Around the border between Canada and the Northwest USA you can find the region of ‘Cascadia’, famous for the extraordinary diversity of its plant and animal life. In the tile-laying game of the same name, up to four nature-lovers compete to create a habitat rich in …
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“Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting our descent into Keflavik. Please ensure your seat backs and gaming tables are in the upright position, you have gathered up all your dice and your mouth is in silent mode.” In ‘Sky Team’ players take control of a passenger …
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‘Harmonies’ evokes the interconnectedness of flora and fauna: the players’ main objective is to create landscapes out of round building tokens in order to attract animals. Each creature has their own specific idea of where trees, mountains and fields should be best located in relation to …
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Island-hopping is a thing of the past. The future of tourism lies in visiting historically important events in time. Discuss the art of war over breakfast in 506 BCE with the Chinese general Sun Tzu, then take afternoon tea with Marie Curie in 1911, before enjoying …
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The Himalaya mountain range forms the unusual backdrop to this clever and tactical dice game, with famous locations such as Sarangkot serving as score sheets with various degrees of difficulty. Each round, players must roll two dice showing results between 0 and 6 and make a …
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“Challengers” creates a real tournament atmosphere: up to eight coaches use decks of cards to build teams and set them against each other in a duel. For each fight, players will switch places around the table to face a new opponent. Defeated cards are sent to …
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The kingdom’s outdated maps are a real thorn in the Queen’s side. Your job is to travel around the country to find new villages and to connect existing cities with lucrative trade routes (pocketing any profit to be made, of course). As a guild member, however, …
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20 years after the original ‘Ticket to Ride’ won the Spiel des Jahres award, its successor ‘Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West’ continues this journey in innovative game design. ‘Legacy’ means that the decisions players make have a lasting impact on future games. That …
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The forest is on fire. In the game “Living Forest”, as in reality, this is a threat to us all. That’s why players are all working together, to a certain extent, to try and contain the rising danger. Players work to douse the flames, plant new …
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