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In 7 Wonders: Duel, you and your opponent each lead an ancient civilisation to greatness—but only one of you can win! Over the course of three Ages you’ll draft cards and advance your civilisation one development at a time. Become a military superpower and conquer your opponent in battle or seek scientific supremacy. Bolster your economy with markets and ports or create great public works like aqueducts and senates. Above all, build magnificent...
2) Fog of love
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Fog of Love is a romantic comedy simulator for two players, in which you create and play two vivid characters who meet, fall in love and face the challenge of making an unusual relationship work. Expect roller-coaster rides, awkward situations, lots of laughs and plenty of difficult compromises. The happily ever after won’t be certain, but whichever way your zigzag romance unfolds, you’ll always end up with a story full of surprises!
3) Fugitive
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Fugitive is a quick 2 player game, one player is the Fugitive making their get away and the other is the Marshal trying to catch him. By playing numbered cards face down the
Fugitive makes their way towards the plane (card 42), but they don't know which cards the Marshal has drawn. Using limited information the Marshal has to guess where the fugitive has been before they get clear.
With Tim Fowers trademark style fugitive is a great game for a quick...
4) Hive
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Hive is a highly addictive strategic game for two players that is not restricted by a board and can be played anywhere on any flat surface. Hive is made up of twenty two pieces, eleven black and eleven white, resembling a variety of creatures each with a unique way of moving.
The object of the game is to totally surround your opponent's queen and block your opponent from doing the same to your own.
5) Jaipur
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The Marahrajah has created a new capital in Jaipur, opening a wondrous business opportunity for clever merchants. In this fast-paced, two-player card game, you and your opponent duel to demonstrate to the Maharajah that you can earn the greater profit Take cards from the market, exchange cards for other goods or sell them, or buy the camels you need to transport your goods. The sooner you sell and the more you sell of a single type of goods, the higher...
6) Kingdomino
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A majestic twist on a popular classic, in which you become king of your own domain. Connect your dominoes wisely and build the most impressive realm, but be careful: other kings are also coveting these profitable lands. Each turn, connect a new domino to your existing Kingdom, making sure it connects to a matching domino already in play. And make sure you secure the crown tiles - these royal treasures help to multiply the worth of your Kingdom!
7) Memoir '44
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Memoir '44 is an historical board game. Face-off in stylized battles of the most famous historic battles of World War II, like Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Operation Cobra and the Ardennes.
Memoir '44 includes over fifteen battle scenarios and a double-sided hex game board for beach landings and countryside combat. Each scenario mimics the historical terrain, troop placements and objectives of each army. Commanders deploy troops using Command and...
8) Not alone
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It is the 25th century. You are a member of an intergalactic expedition shipwrecked on a mysterious planet named Artemia. While waiting for the rescue ship, you begin to explore the planet but an alien entity picks up your scent and begins to hunt you. You are NOT ALONE! Will you survive the dangers of Artemia?
NOT ALONE is an asymmetrical card game, in which one player is the creature, trying to hunt and assimilate the other players.
9) Patchwork
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Creating a beautiful quilt, requires effort and time, but the available patches just do not want to fit together. So choose your patches carefully and keep a healthy supply of buttons to not only finish your quilt but make it better and more beautiful than your opponent‘s.
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A two player trick taking game. Use the powers of character cards to change the rules so even if you are losing you might be winning.
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A fast paced game of tactical combat between unlikely opponents. Taking characters from myth and literature Unmatched lets you fight battles, head to head or in teams, using cards and tactical movement that you never even thought to imagine. The first set sees Alice from Wonderland, King Arthur, Medusa and Sinbad take to the battlefield. In battle, there are no equals.
12) Watergate
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Fight for the truth - Nixon under pressure. Watergate is a two player game representing the struggle for Richard Nixon to reach the end of his term as president before the newsmen can gather the evidence to bring him down. Each turn a tug of war is played over the pieces of evidence available, as well as a battle for momentum and initiative that can give the advantage in later turns. Will Nixon or the editors prove to be holding all the cards?
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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.
14) Mayflies
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From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong friendship. Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester,...
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In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.