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Love Letter
All of the eligible young men (and many of the not-so-young) seek to woo the princess of Tempest. Unfortunately, she has locked herself in the Palace, and you must rely on others to bring your romantic letters to her. Will yours reach her first? love letter is a game of risk, deduction, and luck for 2 to 4 players. Your goal is to get your love letter into princess Annette's hands while deflecting the letters from competing suitors. From a deck with only sixteen cards, each player starts with only one card in hand; one card is removed from play. On a turn, you draw one card, and play one card, trying to expose others and knock them from the game. Powerful cards lead to early gains, but make you a target. Rely on weaker cards for too long, however, and your letter may be tossed in the fire.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Card Game |
2012 |
2 |
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The Mind
The addictive card game you play without talking.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Pandasaurus Games |
Card Game |
2018 |
2 |
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Catan
The women and men of your expedition build the first two settlements. Fortunately, the land is rich in natural resources. You build roads and new settlements that eventually become cities. Will you succeed in gaining supremacy on Catan? Barter trade dominates the scene. Some resources you have in abundance, other resources are scarce. Ore for wool, brick for lumber - you trade according to what is needed for your current building projects. Proceed strategically! If you found your settlements in the right places and skillfully trade your resources, then the odds will be in your favor. But your opponents are smart too.
To begin the game, we build the game board using hexagonal terrain tiles. Catan is born - a beautiful island with mountains, pastures, hills, fields, and forests, surrounded by the sea.
Each of us places two small houses on spaces where three terrain hexes meet. They are our starting settlements.
And so it begins. I roll two dice. An “11”! Each terrain hex is marked with a die roll number. Each player who owns a settlement adjacent to a terrain hex marked with the number rolled receives a resource produced by this hex. Hills produce brick, forests produce lumber, mountains produce ore, fields produce grain, and pastures produce wool.
We use these resources to expand across Catan: we build roads and new settlements, or we upgrade our existing settlements to cities. For example, a road costs 1 brick and 1 lumber. If we do not…
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Catan Studio |
Family Game, Strategy |
1995 |
2 |
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Hive
Hive is a boardless, strategic game for 2 players ages 8 and up. The object of the game is to surround your opponent's queen bee while trying to block your opponent from doing the same to your queen bee.
Each player has 11 tiles, all in all, representing 5 different insects. The players take turns, either choosing to add a tile to the hive or moving a tile in the hive.
Each tile has a unique way of moving (like in chess) and resembles the movement of the insect depicted on the tile. For instance, the grasshopper is the only tile which can jump.
Hive is a fun game to play because of its simple rules, yet challenging for its depth. Hive enhances each player's skills of strategic planning, tactical thinking and spatial vision. To win, you must play both the offense (surround your opponent's bee) and the defense (to protect your queen bee).
A nice decorative storage bag makes it easy to carry, store and play anywhere.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Gen Four Two Games |
Abstract, Strategy |
2001 |
2 |
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Carcassonne
Each game of Carcassonne reveals a unique environment as tiles form a landscape of cities, roads, fields, and monasteries. Claim these features with your followers to win the game.
Carcassonne is a tile placement game where players collectively construct the area around the medieval French city of Carcassonne while competing to place followers on various features and score the most points. First published in 2000, the game's accessible yet deep design has attracted a wide fan base and led to the development of numerous expansions and standalone titles in the Carcassonne line.
Minimum Age: 7
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Family Game |
2000 |
2 |
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7 Wonders Duel
Create the greatest civilization the Ancient World has ever known! In 7 Wonders, you lead an ancient civilization as it rises from its barbaric roots to become a world power. Build an architectural wonder that will fascinate for eons to come, and rule the most powerful civilization on Earth! 7 Wonders: Duel is a fast-paced, two-player edition of Antoine Bauza's award-winning civilization-building game.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Asmodee Editions |
Ancient, Card Game, Civilization |
2015 |
2 |
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Azul
Azul was designed by the world famous, award winning game author Michael Riesling. Azul captures the beautiful aesthetics of Moorish art in a contemporary board game. Players compete as artisans decorating the walls of the royal Palace of Dvora. By carefully drafting the correct Quantity and style of tiles, the most clever of artisans plan ahead to maximize the beauty of their work (not to mention their scores!) while ensuring they wasted no supplies in the process. Introduced by the moors, "azulejos" (originally white and blue ceramic tiles) were fully embraced by the Portuguese, when their King Manuel I, on a visit to the Alhambra Palace in Southern Spain, was mesmerized by the stunning beauty of the Moorish decorative tiles. The King, awestruck by the interior beauty of the Alhambra, immediately ordered that his own Palace in Portugal be decorated with similar wall tiles. As a tile-laying artist, you have been challenged to embellish the walls of the royal Palace of Dvora.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Next Move Games |
Abstract, Strategy |
2017 |
2 |
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Endeavor: Age of Sail
In Endeavor: Age of Sail, players strive to earn glory for their empires. Sailing out from Europe and the Mediterranean, players will establish shipping routes and occupy cities the world over. As they do so, players will leverage their growing industry, culture, finance, and Influence, building their engine and extending their reach into the far-flung regions of the world.
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Burnt Island Games |
Exploration, Nautical, Renaissance |
2018 |
1 |
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A Feast For Odin
Delve into the world of Vikings and dabble in trading, hunting, raiding, pillaging, plundering, and raiding some more. Build houses, explore new worlds, and every round, have a feast in Odin's name.
The large variety of actions and occupations guarantees your Notherners long-lasting fun, with each game creating a new world on your player board!
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Economic, Medieval |
2016 |
1 |
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War Chest
The king's greatest friend had been an old general who had advised him and helped him protect his kingdom. He handed the new father a chest. "This is not for you my King, this is for your child. There will come a day when rule will be passed on to this young one. The respect you have earned will not be given to your children - it will be earned. In this simple chest is everything a leader needs to become a strategist and general. It will be seen as a game by the child, but, in truth, is preparation for ruling the land and surviving the tests of battle that will surely come."
War Chest is a simple to learn, yet highly re-playable and exciting war game, where each player controls a unique army. It combines drafting, with an elegant army composition mechanic. Each player plays with different units, requiring you to develop alternate strategies to balance the need to recruit more troops, offset your losses and effectively maneuver your soldiers.
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Alderac Entertainment Group |
Medieval, Wargame |
2018 |
1 |
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Underwater Cities
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Delicious games |
Eurogame, Sci-Fi, Strategy |
2018 |
1 |
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Pandemic: In The Lab Expansion
In Pandemic: In the Lab, the second expansion for Pandemic, you will use a new game board that allows you to move the pawns in a laboratory. The goal of this activity is the same as in the base game – finding cures for diseases – but this time in a new way. Behind sealed bio-hazard doors, scientists race against time to sequence diseases, take samples, and test cures.
Pandemic: In the Lab includes four new roles, new Virulent Strain events, and a Worldwide Panic Mutation scenario. Players can compete individually or on rival teams (when playing with four or six players). Can your team work together in the lab to save humanity?
Pandemic: In the Lab requires the base game. Two of the 3 scenarios also require Pandemic: On the Brink to play.
Part of the Pandemic series.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Environmental, Expansion, Medical, Science Fiction |
2013 |
1 |
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Cutthroat Caverns Deeper And Darker Expansion 1
The first expansion to Cutthroat Caverns, Deeper & Darker adds fifteen new monsters to hinder your quest to escape alive with the Sacred Item of Unimaginable Marvel...which means fifteen new monsters to use against your "friends" that are trying to escape with your artifact. It also adds some impact to character choice--each now has a unique ability, usable once per game, that might give you that special push that you need to make sure that you're the one left standing with the most Prestige when the dust settles.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Smirk & Dagger |
Adventure, Card Game, Expansion, Fantasy, Fighting, Humor |
2007 |
1 |
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Between Two Cities
Between Two Cities is a partnership-driven, tile-drafting, city-building game for 1-7 players that plays in about 20-25 minutes. You work with the player on your left to build one city center while simultaneously working with the player on your right to build a second city center. At the end of the game, your final score is that of the lower scoring city you helped to build, so you have to share your attention and devotion equally between two cities.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 7
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stonemaier Games |
City Building, Negotiation |
2015 |
1 |
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Bärenpark
Some bears stand over 10 feet tall and weigh 1 ton, so caring for them is surely a challenge. In Bärenpark, players will attempt to build the best bear park not only for the most massive Kodiak bears, but also polar bears and even Koalas! Yes, we hear you, Koalas aren't bears. But they were too cute to leave out so they're here! Place enclosures, animal houses, and shops skillfully in your park. Complete areas quickly to score a lot of points. Cover icons to get new tiles and park sections. Make the most interesting park for years to come! .
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Asmodee |
Animals, Puzzle |
2017 |
1 |
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Dixit
Winner of the 2010 "Spiel des Jahres" German Board Game of the Year Award.
Each player at his turn plays the storyteller.
He is given a single picture, while the other players get a hand of six pictures.
The storyteller says a sentence or a word connected to his picture, then each player chooses one of his pictures to bet upon.
All pictures are showed face up, and every player have to bet upon what picture was the storyteller's.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Asmodee Editions |
Card Game, Humor, Party Game |
2008 |
1 |
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Formula D
Formula D transports you into the turbulent world of Formula 1: Don't lose control of the engine in the last bottleneck, master the chicane, stick to your opponent's back wheels, take advantage of the slipstream and then coolly overtake him ... A Formula 1 pilot has to be willing to take risks and be able to plan ahead - at least if you want to get to the very top of the winners' podium.
Formula D also means the suspense of illegal racing on the streets of the big cities. Anything goes: customized cars, nitro fuel injection, skidding in roundabouts, unfair tricks ... The game principles always stay the same, but different cars, rules and circuits come into play.
This new edition of Formula D contains material which has not yet been published, including painted cars, dashboards, driver profiles, circuits ... And simple playing instructions are enclosed, allowing you to start play immediately. Off you go!
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 10
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Asmodee Editions |
Racing, Sports |
2008 |
1 |
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Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game
Before you lies a vast bounty of land, ripe for the plucking. Your meager beginnings will influence the paths you must take. Lead your people well and they will take you to infinite heights of greatness. If civilization manages to endure the ages, your name will hang in every whisper of its legacy...
Fantasy Flight Games is excited to announce the upcoming release of Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game! Forge an empire to stand the test of time using innovative game mechanics with multiple paths to victory.
Will you lead the greatest army in the world to conquer your foes? Or will you be the first to journey to the stars, becoming the most technologically advanced civilization known to man? The choice is yours.
Designed by Kevin Wilson, Civilization: The Board Game is inspired by the legendary video game series created by Sid Meier. Players are tasked with guiding an entire civilization throughout the ages, taking ownership of your people’s technology, economy, culture, and military, as well as all the choices that go along with them. There are four different paths to victory, and each is riddled with opposition.
In Civilization: The Board Game, 2-4 players take on the roles of famous leaders in charge of historical civilizations, each with their own abilities. Players will be able to explore a module game board, build cities and buildings, fight…
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players:
Maximum Players:
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Fantasy Flight Games |
4x, Civilization, Exploration, Strategy |
2010 |
1 |
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Lords of Waterdeep
Waterdeep, the City of Splendors – the most resplendent jewel in the Forgotten Realms, and a den of political intrigue and shady back-alley dealings. In this game, the players are powerful lords vying for control of this great city. Its treasures and resources are ripe for the taking, and that which cannot be gained through trickery and negotiation must be taken by force!
In Lords of Waterdeep, a strategy board game for 2-5 players, you take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep, secret rulers of the city. Through your agents, you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf, earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board, and hinder – or help – the other lords by playing Intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans.
During the course of play, you may gain points or resources through completing quests, constructing buildings, playing intrigue cards or having other players utilize the buildings you have constructed. At the end of 8 rounds of play, the player who has accrued the most points wins the game.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Wizards of the Coast |
City Building, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy |
2012 |
1 |
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Dungeons & Dragons Inn-Fighting
From the creator of Three-Dragon Ante, the Dungeons & Dragons in-world card game, comes the perfect dice game for D&D players and characters alike. With a roll of the dice, you determine whether to hurl a mug of ale at the warbling bard or smash a chair over the drunken barbarian's back. Treachery and chaos abound, as every game promises a new and hilarious tavern brawling experience. Inside every Inn Fighting box you'll find a rules sheet, a set of 6 special six-sided dice, 1 twenty-sided die, and 52 character cards. Choose a character, trade some dice rolls with your friends, and see who's left standing in the end!
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Wizards of the Coast |
Dice, Fantasy, Fighting, Party Game |
2007 |
1 |
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Port Royal
Will you become the richest, most notorious merchant in Port Royal? Or will you end up with an empty cargo hold?
Players vie to hire the best Admirals, Sailors, Traders, and Mademoiselles to expand and fortify their vast shipping empires! On your turn, you'll push your luck to amass the most wealth or to hire the best characters ? but if you push it too far, you get nothing, so be wary.
Gamers have loved Port Royal, or its Austrian counterpart Handler der Karibik, since the game's European release. It won the Wiener Spiele Akademie Game Designer Award for 2013, and in 2015 became the Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year. Now it's available in the U.S.! Offer your customers this quality, formerly elusive title that offers push-your-luck decision making, resource management, and plenty of player interaction, all in one clever deck of cards.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Pegasus Spiele |
Card Game, Nautical, Pirates |
2014 |
1 |
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Roll For The Galaxy
Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2-5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages his workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins!
This dice version of Race for the Galaxy takes players on a new journey through the Galaxy, but with the the feel of the original game.
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Rio Grande Games |
Civilization, Dice, Economic, Expansion, Exploration, Sci-Fi |
2014 |
1 |
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Terra Mystica
In Terra Mystica, players govern one of 14 factions seeking to terraform and colonize the landscape in their favor in order to build structures and preserve their race and culture.
Upgrade structures to provide even more resources, like workers, priests, money, and power, erect temples to gain expanded influence in the four cults of Fire, Earth, Water, and Air, and fortify your stronghold to activate your group's special ability. Will your people prosper, persevere, and stand the test of time in Terra Mystica!
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Economic, Fantasy |
2012 |
1 |
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The Networks: On The Air Expansion
Expand your copy of The Networks with On the Air, which offers all sorts of extra stuff for fans of the game. this expansion contains New Season 4-5 Shows that grant strange powers, new Stars, Ads, and Network Cards, some blank Shows and Stars for you to customize your copy of the game with, and even stickers that you can apply to your scorning and turn order tokens!
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Formal Ferret Games |
Expansion |
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1 |
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CV
Ever wanted to reset the clock? Now's your chance! Have you ever wondered who you would have been if your life had gone differently? How would you direct your life if everything were up to you? Would you be a world traveler, a magician...or just a lazy bum?
CV means curriculum vitae - your resume - and in the dice and card game CV you will lead a character through his entire life, making many choices about friends, relations, jobs and activities. Everything is possible: a dream job, new relationships and skills. You can be whoever you want!
Gameplay is built around the Yahtzee-style dice rolling and re-rolling system. On their dice, players are trying to roll sets of symbols that allow them to acquire cards; each round these cards give benefits of some kind, such as new symbols and special abilities. At the end of the game, each kind of card scores points for the player.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Passport Game Studios |
Card Game, Dice, Humor |
2013 |
1 |
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Wingspan: Oceania Expansion
In this second expansion to Wingspan, we feature the colorful and awe-inspiring birds of Oceania. The Oceania bird cards are designed to be shuffled into the bird cards from the base game, with or without other expansions.
This expansion includes new player mats and a new food type, allowing players to explore different strategies in this new environment. It also includes new bonus cards and more end-of-round goals, as well as a new color of egg.
Featured Components
- 1 box (296x215x40mm; total weight: 1.4 kg)
- 15 egg miniatures (yellow)
- 5 player mats
- 5 wooden dice
- 69 nectar tokens
- 5 bonus cards (57x87mm)
- 4 goal tiles
- 95 bird cards (57x87mm)
- 1 scorepad
- 1 reference tile
- 1 Automa rulebook
- 7 Automa cards (57x87mm)
- 1 core rulebook with appendix
Copyright 2019 Stonemaier LLC. Wingspan is a trademark of Stonemaier LLC. All Rights Reserved. This content is not authorized for posting on Steam.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stonemaier Games |
Animals, Economic, Educational, Expansion |
2020 |
1 |
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Everdell
Within the charming valley of Everdell, beneath the boughs of towering trees, among meandering streams and mossy hollows, a civilization of forest critters is thriving and expanding. From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a year have come and gone, but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities established. You will be the leader of a group of critters intent on just such a task. There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, events to host - you have a busy year ahead of yourself. Will the sun shine brightest on your city before the winter moon rises?
Everdell is a game of dynamic tableau building and worker placement.
On their turn a player can take one of three actions:
a) Place a Worker: Each player has a collection of Worker pieces. These are placed on the board locations, events, and on Destination cards. Workers perform various actions to further the development of a player's tableau: gathering resources, drawing cards, and taking other special actions.
b) Play a Card: Each player is building and populating a city; a tableau of up to 15 Construction and Critter cards. There are five types of cards: Travelers, Production, Destination, Governance, and Prosperity. Cards generate resources (twigs, resin, pebbles, and berries), grant abilities, and ultimately score points. The interactions of the cards reveal numerous strategies and a near infinite variety of working cities.
c) Prepare for the…
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Game Salute |
Animals, Card Game, City Building, Fantasy |
2018 |
1 |
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Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure
Burgle your way to adventure in Clank!, the new deck-building board game.
Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair to steal precious artifacts. Delve deeper to find more valuable loot. Acquire cards for your deck and watch your thievish abilities grow.
Be quick and be quiet. One false-step and --CLANK! Each careless sound draws the attention of the dragon, and each artifact stolen increases its rage. You can only enjoy your plunder if you make it out of the depths alive!
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Renegade Game Studios |
Adventure, Fantasy |
2012 |
1 |
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Wingspan
Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from Stonemaier Games.
You are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your aviary. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth:
- Gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower
- Lay eggs using egg miniatures in a variety of colors
- Draw from hundreds of unique bird cards and play them
The winner is the player with the most points after 4 rounds.
If you enjoy Terraforming Mars and Gizmos, we think this game will take flight at your table. The official announcement and pre-orders will be available on January 2, 2019.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stonemaier Games |
Animals, Card Game, Dice, Economic, Resource Management |
2019 |
1 |
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Unexpected Treasures
Players set out on a mission to collect old furniture from a bulky waste collection site and to turn a profit by selling their recovered goods to paying customers. It's first come, first served, but players are only able to take a few items home at a time. And they have to be wary of thieves, who are out on the prowl just waiting to steal the collected goods from the players' homes.
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Rio Grande Games |
Family Game |
2002 |
1 |
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Codenames: Duet
Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it.
Two covert operatives are on a secret mission in a crowded city. Each knows 9 secret agents that the other must contact. Communicating in coded messages, they sneak past enemy assassins in an attempt to complete their mission before time runs out.
Codenames: Duet is a cooperative word game for two or more players. A key card gives you 9 words to give clues and 3 words your partner must avoid. A clue is only one word, but it can point to multiple words that you want your partner to guess. Your partner also gives you clues for the words you need to find. If you both find all the words before you run out of turns, you both win!
With a new way to play, 400 new words that work with the original Codenames, and 100 new challenges, Codenames: Duet is sure to push your mind to the limit!
Go Undercover!
In Codenames: Duet, players must work together to uncover all the secret agents on both sides of the key card before they run out of turns. You'll need to be quick-witted, because these challenges will put your deductive skills to the test!
It Takes Two to Tango!
You and a partner will pick a key card and set up the grid of words. You'll take turns, going back and forth, giving each other clues to guess as many words as possible before passing to the other player. On their turn, a player gives a word and a number as their clue…
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Czech Games Edition |
Card Game, Deduction, Spies/Secret Agents, Word Game |
2017 |
1 |
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Dominion: Seaside Expansion
Dominion: Seaside is an expansion to both Dominion and Dominion: Intrigue. As such, it does not contain material for a complete game. Specifically, it does not include the basic Treasure, Victory, Curse, or Trash cards. Thus, you will need either the base game or Intrigue to play with this expansion, and you will need to have experience playing Dominion with either of the first two games. It is designed to work with either or both of these sets, and any future expansions that may be published.
From the back of the box: "All you ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. And someone who knows how to steer ships using stars. You finally got some of those rivers you'd wanted, and they led to the sea. These are dangerous, pirate-infested waters, and you cautiously send rat-infested ships across them, to establish lucrative trade at far-off merchant-infested ports. First, you will take over some islands, as a foothold. The natives seem friendly enough, crying their peace cries, and giving you spears and poison darts before you are even close enough to accept them properly. When you finally reach those ports you will conquer them, and from there you will look for more rivers…
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Rio Grande Games |
Card Game, Expansion, Medieval, Nautical |
2009 |
1 |
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Blokus
Stake your claim and protect your territory with the Blokus game! It takes less than a minute to learn, but offers endless strategy and fun challenges for the whole family. Each player gets a set of 21 pieces – in red, blue, green, or yellow – then takes turns placing them on the board. There’s just one rule: each piece you play must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners! The goal is to fit the most pieces on the board. The game ends when no more pieces can be placed down, and the player with the lowest number remaining wins!
Minimum Age: 5
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Mattel Games |
Abstract, Territory Building |
2000 |
1 |
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Brass Deluxe Edition
Brass is set in Lancashire, England in the 18th Century. The world is about to change from Medieval to Modern - also known as the Industrial Revolution. Can you take advantage of this time of transformation? What strategy will you follow? Build cotton mills? Develop new technologies? Dig canals? Produce coal, or maybe steel? There is no simple answer and the opportunities that arise will be different in each game you play as you move through the Canal and Railway periods, making the best return you can from your investments - just in time to snatch the next opportunity from under the noses of your rivals.
Brass is a tactical game in which you need to ensure that the industries you create are sustainable, making Brass unique and endlessly fascinating. It's an excellent game for experienced and dedicated game players as well as those interested in strategic multi-layered games of history.
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Eagle-Gryphon Games |
Economic, Industry/Manufacturing, Transportation |
2007 |
1 |
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Domaine
In Domaine, players form domaines by placing walls on the modular board to enclose territory. Completed domaines can then be expanded, even into your opponents'. Protect domaines by placing knights, which resist expansion.
Actions are taken by playing cards that have a cost associated with them. Gain money by selling cards and controlling mines. Sold cards can be acquired by other players.
Players score points based on the quantity and type of terrain enclosed in their domaines, as well as by controlling many mines of a single type. The winner is the first player to cross a specific point threshold or the player with the most points when the card deck runs out.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Mayfair Games |
Medieval, Territory Building |
2003 |
1 |
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Galaxy Trucker
Corporation Incorporated is an interplanetary construction firm that builds sewer systems and low-income housing on the less-developed planets of the Galaxy. For years, Corp Inc. has tottered on the brink of bankruptcy: transporting building materials to the edge of the Galaxy, where the need for their services is greatest, is a risky business.
The company was saved by a few visionaries on the board of directors. Instead of shipping materials to the Periphery, they reasoned, why not build the materials into spacecraft and let them ship themselves? Furthermore, why hire pilots if there are nut-cases who will do it for free?
That's where you come in. Just sign the contract, and you gain unrestricted access to a Corp Inc. Warehouse. Build your own space ship from the available prefabricated components, and fly it to the Periphery. Of course, you may have to eat a loss, but any profits you make along the way are yours to keep, and Corporation Incorporated will pay you a bonus for quick delivery.
It's possible that you will end up with an insurmountable debt and finish your days panhandling on the streets of Deneb III, but if Lady Luck should smile upon you, you just might find yourself among the 10 billion richest people in the Galaxy!
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Czech Games Edition |
Humor, Puzzle, Sci-Fi, Transportation |
2007 |
1 |
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Civilization: Wisdom and Warfare Expansion
The Wisdom and Warfare expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game introduces a new optional combat system, plus Social Policies to help you build your fledgling empire even more effectively. With six brand new civilizations, new map tiles, and more exciting options, your budding empire will become greater than you ever imagined!
The second expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game adds even more new options to this much-loved game
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Fantasy Flight Publishing |
Expansion |
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1 |
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Lost Cities
Who will discover the ancient civilizations?
Two explorers embark on research journeys to remote corners of the world: the Himalayan mountains, the Central American rainforest, the Egyptian desert, a mysterious volcano, and the bottom of the sea. As the cards are played, the expedition routes take shape and the explorers earn points. The most daring adventurers make bets on the success of their expeditions. The explorer with the highest score after three rounds of expeditions wins. The rules of the game are simple, but beware: The lost cities hold many unseen mysteries!
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Thames & Kosmos |
Card Game, Exploration |
1999 |
1 |
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Machi Koro
Nominated for the 2015 Spiel des Jahres award.
Machi Koro is a fast-paced, dice-rolling city builder. in the game, players compete to be the first person to build up their simple village into a sprawling metropolis. Originally designed and released in Japan, Machi Koro has developed a dedicated fan-base around the world. Excited fans have been eagerly anticipating an English translation, and the game has already garnered a "seal of excellence" from The Dice Tower among many other accolades.
Armed only with your trusty die and a dream, you must grow Machi Koro into the largest city in the region. You will need to collect income from developments and build public works, and steal from your neighbors coffers. Just make sure they aren't doing the same to you! Machi Koro is a fast-paced light-hearted game for you and up to 3 friends. They say you can't build Rome in a day, but Machi Koro will can be built in under 30 minutes!
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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IDW Games |
Card Game, City Building, Dice |
2012 |
1 |
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Princes of Florence
Players attract artists and scholars trying to become the most prestigious family in Florence. Each player is given a palace grid and reference chart and attempts to gain the most victory points after seven rounds. Scoring victory points can be done in a variety of ways although most will be earned by playing profession cards to generate work points. There are a variety of professions such as astronomers, organists and architects. Each is attracted to a particular combination of building, landscape feature, and social freedom. The more the player can match these preferences then the more work points are generated. If a player satisfies the minimum requirement of work points, which increases each round, then the work can be created and the player can then trade the work points for cash and/or victory points.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Rio Grande Games |
City Building, Renaissance |
2000 |
1 |
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Roll Through The Ages: The Iron Age
Roll Through the Ages: The Iron Age, a sequel to the highly-awarded Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, lets you build an Iron Age civilization in under an hour! Do you build provinces, raise armies, and conquer barbarians or build ports and ships to gain trade goods? Explore the strategies of Greece, Phoenicia, and Rome as you erect monuments, fend off disasters, and strive to feed your people.
Roll Through the Ages: The Iron Age gives players different ways to build their empires: the Trade and Naval strategies of the Phoenicians, the conquests of Alexander the Great, and the engineering prowess and gradual absorption of new provinces by the Roman Republic.
Grab those dice — including the Fate die — and prepare to build the greatest empire as you continue to roll through the ages!
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Gryphon Games |
Ancient, City Building, Civilization, Dice |
2014 |
1 |
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Terraforming Mars
In the 2400s, mankind begins to terraform the planet Mars. Giant corporations, sponsored by the World Government on Earth, initiate huge projects to raise the temperature, the oxygen level and the ocean coverage until the environment is habitable. In Terraforming Mars you play one of those corporations and work together in the terraforming process, but compete in doing the best work, with victory points awarded not only for your contribution to the terraforming, but also for advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar systems and other commendable achievements. The players acquire unique project cards, which represent anything from introducing plant life or animals, hurling asteroids at the surface, building cities, and establishing greenhouse gas industries to heat up the atmosphere. You compete for the best places for your city tiles, ocean tiles and greenery tiles. When the terraforming process is complete, the player corporation with the most victory points wins.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stronghold Games |
Sci-Fi |
2016 |
1 |
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Ticket To Ride
Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure game. Players collect train cards that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. So climb aboard for some railroading fun and adventure. You've got a Ticket to Ride!
October 2, 1900 -- it's 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a 20,000 bet that he could travel Around the World in 80 Days. Now at the dawn of the century some old friends have gathered to celebrate Fogg's impetuous and lucrative gamble -- and to propose a new wager of their own. The stakes: $1 million in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see the most cities in North America -- in just 7 days.
-Spiel Des Jahres 2004(German game of the year)
-As d'Or Cannes 2004 (French game of the year)
-Game of the year 2004 - Japan
-Game of the year 2004 - Sweden
-Game of the year 2004 - Finland
-Diana Jones Excellence in Gaming Award 2004
-Origins Award Winner - Best Board Game 2005
-Game of the year 2004 - Spain
-Parent's Choice Foundation Silver Medal 2004
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Days of Wonder |
Eurogame |
2004 |
1 |
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Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport
Scoundrels of Skullport adds two new expansions to the Lords of Waterdeep board game -- Undermountain and Skullport -- inspired by the vast dungeon and criminal haven under Waterdeep. Players can choose to include one or both expansions in a Lords of Waterdeep game. The expansions also allow the addition of a sixth player.
The Skullport expansion adds a new resource to the game: Corruption. The Undermountain expansion features bigger quests and more ways to get adventures. Scoundrels of Skullport also includes new Lords, new Buildings, and set-up materials for a sixth player.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Wizards of the Coast |
Dungeons & Dragons, Expansion |
2013 |
1 |
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Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix
Rise of Ix will focus on the technocratic society of Ix, and adds new Imperium, Intrigue, and Conflict cards to the game. Six new leaders across three Houses will also be added.
Rise of Ix will also add brand new mechanics to Dune: Imperium, including dreadnoughts and Ixian Technology tiles.
Dreadnoughts are mighty war machines that enter combat like troops, but pack even more firepower, and are indestructible! Dreadnoughts can also temporarily take control of locations on Arrakis. These powerful units will cost players Solari to construct, so decisions on how to prioritize spending are key.
Ixian Technology tiles can be acquired for spice, and unlike cards, do not shuffle into players decks. The tiles are instead placed directly in front of a player, where they provide a permanent upgrade to abilities.
- From the Publisher
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Dire Wolf Digital |
Expansion, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Novel-based, Political, Sci-Fi |
2021 |
1 |
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Evolution
In Evolution, players create and adapt their own species in a dynamic ecosystem with hungry predators and limited resources. Traits like Hard Shell and Horns will protect you from Carnivores, while a Long Neck will help you get food that others cannot reach. With over 12000 different species to create, every game becomes a different adventure. So gather your friends around the table and see who will best adapt their species to eat, multiply and thrive!
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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North Star Games |
Animals, Card Game, Educational, Environmental, Fighting, Prehistoric, Print & Play |
2014 |
1 |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Rock Paper Wizard
In Rock Paper Wizard each player competes against a powerful wizard!
In this brand new Dungeons & Dragons Edition of Rock Paper Wizard, your adventuring party has just defeated a fiery dragon in a treacherous cave. Now you and your fellow wizards argue over how to distribute the shares of treasure left behind and do what every self respecting wizard does, initiate a spell battle!
Choose your wizard's spell and cast some magic by repeating one of the hand gestures found on the cards in front of you. Everyone says "Rock, Paper, Wizard" aloud, and upon saying "Wizard", forms a hand gesture and points it towards a target. Each card describes the spell's effect, which can push an opponent towards the exit, advance yourself towards the hoard, or manipulate the coins each wizard must collect to win.
The first wizard to collect 25 gold pieces wins!
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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WizKids Games |
Fantasy |
2016 |
1 |
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Ra
Ra is an auction and set-collection game with an Ancient Egyptian theme. Each turn players are able to purchase lots of tiles with their bidding tiles (suns). Once a player has used up his or her suns, the other players continue until they do likewise, which may set up a situation with a single uncontested player bidding on tiles before the end of the round occurs. Tension builds because the round may end before all players have had a chance to win their three lots for the epoch. The various tiles either give immediate points, prevent negative points for not having certain types at the end of the round (epoch), or give points after the final round. The game lasts for three "epochs" (rounds). The game offers a short learning curve, and experienced players find it both fast-moving and a quick play.
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Alea |
Ancient, Mythology |
1999 |
1 |
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Ginkgopolis The Experts
The success of Ginkgopolis attracts all sorts of experts (artists, engineers, bankers,journalists.) who wish to profit from its success. Design competitions and advertising campaigns eventually lead to increasingly imposing avant-garde buildings. So imposing, in fact, that it becomes necessary to provide green spaces in order to maintain the air quality in this boomtown. And don't let the speed of construction cause you to forget ISO standards. an occasional inspection will set you straight!
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
City Building, Environmental, Expansion, Science Fiction, Territory Building |
2013 |
1 |
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Tapestry
Tapestry is a two-hour civilization game for 1-5 players designed by Jamey Stegmaier.
Create the civilization with the most storied history, starting at the beginning of humankind and reaching into the future. The paths you choose will vary greatly from real-world events or people — your civilization is unique!
In Tapestry, you start from nothing and advance on any of the four advancement tracks (science, technology, exploration, and military) to earn progressively better benefits. You can focus on a specific track or take a more balanced approach. You will also improve your income, build your capital city, leverage your asymmetric abilities, earn victory points, and gain tapestry cards that will tell the story of your civilization.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stonemaier Games |
Civilization |
2019 |
1 |