Red Raven-Spiele

Far south of The Last Ruin lies a clifftop village called The Monument. For generations it protected an ancient shrine until the day a crystal meteorite fell. The inhabitants of the meteor slowly crept into the world - bizarre monsters from a nightmare, attacking everyone in their path. As they spread across the land, there was no intelligent malice or grand invasion strategy; the creatures behaved like a fungus and sporadically spread into new territory. After many fruitless attempts to drive away the monsters, the people of The Monument fled as their village collapsed, banished to distant lands, resigned to a nomadic existence. Twenty years later, there are rumors that the bizarre monsters are becoming weak. They are slower, less impervious to attack, some undergo gradual petrification until they crumble into dust. Is it the atmosphere? Do they die of old age? Are they suffering from some strange disease? No one knows for sure, but as word spreads, various factions have their eyes on the vacant, ruined village of The Monument. The original villagers, now refugees, are desperate to return and rebuild. But they have to do it quickly, before someone else claims their home. This is their chance. It is now or never. In Now or Never, you and up to three friends compete to rebuild your ancestral village as best you can and guide the rest of the villagers on their journey home. Although the meteorite creatures have lost much of their power, many of them remain, and you must fight them to protect traveling villagers. Now or Never is the third game in the Arzium storybook series that includes Above and Below and Near and Far. Now or Never is a competitive strategy game that allows you to: Choose one of four asymmetrical characters to play. Rebuild the village so returning villagers have a place to live. You must carefully choose what and where to build to maintain an advantage and reap the greatest rewards for long-term planning. Collaborate with other players by hiring their specialists to perform special actions. Fight dangerous creatures to save villagers. Explore a fantasy landscape full of bizarre places, technology and peoples. Now or Never features two game modes: standard and story. When playing in story mode, you read from a storybook as you explore, make choices, and learn more about the characters and world. Each character has their own set of stories, unique to the locations they explore and diverse in plot, perspective and motif, allowing you to choose the direction your own story will take. Travel to the monument and help rebuild your old house!

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In Near and Far you look for the lost ruin with the various maps. You do this by hiring adventurers, searching for treasure and becoming the most experienced traveler. You need to gather food and equipment for the long journey and don't forget to bring enough weapons to fight against criminals, living statues and rusty robots. Sometimes you come across something special during your travels and you have to read what happens to you in a book full of stories. This way you create a different story every game. The Games Friends: “ Are you looking for a narrative board game that you can keep playing? Then Near and Far is highly recommended. In Near and Far you will find many different ways to play. You can go through a campaign, you can discover your character's story and you can play stand-alone scenarios. That way you can continue playing this game. As far as we are concerned, Near and Far is therefore very cool!”

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San Francisco, 1937: Your cargo plane flies through a portal in the sky, transporting you to a rugged landscape full of bizarre creatures, devious gods and untold dangers. But can you find your way back before the portal closes? Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies is a standalone sequel set in the world of Sleeping Gods. Like the original game, you'll trek across a vast landscape with your friends as you read branching storylines and meet vibrant characters, but in this game you'll interact with the atlas on a deeper level - camping, exploring, overcoming obstacles and searching for lost relics. The new action system gives you even more options as you travel and explore. In addition to the exploration and quest system of the original game, Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies has a fresh take on combat. Players now build a battle deck from which they draw a varied hand of cards to play, making each battle a fresh and dynamic puzzle. Although Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies builds on story elements from the first game, you don't have to play Sleeping Gods to enjoy this sequel. The game features new characters and storylines, explaining concepts from the original game as you encounter them. Return to the world of Sleeping Gods and experience a thrilling story that depends on your choices in a truly open-world experience!

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Sleeping Gods: Primeval Peril is a short standalone campaign for one or two players, but will include a 3-4 player variant set in the world of Sleeping Gods and using the same rules. Primeval Peril is set on a dangerous river that meanders through lush jungle. It features new characters and stories, so none of the core Sleeping Gods gameplay is spoiled. It was first offered as a free print-and-play for all backers of the Sleeping Gods Kickstarter. This first retail edition has been revised and expanded with new stories and quests, streamlined gameplay, and an atlas with new maps.

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In Thornmar Abbey, an ancient order of holy knights watches over a sealed portal to the underworld. The knights must protect the elders - ancient sages who support the seal. After decades of peace, the seal has weakened and demons are emerging from the rift. The demons try to fight their way past the brave knights and kill enough elders to completely break the seal before dawn. Imbued with the power of the gods, only these brave knights stand a chance to protect the elders and prevent an army of monsters from flooding into the world. Knight Fall is an asymmetrical team game for one to six players. One team controls the knights, who must protect the elders and resist the demons until dawn. The other team controls the demons, who try to break the seal to the underworld before morning. Throughout the game, you choose a unique knight or demon, each with a variety of special powers, such as the Flame Knight's ability to surround his enemies with fire, or the Bone Crusher's power to summon skeletal minions. The cards you play from your hand to perform actions can each be used in different ways, and with a set of unique location tiles you can create the monastery with a different layout each game. Knight Fall also has a campaign mode for one to two players. In this mode, you read stories as you explore the map of a haunted valley and draw your path as you travel. Wander through crumbling churches, a sinister forest and a dark mountain to stop the demons before the final battle at Thornmar Abbey. You must do what you can to keep your knights alive; the death of each knight means one less hero to fight the invading demons in the final battle!

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Plumes of black and white superheated water relentlessly pump into the depths along cracks in the ocean floor. They provide precious heat to the nearly icy abyssal waters of the deep, as well as an abundance of minerals. Microscopic Archaea and other extremophiles live off the heat and minerals to form the base of a unique food chain that is home to a variety of exotic deep-sea animals. In Deep Vents, players each control their own hydrothermal ecosystem to which they add new life and geological features each turn, and compete for survival in the unforgiving depths by being efficient and hunting nearby systems with a host of strange and deadly predators. Combine tiles with special powers to create a unique ecosystem, with hundreds of possible combinations. Attack your opponents, defend your system or build an unstoppable growth machine!

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The game begins when your massive world ships reach the edge, where you must explore, wage war, use diplomacy and build buildings to achieve victory. The Rim is sparsely populated and the few local living species struggle to survive, leaving vast areas of planets open to exploration and colonization. Many species would like to ally themselves with a powerful empire to gain security and stability during a chaotic and difficult time. As you explore and interact with planets, you'll discover the unfolding stories of the Edge. Each inhabited planet is home to a unique alien species, with their own goals, values ​​and problems. Will you help by repelling pirates, transporting goods and curing strange diseases? Or will you invade and rule with a cruel hand? This may be your last chance to prepare before the Kurross meet you again.

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You've heard stories about a mysterious island full of treasures and wonders, but it only appears at night. With your faithful dog at your side, you row to the island at dusk, eager to unravel its secrets and face its dangers. In Isle of Night, two to five players explore an island represented by a deck of cards. On your turn, you draw cards from the deck and choose one type of card to keep. All unclaimed cards are left behind from turn to turn, creating a growing pile of choices and increasing the tension. Some cards allow you to manipulate the point value of different types of cards, encouraging strategic shifts in the game and creating exciting, memorable moments. Isle of Night fits in your pocket and takes about 20 minutes to play.

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