Vendor: 25th Century Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
51.95
Designer |
Reiner Knizia |
Publisher | 25th Century Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 45-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honor |
1999 Meeples' Choice Award 2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2016 Juego del Año Recommended |
ETA Q3 2024
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.
From the Box:
The game spans 1500 years of Egyptian history in less than an hour!
The players seek to expand their power and fame and there are many ways to accomplish this: Influencing Pharaohs, Building monuments, Farming on the Nile, Paying homage to the Gods, Advancing the technology and culture of the people. Ra is an auction and set collecting game where players may choose to take risks for great rewards or... And all this is for the glory of the Sun God Ra!
Vendor: DiceTree Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
109.95
Designer |
Reiner Knizia |
Publisher | DiceTree Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 45-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honor |
1999 Meeples' Choice Award 2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2016 Juego del Año Recommended |
Note: This game is in Korean
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.
From the Box:
The game spans 1500 years of Egyptian history in less than an hour!
The players seek to expand their power and fame and there are many ways to accomplish this: Influencing Pharaohs, Building monuments, Farming on the Nile, Paying homage to the Gods, Advancing the technology and culture of the people. Ra is an auction and set collecting game where players may choose to take risks for great rewards or... And all this is for the glory of the Sun God Ra!
Vendor: IELLO
Type: Board Games
Price:
25.95
Designer |
Dr. Hans Joachim Höh Michael Loth Christof Schilling |
Publisher | IELLO |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 25 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Honor |
2021 Swiss Gamers Award Kids Nominee 2022 Spiel des Jahres Recommended |
Vendor: Bandai
Type: Trading Card Games
Price:
8.95
The mighty enemies that confronted Luffy and his crew joins the fray!!!
The third booster is now available, themed on PILLARS OF STRENGTH!!!
A third booster themed the strong enemies of the past!
Featuring characters from Water 7, East Blue, Big Mom Pirates!
Also includes a number of cards that can enhance the deck [ST-07] to be released simultaneously!
Full-fledged inclusion of the new “Yellow” color cards!
Enhancing the decks to be released simultaneously and including new combinations of multicolored leaders!
Adding a new range of strategies through combos never seen before!
NEW TYPE OF ALT-ART CARDS!
New style of alt-art cards from OP-03! This set includes 4 types of cards with the most requested “WANTED” design!
Total : 127 types Rarity:
*This product also includes alternative art and parallel design cards from the above types.
Vendor: Rebel Studio
Type: Card Sleeves
Price:
8.95
Designer |
Klemens Kalicki |
Publisher | Rebel Studio |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 60-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Expansion For |
Meadow Meadow: Downstream |
Vendor: Restoration Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
50.95
Designer |
The Brave Union Oliver Barrett, Joshua Swaby |
Publisher | Restoration Games |
Players | 2-3 |
Playtime | 20-40 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Vendor: Starling Games (II)
Type: Board Games
Price:
2.95
Everdell for Everyone contains the new Harvester and Gatherer cards with new art (same mechanics, new names to replace the Husband and Wife cards from the original game). These Harvester and Gatherer cards will be the new standard in future printings of the game, but this pack will help you personalize your copy going back to the original printing of Everdell. There are also alternate art versions of those cards with a slightly updated layout that allows players to write in their names and roles so that every Everdell player can be included and represented however they so choose.
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Vendor: Geekach Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
15.95
Designer |
Wilhelm Su |
Publisher | Geekach Games |
Players | 1 |
Playtime | 15-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
For Northwood! Is a solo hand management and precision trick-taking game. Your objective is to peacefully unify the kingdom of Northwood through conversations with their rulers. Over eight rounds, you must visit eight animal fiefs and engage their rulers in dialogue (tricks). Each ruler's suit represents the trump for that fief. Each ruler also requires you to win an exact number of tricks to join your alliance, so the game gets harder as your options dwindle.
You start with four allies, each with an ability that you can use once per visit. These abilities can make you draw, discard, or otherwise manipulate your hand to help you hit the target score. Once you've won a ruler over, you can pull them in to substitute temporarily for one of your allies, if you need a more specific set of abilities to tackle the harder fiefs.
With multiple difficulty levels, 24 rulers (12 used per game), and a 16-scenario challenge booklet, For Northwood! offers hours of gameplay with a new puzzle every time!
Winner of *Best Overall Game* and *Jury Prize* in the 2021 BGG 54-card contest.
Also winner of *Best Art*, *Best Solo Game*, and *Best New Designer*!
-description from designer
Vendor: Tabletop Tycoon Inc.
Type: Board Games
Price:
36.95
Designer |
Sarah Shipp |
Publisher | Tabletop Tycoon Inc. |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime |
30-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Deadly Dowagers is a game of marriage, murder, and money. You compete with the other lovely ladies in your town by strategically growing your dowry, while being careful not to gain too much infamy, or the duke may pass you over for another bride!
You play as a middle-class Victorian woman who would kill to be a duchess. Since you were not lucky enough to be born into the aristocracy, the only way to attract a noble is to have a large enough dowry. Fortunately, when your parents died, they left you with a small dowry and some land. You must build wealth through investments and strategic serial marriages.
Gameplay is divided into rounds; each round consists of four separate phases: drafting, investment, husband, and housekeeping. In each round, each player drafts a hand of cards, pick-and-pass style. Certain cards are played into players' tableaus. Instant cards are used and discarded. Players using death cards partially reset their tableau and get income. Players discard down to eight cards in hand, then draft four new cards.
The game ends when one player has no current husband, no more than 9 infamy, spends 120 crowns, and plays a remarry card to marry the Duke. That player wins.
—description from the publisher
Vendor: Queen Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
95.95
Designer |
Stefan Feld |
Publisher | Queen Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 120 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Marrakesh is one of the four royal cities of Morocco and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
Play as rich citizens of the city who must gain influence in the mosque and palace, sponsor research in the school of scholars, dispatch caravans across the Sahara, and haggle for valuable luxury goods in the souks. In the midst of all of this, they must not forget to improve the conditions of the city by providing the population with dates and water!
Choose your goals wisely, for after three rounds the winner will be crowned.
2-4 players
Ages 14+
90-120 minute play time
Vendor: Mandoo Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
18.95
Designer |
Reiner Knizia |
Publisher | Mandoo Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 20 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
Vendor: CMON Global Limited
Type: Board Games
Price:
64.95
Designer |
Rob Daviau |
Publisher | CMON Global Limited |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Hawkins, Indiana seems like an average town. However, underneath the exterior lurks a secret. The Hawkins National Laboratory has been doing experiments that have unleashed the horrors of the Upside Down. It's up to the kids in the town to save it.
In Stranger Things: Upside Down, players take on the role of the kids of Hawkins who are trying to stop the operatives of the Hawkins National Laboratory and the evils from the Upside Down. Players must work together to clear stacks of tokens before time runs out. The game offers two seasons of play.
Vendor: Studio H
Type: Board Games
Price:
23.95
Designer |
Olivier Cipière |
Publisher | Studio H |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 20 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
14.95
Designer |
Mark Major |
Publisher | Rio Grande Games |
Players | 3-6 |
Playtime | 45 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Honor | 2018 Fairplay À la carte Runner-up |
Vendor: Eagle-Gryphon Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
124.95
Designer |
Dimitri Perrier Matthieu Verdier |
Publisher | Eagle-Gryphon Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Accessories | Federation: President of the Senate Meeple |
Vendor: Good Game Studio
Type: Board Games
Price:
17.95
Designer |
Zong-Hua Yang (Bob) |
Publisher | Good Game Studio |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 15-20 mins |
Suggested Age | 6 and up |
Note: This game includes English. For a preview, English rule can be found here.
Grow the vegetables, raise the sale price, and make a fortune!
Vendor: KOSMOS
Type: Escape Games
Price:
16.95
Designer |
Inka Brand Markus Brand |
Publisher | KOSMOS |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 45-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Vendor: CMYK
Type: Board Games
Price:
32.95
Designer |
Alex Hague Jon Perry Justin Vickers |
Publisher | CMYK |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 25-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: 25th Century Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
129.95
Designer |
Reiner Knizia |
Publisher | 25th Century Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 45-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honor |
1999 Meeples' Choice Award 2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2016 Juego del Año Recommended |
Vendor: Asmadi Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
24.95
Designer |
Chris Cieslik |
Publisher | Asmadi Games |
Players | 1-2 |
Playtime | 30-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Your civilization has reached the stars, and your population is hungry for discovery. Explore, colonize, research — but be sure to build up your strength to be ready for the dangers that await!
One Deck Galaxy is a co-op space civilization-building game using only cards, dice, and tokens. Each card in the deck represents both a location in space your civilization has scouted, but also the benefits it could reap by colonizing or studying it. These benefits increase your ability to roll dice and manipulate them, and help your civilization grow stronger. When the deck runs out, the era advances and your foes become more dangerous. If you're not ready, they may overwhelm you and send your empire into decline before it can become truly great!
Vendor: Starling Games (II)
Type: Board Games
Price:
70.95
Designer |
James A. Wilson |
Publisher | Starling Games (II) |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 40-100 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Expansion For |
Everdell Everdell: Collector's Edition (Second Edition) |
Everdell’s bustling city Newleaf has just opened its first train station, and many new critters and big ideas are rolling in. Newleaf introduces brand new critters, constructions, and exciting events to draw Visitor cards to your blossoming city! It also features the Train Station Board, resource-delivering Train Cars, travel-worthy Tickets, and Reservation Tokens!
—description from the publisher
Vendor: Paverson Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
85.95
Designer |
Dave Beck |
Publisher | Paverson Games |
Players | 1-5 |
Playtime | 30-150 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Expansion |
Distilled: Africa & Middle East Expansion |
Distilled is a highly thematic strategy card game about crafting spirits in a distillery, with resource management and push-your-luck elements. In the game, you have inherited a distillery, and are hoping to someday achieve the title of master distiller through purchasing goods, building up your distillery, and creating the world’s most renowned spirits.
Use cards to purchase new ingredients and invest in upgrades to your distillery, all while eventually distilling the spirit and sending it to the warehouse. Once in the warehouse, age your spirit to enhance its flavor and bottle it to sell it for major profits!
Achieve the title of Master Distiller by having the most victory points at the end of the game. Points are obtained by distilling and selling spirits.
—description from the designer
Vendor: Rio Grande Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
64.95
Designer |
Ross Arnold Vladimír Suchý |
Publisher | Rio Grande Games |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
In Woodcraft, you play as forest people running competing workshops in the woods, with you gathering wood and crafting goods for your customers. Along the way, you hire helpers, improve your workshop, and buy different types of wood and other tools to create the best workshop you can.
During the game, players complete their projects with wood (dice) that can be cut down to size, glued back together, and adjusted using dice manipulation to be as efficient as possible with their resources.
Whoever builds the best, most successful workshop wins.
—description from the publisher
Vendor: Oink Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
23.95
Designer |
Kei Kajino (梶野 桂) |
Publisher | Oink Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playing Time | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 9 and up |
Honor |
2022 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2022 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee |
SCOUT is a ladder-climbing game in which cards have two potential values, players may not rearrange their hand of cards, and players may pass their turn to take a card from the current high set of cards into their hand.
More specifically, cards are dual-indexed, with different values on each half of the card, with the 45 cards having all possible combinations of the numbers 1-10. During set-up, whoever is shuffling the cards should randomize both the order of the cards in the deck and their orientation. Once each player has been dealt their entire hand of cards, they pick up that hand without rearranging any of the cards; if they wish, they can rotate their entire hand of cards in order to use the values on the other end of each card, but again they cannot rearrange the order of cards in their hand.
On a turn, a player takes one of two actions:
• Play: A player chooses one or more adjacent cards in their hand that have all the same value or that have values in consecutive order (whether ascending or descending), then they play this set of cards to the table. They can do this only if the table is empty (as on the first turn) or the set they're playing is ranked higher than the set currently on the table; a set is higher if it has more cards or has cards of the same value instead of consecutive cards or has a set of the same quantity and type but with higher values. In this latter case when a player overplays another set, the player captures the cards in this previous set and places them face down in front of themselves.
• Scout: A player takes a card from either end of the set currently on the table and places it anywhere they wish in their hand in either orientation. Whoever played this previous set receives a 1 VP token as a reward for playing a set that wasn't beaten.
Once per round, a player can scout, then immediately play.
When a player has emptied their hand of cards or all but one player have scouted instead of playing, the round ends. Players receive 1 VP for each face-down card, then subtract one point for each card in their hand (except if they were the player scouted repeatedly to end the game). Play as many rounds as the number of players, then whoever has the most points wins.
Vendor: Adam's Apple Games, LLC
Type: Board Games
Price:
79.95
Designer |
Ryan Lambert Adam Rehberg |
Publisher | Adam's Apple Games, LLC |
Players | 1-6 |
Playing Time | 60-80 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Our planet has run out of resources, and we are forced to move. We have discovered a series of planets and sent our rovers to test their environment with the hope of colonization. Our rovers have confirmed 1-6 viable colonization options. Planet Unknown is a competitive game for 1-6 players where players build and develop the best planet to win!
Each player has a goal of developing the best planet in Planet Unknown. Each round, each player will place one dual resourced tile on their planet, which is a polyomino shape. Each resource represents the infrastructure needed to support life on the planet. Every tile placement is important to cover your planet efficiently and also to build up your planet's engine. After placing the tile, players do two actions associated with the two infrastructure types on the tile. Be careful because some tile placements will trigger "meteors" that make all planets harder to develop and prevent it from scoring points in its row AND column.
Planet Unknown innovates on the popular polyomino trend by allowing simultaneous yet strategic turn-based play via the Lazy S.U.S.A.N. space station in the center of the table. The game also condenses a 3-hour medium weight game into about 70 minutes for 1-6 players no matter the player count.
Curious how we do it, follow along until launch!
—description from the publisher