players who have completed their block can move forward again!

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The tower built by architect Gustave Eiffel rises high above Paris and announces the start of the World Exhibition. There are people who think it is a monstrous thing and others see it as the first step in modern architecture. Eiffel is an extension of Paris. There are eight new action cards that provide much more variation in the game. In this extension you will visit Parisian wonders such as the Arc de Triomphe, the Luxor obelisk, the Louvre and of course the Eiffel Tower.

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Don't worry, this is just an occupational hazard. In So, You've Been Eaten. a miner collects crystals from the stomach of a gigantic space beast. The beast digests the miner using bacteria and immune responses. It features an asymmetrical 2-player experience and two different solo modes, as well as a 0-player mode, which pits the game's artificial intelligences against each other. Designed by Scott Almes and illustrated by Kwanchai Moriya. Mechanisms: Hand Management Set Collection Variable Player Powers Dice Rolling Action Points

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Arzium is a world of ancient civilizations, bizarre characters, inexplicable wonders and colorful characters. A strange substance has spread into the air in the land, causing all types of characters to wander around in a dazed and disorganized manner. It's your job to find and wake up the wandering characters. Once you've found and awakened them, take them with you to search for even more lost characters in the realm of Arzium! The game is played in turns. The starting player starts. Then play continues clockwise. On your turn, you use the pattern of an available character to place travel stones in the playing area. Place your travel stones in the playing area in the shape and orientation indicated on the character's banner. Then turn the card over. You should place all the pattern's travel stones in the playing area, if possible. Blank squares on the playing card do not have to fit in the playing area. If there is already a travel marker of yours or another player on a space, you skip that space. You must place all other travel stones. If at the beginning of your turn all your characters are face down in front of you, you may reactivate the characters. Turn over all cards and proceed with the rest of your turn as normal. At the end of your turn you may purchase one of the face-up artifacts. Pay the number of coins indicated on the artifact tile. Place the tile face up in your personal playing area. Take a new artifact tile from the stack and place it in the row. A player may own an unlimited number of artifacts, but you can purchase a maximum of one artifact per turn. Artifacts have special actions. When you use the special action of an artifact in your personal play area, you turn the artifact over (image down). If at the end of a turn the 6 spaces of a playing card in the playing area are completely filled with travel stones, the playing card is completed. The wandering character has been found! The game continues until a player has 10 playing cards in his personal playing area. The 3 starting cards count. Complete the round so that all players have had the same number of turns. All players add up the points of their playing cards and artifact tiles (if played with them). The player with the most points in total wins the game. In the event of a tie, the tied player with the most coins wins. If there is still a tie after that, the tied players will share the victory. The Games Friends: "Roam is a surprisingly cool card game with many tactical choices. Every round you use a character and with that you can place stones. Because there is a new character on the back of all the cards, you build a nice machine . Recommended!"

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The well-known family game. Who will make the smartest combinations? A game that combines insight, courage and tactics. Travel version for junior players.

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Unmatched is a tactical game in which the actions in a battle between unlikely opponents follow each other in rapid succession. Choose your favorite hero and compete on the game board. Discover your hero's unique skills and use them tactically during the duel. Heroes and game boards from different Unmatched sets can be combined with each other. Combine and imagine yourself in the dueling world of Unmatched. With each new set you get countless new possibilities. The Games Friends: We really doubted whether Unmatched would be something for us, but we were positively surprised. There is a lot of interaction and it is nice that each character plays differently. Recommended!

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Lately it feels like we're all dinosaurs trying to avoid falling meteors. In this game for 2-4 players you try to avoid all of life's little disasters. You may fall into a pit of hot lava or be forgotten by your dino date, but the dino that survives it all wins the game! The first person to reach 50 points or the last person standing wins!

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The popular card game UNO is now also available with your favorite characters from the Harry Potter films. Make sure you play all your cards as quickly as possible by placing the matching cards in your hand on the top card of the pile. Don't forget to shout UNO when you have one card left. UNO is easy to learn, but hard to stop.

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Suburbia Expansions includes three major expansions for Suburbia: Suburbia Inc., Suburbia 5-Star, and Suburbia Nightlife, as well as two smaller expansions: Essen and Cons. These expansions can be added to the base game individually or all at once to create a completely new experience. This expansion includes dozens of new building tiles, objectives and new mechanics such as the star trail that changes the turn order, bonuses, challenges, the ability to have 5 players and more. The new buildings also offer new categories, such as the high-risk Nightlife tiles that provide a huge benefit and also take a toll on your growing metropolis. You'll never run out of unique customization options that make every game of Suburbia different from all the others!

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In a polluted valley, the players try to restore nature to its original glory with the help of various animals. In the watershed of a stream you place dominoes and score points by planting the adjacent areas. But when is the best time to plant and which plant should you choose? And what are the best places to plant? Who can win Renature with insight and a bit of luck? With simple rules comes a multitude of exciting decisions and tactical possibilities. With beautiful gameplay features and a friendly theme, Renature is perfect for regular and advanced players.

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