Great Western Trail – The road to the board game masterpiece

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29. April 2025 Board Game
If there's one board game that masterfully combines strategy, atmosphere and replay value, it's Great Western Trail. Developed by Alexander Pfister and originally released in 2016, this game has quickly become a modern classic. In this post, we take a look at the base game and its notable expansions and [...]
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Twilight Struggle – The Cold War as a strategic masterpiece

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23. April 2025 Board Game
When history meets game depth Few games manage to combine history and strategy in such a fascinating way as Twilight Struggle. The German version of the award-winning Twilight Struggle takes two players into the political ice age of the Cold War, in which every decision has global political consequences. What [...]
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Flatiron – Build the iconic New York landmark!

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19. April 2025 Board Game
Imagine you are a building contractor in turn-of-the-century New York. Steam is rising from the manhole covers, the streets are full of horse-drawn carriages, newspaper vendors and ambitious businessmen - and right in the middle of it all: you, with the goal of constructing one of the most famous buildings [...]
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Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West – A spectacular chapter for the popular board game series

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8. April 2025 Board Game
The Ticket to Ride series is one of the most successful and best-known board game series in the world. Not only has it won millions of fans, it has also spawned numerous expansions and new editions. One of the most exciting additions to this universe is Ticket to Ride Legacy: [...]
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The Shadow Theater – A magical gaming experience with light and shadow

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13. March 2025 Board Game
There are games that take us into another world and challenge our creativity. The Shadow Theater is just such a game - a visual and tactical adventure where light and shadow take center stage. Developed by Asmodee, this unique game encourages players to use their imagination in a whole new [...]
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Heat: Race through the future at full speed – a look at the game and the “Dark Tunnels” expansion

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4. March 2025 Board Game
The world of board games has produced numerous exciting new releases in recent years, but few can match the thrilling mix of speed, strategy and thrills that Heat by Days of Wonder offers. But it's not just the base game that has delighted fans and critics, the latest expansion "Dark [...]
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Chancellery: The perfect game for the run-up to the 2025 general election

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19. February 2025 Board Game
Over the next few days, Germany's political stage will continue to be dominated by one of the country's most exciting and important events: the Bundestag elections. It is the time for citizens to cast their votes and decide on the composition of the government. But while many of us are [...]
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Mystical expert game based on comics: THORGAL

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8. November 2024 Board Game
Fans of Norse mythology take note, here comes an expert game to suit your taste! Thorgal by Pegasus is a cooperative adventure board game based on the popular European comic series of the same name. It is designed for 1-4 players aged 14 and over and offers intense, narrative scenarios, [...]
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Explosive fun: Bomb Busters from Pegasus

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11. October 2024 Board Game
Tick, tick, BOOM! In the new cooperative board game Bomb Busters from Pegasus, you try your hand at defusing bombs as a team. If you choose the wrong wire, the charge goes off. Sounds fun? We thought so too and tested the game for you. Game content and structure In [...]
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Dorfromantik returns: Sakura

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20. September 2024 Board Game
Watch out, friends of village romance: the game of the year 2023 is coming back in a new edition in Far Eastern Japan style! We'll tell you what to expect here. Those familiar with the Dorfromantik universe will already know that preparing the game is very simple and doesn't take [...]
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