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Fields of Arle

Uwe Rosenberg is best known for his extensive economic games. These include Agricola, Caverna, Atiwa, and the monumental A Feast for Odin, which can be considered the designer’s magnum opus. His portfolio also contains abstract games such as Nova Luna and Patchwork, as well as acclaimed card games including Bohnanza and Mamma Mia!

Fields of Arle belongs to the first of these groups. It is an economic game for one or two players in which we develop a farm in East Frisia. We grow grain and flax, raise animals, drain moors, build dikes, process materials, and transport goods to nearby towns and villages.

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Hitster

Some games require long rule explanations, concentration, and planning several moves ahead. Others can be brought to the table during a gathering with friends, and within a minute everyone already knows what to do. Hitster definitely belongs to the latter category.

It’s a party music game where, instead of meeples or dice, the biggest hits of the last century take center stage. All you need to do is scan a card in the app, listen to a fragment of a song, and try to guess when it was released.