Remember, paint, score. Game components: six coloured felt-tip pens with cleaning sponge and 55 picture cards. Players must colour in black-and-white images on wipe-clean cards. These should be in the exact colours of the picture on the reverse of the card. All images consist of precisely …
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Broomstick, magic wand and shining amulet – the scatterbrained witch has lost all of her things in the magical forest. As speedy forest sprites, the players help her in her search. To do this, ever-changing teams of two children sit opposite each other, reveal an objective …
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Welcome to Fabulantica, the land of fairytales, where Puss in Boots, sorcerers’ apprentices, witches and djinns will say hello. Players have come to this magical realm for a family reunion. Your mission: search for the characters depicted on the cards around the edge of the game …
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Over 900 species of birds are native to North America and just under a fifth of these take flight in designer Elizabeth Hargrave’s optimisation game Wingspan; from the red-bellied woodpecker to the purple gallinule. Attracting a bird to your aviary means you can play the corresponding …
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It’s the final wizard studies exam: you’ll need to summon a dragon, conjure up spirits or impress the competition with storms and fireballs – the necessary repertory in “Abraca…what?” is made up of eight magic spells. But which one is next? Each player has five personal …
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In the tactical card game Paper Tales, players construct kingdoms whose subjects will age and, as a rule, only survive two of the four total rounds. Is that not a bit merciless? No, it results in a dynamic and changing game that will take several plays …
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Buzz, buzz, buzz – bees are buzzing around! The insects work hard to gather honey then disappear into their hives. But which bees are hiding where? When will the bear appear to swipe the golden nectar? Six different coloured bees are covered with identical hives then …
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Is the tiger hiding with the anteaters? Or the zebra with the flamingos? Things have got all mixed up at Joe’s zoo. Maybe the players can sort them out. There are ten animal cards on the table. Joe moves through them according to the roll of …
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Not an elephant in a china shop but rather in a supermarket. That’s almost just as bad. It’s very hungry, and is piling an adventurously large number of groceries into its shopping trolley. Soon it’ll be “Oh Schreck, der Speck fliegt weg!” In this small but …
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