Take That

With technology rapidly developing and the human population growing, Victorian-era Earth is in dire need of fuel, land, and other natural resources. Fortunately, automated probes sent to Mars have discovered celerium, an ore that can be combusted to produce ten thousand times more power than a steam engine, and sylvanite, the densest substance ever found. More incredibly, the probes found ice that could be used in terraforming the planet, bringing the idea of colonizing Mars even closer to becoming a reality.

As the head of a mining corporation, these minerals and ice found on Mars could make you unfathomably wealthy – if you can reach them before your competitors. You have ten rounds to send your astronauts into space, occupy the planet's most resource-rich zones, and harvest as much celerium, sylvanite, and ice as possible. At your command is a team of nine professionals. Each has a unique skill set, from helping your astronauts traverse the Red Planet to blowing up spaceships before they launch.

In each round in Mission: Red Planet, players start by secretly deploying one of their character cards, with this card determining both when they place astronauts on the spaceships awaiting launch to Mars and which special action they take during the round. Each spaceship has a specified destination, and until an astronaut sets foot in a region, no one knows which resource they'll find. Players collect resources (worth points) three times during the game, and they each have a secret mission card that might grant them additional points at game's end. During the game, players might acquire an additional mission or a research card that changes the value of what awaits on Mars.

The 2015 edition of Mission: Red Planet features the same gameplay as the original 2005 edition, but it includes:

Components for up to six players instead of five
Special two-player variant rules
New action cards and revised mission and discovery cards
Mars' moon Phobos as a new zone that astronauts can explore before possibly returning to the planet itself

Bears vs Babies is a card game in which you build handsome, incredible monsters who go to war with horrible, awful babies.

The shared deck of cards consists of bear parts (and other monster parts) and baby cards. When you draw a part, you use it to build a monster for yourself; when you draw a baby, it goes in the center of the table. When babies are provoked, they attack, and anyone who has fewer monster parts than the number of attacking babies loses their monster; everyone with more parts than babies defeats this infantile army and scores.

Will the players put their cards in the discard pile or their own collection? This choice decides whether they will gain points, pressure the others into the direction you want, or impede their rival players’ strategy.

Get ready to set sail and engage in a game of cunning and strategy with Skullduggery! This ultimate pirate-themed card game will test your skills as you work to divide the plundered booty and outwit your opponents. With every move, prove yourself to be a true sea dog and master the art of piratical pilfering. Arrr!!

Your aim is to get the highest four-digit number on your secret doubloon cards at the end of the game. All cards are face down, but you'll swap cards in and take sneak peeks as you play.

Every turn you draw a card and choose whether to discard that card for the action, or swap with one of your face-down cards and play that action instead. You could even use a skullduggery token to swap the card with one of your neighbours.

The cards will move as you play. Can you track the cards you've seen and discard the right one at just the right time?

—description from the designer

Exploration, gold, treasure, upgrades, minions, boss battles, and even a shopkeeper named Rosella? Welcome to the latest addition to the Dice Throne universe!

Dice Throne Adventures (DTA) is a cooperative expansion that allows up to 4 players to use the heroes you already own in a brand new way. Work together over a series of game nights to travel from the Crimson Sands all the way to the Mad King's throne room. Your heroes will gain permanent deck upgrades with each session, but don't become overconfident. The King hasn't lost a single battle in a thousand years and he's eager for a real challenge.

Requires season 1, season 2, or marvel characters to play.