In Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game you are a detective and you have to solve murders and unravel other mysteries. With the help of the game cards you go through the story and you have to continuously choose what you are going to do. Are you going to question the suspect? Are you going to investigate the crime scene? Or do you delve further into a specific clue? In addition to the cards, the game board and the tokens, this game also works with a website where you can find the police computer system. In this system you can, for example, enter the DNA or fingerprints of a suspect to see whether it matches certain people. Super awesome! You might find evidence to support your theory! Your job is to solve the case as quickly as possible with all the tools you have. The basic game contains five different scenarios that together form one large campaign. Can you unravel the mysteries? The Games Friends: “ Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game is the perfect game to immerse yourself in. The story is really fantastic and once you have solved the first scenario you will definitely want to move on to the next one. Highly recommended for lovers of detective games! One of our favorite games ever! ”

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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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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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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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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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Above and Below is a mix between city building and storytelling. In the game you send your villagers to do things like explore the cave, harvest resources and build houses. Each villager has unique powers and you will have to decide how best to use them.

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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 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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Viticulture is a worker-placement game set in Tuscany. Players try to develop Italy's most successful winery by creating buildings, producing wine and fulfilling orders. This Essential Edition contains 6 large meeple tokens, 11 revised visitor cards and thicker play mats The Games Friends: “This game has been very high in the lists of the best board games ever for years and we understand that very well. The rules at Viticulture are very simple and that makes the game fun to play. You really get the feeling that you are going through the process of making wine and that is not as boring as it may sound. Viticulture is indispensable for lovers of good worker placement!"

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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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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 1880, Sherlock Holmes put together a group of street children and called them The Baker Street Irregulars, his unofficial 'sidekicks'. In Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective you play that group and solve a total of 10 different cases. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a cooperative game in which players attempt to solve a mysterious case while visiting various locations in 19th century London. Try to unravel everything and at the end of the game compare your score with the great Sherlock Holmes. In The Baker Street Irregulars you will find ten new cases, including an introductory case that is perfect for new players. In addition, there are also some new mechanisms and surprises, so that this part also feels fresh for the professional detectives.

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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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The Loire Valley in the 15th century. As influential nobles, players grow their holdings through strategic trade and commerce. Cards that serve as "dice" show possible actions, but the players make the final decisions. Do you want to trade or buy livestock, build buildings in the city or invest in scientific progress? There are many paths to prosperity and prestige! The winner is the player with the most victory points at the end of the game. French and English rules available.

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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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Beyond the Sun is a space development game in which players make collective decisions about humanity's technological progress in the Spacefaring Era. But it is of course not just about cooperation, you also want to become the leading faction in the field of economy, technology and space travel. The game is played over a number of rounds until a number of objectives have been achieved by the players. The winner is then the faction with the most victory points. You get those victory points by developing technologies, improving your economy and by colonizing areas. On your turn, you move your figure to an empty action space and then perform that action. Then it's time for the production phase where your population grows and you can trade goods. Finally, you can try to achieve an objective. You develop your technologies on a 'technology tree', in which you work towards better possibilities. This means you can try many different tactics and every game is different! The Games Friends: " Beyond the Sun is a very fun game that plays smoothly. Because the technology tree is different every game, the replayability is high. The turns are also short and the actions are clear, so it is never boring. The artwork could have been a bit nicer, but that is compensated by the quality of the game. "

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Dune: Imperium is a game with elements and characters from the Dune universe, both from the film and the books by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. In Dune: Imperium you are the leader of one of the houses. War is approaching and at the center of the conflict is Arrakis – Dune, a desert planet. Dune: Imperium combines deck-building with secret information and worker placement. Try to defeat your opponents in battle and collect important cards to emerge victorious. The Games Friends: " Dune Imperium is very well put together. The actions are perfectly coordinated and the many cards provide good replayability. You score few points during the game, so that sometimes takes some getting used to, but otherwise it is a great experience. topper that will remain high on the lists of the best board games ever for years to come. "

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Viscounts of the West Kingdom is set in a time when the power of the king is slowly decreasing. The king chose peace over wealth and even offered the enemies money to stop fighting. Peace came, but poverty caused many people to lose confidence in the crown. We as viscounts must keep a close eye on that trust, because the support of the people is the most important. The goal in Viscounts of the West Kingdom is very simple: collect the most victory points. You can get these by building buildings, writing manuscripts and working in the castle. You start the game with a number of people, but you must try to select the talented workers as quickly as possible so that you can take advantage of their gifts. Each turn you travel through the kingdom looking for a way to increase your influence there. You do all this until the kingdom is prosperous again or until it has descended into absolute poverty. Or both!

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Terrinoth needs heroes - and there's no better time to create your own legend. Get ready to play the definitive dungeon-crawling board game with the release of Descent: Legends of the Dark. Create your own legend with your friends as you adventure through the vibrant fantasy realm of Terrinoth! Powered by the fully integrated free companion app, Descent: Legends of the Dark puts you in the role of a budding hero with your own play style and skills. Together with your unlikely companions, you embark on an unexpected adventure - an adventure told through the 16 missions of the Blood and Flame campaign. During your campaign you will encounter undead lurking in the mists, demonic barbarians prowling the wilderness, and even more terrifying threats. Descent: Legends of the Dark is not the third edition of Descent: Journeys in the Dark and is not compatible with Descent: Journeys in the Dark content despite being set in the same Terrinoth world. Although Journeys in the Dark included the companion app Road to Legend, that game was always designed as a competitive experience, with one to four heroes playing against a single overlord. Legends of the Dark uses the integrated companion app to deliver cooperative play from the start, so you and your friends can focus solely on becoming the heroes of Terrinoth. Game elements such as combat, fatigue, skills, items and more have been completely revamped with Legends of the Dark, while a new approach to scenario layout and 3D terrain creates striking multi-level scenarios. The app also brings new changes to the gameplay, introducing enemies with customizable strategies, complex status effects and triggers fully managed by the app, and the ability to develop your heroes based on the choices you make in scenarios. You'll also discover plenty of activity between scenarios, such as crafting, shopping in town, upgrading equipment, and more. With 46 pieces of 3D terrain and 40 stunning hero and monster miniatures to engage you in the game, your greatest adventure is here before you!

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Your city center is booming, but as the city grows, so does the need for emergency medical care. Fortunately, you and your business partners have the resources to build a clinic to help people who need more than first aid. You will soon have a building to help the various cases and direct them to the correct queues. But unfortunately, just before you break ground, your disagreements about the ideal clinic lead you all to go your separate ways, with the patients already lined up... Each of you decides to build the clinic of your dreams, by hiring doctors, nurses and maintenance staff and building new modules, specialized services and even parking lots to meet the needs of patients. This is your clinic! Build it the way you want to give patients the care they need so you can make your clinic the most popular in town!

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Welcome young heroes! Many brave participants have signed up for the tournament, but only a handful will be chosen to join the Tidal Blades, the elite guards of our archipelago. To succeed in the tournament and be chosen as Tidal Blade, you must compete in challenges across the 3 arenas, rise to the top of the champion board and protect the realm from the ever-increasing threat of the monsters of the mysterious fold. The Games Friends: " Tidal Blades is a beautiful game that is also very well put together. We think the best element is upgrading the dice. This minimizes luck and allows you to make wonderful tactical choices about which dice you upgrade. chooses. Very extensive and very good!

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When the Roman emperor Hadrian Augustus visited northern Britannia in 122 AD, he witnessed the aftermath of the war between his armies and the fierce Picts. In a show of Roman might, he ordered a wall built that would separate the Pict tribes from the rest of England. Large in its design, the wall stretched 80 Roman miles, from coast to coast. In Hadrian's Wall, players take on the role of a Roman general, presiding over the construction of a mile castle and an adjacent wall. Over 6 years (rounds), players will build their fortress and wall, man the defenses, and attract citizens by building services and providing entertainment - all while defending the honor of the Roman Empire against the wary Picts. The player who can amass the most fame, piety, courage and discipline, while avoiding contempt, will prove to the Emperor that he is the model of the Roman citizen and be crowned Legatus Legionis! The Games Friends: This game is an absolute favorite! It is a wonderful puzzle, with many tactical choices and little interaction. At the beginning it sometimes feels a bit overwhelming when you see all the choices, but once you get started it plays very smoothly. All this makes Hadrian's Wall unique and a real hit!

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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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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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Arkham Horror: The Card Game Revised Core Set is a cooperative Living Card Game set in the early 20th century. As unspeakable evil and terrifying horrors seek to enter our world, one to four investigators attempt to unravel all the mysteries and conspiracies before it's too late. Each player takes on the role of one of these researchers. During your turn you can play cards, move your investigator from location to location, look for clues, or attack and hopefully defeat a monster. Once all players have had their turn, the Mythos phase begins, in which new threats arise that you will have to deal with. If you take too long, the enemy's agenda will advance, which could lead to an unfavorable outcome for the scenario! But what's new about the Revised Core Set? To be honest, nothing has changed about the game itself. This is still the Arkham Horror: The Card Game that many have come to know and love. The rules are the same, the campaign is the same, the experience is the same. Even the cards are largely the same, with the only difference being a number of new cards that are great for new players. The contents of the box have received an organizational upgrade, meaning it's much easier to find specific cards than before. Additionally, some additional quality improvements have been made, such as new numbered resources and clue/threat tokens, and even a lead investigator token! The Games Friends: " One of our favorite games! We think it's really cool that you can upgrade your character and deck during the game and that the choices you make in the game have direct consequences in the story. "

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Destinies is a competitive game of adventure and exploration, combining an app and a board game. Each of the 5 unique scenarios shows part of a vibrant world, full of dark stories, epic characters and mysteries to solve. Each player takes on the role of a hero. During the game, players will discover new parts of the world presented on tiles, explore them and visit places of interest. There they learn more about the story and make choices about how they want to deal with everything they encounter. The consequences of each choice are important and often change the state of the world forever. Destinies comes with 30 miniatures. It also features a huge 90 millimeter high Abbadon miniature. Players can also enjoy Destinies solo, in the relaxing "Explorer Mode" or in the "Challenger Mode" which adds special events and time constraints to the game! Destinies is a perfect game for adventure-seeking players looking for a narrative-driven and engaging tabletop experience. The Games Friends: Destinies is a truly unique board game. It combines the mechanics of Chronicles of Crime with the expansiveness of a sandbox game. And then it is also not cooperative! We are fans! Sometimes we had the feeling of wandering around the world a bit and we found it difficult to think of what each character should do next in their mission, but that does not alter the fact that this is simply a very good game . Highly recommended!

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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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In Unmatched you compete as a legendary hero and duel each other. The legendary heroes come from films, books or age-old legends. You can combine fighters from different Unmatched games. Each hero has a set of action cards with unique abilities associated with that hero's fighting style. But remember, there can only be one winner at the end of the game! 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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The stakes have been raised. Imagine living in a place so miserable that it is plagued not by one, two, or even three monsters - but seven of the most horrific devils! In this game, you'll face them all as you work together to rid the city of the maniacal or misunderstood creatures...before it's too late. Horrified contains high quality sculpted miniatures (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon). The innovative, easy-to-learn, cooperative gameplay lets players work together against the monsters of varying difficulty levels. Just as each monster is unique, they require different strategies and tactics to be defeated.

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In Ark Nova you plan and design a modern zoo with the ultimate goal of having the most successful zoo. You build enclosures, house animals and support nature conservation projects around the world. Specialists and unique buildings can help you achieve certain objectives during the game. The Games Friends: What a hit Ark Nova is. In our opinion, one of the best games EVER! The enormous amount of cards gives you a high replayability and the different action options also ensure that you can play each game differently. Highly recommended!

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Suspects is a series of detective games with simple rules in the style of Agatha Christie's novels. The first part features the ingenious and fearless Claire Harper, completely in the style of the great classics of detective literature! Claire Harper was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford in 1927. She specializes in criminal law and is also an adventurous traveler. Every mystery is an opportunity for her to test her formidable mind of deduction and her unwavering determination! In this first episode, follow her on her investigation that will take her from grand mansions to shady theaters and from Scotland to... Egypt! There are three cases in the box. The Games Friends: "What a fun detective Suspects is. The game itself does not do anything new in terms of rules or setting, but all the cases are still very fun and the difficulty is also completely fine. Highly recommended for all fans of Chronicles or Crime, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game.”

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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is FFG's longest running LCG and is getting a new base game. In the box you will find enough cards and parts to play with up to four players. It also includes campaign cards, favors and charges that are brand new to the game, and for players who own the old base game, these cards will be available for free as a print-and-play on FFG's website. The Games Friends: "Lord of the Rings The Card Game LCG is an absolute must in our opinion! In many things it falls a bit between Arkham Horror and Marvel Champions and that is of course absolutely no punishment. New in this version is the campaign system, which allows you to play all scenarios in a campaign mode. This means you get cards after each scenario and your deck gets better and better.

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In Meadow the players are hikers who set out to discover the secrets of nature and spot the local fauna and flora. Don't forget to take your map with you on this picturesque walk and be inspired by the unspoilt nature. Driven by your passion, your insatiable curiosity and your desire to unravel the mysteries of nature, you try to win the title of 'best spotter'. However, to do this you will have to collect more points than your opponents! You do this by discovering as many animals, plants and landscapes as possible, and by collecting samples. The competition continues tonight around the campfire: you will have to achieve the objectives of your adventures as quickly as possible. In addition to the regular game, Meadow also contains an advanced variant (with opening envelopes) and a solo variant. The game contains more than two hundred unique cards with hand-painted watercolor illustrations.

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Awkward Guests is a unique deduction game with infinite replayability. You can investigate the murder of Mr. Emulating Walton in so many different ways, you'll never play two similar games! (Mr. Walton won't thank you for this.) The game challenges you to use real detective skills to solve each case. To solve a mystery, you must interrogate the suspects, interrogate the housekeeping staff, investigate the crime scene, search for clues around the Walton Mansion, and consult police reports. You'll do all this while exchanging information with your opponents or hiding it from them, so prepare to use all your gumshoe skills! The Games Friends: Awkward Guests is FANTASTIC! Each case is different and unique and certainly the more difficult scenarios provide a wonderful challenge. Because you pass on the cards, there is quite a lot of interaction in the game, but it all comes down to the right tactical choices. A real hit!

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Every 100 years, witches and wizards come together to compete for the title of Master of the Witch's Stone. Whoever holds the Witch's Stone will be rewarded with prestige and honor, not to mention the stone's immense powers. But who will be the best magician this time? In Witchstone you have to collect points by performing actions. These actions come in different types. For example, you have actions to connect locations on the playing field with energy lines, actions to deploy your personal witch army at the same locations and actions to collect crystals for bonuses. All these different actions are initiated in the same way. You do this by placing a tile with action symbols on a cauldron tableau. If your current tile with its action symbols connects to previously placed tiles with the same symbols, the relevant action is triggered multiple times. By playing smart you can cause enormous chain reactions of magic!

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Messina 1347 takes place during the introduction of the plague epidemic (also known as the "Black Death") and the spread of the infection through the city. During this period, merchant ships delivering luxury goods to Europe brought an unprecedented epidemic to these countries - and one of the first cities affected was Messina, Italy. In the game, players take on the role of important Messina families who leave the city and move to the countryside for fear of being infected by the plague. As they do this, they focus on saving other residents and helping combat the plague infection in the city. They must also try to thrive in their rural hometown, where they temporarily host rescued residents. They all wait there until the epidemic is over, and then return to Messina to take over and dominate certain neighborhoods of the city. The Games Friends: "Messina 1347 is once again a masterpiece by Vladimír Suchý. The theme is well implemented and there is a high replayability because the tiles are positioned differently each time. In our opinion, together with Praga Caput Regni and Underwater Cities, this is one of their n best games!"

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In the Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle cooperative deckbuilder game, you team up against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to protect Hogwarts Castle. Players start with a starter deck and, using their skills and influence, will put together an increasingly powerful deck containing well-known characters, spells and objects from the wizarding world of Harry Potter. Only by working together will players be able to protect Hogwarts Castle and defeat He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!

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Castles by the Sea is a sandcastle building puzzle game for 1-4 players. As a group of small creatures called "beach dwellers", your goal is to build and populate a kingdom by the sea. Each turn you place blocks and figures on the map to earn victory points. The core of the game resembles abstract strategy games like Santorini, where players must optimize three-dimensional placement on a shared board. Hazards are the only source of randomness in the game, and even those depend on the players' choices. Each turn you must choose your placement carefully, optimizing your score while thwarting your opponents' plans. The game ends after a fixed number of turns. Few castles will remain standing after a final assault from the perils, but the kingdom with the most sand dollars can claim victory.

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Freehand is a creative party game where anyone can create a masterpiece! Each round, picture cards are placed in the center of the table, and each player secretly chooses one to use as inspiration. The goal is to paint something close enough to your inspiration that everyone can guess which image you chose. The twist? You paint with blocks! The players must use a wooden "artist pen" to push mini-cubes around and create an abstract masterpiece that evokes the picture card they have chosen. With a hundred different images to play with, there are endless artistic challenges to dive into!

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