PRODUCT UPDATE Hello everyone! Over the past few days, we've received a ton of great games. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that we want to inform you about fresh arrivals and product updates in our store. Get acquainted with the novelties and what's new in Lelekan-chiku. There are so many of them that we can't even fit them all in here). Hurry up, the games are great and will satisfy all tastes, be the first in time) Aeon's End: Second Edition Bang! (Bang!) Spring: Mysterious Creatures of the North (Vaesen) Unmatched: Sun's Origin (Unmatched: Sun's Origin) Bunny Kingdom Radlands Star Wars: Rebellion (Star Wars: Rebellion) Dune. Adventures in the Empire - Quickstart (Dune RPG Wormsign Quickstart Guide) Inori (Inori) Kids vs Zombies (Zombie Kidz Evolution) the witcher Board role-playing game - Quick start War of the Ring. Card game (War of the Ring: The Card Game) Eldritch Horror Senjutsu Battle for Japan (Senjutsu: Battle For Japan) star wars Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game Unmatched: Adventures - Amazing stories (Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze) Dune: Imperium - Uprising (Dune: Imperium – Uprising) Unmatched: Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot Pilots (Sky Team) Trails of Tucana Monsters vs. Heroes. Victorian horrors Monsters vs. Heroes. Call of Cthulhu GAME LIBRARY UPDATE This time, another set of the Unmatched series came to us Unmatched: Sun's Origin PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..
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Pre-orders for the new edition of Castles of Burgundy: Anniversary Edition are now available. Castles of Burgundy is one of Stefan Feld's best games. Economic strategy with original mechanics conquers players from the very first minutes of the game. Balanced, logical rules, moderate competition and a variety of strategies satisfy the needs of any player (the game is great for players of all levels). Pre-order will last from 01.11.2024 to 22.11.2024 (inclusive) The base price will be UAH 2,230. Pre-order price - UAH 1,784. We expect circulation in December 2024...
Read MoreHello everyone! Over the past few days, we've received a ton of great games. Therefore, we are very pleased to inform you about fresh arrivals and product updates in our store. Get acquainted with the novelties and what's new in Lelekan-chiku. There are so many of them that we can't even fit them all in here). Hurry up, the games are great and will satisfy all tastes, be the first in time) LIST OF REVENUES Stuffed Fables Runes (Rune) Kites After Us (After Us) Treasure Island Orion: Duel (Orion: Duel) Legends of the Wild West (Western Legends) Cat Horror Festival Flamecraft BMovies: (Not) Bad Movies (BMovies) Sweet & Spicy: Battle of the Cats (Sweet & Spicy) Critiques (Criticscats) Smitten Battle Catapult (Catapult Kingdoms) Level 10 Riftforce: The force of the rift (Riftforce) But many more interesting things) FREE PLAY LIBRARY If you are over 10 years old, have the desire and the time, we invite you to join the free game library! Date and time: 03/11/2024 at 16:00 Place: Club Lelekan, Lviv, str. V. Velykiho, 27 Game: "Four Temperaments" Your temperament elixirs based on bodily fluids are indeed in demand among royal subjects. But... there's always a "but"! will it be so easy to prove that you are the best of your kind and a master in your profession? And not suddenly lose your uniqueness among other aesculapians? Why you should join: Discover an exciting strategy game. Learn the rules in the company of experienced players. Spend time in a pleasant atmosphere and meet new friends. Registration: By appointment, come with friends and family! Question: For additional information, call +380938247182 or send a direct message. Come and enjoy a great time with Lelekan! PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..
Read MorePRODUCT UPDATE Hello everyone! Over the past few days, we've received a ton of great games. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that we want to inform you about fresh arrivals and product updates in our store. Get acquainted with the novelties and what's new in Lelekan-chiku. There are so many of them that we can't even fit them all in here). Hurry up, the games are great and will satisfy all tastes, be the first in time) Stuffed Fables Ark Nova: Marine Worlds Classic Art (Classic Art) Watch Ya' Mouth 18+ Expansion Watch Ya' Mouth (Extra) Networking Dinosaur Island Linden: Tree Of Words Oak: Tree Of Words (Oak: Tree Of Words) First Snow (First Snow) Amazing Beast ABC Rainbow: English Alphabet ABC Rainbow: Ukrainian Alphabet Meow Addition Meow Subtraction 40 legs (40leg) Toucan-Povtoryan (Toucan-Povtoryan) Myshka-Mimishka Yorzhik-Zhorzhik Epic Spell Wars Of The Battle Wizards: Duel At Mt. Skullzfyre Rival Restaurants Faraway PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..
Read MoreHello everyone! Over the past few days, we've received a ton of great games. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that we want to inform you about fresh arrivals and product updates in our store. Get acquainted with the novelties and what's new in Lelekan-chiku. There are so many of them that we can't even fit them all in here). Hurry up, the games are great and will satisfy all tastes, be the first in time) Overboard: Complete Edition Waterfall Park Verhogony: Victory on the Edge Survive: Island Escape Dungeon Warriors: Second Edition Decoder: Anniversary Edition Valley of Eternity Diamond Era of War Flock Gold fever to her Buy Loot My Cafe Mystic Ink Orleans Last Night: Werewolves Paganin: The Fate of Roanoke Pursuit Restart Treasures of the Pirates Juicy Fruits In Search of Eldorado The Sheriff of Nottingham: Second Edition PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..
Read MoreDominic Crapuchetts, one of the designers of Evolution, Evolution: Climate and one of the designers of Oceans adjacent to Evolution, had a laundry list of problems with the design of the successful series. Most of them, he found, could not be fixed. They were inherent in the system. The only solution was to start over. This is what he did. The result is Nature, a game that will be instantly familiar to anyone who has played Evolution. This is clearly Evolution 2.0, an attempt to make the game simpler, meaner and more flexible. The core idea of the gameplay remains the same: create and evolve species that eat more than anyone else. First, you get a new look. Isn't that cute? They always start out both physically small and numerically insignificant: size 1 and a corresponding population. This is your blank canvas. You use cards in your hand to increase size, population, or add traits. Features are the heart of the game, but they're best explained after you've experienced the game, so I'll circle back. When everyone decided how to develop their species, it was time for the test. Each player, in turn, activates one species. Each species forages by default by finding food in the supply of vegetation tokens in the middle of the table. Larger species eat more food at once, while species with larger populations can hold more food. The dream, of course, is to have a large size and high density, but this may not be what the ecosystem can sustain. The amount of vegetation available each round depends on the drop of one card at the top of the setup. If you spot a 1, which means each player will add one token at the start of each round, brace yourself for a bumpy ride. Malnourished populations die out, so humans are more likely to turn to predators. Predators work a little differently and will be a favorite for aggressive players in your party. Instead of eating tokens from the central supply, carnivores attack other species. Here the value of size changes to attack and defense. A predator can attack only an animal of the same or smaller girth. They kill one population and take a number of food tokens equal to the size of the prey. Any suitable species on the table can be chosen, and the Predator must hunt if it can. Later in the game, this may mean that one of your predators has to go after another of your species. Comedy gold. We love to see that. The major change since evolution, probably the key change in how nature is experienced as an experience, concerns death. In Evolution, your hunted and hungry populations are destroyed forever. It is easy for a player with an early advantage to dominate throughout the game. In Nature, you bring back a lost population. They join the new species you get at the start of the next round. The stronger your round, the stronger your next species will be able to come out of the swing. It's possible that an avid player can come back from the edge of the abyss in Nature, which is much more difficult to say about his older brother. Let's return to those features. Some increase your defensive ability, making it harder for animals to hunt you. Others improve your ability to forage or give you access to alternative food sources. The features are the area where it is most obvious that Nature is an improvement on the previous design. There were 17 different possible cards in the Evolution deck. Nature has eight. As much as brevity is the soul of wit, it is also the heart of good game design. Where evolution sometimes felt chaotic and unwieldy, nature makes you a much more intentional god. Even within the relatively narrow parameters of only eight signs, the variability of Nature is impressive. This is an extremely reactive game. When everyone is playing well, one player making a different choice has consequences that cause everyone else to deviate from their chosen course. I've played probably half a dozen sessions of the base game and none of them felt the same. And that's before we factor in modules. MODES Nature is a modular system that gives players more control over the type of experience they have. Five modules - Rainforest, Arctic Tundra, Natural Disasters, Flight and Dinosaurs - are part of the initial release, and each one adds a unique twist to the process. The rainforest is bountiful, providing explosive population growth and unlimited food resources—at least for those species that can climb. Natural disasters for those who hate planning and love a bit of drama. Each round a new rule or instant effect is introduced, causing a variety of potential disasters. The flight module is probably my favorite. It has my favorite set of traits and introduces migration to the game which brings some pretty subtle points. Dinosaurs seem to be a favorite and I can see why. It's fun to have all these big, aggressive dinosaurs stomping around. The final production version of Nature will use dials instead of stacks of wooden tokens—an aesthetic loss that also arguably improves quality of life—but having an 8-token tall stack of Predators is a hoot. Each of these five spices not only tastes good on its own, they can be mixed. When playing with modules, players can draw cards at the top of the round from any combination of decks. If I need two dino cards, a basic card, and two flight cards, I can do that. Even cooler, it gives the other players some idea of what shenanigans I might have planned and can influence what decisions they make. As I understand it, there are plans to release two new modules per year for the foreseeable future. This should ensure that nature will have plenty of variety to keep you entertained. NATURAL SELECTION I've played Nature several times over the past three years in various stages of development. It was obvious from the first play that this was something special, and it only got better as time went on. My review copy is an early one, and many small adjustments have been made since it was even printed. Map effects have been changed. Some components are changed to make the game more user-friendly. But every time I sat down to play, I was left with the feeling that nature is an exciting and wonderful system. The most reliable indicator of the quality of Nature that I have is the reaction of players to it. Time after time, group after group, with all the variety of gaming tastes, I have yet to see a group finish a game without wanting to immediately dive back in, or try the same setup again, or test the waters on a different module combination. Nature is a whimsical thing...
Read MoreHello everyone! Over the past few days, we've received a ton of great games. Therefore, we are very pleased to inform you about fresh arrivals and product updates in our store. Get acquainted with the novelties and what's new in Lelekan-chiku. There are so many of them that we can't even fit them all in here). Hurry up, the games are great and will satisfy all tastes, be the first in time) Wavelength (Wavelength) Colt Express (Colt Express) Chili Mafia Forest Shuffle: Alpine Expansion Turbo: Rains and thunderstorms (Heat: Heavy Rain) What's Behind Your Door? (What's Behind Your Door?) Aqua: Biodiversity In The Oceans (AQUA: Biodiversity In The Oceans) Challengers! (Challengers!) Project L Borsch Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition (Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition) Ticket To Ride: Rails & Sails Small World (Small World) Myce and Mystics Super Miaou Secrets of Castle Karak II (Karak II) Repurchase PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..
Read MoreAbout two years ago, I was staring at a copy of Maracaibo (2019, Capstone Games) sitting on my shelf. The game looked back at me. "You keep looking at me like you love me, but we used to spend a lot more time together." "You're right," I said. “The problem isn't entirely yours, and I don't think the problem is mine either. The problem is, as much as I love you, you take time to set up, you take time to teach, and every time I have to explain how combat is fought and where the dice go on the map and how it all affects the ending - scoring mechanics in the game, I move on to another game. Besides, the whole thing usually takes two or three hours to play... I just think it's better to find another home for you.'' So I gave Maracaibo to a guy in my company. I got the Maracaibo app (which unfortunately still doesn't support playing against AI opponents outside of solo) and then basically stopped playing the game until it hit Board Game Arena a few months ago. Toward the end of my time at Gen Con 2024, I stopped by the Capstone booth to talk to the team about the show, and they offered up a copy of Pirates of Maracaibo, the standalone version of the game that won rave reviews at SPIEL last year. I was curious, so I accepted a copy and a few weeks later had it in front of my other junkie friends from Maracaibo. 15 minutes into the first game I breathed a sigh of relief. I'm back in Maracaibo like never before...because Pirates of Maracaibo is Maracaibo with all the card games I love in a package that plays in about an hour even with three players. Because it's so easy to set up and take down, Pirates of Maracaibo has a much higher chance of making it to the table than its big brother. They are a match made in heaven. If you liked the base game, buy Pirates of Maracaibo. And even if you didn't like Maracaibo the first time around, I think Pirates of Maracaibo is still worth checking out. THE SEA IS A CARD OCEAN Pirates of Maracaibo is a stand-alone exploration and treasure hunt game for 1-4 players, with many of the same table-building mechanics featured in the Maracaibo base game. You don't need a copy of Maracaibo to play Pirates of Maracaibo, but it's certainly easier to learn if you already know how to play the original. Although Maracaibo had quest mechanics and combat, I always thought of it as a card game. I liked choosing which cards to buy, I liked buying cards that allowed me to do special things in certain places, and I liked card tagging that allowed me to burn cards to leave items in certain places on the map. I've always been concerned about the structure of the base game, how players can speed up the end of rounds by running around the map and triggering the scoring at the end of the round, but at four rounds I always felt like I had a good chance of getting enough points to win. Pirates of Maracaibo seems to know exactly what I wanted most from the base game, and then deliver it in such a quick fashion. Pirates of Maracaibo is even more of a card game than the base game, thanks to the removal of the standardized game board and replacing it with… you guessed it, more cards. The Pirates of Maracaibo game contains a deck of cards divided into nine columns, 2-4 cards per column. Starting at the west end of this table, players control their pirate ship by moving 1-3 spaces (cards) east to perform actions. These cards range from Location cards, where players can improve the side of their ship and carry out raids or research activities, to Enhancement cards, which provide one-time actions or red flags that permanently improve abilities. As in the base game, upgrade cards cost doubloons, and this cost can be reduced by powering up other cards or upgrading your ship. Residence cards, just like in the base game, are also featured in Pirates of Maracaibo, now arranged as locations on the map that can be visited and replenished with player tokens to be claimed at the end of the game. The maps are still great in Pirates of Maracaibo and it's very interesting to see how the map changes. This is because when a player buys an Enhancement, it moves to the new owner's personal table and is then replaced by a card from a better deck, so there's always a series of cards available for purchase, but the ways the options change add a nice decision-making dynamic. Location cards contain a variety of options, including the explorer mechanic from the base game. In the base game, I always felt like the Pathfinder mechanic took a focused effort to make it work, and I rarely saw the player who performed the best win the game. In Pirates of Maracaibo, the Explorer process is incorporated into the core gameplay in a way that is meaningful but doesn't require the player to direct most of their energy in that direction. The new game features a small Exploration board that looks the same as the original game, but now the loop is a circle where players move their Explorer meeples across rivers to get bonuses similar to those in the base game (points , coins, treasure, etc.). Some Location and Enhancement cards allow you to move multiple locations at once, thanks to enhancements obtained from other cards or aboard a ship. Pirates of Maracaibo has three areas that have received a major update: combat, quest cards, and ship upgrades. All three add to the action in Pirates of Maracaibo by streamlining processes that were difficult work in the original game, and all three areas proved to be meta improvements that dictated play in the base game, particularly aboard the ship. BURIED TREASURE Let's talk about the new shipboard for a moment. Remember the personal ship board from the base game? Players seemed to do the same upgrades in pretty much the same order every time they played: five coins, then one that increased the hand size from four cards to six, then maybe one that gave you three points so you could unlock the one that gives you six more points. And it always took two deliveries before you could get each update. The Pirates of Maracaibo know you don't like to wait. So there are two major changes aboard the ship. The first is that all location cards allow the player to upgrade their ship and get something immediately. Want three doubloons? Here you go. Another quest card? Here you go. The second change is that the ship upgrades are closed like in the first game, but the gates are lower. So, after your first two upgrades, you gain access to the juicier upgrade options in the second of three ship upgrade levels. One of my favorite options is to drop a quest card for eight doubloons. Another awards the player two points if they choose to move less than they could on the research map. Another update allows the player to buy the upper part of their ship. Major items new to Pirates of Maracaibo give players the choice of a slight asymmetry as they receive one-time or permanent powers that change the way the game is played. The shipboard in Pirates of Maracaibo blows the old version of the game out of the water. I'm not sure I can even play basic Maracaibo now that I've seen this new version. This is doping and it is not discussed. So the shipboard is the first and probably the best upgrade to the base game outside of general playtime. The second update is combat. In Pirates of Maracaibo, the tiles that tell players how much additional combat power they have against each of the three factions (Spain, France, England) are gone. Now fighting is "raiding" and raiding is cake. Three cubes of three different colors fall out. Dice represent both grains of power that can be used to perform unique combat actions, and the scent of treasure that can be captured with enough power. Yellow cube - gold, green - emeralds, white - pearls. Roll the dice, then roll any number of those dice again if desired. Your combat strength is the number of points on one die plus any bonuses you've unlocked through cards and ship upgrades. The treasure corresponding to the selected cube (if the combat strength is at least five) is taken from the treasure island and placed on the player's "hidden board". A cute nod to every pirate story ever written: newly found treasure is placed on the beach of each treasure type column, but can later be "buried" in places below the beach line for extra endgame points. . (Being the nerd that I am, I made the players make a shovel sound every time they did the Bury the Treasures action.) Raiding is fun. Moreover, raiding is easy and very fast. The single roll option is ideal, and after that Pirates of Maracaibo has plenty of dice softening options for players who want to invest in this area. The treasure market is run by all players and shows the current value of each treasure, so scoring each type at the end of the game is pretty easy. The third update to the base game is the quest cards. Frankly, I hated the Maracaibo quest mechanic simply because it seemed like every time I wanted to stop at a quest location, the current quest would have two tags that I didn't have in hand. Worse, every now and then the quests would change and the opponent would hijack my ability to stop somewhere and use the tags I had in hand. It was hard to count on quests to succeed, and sometimes my career card choices would lead me into a game full of trying to make quests work. Mech Pirates of Maracaibo fixes this by allowing players to build a quest map from two of their choice during setup, and then very easily get more of them during gameplay. The quests are simple and, like the main game, multi-step, so the player can get three points for burying two pearl treasures, or more points for burying three. Great, I can go there right now. There are always two cards available in the quest card market, and players can always add more quests to the top deck if they don't like the offering. There is even a bonus of 10 points waiting..
Read MoreHello everyone! Over the past few days, we've received a ton of great games. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that we want to inform you about fresh arrivals and product updates in our store. Get acquainted with the novelties and what's new in Lelekan-chiku. There are so many of them that we can't even fit them all in here). Hurry up, the games are great and will satisfy all tastes, be the first in time) Get ready! Chicken Army (Regroup! Chicken Army) Yokohama Return To Dark Tower Race To The Raft Dune: War For Arrakis (Dune: War For Arrakis) Fallout: The Roleplaying Game - Quick Start (Fallout: The Roleplaying Game) MLEM: Space Agency (MLEM: Space Agency) Unmatched: Adventures - Amazing stories (Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze) Zombicide: Second Edition (Zombicide 2nd Edition) Spellbook Turing Machine (Turing Machine) Nekojima (Nekojima) Northgard: Uncharted Lands (Northgard: Uncharted Lands) The Isle of Cats 7 Wonders: Second Edition Flamecraft Don't Go In There Salem 1692 (Salem 1692) Saboteur: 20 Year Anniversary Edition GAME LIBRARY UPDATE Letters From Whitechapel Egizia: Shifting Sands PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..
Read MorePRODUCT UPDATE Hello everyone, we are pleased to inform you about our super big product update. Meet the fresh arrival and novelties of our store :) Hurry up, the games are great and for all tastes, be the first to buy :) Unmatched: Houdini vs. The Genie (Unmatched: Houdini vs. The Genie) Unmatched: Jurassic Park - Dr. Sattler vs. T-Rex (Unmatched: Jurassic Park - Dr. Sattler vs. T-Rex) Unmatched: Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot (Unmatched: Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot) Cartographers (Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale) For Northwood! (For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game) The Fox In The Forest Isle of Trains: All Aboard Hike Battle Sheep (Battle Sheep) Gobblet Gobblers Smileys (Cubeez) Spy Guy Ramen! Ramen! (Ramen! Ramen!) Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion) Tiny Epic: Vikings (Tiny Epic: Vikings) Magic Labyrinth (Magic Labyrinth) Mushrooms Detective Club (Detective Club) Couch Skeletons Everdell (Everdell) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..
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