In more detail, each of the 1-4 players has their own adventure board book open to the same chapter of the game, and they play in turn order starting with the shortest player. That player rolls all of the dice, then selects one, then the next player selects one, and so on until all dice have been chosen, at which point the next player rolls all the dice once again.

With your chosen dice, you use a dry-erase pen to mark the current chapter of your book, drafting a path to evade trolls, battle goblins, solve riddles, and pen the best conclusion to each chapter. The game takes players through the eight most iconic challenges faced by Bilbo and the Dwarves in The Hobbit, such as overcoming trolls, goblins, wargs, and giant spiders; reclaiming the treasure of the dwarves; and defeating the dragon Smaug. In the end, you want to complete the most rewarding journey to The Lonely Mountain.

The Hobbit: There & Back Again includes a solo mode, as well as a way to increase the game’s difficulty, whether for some players to balance different skills levels or for everyone to increase the challenge.

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Known Spirits adopt different Aspects to battle the Invaders, and new Spirits join the fray. Some transform the island, making it hazardous and deadly to all humanity, while others work with the Dahan to fight back in other ways. Hard choices confront the Spirits, and even Stone’s Unyielding Defiance must weigh trade-offs.

Jagged Earth is an expansion for the base game of Spirit Island. No other expansions are required to use it, though it is best balanced when combined with the Branch & Claw expansion.

GAME COMPONENTS

3 New Scenarios
10 New Spirits – including 41 Unique Power Cards
2 New Adversaries – including 4 Adversary Reminder Tiles
2 New Island Boards
30 New Event Cards
6 New Fear Cards
7 New Blight Cards
24 New Major Power Cards – including 1 Sea Monster replacement card
33 New Minor Power Cards
6 Aspect Cards – Optional aspects (innate powers) for the 4 core game spirits
25 Badland Tokens – A new way to fight invaders!
More plastic, wooden, and cardboard tokens play up to 6 players)
18 Dahan
24 Blight
25 Explorers
16 Towns
10 Cities
35 Beast Tokens
30 Disease Tokens
22 Wilds Tokens
22 Strife Tokens
16 Fear Markers
24 Energy Markers
18 1-Energy Markers
6 3-Energy Markers
26 Spirit Presence – 13 each in 2 colors
6 Single-Turn Effect Markers (Defend) – 3 of each in 2 colors
18 Single-Turn Effect Markers (Isolate) – 3 of each in 6 colors
64 Element Markers – 8 of each element
6 Player Aid Cards
8 Reminder Cards
New play options: combining adversaries, playing with an Archipelago (split island), and more.

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In the beginning, you will be dependent on supplies from Earth and will have to travel often between the Mars Space Station and the planet’s surface. As the colony expands over time, you will shift your activities to construct mines, power generators, water extractors, greenhouses, oxygen factories, and shelters. Your goal is to develop a self-sustaining colony independent of any terrestrial organization. This will require understanding the importance of water, air, power, and food — the necessities for survival.

Do you dare take part in humankind’s biggest challenge?

On Mars is played over several rounds, each consisting of two phases – the Colonization Phase ​and the Shuttle Phase​.

During the Colonization Phase, each player takes a turn during which they take actions. The available actions depend on the side of the board they are on. If you are in orbit, you can take blueprints, buy and develop technologies, and take supplies from the Warehouse. If you are on the surface of the planet, you can construct buildings with your bots, upgrade these buildings using blueprints, take scientists and new contracts, welcome new ships, and explore the planet’s surface with your rover. In the Shuttle Phase, players may travel between the colony and the Space Station in orbit.

All buildings on Mars have a dependency on each other and some are required for the colony to grow. Building shelters for Colonists to live in requires oxygen; generating oxygen requires plants; growing plants requires water; extracting water from ice requires power; generating power requires mining minerals; and mining minerals requires Colonists. Upgrading the colony’s ability to provide each of these resources is vital. As the colony grows, more shelters are needed so that the Colonists can survive the inhospitable conditions on Mars.

During the game, players are also trying to complete missions. Once a total of three missions have been completed, the game ends. To win the game, players must contribute to the development of the first colony on Mars. This is represented during the game by players gaining Opportunity Points (OP). The player with the most OP at the end of the game is declared the winner.

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– If you don’t own the base game: you can play The Council solo or in pair (competitively, with the Overlord module).
– If you own the base game: you can play The Council solo (with a much greater variety of cards), cooperatively (with two or three players), or competitively (with two, three or four players, thanks to the Overlord module).

In The Council, play as an adventurer who arrives in a doomed city, lost in the hands of a power-crazed regent, and his council who orchestrates dark manipulations in the shadows.

Wander the dark, randomly-generated alleyways, card after card, encounter ever more terrifying encounters, manage your resources and upgrade your skills by gaining levels to meet the greatest challenge of all: defeating the King’s Remains!

All Council content is compatible with the Mini Rogue base game.

The game also includes a campaign, which follows on from the base game campaign (but can be played without having played the previous campaign).

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In this expansion, nightmares and horrors await behind these doors.
You will face many disturbing challenges: each step may be your last.

• Delving cards test your risk-taking tendencies in between areas.
• Torments grant you a small bonus in order to smother the evergrowing madness flooding you. Contain it or you’ll face your tormentor!
• Cursed Jewelry give you access to extra abilities that you can refresh at a cost.
• Scrolls are very powerful tools, but you cannot control which one will come to you.

Finally, the new Character, Rooms and final Boss will bring even more hype and replayability to your games!

The players must choose how to spend their resources to be powerful enough to confront ever more difficult monsters and hazards. Randomly generated levels and encounters make every playthrough a unique experience!

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This expansion contains all the characters from the base game, the Council, and from the Depths of Damnation, the Old Gods, Mountain of Torments, and Forgotten Guardians expansions, all re-illustrated by artist Nicolas Roblin and each character slightly changed from their original. They may have different starting stats, and they will have one of their skills reworked! They come from an outer world, after all.

Beyond the Portal also includes two new characters: The Occultist and her soul syphon, and the Tinkerer and his skill to disarm traps!

The players must choose how to spend their resources to be powerful enough to confront ever more difficult monsters and hazards. Randomly generated levels and encounters make every playthrough a unique experience!

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This expansion includes: Kobold, and Totem Minis!

In a distant land, a landslide reveals long-forgotten underground tunnels containing an invaluable treasure: deposits of Gold, Darkiron, and Draconite! Rumor has it that at the heart of these lost mines lies an even more precious secret: The Eternal Forge, a dwarven masterpiece capable of crafting legendary artifacts. Glory-seeking explorers and wealth-hungry plunderers are already flocking to the mine’s entrance to get their hands on this bounty… but the task won’t be easy, as Kobolds have taken up residence in these tunnels, sparking a frantic race among rival adventurer teams.

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The game is played over 4 rounds and it is built around a movement-puzzle mechanic, where each turn presents a small riddle: how to best combine your party’s movement abilities to navigate the map and collect the right cards. The players try to complete as many adventure cards as possible and gain victory points. These points symbolize the fame and wealth, both material and spiritual, that their group has acquired.

Each player will move their piece across the map to collect items and gain new companions for their group. By successfully combining their character and item cards, they can trigger additional actions. The collected items and companions will then be used to complete adventure cards. Each completed adventure rewards the player with victory points and a permanent upgrade that will help them throughout the game. The player with the most victory points at the end of the 4th round wins.

The game is being developed in cooperation between Pink Troubadour and Amanita Design.

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Each thrilling location has unique characteristics and offers new play options, including new Lords, Buildings, Intrigue, and Quest cards.

Owners of Lords of Waterdeep can use one or both of these new subterranean locations to add depth to their game experience. There’s also a new faction, the Gray Hands, so now a sixth player can join in the fun!

The Undermountain Module

Undermountain is a vast and multileveled dungeon beneath Mount Waterdeep that once served the crazed wizard Halaster as a site for magical experiments. Now it is a labyrinthine maze with few refuges for weary adventurers.

The rumored wealth of Undermountain entices adventurers to brave the mysteries and monsters beneath the City of Splendors. The risks and the rewards are greater for undertaking Quests that require more Gold and Adventurers.

The Skullport Module

Skullport—also known as the Port of Shadow—is nestled in the heart of Undermountain, deep below the streets of Waterdeep. It is a haven for nefarious crimes, underhanded deals, and back-alley murders. Those who visit Skullport do so at their own peril, for around every corner are new ways to make people disappear.

The Skullport module includes a new resource: Corruption. Unlike Adventurers and Gold, having Corruption in your tavern penalizes you at the end of the game.

Each Corruption token in your Tavern at the end of the game is worth negative Victory Points. The exact negative value depends on how much Corruption has been collected throughout the game; the more corrupt you and your fellow Lords are, the more Corruption hurts your score.

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In Lords of Waterdeep, a strategy board game for 2-5 players, you take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep, secret rulers of the city. Through your agents, you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf, earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board, and hinder – or help – the other lords by playing Intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans.

During the course of play, you may gain points or resources through completing quests, constructing buildings, playing intrigue cards or having other players utilize the buildings you have constructed. At the end of 8 rounds of play, the player who has accrued the most points wins the game.

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