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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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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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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In Root, players take on the role of various factions living in the forest. Each role has different powers and action options, making it a beautifully illustrated asymmetrical winner. Perfect for a game night with your friends. The Games Friends: “ Root is a challenging board game for the real enthusiast. Because all factions are different, the replayability is enormous. In addition, the artwork is beautiful and you can have fun in the world of Root (partly thanks to the expansions)! ”

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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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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 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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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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Put together your expedition in this deckbuilding board game and lead it through the jungles of South America. You need a good plan, expert explorers and the right equipment. Will you choose the boy scout, the photographer or the propeller plane? It's up to you and your team to find the best route through the wilderness and win the race to El Dorado! Every route is a new challenge. Every game requires a different strategy!

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Terraforming Mars takes place in the year 2400 on the planet Mars. In this board game you start with a minimal income and from there you try to build a successful machine. Together with your opponent you will convert Mars into a habitable planet, while trying to buy the right cards that can give you victory! The Games Friends: “ Terraforming Mars is a unique game that perfectly combines cooperative components with the battle for victory. You are dependent on each other, because together you are trying to make Mars habitable. But only one person will walk away with the victory... Highly 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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Take a journey through Cascadia in northwestern North America and create a balanced ecosystem. The turns are simple: choose a combination of habitat tile and animal token and place it in your growing ecosystem. Receive points by satisfying the animal species' wishes. You also receive points for the size of your habitats. With 20 different animal cards, every game of Cascadia is different. Cascadia is a puzzle game for 1 to 4 players. With the performance walking path you can also take on the challenge alone or together to complete certain assignments and become the expert of Cascadia. In this challenge (3 modules) you will find a total of 30 different assignments that you can complete. The Games Friends: Cascadia is a real hit! It has the same ease as Calico, but we still find this game a lot more fun. Due to the different animal cards, there is sufficient variation in the game, which makes it something that is often on the table here. 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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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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In Overboss Duel, rival Boss Monsters compete to conquer the Overworld on a shared board. Each turn, players choose terrain tiles and monster tokens and place them anywhere, even on their opponent's land! Their goal: create the map with the greatest Power and sabotage their rival at every turn to become the ultimate overboss! Designed by Aaron Mesburne and using the same basic system as the popular game Overboss, this game combines choosing cards, collecting sets, laying tiles and thwarting your opponent's plans. It's set in the retro-inspired pixel art world of Brotherwise Games' Boss Monster, featuring many of the same familiar characters. Build your map by choosing Icy Peaks, Cities, Sunken Cities, Breeding Grounds, Roads and Dungeon Entrances. Each terrain type has a different point value and unique abilities. Some skills even let you move tiles, steal from your opponents or give them your unwanted tiles. You'll also need to control monsters, as they earn points when placed together or on corresponding terrain. The game includes everything you need for a 2-player game: over 65 terrain tiles, over 80 monster and hero tokens, 1 double-sided board for 2 players, a score pad and more.

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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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