(not to be confused with Knizia's Beowulf: The Movie Board Game) The fascinating legend of the great hero Beowulf is told in one of the oldest works of English literature. This game relives the legend of how the Geatish warrior Beowulf comes to the aid of the Danish King against the fearsome monster Grendel, how he returns to his home in Geatland to become...
Vie for control of Jerusalem and the supremacy of the Middle East as one of the four major powers of the medieval world: the Latin Christian Crusaders, the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire, the Shia Fatimid Caliphate, or the Sunni Seljuks. Refight and change the history of the two first Crusades! Lords of Heaven is an area control and card placement...
Yunnan — home of delicious Pu'er tea. For more than 1,000 years, the tea dynasties have provided this sought-after good via their horse caravans to faraway Tibet. The Tea-Horse Road — a network of paths and roads leading through the jungles of Yunnan, across the steppes of Sichuan, and over the peaks of the Himalaya — is the traditional travel route of the...
Judging by the smirk on the face of the Sultan of Solo, the businessman from North Sumatra has just made a mistake. And a costly one at that, too. He has paid way too much for merging his rubber company with the Sultan’s extensive rubber plantations: there are no ships in the area to transport the rubber to the booming cities of Java. And the Sultan is now...
Nokosu Dice is a trick-taking game for 3 to 5 players, each playing Number Cards and dice in their hand to win mini-games and score points against the other players over multiple rounds. In each trick, each player plays a card or die from their hand, and the winner of the trick score a point. There is also a chance to win bonus points at the end of each...
Everyone knows of the pyramids on the Nile — eternal monuments of a powerful and beautiful culture that can still take our breath away. The players (leaders of a royal Egyptian family) choose their sites, build their pyramids, and thank Amun-Re and the other gods for their bounty. In Amun-Re, each pharaoh wants to build the most pyramids. To accomplish...
Lost Adventures is an adventure archaeology movie game that captures the cinematic sweep of this genre of film. The game is played over two phases: In the Map Phase, you will travel the world to acquire information about the lost temple, and select character cards to help prepare for its perils. On each of your five turns, you perform four steps: 1. Travel...
Worker placement with a bidding element. Players take on the role of a CEO in a beverage company. You, along with your rivals have agreed to help fund the creation of a new stadium in your city. However, only the company with the highest reputation will be allowed to sell their drinks inside. A round starts with bidding for how much money you will get to...
Become the new Unicorn Startup and claim your place in Silicon Valley! .disrupt is a fully asymmetric economic board game with worker placement and card-driven mechanics. As a player, you will choose one of the following roles: The Startup Entrepreneur, The Market Leader, the Angel Investor, or the Business Process Outsourcer. You will be able to design...
In the Middle Ages, Noli was a flourishing maritime town under the benevolent 'patronage' of the powerful republic of Genoa. This sun-baked fishing community has a rich history of independence, commerce, and competition. Every September, in order to determine the fishing rights for the following fishing season, the gozzi (typical Ligurian fishing boats) of...
The king lies near death, so the princes compete to dominate the kingdom and secure the throne by grabbing as much land as possible. This is, in the ideal, a 4 player game. Each turn a card is revealed that displays 3 actions that players can choose from. Each player in turn choose an action by playing a 1, 2 or 3 card identifying the first, second or...
The deluxe edition features: - Updated artwork - All components upgraded to true deluxe - You will be able to "set up” your own experience of YEDO. Whether you want no negative interaction or a game more punishing than ever before, you will be able to set up YEDO to suit your needs and pause play style. - New modular components brings a lot of interesting...