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Top Ten

On a scale of 1 to 10: how useful would gold-plated barbecue tongs be in a shipwreck? These are the absurd scenarios players are asked to contemplate in the creative party game “Top Ten.” To help guide you, all players each receive a secret number card with a value between 1 and 10. Players then

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| Nominated for Spiel des Jahres | 2022

Ghost Writer (Phantom Ink)

It’s not easy to communicate with the living when you’re dead. This psychic medium only understands what you’re saying letter by letter and a curse means that you’re not able to name any object directly. Instead, people keep asking ridiculous questions like “If the object was an animal, which one would it be?” Up to

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2024

So Kleever! (So clover)

You have eight square cards, each with four different words, arranged randomly on a plastic four-leaf clover to make four unusual word pairings. You need to come up with an umbrella term that connects these pairs, without using translations, abbreviations or parts of the words. So for the combination of “apple” and “man” you might

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| Recommendation list Spiel des Jahres | 2022

e-Mission (Daybreak)

Just saving the world – that’s all that’s being asked of you in this co-operative, card-based game. Players take on the role of world powers, each responsible for five important projects aiming to solve climate change as well as the world’s social problems. For example, Europe is working to phase out fossil fuels and the

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| Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2024

Cryptid

The science of cryptozoology concerns mythical beasts such as the yeti, the Loch Ness monster or the wendigo. Even “Cryptid” doesn’t allow us to come face to face with these legendary creatures but at least we get a little closer to their home turf. The search begins as a communal safari for up to five

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| Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2022

Bier Pioniere

From Oktoberfest to Bierkellers, everyone knows the Germans have always loved their beer. So opening a brewery in Germany in the early 1900s seems like a solid business prospect. In ‘Bier Pioniere’ you’ll take on the role of those early pioneers of beer: placing your staff members on action spaces to make improvements to your

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2024

Khôra

Olympia vs. Sparta, Corinth vs. Thebes: In “Khôra: Rise of an Empire”, seven ancient city states go head to head in military and cultural competition. In the struggle for power and glory, each nation has its own individual strengths that need to be used skilfully. What’s unique is the almost simultaneous play: at the beginning

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2022

Witchstone

Not a lot of people know that witches and warlocks can lose their supernatural powers. In “Witchstone”, players have to try and stop this by proving their abilities in various magical disciplines, renewing the energy field of the legendary Witschstone. Players compete to make the best chain of actions in their witches’ cauldron. If you’re

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| Recommendation list Kennerspiel des Jahres | 2022