The Fox in the Forest is a trick-taking game for two players. Aside from the normal ranked- and suited-cards used to win tricks, fairy characters such as the Fox and the Witch have special abilities that let you change the trump suit, lead even after you lose a trick, and more.

You score points by winning more tricks than your opponent, but do not become greedy! Win too many tricks, and you will fall like the villain in so many fairy tales...

What makes this game special is the scoring.

It is not a simple majority-wins-all situation. The player must either avoid collecting many tricks (0-3 tricks) or a set number of tricks (7-9) to score a maximum 6 points for each round. You do not receive any points if you overshoot and win ten or more tricks. If you win all 13 tricks and score zero points, your opponent will also score the maximum points! Collecting between 4-6 tricks will score you between 1-3 points.

The tug of war between the two players is truly innovative. It is usually important to have some weaker cards to lose some tricks. It is possible to score 0-3 tricks if your cards are low enough. To avoid collecting tricks is not easy, considering your opponent can see this coming a mile away.

There are so many more possibilities here that you will probably need to crawl through the tutorial to learn the game quickly and discover why it's so good, or simply click the link below:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thefoxintheforest

But wait, there's more!

What if you want to play a cooperative rule? And get a whole different game based on the same spirit of THE FOX IN THE FOREST?

We have you covered, as the publisher and his team are also providing THE FOX IN THE FOREST: DUET!

Discover it right now by clicking the link below, or simply learn it through the included tutorial by Nekonyancer:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thefoxintheforestduet

We would love to thank Renegade Game Studios and Foxtrot Games, as well as Joshua Buergel for these games to happen on BGA, as well as the very nice work done by ufm to bring them here, online, for all to play.

This is the 26th release for the Summer Calendar. Only a few left for this event!

But whatever happens next, see you on Wednesday for another amazing release.
Until then,

Take care and play fair!

The game Glass Road commemorates the 700-year-old tradition of glass-making in the Bavarian Forest. (Today, the "Glass Road" is a route through the Bavarian forest that takes visitors to many of the old glass houses and museums of that region.) You must skillfully manage your glass and brick production in order to build the structures that help you keep your business flowing. Cut the forest to keep the fires burning in the ovens and spread and remove ponds, pits, and groves to supply yourself with the items you need. Fifteen specialists are there at your side to carry out your orders...

In more detail, the game consists of four building periods. Each player has an identical set of fifteen specialist cards, and each specialist comes with two abilities. At the beginning of each building period, you choose a hand of five specialists. If during this building period, you play a specialist that no other player has in hand, you may use both abilities on that card; if two or more players play the same specialist, each of them may use only one of the two abilities. Exploiting the abilities of these specialists lets you collect resources, lay out new landscape tiles (e.g., ponds and pits), and build a variety of buildings, which come in three types:

• Processing buildings
• "Immediate" buildings with a one-time effect
• Buildings that provide bonus points at the end of the game for various accomplishments

Mastering the balance of knowing the best specialist card to play and being flexible about when you play it- together with assembling a clever combination of buildings- is the key to this game.

You can try this game right now from your browser by clicking the link below:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=glassroad

We're happy to welcome another game by Feuerland Spiele on our platform, and thank Uwe Rosenberg for the authorization to have this game online here. Also, let's celebrate the work done by bartoleo & Sir Heo for adapting it to #BGA.

That's it for your Wednesday Release Time!

What's up next? Did you check our daily releases on the front page SUMMER CALENDAR?
There's so much more to discover!

See you next week and until then, as always...
Take care and play fair!

In Mountain Goats you work to move your goats to the top of 6 different mountains where they can score points as long as they stay there. You can share spaces with other goats on the way up, but there is only room for one goat at the top of each mountain. If someone else's goat moves to the mountain top, they will kick you off and you will have to start your trek over.

It is a game about timing. You need to not just get to the top of the mountain, but get there when no one else is in position to knock you off.

It is also a game about keeping your eye on your opponents. Maximizing your score, but also making sure you do not let anyone else score too much.

There is the fun chance to knock each other off the mountain. But it does not feel too mean because you can only knock back goats that are in a scoring position, and it is not a huge setback. It is just a normal part of the cycle of the game.

Curious? Yes you are! Click below to know more and start a game right from your browser:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=mountaingoats

Let us thank Allplay publishing, as well as Stefan Risthaus for their authorization to bring this game to the platform, and celebrate the work done by pasko92 to make it work flawlessly: it's a cool game to play on mobile devices!

That's it for today!

Where are you in our SUMMER CALENDAR challenge?
Already got a trophy? Or two?
There's 15 more days to try it right from the front page.
Thanks for your time, and as always, take care and play fair!

It is always like a small keynote to release such a tool of fun and entertainment.

The middle of the 17th century was a period of great changes; with the arrival of the scientific method came what we now call the Scientific Revolution. Many great scientists, with their theories and ideas, changed and shaped our perception of the universe: Galileo Galilei, Copernicus, Kepler, Bacon and, above all, Sir Isaac Newton.

In Newton, the players take the role of a young scientist who wants to become one of the great geniuses of this era. To reach their ultimate goal, they travel around Europe, visit universities and cities, study to discover new theories, build new tools and work to earn money.

The game is played over six rounds. Each round, every player plays five cards from their hand, and each played card allows the player to perform one of the many actions of the game. An action can have a variety of effects, which depend on the symbols on the board. At the end of the round, a player can take back all the cards except for one. One card has to remain on the board, which means that you give up one possibility of doing that action, but also that that very action will be carried out with greater strength. Fortunately, you can acquire new cards with additional powers to perform more actions.

After six rounds, you calculate your final score, and the player with the most VP wins.

That's it. No updates, no additional stuff to connect: you can play it right now on #BGA by clicking the link below:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=newton

And you can also play it alone with the SOLO mode!

We would love to thank Cranio Creations as well as Simone Luciani & Nestore Mangone for their authorization to bring this game online, and the fantastic work done by xevizero for developing it.

But wait, there's more...

We have a great tutorial included (thx Nekonyancer) for you to learn it in no-time, even if you are not logged in. Like magic!

Share the link below with your friends before asking them to join to help them prepare : https://boardgamearena.com/tutorial?game=newton

Do not forget about the SUMMER CALENDAR on the front page: we are close to the halfway point this month!

That's it for today. As always...
Take care and play fair!

(and just out of curiosity: who is using an iPhone for the news readers? Or Android? Or else? Let us know in the comments!)

Coal Baron- or Glück Auf in German, after a greeting German miners use when wishing one another luck- has players sending miners underground to dig tunnels and acquire coal, which comes in four levels of quality and is used to fulfill contracts.

The game lasts three rounds, and in each round players take turns placing their workers on action spaces. You can place on a space occupied by another player, but you need to place additional workers in order to do so. Each player has an individual elevator shaft, and will need to use workers to extract coal and bring it to the surface, while also competing for contracts and scrounging for cash in order to do everything else that needs to be done!

This worker-placement game plunges you into the fascinating and complex world of 19th-century mining in northern France. The mechanics have not been altered from the original version and remain as the two authors intended. One of the strengths of this game is that you can outbid your meeples to avoid getting stuck.
There's a real sense of immersion thanks to the game board, which allows you to descend to the bottom of the mine with its mobile lift.

If you are ready to get down to the mines with 2 to 4 players, follow the link below:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=coalbaron

We would love to thank the publisher, Passe Ton Tour Games, joined by game designers Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer for their authorization to adapt this game to your favorite platform. Obviously (cause there's no games here without developers), we should give a huge shoutout to Tisaac and Jonathan2004 for their huge work to bring this game to Board Game Arena.

That's it for this Monday!

We're close to halfway for this month: Have you checked the Summer of Games Calendar on the front page?
If you haven't already, please have a look at it: there are some trophies available!

See you on Wednesday and until then...
Take care and play fair!

Purchase goods, upgrade your distillery, and craft the world's finest spirits.

Distilled is a strategy card game about crafting spirits in a distillery, with resource management and push-your-luck elements. In the game, you have inherited a distillery and are hoping to someday achieve the title of master distiller through purchasing goods, building up your distillery, and creating the world's most renowned spirits.

Purchase new ingredients and invest in upgrades to your distillery, all while eventually distilling the spirit and sending it to the warehouse. Once in the warehouse, age your spirit to enhance its flavor and bottle it to sell it for major profits!

Achieve the title of Master Distiller by having the most spirit points at the end of the game!

You can play this game on our platform or read the rules by clicking below:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=distilled

We would love to thank c12h22o11_ for developing this game to our platform, and we need to send our love to Dave Beck and the Paverson Games publishing team for bringing this title to all of us!

That's it for this Wednesday: a spicy game with a lot of taste for the most experienced players out there!

Let's keep clicking the Summer Calendar on our front page for your daily release,

and don't forget:

Take care, and play fair!

See you next week for more awesomeness.

In Open Season, you play as a monster- a little cruel, but wishing to do things right- who has decided to take revenge on the groups of adventurers who come to disturb their peace. After getting rid of them, you still have to decorate your living room properly, so you try to assemble a nice collection of heads on the wall.

The game takes place over 11 or 9 rounds, then players score. Players take turns clockwise, doing the following on their turn:

1. Fill the market to five face up cards.
2. Take a card from the market, and place it on a free space on their board.
3. Trigger any bonus actions; these three actions are associated with the top three slots of your player board, and you trigger one when you place a card in your reserve matching a person associated with one of the three actions. If by activating a bonus action, a new card is placed in your reserve, it can trigger another bonus action.

On your player board

• All slots in the top row must contain different people and/or face down cards.
• The two cards on either side of the "Different" symbol must be of different people and/or face down cards.
• All slots in the bottom row must contain different people and/or face down cards.

After nine rounds, the game ends, then players count their points.

You can play it right from your browser, and there's also a tutorial included for you to learn the rules:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=openseason

Let's thank the game designers, Amélie Assié & Romain Lisciandro, as well as the publisher Sit Down! for their authorization to develop and host this game on our platform!

What else? Galeelox was in charge of this adaptation so you can expect it to work beautifully. So we should also send some kudos here to celebrate the work done.

That's it for today.
Don't miss the next days of the Summer Calendar event in progress.
How many trophies are you gonna get?
Let's find out!

That's it for today.
As always, take care and play fair!

What if i told you that for once there is a game that allows you to play a serious civilization game in 90 minutes, at 2 to 5 players, with simultaneous play?

Take the reins of your Civilization and make the choices that will make it the most prosperous. It does not matter which path you take, as long as it leads your people to glory. Research new technologies to improve your nation's Science, Military strength, Spirituality, Culture, and Industrialization. Grow the greatest Philosophical current of humanity. Use your Philosophers to become one of its forerunners and thus decide its evolution. Send your Builders to create wonders from your territory that will outlive everything, even men. Grow your Population so that the most illustrious Leaders are born from it and change the world forever, even after their death. Develop your Military Legacy so that the name of your civilization is enough to make your opponents tremble. And if that is not enough, send your army to defeat even the most distant External Threat. Use your Sages and the knowledge of your civilization to solve the great Challenges of humanity that will mark its history.

In Path of Civilization, from the very first second of the game you must make choices that will have repercussions until the end of the game. The game is played simultaneously and works with a simple card and resource management system. The diversity of its cards guarantees enormous variability.

Click the link below to discover more about this game, and let's start a game!

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pathofcivilization

We would like to thank Fabien Gridel, the game designer, as well as Captain games for their authorization to bring this game on our platform. Let's also celebrate the work done by thoun for making such a big title reach #BGA. That's a lot to develop!

That's it for today.
And you know what? Tomorrow is the first day of August.
And what happens in August?
It's the BOARD GAME ARENA SUMMER OF GAMES CALENDAR!

Stay connected and don't forget to reach the homepage tomorrow during the day for close to 30 days of new games to enjoy, daily!

See you tomo, and until then...
Take care and play fair!

Welcome to the best hotel in Vienna! In High Season: Grand Hotel Roll & Write, you prepare rooms, accommodate guests, make personnel decisions, and court the favor of the emperor, all while managing your money and trying to avoid loans.

The game lasts seven rounds, and each player has a hotel board and staff board, with eight of each being available. At the start of a round, roll dice based on the number of players, then place them on the six spaces (numbered 1-6) on the action board. On a turn, draft one of the dice, then use the associated action according to its strength, which is based on the number of dice on that space when you remove it.

The actions allow you to:

• Prepare as many rooms for guests as the strength of the action, paying the cost for each.
• Occupy a prepared room by paying the cost minus the action's strength; gain the depicted one-time bonus when doing so.
• Advance on the emperor track equal to the action's strength; gain the listed bonuses as you reach them, with a point bonus for reaching the end of the track first.
• Earn krone, the game's currency, equal to the action's strength.
• Hire a staff member on your board, paying their cost minus the action's strength. Two staff members give you a permanent bonus, two grant a one-time effect, and two provide bonus points during scoring.

If you are the first player to occupy one of the eight rows or seven columns, you earn bonus points that are unavailable to anyone else who occupies this row or column later. When you occupy all the rooms in a contiguous color group on your board, you gain an immediate bonus of points (for a blue group), krone (red), or steps on the emperor's track (yellow).

The bonuses and effects of the staff differ on each board, so you need to figure out how to take advantage of the opportunities available through them in combination with your particular arrangement of hotel rooms and the dice available each round.

After seven rounds, players tally their points, possibly losing some in the process for ignoring the emperor, but ideally overcoming that loss thanks to occupied rooms, assorted bonuses, and staff-generated endgame points.

Curious about it? Check the included tutorial before playing or click below to discover more and start a game in no-time right on Board Game Arena:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=highseason

Let's thank Lookout Games and the game designers Virginio Gigli, Ryan Hendrickson and Simone Luciani for their authorization to bring this game to our platform, and let's celebrate the work done by MathCT for developing it for all of you to enjoy!

That's it for today.
See you for our WRT on Wednesday, and until then...
Take care and play fair!

Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition is the quintessential quantum trick-taking card game for 2 - 5 cool cats, where your card’s color is not defined until you play it!

Hypothesize how many tricks you will win, and record your bid.

Place tokens on the community research board as you play your hand and connect large groups of tokens to score even more points. Plan your tricks carefully as you cannot claim your card has the same color as one of that number that has already been declared. Doing so would be pawsitively catastrophic as you have just created a paradox!

Why is it Deluxe? Because it brings you the latest updated graphics and the pleasure to play with more players than in the original box.

Play it with 2 to 5 players, but don't forget to go through the amazing tutorial first: it will help you before you dive into a game. Just click below:

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=catinthebox

It's short, it's good, and purrfect for a 20 mins fun with your friends. Thanks to Hobby Japan, you can enjoy it now from your phone or any device, and we would like to also mention the game designer Muneyuki Yokouchi (Ayatsurare Ningyoukan) for the authorization to bring the game online. Let's not forget the developer antromusx who did an amazing job here for you all to enjoy.

That's it for today: short, but good.
Don't forget that the SUMMER CALENDAR will come soon, so be prepared for an avalanche of games!

Until then, as always,

Play fair and take care!