Cooperative Play

Talisman: Legendary Tales

Many centuries ago, legendary smiths forged the Crown of Command, a magical artefact of immense power. Whoever wears the Crown of Command will hold power over all of the land.

Decades ago, a powerful wizard sealed the Crown of Command behind the Portal of Power to prevent evil forces from obtaining it. Only those who possess one of the legendary Talismans may pass through this Portal to reach the Crown. Over the years, five of the Talismans have disappeared. Enemy forces now seek to find them in order to seize the Crown of Command for themselves. Brave heroes that you are, you have banded together to go on a quest to retrieve all five Talismans and thereby stop the evil power behind these enemy forces from ruling the world. This task won't be easy as finding each Talisman is an epic adventure in itself. However, if you work together using everyone's abilities and helping one another when you can, you will surely succeed.

In Talisman: Legendary Tales, the players must work together as an adventure party to recover the five legendary Talismans that have been lost. During each adventure, the party endeavors to recover one of the lost Talismans. The adventures must be played in order. You may repeat adventures, and you may play one or more adventures in a game session.

Over the course of this story, you will travel across a wondrous land and have exciting adventures in which you must make important decisions and defend yourself against cruel enemies. As an adventure party, you succeed in each adventure once you have completed the final task and have recovered the Talisman. Be careful: You have only a limited amount of time!

—description from the publisher

Concept Kids: Animals

Concept Kids Animals is a cooperative version of the game Concept, adapted for children who don’t yet know how to read.

In turn, the children attempt to make the others guess an animal by playing pawns on the illustrated icons on the game board. Through this, the child indicates a feature of the animal to be guessed. Draw 12 cards and attempt to find as many animals as possible in order to get the most points together!

Concept Kids Animals offers 110 animals to be guessed, divided into two difficulty levels. Beautifully illustrated by Éric Azagury, this communication game for children will allow them to discover the world of animals in a fun and innovative way.

Space Escape (AKA Mole Rats in Space)

In Mole Rats in Space, you and your teammates are mole rats on a research station that has been invaded by snakes. You need to collect your equipment and escape the station before you're bit or time runs out.

On a turn, you carry out the instructions on the card in front of you, perhaps moving yourself or your teammates, moving one or more snakes, or adding a new snake to the board. Land on the bottom of a ladder, and the character (or snake) advances one level toward the escape pod; land on a chute, and you descend a level — or are shot out into the vast reaches of space where you die slowly of asphyxiation. Make sure that only snakes suffer this fate or you lose the game!

If you land on a snake, you're bit and must return to your starting location; get bit a second time, and you die. Run out of cards, you die. Let a snake board the escape pod, you die. In case that threat of death isn't enough for you, the game includes a pack of cards to add to the deck once you've triumphed a few times so that you can increase the challenge.

Designer: Matt Leacock
Artist: Jim Paillot

Aerion

You are an air-shipwright, that is, an inventor of flying machines used by the dreams to traverse the skies of the Oniverse. You have been challenged to build a new fleet, the most beautiful ever seen. Now you must roll the dice to acquire the components you need to build airships.

In Aerion, a solo/co-operative game for 1-2 players, you must find the best blueprints, acquire the finest construction materials, and recruit the best crew. Discarding cards can adjust your die rolls, but be careful not to exhaust your resources! Can you build the best fleet?

Aerion includes six expansion modules with new options and challenges.

—description from the publisher

Escape from 100 Million B.C.

In Escape from 100 Million B.C., players are stranded time travelers, hurrying to reassemble their ship because a nearby volcano is about to blow. There are dinosaurs to dodge, time rifts to close, and castaways from other eras who got pulled back due to paradoxes. Each time traveler has unique abilities and stats which will aid in repairing the time ship. You must be careful not to disrupt the timeline too much or the volcano will erupt, wiping out proof of the expedition altogether.

The game includes the following components:
• 1 Rulebook
• 1 Game board
• 1 Time Machine sheet
• 6 Hero sheets
• 181 cards, including:
- 35 Carnivorous Creature cards
- 35 Herbivorous Creature cards
- 25 Aquatic Creature cards
- 25 Adventure cards
- 40 Equipment cards
- 21 Paradox cards
• 15 Equipment Crate cubes
• 12 Six-Sided dice (1 red and 11 white)
• 203 Cardboard tokens, including:
-  9 Time Machine parts
-  1 Paradox marker
-  1 Difficulty marker
-  1 Emergency Recall tracker
-  1 First Player marker
-  6 Time Rift markers
-  6 Time Castaway markers
-  5 Carnivorous Creature markers
-  5 Herbivorous Creature markers
-  4 Aquatic Creature markers
-  30 Will tokens
- 20 Wound tokens - 30 Ammo tokens
- 84 Map tiles

29 Plastic Standee stands

29 Standees:
- 6 Heroes
- 5 Herbivorous Creatures
- 5 Carnivorous Creatures
- 4 Aquatic Creatures
- 6 Time Castaways
- 2 Sentry Bots