05.08.2026 PRE-ORDERS HOTLIST

August is here, the Summer holidays are in full swing and our pre-orders hotlist has never been hotter!

We have for you stretching cats, dreadful dragons, tulip fields to grow, and places far away to visit.
If you then enjoy taking pictures, or when bad things happen to other people (or both?!), we've got you covered!
And a new Spiel des Jahres is here (yes, JinxO is finally available in the UK!)



Cat Nap: Super Deluxe Edition



Cat Nap is an abstract game designed by Matthew Folger with adorable illustrations by Parker Simpson. Published in 2025 by Aerobellum Games, it brings to the table the most iconic feline behavior: occupying every available inch of a warm blanket, stretching into geometrically impossible shapes. You place cat-shaped tiles - tails, body segments, heads - on a shared blanket. You complete a cat, you earn the right to claim that color and draw from the discard pile. The board starts empty, it ends as a tangle of overlapping kittens in all dimensions. The winner is whoever manages to stretch their cats further than their rivals.


Dreadful Dragons



Outwit rival dragons and build a hoard of glittering gems in this fast double trick-taking game for 2-6 players! Play cards from your hand that match at least one dragon on the Lead Card. Each round offers new chances to collect glittering games through Crests and the value of the dragons you play - high or low. But beware... your fellow dragons are dreadfully tricky.


JinxO



Winner of the Spiel des Jahres 2026!
JinxO is a competitive word-association game. The aim: to score the most points by writing down answers that matches other people in the group. Be careful with your words! If your answer doesn't match anybody in the group, you receive no points. However, if only one other person matches with you, JINX! You score more points - it's a JinxO!


That Tracks



Blockbusters, chart toppers, memes, slang and much more! THAT TRACKS challenges you and your friends to figure out when or where they were trending! Team up, reveal a card, then try and match the 4 search terms to the 4 colors of the graph. Think quick - there's a time limit! Do you remember when everyone had a fidget spinner? Or when people first started taking selfies? It's not only about what you know – it's what you can figure out together in this fast, fun, game show on your table top!


Tulip Season




At Keukenhof, the festival of tulips in the Netherlands, the tulip fields wash the countryside in gorgeous colour, dotted by the iconic windmills. As a tulip farmer, you want to have the best, most valuable tulip fields. Will you bloom your way to victory? A very portable and easy to learn tile laying game of tulip fields, greenhouses, and windmills. Lay one of two dual-coloured tulip tiles on your turn and place windmills to claim fields for points. Bonus end game points are awarded for public scoring goals selected randomly at the start of the game, and you can add another "greenhouse tile" scoring goal during the game that only you can score. Can you maximise its scoring and placement bonuses?


Yonder



CYonder is a mid-weight worker placement game. Over the course of five rounds, you will collect resources, gather food, and build your settlement at the edge of a mysterious city. Place your workers carefully, harnessing each species' special power to its fullest extent. Direct the expansion of your settlement, constructing the buildings you'll need in order to thrive. Dispatch workers to other player's settlements where necessary, trading manpower for the use of their facilities.


Schadenfreude



Schadenfreude is a trick-taking game for 3-5 players. The game ends when any player has scored more than 40 points, and the winner is the closest to 40 without going over. The card distribution includes some ranks of negative value, is a "must follow" game, and does not include any trump suits. The winner of a trick is the person who played the second highest card of the lead suit. That player collects their card and any cards which did not follow suit into a score pile. However, a player can have at most one card of each rank in their score pile. If they would collect a second, both cards are instead discarded. At the end of a hand, a player scores an amount of points equal to the sum of the ranks of the cards they have collected.


Behind The Lens



In Behind the Lens, you become a nature photographer documenting our planet. With turns taken simultaneously, you'll adjust your camera settings using a sliding tile mechanism to capture striking images of flora, fauna, and stunning landscapes. Every photo expands your portfolio and sharpens your skills. Add tiles to your journal, increasing the victory points you earn when you capture photos with the same settings in the future. Earn additional VP by completing Assignments, public objectives that challenge you to capture photos under specific conditions.


Judge Dredd: The Game Of Crime-Fighting In Mega-City One



Head out onto the streets of Mega-City One in Judge Dredd and prove you are worthy of the badge. Bring the Angel Gang, Judge Death, Orlok the Assassin, and other notorious lawbreakers to justice! But be warned - they won't go down without a fight, and even a lowlife sugar-addict can take you out if they get lucky. This new edition of Ian Livingstone's classic game offers the ultimate Judge Dredd experience, with updated rules, refreshed graphic design, and the introduction of the Specialist Judges - unique playable characters equipped with powerful abilities to keep Mega-City One in order!



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