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Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here In the Divine Comedy, the poet Dante Alighieri enters Hell in search of his beloved Beatrice. Guided by Virgil, he descends through the nine circles, witnessing how each sinner is eternally punished in a manner as horrifying as the sin they committed in life. Inferno is a soul management game where each player must guide sinners to their respective circles in Hell. The central board consists of two parts: one displaying all 9 circles and the soul registry, while the other represents Florence in the early 14th century, where Dante lived, with its power games and palace intrigues. Each turn consists of two phases: Inferno Phase: The player advances a soul through Hell, earning Infamy Points if they successfully guide it to its corresponding circle. Florence Phase: The player must choose between: Playing an action at a city location (adopting a street urchin, building a new level of the family tower, or inviting home an illustrious character, among others). Exposing a sinner, who is executed, and their soul is led to Hell. By doing so, the player advances on the Hell registry, which keeps track of everyone’s supplied souls. With each death, Dante takes a step closer to his descent. When he reaches the gate that will lead him to Purgatory, the game ends. The player with the most Infamy Points is declared the winner and deemed untrustworthy.

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Historical theme, Bronze Age. Players are in charge of Minoan Clans (Minoans are deemed as the first European civilization), fighting for the Minos (king) title. Build cities, monuments and other structures, open new trade routes, expand and fight off barbarians out of your land, plan your actions with your clan council, research and issue decrees so your actions will be more powerful than your opponents! You have only 4 rounds to prove you are worthy of the legendary Minos title.Contents• 1 Double-Sided Main Board• 5 Action Board Overlays• Map Overlay Sheet• 1 First Player Marker• 4 Double Layered Player Boards• 72 Age I Decree Cards• 72 Age II Decree Cards• 9 Starting Cards• 3 Double-Sided Trading Post Tiles• 15 Blue Trade Bonus Tiles• 15 Red Trade Bonus Tiles• 20 City Foundation Tiles• 14 Vase Tiles• 54 Good Tiles• 54 Temporary Good Tiles• 9 Age I Barbarians Tiles• 11 Age II Barbarians Tiles• 5 Special Ability Tiles• 5 Action Bonus Tiles• 52 Coins (40 Of Value 1 And 12 Of Value 5)• 52 Military (40 Of Value 1 And 12 Of Value 3)• 4 +100/+200 VP Tiles• 17 Dice (4 Red, 4 Blue, 4 Yellow, 5 Gray)• 8 Player Aids♦ In Each Of 4 Player Colors:• 3 Cities• 3 Towers• 3 Merchants• 4 Farms• 10 Armies• 1 Income Marker• 1 Scoring Marker• 1 Ability Marker• 3 Progress Markers• 3 Objective Markers• 4 Dice Containers  

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Dark times loom over the kingdom of Thebes. The blind, old king Oedipus left the throne in disgrace and asked Polynices and Eteocles, his own sons, to rule the city together. But power corrupts and ancient feuds call for new blood to be spilled. Soon, Polynices finds himself leading an army from the rival city of Argos against his own brother. The Theban nobles support Eteocles as he maintains precarious rule over Thebes. The young king calls for defenders to man the seven gates of the city, while the invaders’ seven champions lead the attack on the gates. Meanwhile, the famous citadel of Thebes, the Cadmea, lies in disarray, as it has fallen into disrepair since the days of Oedipus’ father, king Laius. It is as if the fates themselves have lined everything up against the current rulers of Thebes! While the common folks prepare for war, the noble families whisper among themselves that the time for new leadership has come, and the time to rebuild the Cadmea is now! However, ensuring the glory of the holy birthplace of Dionysus, the god of grape himself, is no easy feat, especially with enemies at the gates.FEATURES★ Thebai is a highly interactive, heavy Eurogame that reimagines dice worker placement with a fresh, tactical twist. Players co-create the pool of available actions on the main board while carefully managing their personal abilities and long-term plans.★ Every turn presents tense, rewarding decisions - use unlocked actions on your player board or deploy your dice to the shared board to promote them into powerful councilors, securing unique scoring opportunities and triggering satisfying combos.★ Inspired by Greek mythology, Thebai plunges players into the conflict between Polynices and Eteocles. Defend the Seven Gates of Thebes while navigating deep strategy, positive player interaction, and thematic tension at every step.CONTENTS• 1 City Board (Double-Sided)• 1 Devotion Board• 1 Council Board• 4 Estate Boards• 8 Commander Standees• 14 Neutral Cadmea Tiles• 8 Commander Cards• 8 Invader Cards• 44 Contract Cards• 9 Disruption Cards• 12 Herald Cards• 7 Comfort Fate Tiles• 7 Conflict Fate Tiles• 1 Four-Player Council Tile• 24 Metic Tiles• 24 Blessing Tiles• 7 Gate Tiles• 1 Battle Marker• 5 Disruption Markers• 10 Plaza Markers• 18 Pottery Tokens• 18 Grape Tokens• 18 Bronze Tokens• 24 Drachma Tokens♦ Per Player Color (X4):• 7 Citizen Dice• 4 Hoplite Dice• 1 Turn Order Marker• 1 Scoring Marker• 2 Devotion Markers• 9 Cadmea Tiles• 1 Archon Meeple• 4 Strategos Tiles• 3 Councilor Tiles• 1 100/200+ VP Tile• 2 Player Aids♦ Solo Mode:• 16 Basic Action Cards• 9 Advanced Action Cards• 6 Antigone’s Destiny Cards• 5 Challenge Cards• 1 Endgame Antigone Card

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  Winter is coming and the houses of Westeros are locked in a bitter battle. Experience a thrilling world of epic warfare with the newest Legendary, Game of Thrones. Play as one of the Great Houses, with your own Heroes to recruit and Masterminds to protect, in this fully competitive version of Legendary. No matter who you choose, be prepared! It will take more than brute strength to prevail. It will take skill, guile, and a steady hand if you are to sit on the Iron Throne!

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  Ad Infinitum introduces new variability to the base game of An Age Contrived, as well as cosmetic trophy pieces to celebrate your victories. This expansion has 3 modules: Advancement Tokens, Achievement Tokens, and Infinitum Benefit Tokens.We refer to Ad Infinitum as a "repeated play pack", as the Advancement Tokens module makes your performance in the last game affect your benefits in the next game. This expansion can accommodate any combination of players entering, exiting, or re-entering your group.Compatible with all editions of An Age Contrived.Contents:16 Advancement Tokens6 Infinitum Benefit Tokens6 Achievement Tokens4 Trophy Pieces1 Pantheon Log Sheet7 Rulebooks (1 each in English, German, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese)

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  An Age Contrived is a competitive strategy game of engine building and fantasy gods. You play as a god in the Eldranic pantheon, where you are only as powerful as the mortals of this unstable world believe you are. Your goal is to establish yourself as the pantheon's prevailing god by securing mortal belief, as you advance the mortal realm from its age of darkness into civilization.Ages 12+1-5 players90-120 minute play timeContents:1 Game Board6 Magnetic Monuments5 Player Boards5 Character Boards5 Character Miniatures105 Energy Tokens5 Channel Markers20 Bridge Tokens50 Transmuter Tiles41 Action Tokens25 Conduit Tokens6 Monument Benefit Tokens5 Monument Randomizer Tokens6 Achievement Tokens5 Divine Winds Tokens32 Cards1 Solo Mat1 Score Pad5 Player Aids2 Rulebooks2 Plastic Trays

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Build sky scrapers and develop transport in the city that never sleeps. A game of New York City is played over 5 game rounds. First, players each draw 3 cards from the deck. Then deal out cards in sets of two cards equal to two times the number of players plus one additional. In turn order, players draft a pair of cards until they have a total of 7 cards in hand. Next comes the bidding round, where in turn order players will play cards to bid to determine the strength of their action, with the player who bids the highest getting a bonus. In order, the actions are: Press: Advance on the Press track to determine player and tie-breaking order. Money: Receive money to be used for special actions. Characters: Take a character with a special ability or scoring up to the value of cards played. Building plans: Take a number of skyscrapers from the general supply. Prestige: Receive points equal to your bidding value. I addition, the first and second place bidder gets to increase the value of a borough. Skyscrapers: Players place skyscrapers from their board into borough currently being visited by the mayor. The game is played over five rounds (there are six boroughs, one is randomly not visited each game). Each game, the value of boroughs is randomly assigned, and the player with the most skyscrapers in a a borough receives full value, and the next player receiving half, and so on. There is also a bonus for building in every borough. Points are also awarded for certain characters, and the player with the most points is the winner. Based on Rialto, a previously designed game by Stefan Feld.

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