Game of the Month
It's one small step for cats, one giant leap for catkind. In MLEM, you're launching a crew of catstronauts into space, rolling dice to push your rocket deeper into the solar system. But here's the catch - everyone's on the same ship, and every roll could end in a cosmic catastrophe. Do you bail out early and claim a safe moon, or ride the rocket toward glory (and possible fiery destruction)? Each cat has a unique ability, so loading the ship is half the strategy. Light enough to teach in five minutes, chaotic enough to have the whole table screaming at the dice.
2-5 Players • 30-45 Min • Light/ Family
MLEM: Space Agency
Staffs’ Picks
GEORGE:S PICK
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
1-4 Players • 40 Min/Player • Medium-Heavy
Lead a scientific institution on a mission to find life beyond Earth. Launch probes across a rotating solar system, scan distant star systems for alien signals, and analyze the data back home. Every card in the deck is based on a real space project - from the Perseverance rover to the Large Hadron Collider. Midway through, you might even discover alien civilizations that change the rules entirely. A deeply strategic euro with a sci-fi soul.
DANI’S PICK
Formaggio
1-4 Players • 30-45 Min • Medium
You're an Italian cheesemaker in the early 1900s, crafting artisanal cheeses and building your creamery into the most prestigious in Italy. Place workers on a rotating board to make cheese, gather resources, and age your products to perfection. Pair wines at the Vigneto, deliver orders through the canals of Venice, and distribute across Italy's regions. Since everyone plays simultaneously, there's zero downtime - it packs a deep euro experience into just 40 minutes.
KATE'S PICK
You've inherited a meager vineyard in pre-modern Tuscany - a few plots of land, an old crush pad, a tiny cellar, and a dream. Place workers across summer and winter seasons to plant vines, harvest grapes, make wine, and fill orders. But each worker can only be used once per year, so every placement matters. Visitors drop by with powerful abilities, and your wine gains value as it ages.
A beautifully themed worker-placement classic that's as smooth as a well-aged Chianti.
Viticulture l Essential Edition
1-6 Players • 45-90 Min • Medium
TYREL'S PICK
Harmonies
1-4 Players • 30-45 Min • Light-Medium
Build your own dreamlike landscape by drafting and stacking colorful tokens, then attract animals by creating the right habitats. Every placement matters - stack forests, spread fields, and carve rivers to match the patterns on your animal cards. It's a cozy, tactile puzzle that looks gorgeous on the table and plays in under 45 minutes. Easy to teach, surprisingly deep, and impossible not to admire when you're done.