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23
Feb
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10
Feb
682804 The Lord of the Rings: Adventure to Mount Doom
Frodo’s journey to Mount Doom is fraught with peril.
Luckily, his loyal friends protect him on his way. With a clever choice of dice, players work together to move the figures across the gameboard.
In this cooperative fantasy board game, players will win — or lose — together.
Lightweight, cooperative, story-based game set in the iconic world created by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
Players work together to guide Frodo on his quest to reach Mount Doom and destroy the One Ring.
The game uses a dice-rolling mechanic to move figures across the gameboard; only when Frodo reaches Mount Doom will victory be achieved!
Black dice and encounter cards add threats and suspense to the game, requiring players to be strategic as they make decisions together.
Fans of fantasy, adventure, and role-playing games will find this game a perfect fit for their next game night.
Do you want more LOTR based fun? Try our puzzles or our EXIT-Shadows over Middle-earth
Unboxing video here
10
Feb
682484 Inside Job
You are a group of secret agents and must work together to complete your missions. But beware! An insider is hiding amongst you, sabotaging you at every turn and collecting secret information along the way. In this (mostly) cooperative trick-taking card game, you slip into undercover roles. Who is acting suspiciously? Who can you trust? Complete a mission with each trick and find out who is the insider.
A (mostly) cooperative trick-taking card game for groups of three to five players.
Each player assumes the role of secret agent tasked with various missions, except there’s one insider hiding amongst you, ready to thwart your efforts!
Can you complete your missions, despite the secret saboteur, or will the insider get the best of you all?
Fun, entertaining party game with high replayability and variants to add complexity.
Great for fans of social deduction, role-playing, or mystery games.
Looking for a similar trick taking game? Try The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
31
Jan
680770 My Gold Mine
My Gold Mine
Long listed for the Childrens Spiel des Jahres Award 2022
Deep in the mine there is gold….lots of gold!
But guarding it is the terrible Dragobert dragon. Don‘t get sizzled by his fiery breath! Collect the most Gold, keep an eye on Drago and get to the exit in time.
With a healthy dose of luck and a pinch of daring you may escape the mine ahead of your players and with riches galore!
This easy to learn card game comes in a fun magnetic closure box, making it a perfect gift for the game loving kids in your family.
Part of the Open and Play range.
17
Jan
695135 Adventure Games The Gloom City File
Adventure Game Gloom City
A message tears you away from your bleak, humdrum existence: three people have been kidnapped in Gloom City! Who is behind this and why is the perpetrator pulling you of all people, four suspended cops, into the matter? Time is of the essence and so you go to the abandoned asylum to start the investigation together. Will you be able to free the hostages and catch the perp? How the thriller ends is entirely up to you!
Similar to a PC adventure game, players explore locations, combine items, find clues, talk to people, and make the right choices to win the game.
A cooperative board game with simple rules played in three chapters for players 16 years and up.
Completely unplugged; does not require use of technology
Approximately 5 hours of play time
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10
Feb
Mazescape Labyrinthos
Mazescape is a fascinating and intriguing game of labyrinths for one player that guarantees intense brain racking moments as you search for the exit. It is a game you can take anywhere and play time and time again to discover all the different nooks and crannies of the seven maps included.
It is a completely unique concept that promises to equally surprise and create headaches in equal measure.
In this original game from Devir, you will unfold a map on the table, where you will start at the compass rose with the pointer you will find in the box, moving it along the labyrinth paths marked in white without ever lifting it from the map. You will have to open and close different parts of the map in search of the Impossible Triangle that will allow you to escape the maze. You can go under bridges, climb up ladders and run around in circles in the maze and in your own head until the exit finally leads you to… the next map!
In Mazescape Labyrinthos you will go through three well defined territories, The docks, the graveyard and the mountain. The first of the maps will help you to understand the most essential concepts of the game. Then. from there, they will become progressively more complicated until reaching the final challenge. They also have a bunch of secondary objectives that you can explore to get the very most out of the game.
Try the virtual Mazescape game here
Looking for more aMAZEing mazes? Check out Ariadne
10
Feb
Mazescape Ariadne
Mazescape Ariadne is a fascinating and intriguing game of labyrinths for one player that guarantees intense brain racking moments as you search for the exit. It is a game you can take anywhere and play time and time again to discover all the different nooks and crannies of the seven maps included.
It is a completely unique concept that promises to equally surprise and create headaches in equal measure. In this original game from Devir, you will unfold a map on the table, where you will start at the compass rose with the pointer you will find in the box, moving it along the labyrinth paths marked in white without ever lifting it from the map.
You will have to open and close different parts of the map in search of the Impossible Triangle that will allow you to escape the maze. You can go under bridges, climb up ladders and run around in circles in the maze and in your own head until the exit finally leads you to… the next map!
Mazescape Ariadne places you in the ancient Crete of legend, where you must enter the famous labyrinth of Daedalus. You can rely solely on your wits to overcome the ordeals this box of maps provides, to reach the final challenge against the minotaur and help Ariadne escape. And when you have gotten out the first time, then you can dare to go back in and find all the hidden treasures that exist in the accursed maze.
Try the virtual game here
Also available: Labyrinthos
10
Feb
695134 Adventure Games The Grand Hotel Abaddon LOW STOCK
It’s been a long year, and you’ve been looking forward to a nice, relaxing vacation at the Grand Hotel Abaddon. But what started out as a quiet retreat has become something else entirely. Strange things have been happening all around you. Could ghosts be behind these mysterious incidents, as the other guests and hotel staff seem to believe, or is there a more rational explanation?
The Grand Hotel Abaddon is a cooperative adventure game, played over three chapters. During the game, the choices you make determine what happens next. Explore the hotel, question guests, investigate rooms, and wander hidden passageways. Each player takes on a different role, cooperating to uncover hidden secrets. Only by working together will you be able to solve the mystery of the Grand Hotel Abaddon. With multiple possible endings, your choices will decide how the story ends!
+ Similar to a PC adventure game, players have to explore spaces, combine items, find clues, talk to people and make the right choices to win the game.
+ A cooperative board game with simple rules played in three chapters for players 12 years and up.
+ Approximately 5 hours of play time
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14
Sep
The Red Cathedral
The Red Cathedral.
Autumn is not the best time to climb up on a scaffold in Moscow, but it is still far better than doing so in the winter. Tsar Ivan wants to see results and our team will prove to him that we are the best builders in the city. We are sure to finish off those decorative arches with the brightest shining stones and ensure our place on the list of the government’s trusted workers.
Sheila Santos and Israel Cendrero make up the game designing duo known as Llama Dice. To date they have put out various titles with different Spanish publishers (1987 Channel Tunnel, Mondrian, Smoothies), and The Red Cathedral is the first game they have published with Devir. Pedro Soto (Holmes, Sherlock & Mycroft, Papua) and Chema Román (El mundo de Águila Roja) took care of the graphic elements of the game with a grand homage to Ivan Bilibin, an iconic Russian artist from the turn of the twentieth century. Despite being from a far later period, his mark is very recognizable in the game.
The Red Cathedral is a strategic, “Euro” board game in which the players take the roles of construction teams. Their job is to work together to put up St. Basil’s cathedral in Moscow, as ordered by Ivan the Terrible. However, only one of them will be able to gain the favour of the Tsar.
During the game, the players can carry out one of these three actions: assign a section of the cathedral, send resources to that section to build it, or go to the game board to achieve more resources. Each of these actions has its own mechanism and requires that the players pay close attention to what the other players are doing.
When the sections of the cathedral are assigned the players take possession of the spaces in each of the columns that make up their section. The more sections built and the completion of each with its own tower, the more points the player will be given at the end of the game.
The players can send resources to the cathedral sections that they have claimed. When they complete each of those sections they will obtain rewards in money and prestige points. They will also be able to install decorations on the completed sections to achieve even more recognition from the Tsar. This part of the game also works as a clock, since once any player completes the construction of their sixth section it brings about the end of the game.
The game board shows us the iconic rondel of The Red Cathedral. It is where the players obtain all the resource types needed to complete their work on the cathedral, as well as to get favors from the guilds and professionals to make the most of their trip to the market. In the central rondel the players choose the die they wish to use and move forward as many spaces as is shown on the top side of said die, in order to obtain the resources indicated in the space destined by the die.
The Red Cathedral is a very accessible game with regard to its rules because it is very easy to understand the various levels of the game, but it remains very interesting with regard to strategy. It is sure to please those who are more interested in the challenge offered by trying to strategically optimize their position in each game rather than the complexity of the rules.
Also available, the expansion: Red Cathedral Contractors
10
Sep
695133 Adventure Games The Volcanic Island
Adventure Games: Volcanic Island
In this cooperative game, you take on the role of four students travelling together on a remote and mysterious island. You are looking into some strange events that have been happening — incidents that the police believe are natural occurrences, things to be expected on a volcanic island such as this. But is everything really as normal as it seems? Or is there something else behind what is happening at the volcano? How the story ends is entirely up to you.
Adventure Games: Volcanic Island, is available on the Kosmos Helper App!
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