California (Michael Schacht)

Each player is renovating a Californian mansion, furnishing each room in a particular style. They score points for different styles or combinations and can also get housewarming presents from visiting neighbours. Good fun: £15.00.

Das Spiel (Reinhold Wittig)

Six different games that can be played with the stack of multi-coloured dice in the box. Or you can make up your own. Special offer: £18.00. (German ed with English rules.)

Emerald (Rüdiger Dorn)

Players use their knights to grab treasure from the cave, while avoiding getting eaten by the dragon. A clever, fairly abstract strategy game with a touch of luck: £15.00.

Figaro (Reiner Knizia)

Card game in which players are trying to get hired by the King for various roles at the royal court. Special offer: £8.00. (German/Italian edition with English rules.)

Fliegen klatschen (Christian Heuser)

Fly-swatter: the card game! An action game where players respond to the turn of a card and ‘swat’ the flies. Very silly, great fun: £5.50.

Gloria Mundi (James Ernest and Mike Selinker)

Players are citizens of Ancient Rome, trying to survive the fall of the city to the Goths. The winner is whoever gets furthest away. Special offer £20.00.

Kismet (Wolfgang Panning)

Players use the dice to make combinations that allow them to discard their cards. A neat filler. Special offer: £4.00 + p&p (UK £0.50, elsewhere £1.00).

Koala (Matteo Cortini and Leonardo Moretti)

A game of eating as much as possible where players’ seating positions affect the game. An entertaining family game: £7.00.

Mausen (Detlef Wendt)

Card capturing game where the suits beat one another in a circle. A bit more challenging than the children-friendly theme would suggest. Special offer: £4.00 + p&p (UK £0.50, elsewhere £1.00).

Maya (Bernd Eisenstein)

Players bid to get their tokens into the various pyramids (Tikal and Copan). This provides an interesting tactical challenge: £15.00.

Nottingham (Uwe Rosenberg)

The players are tax collectors for the Sheriff of Nottingham and will stop at nothing – not even picking each other’s pockets. An Uwe Rosenberg card game: £10.00.

Olé! (Wolfgang Panning)

Get rid of your cards by playing one that’s higher than the top of the deck. Players left with cards get penalties. Special offer: £4.00 + p&p (UK £0.50, elsewhere £1.00).

Pick A Dilly (Hartmut Kommerell)

The hens compete for a good share of the chicken feed, which helps them lay more eggs – as does the rooster. First to 12 eggs wins the game: £10.00.

Sabuca (Frederick A Herschler)

Players make words from their set of letter cards and then challenge the other players to find those words: £5.50.

Sushi Express (Michael Schacht)

Players rush round the city in their delivery vans, earning points by delivering sushi. and getting tips from their customers: £10.00.

Taj Mahal (Reiner Knizia)

New edition of Reiner Knizia’s intricate auction game set in mogul India: £28.00.

Toppo (Reiner Knizia)

Speed card game: players try to get rid of their card by matching the set of symbols on the table: £15.00.

Wie Waldi! (Oliver Igelhaut)

Fun game of dachsund building! Players lay cards as fast as possible, completing each dog with a tail that shows who owns it: £10.00.