Ancient Terrible Things: Jungle Mat is an accessory for Ancient Terrible Things Reawakened. The accessory is a high quality heavy-cotton game mat that upgrades the game board found in the base game.

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Ancient Terrible Things: Jungle Mat is an accessory for Ancient Terrible Things Reawakened. The accessory is a high quality heavy-cotton game mat that upgrades the game board found in the base game.

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Welcome to Ankh’or, the second game from Space Cowboys 2-Player line. Ankh’or takes place in ancient Egypt where players need tobe savvy in the marketplace and a skilled builder if they want to get ahead. Each turn, players either collect resource tokens, like Fish, Cloth, or Bamboo, or they spend those tokens in the market to collect building tiles. Some tiles have special abilities, such as the Warehouse that can store resource tokens or the Scribe that grants players an immediate bonus turn. As tiles are acquired, players must place them in their growing structure. At the end of the game, they score points for grouping tiles of the same symbol and the same color. The player with the most points earns the favor of the gods.

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ABOUT ANUNNAKI: DAWN OF THE GODS Your ancient alien civilization is leaving its dying planet in search of a new homeland. The promised land is represented by Gaia, which is home to the magnificent human civilization of Atlantis. But beware, other Houses (factions) of your civilization also have the same goal and only one will be able to dominate Gaia! Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods is a 4x eurogame by Simone Luciani and Danilo Sabia, set in an ancient dystopian past, where mythology and science-fiction collide. Each player represents a different House whose rulers are viewed by terrestrial population as gods. Players build bases, recruit troops, embody gods, explore the territory, develop their own technology, sign trade contracts, defeat local dominions and other players’ armies, trying to conquer Atlantis, which owns huge treasures. Different actions will provide a certain number of immediate Victory Points. Moreover, random setup goals will provide you with sizable Victory Point rewards at the end of the game, based on specific conditions. In the end, the player with the most VPs will be the winner. In addition to having a strong dose of controllability (the luck factor is minimal), the game features an innovative starred action-selection-system that confronts players with interesting choices: players can reincarnate their gods by performing their actions in a precise sequence, on pre-established paths of their starred player board, or they can give up some deities, jumping freely from one action to another of their board, to choose the best actions on each turn.

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Expand your pacts pool in order to add variability! This promo contains a set of 4 new Commercial Pacts with the Gaia icon.

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 A clever tile placement game by Uwe Rosenberg A wide orchard lies in front of Applejack's cottage.Help him and his daughter plant apple trees and harvest the juicy apples. Don't forget to set up the beehives between the trees. Because at the end of this game, whoever gets the most honey wins! On their turn players choose 1 tree tile from the harvest board in the middle of the table. This tile shows a combination of types of apples and apple blossoms as well as beehives. The beehives show the cost for the tile in honey. The tree tile will be placed on the players orchard. The beehives need to be places next to other beehives on tiles already in play in order to get the players honey tiles. When the Applejack die on the harvest board comes across an apple icon this type of apple will be harvested - again gaining the players honey tokens. But only if they arranged the apples in a meaningful way. After 19 turns each players orchard is filled and the final scoring takes place. Apples, apple blossoms and collected honey will be scored. Whoever has the highest score will win a game of Applejack!

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In AQUA, your starting point is a hot spot that gradually becomes surrounded by expanding coral formations. These corals serve as habitats for small marine animals. By fostering biodiverse habitats, you can then create ideal conditions for attracting the largest marine animals. AQUA plays over 17 rounds. On your turn, you must take a new coral tile from the market and add it to your reef, then you may also attract animals to your ecosystem if you create the correct patterns of coral. At the end of the game, the player who grew the best coral formations and attracted the most large and small sea animals will score the most points and win. AQUA invites you to dive into the beauty and wonder of the ocean, delivering an incredible variety of gameplay experiences for the whole family.

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  Coral Reefs is an expansion to the base game Aquatica that introduces the Southern Tribes, more underwater creatures, new characters, and Manta Ray encounters that can turn the rules of the game upside down!

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Arboretum is a strategy card game for 2-4 players, aged 10 and up, that combines set collection, tile-laying and hand management while playing in about 25 minutes. Players try to have the most points at the end of the game by creating beautiful garden paths for their visitors. The deck has 80 cards in ten different colors, with each color featuring a different species of tree; each color has cards numbered 1 through 8, and the number of colors used depends on the number of players. Players start with a hand of seven cards. On each turn, a player draws two cards (from the deck or one or more of the discard piles), lays a card on the table as part of her arboretum, then discards a card to her personal discard pile. When the deck is exhausted, players compare the cards that remain in their hands to determine who can score each color. For each color, the player(s) with the highest value of cards in hand of that color scores for a path of trees in her arboretum that begins and ends with that color; a path is a orthogonally adjacent chain of cards with increasing values. For each card in a path that scores, the player earns one point; if the path consists solely of trees of the color being scored, the player scores two points per card. If a player doesn't have the most value for a color, she scores zero points for a path that begins and ends with that color. Whoever has the most points wins.

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The city of Arcadia has stood as a bastion of peace for the past 1000 years. But now, the evil Lord Fang has taken over the Temple of Dawning Twilight. He’s joined forces with the trolls, orcs, and goblins to ensure this city will fall! In Arcadia Quest, you control a group of Heroes joined together in a Guild. You will do battle with Fang’s minions and the other players, completing quests and upgrading their team on the path to a climactic showdown with Lord Fang.

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A city in the mountains was discovered, but no one dares to venture there without having mapped the place. Here is finally a mission for you, an archaeologist with implacable logic. ArcheOlogic is a competitive deduction game whose goal is to first find the exact location of the buildings of the city. To help you? An Archeoscope, the only research instrument capable of reading the coded cards left by the Ancients. Ask the Archeoscope your questions by adjusting its cogs, note the precious answers, and replace the buildings on your plan. Think carefully as some questions will take more time than others, but maybe their answer will help you win...

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The most eminent architects came here to erect a magnificent city with the best theaters, greenhouses, and taverns. Each architect wants to make the most significant contribution to the city construction, but their ambitions will inevitably lead to a challenging competition. In Architectura, your table turns into a grid of city streets and blocks. Each building you construct affects the value of the adjacent buildings, or even destroys them! Let's say you've just built a magnificent temple. A vulgar market around the corner doesn't belong there anymore and has to be shut down right away — but a park near the temple's entrance will definitely be a good match and will even profit from the divine proximity. Rotate the cards to change their values, resolve their special effects, and do your best to carefully manage your options to become the best architect of the city! Play Architectura by the basic rules or the advanced rules in which you assemble a unique deck for each player. Whichever version you play, each game will be different!

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  This is an expansion to "Arkham Horror: The Card Game - Core Set".A copy of "Arkham Horror: The Card Game - Core Set" is required to play. Judgment. Temperance. Justice. The Tower. The soothsayer’s tarot wove a tale of a grim future, hard to put out of your mind. But when you learn that four people have disappeared without a trace from an estate in French Hill, you begin to wonder if the cruel fate told in the tarot is meant only for you, or for the entirety of Arkham. In The Circle Undone Campaign Expansion, one to four investigators delve into the mysteries of Arkham’s past, uncovering its macabre history and the motives of those who dwell in its shadows through eight scenarios, along with a unique prologue scenario. Will these chosen few embrace the fate they have been dealt? Or will they forge their own destiny? This expansion combines all of the campaign and scenario content from the original The Circle Undone cycle, which was the fourth cycle of expansions for Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Players only need a copy of the Arkham Horror: The Card Game Revised Core Set to dive into the story.

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In the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution began. In a major shift away from hand produced goods, businessmen such as Richard Arkwright founded the first factories, factories that relied heavily on mechanized production of goods. In Arkwright: The Card Game, you’re an entrepreneur who will build factories and employ workers to produce and sell goods. The more workers you employ, the more products you can sell. But be prepared for crises and competitors… The game offers a deep and rewarding gaming experience. 

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Welcome to Armonia, a new game in the Sagani universe that answers an unresolved question from the previous game: "What is the origin of the harmonious melodies forged into the sound discs that awaken the spirits of nature?"Turns out that the answer is you! In Armonia, you play as the children of nature — cute little gnomes, furry yetis, jumping cyc-hops, and wet but happy octis. By following various landscapes and paths through the wilderness, you will discover the best and most melodious tones and harmonies and will then forge those new-found melodies into sound discs by completing tasks to unfold their true Armonius magic in the Temple of the Clouds.In game terms, each turn you roll the dice up to three times to initiate and complete several moves and tasks with your sound discs along the paths to the Temple of the Clouds. Your ultimate goal is to be the first player to complete four of the final Temple tasks.Components1 Game Board16 Temple Tiles7 Dice1 Dice Board24 Sound Disc

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The Artisans of Splendent Vale is a cooperative adventure game set in a magical and unique land. As a troupe of artisans, you will explore the beauty of the Splendent Vale while honing your individual crafts. Overcome challenges during tactical action scenes played out on specialized grid maps. Teamwork and careful strategy will be crucial during these encounters.   The Artisans of Splendent Vale Recharge pack allows players to reset, and replay the core game by replacing cards and story maps that have been modified during play. The recharge pack is good for one replay. Requires Artisans of Splendent Vale core game for use.

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Play a brand new game from the creator of the Ascension Deckbuilding Game and the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game. Enjoy multiple game modes including campaign, cooperative, and Player vs Player. Choose from dozens of champions and scenarios along with hundreds of cards to ensure endless replayability.Contents:334 Cards65 Battlefield Tiles45 Champion Standees24 Treasure Tokens17 Game Tokens40 Honor TokensHonor Token BagGameboardScenario BookAges: 10+Players: 1-4Game Length: 45-90 minutes

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Welcome to the world of Vigil.The barrier that protected Vigil from distant realms is collapsing. Samael, the Fallen One, has returned with an army of monsters from beyond. You are one of the legendary warriors capable of protecting Vigil from annihilation, but you cannot do it alone. Recruit mighty heroes and wield powerful constructs to aid you in battle. Each honor and defeat Samael's forces to save the world!★ Designed by Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Champions.★ A deeply strategic deckbuilding game set in a unique fantasy world.★ Remastered Cards for Improved Gameplay.★ All New Premium 10th Anniversary Game Board and Card Art.Contents:• 181 Cards• 50 Honor Tokens• Premium Game Board• Rulebook Deckbuilding Game, Card Drafting

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DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF ASSASSIN’S CREED® Assassin’s Creed®: Brotherhood of Venice is a cooperative miniature board game in the Assassin’s Creed® universe. A storydriven campaign of 26 Memories in Venice, the heart of Italian Renaissance.Play as a small team of Assassins in charge of setting up the Brotherhood’s Headquarters in Venice in 1509. You and your team must identify the new threat to the Brotherhood, investigate and eliminate it!★ Choose your Assassins according to their unique abilities: Level up during the campaign and unlock new skills for each of them!★ Original Characters: Meet the many famous personalities you’ve encountered in the Assassin’s Creed® video games as well as unique ones created especially for this game.★ Unexpected developments: Many surprises are awaiting, hidden in 6 secret envelopes!Components• 5 Highly Detailed Assassins Miniatures• 139 cardboard Miniatures on standees• 6 Secret Envelopes• 1 HQ Envelope• 41 Tiles• 180 Large Playing Cards• 232 Small Playing Cards• 22 Custom Dice (3 types)• 4 Double Layered Player Boards• 1 HQ Board• 1 Enemy Board• 1 Compass Board• 60 Tokens• 5 Clipon Bases• 67 Plastic Cubes• 1 Sticker Sheet• 1 Campaign Booklet• 1 Rulebook

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  Astro Drive is a fast-paced card-driven spaceship racing game that rewards tactical card play but also requires a pinch of good luck. Punch it at the right moment to overtake your opponents, but avoid obstacles or you will crash and burn!

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Uwe Rosenbergs new game Atiwa explores the agricultural wonders of the Africancontinent. Leading a family of fruit farmers, the players find that fruit bats - so called flying foxes,once considered to be fruit thieves only - are indeed useful for their farming endeavors.While it's true that the bats are eating the fruits from their trees, they also spread the seeds, overall helping to grow the amount of trees they can farm. This led to a symbiotic lifestyle between farmers and bats in which the farmers keep the bats as pets in order to grow their farms more quickly. However, the more bats, the more space they need... The players who will find the perfect balance between their bats and the growth of theirfarm will finally succeed and win the game!

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After years of experimentation in your shared laboratory, you and your fellow alchemists have just successfully transmuted common metals into gold! Now all that’s left is to perfect the formula, repeating the experiments to find the perfect combination of metals that produces the purest gold.  In this competitive trick-taking game you can earn points by either collecting Gold or by correctly bidding how many tricks you will win. However unlike many trick-taking games, Aurum uses a must-not follow card playing system. Cleverly anticipate which cards may be played to win the game! 

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Explore the secrets of Tea Dragon caretaking in this enchanting game of friendship and fantasy!  Collect Growth tokens and cards to create memories with your Tea Dragon in this light deckbuilding card game.  Features: Create memories with your Tea Dragon! Compatible with the original Tea Dragon Society Card Game for up to 5 players! Based on the delightful Oni Press Graphic novel by Kay O’Neill! Test your caretaking skills with 2-4 friends ages 10+ in 30-60 min! Contents Summary: 128 cards 46 Tokens 1 Rules Sheet

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Explore the secrets of Tea Dragon caretaking in this enchanting game of friendship and fantasy!  Collect Growth tokens and cards to create memories with your Tea Dragon in this light deckbuilding card game.  Features: Create memories with your Tea Dragon! Compatible with the original Tea Dragon Society Card Game for up to 5 players! Based on the delightful Oni Press Graphic novel by Kay O’Neill! Test your caretaking skills with 2-4 friends ages 10+ in 30-60 min! Contents Summary: 128 cards 46 Tokens 1 Rules Sheet

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Build a mosaic fit for a monarch! Azul is a tile-placement game in which players compete for the highest score by claiming tiles and arranging them on their board to score points. Extra points are on offer for collecting sets of the same color of tile, or for creating particular patterns, while there are penalties for taking tiles that you’re unable to use. But every tile that you claim affects what your rivals can take next. You’ll have to make choices that help you without helping them too much!

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Make your own Dr Seuss-esque cheese factory will ridiculous machines, strange animal chefs and nonsense ingredients. Build a Custom Factory that makes cheese in it's own unique way High Quality Cards and Box, with a linen finish Make all kinds of different and weird cheeses  Entry level engine building and set collecting Contents 8 Large Chef Cards 69 Craft Cards 31 Machine Cards 23 Recipe Cards Rulebook

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Azul: Crystal Mosaic offers players 2 newly designed player boards to compete over and a set of 4 overlays to keep Azul tiles neatly organized. Offering the best of both worlds - beauty and new game elements - Crystal Mosaic is a must-have expansion for Azul fans!

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Azul: Glazed Pavilion offers players 2 newly designed player boards and matching scoring boards to compete over and a set of 4 overlays to keep Azul: Glazed Pavilion tiles neatly organized. Offering the best of both worlds — beauty and new game elements — Glazed Pavilion is a must-have expansion for Azul fans!

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Join the best chocolate makers in the world in Azul - Master Chocolatier by creating the most desired chocolate selection ever!This unique edition of the multiple award-winning game Azul includes 5 new special factory variants for a new, and delicious, twist on the original game!

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After more than 2 million copies sold, Azul is back in a mini format. With this new edition, players can now play this classic anywhere they want! Azul is a tile-placement game in which players compete for the highest score by claiming tiles and arranging them on their board to score points. Extra points are on offer for collecting sets of the same color of tile, or for creating particular patterns, while there are penalties for taking tiles that you're unable to use. But every tile that you claim affects what your rivals can take next. You'll have to make choices that help you without helping them too much! Contains: 100 Resin Tiles, 4 Player boards, 9 Factory displays, 4 Scoringmarkers, 1 Starting player marker, 1 Linen bag

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Welcome back to the palace of Sintra! King Manuel I has commissioned the best garden designers of Portugal to construct the most extraordinary garden for his wife, Queen Maria of Aragon. In Azul: Queen's Garden, players are tasked with arranging a magnificent garden for the King's lovely wife by arranging beautiful plants, trees, and ornamental features. Using an innovative drafting mechanism, the signature of the Azul series, players must carefully select colorful tiles to decorate their garden. Only the most incredible garden designers will flourish and win the Queen's blessing.

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Created by Michael Kiesling, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra challenges players to carefully select glass panes to complete their windows while being careful not to damage or waste supplies in the process. The window panels are double-sided, providing players with a dynamic player board that affords nearly infinite variability! to carefully select glass panes to complete their windows while being careful not to damage or waste supplies in the process. The window panels are double-sided, providing players with a dynamic player board that affords nearly infinite variability!"

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At the turn of the 16th Century, King Manuel I commissioned Portugal's greatest artisans to construct grandiose buildings. After completing the Palaces of Evora and Sintra, the king sought to build a summer pavilion to honor the most famous members of the royal family. This construction was intended for the most talented artisans — whose skills meet the splendor that the royal family deserves. Sadly, King Manuel I died before construction ever began. In Azul: Summer Pavilion, players return to Portugal to accomplish the task that never began. As a master artisan, you must use the finest materials to create the summer pavilion while carefully avoiding wasting supplies. Only the best will rise to the challenge to honor the Portuguese royal family.

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Eat, pray, love... and cultivate bamboo! In Bamboo the players take the role of clans that use the fruits of their labor to care for their families and earn happiness points. It’s a game of action management and tile optimization, and it’s both deep and accessible. By placing incense offerings in the temple, the players earn the favor of the forest spirits, while at the same time decorating their houses and searching for the perfect balance to bring maximum happiness. Don’t miss this masterpiece inspired by the universe of Bitoku!★ The newest game from the acclaimed creator of Bitoku, Germán P. Millán, and the next title in the Kemushi Saga.★ Players must keep their house in balance using an innovative game mechanic.★ Don’t be fooled by the medium format box and low price point; this is a game that’s easy to learn but full of strategy.

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Beware, a new prisoner is coming to town... This time, which side will you choose: will you try to prevent Bandida from escaping, or will you help plan her escape? New items, special events . . . In this sequel to the best-selling Bandido, you’ll find everything you liked in the first opus, and more: easy rules, quick to play, not so easy to win, with three different game modes to play and cooperate all together. The perfect recipe to have fun with family and friends! The sequel of Bandido everyone has been waiting for. Team up to stop her or... help her escape!

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In Barcelona, you will take on the role of builders in 19th-century Barcelona working on the new expansion to the city. Your main goal is to construct buildings to accommodate the citizens who want to leave the old city, and in the process, you will also build streets, create tram lines, and build public services. You may even decide to explore. Modernisme, a new architectural and arts style that has been gaining popularity among the rich. Barcelona is a city building game that is played over a variable number of rounds interrupted by three scoring phases before a final scoring phase. Every round, each player takes a single turn consisting of two or more actions, followed by a building phase (when new buildings are added to the main board), and then prepare for their next turn. There are multiple opportunities to score victory points during the game, but players also gain points at the end of the game from unlocked spaces on their player boards and from Modernize projects tiles that they acquired. The player with the most points wins.❶ Classic approach to city building, euro-style game with modern twists that give the gamers many meaningful choices and strategies to try out❷ High-quality components with beautiful and thematic art design providing deep immersion in the Culture from the time and region the game is placed in.❸ Simplicity in available actions, correlated with the deepness of strategies in the game–your perfect easy to learn, hard to master gem! 

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Your town is planning a new bear park, and you have been hired to build it! Since animal welfare and species-appropriate housing is a matter dear to your heart, you're going to build large enclosures and specious animal houses. However, it's not as easy as it sounds to fit everything within the space you've been given, so skillful puzzling is key to getting the most valuable animals in your park and constructing impressive (and valuable) Bear Statues. At the end, will your park be the best?

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Phil Walker-Hardings Barenpark reopens 2019! After the successful start of your bear park, the city demands that you create an even more interesting layout for your customers. In order to do so, you get the permission to settle Grizzly Bears but they need even more space than every other species in your park! Know what else the people love? A Monorail! Give your customers a new view on how bears live. This product is an expansion: Barenpark base game required to play.

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Baseball Highlights: The Dice Game takes all the excitement of Baseball Highlights: 2045 and turns it into a thrilling dice game! Score the most runs by drafting the best dice and stringing together powerful combos! Slowly set up the base runners with singles, and then hit a grand slam, or steal bases to sneak your runners home! The rolls of the dice make each round a whole new ball game. Everyone gets to play even when it’s not their turn, so the strategic thinking never ends! Dust off home plate, get out your leather glove, and PLAY BALL!

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Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time is a clever, two-player game by Mike Fitzgerald (with co-designers Ian Bach and Richard Yaner), designer of the highly acclaimed Baseball Highlights: 2045 and Football Highlights 2052. Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time extends the series to hardwood. The game is a tactical 2-player or solo game in which two basketball teams try to score the most points during the final critical moments of a game: CRUNCH TIME!In Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time, each coach has a team of 5 players. As the coach, you will use your shot cards to set up your plays in several zones on the basketball court. The more players you have undefended in the proper zones, the more points you will score. If one of your players is in a zone that matches your star card, they can make an incredible shot and score extra points. Score more points than your opposing coach to win the game!Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time may be played in 30 minutes or less. There is also an exciting solo mode.

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Batman: Everybody Lies is a crime-solving deduction game for 2-4 players set in rich lore of the Batman comics universe. Players take on the roles of four key investigators - instinctive journalist Warren Spacey, tenacious reporter Vicki Vale, brutish detective Harvey Bullock, or the cunning Catwoman - who are drawn into a series of mysterious events unfolding in Gotham City.Throughout the game, players cooperatively make decisions running the investigation and trying to solve a series of challenging cases. They visit famous locations in Gotham City (like the Batcave, Arkham Asylum, Blackgate Penitentiary, and the Gotham City Gazette) and cross paths with well-known Batman characters (like Batman, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, and more) while trying to chase leads, identify suspects, and gather enough information to help save Gotham City. The game also adds a brand new hidden agenda mechanic, which assigns secret goals and unique win conditions for each player based upon which DC character they portray.In Batman: Everybody Lies, players utilize a variety of physical and digital game components (a deck of cards with essential clues and plot twists, various physical handouts) and a dedicated website with access to in-world resources from the Gotham City Gazette archives - for a truly immersive experience. The game also features another new thematic treat - Scenes - that bring memorable gameplay moments to life via original comic book illustrations that feel torn straight from the pages and panels of the beloved comics.Beginning with an introductory Prologue designed to get players acquainted with the game rules, Batman: Everybody Lies then continues with three big cases to solve, each taking roughly 2-3 hours to play. Each case can be played separately as stand-alone episodes, yet should players crack all four cases, they will unravel a master narrative with an epic climax. Every scenario ends with a final report with questions verifying how well the team has investigated the case.

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This Battleship board game is the classic game of naval combat that brings together competition, strategy, and excitement! In head-to-head battle, 2 players search for the enemy's fleet of ships and destroys them one by one. With convenient portable battle cases and realistic looking naval crafts, the Battleship game puts players right in the middle of the action. Players command a powerful fleet that includes an aircraft carrier, a destroyer, a submarine, a patrol boat, and a battleship. Each player announces the coordinates of each strike and sees if it hits. Position ships strategically to survive an opponent's relentless strikes, and track hits and misses with red and white pegs on the ocean grid. No ship is safe in this game of stealth and suspense. It's a fun indoor activity for kids ages 7 and up, and it's easy to pack up and take on the go.2 playersAges 7+Contents:2 portable battle cases10 plastic ships73 red "hit" pegs168 green "miss" pegsInstructionsWe endeavor to provide accurate information, but this product’s name, color, and materials are subject to change without notice.

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You and your friends are captains of the Coast Guard, entrusted with ensuring the safety of the North Sea coast. Work together to explore the waters and inspect vital lighthouses and buoys. Act efficiently, as time is short and you must explore as much of the sea as possible!  Move your ship, lay tiles, and collaborate with your fellow captains to gain the highest honors and the admiration of all the residents along the coast. Once you start to get comfortable, add in any of the included mini expansions to add a challenge!

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The original city-building game Big City returns to print in a 20th Anniversary Jumbo Edition with buildings 33% larger than the original game and revised property trading rules. In Big City, players acquire cards in eight different neighborhoods, then use them to lay out buildings either one, two, or three spaces large. The points they receive for a given building is a base score, plus bonuses for the buildings surrounding it. Someone must play city hall (scoring no points for themselves) in order for anyone to start placing any structure beyond the simple residences and business. As for what differs from the original game in this new edition: • Redevelopment Phase - This new mandatory phase happens at the end of each round of player turns (i.e. after all players have acted). In point order (first to last) each player must surrender one property from their hand, and optionally they can surrender a second property. Then in reverse point order, each player takes back a number of cards equal to the number they surrendered. Cards are normally played face-down so that only the neighborhood is visible. However, a player can "jump to the front of the line" by choosing to play their card face-up. However, this can be done only when the card is currently usable, so you cannot use this method if you're trying to trade neighborhood properties which are not yet in play. (You can still trade them, just face-down only.) This redevelopment phase helps to solve the stand-off issue in which players are tempted to hoard properties when the person owning the neighboring property was also doing the same thing. Now the city enforces a "use it or lose it" policy. • Escalating City Hall Points - City Hall starts the game worth 0 points, but each round it escalates by 1 point up to a maximum of 5. • Early Game End - If everyone passes or uses the exchange action, the game ends immediately. That means there is no guarantee your city will become a Big City. Be very sure not to leave the leader in control of the last downtown property before City Hall is built! • Base Game 2-4 players only - The original edition allowed up to 5 players, but this was widely-considered to be too many players because such a large proportion of neighborhoods started the game on the board and the action became crowded in a hurry. As per Benno's request, the base game is now just 2-4. • New Waterfront Tile - Basically it's a neighborhood where nothing can be built. It acts as both a barrier to adjoining neighborhood placement, but also it provides a bonus to residential placed nearby.

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Hire the wildest and most wonderful acts to attract crowds of spectators. In this fast paced auction game you’ll be bidding on show-stopping acts for your Big Top to draw in the crowds. Beware - each winning bid will make your competition that much richer. Even the attractions you’ve already won will affect bids in future auctions. For those attractions to score, fill in all their circles by bidding specific amounts in future auctions. An auction game with a clever new idea. Winning the card is step 1 and using the numbers on the card to make future bids is step 2. A new auction game with the feel of a true classic like Ra or Modern Art.  Dynamic player interaction as the number you bid even if you lose the auction matters as much as the winning bid. Gorgeous art from The Mico creating a wonderfully illustrated circus world.

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Castles by the Sea: Riptide Expansion introduces a new mechanic to the base game. The Riptide Expansion is played exactly like the base game, but with one addition to the Hazard step. At the end of each player's Hazard step, they must roll the Tide Die and move the tide around the board!This expansion can be mixed with the base game components, and includes options for prebuilt Kingdoms.

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As part of the April 2015 Rickshaw Run rally, 10 people from Catan, Mayfair and Kosmos traveled more than 2700km at the mercy of India's legendary traffic—in 4 rickshaws—raising money as they went. They started in Jaisalmer, Rajistan and 12 days later they arrived in Shilong, Meghalaya. Based on their tour this scenario was created. The sale of this scenario supports the work of Childaid Network.

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In Cosmogenesis you get the chance to create your very own star system. It will be your job to collide objects to create terrestrial planets, gas giants and stelllites. You will need to use comets to deliver the necessary material to provide a favourable environment for life on your terrestrial planets; just llike what happened billions of years ago with Earth in our Solar System. Or you could crash comets against gas giants to create a spectacular system of rings, similar to those of Saturn. Where will life develop in your system? Will it be on a homely little planet, like Earth? Or will it be on a moon whose skies are dominated by the majestic gas giant which it orbits?

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