“Tapikékoi”? Or “Tu as piqué quoi?”, which is French for “What have you pinched”? That’s what the players are trying to find out. This cheekily illustrated game depicts a picture book family idyll: father, mother, daughter, son and a perfect home. Four tableaus depict the kitchen, …
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A guessing game, a story game but above all a wonderfully sumptuous adventure: this is Traumfänger. The most important components – aside from lots of imagination – are square cards and round discs. The former represent nightmares and the latter cuddly toys of different sizes that …
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Snails aren’t well known for their racing skills. They crawl almost meditatively across the ground, just taking their time. In “Go Slow!”, however, they too want to know what it’s like to feel the adrenaline of a race coursing through their shell. But not too fast, …
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Less is more – and who knows that better than the fairytale character Lucky Hans? He starts out with gold and after merrily making a number of trades he ends up happy with nothing. This game is a playful monument to this master of minimalism. Each …
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What a day! It’s time for the entrance exam for wizard school and the little wizards are performing warm up exercises for their hands and necks. But most importantly: their heads. Because this is no normal magic test, where you have to transform your unpleasant classmate …
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It’s morning in the rainforest. Gradually – tile by tile – the animal kingdom is waking up to their colourful life – with help from the players’ memory and a little bit of luck. At the beginning of the game all the individual tiles are face-down …
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Here comes the rolling knight rushing into battle. His journey continues through jungles and ice worlds, dark arches and bright forests for 20 levels. “Slide Quest” converts worlds you might recognise from computer games with lots of retro charm, knowing winks and loving illustrations into a …
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Lifeless figures shuffle through the school; they are hungry but otherwise have very little motivation. The zombies are here and that’s not great for the school kids. Here are the rules according to the handbook for trainee zombie hunters: Roll the colour dice and add new …
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Out of the zoo and onto the racetrack. Thanks to its variable game board, “Zoo Run” is two races in one. In the co-operative variant, up to four older children work together to help the animals escape before the keeper notices anything. Then in the competition …
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