Board Games in Croatia: Our Picks | Mana Potion

Mana Potion is best known for trading card games, but we also stock a small, hand-picked selection of board games. Some are award winners, some are heavy strategy games for a long evening, and some are party games for a table that just wants to laugh. Here is what we have and who each game is for.

Strategy games for a long evening

• Ark Nova: plan and run a modern, scientifically managed zoo. You build enclosures, take in animals and support conservation projects, all driven by a set of five action cards. A deep game with a lot of cards and a lot of replay value
• Brass: Birmingham: an economic strategy game about the Industrial Revolution, and one of the highest rated games on BoardGameGeek. It is a stand-alone sequel, so you do not need to know the original, but fans of Brass will feel at home
• Wingspan: a card-driven engine-building game about attracting birds to your wildlife preserves, and the 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres winner. Each bird adds to a chain of combinations in your habitats
• Apiary: a worker-placement game where you lead one of 20 factions of highly evolved honeybees, exploring planets, gathering resources and developing technology

If you want the most approachable of the four, start with Wingspan, which is medium weight and quick to learn. Ark Nova, Brass: Birmingham and Apiary suit players who enjoy planning many turns ahead.

Nature and puzzle games

• Cascadia: the 2022 Spiel des Jahres winner. You build a landscape of habitats and wildlife in the Pacific Northwest, solving a spatial puzzle for 1 to 4 players
• Canopy: draft cards to grow the most vibrant rainforest, with push-your-luck choices and art by Vincent Dutrait. For 1 to 4 players
• Sequoia: a roughly 10-minute dice game where you race to grow the tallest tree in 11 forests. Suitable from age 6, so it works well with kids

Cascadia and Canopy suit the same kind of player, someone who likes a calm, nature-themed game with a satisfying puzzle in it. Sequoia is the quick one to keep in the bag for a short break between bigger games.

Build a city or run the Senate

• Cities: a city-building game by Steve Finn and Phil Walker-Harding. Draft projects and lay out your own neighbourhoods, from Sydney to Buenos Aires, in about 40 minutes for 2 to 4 players aged 10 and up
• Quorum: take the role of a Roman senator and compete for influence over the provinces of the empire across twelve rounds

Party games and games for two

• Don't Get Got!: every player gets six secret missions, and the first to complete three wins. It runs in the background of whatever else you are doing, so it fits a party, a holiday or an office
• Not Enough Mana: a card game for 3 to 6 wizards who cast spells and curses and drink potions to replenish their mana. The last wizard standing wins, and it is a good fit if you already play Magic or Riftbound
• Pagan: Fate of Roanoke: an asymmetric two-player card game, with one player as the Witch trying to finish a ritual and the other as the Hunter trying to find out who she is

Where to start

New to modern board games? Cascadia or Wingspan are friendly first buys, and both have won major awards. Want something quick for a group? Try Don't Get Got! or Sequoia. Ready for a big, rewarding game? Ark Nova and Brass: Birmingham are the ones to pick.

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