Start new adventures in the iconic world created by JRR Tolkien with the board game The Lord of the Rings Journey in Middle-Earth! In this fully cooperative, app-supported board game for one to five players, you will battle vicious enemies, make courageous choices, and defeat the evil that threatens the land - all as part of a thrilling campaign that takes you through the legendary hills and valleys of Middle-Earth carries. Each individual Journeys in Middle-Earth adventure is part of a larger campaign. You'll explore the vast and dynamic landscapes of Middle-Earth and use your skills to survive the challenges of these dangerous missions. As you and your fellow heroes explore the wilderness and battle the forces of darkness, the game's app helps you uncover the looming forests, silent glades and ancient halls of Middle-Earth as well as control your enemies. Whether you venture into the wilderness alone or with friends, create your own story in the history of Middle-Earth. The Games Friends: “ What an epic board game Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle Earth is! We think it's great that the scenarios are so different and the app works very well. In addition, the actions are also logical and the fact that you can place some cards on top or bottom of your pile is nice. We are huge fans of this game and if you like narrative board games then you really need Lord of the Ring Journeys in Middle Earth!”

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Teotihuacan: City of the Gods is a strategic game in which the use of workers and raw materials, smart planning and adaptability are important. Each player orders a group of dice workers to move around action locations on a modular board. On his turn, each player moves a worker to a new location, chooses one of the two action options there (and upgrades his workers) or takes a strong bonus action (but without upgrading). As the mysterious decline of Teotihuacan approaches, players acquire technologies, work on the beautiful Pyramid of the Sun, build homes for the city's inhabitants, collect precious masks and climb the stairs of three great temples to earn bonuses given by the gods. Create a strategy, change it with every other board build, and keep an eye on the sky, because every upcoming solar eclipse means your efforts will be evaluated - and your fame could rise or become worthless. The Games Friends: “ Are you a fan of a strategic board game where you can win in many different ways? Then Teotihuacan is highly recommended. In terms of difficulty, we think it is a bit comparable to Terra Mystica and the theme is of course reminiscent of Tzolk'in (a game by the same maker). Apart from all that, Teotihuacan is a unique game with many possibilities. In our opinion, highly recommended! We really enjoy playing it!”

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14 different peoples live in the world of Terra Mystica. Each player has their own people and tries to create the largest possible empire for them. Each nation has unique characteristics. For example, they all want to live on their own type of terrain (for example, witches choose the forest) and they all have their own skills and bonuses. The player who builds the largest possible empire for his people is the winner. You also have quite a bit of interaction with your fellow players. Of course they will get in your way, but you can't do without them either. If there are other players nearby, you get big bonuses! Terra Mystica is highly rated internationally and ranks very high on Board Game Geek's list of the best board games ever! The Games Friends: “ Terra Mystica is a great game and one of our favorite games. Due to the large number of peoples, every game is different and the replayability is enormous. In this game it mainly comes down to tactics and luck plays almost no role. If you like building a good engine, then this is the game for you!”

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Dead of Winter is a semi-cooperative board game in which players try to survive the harsh winter in a post-apocalyptic world. The survivors will have to find a way to work together, resist outside threats and find food. But there is also danger in that collaboration, because not everyone can be trusted! You have to figure out who to trust and who to throw out of the group, all while trying to keep the killer zombies at bay. Can you survive in this horror winter? Or will you end up as zombie food? The Games Friends: " What a fantastic game this is! Unique to Dead of Winter is that you don't exactly know whether you can trust your fellow player, while you have to try to complete the challenging missions together. A cooperative winner with a unique twist! "

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You have been crowned king of a beautiful little country of rolling hills, winding rivers and fertile farmlands. Life could be so beautiful, but unfortunately there are disputes with surrounding states. Various princes try to expand their kingdom at the expense of each other! Only one will win... In Dominion you try to form the strongest possible deck during the game, so that you have the most points at the end of the game. The cards in your deck always rotate from your draw pile to your hand, after which they go to your discard pile. When your draw pile is empty, shuffle your discard pile so that you have a new draw pile. Each turn you may perform 1 action and make 1 purchase. Every turn you buy additional cards, so you can achieve your goal in your own way. Do you go for a constructive method with the Forge, the Village and the Market, or do you try a more aggressive way with the Witch or the Militia? Because only 10 of the 26 kingdom cards are used in each game, Dominion is different every time. The Games Friends: “ If we could only take a few games to a desert island, Dominion would probably be one of them. Due to the enormous number of expansions you can keep rotating and have a different game every time. Highly, HIGHLY recommended!"

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7 Wonders Duel is a standalone game in the world of 7 Wonders, specially made for 2 players. Develop your science and your army, build prestigious buildings and lead your civilization to victory! 7 Wonders Duel offers a completely new card drafting system, 3 victory conditions, scientific advancements, an original military system and 12 Wonders for a unique playing experience!

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Once a year, the best miracle doctors and proselytizers come together in Kakelenburg to brew drinks against sweaty feet, homesickness, hiccups and heartbreak. However, every quack cooks his own soup here. Each player draws ingredients from his own supply bag, composed during the course of the game, until he thinks his drink is perfect. But be careful: a few popping peas and the whole drink will explode. So it is better to stop in time and cook a smaller portion and use the proceeds to purchase valuable ingredients. In this way, the supply bag fills with more and more useful ingredients, which may make the next drink even better and earn more points. In this game with more than 2000 combination options, the proven deckbuilding system is combined with the popular “push your luck” mechanism. The Games Friends: “ The Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg is a fantastic game, where you have to make many tactical choices and need a little bit of luck. Normally we would find that element of luck a shame, but because at Kwakzalvers you have plenty of options to avoid it, it doesn't bother us at all. Kwakzalvers is really great!"

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A bird game full of tactics and excitement As a bird lover, you try to create the best living conditions for the birds in your sanctuary. Each bird expands a chain of powerful combinations in one of its habitats. These habitats focus on different growth factors: grabbing food, laying eggs and drawing new bird cards. Who will build the best action motor and score the most points with their birds at the end of the game? Each turn you play a bird, after which you can perform all actions in the relevant habitat. This way you can take food from a “real” birdhouse, place egg miniatures in nests or collect new birds. All options earn points in different ways. The Games Friends: “ Wingspan is absolutely fantastic! The artwork is beautiful, the game mechanics are very good and the rules are simple. As far as we are concerned, Wingspan should not be missing in any games cabinet. Really and truly! ”

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Robbers of the North Sea is set in the era of the Vikings. The players are warriors who try to impress the chieftain by raiding unsuspecting settlements. There is glory to be won in battle, even if you fall into the hands of the Valkyries! Assemble a crew, stock up on supplies and travel north to plunder settlements. Capture gold, iron and cattle. Gather your warriors, it's time to start plundering! The Games Friends: “Rovers of the North Sea gives a very fun twist to the well-known worker placement mechanism. Because you can only place one worker and only take one, you have to constantly weigh your choices. This makes Rovers of the North Sea one of our favorite worker placement games! Oh and did we mention it looks beautiful too?"

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Take on one of twelve different roles and be on the alert: who is the treacherous werewolf? Are you a master of lying and cheating? Is no one fooling you? Then you are in the right place here! Take on one of twelve different roles and be on the lookout: who is the treacherous werewolf? Who is the innocent villager? You only have one chance to expose them! The Games Friends: “ We are completely in love with 1 Night Werewolves & Daredevils. The extremely fun roles, the fantastic theme and the fact that you can play this version of Werewolves from 3 players make this our favorite party game EVER! In this social deduction game you never know where you stand and every moment can be your last. One game only takes 10 minutes, but you certainly didn't think it would only last one game, did you?"

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A strategic development game by successful author Jamey Stegmaier. In Tapestry you weave the story of your own unique civilization. You start with nothing and progress along the 4 tracks of development (science, technology, exploration and military) to receive increasingly better rewards and benefits. You can focus on a specific track or take a balanced approach. Improve your income, build your capital, exploit your unique skills and draw carpet cards that tell the story of your civilization. Does your civilization reach the stars? The Games Friends: “ Tapestry is a fantastic board game, with many different possibilities. Yet you explained Tapestry this way because the actions are simple and clear. The artwork on the cards is beautiful and due to the large number of peoples you have many variation options. An absolute winner, which comes to our table very often!"

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In the board game Scythe, each player tries to make his faction the richest and most powerful in Eastern Europe. Players explore and conquer territories, recruit recruits, produce goods and workers, build buildings, and deploy monstrous robots. Players start in Scythe by building their infrastructure and exploring the world. As their factions slowly grow stronger, there is one big question: will you coexist peacefully or will you go into battle? Will you manage to seize power? The Games Friends: “ Scythe combines a fantastic appearance (beautiful artwork and detailed miniatures) with wonderful gameplay. The actions are not very complicated, but there is still a lot of depth in this beautiful board game. This topper should not be missing in any games cabinet! ”

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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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In Nemesis you are aboard a spaceship and wake up from a hibernation . The emergency procedure indicates that there is a critical system error that prevents the ship from continuing. The crew's goal is to find out the reason for this error and try to get back to Earth safely. But unfortunately there is an even bigger problem. One of the crew members is dead... You soon find out that you are not alone on the spaceship, because you hear strange noises around you. Sounds you've never heard before... The Games Friends: What a brilliant game Nemesis is. The rules are tough, but you get so much replayability in return. To start with, it is nice that the tiles are placed differently each time, so that every pot is different. And you really feel like writing a story while playing, because such cool things happen. In our opinion, a must-have for fans of dark cooperative games!

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In Dinosaur Island, players collect and research DNA from extinct dinosaur species. They combine ancient DNA in the right order to bring these prehistoric creatures back to life! The goal of all players is to build the most exciting Dino Park every season and attract the most guests (and keep them alive!). The Games Friends: “ Dinosaur Island is more than a fantastic theme, because it plays wonderfully. The actions are clearly indicated on the board and it really feels like you are building your own theme park. You can play very tactically and it looks great! We are really fans of this game and will play it very often!”

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Marvel Champions: The Card Game is a cooperative Living Card Game where players take on the role of Marvel heroes as they battle to thwart the plans of evil villains. In the game, players will call on iconic allies, use powerful weapons and armor, and unleash devastating tactics as they fight to defeat the villains of the Marvel Universe. In each scenario of Marvel Champions: The Card Game, the heroes face a powerful villain with evil plans, as well as their own personal enemies that can be shuffled into the hero deck. On each turn, players will have to decide whether they want to play as a superhero and fight the villain directly, or transform into their alter ego to repair damage, prepare their troops, and fight the villain indirectly (which is an interesting strategic decision is during each turn). If the heroes can defeat the villain before completing their evil plan, the heroes win the game. The Games Friends: Marvel Champions is a great game and plays very well. Because you can combine the different heroes with different properties, you have a lot of diversity and you can enjoy many games with this basic game. In addition, it's great that all the heroes play very differently. This is how you build Iron Man's suit and as Black Panther you try to combine different cards. All that makes Marvel Champions highly recommended!

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Taverns of the Old Town is a deckbuilding game about competing taverns, where drinking brothers and noblemen drink their beers and drinks. The players are valuable in their own establishment and try to make their pub the best in the old city through the right investments. As an innkeeper, you attract new customers and occasionally a nobleman, who promotes fame. You will also have to invest in tables, recruit staff and find suppliers of the golden liquid. Each round, players roll and choose dice and pass them to their neighbor. The dice determine which beers you tap and pour. Do you serve your regulars at the bar again or do you choose that rich stinker in the corner? The Games Friends: “ The Taverns of the Old Town fit together very well and have an extremely high replayability due to the four different modules. But the real power of this game lies in the theme, which is very original and perfectly implemented in the available actions. A winner!"

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Decrypto is a communication game in which you are part of a team of code breakers. Your mission: Send secret codes to your teammates without your opponents intercepting them. Therefore, look for a way of communicating in which your teammates understand you, but make sure your communication is well coded to confuse your opponent. At the same time you also try to decipher the codes of your opponents. Your team wins the game as soon as you manage to obtain 2 interception tokens. You receive 1 interception token for every time you manage to intercept your opponents' code. Your team loses the game if you receive 2 miscommunication tokens. You receive 1 miscommunication token for every time your team fails to guess your Encryptor's code. The Games Friends: " Decrypto is a fantastic 'Guess the word' game with a twist. You don't try to guess the words of your opponents, but you try to link the different descriptions together so that you know which of the four words they mean with a description. An absolute must for people who want to go a step further than 30 Seconds, Codenames and Trapwords and that makes it one of our favorite party games ever!

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Folklore: The Affliction is an extremely extensive board game for 1 to 5 players that focuses on the story, strategic battles and character development. All decisions affect the entire group. You can choose from one of six unique characters. Together with your fellow players you travel through the country and visit dark locations. Discover all the secrets and defeat evil! The Games Friends: Folklore: The Afflictions is a very cool RPG-like game in a dark world. Sometimes you shouldn't take it too seriously and we had no problem lowering the difficulty a bit, but if you take that for granted it really is a fantastic game. A 9+!

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Forgotten Waters is set in a fantasy world in the time of pirates and adventure. In this game, players take on the role of pirates sailing across the seas as they try to achieve both their personal and collective goals. The world of Forgotten Waters is strange and magical, with stories that keep players discovering things together and having a good time. In this game, every choice you make is important and every decision has consequences for the rest of the story. In Forgotten Waters you will find five different scenarios and a huge location book with many possibilities. The Games Friends: Forgotten Waters is really hilarious! The story is always hilarious and the characters in the game are wonderfully diverse. You should absolutely not take this game seriously, but just enjoy the story together. We are fans!

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“You're not a real magician yet,” Brama says as she walks past the line of students. "Mages have been trying to protect us since the destruction of the world and the beginning of our lives in the dark. They have founded Gravehold, our last refuge where we are safe from the The Nameless for now. For now, for they will come back... " As a young student, you grew up hearing stories about the magicians. There was Brama, the teacher and wisest of all. Dezmodia is the prodigy, Mist the leader, Malaster the craftsman and Xaxos the powerful. These are examples and after passing the test you also want to belong to the great magicians. Brama continues: "You must pass the test to prove that you are strong enough to defend Gravehold. Without Gravehold we are nothing and that is why you must even be willing to give your life for the city. Because if you die, it will be our city You may not understand it yet, but only when you understand this universal truth will you be ready to be a true magician." The Games Friends: " Aeon's End Legacy is one of our favorite legacy games. It plays great and the scenarios are very different. Highly recommended for fans of deck builders such as Clank! and Dominion and a must-have for fans of legacy games .What a great game! ”

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The Crew is a cooperative card game in which you try to cross the universe together in 50 different missions. You will only succeed if everyone pays attention and works together. One wrong card can mean the end of the mission. Furthermore, your communication options in space are very limited. Talking won't work, but by making smart use of the resources you have, you should be able to get the right astronaut to win the battle with just the right card. The Crew will feel familiar to a card player. The rules of the game are basically simple. But because you have to work together with these rules and the limited communication, an innovative, exciting and very fun card game emerges for both beginners and the seasoned card player. The Games Friends: " What a great game De Crew is. Normally we are less into battle games, but in a cooperative it is great fun to do. There are a lot of missions in it that you can keep playing, so as far as we are concerned this is a game that every game lover should have. Absolute tip!

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In the beautiful Everdell Valley, beneath the treetops, lies a civilization full of hardworking forest dwellers. For years this place has provided shelter, but now it is time to expand. In Everdell you are the leader of a group of forest dwellers and you are tasked with expanding your empire. You do this by building buildings and adding new characters to your group. Will you have the strongest civilization before the winter moon takes over the valley?

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In Space Base you have a player board on which you can add cards with ships. The players can decide for themselves whether they go for cards that require a lot of luck or whether they prefer to play it safe . This means there are plenty of tactical choices to make, but Space Base is also a game that you can explain to new players in a very short time.

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Detective Club is a light party game with hilarious moments. It is an excellent test for your creativity, observation skills, spontaneity, talent for improvisation... or it simply offers you a lot of fun! Each round a new player is the game leader. This person chooses a code word and writes it down in the notebooks. However, one booklet is left blank. The booklets are shuffled face down and distributed to the other players. So everyone except one player will know what the code word is. The game leader then starts by playing one card from his hand that matches the code word. He may not provide any further information. Going clockwise, the other players must also play a card that matches the code word. If you are not aware of what the code word is, you have to make a quick decision based on the cards already played and hope that you don't get caught later. When all cards have been played, do this a second time so that everyone has 2 cards in front of them. Now the game leader announces what the code word is and also explains why he played the two cards. Then all other players may also explain why they played their 2 cards. If you were not aware of the code word, you will now have to think quickly and withstand the “interrogation” with nerves of steel. Because after that everyone can vote for who they suspect is the intruder...

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The third (and final) edition of Pandemic Legacy: Season 0! The year is 1962. The Cold War is at its height and the Soviet Union is busy developing bioweapons to end the Cold War and destroy the West. After a failed attempt to weaponize their C0dA virus project, they recently made a breakthrough with another pathogen they call MEDUSA. During Pandemic Legacy Season 0, players are CIA agents who travel the world to neutralize Soviet agents, fulfill specific objectives and uncover secrets. It is a standalone, epic and cooperative game where players progress through a 12-month campaign, with successes and setbacks influencing future missions. Can you save the world? During the Legacy game you will write on game components, put stickers on cards, cover characters or the board and sometimes even destroy (tear up) cards. These changes are permanent. Additionally, at the end of each game, your party will make permanent improvements to prepare for future games. Other changes will also take place during the game. Some game features are hidden and sealed until a later time, when you will be instructed to reveal them. The game ends when all objectives have been fulfilled or failed, there are no more playing cards left or when no more agents or incident stones can be placed. Depending on your success you can move on to the next month or you will have to play again this month. Contents: 1 game board, 4 passports, 4 pawns, 9 team miniatures, 8 shelters, 36 agent miniatures, 35 stones and tokens, 3 sticker sheets, 2 document folders, 4 overview cards, 134 Legacy cards, 151 other cards, 3 files, 8 lockers, 1 game manual , 1 debriefing book and much more! The Games Friends: " This is what a legacy game should be like! Each chapter is exciting and the theme is very well implemented. We have already played quite a few legacy games, but we were still regularly surprised by the fun gimmicks. You can do just fine with this start part and then do parts 1 and 2, but it is also no punishment to do this last. As far as we are concerned, the best part in the trilogy and absolutely indispensable for everyone with taste!

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Beautiful Tuscany in the fifteenth century, during the Italian Renaissance. As influential princes, players must make creative decisions to transform their region into a beautiful domain. By delivering goods and supporting villages it is possible to grow your empire. Each round, players use cards to place tiles to expand their empire. The player with the most victory points after three rounds is the winner of the game.

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle is a cooperative deck builder game in which you will go through the entire story from book 1 to book 7, with the ultimate goal of defeating Lord Voldemort. And going through those books is quite literal, because where you start as young Harry Potter in The Philosopher's Stone (book 1), you will end up in book 7 (The Deadly Hallows). Hogwarts Battle is therefore a game in which you will play each book separately, with each book bringing new possibilities, rules and expansions compared to the previous books.

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The City of Kings is a cooperative adventure game, set in a fantasy world with puzzle elements. In The City of Kings you take on the role of a leader and must ensure that you defeat the army of Vesh in a 7-game epic story. Each game offers you a unique puzzle and has varying objectives. But there is much more in The City of Kings, such as building your character, discovering the board and a strategic battle system without dice. The replayability is also good, because you can compete against millions of possible opponents on a board that can be put together in thousands of ways. In addition, you can build your character by choosing from more than 100 options.

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