OXONO: You never knew you (probably) like abstract games!
The aim of the game? Line up 4 pieces of your color or 4 pieces with the same symbol.
Does it remind you of Connect 4? Yep. But is it deeper and better? Absolutely.
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As is so often the case with Cosmoludo, the rules are simple and accessible, without losing interest or becoming simplistic. Our neurons are going to be hard at work trying to get this alignment right.
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Both players start with all the tokens of one color.
To play, players move the totem of their choice as far as they want in a straight line. The totem cannot pass through a square already occupied, even if the following squares are empty. Then they place one of their tokens matching the symbol on the chosen totem on a square orthogonally adjacent to it.
All of the subtleties of the game will be understood from the very first game, and that is really nice. But be warned: it is quite addictive! Click below if you dare:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=oxono
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And it's all thanks to the publishers team, the developer BLOIZO and the authorization from the game designer Jérémy Partinico, that you can enjoy this title on Board Game Arena. Let's celebrate this by playing more games...
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...That's also why we feel like we should remind you of a few more titles from the same publisher that are also available on our platform:
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YOXII:
Discover a powerful game, somewhere between the universe of Chess and Go, but not like either of them.
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=yoxii
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HOKITO:
A pure and intense strategy game where you take your opponent’s towers in order to increase your own strength.
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=hokito
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That's it for today. Let's celebrate the abstract genre and enjoy the pure joy of game mechanics.
See you next week, and until then...
Take care and play fair!
GOSU X: Eight Immortals fight to win the Great Battle in a two-player combo card game
The Jalaanx universe is dominated by 8 Immortals, demigods engaged in conflicts since the dawn of time. Alliances are made and broken every time a new war comes. The Red Moon approaches, forge a new alliance and be prepared for an epic battle. Even if a military victory is always honorable, especially for the great Goan-Sul, a hidden 9th demigod offers new ways to win the battle...
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Gosu X is a combo card game in which players build up their army using the cards from their deck made of 3 clans. Those clans are drafted at the start of the game, and the 2 unchosen clans change the game rules! A game is played in a maximum of 3 rounds.
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Each round you will:
- Add cards to your Army (Troops, Heroes, and Immortals) and trigger their effects.
- Engage in a Great Battle. The player with the strongest Army wins a Supremacy Token.
- Honor the Song for the Dead. Each player sacrifices half his army.
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You can play it right now from your browser by clicking the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=gosux
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We would like to thank Galeelox for its huge contribution to have this game on our platform, as well as the publisher Sorry We Are French.
That's it for today!
See you next week, take care and play fair.
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3000 Scoundrels: Build a posse to steal valuable technology in an alternate history Wild West
"The Traveler brought much change to our small frontier town in the last five years. He showed us marvels beyond imagination and taught us how to use his strange machines. Now that the Traveler has vanished, a storm is coming. Who will control the destiny of the American Frontier?"
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In 3000 Scoundrels, players assume the roles of rival leaders attempting to steal precious technology left behind by the Traveler. By overlaying clear cards, you create unique scoundrels and use them to outsmart your foes. In short, hire scoundrels to build powerful combos, steal technology, and outsmart your foes.
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Each turn you play a poker card from your hand face down in front of your player board, then use all of the abilities matching your claimed number. You do not need to tell the truth when claiming a number, but if an opponent catches you bluffing, it will damage your reputation and decrease your odds of winning the game.
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Each leader has a unique perspective and motivation in the conflict of Graystone Gulch. Are you driven by money, fame, or the deep-seated desire to improve the world? Advanced rules add unique strategies to each leader that reflect their unique strengths and cunning tricks.
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Curious about it? Check the link below to play it from your browser:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=threethousandscoundrels
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We would love to thank Corey Konieczka a lot, as well as the whole team from Unexpected Games (what a fortunate name!), and of course the wonderful work done by KuWizard to develop and adapt the game to the platform.
That's it for today! Enjoy your Wednesday Release Title, and until next week...
Take care and play fair!
VALE OF ETERNITY: a World of Monster Hunters
Tame a variety of mythical creatures to gain their powers!
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In The Vale of Eternity, players are tamers who hunt various monsters and spirits to tame them as minions. In this fantasy world, numerous creatures are living in harmony. Among them, dragons are the most valuable and noble ones, and all tamers dream of taming dragons. The player who manages to tame the most outstanding minions wins.
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In each round there are three phases:
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Hunting phase: Draft two cards from the game board.
Action phase: Take various actions, including selling cards, taming, or summoning cards.
Resolution phase: Use the active effects of cards they have summoned.
Successive rounds are performed until the end of the game is triggered.
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The good thing is that we provide a full interactive tutorial for you to learn it if you feel a bit bored by reading the rules.
Did you know that you can share a link to ANY tutorial? That's a very good way to prepare your gaming night by sharing them to your fellow boardgamer friends. (There's no need to have a BGA account to go through them!)
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Click below to learn more about the game and play it:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=valeofeternity
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And of course, we need to thank a lot Moof, who made this wonderful adaptation for your favorite platform. The game plays awesomely and you will get the best feelings about the gameplay, right after the real one on a real table (nothing will replace this ^^).
We would love to send our deepest thanks to the team behind this gem : Eric Hong, the game designer, including the great Mandoo Games team.
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And that's it for today!
More than enough for you to play a while... or an eternity.
As always, take care and play fair!
See you next week for more adventures...
MLEM: Space Agency - Send your cats throughout the solar system to occupy planets and moons!
MLEM: Space Agency is a family board game where you step into the shoes of fearless captains of cosmic expeditions.
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But hold on, these are not your ordinary explorers- they are cats!
These intrepid felines have long conquered the Earth with their unmatched bravery, and now they have set their sights on conquering the entire cosmos. However, their clumsiness might lead to some purrrfectly chaotic cat-astrophes.
Take the helm of a cosmic rocket, reach for the stars, or trust your cat instincts and bail out before things go up in flames. Fame and admiration from the entire meowing world await the most exceptional leader of the feline space agency.
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Click below and get ready for an adventure that is out of this world!
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=mlem
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Note that it's FREE for all this month ONLY!
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We would love to thank Herr Reiner Knizia, who designed this game, as well as the Rebel publishing team, and the work done beautifully by przemek88 and fistachos for the port, development, and adaptation on BGA.
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And that's it for today! Enjoy your space time, and as always:
Take care and play fair!
MARACAIBO: Ye ol'time classic that never age!
Awarded more than 10 times worldwide, Maracaibo, a strategy game for 1-4 players by Alexander Pfister, is set in the Caribbean during the 17th century. The players try to increase their influence in three nations in four rounds with a play time of 40 minutes per player.
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The players sail on a round course through the Caribbean. There are city tiles where you are able to perform various actions or deliver goods. One special feature is an implemented quest mode over more and different tiles that tells the players who chase after it a little story.
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As a player, you move with your ship around the course, managing it by using cards like in other games from the same game designer. And we need to thank him for allowing us to have this amazing game that aged very well on BGA. It was more than time!
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Of course, you can rush and click the link below to access the game page and all the fancy information we provide, or you can simply click here for access to the included tutorial and learn it in no-time:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=maracaibo
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All of our hearty thanks go to Kayvon and Mogri for their strong efforts on this adaptation. You can clearly play it anywhere, anytime. So you have no excuse for skipping it!
Also, we would love to send our deepest thanks to Games' Up publishing for their authorization to have this game here, for all to enjoy.
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That's it for today!
If you're in France for the Cannes Festival International des Jeux, don't miss our booth on B.03.
We will be there and we're offering a Quest, goodies and famous guests!
More information here or directly at our special spot.
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That's it for today!
And it's more than enough for you to enjoy this week.
We're working hard on fixing our service, and you should see some improvements soon.
Until next week, take care and... play fair!
PIXIES: A miniature new marvel from Bombyx
Choose the right card, place it in the right place, and keep an eye on your opponents!
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In Pixies, you move through the seasons to meet little creatures emerging from a flower or sheltering in the hollow of a tree. Choose one of the revealed cards, but be careful which ones you leave for your opponents!
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Place that card in your playing area according to its number. Cards placed one on top of another are validated and earn you points at the end of the round, as do your largest color zone and your spirals. Easy...yet you will find that the other players will not be short of bad advice.
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Nothing more, but nothing less: Try it. Fortunately, you can click the link below to learn the rules through a tutorial, or play a game:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pixies
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Beautifully developed by thoun, with the authorization of Bombyx (the publisher) as well as Johannes Goupy the game designer, there is no doubt we have to thank them for bringing another gem to the platform.
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And that's it for this Monday!
From Wednesday we will be in Cannes Festival International des Jeux.
Don't hesitate to come on our booth, we will have a few quests for you and your friends!
Until then,
Take care and play fair!
SPLENDOR DUEL: When it's time to share a game for two...
...and a perfect occasion to get mad at each others. Tonight, you will go head to head!
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Splendor Duel, the sequel from Splendor designed by **Marc André **and Bruno Cathala, is now available for all to play from nearly anywhere!
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Confront your rival guild in a race for victory. Take Gem and Pearl tokens from the common board, then purchase cards, gather bonuses, royal favors, and prestige.
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Discover new twists and strategic opportunities derived from Splendor, the original best-selling game. Acquire cards with impressive powers, take advantage of special Privileges, and fight over scarce access to Pearls.
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Splendor Duel is a two-player only standalone game based on Splendor that retains some of the main gameplay mechanisms of that design, while being a bit more complex, dynamic, interactive, rich, tense, and mean.
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The game features a main board shared by both opponents, card powers, and three victory conditions.
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This is a special surprise release, and you can play the tutorial provided or play it right now by clicking below (or directly dive into a game if you already know Splendor: It's even faster to go into it):
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=splendorduel
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And this is your very special gift or reason to play on #BGA tonight!
Thanks a lot to the Space Cowboys team, and more specifically to thoun who made this game adaptation for the platform!
You should be able to play it even on the smallest screens.
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Today is time to share love.
So why not the love for Board Games ?
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You can do it now!
By clicking this link:
https://boardgamearena.com/premium?offer
you will be able to purchase this extra gift you were missing to play together, from the same place, on Premium games...
...or for one of the many thousands reasons he or she would love to be gifted a Premium account.
We've got you covered 😉
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That's it for today!
See you next week, and until then...
Take care, play fair, and send love to those who deserves it 😉
THE GREAT SPLIT: You split, I choose. You dare? I share.
*In The Great Split, you draft cards to collect riches such as gems, gold, artwork, and tomes, adding them to your collection to make it the most prestigious of all!
You start each round by splitting your cards into two groups, then pass your wallet to the player on your left- but only one group of cards will be given back to you. You split, they choose! Do not despair, though, because while your opponent is looking at your split, you also receive a similar offer from the player on your right, so choose wisely. When your hand is complete, play your cards to add all those riches to your collection.
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Each type of riches awards you prestige points in different ways, so maintain a balanced collection of gems, keep an eye on the value of the art market as it evolves, and pile up priceless tomes. Depending on how each player builds their collection, different riches will take on a different value for each of them. Show off your best haggling skills in crafting your split, and create the perfect offer to push your opponent to take what you want them to take...leaving you with the tastiest loot!
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Be prepared for when the mid-game scorings are triggered. Manage your gold reserves sensibly to get additional riches, and make your collection just right!
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There are plenty of ways to discover this game, first one being able to play the tutorial provided, or simply to read the rules or start a game by clicking the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=greatsplit
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We cannot be anymore thankful to Horrible Guild, the publisher, as well as the game designers Hjalmar Hach & Lorenzo Silva.
And it's not only up to one, but two developers that you can enjoy this game online! Let's celebrate another release on our platform by Kayvon and Mogri who made it happen.
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Have a look at this amazing game that deserves your attention.
That's it for today,
See you for more amazing games!
Until then, take care and play fair...
ROMI RAMI: RIGHT ROYAL RULES by RANDOLPH
Romi Rami is a game that feels like it has been around forever, with thousands of people quietly and gradually polishing it over time.
Falling squarely in the family of ‘Rummy’ games, Romi Rami features a double market.
The first one has number cards, and the second one has contracts to complete.
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The goal of the game: Make the most points by optimizing the combinations required by the contracts. Keep an eye on the trophies (they change from game to game) which will propel you to to the top spot on the podium!
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It is a fresh take on rami, and there is no doubt you would like to discover this one, by playing a short tutorial, or by clicking the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=romirami
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And this game is available on Board Game Arena thanks to the game designer Antoine Lefebvre, and the publisher Randolph!
Developed by bennygui, who did amazing work so you can play it anywhere!
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By the way : what's your favorite place to play on BGA?
Let us know!
And that's it for today.
Until next week, take care and... play fair!