The Pre-Order List: April

Spring is Finally Here!

With April ushering in the sun and flowers, we too are ushering in the season with new and exciting titles. Shower yourself in the newest games and find the perfect way to spend those muggy afternoons indoors.

 

Reserve any of the items below and pay when they come in by emailing us at info@odysseygames.co.uk

 

Threaded: A Game of Needles and Points: Expected April

Price: £40

Create brilliant bargello embroidery in Threaded: A Game of Needles and Points, an easy-to-learn worker placement game in which you hunt for the perfect thread, fulfill intricate commissions, seek out artisan equipment, and create stunning canvases.

Establish a thriving needlecraft studio by designing and stitching your own gorgeous needlework projects!

Can you choose the right tools for the job? Pick the patterns that your customers will love? Will you wait for the perfect threads, or improvise with the colors that tumble to the sale shelves? Send your assistants to the shops that suit your creative flair and gather the thread you'll need for that next pattern!

Catan Zip: Expected May

Price: £24.99

In this portable edition, the island of Catan is created on the pad in the center of the table. Different island layouts ensure that every game is new and full of possibilities. Players draw their roads, settlements and cities directly on the map as the island develops.

Trade remains the key to success. Instead of cards, you use resource tokens to trade with other players. Some resources you will have in abundance, while others are scarce. Exchange wisely to complete your building plans.

Lord of the Rings: Circle of Conflict: Expected May

Price: £49.99

It is the Third Age of Middle-earth and a great war between the many nations is unfolding. In The Lord of the Rings: Circle of Conflict™, the destiny of The One Ring wavers upon the fulcrum of good and evil. This strategic dice game for 2-4 players pits you against your neighbors as you simultaneously command both The Shadow and The Free Peoples armies against the players on either side of you.

Arkham Horror: The Card Game - Chapter Two Core Set: Expected May

Price: £69.99

The world has changed. The page has turned. And now, a new chapter awaits.

Introducing the newest core set for Arkham Horror: The Card Game! Serving simultaneously as both a continuation and a fresh starting point, this new core set heralds the beginning of Chapter Two for the game. Taking place several months after the city of Arkham suffered a devastating calamity, this box provides a new introductory campaign, five mechanically-new investigators, and a fresh card pool to expand your collection—or start a new one!

Whether you’re an Arkham Horror veteran or a newcomer looking to get into the game, you won’t want to miss out on this new core set. This core set will replace the Revised Core Set from 2021 and become the new evergreen core experience for the game going forward. That said, all player content in this box is fully compatible with all previously-released Arkham Horror: The Card Game products—it is still the same game, after all!

• A new core set for Arkham Horror: The Card Game, featuring evergreen content for the foundation of any collection. Your deck is your character. Each investigator comes with a pre-built deck that represents their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Decks can be upgraded with experience earned in each scenario, allowing you to customize your investigator as you see fit.
• Uncover sinister plots and fight off horrifying monsters in scenarios inspired by the Cthulhu mythos.
• The narrative evolves based on your choices, successes, and failures, ensuring that each playthrough is a unique experience.
• This Chapter Two core set serves as a fresh starting point for newcomers and veterans alike, with new investigators and a brand-new, three-scenario introductory campaign.
• The Chapter Two core set is fully compatible with all previously-released Arkham Horror: The Card Game products.

Fox in the Forest Deluxe: Expected June

Price: £24.99

Fairy Tales come to life in this deluxe version of the beloved trick-taking game.

Use special abilities to change the trump suit, lead even after losing a trick, and more. Aim for the majority of tricks each hand, but don’t get greedy! If you win too many, you will fall like the villain in so many fairy tales.

This deluxe edition includes three all-new modules: special cards, goal cards, and poison cards! Features new illustrations, foil stamping, and acrylic tokens.

Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor: Exmoor Expansion: Expected June

Price: £11.99

Just a stone’s throw from Dartmoor lies the equally impressive Exmoor National Park, where heather and grass moors meet coastal cliffs and mystical, man-made traces.

With Forest Shuffle – Dartmoor: Exmoor, the second standalone game in the Forest Shuffle universe receives its first official expansion. The 55 beautifully illustrated cards celebrate the unique flora and fauna of Exmoor National Park in Devon, located further north from Dartmoor.

The new species intergrade seamlessly into the base game, and some of them introduce a brand-new effect. Instead of letting you to play cards from your hand for free, as usual, they allow you to rummage through the clearing. If there is nothing suitable there, you can test your luck by revealing a certain number of cards from the draw pile. In addition, five new asymmetrical caves also provide variety.

Like all Forest Shuffle games, Forest Shuffle – Dartmoor: Exmoor is part of the Lookout GreenLine, 100% eco-friendly manufactured.

Immerse yourself in the mystical landscapes of the Exmoor National Park!

Kelp: Offshore Offspring Expansion: Expected June

Price: TBA

Offshore Offspring introduces brand-new components and strategies for both the Shark and the Octopus.

As the Octopus, you must protect your young while mastering a completely new magnetic modular block system with swappable tiles. Unlock different camouflage colors, each with unique abilities. Set traps that wound pursuing Sharks, and evolve juveniles into adults, creating fresh layers of deception and survival. Food gets a new layer: eat to grow, then risk everything on a daring new escape route.

As the Shark, you command not just the mother but also two new juvenile hunters, giving you the power to hunt as a pack. With new Growth tiles, you unlock the ability to swim over each other, letting you cover more of the kelp forest than ever before. And while some Octopus traps can wound you, successful attacks on Octopuses can help keep your hunger at bay. Each choice forces you to balance bold aggression against the risk of injury.

With offspring in play, survival is no longer about a single predator or prey — it’s about your legacy.

Endearment: Expected June/July

Price: £45.99

Endearment is a strategy board game where you take on the role of one of Jane Austen's beloved heroines as you traverse Regency England, improve your traits, and engage in social rivalries in pursuit of a timeless romance. The game is played over a series of Chapters.

Sail Legacy: Expected August

Price TBA

In Sail Legacy, you and your best matey will go on an adventure across thirty unique missions. Upgrade your ship, outfit your characters, and tune the deck itself to avoid a watery grave!

Sail Legacy evolves from the core Sail game mechanisms as you cooperatively use "must-follow" trick-taking to take on the unforgiving ocean — and the mythical beasts that call it home. Based on the combination of symbols in the trick, you'll steer the ship, charge ahead, or fire the cannons. Throughout the game, you'll tweak your pirate's asymmetric player powers. Will you have a well-balanced team or specialize in one area?

An epic campaign awaits. Live with the consequences of numerous branching decisions. Express your creativity with customization. Most of all, don't sink. No two tales will be the same!

For the Gods! and For the Gods! Limited Edition: Expected October

Price: TBA

Made by locals in Ely, For the Gods! is a tactical area majority game in which every stone shapes your path to victory. The rules are simple: Sail the seas to establish new temples or elevate existing ones. Along the way, collect God stones and unleash their divine powers at the right moment. With twelve unique God powers, each game offers fresh strategies and dynamic gameplay, ensuring high variability.

As a seafaring builder in ancient Greece, in For the Gods! you'll navigate the archipelago, constructing towering monuments to the gods and vying for control of sacred islands.

Mountain Goats Legacy and Enchanted Ivy: Expected October

Price: TBA

Your favorite quick-playing, approachable dice game is back with even more adventure. Each turn, roll and combine dice to race up the mountain. Get to the top to score, but don’t get knocked off! If you roll the new goat symbol, activate new abilities that change every chapter.

In addition to Mountain Goats: Legacy, this campaign features something extremely special—in fact, an Allplay first. A dedicated solo game!

Many of you already know the joys of solitaire. If solo isn't your thing... you may want to revisit that opinion with Enchanted Ivy. Take on the role of Ivy, the courageous new owner of a magical inn. Build your bewitching B&B to best suit your eccentric guests while cultivating the ivy covering your walls.

Citadels Duel: Expected October

Price: £24.99

Scheme Your Way to Victory! Vie for control of the city in Citadels Duel, a strategy and deduction game for two players. Sway the council, build new districts, and utilize unique character powers to stay one step ahead of your opponent in this two-player version of the award-winning classic.

Gaudi: Expected October

Price: £32

The game unfolds over three rounds. In each round, players take turns moving around the central Chandelier on the main board, carefully choosing where to stop in order to perform key actions—drawing cards and collecting various types of Trencadís tiles. These resources are then used to play cards and progress up the Chimneys on their personal boards. Each round concludes once all players have completed a full circuit around the Chandelier. At the end of the third round, the player with the highest and most balanced combination of VP will be declared the winner!

Roma XLI: Expected November

Price: £25

On your turn play one card face down as a vote or as a protective legion, or face up as an action or a permanent character boost. Roll the die to end your turn and potentially advance the exile track. When the exile token reaches a red square, votes are revealed and the character(s) with the most votes are exiled (unless protected by a legion). Spend gold to play an extra card per turn. Earn gold by working with your allies and backstabbing them at the opportune moments. Exiled players have a chance to earn their way back into the game or convince a powerful player to take them on as a devoted follower. The final un-exiled player wins!

Daggerheart Expansion: Expected Summer 2026

Price: £39.99

Daggerheart: Hope & Fear is the first Daggerheart expansion, available now for pre-orders of both standard and stunning deluxe boxed editions!

Dive in to new classes, ancestries, communities, and transformations, as well as 130+ adversaries, environments, and 4 new campaign frames!

Foxglove Farm: Expected Autumn 2026

Price: TBA

In Foxglove Farm, earn points by constructing buildings, producing resources, building trails, and running an efficient wheelbarrow network! Establish the most valuable town by planning resourcefully and optimising your routes!

Bookshelf: Expected Autumn 2026

Price: TBA

Players must work together to cooperatively stack books on top of a tower of cards. Cards have instructions on which books to place on top of it, and restrictions of where most of the books need to be placed. Don't be fooled though, placing books one at a time is harder than it initially looks!

Brass Pittsburg: Expected Autumn 2027

Price TBA

From Roxley and Gavan Brown, co-designer of Brass: Birmingham, comes Brass: Pittsburgh, which allows you to re-experience the explosive late 19th-century industrial boom of America's Gilded Age in its northeastern "Steel Belt" region. Players take on the role of a ruthless industrial titan in the age of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Frick as they build sprawling networks of railways, pipelines, steel mills, oil refineries, and more.

Almighty: Expected Jan 2027

Price: £45

Almighty is a 1-4 player game in which you are a moody ancient god - of the Sun, the Dead, Love, or Storms - competing for belief and glory by performing various acts upon the inhabitants of the mortal plane. Every turn is another page in a rich and entertaining story that emerges from the gameplay: will these mortals lead full, prosperous lives, or suffer terribly by your divine hand? You are their god, you decide!

Runeway: Expected June 2027

Price: £40

Playing the role of a Runedrifter, in Runeway you’ll travel the continent guided by its original rune-divination core mechanics, enriched by an emergent gameplay and its deep lore, boosted by a pinch of eccentricity. 

The Compass will guide you all, from Milestone to Milestone, until you reach your final Destination. All you need is a bag of 24 Futhark Runes and your imagination! (you can find a print ready diy file for yout runes included here!)

In this Starter, you’ll play the Dungeoneer, the archetype of a group of explorers, and you’ll discover mysterious relics of the Forgotten Ones, as well as their abandoned underground vaults.