Czech Games Edition

There’s a board game that physically ships with five interlocking plastic gears that turn together as a single mechanism - and the gears aren’t a novelty. They’re the entire game. Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar sits at #74 on BoardGameGeek with a 7.85 rating from over 42,000 users. It has a devoted following, critical acclaim from game designers, and a completely unique mechanism that no other game in the hobby has replicated in the twelve years since its release. ...

A giant alien mothership descends toward your city. Five columns of enemy fighters rain down between you and oblivion. Your only weapons? Five dice and whatever you can build in an underground bunker before the sky literally falls. Under Falling Skies is the rare solo-only game that feels like it was born this way rather than bolted on as an afterthought. Designed by Tomáš Uhlíř and published by Czech Games Edition in 2020, it evolved from a 9-card print-and-play contest winner into a full retail release packed with one of the most impressive campaign modes in solo gaming. And it does it all in a box that fits in your coat pocket. ...