CAT IN THE BOX: Schrödinger was right AND wrong.
Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition is the quintessential quantum trick-taking card game for 2 - 5 cool cats, where your card’s color is not defined until you play it!
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Hypothesize how many tricks you will win, and record your bid.
Place tokens on the community research board as you play your hand and connect large groups of tokens to score even more points. Plan your tricks carefully as you cannot claim your card has the same color as one of that number that has already been declared. Doing so would be pawsitively catastrophic as you have just created a paradox!
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Why is it Deluxe? Because it brings you the latest updated graphics and the pleasure to play with more players than in the original box.
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Play it with 2 to 5 players, but don't forget to go through the amazing tutorial first: it will help you before you dive into a game. Just click below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=catinthebox
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It's short, it's good, and purrfect for a 20 mins fun with your friends. Thanks to Hobby Japan, you can enjoy it now from your phone or any device, and we would like to also mention the game designer Muneyuki Yokouchi (Ayatsurare Ningyoukan) for the authorization to bring the game online. Let's not forget the developer antromusx who did an amazing job here for you all to enjoy.
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That's it for today: short, but good.
Don't forget that the SUMMER CALENDAR will come soon, so be prepared for an avalanche of games!
Until then, as always,
Play fair and take care!
HIDDEN LEADERS: the most closely guarded secret of those in power
The island of Oshra is in turmoil. Following the death of the Emperor, the conflict between the Hill Tribes and the Imperial Army escalated. While the Water People try to maintain balance between the old rivals, the Undead aim to escalate the war. All hope rests on the six children of the Emperor: Which of them will claim the throne?
In Hidden Leaders, you take the role of one of six secret leaders, each of them is allied with two of the four factions/colors. By playing heroes into your tableau, either openly or secretly, you influence the outcome of the conflict.
At the end of the game, one of the four factions will win:
- Red leading = Red victory
- Green leading = Green victory
- Tie between Red & Green = Blue victory
- Red & Green in War Zone = Black victory
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Each player who is aligned with the winning faction can claim the victory. However, they must have more heroes of this color than all competitors.
Hidden Leaders is a quick and light strategy card game with direct player interaction. It combines tableau building and deduction elements with its unique winning mechanism. This is a game of great tension with no-down time that is fast to learn.
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And you can play it right now on Board Game Arena, but maybe first learn it through it's fully included tutorial! Click below for more:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=hiddenleaders
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Let's celebrate this release developed beautifully by Shun91 for our platform, and thank the publisher BFF Games as well as the game designers Andreas & Markus Müller for their cooperation to bring this very original and short game to the platform!
...and as a small addition, don't forget that last Sunday the famous "Spiel Des Jahres" award has been awarded to Skyteam, which you have been able to play since last year right here, on BGA, and on any device you would like to use- and there have been a few updates since then! ;) But wait, there's more: you can also play DayBreak, who won the "Expert" category, if you dare.
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That's it for today!
Enjoy your daily dose of Board Game, and as always:
Take care and play fair!
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RIVER OF GOLD: Merchants, samurai clans, and epicness!
From the Spine of the World Mountains to the bustling fishing villages of Earthquake Fish Bay flows a river where fortunes can be made and lowly traders can brush shoulders with Rokugan's elite. Will your clan become the dominant force along this River of Gold?
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In River of Gold, players take on the role of river merchants allied with legendary samurai clans, each vying to exploit the river to earn wealth, glory, and wisdom. Will you invest in developing ports, markets, shrines, and more along the banks of the busy river? Or will you rely upon sailing the river of gold, growing your wealth and influence through delivery contracts, visiting the nobility, and garnering a bit of divine favor during tough times?
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The gameplay is fast and clever, with minimal downtime and a playtime of just one hour. Try it by clicking the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=riverofgold
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Don't forget that it will be the very first eurogame from the Legend of the Five Rings series, to be released this 2nd ofAugust 2024.
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We must thank the Office Dog team, with the game designer Keith Piggott for their authorization to host this game onto Board Game Arena. Let's also salute the awesome adaptation work done by Jonathan2004, who made it playable from all devices. And let's not forget that it is not a small game! ;)
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That's it for your Wednesday Release Time or WRT (as i like to say).
Have a fantastic weekend, and as always,
Take care and play fair!
DRAFT & WRITE RECORDS: The pen of destiny
Draft exciting bands, and outperform the competition on worldwide stages!
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Do you have what it takes to hit the big time? Can you take your band from performing in your parent's basement to the largest stages around the world?
Draft your lead singer, musicians, production and backstage staff. Arrange them in the most harmonious ways to unlock more fans, money and opportunities. Plan your schedule, prioritize your assets and select your travel routes as you grow.
Chain your rewards into such an amazing show that you will leave your competitors behind. But as every superstar knows...watch out for those scandals.
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It's as original as it sounds, and that's our Monday release for you all to enjoy, and you can learn it through a wonderful tutorial, or simply by clicking the link to the game page below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=draftandwriterecords
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Don't forget that you can play it alone in a dedicated SOLO mode, or with up to 6 players!
Thanks to Inside Up Games and the game designer Bruno Maciel, you can now fully enjoy it on Board Game Arena!
Also, let's not forget the fantastic work done by bennygui who developed it for the platform. You can play it from anywhere, literally, as long as you're connected to the world wide web.
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That's it for this Monday!
Enjoy some music, and see you on Wednesday for another amazing release.
Until then, take care and play fair!
STUPOR MUNDI: It's good to be the king!
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany and Italy, was a man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability. His contemporaries called him "stupor mundi" ("the wonder of the world"), and many historians consider him Europe's first modern ruler. The kingdom Frederick established in Sicily and southern Italy ran on an efficient bureaucracy similar to modern, centrally governed kingdoms.
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As one of Frederick II's vassals in Stupor Mundi, you will summon allies from around the Mediterranean, build structures in your castle, and promote specialists to improve your kingdom. You may improve your chances by upgrading your castles: towers house additional allies, walls store more resources, and keeps aid in managing action cards.
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Through a clever card-selection mechanism, you will have to choose actions carefully, some of which will trigger edicts that affect Frederick's palace, and determine the rewards players may receive from their allies. Do you stay loyal to the Emperor, or do you support independent allies? Keep a close eye on what your opponents do and form alliances at the right time — or go your own way when things get too heated...
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There's a solo rule set if you're alone, or if you can't dare to meet real opponents. But the most courageous vassals will click the link below to start a game in no-time:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=stupormundi
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We would love to thanks Nestor Mangone and the Quined Games team for their strong efforts to bring the game to your favorite online board game platform. And let's celebrate as a king Paramesis, the fearless developer who brought Stupor Mundi to Board Game Arena.
That's it for your Wednesday release!
Until Monday, take care and play fair...
Arena Season 18: The Heat is Rising!
Congratulations to all participants and winners from the previous season!
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But wait, what exactly is "the Arena?"
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The Arena is the competitive mode on BGA. If you master a game and want to play it competitively, this is THE mode to use, so you can challenge the best players and get the most experience points.
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The Arena is organized in seasons of 3 months each. Achievements are awarded to the best players at the end of each season.
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To play in the Arena: select "Play" and then choose "Arena" instead of "Simple game."
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Arena format and Gurus
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In the previous seasons, it was you (more exactly the gurus) who chose the game formats for the Arena: player number, options used, ...
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We are very happy to see that this way of doing things contributed to making the Arena more popular: thank you to all gurus for their smart suggestions and their votes!
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Rules updates
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No Arena rules are changing this season. It does not mean we are 100% satisfied with how the Arena is running, but you seem to appreciate the current rules so we want to keep them as they are for now.
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Season 18 is NOW Launched.
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The new Arena is now open for its new season.
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Some Explanation About: Relegations
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At the end of each season, after winners have been awarded, you are relegated.
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Some custom relegation rules may have been applied to games for some reason (ex: we decided to update the number of leagues), but in general here is what happens:
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- For games with 6 or 5 different leagues, all players are decreased by 3 leagues.
- For games with 4 different leagues, all players are decreased by 2 leagues.
- For games with 2 or 3 different leagues, all players are decreased by 1 league.
- For all games and all leagues, your number of Arena points is reset to 1, and your AES ("Arena Elo") is reset to 1500.
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It's up to you to find the way to the elite!
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May the odds be ever in your favor!
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You'll find soon below the updated options for each game for this new arena season
SPELLBOOK: I put a spell on you. And you. Aaaaand you.
A wide variety of spell combinations, play hundreds of unique games.
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Become the greatest wizard of the Annual Grand Rite by collecting and managing your Materia to feed your familiar and learn your spells. Act quickly to use your powers early...or wait to unleash them at full strength. Your path to victory is full of choices and combined tactics!
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In SpellBook, each player, accompanied by a familiar, possesses a grimoire and collects Materia to master spells and feed their familiar. The game provides pre-drawn spell sets for use in the early rounds, but soon players start drawing spells randomly or create their own spell combinations that are common to all players. Each spell combination gives an effect that lasts the rest of the game, and the more ingenious the combination, the more powerful the effect. As the rounds progress, the game becomes a different experience every time, with more than 2,100 spell combinations being possible.
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The game ends as soon as a magician's grimoire is complete or a familiar is fully fed, then the player with the most points wins.
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SpellBook includes a solo mode that closely mirrors the multiplayer experience, offering a high level of challenge and an excellent way to learn the game's rules. You can also learn this game through a tutorial. Try both using the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=spellbook
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No games without designers, and this one is from Phil Walker-Harding, with the authorization from the Space Cowboys team, and they deserves all the thanks you can....spell!
Also let's send our love to MathCT who developed this game on Board Game Arena and made it available for all to play.
That's some sort of magic!
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And that's it for today.
See you later, and until then...
Take care and play fair!
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AZUL: Summer Pavilion - Striking patterns for the king!
At the turn of the 16th Century, King Manuel I commissioned Portugal's greatest artisans to construct grandiose buildings. After completing the Palaces of Evora and Sintra, the king sought to build a summer pavilion to honor the most famous members of the royal family. This construction was intended for the most talented artisans — whose skills meet the splendor that the royal family deserves. Sadly, King Manuel I died before construction ever began.
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In Azul: Summer Pavilion, players return to Portugal to accomplish the task that never began. As a master artisan, you must use the finest materials to create the summer pavilion while carefully avoiding wasting supplies. Only the best will rise to the challenge to honor the Portuguese royal family.
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Azul: Summer Pavilion lasts six rounds, and in each round players draft tiles, then place them on their individual player board to score points. Each of the six colors of tiles is wild during one of the rounds.
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At the start of each round, draw tiles at random from the bag to refill each of the factories with four tiles each. Draw tiles as needed to refill the ten supply spaces on the central scoring board. Players then take turns drafting tiles. You can choose to take all of the tiles of a non-wild color on a factory and place them next to your board; if any wild tiles are on this factory, you must take one of them. Place all remaining tiles in the center of the table. Alternatively, you can take all tiles of a non-wild color from the center of play; you must also take one wild tile, if present.
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After all tiles have been claimed, players then take turns placing tiles on their individual boards. Each board depicts seven stars that would be composed of six tiles; each space on a star shows a number from 1-6, and six of the stars are for tiles of a single color while the seventh will be composed of one tile of each color. To place a tile on the blue 5, for example, you must discard five blue or wild tiles from next to your player board (with at least one blue being required), placing one blue tile in the blue 5 space and the rest in the discard tower. You score 1 point for this tile and 1 point for each tile within this star connected to the newly placed tile.
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If you completely surround a pillar, statue, or window on your game board with tiles, you get an immediate bonus, taking 1-3 tiles from the central supply spaces and placing them next to your board. At the end of the round, you can carry over at most four tiles to the next round; discard any others, losing 1 point for each such tile.
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After six rounds, you score a bonus for each of the seven stars that you've filled completely. Additionally, you score a bonus for having covered all seven spaces of value 1, 2, 3 or 4. You lose 1 point for each remaining tile unused, then whoever has the most points wins.
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This game is quite different from the original Azul, and that's a game you should definitely discover and play right now on BGA. Click the link below to start a game:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=azulsummerpavilion
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All of our thanks goes to the Plan B Games team and Michael Kiesling for their enthousiasm to bring this game to our platform. But let's celebrate the work done by thoun who developed this game for all devices, that works beautifully on most platforms.
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That's it for today!
Enjoy your wednesday release time and as always,
Play fair and take care!
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FOREVER HOME: The 98 Dalmatians.
Welcome to Forever Home, the puzzly pattern-building game about second chances for shelter dogs.
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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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Featuring quick and simple turns, a unique solo mode, and a second advanced side to the player board, Forever Home is a replayable, easy-to-love abstract game.
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You can easily learn this game though a tutorial, and discover it by clicking the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=foreverhome
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Let's thanks Birdwood games and their amazing team, Lottie and Jack Hazell (the game designers) for the authorization to bring the game on Board Game Arena, and the nice implementation done by jordijansen to make it shine and easy to play on our platform.
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It's Monday and that's the first day of July!
Many more games will come to the platform, and we're preparing the incoming summer like we usually do, with a bit of more "spice".
Stay tuned, and as always, take care and play fair!
MEGA JACKPOT: What happens on Board Game Arena...
...stays on Board Game Arena!
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Feel the electric atmosphere around a casino slot machine!
Mega Jackpot is a card game crafted to capture the electric atmosphere of a casino slot machine.
- Turn over cards to align three matching symbols to hit the Jackpot!
- But the excitement doesn't stop there – gamble your winnings and flip a tile for a shot at the elusive Mega Jackpot.
- For the true thrill-seekers, push your luck to the limits and go all-in for the Super Mega Jackpot.
Victory is just a flip away!
Embark on an adrenaline-pumping journey into the heart of the casino world, where every player can taste the thrill of risk from the comfort of their home. Mega Jackpot is a rollercoaster of emotions, testing your nerve while filling the room with laughter and cheers.
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Transform any night into a lively casino adventure with Mega Jackpot – where fortune favors the brave, and laughter is the ultimate jackpot.
Note that, on Board Game Arena, there's no real money involved in any games.
Curious? It's fun and short as you can expect, and you just have to click the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=megajackpot
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All of our thanks goes to darhf for developing this game to our platform. It's a magnificent adaptation and you can play it from any devices, anywhere, as long as you're using a a reliable connection ;)
Let's thanks the whole team of TIKI Editions, as well as Erwan & Yann Morin who made this happening on your favorite platform.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
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Please welcome today the newly available Ticket to Ride Europa 1912 Expansion!
Plenty of options to play the game the way you like.
Just go to the game page on https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=tickettorideeurope and select the option you want to join a game or create a table of your own.
Note that you will need to be Premium to create a table. You can still join one if you're on the FREE plan.
You want to upgrade? Follow the link right there, there's plenty of options for you to help BGA!
That's it for today.
What a week!
See you next time and until then,
as always, take care and play fair!