Essen 2026 – novelties, Page 3

In Drillers, players explore an abandoned mine using their mechs, trying to find and excavate anything useful or valuable left behind by a forgotten mining corporation.

Flip 7 is back - With a Vengeance! All of the fun of the original game, plus new player interactions and special take-that cards! Flip over cards one by one without flipping the same number twice. Sound easy? Think again! This isn't just any deck of cards… In Flip 7: With A Vengeance, there's only one 1 card, two 2's, three 3’s, etc., plus a bunch of special cards that can cut your points in...

Navigate the Karak labyrinth with a marker and solve tricky mini-games. This fast-paced and adventurous drawing game for ages 6 and up can be played independently. Pre-orders come with a free promo set of three task cards, which will then be available for purchase while supplies last.

Star Trek: Captain's Chair – To Boldly Go is a new game that can be played on its own or combined with Star Trek: Captain's Chair to create even more captain competitions. Prefer to fly solo? Take on the galaxy with a challenging single-player mode built to test your skill and strategy!

Compile: Aux 3 is an exciting expansion pack for the tactical sci-fi card game Compile, designed by Michael Yang. The base game is a competitive cyberpunk duel for 2 players aged 14 and up, featuring a fast-paced playtime of 20 to 30 minutes. In it, players act as competing Artificial Intelligences trying to understand the world by playing cards into command lines to manipulate protocols and...

Step into the magical Prague of the 19th century! Discover a fascinating world where industrial progress intertwines with Czech myths and mythical creatures.

Chronocritters from the renowned publisher Delicious Games is a complex, heavy Euro-style strategy board game designed by Tristan Geeraert. This sci-fi title transports 1 to 4 players to the post-apocalyptic year 2562, where time and space are collapsing in the wake of a catastrophe. The players’ task is to use robotic animals capable of time travel – known as chronocritters – to build and...

Compile: Main 3 brings 12 new Protocols, fully compatible with all other Compile material, including all Seven Deadly Sins. Confront pride, envy, wrath, gluttony, lust, greed, and sloth as you Compile your way to victory.

The engines are starting to roar! At the starting line, the drivers are getting ready to push the limits of the track, aware of the danger that lies in every turn and knowing that courage is their most valuable asset. In this race, the drivers must balance and manage tire wear and fuel consumption, juggling speed with the conservation of resources. An adrenaline-fueled game of skill and...

In Duplicity, nothing in the network is as it first appears. A new SMC alternates between two states, forcing you to constantly adapt. To help counter this threat, dual-colored Deckers can flip their profile card, revealing a different special ability when they flip.Dive straight into the action with the two new missions and freely combine the new content with the base game to challenge...

Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Ravenloft is a standalone game with four new mechanically-unique monsters to challenge: Carrionette, Gulthias Tree, Baba Lysaga and the Dark Lord of Barovia Strahd von Zarovich. In their quest to defend Barovia, each player gets to take on the role of a hero with one of 5 iconic D&D classes.In Horrified, players work together, alternating between...

7th Seal is a solo dice management boss battle-style game in which you will face the judgement of the end times. Your goal is to open the seals of a scroll and face the wrath of a supreme being who has unleashed an avalanche of furious beasts and demons that will attempt to wipe out humanity. Use your dice wisely and prove that you can convince the great maker to give humanity another chance.

Gold Country is a California Gold Rush strategy game by Reiner Knizia, published by Bitewing Games, where players develop mining companies, buy and sell shares, and manipulate a dynamic stock market as new gold veins are revealed across modular maps. Featuring streamlined rules, tactical ability cards, and lush illustrations by Beth Sobel, the game blends classic Knizia elegance with modern...

Venture even deeper into the jungle, where the ancient canopy still guards its oldest mysteries. Invest in better equipment and discover precious artifacts lost to time. Expansion Surprise Shipment for the game Lost Ruins of Arnak.

In Kano, 2 to 4 players compete to create their own Emakimono—traditional Japanese painted handscrolls—by skillfully arranging vibrant paint pots. The game elegantly blends tactical resource management with spatial optimization as players navigate a shared central mat to collect the pigments needed for their masterpieces.

Buried Memories is a competitive push‑your‑luck and set‑collection game for 2–4 players, ages 10+, with a playtime of 20–30 minutes. Players reveal and manipulate tiles to gather valuable sets while deciding how far to press their luck before the round ends. With streamlined rules, fast turns, and a tactical focus on timing and risk evaluation, Buried Memories delivers a sharp, replayable...

New animals are returning to the zoo. With the expansion Latecomers, the base game Night at the Zoo gains a whole new dimension.

Help the animals find their way back to their enclosures in this family-friendly zoo game. Use each escapee’s unique movement abilities, plan your route, and get them all home safely.

In the bustling Italian city-states of the early 1500s, art was not only beauty but power. Workshops competed fiercely for prestige, fueled by the rivalry of great masters like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti. Artists labored tirelessly to create masterpieces—from sweeping frescoes to marble statues—each work a statement of skill and vision.

Nightmares and horrors await behind these doors. You will face many disturbing challenges: each step may be your last.

Once upon a time, Red Riding Hood and Captain Hook wandered into Oz… Find out how the story continues in the Codenames Fairy Tales pack! Codenames: Fairy Tales Expansion Pack features a thematic set of 50 words, carefully chosen to spice up your game of Codenames or Codenames: Duet. Simply mix the new cards into the basic set of words, randomly or in whatever ratio you like, or even play two...

Rattlesnake is a fast‑paced two‑player card game set in the Wild West. Players unleash explosive combos and special abilities to outshoot their opponent while dodging incoming fire. Victory goes to the one who survives the showdown longest.

World Order is a strategic board game set in the 2010s, where players embody one of four global powers — USA, China, Russia, or the EU. Using diplomacy, economics, and military might, they expand influence, forge alliances, and compete for dominance in a shifting world order. The game blends international relations theory with tense, thematic gameplay to decide who will lead in this new era....