If you want to photograph fish, you’ll need patience. Or – in the case of “Foto Fish” – a cardboard aquarium. There’s no wild chaotic swimming around here, all the fish stay where they are. You still need to have a good eye, as the dice …
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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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Starting on the east coast, players are trying to settle North America. To do this, they will build a road network, one that other players may use too – for a small fee of course. On your turn you move the shared stagecoach to an unoccupied …
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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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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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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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Players compete to turn a profit during the colonial era in Africa. You’ll invest in four chartered companies and use your influence to help them expand across the continent. This will improve the value of your shares in these companies. In this demanding strategy game, players …
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As powerful alchemists, players enter into an arcane competition. With mysterious artefacts and fantastic creatures, they must try and win control of coveted places of power before their opponents. The elementary essences are rare, however, and have to be used with care: should you use the …
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In the tactical tile-laying game Reef, players are creating colourful coral reefs by stacking playing pieces onto their tableau. How the reef grows is determined by cards with a double function: playing a card means you can first place new coral stones of the displayed colour …
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