PRODUCT UPDATE Hi to all! 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). Sheriff of Nottingham: Second Edition (Sheriff of Nottingham 2nd Edition) Battle of Decks 1 - Dedication (Clash of Decks) Away! Animals Vs Tourists (Scram!) The White Castle Dracula vs Van Helsing (Dracula vs Van Helsing) Living Forest Gold Fever (Gold Fever) Sleeping Gods Dixit: Odyssey (Dixit Odyssey) Wings (Wingspan) There is no Hero's move! (Keep the Heroes Out!) Keep The Heroes Out!: The Great Dreamer Expansion Spots Ticket To Ride: Europa 1912 (Ticket To Ride: Europa 1912) Ticket To Ride Map Collection 2: India & Switzerland Ticket To Ride Map Collection 6½: Poland Ticket To Ride Map Collection 3: The Heart Of Africa And other. Full list of receipts at the end of the article) STORE VACANCY We are looking for a new team member for our new board game store Lelekan for the position of Manager. If you are ready to help players choose the best games, then this job is for you. Main duties: Consulting on tables and orders in stores and by phone. Organization of sending orders to other cities. Reporting. Basic requirements: Open and sociable boarder aged 18 and over. A sincere love for board games and a desire to be part of our board community. Fluency in Ukrainian (knowledge of English is welcome). Absence of bad habits (this is important!). Willingness to work and learn, especially learning new games. Management of social networks is welcome (depending on skills, it will be a plus to the salary). Working conditions: The best internship in the world - we will teach you how to play new boards and everything you need for work. A cheerful and young team of like-minded people. The place of work is Lviv, 27 Volodymyra Velykyho Street. Working day from 11:00 to 20:00, shift (5 working days and 2 weekends). Payment based on work results (minimum UAH 15,000 + %). Official employment. Free visit to our board games club. Paid vacation. Loyalty program for employees If you are interested in our vacancy, send your resume and a short motivational letter to the email: lelekan.info@gmail.com PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Wings (Wingspan) (Ukrainian) Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Ukrainian) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..

PRODUCT UPDATE Hi to all! 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-chik. 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).Ghost Blitz: 5 To 12 Dead Of Winter: A Crossroads Game New York Zoo Cardline: Animals  Concept Kids: Animals Shake The City Mavka: Between Two Worlds Mavka: Magic Willow  Monopoly: Famous Places of Kyiv Planet Planet B Fire Towerhronicles Of AvelKids Chronicles: Quest For The Moon Stones Anarchy Pancakes Tokaido Sea of TranquilityWoodcraft STORE VACANCY We are looking for a new team member for our new board game store Lelekan for the position of Manager. If you are ready to help players choose the best games, then this job is for you. Main duties: Consulting on tables and orders in stores and by phone. Organization of sending orders to other cities. Reporting. Basic requirements: Open and sociable boarder aged 18 and over. A sincere love for board games and a desire to be part of our board community. Fluency in Ukrainian (knowledge of English is welcome). Absence of bad habits (this is important!). Willingness to work and learn, especially learning new games. Management of social networks is welcomed (depending on skills, it will be a plus to the salary). Working conditions: The best internship in the world - we will teach you how to play new boards and everything you need for work. A cheerful and young team of like-minded people. The place of work is Lviv, 27 Volodymyra Velykyho Street. Working day from 11:00 to 20:00, shift (5 working days and 2 weekends). Payment based on work results (minimum UAH 15,000 + %). Official employment. Free visit to our board games club. Paid vacation. Loyalty program for employees If you are interested in our vacancy, send your resume and a short motivational letter to the email address: lelekan.info@gmail.com GAME LIBRARY UPDATE We have received several curiosities that you can try in our club Kotoball Platformer PROMOTIONAL OFFERS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Wings (Wingspan) (Ukrainian) Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Ukrainian) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..

 Spectral is a competitive deductive game, and an unusual one at that. The haunted house you and your companions explore is represented by a 4 x 4 grid of semi-randomized face-down cards, full of gems and curses. You want gems! But beware of curses. You find out where they are by placing any number of explorers between any two rooms and then exploring the contents of one of them. "Content" is somewhat misleading. The rooms in this house don't tell you what's inside. They tell you about the contents of other rooms. On the face of each card is either a curse or, more likely, a gem and one of four symbols. The symbols indicate where the displayed item is located. This card, for example, says that the gem is on the opposite side of the grid:  This card tells me that the curse is in a room that is within two spaces, diagonally:  You spend most of the game placing pieces on a grid and gathering information, all the while taking notes in the notebooks provided. Information is not the only purpose of these components. At the end of the game, when all rooms are revealed and all gems and curses are placed on the field, the gems are distributed among the players using the pieces surrounding that room. Each gem, conveniently enough, is worth 12 points and easily splits into two, three, or four, regardless of the circumstances.  Curses, on the other hand, banish nearby players before the final count. In many cases it is better to find out the location of curses than gems. Precious stones that you can risk, or curses that will not bring any good! There is an element of betting around the placement of pieces. You can give other players an advantage from a position that seems particularly profitable by placing twice as many pieces in the same position. You can even substitute your own pieces, which represents aspects of bluffing that I adore. If I realize I've put one piece next to a curse, who's to say I can't convince someone else I'm on to something good by replacing it with two or three? One of the biggest challenges of puzzle games is to make them interactive, and Spectral has found just about the best way to do it that I've seen. Unused pieces also score points at the end of the game, and depending on the number of players, they score quite a bit. You always have the option of giving away your move if you feel it is better to hold your pieces than risk a bad return. You will never have time to explore every room. By the end of the game, you're making tough choices based on opportunities and hunches.  I have nothing but good things to say about Spectral. Designer Ryan Courtney, of Pipeline fame, managed to combine the trade-offs of territory control and auction games with an engaging puzzle game, all in about thirty minutes. Spectral is smart, interactive, easy to learn and fun. Also, the final reveal of all the rooms provides a nice dramatic moment. Spectral is one of the first two releases in a new series from publisher Bitewing Games, Deep Clean. The idea behind the series is to combine complex game states and inherent gameplay with simplified rulesets. They speak my language. That's all I want. Spectral is a very good start. Oh, and to top it all off, the game comes in a pretty small box. You know, maybe 4.5/5 is too little. We may have finally done it. Maybe this is the perfect game...

PRODUCT UPDATE Hi to all! 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). Periodic: A Game Of The Elements (Periodic: A Game Of The Elements) Pandemic: On The Brink Top 10 (Top 10) Saboteur: 20 Year Anniversary Edition Pandemic: Legacy - Season 1 (Pandemic: Legacy Season 1) Endless Winter: Paleoamericans - Mammoth ( Endless Winter: Paleoamericans: Mammoth Module) Cosmic Encounter Chronicles of Crime: 1400 Earth Painting: Reflections (Canvas: Reflections) King of Tokyo: Even More Wicked! Dobble: Star Wars - The Mandalorian (Dobble Star Wars The Mandalorian) Carta Impera Victoria: Card Civilization (CIV: Carta Impera Victoria) But there are many interesting things at the end of the article! STORE VACANCY Hello friends! We are looking for a new team member for our new board game store Lelekan for the position of Manager. If you are ready to help players choose the best games, then this job is for you. Main duties: Consulting on tables and orders in stores and by phone. Organization of sending orders to other cities. Reporting. Basic requirements: Open and sociable boarder aged 18 and over. A sincere love for board games and a desire to be part of our board community. Fluency in Ukrainian (knowledge of English is welcome). Absence of bad habits (this is important!). Willingness to work and learn, especially learning new games. Management of social networks is welcome (depending on the skills, it will be a plus to the salary). Working conditions: The best internship in the world - we will teach you how to play new boards and everything you need for work. A cheerful and young team of like-minded people. The place of work is Lviv, 27 Volodymyra Velykyho Street. Working day from 11:00 to 20:00, shift (5 working days and 2 weekends). Payment based on work results (minimum UAH 15,000 + %). Official employment. Free visit to our board games club. Paid vacation. Loyalty program for employees If you are interested in our vacancy, send your resume and a short motivational letter to the e-mail address: GAME LIBRARY UPDATE We have received several curiosities that you can try in our club Carcassonne: Big Box (Carcassonne Big Box) Oros OUR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Wings (Wingspan) (Ukrainian) Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Ukrainian) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..

PRODUCT UPDATE Hi to all! 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) The Grizzled Tanuki (Tanuki) Istanbul: Full Edition (Istanbul: Big Box) Wild Space Totemic Tatsu: Dragon Slayers (Tatsu) Runes (Rune) Kites After Us (After Us) Treasure Island Orion: Duel (Orion: Duel) Carcassonne: Big Box (Carcassonne Big Box) Ovva, Orchids (Oh My. Orchids) Legends of the Wild West (Western Legends) Cat Horror Festival Barrage Iki (Iki) UNO: Deluxe (UNO: Deluxe) UNO UNO: Flex (UNO: Flex) UNO: All Wild! UNO: Express (UNO: Express) UNO: Flip!) UNO: Minecraft (UNO: Minecraft) UNO: Harry Potter (UNO: Harry Potter) But there are many interesting things at the end of the article! STORE VACANCY Hello friends! We are looking for a new team member for our new board game store Lelekan for the position of Manager. If you are ready to help players choose the best games, then this job is for you. Main duties: Consulting on tables and orders in stores and by phone. Organization of sending orders to other cities. Reporting. Basic requirements: Open and sociable boarder aged 18 and over. A sincere love for board games and a desire to be part of our board community. Fluency in Ukrainian (knowledge of English is welcome). Absence of bad habits (this is important!). Willingness to work and learn, especially to learn new games. Management of social networks is welcome (depending on skills, it will be a plus to the salary). Working conditions: The best internship in the world - we will teach you how to play new boards and everything you need for work. A cheerful and young team of like-minded people. The place of work is Lviv, 27 Volodymyra Velykyho Street. Working day from 11:00 to 20:00, shift (5 working days and 2 weekends). Payment based on work results (minimum UAH 15,000 + %). Official employment. Free visit to our board games club. Paid vacation. Loyalty program for employees If you are interested in our vacancy, send your resume and a short motivational letter to the e-mail address: GAME LIBRARY UPDATE We have received several curiosities that you can try in our club Point City Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape ..

PRODUCT UPDATE Hi to all! 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) Brass: Birmingham (Brass: Birmingham) Pikit Trekking Through History Word Traveler Raiders of Scythia Ticket To Ride Legacy: Legends of The West Pioneer Rails Jaipur (Jaipur) Bullet: Puzzle Shooter (Bullet) Overboard: Full Edition (Lifeboat) Survive! Escape from Atlantis (The Island) Ishak Zmoge (Donkey Valley) Vaalbara Long Shot: The Dice Game The Vale of Eternity Dracula vs Van Helsing (Dracula vs Van Helsing) Scrabble Phase 10 (Phase 10) UNO Harry Potter (UNO Harry Potter) UNO Minecraft (UNO: Minecraft) And other. Full list of receipts at the end of the article) STORE VACANCY Hello friends! We are looking for a new team member for our new board game store Lelekan for the position of Manager. If you are ready to help players choose the best games, then this job is for you. Main duties: Consulting on tables and orders in stores and by phone. Organization of sending orders to other cities. Reporting. Basic requirements: Open and sociable boarder aged 18 and over. A sincere love for board games and a desire to be part of our board community. Fluency in Ukrainian (knowledge of English is welcome). Absence of bad habits (this is important!). Willingness to work and learn, especially to learn new games. Management of social networks is welcome (depending on skills, it will be a plus to the salary). Working conditions: The best internship in the world - we will teach you how to play new boards and everything you need for work. A cheerful and young team of like-minded people. The place of work is Lviv, 27 Volodymyra Velykyho Street. Working day from 11:00 to 20:00, shift (5 working days and 2 weekends). Payment based on work results (minimum UAH 15,000 + %). Official employment. Free visit to our board games club. Paid vacation. Loyalty program for employees If you are interested in our vacancy, send your resume and a short motivational letter to the e-mail address: SPECIAL OFFERS FOR THE DAY OF CHILDREN'S PROTECTION Despite all the events, it is important to preserve childhood for our children. In honor of Children's Day, FeelIndigo and Rozum publishing houses have prepared a special promotion for you. Promotion conditions: 25% discount on games for children from Feelindigo publishing house! Dragomino Who scared? A party of pugs Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Carcassonne for children Color Monster Promotion conditions: 25% discount on games for children from Feelindigo publishing house! Bears vs Babies Funny Farm Happy Bunny Hedgehog Escape (Hedgehog Escape) Planet Geistesblitz Geistesblitz 2.0 Say Cheese OUR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet) Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention) Wings (Wingspan) (Ukrainian) Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Ukrainian) Level 10 (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds (Ukrainian) 5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian) Marsolovs..

 “How different can a card game be?” you might ask yourself. But then you play Faraway and get your answer. Faraway requires you to think in forward and reverse, at the same time, which means that at the end of eight rounds you’re never quite sure whether you made the right moves or not. Let’s find out more. Faraway Overview In Faraway plays will take a journey across the land of Alula “a mysterious continent where a harmonious nature reigns” (Pandasaurus is leaning in pretty heavy on the mythos here). Over the course of eight rounds, players will draft Region cards from a central display, placing them left to right into a personal tableau, and hopefully also acquiring critically useful Sanctuary cards. At the end of the eighth round, players flip all of their region cards face down, and one by one reveal them—starting with the rightmost card. But I’m getting ahead of myself…in Faraway the goal is to earn the most points, which are acquired via end game scoring on both Region and Sanctuary cards. In some cases, points are simply given (this card is worth 5 points), in other cases points are collected from icons or colors on other cards (1 point for every map icon, 2 points for every red or yellow card), and in the remainder of the cards the points are gated behind requirements (2 points for every night card, as long as you have 2 thistle icons). Now, let’s get back to the gameplay. As you reveal the cards from right to left, you score them based solely on the cards which are already revealed. “Oh, you’ve got a card which awards 10 points if you have 3 antler icons? Bummer for you…seems like you didn’t plan ahead.” This is the reason why Sanctuary cards are so important, as they don’t get flipped over at the end of the game. You can earn them for always playing Region cards which are a higher number than the one immediately to your left. If you placed a 7 last turn, and place a 16 this turn, you get to draw a Sanctuary card—and you get to draw additional Sanctuary cards for each map icon you’ve previously played. Sadly you only get to keep one, but these Sanctuary cards generally make the difference between winning and losing. After revealing and scoring all your Region cards, you make one last pass to score any points found on Sanctuary cards, then tally up the points.Faraway or Far Out?  Let’s just lay it out there…everyone I’ve played Faraway with has been tripped up in the first game or two. Even though I always double down on calling out the “forwards then backwards” scoring approach, it still takes them off guard. It usually takes 2 or 3 games to really catch on to how you must shift your thinking. Faraway rewards strategic thinking, but because it’s a card game, you also have to be able to respond to shifting situations. Faraway is also a game which requires making sacrifices. If you draw a card near the beginning of the game that intends to give you 16 points, you better play it for the points. But if you draw that same card in round 7, it might never even hit the table—unless you play it for the icons. Even though Faraway isn’t a multi-use card game in the traditional sense, I think it belongs in that group in spirit. Cards can be both points and resources, or they can just be resources if you can think far enough ahead.  Even though the others members of my game group ultimately felt that Faraway was a bit too thinky for the “small game” time slot we had placed it in, that didn’t prevent us from playing the game a number of times, in an effort to develop an understanding of the game and the strategy it requires. Faraway is definitely a game that rewards multiple plays. What about you, will you give Faraway a shot at your table? In my opinion, it’s a journey worth taking...

PRODUCT UPDATE  Hello everyone, we are happy 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 :)7 Wonders 7 Wonders: Duel King of Tokyo King of Tokyo: Lutoborshch Hive: Pocket ImagineDixitDixit 3 : JourneyDixit 4: OriginsDixit DisneyDixit OdysseyCartographers: A Roll Player TaleBoopKing of Tokyo. National Monster 2. ThunderhoundKing of Tokyo: Even More Wicked!EverdellEverdel: BelfaireWings: Fan Art PackCriminal ChroniclesCthulhu: Death May DieCity of HappinessHell TramSalem 1692Cynical StoriesPandemic SaboteurPROMOTIONAL ITEMS  We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet)  Intention Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention)  Wings (Wingspan) (Ukrainian)  Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Ukrainian)  Level 10 (Ukrainian)  5 Seconds (Ukrainian)  5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian)  Marsolovs..

PRODUCT UPDATE  Hello everyone, we are happy 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 :)  Kids Express  Couch Skeletons  Ticket To Ride: Paris  Masquerade: 2nd Edition  Wavelength Wavelength  My Shelfie  Karak   Repurchase  Dirty Money  Chili Mafia  Hens  Port Royal: Big Box  Tiny Acrobats  Calico  Love Letter  Organ Attack!  Trekking Through History  Pikit  Heat: Heavy Rain  Word Traveler  Monstrolicious  AQUA: Biodiversity In The Oceans  Forest Shuffle: Alpine ExpansionGAME LIBRARY UPDATEThis time, one huge novelty has arrived in the game library!Hoplomachus: VictorumPROMOTIONAL ITEMS  We suggest you familiarize yourself with the promotional items that will pleasantly surprise your wallet)  Intention: Age of Thirst (Intention)  Wings (Wingspan) (Ukrainian)  Endless Winter: Paleoamericans (Ukrainian)  Level 10 (Ukrainian)  5 Seconds (Ukrainian)  5 Seconds Junior (5 Seconds Junior) (Ukrainian)  Marsolovs..

ОГЛЯД ГРИ EL GRANDE El Grande is back. Hosanna. For those who are unfamiliar, El Grande, The Big itself, is one of the great canonical games in our hobby. Every podcast, list, and forum that extends beyond the Cult of the New considers it one of the greatest games ever published. That’s for good reason. El Grande is, in fact, a masterpiece. LE GRAND El Grande is an area-majority game in which players aim to accumulate political power throughout Spain. There are nine rounds, each of which follows the same pattern: players bid for turn order, then choose one of the five action cards available for that round while placing some of their caballeros out onto the board. Every three rounds, players score the board. A big part of the beauty and brilliance of the design is in the way those two—2!—decisions are woven together. Bidding is, on the face of it, simple. Each player starts the game with 13 cards, numbered from 1-13. The higher the card you bid with each round, the earlier in that round you’ll go, but there are two catches. Catch number one: the lower your card, the more caballeros—the meeples you place on the board to mark your influence—you get to add from the pool to your personal supply. Catch number two: the lowest bidding player in any given round gets to bid first for the next.  Then there are the action cards, split into five unique decks. The actions on the cards affect the board in various ways, but it mostly boils down to placing, moving, and removing caballeros. Choices are deeply political and involve a good amount of table talk. A great session of El Grande is a roiling seabed of agreements, betrayals, and machinations. The bottom of each action card also includes between 1 and 5 caballeros, which indicates the amount of influence you can place on the board that turn. There are, of course, some restrictions on placement. On the board, and as yet unmentioned, stands el rey, the King, visiting the various provinces of his kingdom. His position is critical. Caballeros can only be placed in regions adjacent to the King, and nothing—absolutely nothing—can change in the region where the king is present. In addition to putting caballeros out on the board, you have one other option: any number of caballeros can be placed in the Castle, a tall cardboard tube standing on an island to the southeast of the mainland. Why would you want to do that? Every three rounds, scoring triggers. Most of it is rote: go through each region, one at a time, and give the leading players in each region the points indicated on the board. If I have the most caballeros in Toledo, for example, and you have the second most, I get 7 points and you get 4. Before all that happens, though, we have a little bit of drama. At the start of the game, each player gets a spinner wheel showing all the regions. Before scoring begins, each player sets their spinner to one region, places their wheel down on the table, and the Castle is emptied. A moment to shovel praise on whichever member of Hans-im-Glück’s production team suggested giving the new castle a functioning gate. In the history of El Grande, the Castle has had various levels of aesthetic sophistication, but it has always been, fundamentally, a tube. To reveal its contents, one would simply lift the tube. That’s fine. Perfectly fine. Lifting that little gate and having all the caballeros spill out is wonderful.  The Castle itself counts as a region, but the real value comes in what happens after scoring it. Each player reveals their selected region and then places any caballeros they had in the castle out onto the board. This happens, I’ll reiterate, before the rest of the board is scored. The Castle is a source of tension, a sword of Damocles hovering over the board. I love a sword of Damocles hovering over the board. DER GROSS El Grande does everything I want a game to do. The rules are simple. The board state is never confusing. You make three choices every turn: how much to bid, what to pick, where to place. The choices are simple, the ramifications are complex. Truly, the ideal. Oh, and I have to say, do you know how long it takes to set up El Grande? Two minutes. That process is improved by Hans-im-Glück’s decision to include little boxes for each player’s components to be stored in between games, but even without those, that amount of time is a pittance. Lay out the board, hand out the boxes, place the starting pieces out in each province, shuffle the action cards, and you are done. Heaven. Find me a contemporary, comparably rich Euro with that kind of setup time. It cannot, by and large, be done. El Grande is not only a great game, finally made available to the masses. It is a reminder of what games can be, that complication isn’t necessary to create complexity. The Big indeed ..