Modern Board Game Classics

Betray your friends. Try not to explode. Ask for favors, attack friends, see the future- whatever it takes to avoid exploding! 2-5 Players  |  15 Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Hand Management, Hot Potato, Player Elimination, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Take That Theme: Animals, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor Description: Exploding Kittens is a highly-strategic, kitty powered version of...

Manage your race car's speed to keep from overheating. 1–6 Players  |  30–60 Min  |  Age: 10+ Based on simple and intuitive hand management, Heat: Pedal to the Metal puts players in the driver's seat of intense car races, jockeying for position to cross the finish line first, while managing their car's speed if they don't want to overheat. Selecting the right upgrades for...

Welcome to the unexplored island of Catan! 3-4 Players  |  60+ Mins  |  Ages 10+ Features: Chaining, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Income, Modular Board, Negotiation, Network and Route Building, Race, Random Production, Trading, Variable Set-up Theme: Economic, Negotiation Description: As you and your fellow explorers gaze across the uninhabited landscape of hexagonal tracts of terrain, you quickly realize that this unique land...

Your team of experts must prevent the world from succumbing to a viral pandemic.  2-4 Players  |  45 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection Theme: Medical Description: In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to...

Shape the medieval landscape of France, claiming cities, monasteries and farms. 2-5 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Enclosure, Map Addition, Pattern Building, Tile Placement Theme: Medieval, Territory Building Description: Inspired by the medieval fortress in southern France of the same name, Carcassonne is a tile-laying game in which players fill in the countryside around the...

Artfully embellish the walls of your palace by drafting the most beautiful tiles.  2-4 Players  |  30-45 Mins  | Ages 8+ Features: End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Pattern Building, Tile Placement, Turn Order: Claim Action Themes: Abstract Strategy, Puzzle, Renaissance Description: Introduced by the Moors, azulejos (originally white and blue ceramic tiles) were fully embraced by the Portuguese when their king Manuel I, on...

Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from Stonemaier Games. You are bird enthusiasts, researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors, seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: Gain...

Raise your banner above the vast wasteland before you. As the Great Houses of the Landsraad marshal their forces and their spies, whom will you influence, and whom will you betray? A tyrannical Emperor. The secretive Bene Gesserit. The shrewd Spacing Guild. The ferocious Fremen of the Deep Desert. The power of the Imperium can be yours, but war is...

In Ark Nova, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically managed zoo. With the ultimate goal of owning the most successful zoological establishment, you will build enclosures, accommodate animals, and support conservation projects all over the world. Specialists and unique buildings will help you in achieving this goal. Each player has a set of five action cards to manage their...

Tend to your sheep on the South Island of New Zealand.  1-4 Players  |  75-150 Mins  |  Ages 12+ Description:In Great Western Trail: New Zealand, you are a runholder — that is, the owner of a sheep station — on the South Island of New Zealand at the end of the 19th century. Recent years have seen your family farm prosper by...

Build your railroad across North America to connect cities and complete tickets.  2-5 Players  |  30-60 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Connections, Contracts, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Network and Route Building Theme: Trains Description: Build your tracks across the United States in Ticket to Ride, a fast-paced and strategic board game for two to five players. In every game,...