Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We go marching one by one, eating food along the way in BitesNext up:  We unite the workers of the future world whether they like it or not in Euphoria: Build a Better DystopiaAnd lastly: We search for pirate booty and avoid cannon balls in Ship of Treasures Bites Designed by: Brigitte Ditt, Wolfgang DittPublished by: BoardGameTables.com / Allplay (2020)Players: 2 – 5Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 20 minutes In Bites, players move ants along a trail and collect food as they go. However, the value of that food depends on how the other ants move. Shared incentives mean you are always trying to figure out what the other players are up to. Variable “rules cards” tweak the rules to every game so that each play is fresh. During setup, a trail of food is laid out. On each player’s turn, they can move any ant to the next food in the trail that matches their color (red ant to apple, purple ant to grapes, etc). Then the player takes the food token directly in front of or behind the ant, saving it to score at the end of the game. However, players don’t know for sure how much the food is going to be worth until the matching ant makes it to the ant hill at the end of the trail. This creates shared incentives as players work together to advance some ants and hold others back. Along the way players also have the chance to pick up chocolate, which can be turned into special actions, and wine, which provides a way to score bonus points. Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia Designed by: Jamey Stegmaier, Alan StonePublished by: Stonemaier Games (2014)Players: 2 – 6Ages: 13 & upPlaying time: 60 minutes In Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia, you lead a team of workers (dice) and recruits (cards) to claim ownership of the dystopian world. You will generate commodities, dig tunnels to infiltrate opposing areas, construct markets, collect artifacts, strengthen allegiances, and fulfill secret agendas. Euphoria is a worker-placement game in which dice are your workers. The number on each die represents a worker’s knowledge—that is, his level of awareness that he’s in a dystopia. Worker knowledge enables various bonuses and impacts player interaction. If the collective knowledge of all of your available workers gets too high, one of them might desert you. You also have two elite recruit cards at your disposal; one has pledged allegiance to you, but the other needs some convincing. You can reveal and use the reticent recruit by reaching certain milestones in the game… or by letting other players unwittingly reach those milestones for you. Your path to victory is paved with the sweat of your workers, the strength of your allegiances, and the tunnels you dig to infiltrate other areas of the world, but the destination is a land grab in the form of area control. You accomplish this by constructing markets that impose harsh restrictions of personal freedoms upon other players, changing the face of the game and opening new paths to victory. You can also focus on gathering artifacts from the old world, objects of leisure that are extremely rare in this utilitarian society. The dystopian elite covet these artifacts—especially matching pairs—and are willing to give you tracts of land in exchange for them. Four distinct societies, each of them waiting for you to rewrite history.

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We elevate our spirits and press all the buttons at once in Up or Down?Next: We navigate sticky floors and lobby doors in PopcornAnd lastly: We shed our cards faster than our fur in L.L.A.M.A. Up or Down? Designed by: Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang KramerPublished by: ABACUSSPIELE and Capstone Games (2024)Players: 2 – 6Ages: 8 & upPlaying time: 30 minutes In Up or Down?, you build ascending and descending rows of cards, trying to place as many cards of the same color in a row as possible To set up, shuffle the deck, deal each player a hand of three cards, reveal six cards and place them in a ring from low to high, then split the deck in half and place these piles in the center of the ring, one face up and the other face down. The deck contains cards numbered 1-126, although you adjust the deck based on the number of players. On a turn, place a card from your hand between the surrounding numbers in the ring, e.g., 37 between 34 and 52, then you take one of the cards surrounding your just-placed card and add it to your display, either starting a new row or adding to an existing row. (If your card is lower than the lowest number or higher than the highest, place it between the lowest and highest card, then add one of those cards to your display.) You can have up to three rows in your display. When you place a second card in a row, you must decide whether the cards in that row will be placed in ascending order or descending, and you stack the cards accordingly. If you cannot or do not want to place a card in a row — following the ascending or descending order you set up — take all the cards in a row of your choice, flip them face down into a personal discard pile, then start a new row with your current card. To end your turn, draw a card from either pile inside the ring. Once all the cards in the game have been played, score your rows. For each row, multiply the number of cards in that row by the number of cards in the most common color in that row. For each card in your discard pile, score 1 point. Whoever has the most points wins. Popcorn Designed by: Victor SaumontPublished by: IELLO (2025)Players: 2 – 4Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 60 minutes In Popcorn, each player manages their own movie theater and tries to show the best combination of movies in order to attract guests to their seats. The game plays out over nine rounds, and in each round you may acquire a new movie, build or upgrade your theater, and use advertising to attract new guests — then it’s showtime, with you drawing guests at random from your bag to see who has shown up. Place guests in the right seats to activate special powers; match them with the right movies, and you get a movie bonus as well, thanks to their enthusiasm for your good taste. After watching films in your theater, guests might be spirited away to other theaters thanks to ads presented by those theater owners – but you’ll probably do the same to them, too. The bonuses from a movie get worse the longer it runs, so be sure to bring in fresh films to keep guests on the edge of your seats. After all, happy guests can help your theater win awards in town; more importantly, they can keep the “popcorn” piling up in your coffers, and whichever theater owner fills their popcorn box the best wins. L.L.A.M.A.

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We craft custom superheroes to prepare for the climactic battle in Origin StoryNext: We save animal species by creating beautiful habitats in SanctuaryAnd lastly: We go “blammer” and “splammer” to grab all the glamor in Hammer Time Origin Story Designed by: Jamey Stegmaier, Pete WissingerPublished by: Stonemaier Games (2025)Players: 1 – 5Ages: 14 & upPlaying time: 45 minutes Your inner superhero is ready to emerge, one chapter at a time. Reveal your backstory, gather gadgets and allies, develop a grudge against your archenemy, and unleash an ultimate ability as you transform. Use a combination of brains, love, speed, and strength to craft your origin story. Origin Story is a 1-5 player competitive tableau-building, trick-taking game played over 5 rounds. Each round represents a chapter in your development and grants a new card to add to your player mat. Charge your cards and use their abilities to score more points than your opponents. Sanctuary Designed by: Mathias WiggePublished by: Feuerland Spiele & Capstone Games (2025)Players: 1 – 5Ages: 12 & upPlaying time: 40 – 100 minutes In Sanctuary, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically-managed zoo for animals and visitors. A supply of 135 unique zoo tiles provides you with animals, buildings, and projects. In every game, you want to find the best mix from those available to build the most successful zoological establishment. Different effects on the tiles will help you to achieve conservation goals and to increase the attraction of your zoo. Each player has a set of four action cards to manage their gameplay, and the power of an action is determined by the slot the card currently occupies. One of those cards will let you play projects, and the other three cards will let you play animals of a specific habitat: forest, rock, or water. Sanctuary is based on its predecessor Ark Nova, but modifies and simplifies many of the mechanisms of that game in an elegant and surprising manner. Your goal to find the best way to puzzle together your animals, buildings, and projects on your zoo map is an ongoing pleasure! Hammer Time Designed by: Shaun Graham, Scott HuntingtonPublished by: HABA (2020)Players: 1 – 4Ages: 5 & upPlaying time: 15 – 30 minutesIt’s Hammer Time! Players are working to collect shiny gemstones in the mine. They’ll knock the gemstones off the box using the hammer. To complete their tasks, they need to collect the right number and color of gemstones. But be careful – anyone who knocks too hard will wake Dragomir the Dragon and lose their loot! The first player to completely fill all four of their wagons wins the game.

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We gather stones from water in a particular order in River Valley GlassworksNext: We deal in legal goods while striking up the contraband in Sheriff of NottinghamAnd lastly: We come up with lists, while finding the decoy in OUTFOX the FOX River Valley Glassworks Designed by: Adam Hill, Ben Pinchback, Matt RiddlePublished by: Allplay (2024)Players: 1 – 5Ages: 8 & upPlaying time: 20 – 30 minutes Welcome to River Valley! The beautiful pieces of glass that can be found along the river here have attracted the most entrepreneurial of woodland creatures to set up shop. In River Valley Glassworks, you play as a woodland artisan collecting colorful glass pieces from a flowing river to fill your inventory shop. On your turn, you place a glass piece from your hand into a matching river tile to draft all the pieces from an adjacent tile. The goal is to strategically arrange these pieces on your player board to complete rows and columns for the highest score before the river runs dry. Sheriff of Nottingham: 2nd Edition Designed by: Sérgio Halaban, André ZatzPublished by: CMON (2020)Players: 3 – 6Ages: 14 & upPlaying time: 60 minutes The bustling market in Nottingham is filled with goods from all over the kingdom. Most of it is entirely legal, however, Prince John is looking to make sure no contraband gets sold. He’s tasked the Sheriff to inspect Merchant’s wares, looking for any illicit goods. The Sheriff’s shrewd, but not above taking a bribe to look the other way. Which Merchant will end up getting the best goods through and make the largest profits in the market stalls? In Sheriff of Nottingham, you play as a merchant attempting to bring goods into the city by packing them into a felt bag and declaring their contents to the Sheriff. The Sheriff must then decide whether to believe your claim or inspect the bag, leading to a high-stakes game of bluffing, bribery, and negotiation. If you get caught smuggling contraband, you pay a fine, but if the Sheriff wrongly inspects “legal” goods, they must pay you instead. OUTFOX the FOX Designed by: Jeff GrisenthwaitePublished by: Smirk & Dagger Games (2025)Players: 2 – 10Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 40 – 60 minutes A sly party game of Top Five lists! In this trivia game, players work together to correctly rank a “Top 5” list, but one player (the Fox) secretly inserts a fake answer into the mix. The group wins by sequencing the real items correctly and identifying the lie, while the Fox scores points by tricking the group into ranking their fake answer highly.

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We are “going on an adventure” roll and write style in The Hobbit: There and Back Again Next:  We program our tanks and let them loose in the arena in BOOM! PatrolAnd lastly: We amp up our game, that’s watt we’re here for in VOLT The Hobbit: There and Back Again Designed by: Reiner KniziaPublished by: Office Dog / Asmodee (2025)Players: 1 – 4Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 30 minutes The Hobbit: There & Back Again is a competitive adventure game in which players draft dice to make pathways, collect resources, and perform actions that help them to reach their chapter goal. Each of the 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 skill levels or for everyone to increase the challenge. BOOM! Patrol Designed by: Nicole Amato, Anthony AmatoPublished by: Smirk & Dagger Games (2025)Players: 2 – 4Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 40 – 60 minutes Hello and welcome to the BOOMburg Battle Arena where the most celebrated tank crews have assembled for an all-out battle for gold & glory. So get ready to crush buildings, grab those power-ups and make things go BOOM! Choose your celebrity tank Captain, like Jonesy Ninelives of Crew Tomcat or Rosie Rhino of the Charging Armored – then outsmart, outmaneuver, and outblast your rivals in the ultimate arena battle. BOOM Patrol is a competitive tank battle game that plays like a mash-up of Mario Kart and Battlebots. Whether you Medal – or get blown into next week comes down to your strategic and tactical decisions. All in a game that cares more about fun than precision. ‘Cause if it looks close enough, it’s close enough to crush with 30 tons of treads and armor! Featuring an intuitive and innovative movement system, programmed command cards, asymmetric tank captain abilities, and videogame-like logic, this is just a blast to play. And with the toy-etic cardboard tanks, you will find yourself making tank noises as they rumble across the arena and turn their turrets with a “TINK, TINK, TINK,” before firing. VOLT Designed by: Emerson MatsuuchiPublished by: HeidelBÄR Games (2018)Players: 2 – 4Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 30 – 45 minutes In VOLT, each player takes the role of an operator controlling one robot to challenge other players. By “programming” three steps ahead, players try to anticipate the moves of other rob...

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We line up the animals for the ultimate audition in FliptoonsNext: We garner favors at the imperial court through the work of our clans in The White CastleAnd lastly: We protect rare animal species inside our very safe spaces in Zookeepers Fliptoons Designed by: Jordy Adan, Renato SimõesPublished by: Thunderworks Games (2025)Players: 1 – 4Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 15 – 30 minutes FlipToons is a quick deck-building game. You’ll begin with a deck of hopeful toon actors. Each round, flip six of these toons out from your deck into your screen grid to audition together. Each toon card in your 3-by-2 grid has different talent effects. Some are resolved as soon as they are flipped. Many will interact with one another and (hopefully) earn Fame for your studio. But they won’t all have that special on-screen chemistry you’re looking for. Some won’t work well together at all! After each Flip, tally up your current grid of toons’ Fame points, then spend them to hire more stars for your cast. Purchase these new toon cards from the market and add them to your deck. Or, spend some of your Fame to dismiss a card, and get that bad actor off the stage. Sorry kid, you just don’t have what it takes to be a star in this show. If your Flip is the first to generate 30+ Fame, you’ll earn the Critic’s Choice award (worth extra Fame points) and trigger the end of the game. After that turn’s market phase, it’s time for one Final Flip. The player who earns the most Fame during the Final Flip is declared the winner. Applause! The White Castle Designed by: Isra C., Shei S.Published by: Devir (2023)Players: 1 – 4Ages: 12 & upPlaying time: 80 minutes In The White Castle, players control one of these clans and want to score more points than the rest. To do so, they must amass influence in the court, manage resources boldly, and place their workers in the right place at the right time. All of the action takes place in the most imposing fortress in modern Japan: Himeji Castle, where the banner of the Sakai clan flies under the orders of Daimio Sakai Tadakiyo. The White Castle is a Eurogame in which players use resource management, worker placement, and dice placement to carry out actions. During the game, over three rounds players send members of their clan to tend the gardens, defend the castle, or progress up the social ladder of the nobility. At the end of the match, these activities award players points in a variety of ways. The central panel shows Himeji Castle in all its splendor, divided into several zones. The largest is inside the castle, with the Room of the Thousand Carpets, where the courtiers must ascend socially until they reach the circle closest to the Daimio to enjoy his favor. There is also the pond and the gardens, patiently tended by the gardeners where everyone can relax and contemplate its beauty without restriction. Another important area is the wall and the outside of the castle, where the warriors patrol and stand guard. Finally, we find the area of the three bridges, where the three types of dice that can be used to carry out actions are accumulated, and the personal domain of each player, where they will keep track of their resources and where they will have a reserve of workers. Zookeepers Designed by: Pedro GordalinaPublished by: CardsLab (2022)Players: 2 – 4 (up to 6 with 2 copies of the gameAges: 10 & upPlaying time: 30 – 60 m...

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We turn the pages and grow a spine in A Place for All My BooksNext: We forge a bond to destroy the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the FellowshipAnd lastly: We test our memory skills and … what was I thinking about? in That’s Not a Hat A Place for All My Books Designed by: Alex Cutler, Michael MihealsickPublished by: Smirk & Dagger Games (2025)Players: 1 – 4Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 60 minutes A Place for All My Books is a puzzley book gathering, sorting and organizing strategy game where players arrange stacks of books in different rooms of their apartment as personal projects. When done, they can admire their accomplishments and gain their rewards – not least of which is renewed energy. They can then spend that social battery to leave the house & brave heading out into the village… to pick up more books! The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship Designed by: Matt LeacockPublished by: Z-Man Games (2025)Players: 1 – 5Ages: 14 & upPlaying time: 60 – 150 minutes As members of The Fellowship and the allies who rise to aid them, you must embark on a journey that may either save or doom Middle-earth. Navigate a world beset by shadow, where every choice forges a new path. The threads of destiny weave together, and the fate of The Free Peoples lies in your valor, friendship, and resolve. Will the One Ring be cast into the fire, or will the bearer be lost to despair? The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship is a co-operative game in which each player controls two characters, lending their unique abilities to protect Frodo, battle enemies in pivotal locations, and evade the menacing Nazgûl and Sauron’s searching Eye. Each playthrough presents new challenges with 24 different objectives, 14 events, and 13 playable characters. The game is won if the group destroys the One Ring before Frodo loses all hope. That’s Not a Hat Designed by: Kasper LappPublished by: Ravensburger (2023)Players: 3 – 8 Ages: 8 & upPlaying time: 15 minutes Can you remember a few items? Sounds easy? It’s a challenge in “That’s not a Hat”! Players give gifts to each other while trying to remember who gave what and which gift they have in front of them. If they can’t remember, they have to bluff to avoid a penalty point. An unforgettable game!

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We speak easy and carry a large jug in MoonshineNext: We balance art with strategy, and the well goes deep in InkAnd lastly: We try to take tricks by betting on our blind hands in LUZ Moonshine Designed by: Thomas DupontPublished by: BLAM! (2025)Players: 2 – 5Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 30 minutes Moonshine is a fast-paced, simultaneous dice-based engine-building game set during the prohibition era, where you run a speakeasy. Each round, one player rolls the dice to create a shared pool of forbidden resources. All players then use those dice results to fulfill the needs of potential customers on their personal boards. Satisfying a customer allows them to join your speakeasy, granting you a powerful permanent bonus like more dice or prestige points. The game continues until a player reaches 12 prestige points, at which point the player with the most total points wins as the top speakeasy operator. Ink Designed by: Kasper LappPublished by: Final Score Games (2025)Players: 1 – 4Ages: 8 & upPlaying time: 30 – 45 minutes Ink is an abstract strategy and tile-placement game where players compete to create the most stunning paintings. On your turn, you draft a tile from a central rotating wheel, which you then strategically add to your personal painting area to form contiguous areas of color. The core goal is to complete numbered objectives on the tiles by creating color groups of a specific size. When an objective is completed, you get to place your ink bottles on that space and other blank spots in the area, with the ultimate goal being the first player to empty their supply of ink bottles to win the game. Completing larger areas also unlocks powerful Bonus Actions that can further boost your progress. LUZ Designed by: Taiki ShinzawaPublished by: IELLO (2024)Players: 3 – 5Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 30 minutes LUZ is a unique trick-taking game played over four rounds where you know the suit/color of your cards, but not their value. Players hold their hands facing outwards, allowing all opponents to see their card values, but not themselves. Before each round, you must bet on the exact number of tricks you believe you will win, using your opponents’ visible card information and deductions to inform your bid. During play, you must follow the lead suit if possible, and the highest card in the lead suit, or a yellow trump card, wins the trick. Points are earned only by correctly hitting your bid, with a safety bead offering a slight buffer, and the player with the highest score after four rounds wins the game.

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up this week: We are dumping our cards while getting in the groove in MojoNext up: We revisit the 20th century one playing card at a time in Exhibition: 20th CenturyAnd lastly: Avast! May the cards turn up The Jolly Roger in Skull King Mojo Designed by: Antoni GuillenPublished by: The Flying Games & 25th Century Games (2023)Players: 3 – 8Ages: 8 & upPlaying time: 30 minutes To win, you will need to have as few points as possible at the end of the game. To do this, discard your big cards OR prefer to play the small ones. Part with your cards OR keep those of the same suit. Do you have the Mojo card? Be good or you may regret it! Mojo is a real party game. The more people there are, the stronger the interaction. It is also fun to try different strategies over the games. Depending on our opponents and our cards, the options are numerous, which makes the game dynamic and different in each game. Mojo means extreme luck in everything you do. Nature is the source of its energy, and animals are its vectors. May the Mojo be with you! Exhibition: 20th Century Designed by: Peter Joustra, Ron van Dalen, Corné van MoorselPublished by: Cwali (2021)Players: 1 – 5Ages: 9 & upPlaying time: 20 – 50 minutes In Exhibition: 20th Century, players aim to build the best museum exhibition of 20th-century objects. On your turn, you take a card from your vehicle’s current continent, move your vehicle to the card’s continent, refill the empty spot, and then place the card into one of your personal showcases. Cards must be placed according to general rules (ascending years, different continents in most showcases) and showcase-specific requirements to earn Fame Points, with the game ending when no player can place more cards. Skull King Designed by: Brent Beck, Jeffrey BeckPublished by: Grandpa Beck’s Games (2013)Players: 2 – 8Ages: 8 & upPlaying time: 30 minutes Skull King is a trick-taking card game where the main objective is to correctly bid the exact number of tricks you will win in each round. Each of the ten rounds begins by dealing one more card than the previous round, after which all players simultaneously bid by revealing the number of tricks they expect to take. Players then compete in tricks using colored suit cards, trump cards (black Jolly Roger), and powerful special cards like Pirates and the Skull King. You score points only if you match your bid exactly, gaining bonus points for capturing high-value or special cards, while over- or underbidding loses you points.

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First: We race our wizards and make our potions in Wandering TowersNext: We try to keep our herds fed, and our enemies at bay in NatureLastly: We call this meeting to order because even criminals must have rules in Organized Crime Wandering Towers Designed by: Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang KramerPublished by: ABACUSSPIELE, Capstone Games (2023)Players: 1 – 6Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 30 minutes Each year, the graduating classes of the Ravenrealm Magic School compete to demonstrate their mastery of magic. For the final exam, all the wizards of each class must assemble at the legendary Ravenskeep… but every last one of them has procrastinated, distracted by learning new spells. They’ve also used all their potions—they can’t show up unprepared, with empty potion bottles! Help your wizards get to Ravenskeep as quickly as possible. Using their magic they could even move the very towers atop which they stand to get there more easily! But how can they refill their potion bottles along the way? Well, here’s a little secret: Trapping wizards allows you to capture some of their magical essence in a bottle… In the board game Wandering Towers, players are wizards racing to get all their wizards into the central “Black Castle” before anyone else. They do this by moving their wizards and the towers on the board. A key mechanic is that wizards can hide inside towers, and when a tower moves, all wizards inside it move with it, leading to a dynamic and ever-changing board state. Nature Designed by: Dominic CrapuchettesPublished by: North Star Games (2025)Players: 1 – 4 (up to 6 in deluxe)Ages: 10 & upPlaying time: 30 – 45 minutes Nature is a redesign of the blockbuster Evolution to be more streamlined, more forgiving, and seamlessly expandable. The secret sauce is a modular system that allows players to create and explore a unique ecosystem each time they play. Nature is a card-driven tableau-builder played over four rounds. In Nature, players act as naturalists, creating and evolving their own species in a shared ecosystem. The goal is to grow your species’ population, give them beneficial traits, and ensure they get enough food to survive each round. Players can choose to forage for plant-based food from the central “watering hole,” or evolve their species to become predators and hunt other players’ species to gain food. The game features a modular system, allowing players to add various expansion modules like “Flight” or “Jurassic” to create unique ecosystems and experiences. Organized Crime Designed by: James KoplowPublished by: Koplow Games (1974)Players: 4 to 2Ages: 14 & upPlaying time: (not listed) Organized Crime is a negotiation and strategy game where players assume the roles of mob bosses vying for control of a city. The objective is to be the last player standing by eliminating the other bosses. Players move “Hit-Men” around a circular board to build influence through illegal activities, corrupt politicians, and business investments. The game involves a significant amount of negotiation, as players can use cards, money, and promises to strike deals with one another, all while trying to “rub out” the competing mob bosses.