Pure strategy and clever puzzles with minimal luck. Great for players who love patterns, brain teasers, and sharp thinking

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Through the Desert

39.00 incl. VAT

Players: 2-4

Age: 11+
Playing Time: 20′

Languages: English

From the award-winning game designer Reiner Knizia comes a game of strategy, patience, and cool plastic camels! The desert is still treacherous, mysterious, and without mercy. But for those willing to risk the dangers of the shifting, sun-baked sands, the desert holds riches beyond compare.

In Through the Desert, two to five players each control a tribe of nomads vying for control of the desert. By establishing caravans and taking over oases, the players gain points as their tribes increase in power.

Strategy is essential in deciding how and where to build your tribe’s caravans. There are multiple ways to gain points and several ways to win. Should you try to build the longest caravan? Or should you dominate the desert’s oases? Don’t forget to keep an eye on your opponents’ caravans, or you may find your own tribe cut off from valuable water holes.

Santorini Second Edition

60.00 incl. VAT

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Playing Time: 30′

Languages: English

Santorini: Second Edition: A strategy board game with variable player powers, suitable for 2-4 players, with each game lasting about 20 minutes. It includes an island board, ocean board, blocks for different levels of buildings, and 32 god cards.

The game features variable player powers, with 40 thematic god and hero powers that significantly alter gameplay.

Each turn consists of two steps: moving one of your builders into a neighboring space and then constructing a building level adjacent to the builder you moved. Players can move their builder pawns up one level or down any number of levels. The game is won when a player’s builder reaches the third level.

Santorini: Second Edition includes an island board, ocean board, six workers, blocks for different levels of buildings, domes, a rulesheet, a die, and 32 god cards. The game is a re-imagining of the purely abstract 2004 edition and has been continually developed, enhanced, and refined over the years.