October 28, 2021 Rules of Play

This week's new releases!

Brand new games coming next week

cascadia

1 - 4 players | 30 - 45 minutes | £40

Cascadia is a puzzly tile-laying and token-drafting game featuring the habitats and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest. You want to place wildlife tokens so that you can maximize the number of points scored by them, with the wildlife goals being determined at random by one of the three scoring cards for each type of wildlife. Maybe hawks want to be separate from other hawks, while foxes want lots of different animals surrounding them and bears want to be in pairs. Can you make it happen?

glass road

Glass Road

1 - 4 players | 60 - 80 minutes | £39

The game Glass Road commemorates the 700-year-old tradition of glass-making in the Bavarian Forest. You must skillfully manage your glass and brick production in order to build the right structures that help you keep your business flowing. Cut the forest to keep the fires burning in the ovens, and spread and remove ponds, pits, and groves to supply yourself with the items you need. Fifteen specialists are there at your side to carry out your orders…

tyrants of the underdark board game

Tyrants of the Underdark Boardgame (2021) Dungeons & Dragons

2 - 4 players | 60 minutes | £40

Each player leads a house of Drow in a section of the Underdark below the Sword Coast. The Drow house is represented by a deck of cards, with each card being a minion in that player's deck. Each minion belongs to one of five aspects of Drow society, and those aspects correspond to different strategies in the game, e.g., malice minions excel at assassinating opponents' troops, while ambition minions are best at recruiting additional minions and promoting minions to your "inner circle"...

dune house secrets

Dune: House Secrets

1 - 4 players | 90 - 180 minutes | £39

Featuring the co-operative game system used in Portal's award-winning Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, Dune: House Secrets delivers a deeply thematic experience that drops one-to-five players in the middle of the highest stakes unfolding on the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

whirling witchcraft

Whirling Witchcraft

2 - 5 players | 15 - 30 minutes | £40

Being a witch is all about wielding powerful magical ingredients — but a witch can wield only so much power before everything blows up in their face. Choose your recipes wisely to clear your workbench and stick others with too much raw material because the first player to overflow their nemesis' cauldron with enough ingredients wins!

ygo burst of destiny booster box

CDU YGO Burst of Destiny Booster Box

£58.80

Burst of Destiny, the latest core booster for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME explodes onto the scene this fall! This 100-card set introduces multiple brand-new themes as well as 2 new “Borrel” monsters including the very first Ritual Monster for this iconic series of monsters from Yu-Gi-Oh!

marvel fluxx

Marvel Fluxx

2 - 6 players | 5 - 30 minutes | £20

At long last, Fluxx fans can stand up and say "Make Mine Marvel!" Featuring familiar heroes and villains from your favorite Marvel comics, this Fluxx lets you assemble your dream team of Avengers, and much, much more. You might even notice some new super powers for your friendly neighborhood Fluxx! Includes a collectible coin (and 7 bonus cards).

the loop

The Loop

2 - 6 players | 5 - 30 minutes | £20

Who can stop Dr. Faux? An evil scientist is laying waste to time and space, and it's up to you and your friends to restore balance to the galaxy. The LOOP is a quirky cooperative game where everyone must unite to battle the evil Dr. Faux. In the game, players are Temporal Agents tasked with gathering powerful artifacts, defying the Doctor's clones, and sabotaging his maniacal machine.

wild space

Wild Space

1 - 5 players | 15 - 40 minutes | £30

A new Galaxy has just been discovered on the borders of the Empire! Commanding your Spaceship, you go explore this new Eldorado, full of treasures and mysteries. Planet after Planet, your discoveries allow you to build up your Crew. Hire Specialists and Robots to benefit from their abilities. Attract Empire Emissaries on board, which will entrust you with new missions, worth Credits. Grab your part of the wonders that this new Galaxy is full of, to become the wealthiest explorer!

pixar quests of yore

Disney Pixar Onwards: Quests of Yore Barley's Edition

£50

In this immersive role-playing game, gather your Fellowship and embark on an epic Quest across the lands of old. Rush to the aid of the satyrs of Clovendell and uncover a mystery that will test your adventurers’ strength and teamwork. Take on the role of the Quest Master leading the travelers or one of the fellowship hungry for adventure! The tale you tell will feature the folk and lore of the hit Pixar movie Onward. Elves, cyclops, goblins, dragons… and The Manticore, are just some of what awaits you on your journey in Quests of Yore: Barley’s Edition.

gravwell 2nd ed

Gravwell 2nd Edition

1 - 4 players | 20 - 35 minutes | £40

In this update to the award-winning Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension you’re among a flotilla of ships that survived passing through a black hole. The fabric of space and the general physics you’ve known have changed. If you don't act quickly, you'll be pulled the wrong direction! It’s a real mind-bender!

kittens blender deluxe

Kittens in a Blender Deluxe

2 - 6 players | 20 - 30 minutes | £20

The ever popular and oft requested Kittens in a Blender returns better than ever with even more unthinkable consequences. This Deluxe Edition packages the game in a swanky kitten resistant tin box and includes the 5-6 player expansion, More Kittens in a Blender, adding flavors, double kitten cards, and some new suPURRpowers!

And lots of other new releases this week!

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