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Series: Edition Perlhuhn / Franckh-Kosmos

Heuchel und Meuchel

Heuchel und Meuchel

boardgame

Heuchel und Meuchel is a medieval-themed tactical board game. Players move characters of various social classes across a grid to their goals. By strategically placing and stacking tiles of equal values, players protect or penalize pieces. The player with the most points at the end wins.

Players:
3–6
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
12
Cubus

Cubus

boardgame

Players work together to build a shared stack of boxes. Using 48 rhombus tiles, they construct and rebuild containers to score points. A demolition variant is also included. The game is designed for 2 to 6 players aged 10 and older.

Players:
2–6
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
10
Ayanu

Ayanu

boardgame

An abstract strategy game for two players on a grid, similar to chess. Pieces consist of bodies and heads determining movement range and directions. Heads must be swapped after every turn. The goal is reaching a target square or forcing an illegal move.

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
10
Arbora

Arbora

boardgame

Arbora is a tactical tile-laying game with an environmental theme. Players place 36 square tiles featuring leaf silhouettes onto a 6x6 grid. Points are earned by successfully completing 2x2 squares and full rows on the board.

Players:
2–6
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Ombagi

Ombagi

boardgame

An abstract 2-player strategy game where players move twelve wooden pieces with embossed numbers to the opposite side. The numbers dictate movement range and stacking limits. Four additional game variants are included with the deluxe components.

Players:
2–3
Time:
10 min
Min. Age:
10
Spiel

Spiel

boardgame

An abstract game system on a tetrahedral board featuring three-colored dice. It includes various dexterity and movement games, encouraging players to invent new rules. First published in 1980 and re-released in multiple editions.

Players:
2–6
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
6
Delfino

Delfino

boardgame

A tactical board game featuring 25 tiles depicting dolphins. Players move across a grid, rotate landed tiles clockwise, and form groups of four pointing tiles to score points. The first player to reach five points wins the game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Terra Turrium

Terra Turrium

boardgame

In this strategic board game, participants gradually build their own towers. Whoever is the first to place their six flags on six towers of different heights ranging from one to six blocks wins the game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
90 min
Min. Age:
12
Müller & Sohn

Müller & Sohn

boardgame

The miller's sons learn the milling trade. Players move their figures using dice rolls and event cards to acquire mills. The first person to successfully purchase two mills wins the game.

Players:
4–6
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
8
White Lady

White Lady

boardgame

In this board game, friends stay in a haunted house with a vampire. The goal is to survive with the most garlic. The vampire moves randomly across the board, allowing players to react, repel her, move their pawns, and manipulate opponents in a highly luck-driven and competitive environment.

Players:
4–6
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Pirate Inc.

Pirate Inc.

boardgame

In this strategic deduction game for two players, participants try to determine the exact coordinates of a buried treasure. One player knows the latitude, the other the longitude. Through clever observation and spying on each other on the island, both attempt to uncover the other's secret.

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
10
Timon

Timon

boardgame

Timon - the bewitched steering wheel is a simple dice game by Edition Perlhuhn. Players aim to capture one piece from each opponent by moving them across a nautical wheel. Two dice determine color and range. This atmospheric game relies heavily on luck and includes an optional blocking rule.

Players:
4–5
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Corda

Corda

boardgame

Corda is a tricky tile-placement puzzle featuring rhomb-shaped pieces with branches or vines. Solo players connect all tiles into a continuous picture, while competitive players race for points through smart placement. The highest score wins.

Players:
1–6
Time:
10 min
Min. Age:
8
Forum Romanum

Forum Romanum

boardgame

This out-of-print placement game by Wolfgang Kramer is very accessible. Players take turns placing colored pieces in rooms. Completed rows, columns, diagonals, or rooms score points; majorities gain points while minorities lose them. Running out of pieces forces movement, which can suddenly ruin built-up scoring opportunities.

Players:
2–6
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Wabanti

Wabanti

boardgame

Players try to move the existing stone structure toward their side of the board. If a stone touches the outer edge, that player wins. If it reaches a corner, the two players of the adjoining sides share the victory.

Players:
2–6
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Hotu Matua

Hotu Matua

boardgame

In this strategic nautical game, players move ships across the board to capture three of the five gemstone islands. Dice rolls determine movement options. The objective is to connect all of your ships together.

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
12
Ronda Magica

Ronda Magica

boardgame

In Ronda Magica, magicians dance across the board. Players try to arrange six magicians in a circle matching their cards. The first to successfully lay down five cards wins. Magic counters add extra tactics and excitement to the game.

Players:
2–6
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
10
Das letzte Paradies

Das letzte Paradies

boardgame

In Das letzte Paradies, players secretly bid on land to build villas and hotels or preserve nature. Buildings gain value if surroundings stay green. The winner is the richest player who also finishes with more money than they started the game with.

Players:
3–5
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
12
Janus

Janus

boardgame

The aim is to remove as many tablets from the board as possible by cleverly moving a column, thereby winning squares. Whoever removes the final tablet of a square claims it with a coin. Points are tallied at the end to determine the winner.

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Auf Kurs

Auf Kurs

boardgame

In this tactical yacht race, players navigate their ships around buoys and back. Using nine action points, they rotate six lighthouses, shift towers, and move their vessels along the intersecting beams of light.

Players:
2–6
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
12