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7 Wonders: Architects

The seven wonders of the ancient world stand at the heart of “7 Wonders: Architects”. Up to seven players will each manage the construction of one of these projects. Although it’s not strictly historically accurate, they all do so at the same time. There’s stiff competition for the necessary resources, represented by two face-up decks

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2022

Magic Rabbit

This classic magician’s trick never fails to delight adults as well as children. “Magic Rabbit” manages to cleverly capture this fascination with the magician’s act. As a group we have to work together to hide nine rabbits underneath nine matching hats. At the beginning of the game the hats numbered 1 to 9 are laid

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2022

Passt nicht!

Many card games want you to play cards from your hand onto a communal discard pile with the winner being the first player to get rid of all their cards. ‘Passt nicht!’ turns this well-known concept on its head. In order to score points at the end of a round, you’ll need to not be

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2024

Kuzooka

Full board and lots of visitors: as nice as the zoo may be, the animals still want to escape. This mass animal jail break requires a certain number of the same type of tool, which you receive as a hand of playing cards. You can’t show your cards to anyone else or even talk about

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2023

Sea Salt & Paper

From shark to shell, from boat to swimmer, maritime motifs abound in the small-box card collection game “Sea Salt & Paper”. The salt of the game is clear in the well-seasoned central mechanic. Players take turns drawing cards, some face-up, some face-down, trying to either collect sets of cards with the same symbol or else

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2023

That’s Not a Hat

Newspaper, magnifying glass, roller skate, fried egg, computer. Surely it’s possible to remember this small number of objects… or so you would think. But while the fried egg card is always passed clockwise around the table – face-down of course – the roller skate goes in the other direction. Whenever you receive a new gift,

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2023

Mindbug

Ten cards per player. That’s all it takes to fight epic battles with gigantic creatures in this head-to-head card game. As a magical monster summoner you will decide each round to either send a creature onto the battlefield or use a creature already there to attack your opponent. Thanks to special abilities like poison, even

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2023

Zombie Teenz Evolution

In this game’s predecessor, “Zombie Kidz Evolution”, we already managed to save the school. Now the whole town is under threat. The children have become young teenagers but they’re not done with their mission to hold back the forces of the undead. In the four corners of the town map there are resources that the

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2021

Chakra

In traditional Indian teachings, the seven energy centres that link the physical body with the astral form are known as chakras. These chakras are depicted on players’ tableaus as coloured circles, each with three spaces. Competing against their opponents, players must fill these spaces with energy stones of the matching colour. The simple rule set

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2021