Hachette Boardgames USA

This item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of 06/12/2026 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. Hello Globetrotters! In this cooperative memory game, you will travel around the world in search of the monsters, spirits, and legendary creatures that inhabit it.  The Encyclopedia of Monsters comes in 5 colourful Volumes - like a real encyclopedia - that represent  the 5 Continents. Each Volume contains all the necessary components to visit that Continent’s 3  Countries. Each Country offers you new ways to play, with its own rules, challenges, and monsters. Find all the Monsters! On your turn, play a Monster card and use its Special Rule to try to find the  corresponding token. If you successfully find that Monster, it stays visible; otherwise, a Candleis blown  out, all the Monsters flip face-down again... and you start over, and try to remember where each one is hiding! This is not just a game! Each page you turn in your encyclopedia teaches you something about the customs or creatures of each Country you are visiting, sometimes even in the words of the people who live there. Become the world’s greatest Monster Expert!Key Points  Discover fascinating information about the 5 continents you will visit, their monsters, and their legends. Each continent is its own box! Anthropologists and specialists from all over the world have participated in this project.  A beautiful and colourful box set overflowing with components and stunning illustrations Extremely replayable, with a progressing  difficulty that is accessible for younger players  (from 6 years) to older ones (up to 10).  Co-designed by the minds behind many  successful children’s games: Antoine Bauza  (Monster Chase), Théo Rivière (Detective  Charlie, Peek-a-Mouse), and Corentin Lebrat  (Draftosaurus). 

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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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In the cute world of Marianne Dubuc, help Mr. Postmouse scour the forest for his friends so he can invite them to a picnic. Take turns picking a tile from the lid of the box to make a path through the forest, or to move Mr. Postmouse forward. But the rain may slow you down before night falls and the adventure comes to an end. To increase the difficulty, you can add the variant of the Dragon in pursuit of his friend, Mr. Postmouse!

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