Intarsia

Assemble a valuable parquet floor with beautiful wooden ornaments. 

2-4 Players | 40-60 Mins | Ages 10+

A stunning artistic work does not spring into being, but takes shape piece by piece…

Players take the roles of craftspeople who specialize in the art of Intarsia, a delicate and elaborate form ofwoodworking that results in beautiful parquet flooring.

You have all been asked to redesign the stunning floor at the reknowned Café de Paris, embellishing it with stylish intarsias. However, this is a contest: you must prove that you are more skilled at your craft than your competitors.

Intarsia is a game of careful choices. As an artisan, your work will be defined by the materials you collect, the wood you purchase and add to your personal floor board, and your ability to score achievements as you gently settle each interlocking element into place. By claiming a tool tile each time you satisfy its particular requirements of wood colors and arrangement, you gain expertise and accumulate ever larger scoring multipliers.

After three rounds, the player with the most points will claim victory and secure their legacy with the contract to renovate the intricate floors at Café de Paris. Explore your creativity with Intarsia!

Wondrous Creatures

Enjoy an innovative worker placement mechanism featuring 100+ fantastic creatures, magnetic meeples, and wondrous combos!

1-4 Players  |  40-80 Mins  |  Ages 14+

Features: End Game Bonuses, Hexagon Grid, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Tags

Description:

Welcome to the world full of fantastic creatures! You are an admirer, a creature enthusiast who will join the journey of forming the world’s leading creature reserve.

• Unique Worker Placement: Wondrous Creatures’s worker placement mechanism provides an intriguing Hex Puzzle experience. Your deployed worker interacts with surrounding icons to bring in resources or cards, and works to activate special effects!

• Transforming Terrains: As the game progresses, powerful special effects are newly placed on the map. Get creative and use these special effects to unleash your very own powerful combos!

• 100+ Different Creature Cards: Collect and combine various different creature cards. Every creature holds its own distinctive ability and provides a deep strategic tableau building experience. Each card beautifully illustrated by Sophia Kang, will immerse you into a wonderful world of Wondrous Creatures.

• Evolving Worker Abilities: Your workers hold their own unique abilities. As you progress through the game, unlock their abilities and strengthen your workers!

Ink

Control the ink to create sumptuous paintings. 

1-4 Players | 30-45 Mins | Ages 8+

Ink is an unforgiving medium. However, when mastered with care, its spontaneity and brilliance can create visual effects of astonishing richness.

INK invites you to deploy your talent by creating sumptuous paintings worthy of the greatest collections.

When art meets strategy, ink flows as a river!

Heat Heavy Rain Expansion

EXPANSION FOR: HEAT: PEDAL TO THE METAL

Wet conditions, a variant cooldown, and maps for Japan and Mexico. 

This expansion introduces:

• One new driver w/ all essential player specific components in orange (now allows up to 7 racers)
• Two new maps (Japan & Mexico)
• New upgrade cards (introducing the purple drop - a different cooldown that allows the player to take a heat card from their discard pile and place it back into their engine)
• Submerged track sections (must spend an extra heat for down shifting gears in these sections)
• More heat, stress, championship, sponsorship, and event cards.

This expansion requires the base game Heat: Pedal to the Metal to play

Harmonies

Create a miniature world in which animals live in perfect harmony with nature

1-4 Players  |  30 Mins  |  Ages 10+

Features: Token placement, Pattern building

Description:

In Harmonies, create you personal landscape by placing coloured tokens. Create territories for animals and bring them to settle in your tiny world! Tactically combine your landscapes and animals to earn the most victory points and win the game.

• Easy to learn, with high tactical choices
• A poetic way to play: even if you lose the game, you will be happy to have created your own personal wild world
• Solo version included!
• Excellent art direction: all Libellud’s know-how & signature in one game!
• High quality components with 120 wooden tokens, 42 illustrated cards

For a Crown

Coming from noble families, you are ready to do anything to accede to the throne...except that the competition between the pretenders is fierce!

3-5 Players | 30 Mins | Ages 8+

Features: Deck Construction, Hidden Victory Points, Take That, Victory Points as a Resource

Theme: Negotiation, Party Game

Description:

At war for as long as they can remember, your families have decided it's high time to form a single kingdom. But who will wear the first crown? Competition will be tough, are you ready to do what it takes to gain the throne?

Players will be able to recruit new characters and place them in a sleeve of their own colour!

All cards (player cards and common event cards) are shuffled into a single deck which is drawn card by card.

The effects of the cards are resolved one by one by the relevant player.

After 4 rounds, the player with the most rubies wins the game.

Contents:

• 1 Board
• 5 Treasure chests
• 50 Printed sleeves
• 62 Cards
• 115 Tokens
• 5 Pawns
• 1 Rulebook
• 1 Die

Forest Shuffle

Gather the most valuable trees and attract species to them. 

2-5 Players | 40-60 Min | Ages 10+

Features: Animals, Card Game, Enviromental, Territory Building, Hand Management

Description:

Experience the miracles of the forest in this clever card game. In Forest Shuffle, 2-4 players compete in gathering the most valuable trees and attract species, thus creating an ecological balanced habitat for flora and fauna.

It all starts with a single tree... And it's as simple as that: Each turn you draw cards from the stack or center, place trees in your forest to attract wildlife, try to combine plants and animals for extra points or bonus actions. Consider the different preferences of these creatures: Some animals feel only comfortable in the presence of their fellow species, others prefer certain tree types to live in.

Are you able to establish an ideal balance and create the most beautiful forest? 

Contents:

• 180 stunningly illustrated playing cards
• 1 rule book
• 1 game board
• 1 scoring pad

Gaia Project: A Terra Mystica Game

Expand, research, upgrade, and settle the galaxy with one of 14 alien species. 

1-4 Players  |  60-150 Mins  |  Ages 12+

Features: End Game Bonuses, Hexagon Grid, Income, Modular Board, Network and Route Building

Theme: Civilization, Economic, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Territory Building

Description: 
Set your sights on distant stars and strive to colonize the galaxy in Gaia Project, the follow-up to the smash hit Terra Mystica! True to the foundations that made Terra Mystica a massive success, this box invites one to four players to forge their own galactic empires. Explore the vast reaches of space and convert planets to meet your faction’s unique environmental needs as you seek to tighten your grasp on the galaxy. Fourteen unique factions stand ready to boldly take their first steps into the cosmos while building structures to generate resources, researching new technology, and uniting planets to form powerful federations. Chart your course and remake planets as you see fit in Gaia Project. In the end, only the most advanced faction will win.

Key Selling Points

• The follow-up to the critically and commercially acclaimed Terra Mystica
• A board game of colonizing the galaxy for one to four players
• Take command of fourteen factions, each with its own unique abilities and environmental needs
• Includes ten modular space sector tiles that allow you to create a new galaxy every time you play
• Features rules for solo play for those bold enough to explore the galaxy on their own

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2019 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee
• 2018 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Experten Recommended
• 2018 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Winner
• 2018 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee
• 2018 Jogo do Ano Nominee
• 2018 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee
• 2018 Gouden Ludo Best Expert Game Nominee
• 2018 Goblin Magnifico Nominee
• 2017 The Golden Elephant Award Finalist
• 2017 Meeples' Choice Winner
• 2017 Meeples' Choice Nominee
• 2017 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee
• 2017 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
• 2017 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee

Tree Society

Deep in the forest, the Tree Society is a prospering community that wants to expand the neighborhood to welcome newcomers.

2-4 Players | 45 Min | Ages 8+

Description:

Players are asked to help various guilds follow the blueprints designed to construct new buildings. Everyone around the table works together to help the Tree Society, but only one can climb to the top and claim victory!

Players will love the rich gameplay of this title with its innovative market system and discovering all the possible synergies and combinations between cards. This gateway game is highly addictive, and the replayability with the different effects the guild cards offer will be a delight for players.

The breathtaking artwork will make you want to live in this utopic society. Tree Society comes from the designers of many other well-acclaimed games, such as The Guild of the Merchant Explorers and Elysium.

Toy Battle

Players use an army of toys to conquer territories.

2 Players  |  15 Mins  |  Ages 8+

Features: Area Majority / Influence, Multiple Maps, Zone of Control

Theme: Wargame

Description:

Fight your opponent and get the flags!

On your turn, place one character from your army of toys (samurai, dinosaur, troll,  dolls...) on 1 space. Each character has a strength and a special capacity. Use them to defeat your opponent and lead your toy army to victory!

Enroll your Toys and place them in the best place, at the best time, to try and capture your opponent’s base... or win the most medals. On your turn, you either draw two toys or place a toy on the board and apply its effect. The game ends as soon as you capture your opponent’s base or win the required number of medals (depending on the board you play with).

-A simple, fast and fluid game for two
-4 double-sided board for a great replayability
-Constant tension and interactions

Components:

• 2 Tiles Holders
• 1 Rulebook
• 4 Double-Sided Board
• 16 Markers
• 48 Tiles
• 1 Rulebook

The Guild of Merchant Explorers

Explore strange lands, establish trade routes, and search for treasure. 

1-4 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 14+

Features: Bingo, Hexagon Grid, Hidden Victory Points, Line Drawing, Network and Route Building, Pattern Movement

Theme: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Nautical

Description:

In The Guild of Merchant Explorers, each player starts with one city on their personal map board.

Shuffle the deck of terrain cards, then reveal most of these cards one by one. Based on the terrain revealed, each player places on their board cubes that are connected to their starting city or other cubes. You want to complete areas on your board, cross the seas to new land, and establish new cities on the board. You can explore capsized ships for treasure — which gives you special placement capabilities — and create linked connections between locations to score bonus points. Common objectives can be completed by all players, with those who complete it first scoring more points.

At the end of a round, all cubes are removed from each board, leaving only the cities behind, so if you don't establish new cities, you'll be stuck in the same places.

The Guild of Merchant Explorers contains multiple copies of four different maps, and the game is designed so that you can play remotely with one or more copies.

CONTENTS  

• 8 Double Sided Maps
• 1 Exploration Board
• 24 Goal Cards
• 52 Village tokens
• 144 Explorer Cubes
• 16 Discovery Towers
• 32 Trading Post tokens
• 75 Coin tokens
• 40 Treasure tokens
• 16 Crystal tokens
• 5 Solo Mode Era tokens
• 28 Investigate Cards
• 40 Treasure Cards
• 1 Rulebook

2022 Golden Geek Medium Game of the Year Nominee

Ticket to Ride Ghost Train

Race to collect tickets and travel by train through a spooky town.

2–4 Players  |  15–30 Min  |  Age: 6+ 

Ticket to Ride: Ghost Train takes the gameplay of the Ticket to Ride series and scales it down for a younger audience.

In general, players collect parade float cards, claim routes on the map, and try to connect locations such as the Mad Scientist's Lab, the Gingerbread House, and the Lonely Barn that are shown on their tickets. In more detail, the game board shows a map of a city with certain locations being connected by colored paths. Each player starts with four colored parade float cards in hand and two tickets; each ticket shows two locations, and you're trying to connect those two locations with a contiguous path of your trains in order to complete the ticket.

On a turn, you either draw two parade float cards from the deck or discard parade float cards to claim a route between two locations by placing your ghost trains on it; for this latter option, you must discard cards matching the color and number of spaces on that route (e.g., two yellow cards for a yellow route that's two spaces long). If you connect the two locations shown on a ticket with a path of your trains, reveal the ticket, place it face up in front of you, then draw a new ticket. (If you can't connect locations on either ticket because the paths are blocked, you can take your entire turn to discard those tickets and draw two new ones.)

If you create a route all the way from the Dark Forest region to the Seashore region, you collect the "trick or treat" bonus.

Heat Pedal to the Metal

Manage your race car's speed to keep from overheating.

1–6 Players  |  30–60 Min  |  Age: 10+

Features: Catch the Leader, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Hand Management, Race, Simulation

Themes: Racing, Sports

Description:

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 their car will help them hug the curves and keep their engine cool enough to maintain top speeds. Ultimately, their driving skills will be the key to victory!

Drivers can compete in a single race or use the "Championship System" to play a whole season in one game night, customizing their car before each race to claim the top spot of the podium. They have to be careful as the weather, road conditions, and events will change every race to spice up their championship. Players can also enjoy a solo mode with the Legends Module or add automated drivers as additional opponents in multiplayer games.

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2022 Tric Trac Nominee
• 2022 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
• 2022 Golden Geek Medium Game of the Year Nominee
• 2022 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee
• 2022 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee

Hanabi

Give hints to create sets of fireworks and try to avoid a pyrotechnical disaster. 

2-5 Players | 25 Mins | Ages 8+

Players work cooperatively in this clever deduction card game with an electrifying twist! Each player is dealt a hand of 5 cards, but the catch is that you can see everyone's cards except your own. Working together, you must share vital information to play cards in the proper launch sequence. Light them all to create a dazzling display and avoid a fizzling fiasco. 

Contents:
- 60 Fireworks Cards
- 12 Fuse and Time Tokens

Hanabi—named for the Japanese word for "fireworks"—is a cooperative game in which players try to create the perfect fireworks show by placing the cards on the table in the right order. (In Japanese, hanabi is written as 花火; these are the ideograms flower and fire, respectively.)

The card deck consists of five different colors of cards, numbered 1–5 in each color. For each color, the players try to place a row in the correct order from 1–5. Sounds easy, right? Well, not quite, as in this game you hold your cards so that they're visible only to other players. To assist other players in playing a card, you must give them hints regarding the numbers or the colors of their cards. Players must act as a team to avoid errors and to finish the fireworks display before they run out of cards.

An extra suit of cards, rainbow colored, is also provided for advanced or variant play.

Hanabi was originally published as part of Hanabi & Ikebana.

Awards & Honors
2015 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee
2014 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Family Game Nominee
2014 MinD-Spieletipp Winner
2014 MinD-Spieletipp Nominee
2014 Hra roku Nominee
2014 Guldbrikken Best Adult Game Nominee
2013 Spiel des Jahres Winner
2013 Spiel des Jahres Nominee
2013 Fairplay À la carte Winner
2012 Juego del Año Finalist

Piles!

Sort matching sets of clothes in this messy free-for-all. 

2-8 Players  |  10 Mins  |  Ages 8+

Features: Set collection, speed matching, clothes

Description:

Piles! is a fast-paced set collecting game designed for kids and families. If you enjoy classic games like Speed and Spoons then you’ll love this easy to learn free-for-all.

In Piles! you can play up to 8 players or even face off 1-on-1 for a fun two-player experience. Average playtime is under 10 minutes making the game highly replayable and addicting. This portable card game is ideal for any occasion.

There is no text and no need to speak other than laughter, which is great for diverse groups with young kids and non-native speakers.

Players have no turns and no time to waste. React quick and don’t fold under pressure. Your speed and memory will be tested. Only the best with the mess will win this race!

Pirates of Maracaibo

Set sail for an adventurous raid…for perhaps it will be your last! 

1-4 Players  |  40-100 Mins  |  Ages 12+

Features: Dice Rolling, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Multi-Use Cards, Pieces as Map, Race

Description:

Set sail for an adventurous raid...for perhaps it will be your last! Face danger and adventure once more while you search high and low for the most valuable treasures the Caribbean has to offer, then quickly find a safe harbor to stash priceless gold, rare emeralds, and iridescent pearls. Explore, stockpile cargo, hire crew, and commandeer rival ships, but don't forget to bury your loot. As you sail, be on the lookout for a place to settle after your life on the high seas has come to an end, but before you do that, you must outpace your opponents as one trip around the Caribbean won't be enough. You must make three trips in order to retire as the richest and greatest buccaneer of all time

Pirates of Maracaibo is a standalone game in the same franchise as 2019's Maracaibo, and players who are familiar with that game will recognize some beloved concepts from the original. However, new players can jump right in with no prior knowledge of the original game as Pirates of Maracaibo is an independent game with a more accessible rule set. The game plays over three rounds in which you sail the Caribbean, hire crew, ally with other ships, explore the shore, amass the most treasure, and (ideally) retire to a secluded island as the most revered pirate in history. Cast off sailors and swashbucklers, cast off!

Ransom Notes

The ridiculous word magnet game. 

3-6 Players  |  30-90 Mins  |  Ages 17+

• Unleash Your Full Creativity With 100% Customizable Responses
• Laugh Until You Cry Over New, Absurd Phrases
• Never Run Out Of New Material With Endless Word Combos
• Your New Ultimate Party Game For Up To 6 Players

A creative party game for making hilariously terrible sentences. Players respond to outlandish situations like "Tell someone you've clogged their toilet at a party" with just their limited pool of word magnets, leaving even master wordsmiths no choice but to create awesomely horrendous phrases. With hundreds of word magnets included, every round is always fresh, wildly creative, and tears-streaming-down-your-face funny.

Each round, the player judge picks a situation and players try to come up with the best answer from their pool of magnets. Each is presented and the judge picks a winner. The game ends at a pre-determined number of rounds the player with the most points wins.

Root (Base Game)

Decide the fate of the forest as woodland factions fight for contrasting goals

2-4 Players  |  60-90 Mins  |  Ages 10+

Features: Action Queue, Action Retrieval, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Race, Sudden Death Ending, Variable Player Powers, Variable Set-up

Theme: Animals, Fantasy, Territory Building, Wargame

Description:

Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 (6 with the 'Riverfolk' expansion) players battle for control of a vast wilderness.

The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the region, the proud, squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright. The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.

Root represents the next step in our development of asymmetric design. Like Vast: the Crystal Caverns, each player in Root has unique capabilities and a different victory condition. Now, with the aid of gorgeous, multi-use cards, a truly asymmetric design has never been more accessible.

The Cats play a game of engine building and logistics while attempting to police the vast wilderness. By collecting Wood they are able to produce workshops, lumber mills, and barracks. They win by building new buildings and crafts.

The Eyrie musters their hawks to take back the Woods. They must capture as much territory as possible and build roosts before they collapse back into squabbling.

The Alliance hides in the shadows, recruiting forces and hatching conspiracies. They begin slowly and build towards a dramatic late-game presence--but only if they can manage to keep the other players in check.

Meanwhile, the Vagabond plays all sides of the conflict for their own gain, while hiding a mysterious quest. Explore the board, fight other factions, and work towards achieving your hidden goal.

In Root, players drive the narrative, and the differences between each role create an unparalleled level of interaction and replayability. Leder Games invites you and your family to explore the fantastic world of Root!

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2020 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee
• 2020 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Nominee
• 2019 UK Games Expo Best Board Game (Strategic Style) People's Choice Winner
• 2019 UK Games Expo Best Board Game (Strategic Style) Judges Award Winner
• 2019 Tric Trac Nominee
• 2019 SXSW Tabletop Game of the Year Winner
• 2019 SXSW Best Crowdfunded Game of the Year Nominee
• 2019 Scelto dai Goblin Winner
• 2019 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee
• 2019 Juego del Año Recommended
• 2019 Jogo do Ano Winner
• 2019 Jogo do Ano Nominee
• 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Winner
• 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee
• 2019 Goblin Magnifico Winner
• 2019 Goblin Magnifico Nominee
• 2019 Dragon Awards Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Nominee
• 2019 American Tabletop Complex Games Winner
• 2018 The Golden Elephant Award Finalist
• 2018 Meeples' Choice Nominee
• 2018 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Winner
• 2018 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
• 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Winner
• 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee
• 2018 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Winner
• 2018 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee
• 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
• 2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Winner
• 2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee
• 2018 Cardboard Republic Striker Laurel Winner
• 2018 Cardboard Republic Striker Laurel Nominee
• 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Winner
• 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Nominee
• 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Tactical/Combat Game Nominee
• 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Game from a Small Publisher Nominee

Saboteur Card Game

You are dwarves laying tunnel cards to get gold: but which one of you is the traitor? 

3-10 Players  |  30 Mins  |  Ages 8+

Features: Hand Management, Hidden Roles, Map Addition, Network and Route Building, Take That, Traitor Game

Theme: Bluffing, Card Game, Exploration, Fantasy, Party Game

Description:

Players take on the role of dwarves. As miners, they are in a mine, hunting for gold. Suddenly, a pick axe swings down and shatters the mine lamp. The saboteur has struck. But which of the players are saboteurs? Will you find the gold, or will the fiendish actions of the saboteurs lead them to it first? After three rounds, the player with the most gold is the winner.

With the help of Dwarf Cards, the players are assigned their role: either miner or saboteur. The roles are kept secret- they are only revealed at the end of the round.

The Start Card and the three Goal Cards are placed onto the table, each seven cards away from the start and one card between each Goal Card. The Goal Cards are placed face-down. The gold is on one of the Goal Cards, but nobody knows which.

Players have cards in hand. On a player's turn, he must do one of three things: place a Path Card into the mine, play an Action Card in front of a player, or pass.

The Path Cards form paths leading to the Goal Cards. Path Cards must be played next to a already-played Path Card. All paths on the Path Card must match those on the already-played cards, and Path Cards may not be played sideways.

The miners are trying to build an uninterrupted path from the Start Card to a Goal Card, while the saboteurs are trying to prevent this. They shouldn't try and be too obvious about it, however, lest they be immediately discovered.

Action Cards can be placed in front of any player, including oneself. Action Cards let the players help or hinder one another, as well as obtain information about the Goal Cards.

Once a player places a Path Card that reaches the gold, the round is over. The miners have won and receive cards with gold pieces as their reward.

The round is also over if the gold could not be reached. In that case, the saboteurs have won and receive the gold pieces.

Once the Gold Cards have been distributed, the next round begins. The game is over at the end of the third round, with the player with the most gold pieces being the winner.

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2004 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee