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Holiday Gift Guide: 2021 Edition

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NEW RELEASE FAMILY GAMES
SPECIAL TITLES AVAILABLE THIS CHRISTMAS
EPIC THEMATIC GAMES
COOPERATIVE GAMES
ROLL & WRITE
CARD GAMES & STOCKING STUFFERS
KIDS GAMES
2 PLAYER GAMES
PARTY GAMES
DEDUCTION, ESCAPE ROOM, MYSTERY
DEXTERITY GAMES

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CLASSICS

AZUL

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30-45 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Artfully embellish the walls of your palace by drafting the most beautiful tiles.

7 WONDERS

🧍 2-7 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Draft cards to develop your ancient civilization and build its Wonder of the World.

CARCASONNE // LIMITED 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION AVAILABLE

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 30-45 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
Shape the medieval landscape of France, claiming cities, monasteries and farms.

dominion

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
Acquire the most valuable lands by building your deck with treasure and power cards.

king of tokyo // limited dark edition available

🧍 2-6 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
It's a fight to the death when giant monsters battle over Tokyo in this dice-roller.

catan

🧍 3-4 | βŒ› 60-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Collect and trade resources to build up the island of Catan in this modern classic.

Ticket to Ride

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 30-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Build your railroad across North America to connect cities and complete tickets.

Splendor

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Renaissance merchants race to grab gems, acquire property, and please nobility.

citadels

🧍 2-8 | βŒ› 20-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Play various roles as you build your city and hinder your opponents.

codenames // Great game for parties

🧍 2-8 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Give your team clever one-word clues to help them spot their agents in the field. 

pandemic

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 45 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Your team of experts must prevent the world from succumbing to a viral pandemic. 

alhambra

🧍 2-6 | βŒ› 45-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Compete to build the most valuable picturesque walled city in 13th-century Granada. 

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Next Step

Sagrada

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 30-45 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Craft the best stained-glass windows by carefully placing colorful transparent dice.

everdell

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 40-80 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
Use resources to build a village of critters and constructions in this woodland game.

ISLE OF CATS

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 60-90 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Rescue as many island cats as you can before Lord Vesh comes to destroy their home.

NIDAVELLIR

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 45 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Assemble and prepare a formidable crew of dwarfs to fight the mighty Fafnir!

FURNACE
🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
19th century capitalists manipulate the market and manage their industrial empires.

WINGSPAN
🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 40-70 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Attract a beautiful and diverse collection of birds to your wildlife reserve.

VITICULTURE

🧍 2-6 | βŒ› 90 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
Seasons pass as you develop your vineyard, harvest grapes, make wine and fill orders. 

PANDEMIC LEGACY
🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 60 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
Mutating diseases are spreading around the world - can your team save humanity?

GALAXY TRUCKER

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 60 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Prepare for unknown dangers by building the best spaceship possible.

CATAN: CITIES & KNIGHTS*

🧍 3-4 | βŒ› 90 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Expand Catan with a more complex commodity market and knights to defend your cities. 
*A copy of Catan is required

CATAN: SEAFARERS*

🧍 3-4 | βŒ› 90 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Expand from the island of Catan into the ocean with boat shipping lanes. 
*A copy of Catan is required

TICKET TO RIDE: EUROPE

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 40-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Build train routes across Europe in this sequel to the hit family board game. 

TICKET TO RIDE: JAPAN

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 40-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Build train routes across Japan in this sequel to the hit family board game. 

AZUL: CRYSTAL MOSAIC*

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30-45 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
New challenging/strategic player boards + plastic overlays! 
*A copy of Azul is required

AZUL: GLAZED PAVILLION*

🧍 2-6 | βŒ› 45-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Offers players 2 newly designed player boards and matching scoring boards.
*A copy of Azul: Summer Pavilion is required

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Step Into Strategy

Lost Ruins of Arnak

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 30-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Explore an island to find resources and discover the lost ruins of Arnak.

Dune Imperium

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 60-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Influence, intrigue, and combat in the universe of Dune.

Roll Player

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 60-90 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Draft dice and purchase skills, traits and equipment to create the perfect RPG hero. 

Terraforming Mars

🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 120 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Compete with rival CEOs to make Mars habitable and build your corporate empire.

ORLEANS
🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 90 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Craftsmen, scholars & monks can help you reign supremeβ€”but who will turn up to help? 

ROOT

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 60-90 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Decide the fate of the forest as woodland factions fight for contrasting goals. 

GLOOMHAVEN: JAWS OF THE LION
🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 30-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Vanquish monsters with strategic cardplay in a 25-scenario Gloomhaven campaign. 

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NEW RELEASE FAMILY GAMES

PICTURE PERFECT

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 50-90 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
How do you take the perfect picture of a group of people if you have only one try? 

KINGDOMINO: ORIGINS

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Go back in time to the prehistoric era of Kingdomino! 

7 WONDERS ARCHITECTS

🧍 2-7 | βŒ› 25 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Race against others to assemble your wonder, but speed won't guarantee victory. 

MY FARM SHOP

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 45 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Managing a farm shop with dice. 

SMASH UP: MARVEL
🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Avengers, Hydra, Kree, and more join the Smash Up fray! 

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special titles available this christmas

DESCENT: LEGENDS OF THE DARK

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 120-180 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
An app-driven dungeon crawl set in the world of Terrinoth. 

CATAN 3D

🧍 3-4 | βŒ› 60-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Trade, build, and settle as the island of Catan comes to life in full 3D splendor. 

TICKET TO RIDE EUROPE: 15TH ANNIVERSARY

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 30-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Ride the rails across Europe to reach valuable cities with deluxe components. 

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EPIC THEMATIC GAMES

GLOOMHAVEN

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 60-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Vanquish monsters with strategic cardplay. Fulfill your quest to leave your legacy! 

LORD OF THE RINGS: JOURNEYS IN MIDDLE EARTH

🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 60-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Heroes explore Middle-earth, working together to combat evil in an epic campaign. 

STAR WARS: ARMADA

🧍 2 | βŒ› 120 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Form your fleet, plan a strategy, and execute it with your commands. 

DESTINIES

🧍 1-3 | βŒ› 90-150 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Characters explore a dark medieval-fantasy land as they race to fulfill their destiny

ANKH

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 90 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Take the role of Egyptian gods fighting to become the one true god. 

BLOOD RAGE

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 60-90 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Ragnarök has come! Secure your place in Valhalla in epic Viking battles. 

KEMET // KICKSTARTER COPIES STILL AVAILABLE!

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 90-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
Play as warring Egyptian Gods and build the most powerful army to dominate Egypt. 

MANSIONS OF MADNESS

🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 120-180 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Unravel mysteries in Arkham with your investigative team in this app-guided game. 

NEMESIS

🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 90-180 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Survive an alien-infested spaceship but beware of other players and their agendas. 

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cooperative games

the crew

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Go on a planet-discovering space mission in this cooperative trick-taking game. 

mysterium park

🧍 2-6 | βŒ› 30-45 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
It's cotton candy, circus, dark secrets - a psychic investigation at Mysterium Park! 

escape: curse of the temple

🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 10 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Run as fast as you can to return the cursed gems before the temple traps you forever. 

harry potter: hogwarts battle

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 11+
Defend iconic locations with your friends against You-Know-Who and his cronies. 

marvel champions

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 45-90 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Battle Marvel villains with unique teams of iconic heroes in this LCG. 

world of warcraft: wrath of the lich king" // new release!

🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 45-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Survive against hordes of undead on Azeroth to face off against the Lich King. 

zombicide black plague

🧍 1-6 | βŒ› 60-180 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Work together to kill zombies in the Middle Ages! Then kill more zombies! 

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roll & write

Spicy Dice

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
The dice game aggravated! You have 6 dice for 30 rolls to fill 10 fields. 

Twice As Clever

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Roll colorful dice, choosing just one each roll to combo bonuses and points! 

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Card Games & Stocking Stuffers

SABOTEUR

🧍 3-10 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
You are dwarves laying tunnel cards to get gold: but which one of you is the traitor? 

NO THANKS!

🧍 3-7 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Take a card each round, or pay to say no; grab the right cards to lower your score. 

TACO CAT GOAT CHEESE PIZZA

🧍 2-8 | βŒ› 10-30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Act fast when the flipped card actually is that taco, cat, goat, cheese or pizza... 

LLAMA

🧍 2-6 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Play all your cards? Or bluff to mess with opponents? Don't get stuck with a llama! 

THE MIND

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Play your cards in ascending order without communicating. Timing is key! 

RORY’S STORY CUBES // STAR WARS AND HARRY POTTER VERSIONS AVAILABLE!

🧍 1-12 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 6+
Roll dice and tell a story based on the images rolled. 

kariba

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 6+
Animals shoo each other off the watering hole in a lightning fast card game. 

DUNGEON MAYHEM

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 10 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Battle as a barbarian, paladin, rogue, or wizard and be the last player standing. 

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KIDS GAMES

COCONUTS

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 6+
Launch soft, rubber coconuts into cups and use them to build your tower first! 

CLACK

🧍 3-7 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Slap magnetic discs together to claim the right discs as quickly as possible.

ZOMBIE KIDZ EVOLUTION

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 5-15 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
Save the school from a cartoonish zombie horde. Unlock fun new content as you play! 

RHINO HERO

🧍 2-5 | βŒ› 5-15 min | πŸ‘Ά 5+
Build a giant tower and try to make your opponent be the one to let it collapse. 

MICKEY & FRIENDS: FOOD FIGHT

🧍 3-5 | βŒ› 10-20 min | πŸ‘Ά 6+
Get in on a chaos of concessions by rolling dice and tossin snacks and treats 

SPOT IT!

🧍 2-8 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
Quick! Which symbol is on both cards? Race others to gather or dump your cards. 

CHEATING MOTH

🧍 3-5 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
Get rid of your cards through cheating! Just don't get caught... 

SNAIL SPRINT

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 5+
Lucky dice rolls and skillful moves will get your snails to the winner's podium. 

DETECTIVE CHARLIE

🧍 1-5 | βŒ› 25 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
Help Detective Charlie solve a new mystery in Mysterville, before tea time! 

DRAGOMINO

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 5+
Seek baby dragons by finding eggs while exploring the mysterious island. 

HEDGEHOG ROLL

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 20-25 min | πŸ‘Ά 4+
Roll your ball to pick up forest fruits powering your hedgehog to win the race.

CATERPILLAR CRAWL

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 10 min | πŸ‘Ά 4+
Roll dice and move to get your caterpillar to the finish line quicker than anybody else!

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2 Player Games

7 Wonders Duel

🧍 2 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Science? Military? What will you draft to win this head-to-head version of 7 Wonders?

Jaipur

🧍 2 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Trade and sell goods to become the most wealthy merchant in this short game for two.

Shobu

🧍 2 | βŒ› 15-30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Use your stones to push all your opponent's stones off any one of four boards to win!

Patchwork

🧍 2 | βŒ› 15-30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Piece together a quilt and leave no holes to become the button master.

Mandala

🧍 2 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
Create and destroy mandalas in this beautifully tense abstract game for two.

Hive

🧍 2 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 9+
Use your insects to trap your opponent's Queen Bee in this board-less abstract game. 

Lawyer Up

🧍 2 | βŒ› 60-75 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
An asymmetric two-player card game that pits the defense against the prosecution.

Best Chess Set Ever

🧍 2 | βŒ› 60 min | πŸ‘Ά 6+
Checkmate your opponent in this classic abstract.

Harry Potter Defense Against The Dark Arts

🧍 2 | βŒ› 30-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 11+
Acquire the best spells, items and allies to defend yourself and stun your rival! 

Raptor

🧍 2 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 9+
Elude or chomp humans as the mama raptor; neutralize her offspring as the scientists.

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PARTY games

pICTURE sHOW

🧍 2-8 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
Make your team guess the words on the cards using shadow puppetry!

DECRYPTO

🧍 3-8 | βŒ› 15-45 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Decipher your opponents' code before they decipher yours. Don't get caught.

DIXIT

🧍 3-6 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Give the perfect clue so most (not all) players guess the right surreal image card.

JUST ONE

🧍 3-7 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Give one-word clues so someone can guess one word, but duplicate clues are discarded.

ONE NIGHT ULTIMATE WEREWOLF

🧍 3-10 | βŒ› 10 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
An app-driven Werewolf that lasts but a single night. Wolves and villagers beware! 

NIGHT OF THE NINJA

🧍 4-11 | βŒ› 15-30 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
A fast-paced game of deadly secrets, midnight assassinations, and paper-thin alliances.

MILLION DOLLAR DOODLE

🧍 4-7 | βŒ› 30-60 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Entrepreneurs create absurd ideas collaboratively and then pitch them competitively.

CONFIDENT

🧍 3-99 | βŒ› 20-40 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Players answer intriguing questions with a range, aiming to be correct and confident!

STAY COOL

🧍 3-7 | βŒ› 10-30 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Spell simple trivia answers while answering different questions as time ticks down.

POETRY FOR NEANDERTHALS

🧍 2-12 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
A single-syllable word game in which you must speak good or get hit with stick!

LAST MESSAGE
🧍 3-8 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Identify the criminal before they cover their tracks!

TELESTRATIONS

🧍 4-8 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Guess what they drew, then draw what they guessed, and see how funny the changes get.

WITS & WAGERS: VEGAS

🧍 5-99 | βŒ› 30-40 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
A trivia game you can win without knowing trivia, and enjoy without even liking trivia.

BLANK SLATE

🧍 3-8 | βŒ› 20-35 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Pick cue cards and each player writes a word they think best completes the phrase.

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Deduction, escape room, mystery

chronicles of crime 2400 // new release!

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 60-90 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Use all the latest technology to solve crimes in the newest release of the series.

exit series

🧍 1-6 | βŒ› 45-150 min | πŸ‘Ά 12+
Solve difficult clues to escape different situations.

unlock series

🧍 1-6 | βŒ› 60 min | πŸ‘Ά 10+
With one hour on the clock, players work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and solving puzzles.

the key series

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 15-20 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Examine clues and solve mysteries to compete against your opponent detectives!

unsolved case files

🧍 1-8 | βŒ› 30-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 14+
Review and study the evidence to put the real killer behind bars. 

sherlock holmes consulting detective

🧍 1-8 | βŒ› 60-120 min | πŸ‘Ά 13+
The game is afoot as you and your irregular friends search Victorian London for clues.

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Dexterity games

KLASK

🧍 2 | βŒ› 10 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Use magnets to push a ball into the goal, but beware of falling in yourself!

DROP IT!

🧍 2-4 | βŒ› 30 min | πŸ‘Ά 8+
Drop geometric shapes in your color to score the most physics-defying points. 

JENGA HARRY POTTER

🧍 1-4 | βŒ› 5-15 min | πŸ‘Ά 6+
Climb the stairway in Hogwarts to make it to the classroom first. 

JENGA SCOOBY DOO

🧍 1-8 | βŒ› 20 min | πŸ‘Ά 6+
How high can the gang go before your tower comes crashing down!? 

THROW THROW BURRITO

🧍 2-6 | βŒ› 15 min | πŸ‘Ά 7+
Throw, dodge, rage in this exciting party game!