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Now KTBG is bringing more titles from Asia to North America, but this time in a distribution deal with Singapore publisher Origame.
The first title scheduled to be available as part of this deal is Oh My. Orchids!, a 2-5 player card game designed by Origame owner Daryl Chow. Here's how to play:
It's always flowering season in sunny Singapore, and you want to gather seed cards to plant in your garden different types of Singaporean flowers, from dazzling heliconias to delicate orchids. Lots of thorny decisions await you in this flowery game of hand management and set collection.
On your turn, either gather seeds from the display or plant flowers. To collect seed cards, take all cards from the five-card display that share a color or share the number of seeds; if you end up with more than seven cards, discard to seven, losing 1 point for each wasted card. Planting flowers requires you to match the seed requirements of the different flowers in the display. Orchids are harder to match, but earn the most points. Once one player has at least seven flowers, everyone else has one more turn to plant, then you tally your points, earning a bonus if you have at least four types of flowers. Whoever has the most flower points wins.
On your turn, either gather seeds from the display or plant flowers. To collect seed cards, take all cards from the five-card display that share a color or share the number of seeds; if you end up with more than seven cards, discard to seven, losing 1 point for each wasted card. Planting flowers requires you to match the seed requirements of the different flowers in the display. Orchids are harder to match, but earn the most points. Once one player has at least seven flowers, everyone else has one more turn to plant, then you tally your points, earning a bonus if you have at least four types of flowers. Whoever has the most flower points wins.
▪️ Chock-A-Block, another Chow design, is a game for up to five players who want to build colorful apartment blocks bursting with life.
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On your turn, place one of two double-sided block cards in hand into your apartment building. Make a block of four or more spaces of the same color — at lease one of which has a "For Rent" sign — and you can take a neighbor on display and add it to the block. Neighbors don't have a color, but they have a pair of features, some combination of cats, flowers, birds, and underwear. You'll find these features in other rooms, too, and if you make a chain of 6/8/10 of the same feature, claim a matching scoring token.
As soon as everyone has finished a 4x3 building, count your points from scoring tokens and unscored chains of at least four features.
Challenge the vicious "AutoBlock" mode as a solo player if you love puzzles.
▪️ The final title in the initial Origame wave is CubeMelt: Getting Dicey, another 1-5 player design from Chow:
Life is short...and it's even shorter if you're an ice cube. In the game, players play as CubeMelt, an irresistible ice cube that thirsts for love and adventure. Can you reach your life goals before you melt into a puddle?
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To set up, each player places their love and adventure tokens on their player board on 0 and their CubeMelt token on 20. On a turn, roll the six dice, then re-roll any you wish, then (if you lower your CubeMelt token by 1) re-roll a second time. The dice have heart eyes (which raise love by 1), star eyes (which raise adventure by 1), a sad face (which lowers CubeMelt by 1), and a droopy face (which also lowers CubeMelt by 1). If one die face appears more often than each of the others, your left and right neighbors receive the effects of these dice, while you receive the effects of all other dice; if not, then you receive the effects of all the dice you rolled.
If a player reaches 20 love or adventure, they win immediately! If a player melts away, reaching 0 with CubeMelt, the game ends, and everyone else's score is equal to the lower of their love and adventure tokens. In this case, whoever has the highest score wins.
You can also play the advanced game that features different costumed versions of CubeMelt, each of which has a unique game-changing power.
To set up, each player places their love and adventure tokens on their player board on 0 and their CubeMelt token on 20. On a turn, roll the six dice, then re-roll any you wish, then (if you lower your CubeMelt token by 1) re-roll a second time. The dice have heart eyes (which raise love by 1), star eyes (which raise adventure by 1), a sad face (which lowers CubeMelt by 1), and a droopy face (which also lowers CubeMelt by 1). If one die face appears more often than each of the others, your left and right neighbors receive the effects of these dice, while you receive the effects of all other dice; if not, then you receive the effects of all the dice you rolled.
If a player reaches 20 love or adventure, they win immediately! If a player melts away, reaching 0 with CubeMelt, the game ends, and everyone else's score is equal to the lower of their love and adventure tokens. In this case, whoever has the highest score wins.
You can also play the advanced game that features different costumed versions of CubeMelt, each of which has a unique game-changing power.
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It's summertime in Maple Valley and the river market is open for business! The narrow streets and waterways are bustling with vendors hawking their wares and with customers in search of a good bargain. The market is growing, with new businesses opening all the time. Pick your path carefully, hire the right help, and set up a shop (or two) of your own in this quick, lively game for the whole family!
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As forest critters in River Market, which is set in the cozy world of Creature Comforts, players take turns moving around the river market, activating the buildings they visit, hiring helpful new employees, and adding their own new businesses. Gameplay is quick, and before you know it, the market will be closed for another day. Will you make the biggest contribution to growing the river market? You'll have to play to find out!
As forest critters in River Market, which is set in the cozy world of Creature Comforts, players take turns moving around the river market, activating the buildings they visit, hiring helpful new employees, and adding their own new businesses. Gameplay is quick, and before you know it, the market will be closed for another day. Will you make the biggest contribution to growing the river market? You'll have to play to find out!
River Market is due out in 2026, and if history is a guide, KTBG will crowdfund the game once it fulfills Lairs in mid-2025.
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