Hachette Boardgames USA

Bravo! Bravo! is a party game where we all play together with one voice! Every time a card is flipped over, everyone has to say or do the same thing according to the revealed card. Hilarity and absurdity is guaranteed! Discover 10 roughly-sketched yet totally endearing characters who will accompany you: the Disco Ball, the Little Person, the Slime, the Banana, and many more! Watch out for the Confetti cards; they’ll test your creativity by making you change the rules as the game goes on. How do you play? 1: Flip a card. 2: Say it together. 3: Fun guaranteed! Goal: Be the player with the fewest points at the end of the game!

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CDSK is a trivia game that asks you to be honest with yourselves. How well do you know this subject? Too confident? You won’t go anywhere. Too careful? You’ll be crawling. But if you answer just right… you’ll zoom off to glorious victory! Draw a card matching the space you’re on. Then move your piece as far forward as the difficulty you set… if you get the answer right! Contents - 1 game board (box lid unfolds)- 216 Basic cards (in 4 categories)- 60 Challenge cards- 48 Hurry Up & Win cards- 1 rulebook

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 RPG for first-time RPG playersCritical: Foundation (Season 1) is constructed like a television series, with each of the nine episodes taking 30 minutes to play. You can take on the role of Gamemaster, who directs the adventure, or play as one of the characters to put yourself in the story. The game provides an RPG-style experience with board game scaffolding via character cards and dice-based combat.★ COOPERATIVE GAMEPLAY: Players work together to experience the story, with 1 player acting as the Game Master.★ ROLE-PLAYING FOR BEGINNERS: Players are free to improvise or read the text on cards to enjoy a cohesive and satisfying story.★ NINE 30-MIN EPISODES: Roleplay in short time commitments or play episodes back-to-back to immerse yourself in the story.CONTENTS• 4 Character cards• 8 Background cards• 19 Equipment cards• 34 Episode cards• 8 Non-Player Character cards• 10 Clue cards• 8 Wound cards• 15 Status cards• 4 Name cards• 32 Narrative tokens• 4 Hero tokens• 5 Clue tokens• 7 dice• 1 dry-erase marker• 1 Building plan• 1 Gamemaster screen• 9 Episode sheets• 3 booklets

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Beyond the Neveen sea, something strange is unfolding on the Crescent archipelago, the cradle of the gods. Tombs that have long lain dormant have awakened, and ancient tales of monsters now abound. The Explorers' Guild is seeking to unveil these mysterious new occurrences, and has sent its most talented members. Critical: Sanctuary (Season 1) is constructed like a television series, plunging you straight into 9 heart-stopping episodes of 30 minutes each. Take on the role of Gamemaster, to bring the adventure to life, or play one of the characters interacting with the scenario.

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The restaurant industry in Paris is buzzing after the inauguration of a new pedestrian square in a very popular district for Parisians and tourists from all around the globe. It is a golden opportunity for you, restaurant owners, to open one of the addresses that will contribute to the culinary diversity and the reputation of the French capital. However, there isn’t space for everyone and your opponents could throw a wrench in your gears!

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Based on Wolfgang Kramer's earlier effort Wildlife Adventure, Expedition — which is on the market as Expeditions: Around the World since 2023 — is a game about moving three commonly held expeditions around the world in search of various archaeological sites. The board shows a map of the world with many different branching paths, and players advance the expeditions by placing plastic arrows. When an expedition arrives at a location that matches one of your private site cards or one of the public site cards, you score that card. Certain spaces on the board allow you to play again immediately, and other spaces allow you to pick up a bonus action card that you can play at any time on one of your turns. The game ends when someone has scored all of their cards, then whoever has the highest total score wins.

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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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From the mind behind the Turing Machine game comes a fresh deduction experience! Step into the role of an investigator like never before with Kronologic and explore the strange occurrences haunting the Paris Opera. Gather clues on the whereabouts of key figures by strategically aligning suspect cards with perforated tiles. On your turn, unravel the secrets of their movements, with one piece of information for your eyes only and another to be shared with fellow players. Who will decipher the clues and solve the mystery first?! Contents• 1 pad of note sheets• 4 pencils• 6 TIME placards• 6 CHARACTER placards• The Map• 4 screens• 3 Scenario envelopes, each containing:1 booklet of 5 Investigations, witha description of the mystery to solve,its specific rules, victory conditions,solutions, and 30 LOCATION cards (6 perInvestigation).

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In Marrakech each player takes the role of a rug salesperson who tries to outwit the competition. Each player starts with 10 coins and an equal number of carpets. On your turn, you may rotate Assam 90 degrees. Then roll the die and move him forward as many spaces as showing (d6: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4). If Assam reaches the edge of the board, follow the curve and continue moving in the next row. If Assam lands on another player's carpet, you must pay that player 1 coin per square showing that is contiguous with the landed-on square. Then, you place one of your carpets orthogonally adjacent to Assam (but may not directly overlay another carpet). The game ends when all players have played all carpets. Each gets 1 coin per visible square. The player with most coins wins!

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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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Based on the universe of the Northgard video game, Northgard: Uncharted Lands is a game of conquest and exploration set in the age of vikings. Each player controls a Viking clan, looking to achieve victory by reaping glory in various ways or controlling the most prized territories of this new continent. The game focus is on streamlined rules and mechanisms, allowing for a fast-paced and smooth rhythm of play. Each turn, players alternate their actions to adapt their strategies to their opponents' moves and the expansion of the board. Fame (i.e., points) can be earned by exploring, fighting, and controlling and developing territories. The various corresponding actions are played through the cards that the players have in hand. At the end of each turn, they have to choose a new card to improve their personal deck as their clans develop new tactics and technologies. The pace of the game is set by the players as the game ends after seven turns, but can also be cut short at any time if one of them is in control of three closed territories hosting certain types of buildings.

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Warchiefs are the valiant heroes of Northgard! This optional module reinforces the asymmetry between the clans, as each one is granted one new character with a unique ability to lead them, represented by a special miniature. The Kaija miniature, modular Player and Clan boards, and new Clan upgrade cards can be integrated to your core games of Northgard: Uncharted Lands, without requiring other materials from the Warchiefs module.

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The Wilderness expansion introduces 8 advanced creatures in addition to the existing ""classic"" creatures like wolfs or the brown bear. Creatures from this expansion have higher strength values and more exotic powers than those found in the core game, representing a tougher challenge for the players. We recommend playing the core game before adding this extra content. Beside the new creatures, you will find a module of 11 special environmental tiles. Introducing tiles with special effects. Like geysers - they increase your happiness and resilience to winter. In Uncharted Lands, it allows you to place one extra viking for free in the Geyser’s territory at the end of the turn, as your units reap its benefits to invigorate themselves and get ready to jump into the fray!"

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  In Pylos, you want to be one who places the final ball on top of the pyramid. Sounds simple enough, right? At the start of the game, each player has fifteen balls, either light or dark, and they take turns placing them on a game board that has sixteen indentations on it in a 4x4 grid. Once four balls have been placed next to one another in a square, a ball can be placed on top of them, forming a second level of play. Players can then place balls on this second level, eventually allowing a ball to be placed on the third level – and once that level is full, which requires only four balls, a final ball can be placed on the fourth level, with that player winning the game. If a player forms a square of his own color – that is, four balls placed next to one another on the same level – that player can remove one or two of his balls (that don't support anything) from anywhere on the board and place them in his reserve, thereby giving him more balls to place in the future. Whenever a player forms a square that's not entirely his own color, he can "stack" one of his pieces – that is, he can take any ball and place it on this square, locking some pieces in place and making a move without having to place a piece from his reserve. The rules include a variant for children (that removes the square bonus) and one for experts (that allows a player to return 1-2 balls to his reserve when he creates a line of his color).

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Where will your path take you?Lay stones on the path and try to line up four stones in your color. Simultaneously simple and tactical, Qawale is inspired piles of stones found along paths. On your turn, add a stone on top of any pile and move it. When moving a pile, you must leave a stone on each space you cross. The first player to get 4 of their stones in a row, looking at the board from above, wins the game.★ TWIST ON MANCALA: Use the well-known "pick up and drop" mechanics of mancala, with layers upon layers of strategy on top.★ BRAIN BURNER: Contrary to normal gameplay, it’s your opponent that chooses the piece you place on your turn, which increases the challenge!★ QUALITY WOODEN PIECES: The rich wooden tones of the pieces will look attractive on your coffee table, as you leave it set up and ready to play.CONTENTS• 8 light stones• 8 dark stones• 8 neutral stones• 1 game board• 1 rulebook

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Simple yet tactical, Qawale will rock your idea of strategy games.Lay stones on the path and try to line up four stones in your color.Qawale is inspired by the tradition of stacking stones along trails and paths in nature.As you drop these stones along your path, this incredible game will transport you to a place where strategy and nature come together.Each player takes 8 stones in their color. The third color is neutral and is placed in the 4 corners of the board.On your turn, add a stone on top of any pile and move it. When moving a pile, you must leave a stone on each space you cross.The first player to get 4 of their stones in a row, looking at the board from above, wins the game.Ages 8+2 players15 minute play timeContents:1 game board8 light-colored peebles8 dark-colored peebles8 tan-colored peeblesrules

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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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Quixo bears a superficial resemblance to Tic-Tac-Toe – with one player being crosses and the other circles, and with both trying to create a line of their symbol – but that's where the resemblance ends. The pieces in the game are cubes that have a circle on one side, a cross on another, and blank faces on the other four; to set up the game, players place the 25 cubes with blanks face-up on the 5x5 grid in the game board. On a turn, the active player takes a cube that is blank or bearing his symbol from the outer ring of the grid, rotates it so that it shows his symbol (if needed), then adds it to the grid by pushing it into one of the rows from which it was removed. Thus, a few pieces of the grid change places each turn, and the cubes slowly go from blank to crosses and circles. Play continues until someone forms an orthogonal or diagonal line of five cubes bearing his symbol, with this person winning the game.

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The abstract strategy game Quoridor is surprisingly deep for its simple rules. The object of the game is to advance your pawn to the opposite edge of the board. On your turn you may either move your pawn or place a wall. You may hinder your opponent with wall placement, but not completely block them off. Meanwhile, they are trying to do the same to you. The first pawn to reach the opposite side wins.

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The abstract strategy game Quoridor is surprisingly deep for its simple rules. The object of the game is to advance your pawn to the opposite edge of the board. On your turn you may either move your pawn or place a wall. You may hinder your opponent with wall placement, but not completely block them off. Meanwhile, they are trying to do the same to you. The first pawn to reach the opposite side wins.

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  After millennia of sterility, life has sprung again on Rauha. As a venerable Shaman, one of its five worlds has been entrusted to you. Your powers are divine and allow you to shape the environment in order to turn this world into a cradle of life energy, keeper of serenity and harmony for the centuries to come. Obtain the most victory points, represented as Life Energy, to win the game. You have 2 Ages to turn your world into an energetic core of Rauha. In Age 1, vegetation, terrain, and wildlife will appear. In Age 2, civilizations will thrive. The game takes place over 4 rounds, each divided into 3 turns followed by a scoring phase. Each turn, you will follow 5 steps:1. Simultaneously take all Biome cards from the satellite whose symbol matches the one beneath your Avatar on your Player board (moon or star).2. Choose one card to place on any square of your Player board or discard to the Black Hole.3. Receive a Divine Entity if you create a row or column of matching symbols on your Player board.4. Activate your Avatar, plus any Divine Entities in the same row or column as your Avatar.5. Finally move your Avatar one notch clockwise along the edge of your Player board, changing the row or column that will be activated on the next turn. During the Scoring Phase, you will activate all your Biomes with Spore tokens and any Divine Entities you may have, gaining crystals and points as shown on the components.

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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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  Sky Team is a co-operative game, exclusively for two players, in which you play a pilot and co-pilot at the controls of an airliner. Your goal is to work together as a team to land your airplane in different airports around the world. To land your plane, you need to silently assign your dice to the correct spaces in your cockpit to balance the axis of your plane, control its speed, deploy the flaps, extend the landing gear, contact the control tower to clear your path, and even have a little coffee to improve your concentration enough to change the value of your dice. If the aircraft tilts too much and stalls, overshoots the airport, or collides with another aircraft, you lose the game...and your pilot's license...and probably your life. From Montreal to Tokyo, each airport offers its own set of challenges. Watch out for the turbulence as this could end up being bumpy ride!

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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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  Rookie drivers, choose the coolest car, tighten your helmets, prepare your thumbs, and rev up your voice! Either co-operatively or competitively, in Turbo Kidz you want to be the first to cross the finish line in a series of hilarious races...blindfolded! For each race, the driver covers their eyes and must draw their circuit as quickly as possible while still staying on the road. Their co-pilot guides them with their voice, while moving the driver's thumb like a joystick to prevent them from going off the road. Tear up the course on sixteen unique circuits, keep ahead of the pack with turbo boosts, and customize your car with gadgets to send your opponents spinning into the ditch while you zoom off to victory! ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, DRAW!

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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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   2047: Most of humanity escapes reality through Verses, virtual universes developed by powerful mega corporations. These businesses are willing to do anything and everything to gain market share. You work for one of them, and your mission in Virtual Revolution is to become the ruler of Neo-Paris. With three actions per turn, decide whether to recruit agents, generate income, build servers, start new Verses, or improve your reputation. Because your actions are not always legal, you risk attracting Interpol's attention or being attacked by activists. How far are you willing to go to take over the city?

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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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Zombies are attacking the entire town! Cooperate with your friends and launch an expedition to drive off the overwhelming hordes. Collect the 4 Ingredients and brew the antidote that will save the world! Zombie Teenz Evolution is the sequel to Zombie Kidz Evolution (#1 Kids' Game on BGG). It is a standalone game with a different set of rules, so you don’t need to have played the first game to jump into the second. The rules are slightly more advanced and will require a little more strategic thinking. Zombie Teenz Evolution follows the same general guidelines as its predecessor: a fast and simple game whose rules evolve from game to game through the opening of 14 ‘Mystery’ envelopes. By accomplishing special Missions, players unlock additional content that will provide a richer experience, while constantly renewing the enjoyment of the game. The icing on the cake: the two games are compatible! You will be able to play Zombie Kidz with your Zombie Teenz, and vice versa!

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