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How To Play: Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings: Box Cover Front

Lord of the Rings is a cooperative adventure game where players guide hobbits toward Mount Doom while managing cards, movement, and growing threats. Each turn brings tough choices: build the Fellowship, use special powers, and survive shadow events. Work together, because one careless move can ruin everyone's day.

How To Play: Quantum

Quantum: Box Cover Front

Quantum is a space strategy game where players command fleets of numbered ships, roll dice, and use those results to move, fight, research, and build quantum cubes. Smart positioning matters, but luck can shove your grand plan out an airlock. Claim sectors, complete objectives, and outthink rival empires.

How To Play: Nomads

Nomads - Nomads, Ludonaute, 2017 — front cover (image provided by the publisher) - Credit: W Eric Martin

Nomads is a tactical board game about moving wandering groups across the map, gathering resources, trading goods, and claiming useful spaces. On your turn, you choose actions carefully, watch rival routes, and time your moves before supplies run thin. Smart planning, flexible movement, and a little friendly backstabbing lead to victory.

How To Play: Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home: Box Cover Front

Home Sweet Home is a light strategy game about building the best house from available rooms. On your turn, place rooms, chase useful bonuses, and balance comfort with clever scoring choices. Plan ahead, but stay flexible when the tiles change. The player with the happiest, highest-scoring home wins.

How To Play: Niagara

Niagara: Box Cover Front

Niagara is a fast river race where players guide canoes, collect gems, and try not to tumble over the waterfall. Each turn, you secretly choose a paddle card to move the current and your boats. Plan carefully, watch your rivals, and bring back the right gems to win.

How To Play: Dark Tower

Dark Tower cover

Dark Tower is a fantasy adventure game where heroes explore lands, gather supplies, fight monsters, and complete quests. Players use the electronic tower to track events, issue commands, and reveal nasty surprises. Plan your moves, manage your gold, and reach the tower prepared, or its dark magic will ruin your day.