Civolution
Players: 1–4 • Ages: 14+ • Play time: 90–180 min.
Dear student beings,
The cosmic faculty of the Technical Academy of Creation warmly welcomes you to your Civolution—the most important exam in the field of Civilization Design. Over four eras, you will demonstrate your ability to guide your civilization to prosperity across a randomly generated, secluded continent. Best of luck and remember—you will be graded at the end of the exam!
—Agera
Civolution is a complex strategy game by Stefan Feld where in which trigger actions from an ever-evolving technology matrix utilizing a novel dice-selection mechanism. Each player must navigate a path to victory through careful development across disciplines represented by 160 unique research cards. Players will explore the map, search for resources and food, build structures, and evolve their tribes over multiple eras. Delightfully epic in scope, you will explore only a fraction of the game’s seemingly infinite possibilities each time you play—what will you choose to create today?
Dorfromantik: Sakura
Players: 1–6 • Ages: 14+ • Play time: 30–90 min.
Are you ready for a new Dorfromantik campaign? In Dorfromantik: Sakura, you will explore the beautiful countryside of Japan and discover a new world filled with fresh challenges.
From cherry blossoms (sakura, in Japanese) that introduce a new element of gameplay, more than 40 achievements to unlock, and 6 boxes of new game content to reveal, your journey will be filled with surprises! How high can you push your score in this standalone successor to the Spiele des Jahres 2024 Dorfromantik: The Board Game?
Mesos
Players: 2–5 • Ages: 12+ • Play time: 30 min.
Thousands of years ago, a new era began for humankind. Nomadic hunter–gatherers organized into small groups, established defined social roles, and built their first settlements. This period is known as the Mesolithic. Welcome to Mesos. In Mesos, step into the role of a tribal leader, carefully choose which tasks to entrust to each member of your growing tribe, construct specialized buildings, and prepare wisely for the unexpected events you will face. May you guide your tribe to victory!
Each round, everyone places their totem on the offer track. Then, following the pawns’ order, they will acquire character or building cards with which to grow their tribe. Each card has a specific effect and may earn prestige points as specialized buildings are constructed and players wisely face their challenges. Whoever can bring the most prestige to their tribe wins.
Viva Mouse!
Players: 2–4 • Ages: 4+ • Play time: 20–30 min.
Every little mouse has heard the wonderful stories of a land filled with heaping piles of delicious cheese! In fact, there have been so many tales about the magical land of Cockaigne that an expedition is being planned to travel there. Unfortunately, a hungry cat stands in the way of our dreams.
Viva Mouse! is a exciting race in which players will either push their luck to try to make it to the promised land of cheesy goodness or collect whatever delectable morsels they can find and hide before they are caught. This award-winning title is filled with delightful and high-quality components, perfect for both younger players and families.
Word Colony
Players: 2–4 • Ages: 10+ • Play time: 30–90 min.
Word Colony combines trivia, word, and strategy games into a fresh and fun mix that is challenging and enjoyable. At its core, Word Colony has players accumulating individual letter cards in order to spell words. Most cards display a letter, a question, and a points value. Some cards are special and trigger abilities such as: Immunity, Magic Word, Fist Bump, and Conquest. In each round, one player will ask a question that the others try to answer correctly. Cards are won for right answers or when everyone’s incorrect. Next, the player will spell words using their cards to score points.
To ensure your new word is not stolen by another player, you will want to spell a second, perpendicular word that crosses the first. Congratulations! You have created your first Word Colony and you are on the road to scoring even more points as you expand it. With 500 cards, Word Colony is filled with hours of smart and clever fun for anyone who enjoys learning, trivia, or word games!
Pack your bags and broaden your horizons with the Word Colony: Around the World expansion, a new set of cards for Word Colony, jam-packed with questions focusing on distant locales, extraordinary structures, and far-away places.
This is an expansion and requires a copy of Word Colony Original and adds the following:
- 90 Letter cards with new questions
- 6 Additional Special cards
- Answer cards for one additional player
Word Colony Kids: My First Words
Players: 1–4 • Ages: 5+ • Play time: 20–30 min.
Building upon the core mechanics of Word Colony Original—answer questions, win cards, spell words, score points—Word Colony Kids bursts to new life with My First Words. Designed specifically for the youngest players, Word Colony Kids makes learning fun. Its bright and beautiful artwork and eye-catching and tactile components provide a world of opportunities to develop vocabulary, literacy, knowledge, and strategic thinking through quality time at play.