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In Ark Nova, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically managed zoo. With the ultimate goal of owning the most successful zoological establishment, you will build enclosures, accommodate animals, and support conservation projects all over the world. Specialists and unique buildings will help you in achieving this goal. Each player has a set of five action cards to manage their gameplay, and the power of an action is determined by the slot the card currently occupies. The cards in question are: CARDS: Allows you to gain new zoo cards (animals, sponsors, and conservation project cards). BUILD: Allows you to build standard or special enclosures, kiosks, and pavilions. ANIMALS: Allows you to accommodate animals in your zoo. ASSOCIATION: Allows your association workers to carry out different tasks. SPONSORS: Allows you to play a sponsor card in your zoo or to raise money. 255 cards featuring animals, specialists, special enclosures, and conservation projects, each with a special ability, are at the heart of Ark Nova. Use them to increase the appeal and scientific reputation of your zoo and collect conservation points.

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The 17th Century Was Not an Easy Time to be a Farmer. This is the Revised Edition.In Agricola (Latin for "farmer"), you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. You might think about having kids in order to get more work accomplished, but first you need to expand your house. And what are you going to feed all the little rug rats? Guide your family to wealth, health and prosperity and you will win the game.

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The Agricola: Artifex Deck contains 120 occupation and improvement cards for use with the revised edition of Agricola. This product is an expansion: Agricola base game required to play.

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Ark Nova: Zoo Map Pack 1 contains the two new zoo maps #9 (Geographical Zoo) and #10 (Rescue Station).

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  Expand your collection of Zoo Maps in Ark Nova with the Zoo Map Pack 2! Included you will find 5 new Zoo Map layouts that feature new keywords and Animal Abilities. A reference guide is included to explain the new functions on the Maps. These Zoo Maps are also compatible with Ark Nova: Marine Worlds. Includes the 2024 World Series of Board Gaming Tournament Map. Ark Nova is required to use this product.  

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Every completionists dream comes true with the new 120 cards of the Agricola (Revised Edition 2016): Consul Dirigens Deck. 96 cards of this deck are the missing ones from the Corbarius Deck and Dulcinaria Deck expansions, which means that - finally - all four decks (Artifex Deck, Bubulcus Deck, Corbarius Deck and Dulcinaria Deck) are complete. Similar to the cards in the base game, the cards in the Consul Dirigens Deck have been selected to provide a balanced feel to the game. In addition, this deck contains the Parent Cards mini expansion, which offers 24 cards (more details can be found on the Agricola (Revised Edition 2016): Consul Dirigens Deck page).

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Agricola: Farmers of the Moor adds new improvements and new features: Horses are introduced, and winter has come to your land–harvest fuel to keep your family warm! This expansion includes 150 cards, horse-shaped wooden pieces, many tiles, and a new score pad. This product is an expansion: Agricola base game required to play.

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Now that the scientific triumph of Dinosaur cloning is public knowledge, competition is hot and new parks spring up regularly. Though many of these amateurs are opening their gates before everything has been safety-tested, there’s no shortage of patrons eager to be entertained by extinct behemoths! As with any form of entertainment, triumph is often accompanied by tragedy - which is why your investors demand that you take every precaution (and ensure every visitor signs the safety waiver) before you show them the wonders of Dinosaur World!  Each round, you’ll draft a group of Workers from the Worker Database to run your park for a full season. Then you’ll divide up those Workers to take on the various tasks of building and running your Park - gathering ancient DNA, cloning new Dinos, buying new attractions, and keeping your patrons safe from a toothy demise. The better you run your park, the more Victory Points you’ll score! You might face some visitor deaths along the way, but don’t worry - as long as your park is “safer” than your competitors’, it won’t hurt your score!

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Dinosaur Island is a radical worker placement game from designers Jon Gilmour (Dead of Winter) and Brian Lewis where players compete to open the best Dinosaur Island Theme Park they can. Find out why Dinosaur Island has sold more than 50,000 copies and been nominated for more than 10 Game of the Year awards!  Several years ago, scientists discovered a way to clone dinosaurs from viable DNA preserved within the fossil record. After a few mishaps along the way, the process has stabilized. Today, it's the museums that have gone practically extinct, as shrewd investors have turned those initial dinosaur sanctuaries into bustling theme parks, true meccas for dino fans the world over.  In Dinosaur Island, each player takes on the role of a park manager at one of these premier destinations. You've been handed the reins to a burgeoning operation - bring the fantastic creatures of the Jurassic, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods forward into the modern day. Early retirement is yours if you can make your park bigger and better than the competition!  It won't be a walk in the park, though. You will need to hire the right personnel, beat your competitors to perfecting the hottest dino recipes, and gamble on which attractions will draw the most visitors. And it'll all come crashing down if your security precautions aren't tight enough to keep your unruly dino population under control. Welcome to Dinosaur Island.

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In Great Western Trail: Argentina, you own a vast estancia in Argentina at the end of the 19th century, and you will need to travel the plains of the Pampas with your cattle to deliver them to the main train station in Buenos Aires. Great Western Trail: Argentina features gameplay elements similar to Great Western Trail such as deck management, the rondel mechanism, and the ability to upgrade your player board, along with twists on these elements and new features.

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Replace various tiles and tokens from your standard edition of Honey Buzz with these deluxe game components!Contains: 24 Acrylic Nectar Tiles 15 Resin Pollen Pieces 1 First Player Marker 4 Fuzzy Forage Beeples 4 Wooden Fan Meeples

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Nearly 15 years ago, Uwe Rosenberg's famous agricultural board game Agricola was released and became one of the most beloved board games of our time. In 2022, in October at Essen SPIEL'22 these 15 years will be completed and we thoughtthat this game deserves a special anniversary edition. An edition, every lover, collectorand (future) fan will be proud of owning. Including former promo items which are longgone, an organized inlay not only for quick setup, but also for presentation and a sizewhich stands out in every collection. Celebrate with us 15 years of Agricola with this special limited anniversary edition! The 17th Century Was Not an Easy Time to be a Farmer. In Agricola (Latin for "farmer"), you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. You might think about having kids in order to get more work accomplished, but first you need to expand your house. And what are you going to feed all the little rug rats? Guide your family to wealth, health and prosperity and you will win the game.

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El Paso at the end of the 19th century: Five railroad companies have connected the Sun City to their network and made it a major hub for the cattle trade. Ranchers from the surrounding parts of Texas and Mexico drive their cattle into the city to send them on their long journey to the north, east, and west of the United States. In Great Western Trail: El Paso, you take on the role of the ranchers of that time and bring your best cattle to El Paso to earn money and victory points. Hire more cowboys, builders, and engineers to get closer to your goals: Buy cattle to increase the value of your herd!Construct buildings to unlock more actions!Participate in the expansion of the railroad and secure the most attractive contracts! FAST-PACED STRATEGY GAME: Experience a streamlined version of the classic Great Western Trail gameplay, where players take on the role of ranchers delivering cattle to El Paso in half the time of the original. BUILD & EXPAND YOUR RANCH: Buy cattle, construct buildings, and expand your railroad network to earn victory points and outmaneuver your competitors. TRAVEL-FRIENDLY DESIGN: With a compact box, smaller components, and a cotton game board, El Paso is perfect for game nights on the go or limited tabletop space. SOLO & MULTIPLAYER OPTIONS: Designed for 1-4 players, enjoy solo gameplay against AI characters or compete with friends to see who can master the Great Western Trail. PERFECT FOR FANS & NEW PLAYERS: A great introduction to the Great Western Trail series, offering familiar mechanics in a quicker, more accessible format. Contents: 1 gameboard, 4 player boards, 1 cattle board, 1 building board, 4 herders, 55 coins, 8 property markers, 4 certificate markers, 16 exchange tokens, 1 scoring pad, 4 train cards, 11 bot cards, 91 cattle cards, 48 worker cards, 6 neutral building tiles, 12 common building tiles, 1 rulebook

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Add a little extra to every part of your Honey Buzz experience, including new types of contents and the nectar jar module! Contents 4 Nectar Jar Boards1 First Player Marker (a honey pot)6 Queen's Contest Cards6 Configuration Cards2 Order Cards (pollen eaters)6 Queen's Contest Cards (solo play)1 Drone Card (solo play)2 Drone Dice (solo play) 21 mini‐european cards total (44×68mm)Not a complete game. Honey Buzz required for play.

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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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In Hibachi: Fired Up!, you will take the role of a flamboyant chef who must throw chips into the cooking area to acquire the ingredients you need to cook delicious recipes!Target the ingredients the customers are asking for! Aim, throw, crash, and bash your chips! Sizzle the steak, steam the rice, and serve up the best dishes! Push your opponents to steal their spot! After each round of throwing is complete, money and ingredients will change hands, and if a chef is ready, they will then cook a dish to perfection. The first to complete three recipes will be the one who impresses the customers enough to win!This is a new edition of Hibachi (not an expansion), that features faster and more streamlined rules. BECOME A MASTER TEPPANYAKI CHEF: Step into the role of a fiery, flamboyant chef in Hibachi: Fired Up—a fast-paced dexterity game where aiming and tossing chips determines your cooking fate. THROW, AIM & STRATEGIZE: Target ingredients, throw weighted chips onto the board, and block opponents as you battle for control over the cooking area to grab what you need. COMPLETE RECIPES TO WIN: Be the first chef to cook three delicious dishes like steak and rice by collecting the right ingredients and cashing them in before your rivals do! NEW STANDALONE EDITION: Not an expansion! This refreshed edition of Hibachi includes streamlined rules, making it quicker to learn and more dynamic for returning and new players alike. FUN FOR FAMILY & GAME NIGHTS: A perfect blend of skill and strategy, Hibachi: Fired Up is great for families, party groups, and competitive gamers looking for something unique and engaging. Contents: 72 Ingredient cards, 12 Chili cards, 1 Chef card, 18 Recipe cards, 16 Poker chips, 53 Money pieces, 4 Player aids, 1 Gameboard

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Welcome to the high-paced world of turtle dating! Your goal is to run the most successful turtle dating company, helping to romance turtles and sweep them right out of their shells. But you’re not the only one vying for their attention; you might find yourself at odds with a rival company as you attempt to woo these reptiles. You better make sure you have just the right gifts to make the best impression. If that doesn’t work, you could always donate the gifts and write off the expenses. After all, it’s not just about the love; it’s also about the money. Shell Company - Don’t Write Me Off is the first in a series of games Born at PAX®. What does “Born at PAX” mean? We at Lynnvander Studios teamed up with the PAX team to run a panel called Design a Board Game Live. Shell Company - Don’t Write Me Off was conceived by the crowd at PAX East 2022. They came up with the combination of turtle dating sim and tax evasion, and we refined their ideas into the board game you’re holding now! Shell Company is an auction-style bidding game with a touch of bluffing where players will need to manage their finances in order to acquire gifts. These gifts can either be used to romance potential clients, or they can be donated and used as a tax write-off. Both of these things are important because players are scored based on their weaker area.

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The Emperor Penguin looooves jewelry! In Jewels for the Emperor Penguin, each player takes charge of a five-member penguin guild that must scale the icy walls of the Valley of the Emperor Penguin, gathering gems emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds and making advantageous exchanges to acquire the specific gem-recipes needed to claim objective cards that represent the fantastic jewelry the Emperor Penguin covets.

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  Granny Hortensia, owner of the lands of an eccentric farmer's family, dies one day without leaving a will. One night, the moon turns reddish, and the grandmother reappears as a ghost to put her four grandchildren to the test. She will visit them three times, always coinciding with the red moon. After her three appearances, whoever has become the most experienced farmer will inherit all her land. Money, water, and fertilizer management is the key to winning La Familia Hort, with your goal being to have the most experience points after Granny Hortensia's three visits. The game is played in rounds, and each round has five steps determined by the active round card: Market: crop, utensil, and animal tiles are drawn from the pile of the indicated type. Purchase: each player can successively buy one tile from the market. Fertilizer: each player receives a fertilizer counter from the bank to place it on their own crops or on the rivals' crops, depending on which round they are playing. Watering: players place one water counter per crop or animal tile. Available water varies depending on the weather each round. Sale: products are sold in exchange for coins and experience points. Crops that have been completely watered must be sold. The fertilizer is used to get the highest sales value in this step. The game goes on through rounds until the third red moon round card appears, and consequently, Granny Hortensia makes her third visit.

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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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This item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of 01/30/2026 Orders containing a pre-order items 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. It’s early morning in atmospheric 19th century England, and you are on your way to your gallery to deal with some management issues, have an elegant but nourishing English breakfast in a place overlooking the river Thames, and then go on a fascinating adventure in search of new exotic art pieces. In this strategy board game, you are an art collector traveling the world to buy various artifacts for your gallery, sell art pieces to the market, and organize exhibitions. You are a professional who knows everything about constantly fluctuating prices in the art market, so you can also influence them. Your goal is to buy and sell paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ceramics, and ancient books with as much profit for yourself as possible and create the most impressive gallery to become an art expert with the most Victory Points. The game has two difficulty modes for you to become famous in the British Isles or participate in a more tough competition around the whole world. Sirs and Madams, it’s time to travel and get your glory!

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