What's New?

Just arrived are the latest from Corné van Moorsel and "Mac" Gerdts plus the Combined Edition of Wir sind das Volk! to add to the earlier selection.

Don't forget my special offers, and a few odds and ends (including games with dings and dents) at special prices.

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7 Empires ("Mac" Gerdts)

Seven 16th-17th century empires compete to dominate Europe. However, players only control an empire while they have the most 'influence' in it and what an empire can do is cunningly limited. Challenging stuff: £50.00.
 

Fearless (Furchtlos) (Friedemann Friese)

It's an ordinary trick-taking card game. Except half the cards have negative values! The aim is to get your net score from the cards you win each hand close to zero. Otherwise your pawn has to venture into the scary, scary woods. A bit whimsical, but tricky to get right: £9.00.
 

Five Cucumbers (Fünf Gurken) (Friedemann Friese)

New bilingual edition of Friedemann's take on a traditional Scandinavian card game. All you have to do is not win the last trick of the hand. So the previous tricks are all about making sure of that. If not, you take cucumbers (I think they're gherkins), which are penalty points: £9.00.
 

Formidable Farm (Formidabel!) (Friedemann Friese)

It's all about trading the nice wooden pieces representing what you grow/rear on your farm to meet the trading contracts you're stuck with. First to clear all their contracts wins. Simples, eh? Well, check out the designer: £28.00.
 

Papyria (Bernd Eisenstein)

Ancient Mesopotamia and the creation of the earliest cities. Players expand their nascent civilization with land, cities and temples. However, this is constrained by where their 'wanderer' and 'ship' pawns are, so careful planning is needed. Looks intriguing: £45.00.
 

Scenery (Luke Allison, Peter Joustra and Corné van Moorsel)

Another tricky tile-laying game from the Cwali team. This time you're constructing hiking routes and establishing views over the scenic elements on the tiles. A little brain-melting (and there's an expansion to melt it further): £30.00.
 

Wir sind das Volk! (Richard Sivél and Peer Sylvester)

A clever, entertaining two-player game of the rivalry between East and West Germany post-WW2 that I payed for the first (second, third...) time recently. This is the Combined Edition, which includes the four-player expansion. Cracking stuff: £38.00.