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City of the Great Machine is a strategy game set in a grim universe of technocratic Victorian steampunk. The game is about the conflict between the Great Machine, an artificial intelligence network and an alliance of Heroes. The Great Machine is either player controlled or automated, which completely changes the gameplay. The Great Machine controls the city built on mobile platforms in the sky. The player controlling the Great Machine commands an army of sophisticated servants and mechanical guardians. The Great Machine's ultimate goal is to quell social unrest and complete its grandiose Master Plan to perfect humanity. The other players are heroes who band together against the Great Machine to start a revolution. They encourage discontent in the city, enlist the support of famous citizens and cause riots. They also try to prevent the Great Machine from completing the Master Plan, as it leads to the enslavement of humanity.

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The battle between the Resistance and the Great Machine reaches a whole new level. New heroes with unique abilities join the side of the Revolution, as the Great Machine strengthens its Servants with powerful implants and sends its new covertly trained Servant into the field. The government surveillance airship now hovers over the City, offering new opportunities for both sides of the conflict. The "Escalation" expansion consists of 4 separate modules suitable for One-vs-Many play as well as Solo and Cooperative play. You can add different combinations of them to your games. Each module combines perfectly with each other and the basic game. In addition, the expansion offers a challenging scenario called "Aeterna" that is specifically designed for Solo and Cooperative play.

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The brave heroes represented in the base game did their utmost to resist the Great Machine... but unfortunately they failed. The stand-in heroes continue what their predecessors fought for! The "Stand-In Heroes" expansion adds 6 new heroes with exceptional skills and tactics. Each of them takes the place of the corresponding hero from the base game in their final attempt to stop the Great Machine.

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Deep State: New World Order is a dystopian game about world domination and global conspiracies. The game takes place over several rounds and over the course of a round, players begin the action phase, which is followed by the takeover phase. These two phases repeat, and at the end of the round comes the treaty phase. During the action phase, each player performs one action, the most important of which is to send your agents to infiltrate political, financial and research institutions represented by objective cards in the infiltration zone. You must race for objective cards as other players can send more agents to intercept the card they need. Players can also progress to World Domination projects including Comintern, Unified Nations, Spyware, and Deep State itself, giving players tangible advantages in the game. They may also choose to conduct covert, high-leverage operations that require sacrificing operatives. During the takeover phase, players take their captured cards and return some of their agents. The treaty phase begins when all objective cards in the infiltration zone have been captured. Each player can then make a single pact that will see them team up with powerful organizations, some known around the world, while others hide in secret. At the end of the game, players calculate their influence (victory points) generated by their goal cards, by participating in global projects and by their treaty cards. Many cards interact with each other, creating even more influence. The player with the most influence wins the game and becomes master of the world we know.

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The Global Conspiracy expansion expands your experience with Deep State and consists of 4 modules that you can add to the game in any combination. Some modules contain projects and mini-expansions that can be added separately to the game. All Modules and mini-expansions, with a few limitations, work very well together. Still, some work better than others. Recommendations are given in the rules.

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Bestiary of Sigillum: Collector's Edition is an updated and expanded version of Bestiary of Sigillum. The design and artwork have been reworked, making the game look even more impressive and allowing players to immerse themselves in an atmosphere of fierce fantasy battles. The game contains no random events or hidden information, making it a great battle of intelligence that combines perfectly with impressive replayability, strategic depth and room for all kinds of tactical decisions. In Bestiary of Sigillum you take on the role of summoners in the Kingdom of Two Castles. To play the game, choose and summon your force of supernatural heroes. Each character has a distinctive combat role with a unique set of skills that, when combined well, will complement and strengthen other heroes. The main objective of the game is to destroy the opponent's castle. To do this, you must control siege towers placed on the game board and destroy enemy characters. You must carefully consider each move, keep an eye on the opponent's actions and choose characters with attention to their strengths and weaknesses.

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It is always winter in a distant land. Once a year, Winter Queen announces a special competition for her court wizards. They create magical ornaments with enchanted crystals and the queen pays them with gold coins. The one who collects the most coins until the end of the competition becomes the advisor to the next queen. In the abstract family game Winter Queen you take on the role of the wizards of Winter Queen and create magical ornaments from enchanted crystals. Each turn you place a new crystal on the board or use already placed crystals to score victory points, depending on the spellbooks you and your opponents have.

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Ganesha is the Indian god of wisdom and progress. It is important for art, science and creativity and can remove obstacles. Ganesha is very smart and that's why we wondered what it would be like if he had his own board game. As far as we were concerned, it had to be something beautiful! Ganesha is a game for the whole family. On your turn, you may place gems on the mandala to score points, or save them to score more points in the future. Do you know how to choose the best tactics?

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Enigma: Beyond Code is a deduction game. Victory depends on your ability to understand other players' motives and find the cards you need - while keeping others away from the cards they are looking for. Each game lasts 5-10 minutes and it is best to play Enigma: Beyond Code up to three wins. In the beginning, each player receives a character card depicting a cryptology expert who has arrived at the Agency's home to crack the Enigma code. But only one of them is the real decrypter; the others just masterfully pose as cryptologists. Each of them has a unique secret mission. To complete their characters' missions, players take turns looking at mansion cards; each of these cards represents a room or an object in the mansion. The invited experts work as a team, meaning that when you look at a mansion map, you have to tell others what is there. You can lie or tell the truth - it depends on your goals. Lying is always a risk, while telling the truth can make your opponents win. The player who completes his character's mission first wins the game. If no one does this within the game's time limit, chaos will break out in our world and all players will lose!

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In Windmill: Cozy Stories, players are storytellers who weave short stories based on the hidden picture cards they draw. While one player tells a story, the other players try to guess the visible card that matches the story. The more opponents guess incorrectly, the more points the narrator gets if someone eventually correctly identifies the card. On the other hand, if all players don't guess the picture, the storyteller loses points instead of gaining them! You score points both by telling stories that are correctly identified and by guessing the stories of others. Whoever scores the most points during the game wins.

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Windmill: Cute Secrets is a standalone expansion for Windmill: Cozy Stories and is fully compatible with Windmill: Cozy Stories. You can combine cards from both games to make your sessions easier or harder, or just more fun to play! In Windmill: Cute Secrets, players weave short stories based on the hidden cards they draw. While one player tells a story, the other players try to guess the visible card that corresponds to the story. The more opponents guess the card incorrectly, the more points the storyteller gets when a player finally guesses the correct card. However, if not all players guess the picture, the storyteller loses a point instead, so the story shouldn't be too mysterious.

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In Fabled, your brotherhood explores the fantastic lands of the spirit world. Your sages follow winding paths and visit legendary places along the way. Powerful allies help them on their journey. Your ultimate goal is to collect books of wisdom, as they contain the magical essence of the universe. The most highly regarded of all are Sun's books. The brotherhood that collects the most will gain power over the universe of the gods. You have two ways to play the game: competitively or against the Spirits - a game-controlled brotherhood created by the Gods. The Spirits can be faced solo, with other players, or each player for themselves.

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ARTBOX is a game where every player becomes a modern artist. Each game round is a competition where you try to represent your word using only different shapes. Players will also have to challenge their deduction and try to guess what their opponents were trying to portray.

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The Mini Expansion Set expands your experience with Winter Queen and consists of 3 fully compatible mini expansions that you can use with the game.

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This expansion is an addition to the usual setup and game rules. Each aspect of this expansion pack (Governors, Objectives, Envoys, and Boon of Ra) is modular and can be added to your game individually, all together, or in any combination. The governor cards give a governor a special privilege to use during the game. The objective cards describe a certain configuration of monuments that, if reached, will award a Governor bonus glory points at the end of the game. The Boon of Ra card changes that governors build action for the remainder of the current season. Envoys reserve territories or city spaces for use in a later action.

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Pharaoh is dead and his burial barge is sailing slowly down the Nile to his grave where his spirit will stand before Osiris' judgment. Pharaoh had no descendants, so tradition holds that the country's governors must build monuments in Pharaoh's honor so that Osiris will favor his spirit in the afterlife. Accordingly, Pharaoh's successor will be the governor who builds the greatest tribute to the late king. Resources and workers are limited, the gods are fickle, and time is short; the memorials must be completed before the ship reaches the temple of Osiris at Men-nefer. Sailing Toward Osiris is a euro-style, worker-placement, resources management, project completion and no direct conflict game. Downtime is kept to a minimum via a single-action, round-and-round turn structure that emphasizes timing decisions and subtle strategies.

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