Hachette Boardgames USA

A COOPERATIVE ROGUE-LITE GAME BASED ON THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED VIDEO GAME!     The Malaise has infected the island.   Choose one the four Beheaded and leap into this cooperative Rogue-Lite experience inspired by the Metroidvania genre.     A ruthless dungeon crawler. Start in the Prisoner’s Quarters, explore a sprawling, ever-changing island, and slash your way through the malaise-infected horde of enemies all the way up to the High Peak Castle to defy the infamous Hand of the King.     Or die trying.     Explore. Kill. Die. Mutate. Repeat.

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The great cities of the world are challenging each other to present the most beautiful festival imaginable. The closing fireworks ceremony, held in all cities, will be the final rose in the crown of the festivities. In Festival, you select tiles to place on your tableau to create the most impressive and beautiful fireworks display possible...and of course, score the most points! This tile-placement and tile-stacking game will have you choosing to either take and place a firework tile on your turn, or select an objective card to complete for points at game's end.

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Galileo Project is a standalone game in the Ganymede universe, combining combos and engine building. 30 years after sending the first colonial ships from Ganymede, humanity decided to launch Project Galileo! Its goal: settle onto the four main satellites of Jupiter to broaden human presence in the solar system.Play as the same corporations involved in the events of Ganymede and settle onto the 4 satellites of Jupiter by acquiring robots from Earth and Mars, recruiting experts, developing technologies, and building superstructures★ Chain together epic combos with only three simple actions!★ Advance on four different Moon tracks to gain their unique bonuses!★ Switch your influence between Earth and Mars to take advantage of available characters and robots!CONTENTS• 106 cards• 44 resource tokens• Assorted tokens & markers• 1 game board• 4 player boards• 1 scorepad• 1 rulebook

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HEAD-TO-HEAD CARD BATTLEGosu X is a combo card game in which players build uptheir army using the cards from their deck, made of 3clans. At the end of each round, a Great Battle takesplace, where the player with the highest military valuecomes closer to victory.★ TWO PLAYERS ONLY: Inspired by the games Gosu and Gosu Tactics, X is a new version adapted to suit two players only, with the same tense strategy.★ MULTIPLE WAYS TO WIN: Adapt your strategy depending on your preferred way to play, whether that’s through battling, upgrading, or capturing cards.★ UNIQUE IMMORTAL POWERS: Each player chooses 3 of the 8 Immortals to combine into their deck. The remaining 2 determine which effects are active.CONTENTS• 120 cards• 16 wooden pieces• 8 Immortal tiles• 1 board• 1 cloth bag• 1 rulebook

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Edo — what we now know today as Tokyo, Japan — was a thriving city with an estimated population of one million, half townspeople and half samurai. With a huge shopping culture, Edo's main district, Nihonbashi, was lined with shops, selling kimonos, rice, and so much more. Nihonbashi is the focus of IKI: A Game of EDO Artisans, which brings you on a journey through the famed street of old Tokyo. Hear the voices of Nihonbashi Bridge's great fish market. Meet the professionals, who carry out 700­-800 different jobs. Enter the interactivity of the shoppers and vendors. Become one with the townspeople. One of the main professions in the world of Edo is the artisan. Each of the Edo artisans uses their own skill of trade to support the townspeople's lives. In this game, not only are there artisans, but street vendors, sellers at the shops, and professions unique to this time and age. Meet the puppet masters, putting on a show. Meet the ear cleaners that people would line up for. The goal of this game is to become the annual Edoite, best personifying what is known as "IKI", an ancient philosophy believed to be the ideal way of living among people in Edo. Knowing the subtleties of human nature, being refined and attractive — these are all elements of a true IKI master.

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 IKI: Akebono introduces a new location to discover in Edo: the bridge of Nihonbashi, which expands the main street and offers players new opportunities. Players can stop at the bridge to meet famous personalities from the Edo era (like Hokusai Katsushika, Sanyo Rai or Tokunai Mogami) and to trade with the ships (built by the players) in the river. The Akebono expansion also adds new character cards, building cards, and new pipe, tobacco, and fish tokens for more strategic depth and decision making.

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Twenty years after his expedition around the world, Charles Darwin is writing On the Origins of Species. He wants to gather new information about animal life, particularly about continents he hardly explored. Who other than young naturalists, eager for discovery, could help the renowned scholar finish writing his most famous work?

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Nidavellir, the Dwarf Kingdom, is threatened by the dragon Fafnir. As a venerable Elvaland, you have been appointed by the King. Search through every tavern in the kingdom, hire the most skillful dwarves, recruit the most prestigious heroes, and build the best battalion you can to defeat your mortal enemy! Each turn in Nidavellir, bid a coin on each tavern. In descending order, choose a character and add this character to your army. Each dwarf class has its own scoring way: blacksmith, hunter, warrior, explorer, and miner. A meticulous recruitment will allow you to attract a powerful hero to your army. You will also be able to increase the value of your gold coins thanks to the smart "coin-building" system, and get the best of the other Elvalands.

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Mandated by the King, visit every tavern in the kingdom, hire the most skillful dwarves to save Nidavellir, and rely on Queen Dagfid who has called for help brave mercenaries and their precious artifacts. Now, the Elvaland can instead of recruiting a Dwarf card or Royal Offering card in the tavern, choose to go to the Camp to take a Magic Artefact or recruit a Mercenary card. In the event of a tie to determine the highest bet on a current tavern, refer to the gem values as in the basic game. Only the Elvaland with the highest bet can go to the Camp and take a card. The other Elvalands must, in order of resolution, take a card from the tavern being resolved. If the Elvaland who played first chooses to take a card from the Camp, the remaining Dwarf card from the tavern must be discarded before proceeding to the next tavern Resolution. The Camp consists of Artifacts and Mercenaries. Thingvellir, the trumps : - New Hero cards, Mercenary cards with two classes and Artifact cards with unique powers.- An innovative coin building system.- Numerous and varied strategies.

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After centuries of exploiting nature, mankind caused a new type of pollution to spread on the whole planet, destroying all forms of life on its path.Scattered groups of people managed to survive in small forests that somehow remained unscathed, hiding in high cities built in the tree’s canopy. They are called the Tribes of the Wind, for they fly from one place to another, avoiding any contact with pollution.In this game, you’ll play as a Guide who uses elemental magic to fight against pollution. Have forests grow, build new cities in the canopy, and secure the future of mankind.

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Lead your clan across the lands of Vaalbara!All players have the same deck of 12 cards representing the members of their tribe. Each turn, players choose secretly one card. In the order of initiative of the revealed Characters, players will be able to activate their powers and take over one of the available Territories. Deciding between playing the best powers and high initiatives at the most opportune moment will be difficult. After 9 rounds, the player with the most points wins the game and unites the tribes of the continent under their banner!★ GORGEOUS ILLUSTRATIONS: The vibrant landscapes and dramatic characters will immerse you in this fantasy neolithic setting.★ INTERACTIVE CARD PLAY: Some Character and Land effects score depending on other players‘ cards, intertwining everyone’s decisions.★ REACTIVE STRATEGY: With two phases of card play, you need to balance your priorities with what other players might do.★ NINE 30-MIN EPISODES: Roleplay in short time commitments or play episodes back-to-back to immerse yourself in the story.CONTENTS• 51 Land cards• 60 Character cards• 75 Victory Point tokens• 1 rulebook

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1898, Siberia, the seismologist Edgar Vuntaf discovers a continent free of any human presence, sheltering a teeming life, in forms never encountered before! Unknown plants, colossal creatures... Faced with this shocking discovery, the world's scientific elite, gathered in Paris for the Universal exposition, create the Vivarium Syndicate, and decide to send explorers into this new continent.Vivarium is an efficient and tense card collection game with a great artistic direction! Each turn players use dominoes to create coordinates that allow them to build their card collection. After 7 rounds, the player that has successfully completed their objectives and collected the greatest creatures wins the game.★ UNIQUE USE OF DOMINOES: Each turn, add a domino to the one in the middle of the table, creating coordinates that let you take a card from the board.★ COMPLETE SECRET OBJECTIVES: Use these to drive your strategy to collect different creature colors, creature types, equipment, or other aspects of the game.★ POWERFUL EQUIPMENT: Gain these cards to help complete certain objectives and for their unique special abilities or end-game scoring effects.★ HIGH QUALITY COMPONENTS: The custom domino designs, sparkly amber gems, and details on the cards and board add to a luxury gaming experience.★ BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK: See the creatures of Vivarium spring to life, each one with their own personality and storing that shines through in the illustrations.

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