The best games by Eilif Svensson 🇳🇴👨 2026

In Trails of Tucana, players embark on an adventure to connect the mystical island's villages and landmarks through an intricate network of trails. This flip-and-write game, designed by the creators of Avenue and Doodle City, offers a unique challenge with each playthrough thanks to randomized village setups. Players draw trails on their maps, aiming to link together sights and harbors for points, while navigating the island's diverse terrains. Strategic planning and adaptability are key, as the terrain card distribution influences potential pathways and scoring opportunities.

Bad Company is a dice-and-engine-building game for up to 6 players (plus a solo mode) from the award-winning designers of Automania and Trails of Tucana. You build your own gang, gather resources to pull off heists, and earn money to recruit new members — all while staying ahead of the police.

The magical forest of Kodama is blooming, but the ancient paths to the inner sanctuaries have become overgrown and lost. As a devoted Kodama, you must restore these paths, collect offerings for the forest guardians, and earn their favor. Kokoro is an exciting family game for up to eight players, featuring simultaneous rounds for quick play, where players connect their sanctuaries with offerings to gain points while avoiding greed that can lead to penalties.

In a remote winter landscape far to the north, rivers remain frozen for most of the year. Once accessible, a small river cruise company offers exotic tours like polar bear safaris and ice fishing, while tour guides compete to attract tourists for spectacular excursions. The game features a modular board where players must make strategic decisions based on dice rolls to optimize their tours and score points by filling seats with different types of tourists.

Players are introduced to a variety of interchangeable capital powers that can be mixed and adapted, allowing for 256 unique combinations. The main dilemma revolves around whether to play character cards in your home base for points or to bring them to the capital to use their powers. Balancing the points scored while staying within the capital's limits becomes a strategic challenge as players try to maximize their score before the final round.

Become a citizen to play for points in your hometown or contribute them to the capital and benefit from special abilities. In Capital Lux, you constantly weigh risks: will you bluff or follow a carefully crafted plan? Each round, players design a hand of character cards, choosing to play them either in their hometown or in the capital, where they can utilize unique abilities based on the character professions. The game involves strategic decisions that can influence the potential points for all players.

Revive is a post-apocalyptic strategy game set 5000 years after civilization's collapse. Players lead tribes to explore a frozen Earth, harness resources, recruit survivors, build factories, and relearn ancient technologies. Designed for 1-4 players, Revive stands out with its asymmetric player powers, highly variable setup, and a focus on strategy and rebuilding over conflict.

Doodle City is a fast-paced family game centered on urban planning. Players draw a network of streets on their boards to build a city and aim to collect points for hotels, shops, and taxis while striving to avoid polluting the environment. Each round, players roll dice that determine where they can build, and points are scored based on the streets connected to buildings. The game ends when a player achieves the maximum points for hotels or shops, or loses their last tree due to pollution.

Generations before you relied on the seas for survival. As the 19th century comes to a close, your fishing village in northern Norway faces changes and new opportunities. Players must decide whether to expand their settlement with new buildings, send their boats to fish, engage in trade, or introduce new technologies to improve daily life.

Players navigate a light "gamer"/family game set in a Caribbean mangrove setting. They can choose between two different bonuses through a clever role selection mechanism.

Santa Maria is a medium complexity Eurogame that immerses players in the development of their own colonies. This strategic game combines elements of dice drafting and engine building, with a focus on minimal luck and no direct destructive player interaction. The components are designed to be language independent, making the game accessible to a wide audience.

The Magnificent is a strategic Eurogame set in an enchanting, mystical world, inviting players to dazzle audiences with their traveling show of performers. Illustrated by Martin Mottet, this game challenges players to skillfully manage resources, expand their camps with Tetris-like tiles, and execute performances to attract the biggest crowds. Each decision, from selecting dice to planning shows, impacts your strategy and potential to score points.

The year is 1911. Players are among five legendary Arctic explorers aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They must choose an optimal route while managing resources and deciding when to press on or take a break. A race of high risks and careful planning awaits. Will you be the first to arrive at the South Pole?

Trollfjord is a family strategy game where a massive wooden hammer strikes a towering wooden fortress. Players populate the board with trolls and position them strategically around legendary rock fortresses. With a mix of luck and tactical placement, players can collect valuable treasure tokens while deciding how to move or place their trolls on the unique timeline that drives gameplay.

The game is set in the late 1960s, a time when a new generation values freedom, friendship, and love through music festivals. Players organize their own festival, attracting audiences and popular artists while building stages and promoting events. It features unique dilemmas, such as whether to claim a card now or activate a location later, and includes beautifully illustrated artist cards, special power cards, and various player components for up to six players.