04Dec 2025 by Becky Alexander
Board Game Spotlight: Carcassonne

Board Game Spotlight: Carcassonne

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🏰 Board Game Spotlight: CarcassonneBuild a shared medieval landscape tile by tile while competing for clever scoring opportunities. Easy to learn with depth that grows over time.👥 Players: 2–5 | 🧠 Complexity: Light–Medium#BoardGameSpotlight #FamilyGameNight #TileLaying #StrategyGames #Carcassonne 👉 How to Play: https://youtu.be/R1qh-lhxy9s Expansions & Editions• Carcassonne Expansions add new mechanics like rivers, inns, cathedrals, traders, builders, and more—allowing the game to scale in depth as players grow.• Carcassonne Big Box includes the base game plus multiple expansions, making it the best all-in-one option for families and collectors.• Carcassonne: Mists Over Carcassonne introduces a cooperative twist, where players work together to stop the spread of mysterious mists—ideal for fans looking for a new way to play.
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02Dec 2025 by Becky Alexander
Board Game Spotlight: Dixit

Board Game Spotlight: Dixit

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🎨 Board Game Spotlight: DixitA creative storytelling game that sparks imagination and conversation. Perfect for mixed-age groups and casual family gatherings.👥 Players: 3–6 | 🧠 Complexity: Light#BoardGameSpotlight #FamilyGames #PartyGames #Dixit #CreativeGames 👉 How to Play: https://youtu.be/OXsHdq1KOe0
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02Dec 2025 by Becky Alexander
Coming soon, SETI: Space Agencies

Coming soon, SETI: Space Agencies

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SETI: Space Agencies, an expansion for SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, introduces powerful asymmetric organizations — each with unique abilities, strategic advantages, and starting conditions that redefine how you approach the search for alien life. As the leader of one of these institutions — ranging from private tech companies to global research networks — you'll bring a distinct perspective and specialized tools to the mission, unlocking bold new strategies and rewarding long-term planning. 1–4 Players Play Time 40–160 Min Suggested Age Age: 14+ In addition to these organizations, the expansion adds three new alien species, each with their own unique twists, and over forty new project cards inspired by real-world initiatives. These integrate seamlessly into the main deck, providing even greater variety and strategic options. "Quick Start" cards, designed for…
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16Nov 2025 by Becky Alexander
Covenant – Board Game Spotlight

Covenant – Board Game Spotlight

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Players: 1–4 Playtime: ~100 minutes Style / Mechanisms: A medium-weight euro-style strategy game — players control dwarven clans, assign dwarves to actions (dig, build, skirmish, transport), explore and clear a mountain, and construct buildings to reclaim their ancestral home. Lead your dwarven clan across three ages to rebuild your sacred mountain and out-glory the others. Will you restore your clan's honor? More info: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/429863/covenant https://youtu.be/w1Ni9WLOHfI
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20Jul 2025 by Becky Alexander
Preorder Suna Valo from Capstone

Preorder Suna Valo from Capstone

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In Suna Valo, you’ll work to reclaim the land and establish a thriving farm after the New Beginning. Play farm cards in the appropriate columns of your farm to harvest, shear sheep, and collect eggs. Go on a voyage of discovery and find all sorts of things along the way, which you can use to build helpful new equipment. Take care of your farm-bots to improve farm technology, and the transport drones to deliver your resources to your own orders or to the village. But don’t forget to fulfill the valuable ship orders! There is much to do in Suna Valo, but with your help, the sunny valley will blossom more beautifully than ever before! Suna Valo is a captivating game for one to two players, combining accessible rules with…
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05May 2025 by Becky Alexander
Preorder: Harvest: Fall Festival Expansion

Preorder: Harvest: Fall Festival Expansion

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🎉 Coming Soon: Harvest – Fall Festival Expansion! 🎉 The Fall Festival has come to Furroughfield, and the harvest season just got a whole lot more festive! Harvest: Fall Festival is the first expansion to the beloved storybook farming game Harvest, adding vibrant new content, clever mechanics, and charming components that deepen the gameplay while keeping the fun lighthearted and strategic. What’s New in Fall Festival?🌾 Festival Board – A brand-new play area with fresh actions, strategic choices, and high-stakes competition for the best festival spots.🥧 Pie Cards & Novelty Cards – Discover delicious new scoring opportunities and powerful combos through tasty pies and quirky festival novelties.🧺 Premium Components – Includes beautifully crafted wooden Animeeples and festival baskets to enhance your tabletop experience.🦝 New Characters – Unique abilities add variety…
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01May 2025 by Becky Alexander
New Release: Zombicide 2nd Edition: PariZ

New Release: Zombicide 2nd Edition: PariZ

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During the celebrations of Bastille Day, somehow the dead came back to life. Amidst the chaos, six Survivors meet a mysterious character that might have an answer for the Zombie outbreak - and perhaps a solution to stop it. In their way stand hordes of the undead, plus a delirious billionaire who sees an opportunity in the end of the world. PariZ is a new campaign expansion for Zombicide: 2nd Edition, featuring 6 new Survivors and a brand-new set of Parisian Zombies. Set in Paris, the story unfolds through 10 missions, as new challenges and opportunities arise with each choice players make. Brave the Catacombs brimming with (un)life, make crucial choices using Objective cards, explore new game mechanics, and bring the lights back to the undead city. #Zombicide2e #Zombicide #newrelease
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30Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander
Board Game Spotlight: Spectacular

Board Game Spotlight: Spectacular

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In Spectacular, you are creating and developing your own animal park for vulnerable species. In order to preserve the species, you must ensure breeding within each habitat. Spectacular provides simultaneous play and ensures interaction between the players, as your opponents’ decisions will affect which tiles and dice are available for you. The game also comes with asymmetric player boards (on their backs). During the game, you select animal tiles and dice, where the dice represent food for the animals. The color of the dice must match the habitat color of the animal tiles. Each turn provides crucial decision-making where you need to consider whether to draft a die of a certain value or ensure an animal tile which may not be available again. At game end, for each area of connected tiles of…
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29Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander
Board Game Spotlight: Spot It! Giant

Board Game Spotlight: Spot It! Giant

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Spot the match first! With 4 mini-games designed specifically for this Giant version, play Spot it! like you’ve never played it before!​​Challenge your family and friends to play everywhere, who has the best reactivity and speed?​ GIANT-SIZED FUN: Play Spot It! like never before with extra-large cards and four exclusive mini-games designed for this giant version. FAST-PACED MATCHING GAME: Race to spot the matching symbol before your opponents in a game that challenges speed, reflexes, and observation skills. PERFECT FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS: Designed for 2+ players, Spot It! Giant is a fun party game for kids, teens, and adults alike. PLAY ANYWHERE: The oversized cards make it perfect for indoor and outdoor play, bringing excitement to game nights, picnics, and group gatherings. EASY TO LEARN, ENDLESSLY FUN: With simple…
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28Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander
Now Available: Harvest – A Wholesome Farming Strategy Game!

Now Available: Harvest – A Wholesome Farming Strategy Game!

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🌾 Now Available: Harvest – A Wholesome Farming Strategy Game! 🌾 Salutations, neighbor, and welcome to Furroughfield—the Commonwealth of Free Beasts! Furroughfield is growing fast, and it’s up to you to help it flourish! In Harvest, you’ll step into the paws (or claws!) of a quirky animal farmer, each with their own unique abilities and farmhouse benefits. It’s a game of clever planning, resource management, and building the best farmstead by season’s end. Each round begins with drafting sunrise cards that determine turn order and offer helpful bonuses. From there, wheelbarrows roll into town to gather seeds, tools, and other essential resources. You’ll plant crops, manage fields, clear land, and construct buildings to improve your farm’s efficiency and score valuable endgame bonuses. With charming artwork and tight, tactical gameplay, Harvest…
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12Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander
Board Game Spotlight: Critter Kitchen

Board Game Spotlight: Critter Kitchen

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It's Restaurant Week in Bistro Bay! Restaurants are competing in food challenges, while also planning an epic meal to impress a celebrity critic. As one of 1-5 players in Critter Kitchen, you'll send your chefs into the city to gather ingredients to create amazing meals and demonstrate that your restaurant is the best in town. Each round, new random ingredients are placed in locations throughout the city. Players simultaneously and secretly plan which locations to send their three chefs to, hoping to collect the best ingredients. Some chefs are fast, but can gather only one item, while others can carry three items but arrive late. Rumors are also available at locations and provide guidance on what the critic desires. Challenges revealed in rounds 1-6 offer the players opportunities to earn stars…
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05Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander
Board Game Spotlight: My Shelfie: The Dice Game

Board Game Spotlight: My Shelfie: The Dice Game

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You've filled your bookshelf with plants, games, books, awards, and cats! Now that each item has its place, will you be able to find it before the others? In My Shelfie: The Dice Game, players try to create dice combinations to fill up the spaces in their bookcase. If you manage to fill up a shelf or a column, you block that section to all other players. At game's end, only the sections with at least three spaces filled will be worth points! Do you like nice plants, or do you prefer cute cats? Will you focus your attention on completing columns, or will you try to run for the shelves?
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04Apr 2025 by Becky Alexander
Board Game Spotlight: Everdell Duo

Board Game Spotlight: Everdell Duo

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In Everdell Duo, you either compete against your single opponent or play co-operatively with another player to earn the most points. You accomplish this by placing workers to gather resources, then use those resources to play cards face up in front of you, creating your own woodland city. Cards may be played from your hand or from the face-up area on the board called the meadow. However, only cards touching the sun or moon token may be played from the meadow, and players move these tokens each time they perform a turn. Therefore, planning for and timing which cards you play is critical. Each game you try to achieve various events, the requirements of which differ from game to game, making certain cards and combinations more important to pursue. The game…
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23Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander
🏙️🌳 New Game Arrival: Balconia! 🌳🏙️

🏙️🌳 New Game Arrival: Balconia! 🌳🏙️

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Transform your balcony into a flourishing garden in Balconia! 🌸🌿 This strategic tile-laying game challenges you to design the most beautiful and vibrant balcony while competing for limited space and resources. Who will have the best view at the end of the game? Now available at The Game Shoppe—stop by and start creating your perfect balcony today! #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #BalconiaGame #TileLayingGame #StrategyGame #BoardGameNight #GardeningGame #BoardGamesOfInstagram https://youtu.be/dQljwGL_k3s
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22Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander
🌿🌳 New Game Alert: Hutan – Life in the Rainforest! 🌳🌿

🌿🌳 New Game Alert: Hutan – Life in the Rainforest! 🌳🌿

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Step into the heart of the rainforest in Hutan: Life in the Rainforest! 🦋🌍 Build your own ecosystem, nurture wildlife, and create a thriving natural habitat in this beautifully designed, strategy-based game. Can you balance nature’s delicate systems and protect the rainforest? Now available at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and start your ecological journey today! #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #RainforestGame #EcoFriendly #NatureLovers #StrategyGame #BoardGamesOfInstagram https://youtu.be/YYbjKZ91k4E
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21Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander
🌸✨ New Game Alert: Floristry! ✨🌸

🌸✨ New Game Alert: Floristry! ✨🌸

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Get ready to arrange your way to victory in Floristry! 🌷 Create beautiful bouquets, match colors and shapes, and earn points by crafting the most stunning floral arrangements. Perfect for lovers of strategy and aesthetics, this game will bloom into your next favorite! Now available at The Game Shoppe—stop by and start creating today! https://youtu.be/fGqm_QdjnIs #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #FloristryGame #BoardGameNight #StrategyGame #FlowerPower #BoardGamesOfInstagram
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21Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander
⚔️✨ Unmatched – The Witcher: Steel and Silver! and The Witcher: Realms Fall! 🔥⚔️

⚔️✨ Unmatched – The Witcher: Steel and Silver! and The Witcher: Realms Fall! 🔥⚔️

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⚔️✨ New Game Arrival: Unmatched – The Witcher: Steel and Silver! ✨⚔️ Step into the world of The Witcher and face off against iconic heroes and monsters in Unmatched: Steel and Silver. 🐺 With unique abilities, intense battles, and characters like Geralt and Ciri, this expansion takes the Unmatched series to a whole new level! Now available at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and start your epic duels today! ⚔️🔥 New Arrival: Unmatched – The Witcher: Realms Fall! 🔥⚔️ The battle for the Witcher universe continues in Unmatched: Realms Fall! 🐉 Take control of legendary characters from The Witcher series and dive into fast-paced, tactical duels with unique abilities and strategy. Whether you're a seasoned Witcher or a newcomer to the world, this expansion brings new excitement to the Unmatched…
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20Mar 2025 by Becky Alexander
🏆✨ New Game Alert: Top Tier and Akropolis: Athena! ✨🏛️

🏆✨ New Game Alert: Top Tier and Akropolis: Athena! ✨🏛️

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🏆✨ New Game Alert: Top Tier! ✨🏆 Think fast, stack smart! Top Tier is a fast-paced party game where you'll race to stack and organize items in the best possible order. Quick thinking and clever strategy will lead you to victory—do you have what it takes to be truly top tier? Now available at The Game Shoppe—grab your copy and get stacking! 🏗️🎉 🏛️✨ New Arrival: Akropolis: Athena! ✨🏛️ The gods smile upon your city-building skills once again! 🏗️ Akropolis: Athena brings new challenges and strategic depth to the award-winning Akropolis. Build majestic temples, honor Athena, and expand your city with clever tile placement. Will your metropolis stand above the rest? Now available at The Game Shoppe—get your copy and start building today! 🏛️ https://youtu.be/Knf-3gUkdAk #NewRelease #BoardGameGeek #ShopLocal #TabletopGaming #BoardGameNight…
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