As a fanatical birdwatcher, you have already gained the necessary experience with the many bird species in Wingspan. The journey continues with the Wingspan: Oceania expansion. Travel “Down Under” and discover 95 new bird species and their habitats from Australia, New Zealand and the many islands nearby. This expansion has a new food type and a new color of eggs, so that you can create the right living conditions for the newcomers. Oceania has a unique biodiversity and abundance of plant sugars. To properly integrate the ecosystem, nectar is added as a new food source in this expansion. There are also birds that cannot fly. For each bird trait or bonus card that relates to wing span, these birds count as wild cards. And the new 'yellow' bird cards give you a strong action that is performed at the end of the game. This expansion also includes new player tables, bonus cards and more “end of round” objectives. Make sure you have the best combination of birds at the end of the game and win the game “as proud as a peacock”. The base game is required to play this expansion. The Games Friends: "Wingspan: Oceania is a strong extension of the basic game. The new player boards are a good addition and the new resources also ensure that you can really play it in a new way. Recommended!"

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Taverns of the Old Town is a deckbuilding game about competing taverns, where drinking brothers and noblemen drink their beers and drinks. The players are valuable in their own establishment and try to make their pub the best in the old city through the right investments. As an innkeeper, you attract new customers and occasionally a nobleman, who promotes fame. You will also have to invest in tables, recruit staff and find suppliers of the golden liquid. Each round, players roll and choose dice and pass them to their neighbor. The dice determine which beers you tap and pour. Do you serve your regulars at the bar again or do you choose that rich stinker in the corner? The Games Friends: “ The Taverns of the Old Town fit together very well and have an extremely high replayability due to the four different modules. But the real power of this game lies in the theme, which is very original and perfectly implemented in the available actions. A winner!"

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A bird game full of tactics and excitement As a bird lover, you try to create the best living conditions for the birds in your sanctuary. Each bird expands a chain of powerful combinations in one of its habitats. These habitats focus on different growth factors: grabbing food, laying eggs and drawing new bird cards. Who will build the best action motor and score the most points with their birds at the end of the game? Each turn you play a bird, after which you can perform all actions in the relevant habitat. This way you can take food from a “real” birdhouse, place egg miniatures in nests or collect new birds. All options earn points in different ways. The Games Friends: “ Wingspan is absolutely fantastic! The artwork is beautiful, the game mechanics are very good and the rules are simple. As far as we are concerned, Wingspan should not be missing in any games cabinet. Really and truly! ”

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In this new part of Wingspan we look for new birds on the Asian continent. 90 new bird species make an appearance, along with new bonus cards and other extras. Release birds in your personal nature reserves and score points by letting them work together as best as possible. This version of Wingspan can be played with two players. The game contains rules for the new “duet” variant. In this variant you score extra points with the help of a tableau with bird properties. As soon as you play a bird, you cover the corresponding attribute on the tableau for bonus points. This makes for a challenging game for two, full of tactical choices. But Wingspan: Asia can also be played as an extension of the basic game. In fact, with the extra playing material, an extra-large game can be played with up to 7 players! The “swarm” variant is used for this. In this game variant, two players always take their turns at the same time and the player group is divided into two. Each group has its own birdhouse and its own card stock, but both groups play together with the same target tiles. So whether you want to try a new two-player experience or make it a big bird party for seven, this expansion is a must for Wingspan fans!

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Once a year, the best miracle doctors and proselytizers come together in Kakelenburg to brew drinks against sweaty feet, homesickness, hiccups and heartbreak. However, every quack cooks his own soup here. Each player draws ingredients from his own supply bag, composed during the course of the game, until he thinks his drink is perfect. But be careful: a few popping peas and the whole drink will explode. So it is better to stop in time and cook a smaller portion and use the proceeds to purchase valuable ingredients. In this way, the supply bag fills with more and more useful ingredients, which may make the next drink even better and earn more points. In this game with more than 2000 combination options, the proven deckbuilding system is combined with the popular “push your luck” mechanism. The Games Friends: “ The Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg is a fantastic game, where you have to make many tactical choices and need a little bit of luck. Normally we would find that element of luck a shame, but because at Kwakzalvers you have plenty of options to avoid it, it doesn't bother us at all. Kwakzalvers is really great!"

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New adventures in the search for El Dorado! With this expansion, the expedition leaders will face new challenges, such as curses and demons. But don't worry, you will also get help from an unexpected source. This way you can hire special heroes and start your journey with your personal animal sidekick. Heroes & Demons continues with three new terrain tiles, new expedition cards and new cave tokens. Furthermore, this expansion has additional rules. There are now demon cards, a kind of punishment cards that take up space in your deck of expedition cards. You also run the risk of curses, which saddle you with demon cards or set your pawn back. Heroes & Demons can only be played in combination with The Search for El Dorado. The Games Friends: "An absolute must for fans of the basic game. The new tiles and cards provide even more variation and therefore you can make endless combinations. Highly recommended!"

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Roll the dice and enter one of your rolled dice in the corresponding category. Each category earns points in a different way. Choose wisely and pay close attention to the remaining dice. You must serve each die with a lower result on the silver tray to the other players. They may therefore also be able to score important points. In this dice game, all players are constantly busy. This makes it extremely exciting until the end! The Games Friends: “ Clever is one of the best dice games on the board game market. Even though it is only a very small game, the various tactical choices make it feel like a large board game. Another great one from the maker of Kwakzalvers and De Tavernen van de Oude Stad! ”

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Roll the dice and enter one of your rolled dice in the corresponding category. Each category earns points in a different way. Choose wisely and pay close attention to the remaining dice. You have to choose wisely to have sufficient choice in subsequent turns. It is also important not to lose sight of the throws of the other players. Whoever has the most points after a certain number of rounds wins the game. In Clever to the Power of 3, new challenges and decisions await players. The order of the chosen dice can determine whether certain fields can be filled... perhaps even several at the same time. This makes the moment of choice much more important than before. When choosing between points and bonuses, it is important to always consider which route leads to the perfect end result. The Games Friends: " We like this one just a bit more than Clever 1 and Dice zo Clever. By building up the different tracks you can score even more bonuses, which is just a lot of fun. Indispensable for Clever fans and again just a a step further than part 1. "

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Dice and puzzle game for the whole family! Check boxes on your playing field to fill columns and similarly colored areas as quickly as possible. Each turn you choose a dice color and a dice number. You combine these, allowing you to check adjacent boxes of the chosen color. Always make the right choice and try to remove the combination desired by the other players. Your options increase as you expand your playing field wisely. In addition to points for complete columns, you also get a bonus if you have checked all boxes of 1 color. The game ends when a player has checked 2 complete colors. Who has the most points? The Games Friends: “ The subtitle of Keer op Keer is 'It never ends with 1 game' and that is absolutely correct! The rules are super simple and a game never lasts long. The easy and fun mechanics make it a very entertaining dice game every time!"

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In this first expansion of Wingspan, we expand the view of the world by adding the many beautiful and diverse birds from Europe. These birds have all kinds of new features that increase interaction between players or add new actions at the end of a round. Some birds can benefit from excess food. All cards are designed to be shuffled through the decks of the base game (and future expansions). This expansion includes an extra box to store the growing collection of birds (current and new), 15 purple egg miniatures, additional food tokens, and a scorepad to keep track of scores for solo and multiplayer games. The Games Friends: “ Wingspan: Europe is a fantastic expansion to the base game. The new cards add fun elements, such as the birds that perform an action at the end of the round. This provides, among other things, more interaction between the players. This way, Wingspan is more tactical and varied than ever!” The base game is required to play this expansion.

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The alchemists of Kakelenburg are now known far beyond the city's borders. Their medicine is as famous as it is infamous. Seeking help come from far away to have their usually exotic complaints treated "professionally" by miracle doctors. The best from your guild are asked here: the alchemists of Kakelenburg tackle the most difficult cases of the quack profession. With high-quality technical equipment, they distill the best magic soup to reduce the suffering of patients. Distilling gives players valuable bonuses and special abilities, which give them advantages over the course of the game. This expansion also contains 20 new divination cards and 2 new ingredient books for the fool's herb. The Games Friends: " Very strong expansion. We make a lot of use of the new features and it fits well into the mechanisms of the basic game. As far as we are concerned, The Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg: The Alchemists is indispensable for the fans! "

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Three score blocks for the avid Keer op Keer players with three different levels for even more challenges!

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In Beverbende, tactics and memory go hand in hand. You have 4 penalty cards face down in front of you, but you can only look at two of them. On your turn, you draw a card and take an action with it. This way you can exchange the card for one of your face-down cards or even influence the cards of the other players. If you have the fewest penalties, you win the round. Beverbende is ideally suited for families with children. Can also be combined with Beaver Clan.

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Three score blocks for the avid Keer op Keer players with three different levels for even more challenges!

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New possibilities for the Tavern of the Old Town! The Kamer Vrij expansion comes with four new modules, with which you can add even more variation to this game. The four modules introduce new rules and themes. With module A you can install your own wine cellar. With module B you can let your guests spend the night in your tavern. With module C you can deploy special bar owners and with module D you have to deal with the mayor of the Old Town, who wants to turn her municipality into a real tourist resort. The new modules can be combined with the basic game in numerous ways. This ensures endless fun in the entertainment area of ​​the Old Town! Can only be played in combination with the basic game “The Taverns of the Old City”.

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In the fourth edition of Clever 4ever you will once again collect as many points as possible. Through 5 different categories and the bonus actions, you try to fill in combinations on your score sheet as cleverly as possible with the dice. Dice that you do not use go to the tray, so that your opponents can also choose dice during your turn. This is familiar territory for seasoned Clever players. But what are the new categories? The colors blue, yellow, green, pink and gray each score points in their own way: The yellow category consists of 3 rows. You may only enter increasing numbers in the top row. You can complete the rows below as you wish. The second row constitutes negative points, the third row normal points. The more boxes you complete, the more bonuses you get. In the blue category you use the blue and white die. Together the two dice form coordinates with which you can check a box in a large square. You score points by putting at least two crosses per row, column or diagonal. In gray you have to fill in fields again and again based on the number of the die. A field consists of a number of squares, which must correspond to the number of spots on the die. The new fields must also be adjacent to previously checked fields. Green consists of a row of boxes that you must fill in from left to right. Each box is split in two. The bottom half gives you an immediate bonus. The other half, in combination with the first half, gives the total number of points. You can choose whether you first complete a box completely or whether you prefer to fill in the bottom halves first to quickly score bonuses. Pink also consists of a row of boxes. You may enter any number indicated by the die in each box. However, in pink, each number has a property. For example, a 5 immediately gives the bonus under the box, while with a 3 you can immediately write down a second 3, but you are not allowed to take any bonuses. All categories are again full of bonuses that can cause combinations and chain reactions. Whoever knows how to use these combinations as smartly as possible wins Clever 4ever.

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For the seasoned dice player who can dream the Clever score sheet, there is the Clever Challenge score block. Small changes to the layout offer many new opportunities to achieve that top score. The Challenge score block has exactly the same rules as the normal game, but the bonuses and conditions on the sheet are different. Get ready to rediscover the dice sensation Clever! The Games Friends: “ After many games of Clever, it's nice to get some variation in your tactics. Fortunately, that variation is certainly included in this variant of the basic game. Small additions make the whole thing feel fresh again and you can also try other tactics. Highly recommended for Clever fans!”

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The Crew is a cooperative card game in which you try to cross the universe together in 50 different missions. You will only succeed if everyone pays attention and works together. One wrong card can mean the end of the mission. Furthermore, your communication options in space are very limited. Talking won't work, but by making smart use of the resources you have, you should be able to get the right astronaut to win the battle with just the right card. The Crew will feel familiar to a card player. The rules of the game are basically simple. But because you have to work together with these rules and the limited communication, an innovative, exciting and very fun card game emerges for both beginners and the seasoned card player. The Games Friends: " What a great game De Crew is. Normally we are less into battle games, but in a cooperative it is great fun to do. There are a lot of missions in it that you can keep playing, so as far as we are concerned this is a game that every game lover should have. Absolute tip!

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You have been crowned king of a beautiful little country of rolling hills, winding rivers and fertile farmlands. Life could be so beautiful, but unfortunately there are disputes with surrounding states. Various princes try to expand their kingdom at the expense of each other! Only one will win... In Dominion you try to form the strongest possible deck during the game, so that you have the most points at the end of the game. The cards in your deck always rotate from your draw pile to your hand, after which they go to your discard pile. When your draw pile is empty, shuffle your discard pile so that you have a new draw pile. Each turn you may perform 1 action and make 1 purchase. Every turn you buy additional cards, so you can achieve your goal in your own way. Do you go for a constructive method with the Forge, the Village and the Market, or do you try a more aggressive way with the Witch or the Militia? Because only 10 of the 26 kingdom cards are used in each game, Dominion is different every time. The Games Friends: “ If we could only take a few games to a desert island, Dominion would probably be one of them. Due to the enormous number of expansions you can keep rotating and have a different game every time. Highly, HIGHLY recommended!"

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Variant of the popular, tactical dice game Clever. The rules of Dice zo Clever are the same as those of the basic Clever game, but new color categories provide variation and a different game experience. One of the players always rolls the dice and enters one of his dice in the corresponding category. Each category earns points in a different way. He must choose wisely and pay close attention to the remaining dice. He must serve each die with a lower result on the silver tray to the other players. They may therefore also be able to score important points. The Games Friends: “ Dice like Clever is the very good successor to Clever. The actions are very different from Clever, but very clear due to the clear symbols. Highly recommended!"

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Expansion of the popular bag building game “De Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg”. This includes play materials for a fifth player and new ingredient books. You will also find a new ingredient, the fool's herb, whose value depends on the situation in your cauldron. In addition, herbal witches are drawn each game, who can serve the players once during the game with their special skills! With 'The Herb Witches', 'The Kwakzalvers van Kakelenburg' becomes even more fun and exciting. Stir that cauldron! The Games Friends: “ The Herb Witches is a wonderful extension of the fantastic basic game. With the basic game you could already vary a lot when setting up the game, but with the Herb Witches this only becomes even more. This expansion is indispensable for fans of the base game."

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You are an amateur dracologist in the world of Wyrmspan, a place where dragons of all shapes, sizes and colors fly through the sky. Dig out a hidden labyrinth that you recently found on your estate and lure those beautiful creatures to settle in your caves. In Wyrmspan you build a sanctuary for dragons. Your shrine starts with a carmine lair, golden cavern and amethyst gorge. Over the course of the game you dig out additional fields and lure dragons to live there. Here's how to combine the powerful skills of your dragons and earn the favor of the dragon guild! Wyrmspan is a challenging board game for people who like to build up their motor skills during a game and like great variety. The game is based on the well-known bird game Wingspan by Elizabeth Hargrave, who also contributed to this game. If you are a fan of Wingspan and are looking for even more of a challenge, you can find it in Wyrmspan. The large number of dragons and associated descriptions also make the game very attractive for fantasy enthusiasts! In Wyrmspan you build a sanctuary for dragons. Your shrine starts with 3 excavated spaces, the 3 leftmost spaces of your carmine lair, golden cavern and amethyst gorge respectively. Over the course of the game you expand these 3 caves from left to right, first excavating empty spaces and then playing dragons on the excavated spaces. Wyrmspan consists of 4 rounds. Each round, players perform 1 action clockwise. The players continue to perform actions until they decide to pass; this usually happens when a player has used all his coins or has no more dragons in his hand that he wants or can play. The players who have not passed continue playing until all players have passed. Then the round is over. On your turn, you choose 1 action (dig, lure or explore) and place your adventurer there. You pay the cost in coins and/or eggs and perform the action. The winner of Wyrmspan is the player with the most victory points. You can earn these in various ways, including the value of played dragons, eggs, hidden cards, public objectives and the dragon guild.

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New adventures await you in the search for El Dorado! Along the way you will encounter new areas with dangerous terrain, such as rivers with rapids, swamps with crocodiles and mountains with risk zones. You also now have to visit temples to find the artifacts that allow you to open the gate to El Dorado. But there is also help. The mysterious Muisca tribe is ready to help you in the quest for the City of Gold. The Quest for El Dorado: Dangers and Muisca is a new expansion consisting of two modules. The “Hazards” module introduces new terrain tiles. These tiles are littered with danger zones where you are not allowed to end your turn. This module also contains the new terrain type swamps, which you can only walk through carefully and card by card because of crocodiles. The “Muisca” module introduces the new Muisca cards. You can buy these cards at the market tableau and work just like the other cards, with one difference. Instead of playing the card as normal, you can also place it in front of you. This way you keep the Muisca card and can use it in the next turn, which gives many more tactical possibilities. Both modules can be played separately or with other expansions. This provides plenty of variety for fans of The Search for El Dorado!

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For the seasoned dice player who can dream up the Dobbel zo Clever score sheet, there is the Dobbel zo Clever Challenge score block. Small changes to the layout offer many new opportunities to achieve that top score. The Challenge score block has exactly the same rules as the normal game, but the bonuses and conditions on the sheet are different. Get ready to rediscover Dobbel Zo Clever! The Games Friends: “ It's time for a new challenge! In Dice zo Clever Challenge you will find everything you need to completely change your tactics. We are fans!”

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Similo is a fun, accessible card game for in between, where all players cooperatively try to guess the character chosen in advance by the game leader. The chosen character is among the 12 cards on the table. No speaking is allowed and the game leader uses cards with other characters from his hand as clues. By laying out cards in a certain way, he indicates whether the characters have similarities or are different from each other. The other players must work together to interpret the clue as best as possible. Players will therefore have to carefully consider what the characters have in common or how they differ. Because what exactly the game leader is referring to with his hint remains a secret. Is it appearance, character, era, origin, profession, contribution to history or Nobel Prizes that are being referred to? Perhaps a number of biographies have been made into films or are there characters who have died a tragic death? The possibilities are endless! Knowledge, but also creativity plays an important role here. Based on the instructions, players must eliminate the characters on the table one or more at a time until only the correct character remains on the table. The players must regularly think out of the box to correctly interpret the clues. If they fail to guess the correct character at the end of the game, or if they are eliminated from the game early, all players lose together as a team. Similo: Fairy Tales can also be combined with versions with a different theme, such as Similo: History. Players can use different theme decks together or even place one deck on the table and give instructions with another deck. For example, Dorothy from Wizard of Oz, like Abraham Lincoln, is of American descent, and Prince Charming and Princess Sissi both have a royal title. Similo is a fun game for the whole family, but also to play as a couple. Its small size makes it easy to travel with and because the characters are known worldwide, it can be easily and fun played anywhere in the world. The Games Friends: “Similo is such a great game for a quick snack. You play a game in 10 minutes, but still have the feeling that you have completed a full game. Highly recommended for fans of Dixit, Mysterium and Obscurio!"

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Treasure hunters and saboteurs trouble each other in this role card game. The only question is who is on which side! Each player receives a role card, which indicates whether he is a saboteur or a treasure-hunting dwarf. He keeps his role a secret from everyone, but can of course say whatever he wants in the meantime. Furthermore, each player receives a number of cards with corridors, tools or sabotage options. The treasure hunters aim to find the treasure, while the saboteurs try to prevent that. This way they can sabotage each other's tools or explain courses the wrong way. Because it cannot be determined with certainty who belongs to which party, it is best to avoid hindering an ally in this way. The winning side receives a reward at the end of the game. Whoever has collected the most rewards after a number of rounds wins the game. The Games Friends: “ We really like games where you have to bluff and fool each other. Saboteur is therefore fully approved by us! The simple rules and limited playing time make Saboteur the perfect game to take to family and friends."

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Accessible, tactical two-person game. Try to place as many pieces as possible on your blanket tableau. Don't just make sure the patch fits, but also take into account the time it takes to fit and the income it generates in knots. Ultimately you get as many points as the number of buttons you have, minus twice the empty spaces on your game board. If you are the first to build a 7 x 7 blanket, you score bonus points! In Patchwork you don't necessarily have alternating turns. Whoever is behind in time has the turn until his time marker has caught up with the other. This can lead to interesting dilemmas. Should I go for a more expensive piece? Or do I choose two cheaper ones? Because the pieces are always placed around the game board in a different order, no two games are the same. The simple rules in combination with the tactical challenge make Patchwork fun for everyone! The Games Friends: “ Uwe Rosenberg has once again had a hit with Patchwork and we understand that very well. We love puzzling with the limited space you have in your playing field. A perfect game for a quick snack!"

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Played so many Times on Times 2 that your scorepad is almost empty? Don't worry, with these extra score blocks you can move forward again!

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The landscape is wild, incredibly beautiful and...full of llamas?! It's not easy being a farmer with all those hills and mountains around you. As a farmer in a mountain landscape, you will create fields on which you will grow cocoa, corn and potatoes. You will also hire villagers who will help you achieve the largest possible harvest. With the harvest you will buy llamas, which are worth points. In addition to trying to collect as many llamas as possible, you should also pay attention to special target tiles. These target tiles give you points if you meet certain conditions. The player with the most points wins. Lamaland is a tactical tile-laying game that requires you to think ahead. The target tiles are different for every game, so Lamaland offers a lot of variation. The game also has special rules for both advanced and novice players.

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New adventures await you in the search for El Dorado! Along the way you will encounter unknown misty valleys, where many surprises await you. In the meantime, watch out for suddenly appearing fire-breathing dragons that will slow you down, and pick up valuable treasures with your metal detector. The Quest for El Dorado: Dragons, Treasures & Mysteries is a new expansion consisting of three modules. The “Dragons” module introduces dragons. At the start of the game they sleep, but if a playing piece moves to the space with a dragon or an adjacent space, it must stop there and the dragon wakes up. From that moment on, players can move the dragon instead of their own playing piece. This is important, because you are not allowed to move a playing piece that is in the immediate vicinity of a dragon! The “Treasure” module introduces treasure tokens. You can pick it up if you stand next to it and play a metal detector or remove the requested cards from the game. If you have collected 4 treasure tokens, this counts as reaching El Dorado. You can also use a treasure token to move to an adjacent space twice in succession without having to meet the conditions on those spaces. The “Mysteries” module introduces mysterious valley tiles. These are placed face down on the playing field at the start of the game, but are turned over as soon as a player ends up with his playing piece on an adjacent field. From that moment on, players may enter the valley tile in the usual way. The valley tiles can also be used as normal terrain tiles, but then the surprise effect is gone. All three modules can be played individually or with other expansions. This provides plenty of variety for fans of The Search for El Dorado!

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You have been the first pioneer to reach the new land and place your buildings along the river. Soon the entire land between mountains and forest belongs to your settlement. But how will your settlement further develop into a prosperous community? The four different campaigns tell the story of your own city. In My City Roll & Write you lead your city to ever greater successes in 12 different levels. In order, three levels each form their own campaign with an associated theme and its own rules. This way you start with the first steps of your settlement and you will have to deal with more and more new challenges per game, such as the development of churches and the arrival of bandits. Each turn you roll dice to see which new city district you should fill in on your score sheet. The smarter you do this, the more points you collect. Points award a winner per game, but can also be saved so that a winner is only announced at the end of a three-part campaign. My City Roll & Write is fast and compact, but also tactical and challenging. The campaigns provide plenty of variation. The no fewer than 192 sheets of the score pad ensure that each level can be played multiple times. Moreover, this roll & write can be played solo or in a group of six players. Who builds the best city?

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In this well-known laying game, the players jointly build the French city of Carcassonne with all its roads, towns, monasteries and meadows. By deploying serfs they score points for completed projects. Each turn you place one land tile and you may place one follower on it. Which type it is depends on the tile. There are tiles with road sections, monasteries, city districts and/or meadow sections. In principle, there may not be more than one follower on a project, but if two unfinished parts are built together, it can still happen that more followers end up on them. Whoever has the most followers on a completed project immediately receives points. Different rules apply to the number of points to be received for each type of project. The game ends when all tiles have been placed. Whoever has the most points wins. Carcassonne is loved by both families and experienced players because it has sufficient depth despite the simple rules. The touch of luck gives everyone the opportunity to participate in the win until the end. The Games Friends: “ Carcassonne is of course a classic and we completely understand why. During Carcassonne you can relax and try to create the most beautiful landscape possible, while of course trying to outdo your opponent(s). Due to the many expansions, a game of Carcassonne is never the same and you can make the game as extensive as you want. Indispensable in every games cupboard!"

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Two score blocks for Clever. Now all players who have filled their blocks smart, fast and Clever can buy replacement blocks again!

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Exciting cooperative board game for the whole family. This challenging adventure game won the Dutch Expert Games Prize in 2014. In addition to the fantastic artwork, the jury especially praised the unique structure of the game rules, which are explained to the players step by step while playing. The players are heroes who must defend the fantasy land of Andor against all kinds of monsters, such as trolls and dragons. They take on the role of a wizard, dwarf, warrior and archer, each with unique qualities. The heroes collect gold, gems and all kinds of objects, which improve their strength and willpower. This way they can handle their opponents better. However, unforeseen events constantly make things difficult for the players. Only through good consultation and joint fighting can the heroes survive! The game contains 5 different, challenging legends, including an introductory game. The Games Friends: “ After enjoying Marco Polo and The Stone Age we started The Legends of Andor. We played the first legend and after 5 minutes we already knew: this game is fantastic! The artwork is beautiful, the mechanics are simple and the story is very nice. And the fact that you can start playing almost immediately (the rest of the rules are explained during the game) is absolutely great. Andor is highly recommended!"

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According to an age-old legend, if the moon is just right, you should be able to find the treasure in Sir Reginald's tomb tonight. Hurry to the dark graveyard, because you have little time to solve the mystery and obtain the immensely valuable ruby. Can your nerves handle it? EXIT: The Graveyard of Darkness can only be played once because the play material must be written on, folded or torn off. But just like in a “real” escape room, we guarantee a very intense puzzle and playing experience! The puzzles of this EXIT are quite tough. This makes the game especially suitable for avid puzzlers and escape room enthusiasts.

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Dense fog creeps over the fields, swallows up entire farms and reaches the city walls. Even the bravest knights shudder and their armor rattles when they hear the nuns' stories: “The mist awakens the restless souls of the Cathars, hunted during the Crusades. And they are coming for justice now!” To restore peace to Carcassonne, the players must work together to put the wandering ghosts to rest. Carcassonne: The Mist is the first version of Carcassonne that can be played cooperatively. By working together, enough points must be collected. You lose as a group if all the tiles are gone or if too many ghosts have ended up on the playing field. With each new tile that features fog, new ghosts come into play. Only by completely closing off a mist field with tiles can the spirits be put to rest. But be careful! The number of tiles is limited and a minimum number of points must be achieved. Carcassonne: The Mist has 6 different levels, with each level introducing new, challenging game elements. The game also contains the rules for the “Ghosts, Castles and Graveyards” variant. Using these rules, Carcassonne: The Mist can be used as a normal extension to the basic game. Plenty of variety for both Carcassonne fans and new players!

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Three score blocks for the avid Keer op Keer players with three different levels for even more challenges!

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Revised edition of the most spectacular party game for teams! Fantastic for large groups at parties, but also perfect for playing with the family during the holidays. You play in teams. One of you tries to describe as many of the 5 concepts as possible on a card within 30 seconds. The more concepts you guess, the more spaces you can move forward on the game board. A roll of the dice can change that. Which team will reach the finish line first? The Games Friends: “ We have yet to meet the first person who doesn't like 30 Seconds. The rules are super simple and it's the perfect game for a game night with friends or family. Hilarious answers from your fellow players guaranteed! We are fans!"

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The challenging cooperative escape room game! Your goal is to find your way out of the enchanted forest together in the shortest possible time. But that only works if you solve a series of riddles. The puzzles are quite tough. This makes the game especially suitable for avid puzzlers and escape room enthusiasts. An unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime gaming experience. Can you think “out of the box” and do you have detective skills? Maybe you will manage to escape the enchanted forest! EXIT: The Enchanted Forest can only be played once because the play material must be written on, folded or torn off. But just like in a “real” escape room, we guarantee a very intense puzzle and playing experience! The Games Friends: " Exit: The Enchanted Forest is one of our favorite Exit games, because it was logical for us and you are not completely overloaded with different puzzles. Recommended! "

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After the 1889 World Exhibition, everyone is talking about it: electric street lighting! As the city of light, Paris also leads the way in this. In this fast-paced 2-player game you take on the role of a city planner with the task of lighting the city as beautifully as possible to attract visitors and inspire artists. You and your opponent take turns first placing a city tile with which you lay down the plan for the city or you choose a building to place in the second phase of the game. Make sure that your own city areas are large enough to accommodate prestigious buildings and of course that there are enough lampposts to illuminate them!

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The latest edition of the well-known trading game Catan. The game now includes miniatures and the artwork has also been completely updated. This way you can immerse yourself even more in the world of Catan! You start with 2 villages on a variable game board with fields, meadows, hills, mountains and forests. On your turn, you roll 2 dice to determine who gets resources. That depends on the position of your villages. You can then trade with the bank or with your fellow players. You don't get all types of raw materials. And you do need them to build new villages, streets and cities. You can also buy development cards to perform special actions. Furthermore, there is a highwayman walking around who robs some landscapes. Villages and cities not only provide resources, but are also worth points. Development cards, the longest continuous route and the largest knight force also earn points. The first person to reach 10 points immediately wins the game! The Games Friends: “ Catan is incredibly popular and we understand that very well. The interaction between players, the game board that you can set up differently each time and the touch of luck with the dice... Catan is a true classic and, partly due to the expansions, you can keep playing endlessly!"

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For seasoned Clever players and other people looking for a challenge, there is now Clever to the 3rd Power: Challenge 1! These additional score pads for Clever to the 3rd Power differ from the sheets of the original game. The rules are otherwise the same, but must now be used on a score sheet that works slightly differently. For example, the layout of the yellow and blue-green categories has completely changed and you now have to take into account intermingling plus and minus signs in the blue category. The Games Friends: Another great variation on the fun dice game. Don't expect something completely new, but some minor adjustments will provide some new tactics.

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Exciting card game, in which luck, bluffing and smart counting are central. Who will receive the fewest penalty points? The game contains 104 cards with different values ​​and penalties. Each player gets 10 and there are 4 cards face up on the table. Each round, everyone chooses a card from their hand and places it face down in front of them. The players simultaneously turn over their cards and add their cards to the cards on the table, with the player with the lowest card starting, and so on. Anyone who has to place the sixth card in a row must take the five cards from that row as penalty points before laying down his card. Whoever has the fewest penalty points after 10 rounds wins. Take 5! is an ideal game for larger groups of people who want to play a simple, fast game. That is why this game is very popular among students and larger families.

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A strategic development game by successful author Jamey Stegmaier. In Tapestry you weave the story of your own unique civilization. You start with nothing and progress along the 4 tracks of development (science, technology, exploration and military) to receive increasingly better rewards and benefits. You can focus on a specific track or take a balanced approach. Improve your income, build your capital, exploit your unique skills and draw carpet cards that tell the story of your civilization. Does your civilization reach the stars? The Games Friends: “ Tapestry is a fantastic board game, with many different possibilities. Yet you explained Tapestry this way because the actions are simple and clear. The artwork on the cards is beautiful and due to the large number of peoples you have many variation options. An absolute winner, which comes to our table very often!"

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Spectacular party game for teams with everyday concepts. Fantastic at parties and celebrations. The players form teams. One of you tries to describe as many of the 5 concepts as possible on a card within 30 seconds. The more concepts your teammates guess, the more spaces your team can advance on the game board. A roll of the dice can change that. Will your team reach the finish first? This special edition contains concepts that arise in everyday life. This makes 30 Seconds Everyday Life also suitable for younger children!

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Ah, money. There's nothing like the sound of coins clinking in your hand. You certainly prefer it to the sound of coins in other people's hands, or to the sound of coins in a safe that no one can reach without first raising their status. Increasing status is behind you. Life has been good to you. 10 years ago you still worked in your own fields with a simple straw hat on your head. Today your kingdom stretches from sea to sea and your straw hat is the largest the world has ever seen. You also own the smallest dog in the world and a life-size statue of yourself made of baklava. Of course, money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy jealousy, anger and also a kind of empty feeling. You still have problems – disruptive neighbors that need to be defeated. But this time you do it in style. This expansion to Dominion contains 25 new kingdom cards and 2 new standard cards, allowing players to build beyond Gold and Provinces. The central theme is wealth; there are money cards with action capabilities, cards that interact with money cards, and expensive, powerful cards. Dominion Welvaart makes it possible to do more with your money cards. Therefore, you now play them in an order of your choice, performing any actions before playing the next card. Since there is a lot more money in the game than usual, you can buy standard cards like Platinum (which is worth 5 coins) and Colony (which is worth 10 victory points). There are also cards that provide extra victory points in the form of tokens. With this expansion, the options become even greater than they already were! The Games Friends: " In Dominion: Prosperity, decks with too few money cards are an end, because you will become rich. That is why the more expensive coin and victory cards are a solution. Because you have a lot of money, you have the feeling that you have much more than with other expansions. That is a big advantage, but it changes the game considerably. "Another fantastic expansion on Dominion. "

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Bread and Beer is a strategic game for 2 players. By playing cards you harvest resources, improve your village and sell beer and bread. Each card can be used in three different ways. Slide the card above the game board for a harvest, under the game board for an expansion of the village or discard the card to sell beer and bread. The way you get cards depends on the round. During a strong year you pass cards back and forth, each time choosing a card to play. During a lean year you have to make do with the cards you are dealt, although you are allowed to exchange limited cards with the trading card field. Whoever has produced the most beer or bread after six rounds wins. But there is a small catch. What you produced the least amount of will determine your final score. So you lose if you have invested heavily in bread, while your beer production has remained very limited. As a strategic game for two players, Bread and Beer is a real challenge! The game is full of player interaction. Each round you have to make decisive choices that have direct consequences for the next round. Moreover, Bread and Beer is beautifully illustrated by Michael Menzel (The Legends of Andor, The Adventures of Robin Hood). Highly recommended for anyone looking for a big game in a small box!

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In this dice game you try to use the dice you throw wisely to achieve the highest possible score. Nothing new so far, right? With Give & Take, however, you do not have a standard score sheet, but you make it yourself by choosing one of the cards from the table during your turn. In this way, all players create their own unique playing field during the course of the game. Choose the right combination of cards to maximize your score. In this game, all players are constantly involved in the game. This way you can choose to re-roll the dice on your own turn if you don't like the result. But on every second or third roll, each player may fill one of the dice onto his own cards. So to move forward, you have to give and take! Give & Take is a kind of Roll & Write 2.0. A compelling game that cleverly combines luck and tactics and is a must for fans of Clever and Keer op Keer, for example.

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The popular trading game with 2 expansions and 4 scenarios in 1 box! If you would like to learn CATAN or introduce your friends to it, then this is the ideal starter package to acquire the best-known and most popular trading game of the last decades. First get to know the basic game and then try out the different scenarios. The basic game and all scenarios can be played with 3 to 6 players using the 5 and 6 player expansion. In addition to the “Best Friends” expansion, the box also contains 2 holiday and 2 regional scenarios “Iberian Peninsula” and “Rickshaw Run”. Who plays CATAN? Do you love trading, do you like to bother others, are you not bothered by a touch of luck and do you think an hour of playing is just right? Then CATAN is tailor-made for you. For about 30 years, this game has been extremely popular worldwide with both families and experienced players. And if you regularly get tired of a game quickly, then you will now get your money's worth. Due to the variable game structure and the many different scenarios, this box offers infinite variety! How do you play CATAN? The players settle on the newly discovered island of Catan. They start with 2 villages and 2 streets. The different terrain types surrounding their villages produce resources for everyone as a result of dice rolls. You need this to expand villages into cities or build new streets and villages. You get victory points for that. You can also buy development cards, which give you extra benefits. Because you do not always get the right resources, you may trade with the other players to achieve the desired combination. But beware of the highwayman. If you collect too many resources, they can easily take away half of them! Can you be the first to get 10 victory points? In the 5 scenarios you experience exciting journeys, help Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and get to know the generous sides of your fellow players. All scenarios can be played with up to 6 players and offer new opportunities to further explore CATAN. Try settling in Spain and Portugal or northern India with the regional scenarios “Iberian Peninsula” and “Rickshaw Run”. These 2 scenarios give the game a completely different dimension!

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In Mille Fiori you take on the role of glassblower and trader. You focus on glass production through workshops, trade and own houses. Whoever invests the smartest will score the most points and win this beautifully designed game. The Mille Fiori game board is divided into 5 different categories, each of which awards points in its own way. The five categories represent different phases in the world of glassblowing. Workshops are places where glass is produced. Houses are places where glass is used. Trading houses sell the glass and the port takes care of exports. There is also a category with people containing people who support your work. In each category you will find spaces where you can place diamond tokens, which score points. You get five cards per round. During a turn, you choose one of these cards and pass the rest to the player next to you. Based on the card you play, you place a diamond token in one of the categories on the game board. When four cards have been played and passed in this way, the last card is discarded and the round ends. In the “Workshops” category, you score one point for each token that forms a group with the newly placed token. If you place a token on a pigment field, this score is doubled. In the “Houses” category you get points for the field you place your chip on. If this spot is preceded by other tokens in your color, you gain the points from those tokens again. The “People” category is shaped like pyramids. The higher you place your chip in the pyramid, the more points you get. However, you may not place tokens on higher layers until those below have been completed. If you have already placed chips in one of the previous layers, they will give you points again when new chips are placed in the layers above. The “Trade” category has places for tokens, which show four different types of goods. For each token you place with a certain commodity type, you get points for all tokens of that commodity type. In the “Port” category you can move your ship on the harbor track instead of placing tokens. The further the ship goes, the more points you get. You can also place a token in one of the five rows of the port. Once a row is full, you get points for the goods placed in the “Trade” category next to the rows of the “Port” category. Each category has options to play additional cards from an offer next to the game board. By smartly choosing cards and placing chips, you can cause chain reactions for more and more points. When someone places the last chip from their own supply or when all the cards are gone, the game is over. The one with the most points wins.

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