The player holding the JumbleJack Doll is safe from accusation. Each round, players debate, accuse, and read each other while tracking who has what. When the table is ready, everyone chants “JUM… BLE… JACK!” and points to decide who will face the ritual.

The chosen player receives the Doll, and the current holder may add or remove one accessory before passing it along. The target must reveal just enough information to survive, but cannot lie about what is shown. Bluffing, memory and timing all shape the outcome.

If the Doll matches a player’s secret identity exactly, they are cursed and lose, while everyone else survives. To win, avoid being the match. If the game reaches its final ritual, everything comes down to one last call where one player survives… or everyone else does.

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Construct powerful buildings across diverse districts—from bustling Commercial hubs to formidable Military strongholds—while enlisting influential figures such as the cunning Queen, the deadly Assassin, and the ruthless Warlord to your aid. Every ally you recruit is an advantage your opponent may also claim, so anticipate their moves and act decisively.

When the final building rises, the planner with the most gold claims victory.

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Codenames: Critical Role Adventures – Vox Machina Expansion Pack features a set of 42 words themed after the first iconic Critical Role campaign, as well as 2 new items, and a new Vox Machina character that you can use in your Exandria Adventures-Keyleth.

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The game is fully cooperative, with one player taking up the mantle of a game master (GM) and giving clues to their party members, leading them through perilous missions toward the final boss. Together, they can journey through three separate campaigns, each consisting of multiple branching missions. Every mission features its own goals, and rules that tweak the standard Codenames gameplay-requiring the GM and their party to adapt and think differently to overcome the challenges at hand.

The party chooses three out of seven iconic Critical Role characters to embark on the adventure. The base game introduces Vex (and Trinket), Percy, Grog, Jester, Nott, Dorian, and Fresh Cut Grass. Players can mix and match these heroes before every new campaign, as different combinations result in distinct gameplay styles.

Playable heroes have their own cardboard miniatures to be placed on the words during guessing. Each hero also comes with personalized abilities that unlock as players collect XP from successful missions, and they can equip items that can be purchased along the way. To track XP, HP, character progression, and items, every character has their own character sheet. And yes, there is a D20 included in the box, as characters must pass their own unique skill checks that determine how well (if at all) their abilities are executed.

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Also included in the expansion is an experience system so that your ship groups become more proficient over time. There is a big benefit if you can keep ships alive! The game gives more counters of each ship type to accommodate groups at different experience levels. Military academies in your empire can give your new groups a head start in accumulating experience.

Titans, super large ships beyond dreadnaught, make their appearance and can both carry fighters and destroy planets, but have liabilities too. As requested, fleet counters and a fleet display are in the box. In addition to racial advantages, there are also unique Alien Technologies that can be gained by conquering the non-player Alien planets. There are more technologies and some more money is added into the game because of the larger tech tree.

New scenarios are added for both 3 and 4 players. A new alien empire solitaire scenario is included as well as another solitaire scenario where a player can attempt to fight off an invading mass of Space Amoebas.

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Space Empires was developed to keep a rich theme without overcomplicated rules. The game includes carriers and fighters, mines, cloaking, a very large technology tree, fifteen ship classes, merchant shipping, colonisation, mining, terraforming, bases, shipyards, black holes, warp points and non-player aliens, yet the rules are short and intuitive: The basic rules are 8 pages long and increase to 11 pages in length when the advanced rules are included.

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The game mat for Pagan: Fate of Roanoke replaces all boards on the table. This is the English language version.

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Play your way through 5 thematic missions set in iconic locations from the Netflix series and attempt to escape! Will you survive to tell the tale, or become another casualty in the game?

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In this newly-updated version of Codenames: Pictures, the spy world gets a visual twist, now featuring refreshed artwork, a revised set of images, a bold new box design, and a neat insert that keeps your game organised.

Two rival spymasters know the identity of agents hidden across the board. Using one-word clues, they send cryptic messages to guide their operatives to the right image. But beware-a single misstep could lead to an enemy agent… or the deadly assassin.

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Rising Sun is a game of uneasy alliances and monstrous power for 2-5 players. Build your clan’s strength by making offerings to the Kami, summon beasts and yokai from Japanese myth, and bring in a new age of honour (or deception) with your clan at the helm.

Whereas the distant ancestor of Blood Rage was risk, Rising Sun claims diplomacy as its distant ancestor. Tackle negotiations, alliances and war. Capture hostages and commit seppuku.

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Deluxe edition:
A copy of Siberian Manhunt with all the premium component upgrades. Escape Siberia in style!

During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. mounted a surveillance program over the Soviet Union, flying U-2 spy planes at high altitude to avoid radar and fighter interceptors. Not every pilot returned…

Siberian Manhunt is an asymmetrical hidden movement game for two players. One player takes the role of a U-2 spy plane pilot who has crashed behind enemy lines and must escape across the border into China. The fugitive must use their wits to navigate the dangerous landscape, survive encounters with predatory animals, and avoid starvation and hypothermia, all while being pursued by the KGB. Do they dare enter towns, risking detection by the local authorities, or will they strike out into the wilds and rely on their wilderness survival skills to stay alive?

The other player is a Soviet general assigned to capture or kill the fugitive. At their disposal is the full might of the USSR: KGB agents and Yakut trackers, the Red Army, aerial searches, road blocks, and propaganda campaigns. But the Soviet government is fickle and not all Russians are loyal communists — and sometimes the hunted is deadlier than the hunter.

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As new first-year students at Hogwarts, players will be sorted into two rival houses, each with their own prefect who knows the secrets of the fabled school’s mystery card grid. On their turn, prefects give their team of students a clue consisting of a single word and a number suggesting how many cards are associated with that word. Students must then follow these clues to explore Hogwarts by guessing the corresponding words and revealing one card at a time.

If they’re correct, they can keep guessing words up to the stated number of times. If they encounter a card for the rival house, a dead end, locked door, or other obstacle, they’ll end their turn. Take care not to get caught by groundskeeper Argus Filch, however, as that ends the game and marks a win for the rival house. Every win also earns points for their house, which can be tracked across multiple play sessions in the House Cup.

Beneath the surface, this should sound very familiar to existing fans of Codenames—at least mechanically. Codenames: Back to Hogwarts also adds new layers of strategic depth onto the classic Codenames gameplay in the form of unique asymmetrical abilities.

Each house has access to two powerful and distinct special abilities. These abilities have been designed to meaningfully transform the fundamentals of Codenames, providing both muggles and wizards with some surprising new gameplay possibilities. Because each game features two different houses, and each house will use only one of its two abilities, there are a multitude of possible combinations for players to explore and play!

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Terrorscape is a team-based asymmetric horror game. You could take the roles of the survivors or the killer. Survivors cooperate to escape the mansion by searching for 5 keys or repairing the radio to make an emergency call. The killer is solely against the survivors. The killer needs to locate the survivors by their noise or by skills and decide how to eliminate them.

In a game of survivors, you hide under the sight of the killer and be careful that some action may make noise. You can also draw cards to find items in some locations so as to equip yourself well for the fight. Most importantly, survivors look for keys or repair the radio to make an emergency call aiming to ultimately escape from the nightmare.

On the other side, the killer hunts the survivors with unforgiving abilities. The killer needs to manage well your hand to plan for actions: move, sense, spread fear, block doors……etc. When the killers encounter the survivors, a battle of life and death begins!

With various characters of killers and survivors, each match is diversified! Each of the characters has their own skills, playstyles, and their own miniatures. Killers, enjoy your hunt! Survivors, play smart and outplay your opponent! Roll a show with blood and fear!

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This refreshed edition enhances the classic experience with a revised word list, stunning new art, and a streamlined rulebook that makes it easier than ever to teach and learn. A new insert keeps everything neatly organised, whether you’re a seasoned spymaster or decoding your first clue. With its clever mechanics and stylish upgrade, Codenames remains a must-have for game nights with friends and family.

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During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. mounted a surveillance program over the Soviet Union, flying U-2 spy planes at high altitude to avoid radar and fighter interceptors. Not every pilot returned…

Siberian Manhunt is an asymmetrical hidden movement game for two players. One player takes the role of a U-2 spy plane pilot who has crashed behind enemy lines and must escape across the border into China. The fugitive must use their wits to navigate the dangerous landscape, survive encounters with predatory animals, and avoid starvation and hypothermia, all while being pursued by the KGB. Do they dare enter towns, risking detection by the local authorities, or will they strike out into the wilds and rely on their wilderness survival skills to stay alive?

The other player is a Soviet general assigned to capture or kill the fugitive. At their disposal is the full might of the USSR: KGB agents and Yakut trackers, the Red Army, aerial searches, road blocks, and propaganda campaigns. But the Soviet government is fickle and not all Russians are loyal communists — and sometimes the hunted is deadlier than the hunter.

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Urban Operations: Second Edition is a game that simulates modern tactical combat in a range of historical and hypothetical urban settings. It uses unique mechanics for chain of command, logistical support, collateral damage and close-quarters combat resolution. Blocks for units and concealed (face-down) elements of the board capture the fog of war.

The game was initially developed as a training tool for France’s National Centre of Excellence for Urban Warfare Training. It will appeal to anyone interested in learning and applying modern urban combat fighting techniques, and re-creating the action from the 16 scenarios in the game, including:

• Mogadishu (1993) – six scenarios of Western units battling Somali militia
• Fulda (1985) – six scenarios of a hypothetical WW3 battle between Soviet and NATO forces
• Other single scenario settings including USMC in Fallujah (2004), the British in Basra (2003), and the Russians in Groszy (1999).

The Second Edition has the following changes:

• New player aids
• Clarification of key rules and all errata incorporated into a new rulebook

• Updates to boards and maps to improve 3D effects and ease of line of sight assessments
• New advanced rules for Combined Combat actions
• Various other minor improvements to playability

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Play the game with a whole new twist with a new 5th deck and a Unique Mist Walker for every faction.

Mist Walkers are champions who can travel the mist gaining cards from VP deck and gathering vital information on the hidden elements on Avalon. Victory Point Cards act as personal objectives and bonus cards as well as being an extra resource to use as you will. Both there additions seamlessly integrate with the main game adding very few additional rules.

Please note: This is an expansion and requires the Avalon: The Riven Veil core game to play.

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Led by the enigmatic Queen Morgana, the Feyare the ancient rulers of Avalon, masters of illusion an enchantment. They dwell within the mist, shaping reality to their whims while they play their games with mortal kind.

The Fey is a 5th player expansion for Avalon: The Riven Veil, which offers greater asymmetry to the gameplay.

Please note: This is an expansion and requires the Avalon: The Riven Veil core game to play.

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In the Myths and Monsters Box, more of the legendary monsters of Arthurian lore are included to be bonded into your army.

Explore new abilities and strengths, and discover more mysteries hidden in the mists with new artefacts and prophecies from the lady.

Please note: This is an expansion and requires the Avalon: The Riven Veil core game to play.

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Arkham Horror: Lovecraft Letter is played over a series of rounds. Each round, you collect clues to investigate an eldritch mystery while trying to hold onto your sanity—or embracing the horror.

The card in your hand represents the clue you’re currently investigating. Each turn, you draw 1 new card, then play 1 of your 2 cards. Playing certain cards will drive you Insane, which gives you access to powerful Insane effects on cards you play but also forces you to make a Sanity check each turn to see if you break down completely.

This is an updated version of the popular Lovecraft Letter with Gameplay and visuals that are reimagined for Arkham Horror.

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