St. Mark's Square, the Grand Canal, the Rialto Bridge — mysterious adventures await in the dream city of Venice, specifically a top-secret mission for your team. Can you uncover the mysterious activities and save Venice?

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Each jumbo 1" cube has 6 images or icons, with a total of 54 all-different hand-inlaid images that can be mixed in over 10 million ways. You roll all 9 cubes to generate 9 random images and then use these to invent a story that starts with "Once upon a time..." and uses all 9 elements as part of your narrative. As a puzzle, Rory's Story Cubes will really give your imagination a work-out. You'll practically feel both sides of your brain dancing. Play it as a game for one or more players, or as a party game for three or more. Or play it as an improv game where each player contributes part of the story, picking up where the last one left off. Win award points for speedy delivery, inventiveness, imagination, drama and humor. Full instructions include several other ways to use the cubes to solve problems, break up writer's block, enhance your imagination and heighten your ability to find unifying themes among the diverse images. Interpret or get at the meanings of your answers more quickly. It's fun, easy, and mind-stretching. The challenge: Fit the 9 cubes into a 3x3 square. Now examine the cubes in any one row and turn them so their tops have something in common. Do this for all 3 rows. Explain your choices, or challenge another player to identify the element they share. More than one answer may be right, and there are thousands of possible combinations.

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The battle between heroes rages on! In the wake of the Superhero Registration Act, the mighty She-Hulk stood with her fellow Avengers Iron Man and Captain Marvel in support of registration. Meanwhile, the empathetic android Vision joined Captain America and Spider-Woman on the side of resistance. Both of these former allies are ready to deliver a smackdown for the sake of their ideals, and in this time of strife, everyone must choose a side. Introducing Synthezoid Smackdown, the latest scenario pack for Marvel Champions: The Card Game! This pack includes two brand-new, customizable scenarios featuring She-Hulk and Vision, two heroic leaders clashing over their conflicting ideals. This extra-large, 90-card scenario pack comes with eight modular encounter sets (four for registration, four for resistance) that can be mixed and matched with those from the Civil War expansion for further customizing options. Also included are rules and cards for an optional competitive mode in which players team up with their own leader and race to be the first to defeat the opposing team’s leader. Will you fight alongside She-Hulk in favor of superhero registration? Or will you align with Vision on the side of resistance? —description from the publisher

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Unlock! Short adventures is a series of escape adventures for up to six players. With 30 to 45 minutes on the clock, players work through a deck of 30 cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and solving puzzles. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while also providing clues, offering hints, and confirming successes. Once the team has reached a solution and entered the correct code into the app, they will escape and win the game!With this adventure, infiltrate the carnival of Venice and fulfill your secret mission before the time runs out!Be careful, behind every mask there may be an enemy!

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Unlock! Short Adventures: it's Unlock, only shorter!Unlock Short Adventures are 30 to 45 minute Unlocks in a small format, ideal for pocketing or giving as a gift. Unlock! is a cooperative card game inspired by escape rooms. Unlock! brings these experiences into your home, around a table. After familiarizing yourself with the context of the scenario, you begin your adventure in a room (a location map showing various numbers). Search the room for objects! Beware: some may be hidden! Visual and audio puzzles slow your progress. It's up to you to cooperate with your partners to advance and finish on time.Unlock!, an interactive game combining traditional hardware and mobile applicationTo play, you need the free Unlock! app, compatible with Android and iOS phones and tablets. It allows you to obtain clues, locate hidden objects and enter the codes you discover. The app makes the game very real. It adds to the atmosphere, with music dedicated to each adventure, audio puzzles, terrible penalties and a fatal countdown.Unlock! Short Adventures: Murder in Birmingham!An Escape room in your living room! Investigate Birmingham's underworld in 1920!The app sets the pace and mood for 30-minute games. The puzzles, the app, the clues, the timer - all from Unlock!

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Welcome to Parks, where every trail leads to new marvels, every stream runs with new life, every sun sets over a new memory, and every mountain looms with new possibility as you explore the stunning beauty and wild wonders of the 63 U.S. National Parks. This expanded, enhanced second edition of the best-selling game features all-new illustrations by artists Josh Emrich and Lisk Feng, offers new gameplay elements from designer Henry Audubon, and incorporates the most interesting ideas from each of the Parks games and expansions: the additional camping module from Parks: Nightfall, the animal integrations from Parks: Wildlife, and a comprehensive selection of players’ favorite gear, challenges, and mechanics from the five-year history of Parks (along with some new surprises).Over the course of three rounds (called Seasons), your two hikers will make their way along the path, stopping at trail sites, collecting resources to visit parks, taking photos of beautiful vistas, and encountering wildlife. Along the way, you’ll get gear to upgrade your experience, spend a night at a campsite, fill your canteen for special bonuses, and indulge your unique passion for the outdoors.At the end of the third Season, the hike (and the game) is over! Count up your points and see who had the greatest experience in Acadia, Grand Teton, Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, Everglades, Denali, Canyonlands, and all the rest of our national parks.Grab your pack and lace up your boots. The trail awaits!—description from the publisher

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Unlock! is a series of escape adventures for up to six players. With one hour on the clock, players work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and solving puzzles. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while also providing clues, offering hints, and confirming successes. Once the team has reached a solution and entered the correct code into the app, they will escape and win the game! Unlock!: Enchanted Adventures contains three scenarios revolving around these themes. In Kilea's Wrath, you must find a way to appease the fire god before a volcanic eruption destroys the island paradise. In Chaos at the Fair, you try to secure the prize of all prizes. In The Curse of Camelot, you embark on an epic quest to restore the glory of the kingdom of Pendragon.

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Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion is a standalone game that takes place before the events of Gloomhaven. The game includes four new characters — Valrath Red Guard (tank, crowd control), Inox Hatchet (ranged damage), Human Voidwarden (support, mind control), and Quatryl Demolitionist (melee damage, obstacle manipulation) — that can also be used in the original Gloomhaven game. The game also includes 16 monster types (including seven new standard monsters and three new bosses) and a new campaign with 25 scenarios that invites the heroes to investigate a case of mysterious disappearances within the city. Is it the work of Vermlings, or is something far more sinister going on? Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion is aimed at a more casual audience to get people into the gameplay more quickly. All of the hard-to-organize cardboard map tiles have been removed, and instead players will play on the scenario book itself, which features new artwork unique to each scenario. The last barrier to entry — i.e., learning the game — has also been lowered through a simplified rule set and a five-scenario tutorial that will ease new players into the experience.

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The Superhero Registration Act has been passed, and now, anyone who wants to use their powers for good must agree to be trained and governed by S.H.I.E.L.D. or face arrest. Iron Man is in full support, and Captain America is fully opposed. Ideals clash, it’s hero versus hero, and in this time of strife, everyone must choose a side.  Civil War explodes onto the scene of Marvel Champions: The Card Game! There are no villains this time around; instead, this expansion sees players facing off against heroic leaders fighting for their ideals. On the side of registration, Iron Man and Captain Marvel lead the charge in support of the Superhero Registration Act, while Captain America and Spider-Woman lead the resistance that opposes it. Each of these leaders comes with a fully customizable scenario, with a wide range of main schemes and modular encounter sets to build your own unique Civil War experience. Joining the roster of playable heroes are Tigra and Hulkling, both of whom come with pre-built and ready-to-play decks. Finally, the expansion also comes with rules for a brand-new, optional competitive mode in which players battle to be the first to take down the opposing team’s leader. Will you fight alongside Iron Man in favor of superhero registration? Or will you join Captain America on the side of resistance? A new custom scenario expansion for Marvel Champions: The Card Game featuring characters and events inspired by Marvel’s Civil War storyline. Two new heroes, Tigra and Hulkling, enter the game with fully pre-built and ready-to-play decks. Four new, customizable scenarios pit you against heroic leaders fighting for their ideals: Iron Man and Captain Marvel on the side of registration, and Captain America and Spider-Woman on the side of resistance.  Scenarios can have their main schemes and encounter sets mixed and matched however you choose, letting you create your own unique Civil War experience.  Also includes rules for a brand-new, optional competitive mode using the scenarios in this expansion, in which you race to defeat the opposing team’s leader before they can take down yours.

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