Experience the miracles of the forest in this clever card game. In Forest Shuffle, 2-4 players compete in gathering the most valuable trees and attracting species, thus creating an ecological balanced habitat for flora and fauna.  It all starts with a single tree... And it's as simple as that: Each turn you draw cards from the stack or center, place trees in your forest to attract wildlife, try to combine plants and animals for extra points or bonus actions. Consider the different preferences of these creatures: Some animals feel only comfortable in the presence of their fellow species, others prefer certain tree types to live in.  Are you able to establish an ideal balance and create the most beautiful forest? 

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 In 1958, Demitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut started an experiment on domestication. From a large group of foxes, the selected the ones that reacted to humans with more curiosity and less aggression. In each generation, they selected only the friendliest pups to become parents - hoping to recreate the process that originally led to domestication thousands of years ago. In The Fox Experiment players will breed their own domesticated foxes over the course of the game. Each round represents one breeding generation, in which each player will select a pair of fox parents to breed. They will take dice according to the traits they have and roll them, attempting to make whole trait symbols to mark on their pup cards. These pups then go on to become parents in the next round! Be strategic in the foxes you choose to breed, because the right ones will help you finish studies and please your patrons to score points and win the game.

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Design the best Animal Sanctuary!Nimalia is a game of drafting and simultaneous action selection. Each round you’ll draw 3 cards, place one, and pass the others. Each card contains 4 biomes, and each biome contains an animal. When you place a card, you have to cover AT LEAST one previously placed biome. Thus the whole Sanctuary must fit in a 6 by 6 grid.Nimalia will appeal to anyone who likes animals, drafting games, and visual puzzles.CONTENTS:• 4 Player Tokens• 4 Color Reminder Tokens• 11 Double-Sided Objective Cards• 60 Animal Cards• 5 Score Track Cards• 1 Round Card

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From the creator of Isle of Cats: Race to the Raft is a cooperative path building and tile laying social puzzle board game for 1 – 4 players.In the game, you play the role of the disorientated island cats who are lost on the smoke-filled island. Nothing seems to be where it once was, and you must find a safe route to the raft by placing pathway cards.As you build pathways, fire — which is represented by different shaped tiles — will spread across the island, limiting your options. You need to find the balance between creating long pathways and keeping the cats ahead of the flames as you move towards the raft.The game includes 81 scenarios from which to choose, including a simple tutorial that gradually introduces you to new rules and an advanced tutorial for when you're ready for a far greater challenge.Choose cards, build pathways, and control the spread of the fire as you work together to guide all the cats in their race to the raft!

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A merciless word-shouting board game. In this game, your useless knowledge will win you useful points. Think fast, not hard. Start by drawing a category card. Your team will then shout words from that category that begin with the letter on the race track. Move along the track every time you get a word right and race against your opponents to win.

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In the Hedgehog Hop, rival hedgehog dance crews vie for supremacy in the Grand Finale. Despite their enthusiasm, hedgehogs are clumsy dancers and spend a lot of time bumping into one another. Help them get their act together and make friends. As players groove, slide and hop their crew into the dance mob, they'll also collect backup dancers and set up their lead dancer for the big finish. The player who scores the most points in the Grand Finale wins.

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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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