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The most talented architects in ancient Greece stand ready to achieve this goal. Build housing, temples, markets, gardens and barracks, so you can grow your city and ensure it triumphs over the others. Raise its prestige with harmonious planning that conforms to specific rules, and enhance it by building plazas. Stone is an essential resource, so make sure you do not neglect it. You’ll need enough quarries so you can build higher up, making your city stretch towards the sky. Choose a tile from the construction site Arrange it in your city to unlock each district's full potential Build on higher levels, increase the value of your districts and win the game

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Step into the charming streets of Amsterdam with Canal House, a light and elegant drafting game for 2 to 4 players. Assemble beautiful canal houses piece by piece using bases, floors, and roofs to create the perfect skyline. Each round, players pick a card from their hand and build it simultaneously, then pass the remaining cards to the next player. Refresh your hand by drawing a new card type—base, floor, or roof, and keep crafting your architectural masterpiece. To complete a house, you’ll need to build from the ground up: start with a base, stack any number of floors, and top it off with a roof. Simple to learn and quick to play, Canal House is the perfect mix of strategy and charm.

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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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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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England, 1856: Charles Darwin finishes writing On the Origin of Species while you are on your way home. Your correspondence with the illustrious scientist during your journey has paid off as his book will soon be published — but you're not done yet. In the In the Footsteps of Darwin: Correspondence expansion, you will gain the support of historical figures and make fascinating new discoveries thanks to several new features for the base game: publication tokens, classification tokens, envelope tokens, and new characters such as Emma Darwin and Queen Victoria. *Base Game Required to Play

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In this family game, Marie Curie's laboratory and help the famous scientist win her double Nobel Prize! Conduct experiments, improve your workshop and complete Marie Curie's research before the other players. In the Footsteps of Marie Curie is a game featuring resource management and transformation mechanics with a card river and contracts. Resources distribution (Pitchblende, Uranium, and Radium) is done through a cube tower, and the retention or overproduction of these brings a set of surprises each turn. Players progress on a central board through Marie Curie's life timeline. The game ends when players reach the end of this timeline. Players take turns, starting with the first player and then proceeding clockwise until the Timeline marker reaches the last space of the timeline. At that point, players complete the current round up to the last player and the game ends. The player with the most Victory Points (VP) wins the game.

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Leaders: assemble your best team… and capture the throne!In this kingdom where conflicts are settled without war or battle, only strategic duels between champions determine who will claim the throne. Each player builds a team of characters with unique abilities and tries to capture the opposing Leader by maneuvering cleverly across the board. Why Leaders grabs you from the very first game: Unique characters you can combine to create explosive strategies Two ways to win: surround the enemy Leader or reach them with two of your champions A highly tactical game that rewards planning and smart action sequencing A dynamic rhythm, mixing powerful actions with recruiting new heroes Leaders: a sharp, intelligent duel full of twists, perfect for players who prefer winning with their brains rather than an army!

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You are the head of a fiefdom and its future is in your hands. Will you develop agriculture with fields and mills? Or will you become a pious church-builder or prefer to feast in your sumptuous palaces? Develop your lands in your image and become the most influential lord in the kingdom. The game is played over 16 rounds. In turn, each player selects a Plot tile from the current row, by placing his Lord piece on it. Following the order of the row, they add it to their Fiefdom, triggering its powers and scoring, depending on its type. The 8 different tiles representing the elements of the medieval city: field, farm, village, rampart, market, barracks, church and palace. Each tile has its own scoring system, often dependent on other tiles, and some of them trigger interactive effects (attacking other players, reserving future tiles) or enable combos (to increase income). Once each player has collected their 16th tile, the player with the most money wins the game.

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  Mooki Island is a quick, engaging game for 2 players in which you`ll collect as many Mookies from each family as possible to win Trophies! Can you get the shiny Legendary Mookie cards? And above all: Watch out for that strange-looking Spider who`s just waiting to play a trick on you! The game`s simple rules (each player takes a card and places it in front of themselves) helps younger players discover how a majority collection game works. As they play and play again, they`ll gradually become shrewd little strategists, ready to surprise their parents!

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This item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of 07/22/2026 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. Build your pantheon from the great mythologies! Summon deities and legendary creatures, build your pantheon and earn their favor! In Mythologies, you’ll journey through the beliefs of the world’s greatest civilizations.  Choose the right cards, unleash powerful abilities, overcome thrilling challenges, and position your deities and creatures wisely to gather gems and win divine favors. With 70 different starting setups and endless combinations, no two games are ever the same. Guaranteed replayability makes Mythologies a perfect match for families and seasoned players alike! MECHANICS:Tableau building Open draft MYTHOLOGIES INCLUDED:  Celtic, Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Hindu, Inca, Nordic, Zulu (with potential for many more... ;) CONTENTS: > 1 rulebook  > 8 Mythology boards  > 4 Pantheon boards > 192 cards > 8 tuck boxes > 13 wooden pieces > 130 tokens 

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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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Quarto has a 4×4 board and 16 pieces. Each piece has four dichotomous attributes — color, height, shape, and consistency — so each piece is either black or white, tall or short, square or round, and hollow or solid. The object is to place the fourth piece in a row in which all four pieces have at least one attribute in common. The twist is that your opponent gets to choose the piece you place on the board each turn.

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Quarto has a 4×4 board and 16 pieces. Each piece has four dichotomous attributes — color, height, shape, and consistency — so each piece is either black or white, tall or short, square or round, and hollow or solid. The object is to place the fourth piece in a row in which all four pieces have at least one attribute in common. The twist is that your opponent gets to choose the piece you place on the board each turn.

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Romi Rami is a game that feels like it’s been around forever, with thousands of people quietly and gradually polishing it over time.Falling squarely in the family of ‘Rummy’ games, Romi Rami features a double market. The first one has number cards, and the second one has contracts to complete.The goal of the game: Make the most points by optimizing the combinations required by the contracts. Keep an eye on the trophies (they change from game to game) which will propel you to to the top spot on the podium!

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  Symbiosis is a fast-paced, strategic card game where you must join forces with your neighbors to compete with your aquatic counterparts. The goal? Create the most prosperous pond in the region! In this turn-based game, your goal is to strategically place your cards to maximize your overall score. But be aware, each card score depending of its placement: on the left, you score depending on your left neighbor ; on the right, depending of your right neighbor and in the center depending of your own cards. Choose wisely!

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Inspired by classic arcade fighting games, Tag Team is an auto battler combined with a deckbuilding game. Make your team of 2 Fighters and build an unbeatable synergy by combining their 2 unique decks! Each character has their own techniques and special moves. You start off with a deck of only 2 cards, and the Fight unfolds automatically: flip your cards one at a time and apply their effects. At the end of each round, you get to turn up the heat on the opposing team: Program your deck by strategically adding new cards without reordering the ones already there. Out-think your opponent to deal the decisive blow! Find out what makes your Tag Team tick, play devastating combos, and dominate your Opponent by deftly blocking their attacks. Timing is everything if you want to emerge victorious and Knock Out your foe! Round 1... FIGHT! Selling Points: Inspired by 90s arcade games Accessible rules with a real depth of play 12 unique Fighters to pair together, creating up to 66 teams, each with their own styles and synergies Vibrant and exciting artwork from the pen of Naïade Varied gameplay so all players can play the style that suits them best: Defensive, strategic, unpredictable, all-out-attack... Contents: 1 Fight Rules 1 Fighters’ Guide 12 Fighter boards 12 Draft cards 120 Fight cards (10 per Fighter) 40 Power cubes (purple) 6 Health markers (green) 4 Special markers (yellow) 1 Sheriff Token 1 Golem Token 1 Serpent Token 2 Concentration Tokens 5 Aflame! Tokens 11 Scheme Tokens

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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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In the heart of a hostile region, you're the head of a fortified village. When night falls, ferocious monsters emerge from the darkness and storm your village! To avoid carnage, organize your defenses, call in your heroes and... direct the most dangerous creatures toward your neighbors! The game is played over two rounds, split in two distinct phases. During the day, each player selects cards to build their village, considering the best combination of buildings, the optimal positioning and also recruit powerful heroes to protect their villagers. During the night, they receive Creature cards to split between themselves and their neighbors In the best of cases, they choose to keep creatures that their defense can handle while hitting the weakest spots in your neighbor's defenses! Finally, the Creatures attack and destroy the most exposed buildings and villagers. At the end, the player with the most surviving villagers and tamed creatures mastered is declared the winner!

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