Literary board games

In this team game, two rival spymasters help their teammates make contact with the team’s agents in the field. But the teammates know the agents only by their codenames. By giving one word clues that point to one or more codename on the board, the spymasters try to help their teammates make contact with all of their agents before the other team makes contact with their own. But watch out: one of the codenames belongs to the assassin. If you find...

Love Letter is a game of risk, deduction, and luck. Designed by Seiji Kanai, the game features incredibly simple rules that create dynamic and exciting player interactions. Players attempt to deliver their love letter into the Princess’s hands while keeping other players’ letters away. Powerful cards lead to early gains, but make you a target. Rely on weaker cards for too long and your letter may be tossed in the fire! Staff Pick: Despite (or...

In Tales of the Arabian Nights, you are the hero or heroine in a story of adventure and wonder—just like those told by Scheherazade to her spellbound sultan. You will travel the land seeking your own destiny and fortune. You will learn stories and gain wisdom to share with others. Will you be the first to fulfil your destiny? The next story is yours to tell!

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures is a standalone expansion to Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. It includes updated graphics and ten more cases to be solved in Sherlock Holmes' Victorian-era London, England. A "London Directory", map, and newspaper archives are included with the cases. Included are six independent "West End Adventures" cases (redesigned and updated from the 1995 expansion), and four...

Watson & Holmes is a game of deduction set within the magnificent works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Two to seven aspiring detectives step into the shoes of Doctor Watson, working alongside the detective Sherlock Holmes to try and solve a series of so far unpublished cases directly extracted from Doctor John H. Watson's diaries. Those who accept the challenge relive the adventures of the crime-solving duo, visiting each of the locations where the inquiries...

Let designer Ignacy Trzewiczek takes you to a deserted island, where you’ll play the part of a shipwreck survivor confronted by an extraordinary adventure. Build a shelter, find food, fight wild beasts and protect yourself from weather changes. Will your settlement survive and will you discover the secret of the island? Maybe you’ll find pirate treasure or an abandoned village. Maybe you’ll discover an underground city or a cursed temple at...

You are a paperback author trying to finish novels for your editor. Complete Westerns, Science Fiction, Romance or even the rare Best-Seller. Live the dream — and maybe pay the bills. Word-building meets deck-building in the unique game Paperback. Players start with a deck of letter cards and wild cards. Each hand they form words, and purchase more powerful letters based on how well their word scored.

1931: Your scientific expedition discovers a new and intriguing mountain range in the middle of the Antarctic polar circle. Under these challenging conditions, the survival of your team will depend on your ability to communicate with each other and to coordinate your efforts to overcome each obstacle — but what you discover on the way to the highest peak will strongly test your mental health. Will you even be able to understand yourself despite...

Parade transports you to Wonderland, just in time for you to organize a grand event. All in costume, people walk in the streets. Try to keep everyone in the parade by making sure they don’t wear the same costume as those already present. If you do, people will leave the parade with a negative attitude. Now why can't we all just get along?!

The forces of evil are threatening to overrun Hogwarts. It's up to four students to ensure the safety of the school by defeating villains and consolidating their defences. In this game, players take on the role of Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville, who use their own personal deck of cards to acquire iconic characters, spells and magical items. Only by working together will players be able to defeat all of the villains and secure Hogwarts from the...