Pulsars Designed by Vladimír Suchý, 2 – 4 players, 14+, 90 min.
In this Euro-style game, players explore space, claim pulsars, and discover technologies that will help them build energy-distribution infrastructure on a cosmic scale. Players choose their dice from a communal pool and then use them to take actions. There are many paths to victory, so you can blaze your own trail to a bright future.
Codenames: Pictures
$19.95
Codenames can now be played with pictures! Whimsical, mind-twisting illustrations are used instead of word cards. Can you find one word that ties your team’s pictures together?
Can be played with or instead of the original Codenames. The rules of the game are the same: Two rival spymasters give one-word clues that can point to multiple pictures on the table. Their teammates try to guess pictures of their color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team.
Players: 2-8+
Ages: 10+
Time: 15 minutes
Alchemists
$59.95
A little mandrake root, a little raven’s feather. Toss them in the cauldron and see what they make. Should you drink it? Maybe not. After all, that’s what students are for.
Welcome to the world of Alchemists! Perform experiments to discover the magical properties of your ingredients. Demonstrate your knowledge by selling potions. Use the money to buy artifacts that further your research. Publish, publish, publish! Earn grants. And expose the fallacies published by those fools who think they can be your rivals.
Alchemists is a game of strategy, risk assessment, and deduction. Do you experiment to get more knowledge or do you publish now to get more points? Pay to endorse the latest theory of toads or save your money for an artifact? And should you really be selling that potion to the large axe-wielding barbarian when you aren’t quite sure of its effects? The choices you make will prove whether you are the world’s greatest alchemist.
2-4 players
Ages 13+
120 minute play time
