Family Games

From the craggy hillsides of Edinburgh to the sunlit docks of Constantinople, from the dusty alleys of Pamplona to a windswept station in Berlin, Ticket to Ride Europe takes you on an exciting train adventure through the great cities of turn-of-the-century Europe. The second instalment in days of Wonder’s best-selling Ticket to Ride Series of train adventures, Ticket to Ride Europe takes you into the heart of Europe. In addition to the new board map, it offers you brand new game play elements including tunnels, ferries, and train stations. They've also upgraded you to first-class accommodations with larger cards, new train station game pieces, and a lavishly illustrated game board. Like the Spiel des Jahres winning original, the game remains elegantly simple, and easy to learn. Ticket to ride Europe is a complete, new game that does not require the original version and is guaranteed to offer you hours of enjoyment.

From designer Matt Leacock, Pandemic: Hot Zone North America is a completely cooperative game in which players win or lose as a team. As members of an elite disease-control unit, you must work together to discover cures to three deadly diseases threatening the continent. Travel from city to city treating cases and preventing outbreaks as you research the cures together. Use your character’s unique abilities and devise a strategy that plays to each player’s strengths - cooperation is key to keeping disaster at bay! Based on the bestselling Pandemic, Hot Zone features the same nail-biting cooperative experience as you play against the game itself, but in a smaller form that you can take anywhere and play in a shorter amount of time. Every game is a challenge that you'll tackle together, working to contain outbreaks and making strategic choices as a team. Can you discover all three cures in time?

Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 players battle for control of a vast wilderness. The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathise with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods. Meanwhile, at the edge of the region, the proud, squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright. The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root. Root represents the next step in asymmetric design. Like Vast: The Crystal Caverns, each player in Root has unique capabilities and a different victory condition. Now, with the aid of gorgeous, multi-use cards, a truly asymmetric design has never been more accessible. The Cats play a game of engine building and logistics while attempting to police the vast wilderness. By collecting Wood they are able to produce workshops, lumber mills, and barracks. They win by building new buildings and crafts. The Eyrie musters their hawks to take back the Woods. They must capture as much territory as possible and build roosts before they collapse back into squabbling. The Alliance hides in the shadows, recruiting forces and hatching conspiracies. They begin slowly and build towards a dramatic late-game presence--but only if they can manage to keep the other players in check. Meanwhile, the Vagabond plays all sides of the conflict for their own gain, while hiding a mysterious quest. Explore the board, fight other factions, and work towards achieving your hidden goal. In Root, players drive the narrative, and the differences between each role create an unparalleled level of interaction and re-playability.

A simple but clever tile laying game that brings new challenges with every turn. Develop the area around Carcassonne through tactical tile placement and deploy your followers in various locations around it to best control the landscape. No matter their function, the player who will most cleverly use their followers will win the game. The classic award-winning game is back with a whole new look. Entirely redesigned and modernised, this edition includes two expansions: The River and the Abbot Box Contents:

• 72 x Land tiles
• 12 x River tiles
• 1 x scoreboard
• 40 x followers in 5 colours
• 5 x abbots in 5 colours
• 1 x rulebook
• 1 x supplementary sheet

Do you have what it takes to save humanity? As members of an elite disease control team in the Pandemic board game, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay. Work together as you travel the globe to treat infections while collecting the cards you need to discover a cure for each disease. Box Contents:

• Game board
• 7 Role Cards
• 7 Pawns
• 6 Research Stations
• 6 Wooden Markers
• 96 Disease Cubes
• 48 Infection Cards

You are a royal, seeking new lands to expand your ever-growing kingdom. Explore and conquer the different terrains, and develop the best and richest territories for your people. Scour lands full of wheat fields, forests, grasslands, swamps, mines, and towns, diversifying your kingdom's riches along the way. Tax the lands wisely to fund the construction of your towns, pick the buildings you erect carefully, and try to win the Queen's favor - all while making sure your plans aren't foiled by the Dragon's flame. Make sure to strategize and acquire carefully, as others are also competing for the same lands, a stake in the riches, and the heart of the Queen!