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The "shufflebuilding" game Smash Up begins with a simple premise: take the 20-card decks of two factions, shuffle them into a deck of forty cards, then compete to crush more Bases than your opponents! Each faction involves a different gaming mechanism - the pirates move the cards, the zombies bring back the cards from the discard pile, the dinosaurs have enormous power - and each combination of factions brings a different gaming experience. During the game, basic cards (each with their own difficulties and abilities) are at stake. You try to have the most power on the basis of your minions when the base is broken. Sounds easy? Is it easy when an opponent's Alien-Ninja decides to tie your minions to other Bases - flat Murder them? What happens when the Pirate-Dinosaur Full Sails player and frees King Rex to trample your minions in the ground, or when wizard-zombies use their mystic power to create an outbreak, suddenly flooding minions on the base of the discard pile? Or if you were facing a Zombie-Dinosaur player instead and he created an epidemic of massive beasts at the same time?!? When a base is smashed, each player in first, second and third place scores points. Fourth place? Sorry, brother, next time. With eight different factions, Smash Up includes dozens of combinations to try. Pirate-Aliens play different Ninja-Aliens, for example. Which one will you use to crush your opponents? And did we mention dinosaurs have laser beams? Integrates with: Smash Up: Munchkin Smash Up: Pretty Pretty Smash Up Smash Up: The Big Geeky Box Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature Smash Up: Monster Smash Smash Up: The Obligatory Cthulhu Set Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000 Smash Up: It's Your Fault! Smash Up: Cease and Desist

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In order to see every continent on our world tour, we just had to include five factions! One entire free faction of fun for the price of four! Culture Shock takes us through the folk and fairy tales of: Russia, where minions are frequently transformed; West Africa, where sharing stories and cards is valued; and Germany, where uniting characters from the same tale gives multiple benefits. We also look at the incredible histories of: the Inca Empire, known for its roads and monumental architecture; and Polynesians, who spread out on as many islands as possible.

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After 10 years, Smash Up is still going strong!This special 10th Anniversary celebration set comes full of new fun for your base-smashing outings. New factions, brand new Titans, a 10 year retrospective art book, an alternate format Big Base, and more!The Smash Up 10th Anniversary Set includes the new factions: Mermaids, Skeletons, and the World Champs, as well as brand-new Titans, and a reprint of the Sheep faction for those who may have missed out the first time. It also includes several great components for upgrading your game of Smash Up, such as base mats and a new Goblin token, and the all-new Big Base, an entirely new way of playing Smash Up!CONTENTS• 4 Factions with 20 cards each• 9 Base cards• 11 Titans cards• 4 Card dividers• Big Base• 5 Base mats• Goblin coin/First Player token• 10th Anniversary Art BookAges 10+, 2-4 players, 30-60 minutes

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Smash Up: Cease and Desist can be played on its own as a two-player game or combined with other Smash Up titles to allow for up to four players to compete for control of bases at the same time. Smash Up: Cease and Desist includes four factions — Astroknights, Changerbots, Star Roamers, and Ignobles — with 22 cards for each faction. To play, you shuffle together any two factions, whether from this set or any other Smash Up title, then start playing.

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  Grab Your Popcorn!Smash Up is back with a rad to the extreme expansion featuring the best in 80’s cinema! Or, as close we can legally get to it without attracting the attention of some lawyer spaz.Get ready to go back in time (again!), rustle some wraiths, burst some chests, and unload insane amounts of action on some dweebs! Can you lose with these righteous new factions? As if!Excellent Movies, Dudes! is fully compatible with all previous Smash Up expansions.CONTENTS• 4 Faction Decks with 20 Cards Each♦ Action Heroes♦ Wraithrustlers♦ Extramorphs♦ Backtimers• 8 Base Cards• 4 Card Dividers• 1 Token Sheet• 1 Rulebook

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Smash Up: That '70s Expansion is a standalone two-player-only game that can also be used as an expansion for other Smash Up titles. The four factions to be included in this set are truckers, vigilantes, disco dancers, and kung fu fighters. Right on! Hop in the Waywaywayback Machine and join Smash Up in the dy-no-mite `70s with four all new factions

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Smash Up is back with even more wild factions in the mix! Science Fiction Double Feature brings four new groups to the base-smashing business, with abilities unlike those seen before!Time Travelers – The time stream has been compromised. Robots from the future mingle with pirates, extinct dinosaurs move with magical wizards… everything is all smashed up! That’s where the Time Patrol steps in. Organized in 1976 and led by the enigmatic Doctor When, the Time Patrol works to keep time flowing… in the manner they deem best.Cyborg Apes – In a daring raid on a top secret research facility, apes stole the latest in cybernetic enhancements, and are now enacting their centuries old plan to take over the world! Combining their natural athleticism and powerful strength with high-tech augmentations, these apes will go bananas all of your opponents!Super Spies – The shadow war between International Secret Intelligence and the evil HAVOC (Henchman and Villains of Chaos) continues. HAVOC’s schemes threaten the world, from weather changing satellites to lasers mounted on secret moon-bases, they can only be opposed by the daring agents of the ISI. Using the latest in espionage technology, the ISI will be able to foil your opponents plans before they even come to fruition.Shapeshifters – Far below the surface of the earth, strange amorphous creatures have developed a thriving world, based on the manipulation of their own genetics. Now they plan to apply that knowledge to conquer our world above. Taking samples of the most powerful creatures and warriors they can find, these shapeshifters can use the best of whoever they copy.Combine these groups into teams of two for various effects! Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature also contains 8 new Base cards to compete over.

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Imagine that you are one of the crew in your favorite science fiction TV show. Now imagine that in the last 10 minutes of the show things have gone so badly that the captain is dead and you and the surviving members of your crew have to pull together and save the day yourselves! The Captain Is Dead is a co-op game for 2 to 7 players. All you have to do is get the ship's engines (aka "Jump Core") back online and you win, but because there is a hostile alien ship trying to destroy you, that is easier said than done. You have an impressive star ship full of useful systems that will help you fend off the aliens, and get the Jump Core back online. Each system gives you an advantage while it remains online. The assault from the hostile alien ship tends to keep knocking those systems offline however. So you need to balance your time between keeping the ships system's online, fending off the alien threat, and completing your objective. Each member of your crew has special abilities and skills. You need to work as a group to maximize the potential of each role. If someone tries to be a hero, you'll all die.

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Verdant is a gorgeous spatial puzzle game for the whole family!Take on the role of a houseplant enthusiast – collecting and caring for plants as you compete to create the coziest, most verdant home!Turns are simple – select a card / token set and place each into your expanding home. Earn points by providing plants with the lighting conditions they desire, coordinating your interior space with furniture and pets, and racing against your opponents to pot plants and earn bonuses.With variable scoring goals, each game of Verdant brings a new spatial puzzle to your table!Contents:• 60 Deluxe Wooden Verdancy Tokens• 60 Unique Plant Cards• 60 Unique Room Cards• 60 Unique Goal Cards• 45 Nurture Item Tokens• 36 Pot Tokens• 36 Green Thumb Tokens• 25 Unique Furniture Tokens• 20 Unique Pet Tokens• 1 Deluxe Printed Cloth Bag• 1 Full Color Scorepad• 1 RulebookAges 10+, 1-5 players, 30-45 minutes

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Being a witch is all about wielding powerful magical ingredients. But be careful, one witch can only wield so much power before everything blows up in her face. Choose your recipes wisely to clear your workbench and fill your cauldron. The first player to overflow their nemesis with enough ingredients wins! Contents:1 Rulebook5 Player Boards5 Cauldrons15 Arcana Tokens5 Reference Cards60 Recipe Cards17 Personality Cards170 Ingredient CardsAges: 14+Players: 2-5Game Length: 15-30 minutes

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Harmony adds new advancement and vale cards, giving players more card crafting options and exciting new possibilities for combos. Amulets feature unique effects and greater variety over regular mana tokens. Leader cards grant abilities that can be upgraded to become even more powerful. Amulets work like regular mana tokens. When you Spoil, you turn over your amulet to its active side that shows the Evoke symbol face up. You may “Evoke” your amulet to use its ability, as described on its active side. You must then turn your amulet over to its used side.

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Istanbul: The Dice Game is a standalone dice game in which players are once again plunging into the bustle of Istanbul's bazaar to collect rubies and thus secure their victory. By cleverly using the dice, the players can make money and goods, then exchange them for the precious jewels.

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What Lies Beneath, the sixth quest for Thunderstone Quest, which presents a story-driven scenario for the attack on the village, can be played in normal competitive mode as well as in Barricade mode. This expansion includes more than 240 cards, six dungeon tiles, and a rulebook.

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This is Quest #5 for Thunderstone Quest. Each Quest consists of a selection of dungeon tiles and monster cards that create an engaging storyline. Each Quest includes rules for selecting Village and Dungeon cards to create a variety of Adventures. After you've mastered each Quest you use random setups of Quest cards to create new Dungeons and Villages - build your own Quests and Adventures! Contains dungeon tiles, dividers, randomizers, and 243 cards, including 6 heroes, 6 monsters, 12 support items, treasure and three versions of the Guardian, each of slightly different difficulty, meaning that different Adventures within the Quest have a scaling challenge. First retail-only quest expansion after the Kickstarter campaign.

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This is Quest #4 for Thunderstone Quest. Each Quest consists of a selection of dungeon tiles and monster cards that create an engaging storyline. Each Quest includes rules for selecting Village and Dungeon cards to create a variety of Adventures. After you've mastered each Quest you use random setups of Quest cards to create new Dungeons and Villages - build your own Quests and Adventures! Contains 6 dungeon tiles, 25 dividers, randomizers, and 243 cards, including 6 heroes, 6 monsters, 12 support items, treasure and three versions of the Guardian, each of slightly different difficulty, meaning that different Adventures within the Quest have a scaling challenge.

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