PHILOSOPHIA: FLOATING WORLD

Set in feudal Japan, Philosophia: Floating World is a fully simultaneous deck-builder in which you can build majestic pagodas and Shinto shrines, learn ancient eastern wisdom, explore the world, fight ancient monsters, or all of the above.

This is a sandbox-style game, and how you play is up to you! In Floating World, you play as one of six unique characters from Edo Japan, each with a unique power and a mysterious secret. The game plays simultaneously over three phases that repeat until one player has gained a victory condition.

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FOREVER HOME

Welcome to Forever Home, the puzzly pattern-building game about second chances for shelter dogs! Using a combination of tile placement, set collection, and drafting, you and your friends take on the role of shelter workers.

Take it in turns to bring dogs into your shelter, complete training cards, and match pups up with new families. You'll be competing for valuable shelter commendations, as well as gaining reputation for training and rehoming the dogs in your care. At the end of the game, the shelter worker with the most reputation wins!

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LUNAR RUSH

Lunar Rush is a simultaneous-play Euro-style board game combining time-based resource management, market economics, bidding, and tableau/engine-building into a refreshing new genre. Play as one of Earth’s four major corporate conglomerates, competing to mine the Moon for the newly-discovered “wonder materials,” lunethyst crystals and lunarium ore!

Every turn, players use their GigaCredits to bid for the best space routes to and from the Moon. The slower the route, the more you can load on the ship. On the Moon, players simultaneously upgrade their bases and place their astronaut workers to produce the resources needed to maintain the base, as well as Moon goods to sell in Earth's bustling dynamic markets. The game ends after seven turns, and the winner is the player with the most GigaCredits!

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THE RICH AND THE GOOD

Players are stock brokers during the second Industrial Revolution, trying to make as much money as possible while also coming across as good citizens by donating money to charity. Purchase or sell shares of stock, and then manipulate the stock prices with the cards that they share with their two neighbors!

Additionally, players donate stock to charities, which is sold off at the end of the round for the charitable donation. Whoever donates the least to charity by the end of the game automatically lose, no matter how wealthy they've made themselves.

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BOARD GAME FESTIVAL 2023

It's almost here! Our board game festival returns on the 10th and 11th of June, boasting access to our hundreds of demo games, kid's zone, Rules of Play shop stall, learn to play events, and more!

Check out the full blog post here! We expect this event to sell out so be sure to get in quick! With single day and weekend tickets, there's something for everyone!

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HORIZONS OF SPIRIT ISLAND

The worldwide release of Horizons of Spirit island drops later this year! Horizons takes the core, settler rebuffing gameplay of its larger sibling and condenses it down into a more beginner friendly experience. Not to worry though! Its five new spirits can be used with the contents of the bigger box we all know and love!

If you've been eyeing up Spirit Island, or are just learning about it but like the look of it, this is a great way to dip your toes in!

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CULTS OF RUNEQUEST

Set for release in July/August, the first three books in a series of 10 player-focussed supplements for Runequest have been announced! The Cults of RuneQuest series allows players a wealth of new character options by presenting full pantheons of gods beyond those found in the RuneQuest core book. 

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TRIAL OF THE TEMPLES

Every century the most powerful Archmages gather at the centre of the world — “Mages' Arena”. They must enter the trials at the three temples to compete for the title of “Supreme Master”. Each Archmage will refine crystals and create magical barriers to block their opponents in order to complete the trials and find the best timing to surpass their opponents. Archmages will aim to cast a spell from the spellbook to create an amazing spell chain! Who will win and recive the ultimate title?

The game is played over 5 rounds. At the end of the game, whoever has the highest Trial Points will be the winner.

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SAIGON 75

"Saigon 75" is a simple and swift strategic wargame, simulating the fratricidal struggle between North and South Vietnam from summer 1973 to spring 1975. Everything is contained within a few pages of rules and 1 hour of strategy, with pressure at every moment!

The game portrays the differences between North Vietnamese divisions and the Rangers/Marines/Parachutists and other units of the South Vietnamese. Air power and desertion are also featured, completed by event cards that give the game great replayability.

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