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Basilica
Basilica is an area control tile-laying game for two players set in medieval Florence offering heavy player interaction and easy-to-learn rules. In this game, players take on the roles of competing architects overseeing the construction of a magnificent cathedral. Each turn, they place tiles to enlarge the cathedral and create areas of a single color while placing builder pawns to gain advantages and control areas. In addition, players execute orders to move or remove builders, increase abilities, block spaces, or tear down previously built cathedral parts. There are four tile colors in the game. Players' goals are to create the largest possible areas representing a single color and to have more pawns in these areas than their opponent. Basilica designed by Łukasz M. Pogoda was first published in 2010 and further developed by the expansion Festum Fatuorum in 2012. The new edition by Portal Games includes the base game with a revamped game board, premium custom-made wooden pawns depicting medieval characters, and the expansion, offering players a premium full game experience.
$24.40
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Eriantys
In a world of floating islands, magical creatures wish to enroll in one the great magic schools. Take on the role of a headmaster as you recruit promising students and increase your school’s magical influential. Using your 10 assistants, you’ll recruit potential students by placing them in your dining hall and onto the surrounding islands. Doing so will allow you to guide Mother Nature on the island where you have the most control. In turn, she will reward you and let you build a magic tower there! Be careful though! The 5 professors define who controls a faction, but they always go where the most students are. Each faction will change their minds frequently and you may lose all your support! Eriantys is a light family strategy game in a cute and funny world full of magical creatures and includes 12 different characters that can change the rules to create a lot of variant modes!
$49.99$39.99
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Onitama: Sensei’s Path
The Onitama: Sensei's Path expansion consists of sixteen new movement cards that can be shuffled together with those of the Onitama base game in order to have more variety during play.
$12.99$8.96
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Patchwork Valentine's Day
February 14, Valentine’s Day – a special day for all love birds: it is time to show your affection with small (and large) gifts. Maybe a candlelight dinner, a flower bouquet, or – like in this game – a big box of chocolates? Patchwork Valentine is based on the popular mechanics of the classic Patchwork game. Are you in for this “lovely” challenge of putting together the most marvelous box of chocolates for your darling?
$36.99$33.97
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Onitama: Light and Shadow
The third expansion for the hit abstract strategy game arrives from both the LIGHT and the SHADOW!
$19.99$16.99
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Quarto Mini
Quarto has a 4×4 board and 16 pieces. Each piece has four dichotomous attributes — color, height, shape, and consistency — so each piece is either black or white, tall or short, square or round, and hollow or solid. The object is to place the fourth piece in a row in which all four pieces have at least one attribute in common. The twist is that your opponent gets to choose the piece you place on the board each turn.
$24.99
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Onitama: Way of the Wind
Once again, rival schools have come to Onitama to see who has the dominant Art — but something is different this time: Their activity has attracted the attention of a wind spirit! This indomitable force will interfere with the students, but it may on occasion grant an unforeseen benefit as well! Onitama: Way of the Wind, an expansion for Onitama, includes a wind spirit, a neutral game piece that creates a new layer of interaction in the game. Two new move cards are included, as well as eight wind spirit cards. Includes 8 New Wind Spirit Cards:BatEagleHawkLionOctopusRhinocerosScorpionSpider 2 New Move Cards:GoatSheep 1 Wind Spirit Miniature
$14.99$10.94
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Illimat
Illimat has the style and flavor of a classic card game with a dynamic twist. As you play, you combine cards and collect them, trying to gather more than your opponents. But hidden luminaries and changing seasons can alter your plans. Beautifully illustrated by Carson Ellis and designed by award winning game designer Keith Baker with heirloom quality materials. Suitable for ages 12+ up, play time 15-45 minutes. For 2-4 Players. What’s in the Box A 24” x 24” cloth board65-card linen finish deck8 tarot-sized Luminary cards4 metal okus tokens4 glass point countersCloth storage bagFull-color rulebook
$29.47
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Hive Carbon
Hive is a strategic game for two players that is not restricted by a board and can be played anywhere on any flat surface. The base game of Hive is made up of twenty two pieces, eleven black and eleven white, resembling a variety of creatures each with a unique way of moving. Hive Carbon and Hive Pocket include the Mosquito and Ladybug expansions, for a total of 26 pieces. With no setting up to do, the game begins when the first piece is placed down. As the subsequent pieces are placed this forms a pattern that becomes the playing surface (the pieces themselves become the board). Unlike other such games, the pieces are never eliminated and not all have to be played. The object of the game is to totally surround your opponent's queen, while at the same time trying to block your opponent from doing likewise to your queen. The first player to totally surround his opponent's queen wins the game.
$44.75$33.62
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Nomids
A fast and easy introductory game with a simple goal. Great for all ages and playable by as many as 10 people! Everyone starts with 3 pyramids of all different colors, and the first player to get rid of them all – to have no ‘mids – is the winner! Nomids also includes overviews of 3 other games you can play with the pieces.As a Pyramid Arcade expansion, two sets of Nomids will bring a Pyramid Arcade set up to the five trios needed for several popular games, in all ten colors.
$22.00
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Illimat: The False Baron's Set (Pre-Order)
This item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of Q2 2024.Orders containing a pre-order item WILL NOT SHIP until the final pre-order item is able to be shipped.Dates and product details are subject to change as new information from the manufacturer is updated. Illimat: The False Baron's Set features six additional Luminary options for Illimat, bringing new strategies and surprises to your experience. Will you take a chance on The Gambler, or use the Astrologer to harness the power of the Stars? Will your summer plans wither away in The Drought, or will you reach across The Universe to seize a glorious victory?
$12.00$10.80
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War Chest: Nobility Expansion
The chivalric system was a huge part of medieval warfare. Various offices of state were handed out to the highborn of the land, from Bannermen that surrounded kings and queens, to Earls and Heralds enacting their liege's will across the realm. Bishoprics had much land and influence associated with them, and were sought after position for nobles.Can you add these four new influential units to your force, and use royal proclamations to your advantage, to once again triumph in this masterful game of tactical warfare?Contents:6 Proclamation Seals16 Faction Control Markers7 Royal Decree Cards19 Unit Coins4 Unit Cards Ages:Â 14+Players:Â 2 or 4Game Length:Â 30-60 minutes
$24.99$17.06
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Illimat: The Crane Wife Set Expansion (Pre-Order)
This item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of Q2 2024.Orders containing a pre-order item WILL NOT SHIP until the final pre-order item is able to be shipped.Dates and product details are subject to change as new information from the manufacturer is updated. Add new strategies and surprises to Illimat with new Luminaries and Okus tokens inspired by The Crane Wife. The Loom allows you to craft at a cost. The Island is a place of isolation, while The Boat bridges the divide between distant fields. Will you pull off The Perfect Crime, or will The Butchers strike down a Luminary before you can claim it? This expansion includes six Luminaries, two Okus tokens, a cloth bag, and a booklet with variant rules.
$12.00$10.80
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In a Grove
In a Grove — a.k.a. 藪の中, Yabunonaka, and Hattari — is a game of bluffing and deduction, and the player who makes too many false accusations loses the game. The game is played in rounds. Each round, each player receives one of the eight silhouettes (which are numbered 2-8 with one blank), while three silhouettes are placed in the center of the table as suspects and the final silhouette is dubbed the victim. (With three players, the #2 is removed from the game.) You have to determine which suspect is the culprit, either to accuse him or to lure the other players into accusing someone who's innocent! All players secretly look at their silhouettes, then pass them right, then look at the new silhouette they received. The first player of the round secretly looks at two of the three suspects, optionally swapping the victim for one of these suspects. This player then places a colored accusation marker below one of the suspects. The next player looks at the two suspects not just marked with an accusation marker, then places a colored accusation marker of their own, covering any markers already beneath that suspect. This continues until all four players have placed an accusation marker, with each player not being allowed to look at the suspect just accused. The round ends, and players reveal the suspects. Who's the culprit? The suspect bearing the highest number – except if the #5 is among the suspects, in which case the suspect with the lowest number is guilty. (The suspect with no number is always innocent.) Anyone who has accused the correct suspect receives their accusation marker back. Any markers incorrectly placed are flipped colored-side down and given to the player who owns the marker on top of the stack. The first player token rotates clockwise, then a new round begins. At the end of a turn if a player has eight or more tokens — or has no tokens — then the game ends, and that player loses. Earlier editions of In a Grove supported 3-4 players, while the 2021 edition contains slight changes to the rules and components to allow for play with 2-5 people.
$23.00$19.55
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HOLI: Festival of Colors
In HOLI: Festival of Colors, players gather to celebrate the end of winter as they spread colorful powder on each other, dancing and celebrating new beginnings. Mechanisms & FeaturesArea Control - Colored powder tokens spread across the board and onto other players, covering the board in the pattern selected3-Tier Board - Players ascend a three-tier board with a transparent layer to have their powder fall from above, giving up victory points for better controlPuzzle-like Action Selection - Color cards determine the pattern colored powder will fly in, giving players room to select the pattern that works best for them.Variable Scoring Condition - Each game can have slightly different scoring conditions, adding depth and replayability
$50.00$40.00
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Clearance Qawale
Where will your path take you?Lay stones on the path and try to line up four stones in your color. Simultaneously simple and tactical, Qawale is inspired piles of stones found along paths. On your turn, add a stone on top of any pile and move it. When moving a pile, you must leave a stone on each space you cross. The first player to get 4 of their stones in a row, looking at the board from above, wins the game.★ TWIST ON MANCALA: Use the well-known "pick up and drop" mechanics of mancala, with layers upon layers of strategy on top.★ BRAIN BURNER: Contrary to normal gameplay, it’s your opponent that chooses the piece you place on your turn, which increases the challenge!★ QUALITY WOODEN PIECES: The rich wooden tones of the pieces will look attractive on your coffee table, as you leave it set up and ready to play.CONTENTS• 8 light stones• 8 dark stones• 8 neutral stones• 1 game board• 1 rulebook
$37.99$24.50
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