It’s thrilling to be able to use objects to listen to the soundscape of days gone by. As an investigator with supernatural abilities it’s our job to do just that in “Echoes: The Dancer”. An app lets us do this: by scanning picture cards showing objects related to the story we get to hear snippets
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In “The Adventures of Robin Hood” we get to experience the well-known stories from the other side, literally. A companion book leads us through a total of seven chapters of co-operative adventures in Sherwood Forest. The game board looks like an advent calendar, with numbered tiles you can pop out to reveal guards, castle gates
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What can be done about the starving peasants? Should an example be made of the heretics? And is the throne able to finance the next costly expedition? It’s questions like these that the players will be discussing as members of the Council of the Kingdom of Ankist. Their decisions will have direct consequences on the
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Letzter Aufruf · Der Fluch des Qhaqya · Tod am 4. Juli Who will join with the English master detective Sherlock Holmes? In the first three cases of the card game series Sherlock, players have to solve a murder together. After a brief introduction, the detectives receive only partial backgrounds and clues. Each individual card
As princes in 16th century Italy, the players construct magnificent palaces in order to score points and win the favour of the king. However, not every building material can be used in each of the six cities. The necessary stones need to be bought on the market, which is designed as a rotating turntable. Of
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Die Urlaubssaison beginnt, die Hoteliers einer kleinen Insel bereiten sich auf die Ankunft der Touristenboote vor: Familienmitglieder werden eingeteilt, um Bungalows zu bauen, Attraktionen zu errichten oder Feriengäste vom Schiffsanleger abzuholen. Je nach Auftrag sind die Arbeiter unterschiedlich lange beschäftigt und stehen mitunter erst einige Runden später wieder für neue Aufgaben zur Verfügung. Die Entscheidungen
Starting on the east coast, players are trying to settle North America. To do this, they will build a road network, one that other players may use too – for a small fee of course. On your turn you move the shared stagecoach to an unoccupied settlement, then drop off a matching pioneer. The pioneers
Als Thema ist die abenteuerliche Schatzsuche in der Karibik beliebt. Stets gilt es, vier Schätze auf der Tropeninsel Tobago aufzuspüren. Karten mit Tipps weisen nach und nach den Weg. Nur wer sich an der Suche beteiligt, bekommt auch einen Anteil der Beute. Jede neue Karte gibt zusätzliche Informationen und schränkt die möglichen Fundorte ein. Schließlich
In “Wettlauf nach El Dorado” every player wants to be the first to discover the mythical golden treasure. But the journey is a long one: adventurers will have to hack through the jungle with machetes and make their way across dangerous waters. It’s a good thing they’re not on their own: the deck is full
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