The Best Games from Heidelberger Spieleverlag 🇩🇪🏢 2026

The Resistance: Avalon is a standalone game set in the legendary world of King Arthur, combining the mechanics of secret identities and deduction found in The Resistance with a thematic backdrop of Arthurian legend and the struggle between good and evil.

The Resistance is a dynamic party game focused on social deduction, set against the backdrop of a dystopian empire. It's designed for five to ten players and offers a thrilling experience of intrigue and deception.

Coup is a strategic bluffing game set in an Italian city-state. Players, as heads of rival families, seek to outmaneuver and eliminate others to be the last one standing. Influence is key, represented by face-down character cards, each offering unique powers.

Dead Man's Draw: Captain Carcass is a thrilling card game for 2 to 4 players, blending strategy, risk, and reward. Players aim to gather the most loot by drawing cards and tactically using their abilities, all while avoiding the peril of busting their hand.

Potion Explosion is a fun and engaging game for 2 to 4 players, created by Horrible Games and designed by Lorenzo Silva, Andrea Crespi, and Stefano Castelli. The game combines strategy and pattern recognition in a magical potion-brewing setting.

Mansions of Madness: Second Edition is a cooperative, app-enhanced board game that combines elements of horror and mystery. It's set in the same universe as Eldritch Horror and Elder Sign, offering an immersive narrative experience.

A new edition of "Der HeidelBÄR" dives into the ocean. Players must use the names of sea creatures to get the other players to guess which "bear" they are referring to.

Unusual Suspects (Insoliti Sospetti in Italian) flips the traditional detective game on its head by focusing not on the appearance of the criminal, but rather on their habits and behaviors. This unique approach challenges players to think differently about how they deduce the identity of the culprit, making for a fascinating and often humorous investigative experience.

Poison offers a strategic yet straightforward card game experience where players navigate the challenge of managing cauldrons without letting them overflow. The gameplay revolves around avoiding the accumulation of cards from the central area, with a unique twist on scoring: if you collect the most cards in one suit, you can discard them, turning potential defeat into victory. This dynamic makes each round unpredictable and engaging.

Galaxy Trucker is a fast-paced, tile-laying board game that combines space adventure with ship construction and navigation challenges.

Monster Under the Bed is a cooperative memory game for players aged 3 to 7. Players must find the toy that scares the monsters hiding under the bed before they can encircle it. The game includes various difficulty levels to match players' experience, introducing elements like tiles that shuffle others or spawn new monsters.

Cosmic Encounter is an iconic board game that combines elements of strategy, diplomacy, and unique alien powers, set in a dynamic universe of shifting alliances and interstellar conflict.

Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small offers a specialized, two-player experience derived from the popular Agricola game, focusing exclusively on the aspect of animal husbandry.