{"title":"Board \u0026 Card Games","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"lost-cities-the-card-game","title":"Lost Cities: The Card Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eDemonstration copy available in store - Try before you buy! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor 2 players, ages 10+, playing time around 30 minutes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLost Cities is a card game in the \u003ca class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/wiki\/page\/Kosmos_two-player_series#\"\u003eKosmos two-player series\u003c\/a\u003e. The game consists of a single deck of cards of rank 2–10 in 5 different colors with 3 special \"handshakes\" (\"HS\" in scoring examples below) in each suit. There is also a board which functions only to hold and organize discarded cards and is largely superfluous. Games last around 15 minutes. This is generally considered a good \"couples\" game and is often recommended for people with non-gamer partners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe object the game is to gain points by mounting profitable archaeological expeditions to the different sites represented by the 5 colors. On a player's turn they must always first play one card, either to an expedition or by discarding it to the appropriate discard pile, and then draw one card. There is a separate discard pile for each color and a player may draw the top card of any discard pile or the top card of the deck. Cards played to expeditions must be in ascending order but they need not be consecutive. Handshakes are considered lower than a 2 and represent investments in an expedition. Thus, if you play a red 4, you may play any other red card higher than a 4 on a future turn but may no longer play a handshake, the 2, or the 3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe game continues in this fashion with players alternating turns until the final card is taken from the draw pile. The rest of the cards in hand are then discarded and players score their expeditions. Each expedition that has at least one card played into it must be scored. Cards played into an expedition are worth their rank in points, and handshakes count as a multiplier against your final total. Expeditions start at a value of -20 so you must play at least 20 points of cards into an expedition in order to make a profit. If you are left with a negative value and have a handshake, the multiplier still applies. A 20-point bonus is awarded to every expedition with at least 8 cards played into it. 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The teammates then identify one agent they think is on their team; if they're correct, they can keep guessing up to one more than the stated number of times; if the agent belongs to the opposing team or is an innocent bystander, the team's turn ends; and if they fingered the assassin, they lose the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpymasters continue giving clues until one team has identified all of their agents or the assassin has removed one team from play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVlaada Chvátil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSee also:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leisuregames.com\/products\/codenames-pictures-with-promo-while-stocks-last-release-date-16th-september\" title=\"Codenames Pictures\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/files\/pictures_thumb.png?v=1507977354\" alt=\"\"\u003eCodenames Pictures (uses pictures instead of words)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leisuregames.com\/products\/codenames-deep-undercover-18-release-date-16th-september\" title=\"Codenames Deep Undercover\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/files\/deep_thumb.png?v=1507977229\" alt=\"\"\u003eCodenames Deep Undercover (Adult themes)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leisuregames.com\/products\/codenames-duet\" title=\"Codenames Duet\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/files\/duet_thumb.png?v=1507977019\" alt=\"Codenames Duet\"\u003eCodenames Duet (better for 2 players)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Czech Games Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30596075530,"sku":"CGE00125","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/files\/codenames-2025.webp?v=1763567252"},{"product_id":"my-first-stone-age","title":"My First Stone Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Childrens Game category of the \"Spiel Des Jahres\" awards 2016.For 2-4 Players, Ages 5+, Playing Time Approx 15 Minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTravel to the past with Jonon and Jada, two stone age children, to rediscover how the first humans settled the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Stone Age Junior, a children's version of the Stone Age family game, the players collect goods and build their own settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Z-Man Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30596089930,"sku":"ZMG71265","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/products\/My_First_Stone_Age_6eb34fa8-3bf7-4c82-bf95-2f57a66b46fa.jpg?v=1569058211"},{"product_id":"dobble","title":"Dobble","description":"\u003cp\u003eCard Game. Players: 2-8. Ages 6+. Duration: 5 minutes Published by Asmodee. Designed by Denis Blanchot, Guillaume Gille-Naves \u0026amp; Igor Polouchine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDobble is a visual perception card game in which players race to find the one matching picture between one card and another. The pictures can be different sizes. The cards are round and feature an assortment of colourful images of items like insects, plants, symbols, and smiley faces. Every card is unique, and has only one picture in common with each card in the deck. The game is very portable and includes a deck of 55 cards in a round tin container that is the same size as the cards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asmodee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30596090506,"sku":"ASMDOBB01EN6CT","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/products\/DOBBLE_bf512342-fc79-4706-9d06-923788045c5e.jpg?v=1569058321"},{"product_id":"scythe-pre-order-expected-beginning-of-november","title":"Scythe","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor 1-5 players, ages 14+, playing time around 90-115 minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-envelope\" ng-style=\"{maxHeight:expandablectrl.maxHeight}\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-body\" ng-transclude=\"\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"game-description-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv ng-bind-html=\"geekitemctrl.wikitext|to_trusted\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a time of unrest in 1920s Europa. The ashes from the first great war still darken the snow. The capitalistic city-state known simply as “The Factory”, which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, has closed its doors, drawing the attention of several nearby countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScythe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a Worker Placement\/Economic Engine board game set in an alternate-history 1920s period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. In \u003cem\u003eScythe\u003c\/em\u003e, each player represents a character from one of five factions of Eastern Europa who are attempting to earn their fortune and claim their faction's stake in the land around the mysterious Factory. Players conquer territory, enlist new recruits, reap resources, gain villagers, build structures, and activate monstrous mechs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach player begins the game with different resources (power, coins, combat acumen, and popularity), a different starting location, and a hidden goal. Starting positions are specially calibrated to contribute to each faction’s uniqueness and the asymmetrical nature of the game (each faction always starts in the same place).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScythe\u003c\/em\u003e gives players almost complete control over their fate. Other than each player’s individual hidden objective card, the only elements of luck or variability are “encounter” cards that players will draw as they interact with the citizens of newly explored lands. Each encounter card provides the player with several options, allowing them to mitigate the luck of the draw through their selection. 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The order in which players improve their engine adds to the unique feel of each game, even when playing one faction multiple times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stonemaier Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30596101642,"sku":"STM600","price":74.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/products\/scythe_00c42610-2d47-4fba-8f87-bedbf6403da2.jpg?v=1569058206"},{"product_id":"ticket-to-ride-rails-sails-release-date-14th-september","title":"Ticket to Ride - Rails \u0026 Sails","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.shutupandsitdown.com\/games\/ticket-to-ride-rails-and-sails\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1380\/9101\/files\/susd_recommends_alt_clear_720_small.png?v=1485779305\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 2-5 players, ages 10+, playing time around 60-120 minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTicket to Ride: Rails \u0026amp; Sails takes the familiar gameplay of Ticket to Ride and expands it across the globe - which means that you'll be moving across water, of course, and that's where the sails come in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs in other Ticket to Ride games, in Ticket to Ride: Rails \u0026amp; Sails players start with tickets in hand that show two cities, and over the course of the game they try to collect colored cards, then claim routes on the game board with their colored train and ship tokens, scoring points while doing so. 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To claim a train route (rectangular spaces), you must play train cards (or wilds) and cover those spaces with train tokens, and to claim a ship route (oval spaces), you must play ship cards (or wilds) and cover those spaces with ship tokens. Ship cards depict one or two ships on them, and when you play a double-ship card, you can cover one or two ship spaces. You can take an action during play to swap train tokens for ships (or vice versa), and you lose one point for each token you swap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome tickets show tour routes with multiple cities instead of simply two cities. If you build a network that matches the tour exactly, you score more points than if you simply include all of those cities in your network.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach player also starts the game with three harbors. If you have built a route to a port city, you can take an action during the game to place a harbor in that city (with a limit of one harbor per port). 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