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A card game for baking perfectionists and those who like to sabotage them. Welcome to the Carroll County Cake Swap!

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Put on your apron and grab your mixing bowls as you vie for ribbons in the cake decorating contest at the Carroll County Fair. Create the tallest, most beautiful cakes by stacking layer upon layer of frosted sweetness. Will you go slow and steady to create a few cakes with extreme precision? Or rush to submit your cakes ahead of the competition?

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Draw or draft cards to build cakes up to five layers tall. Elbow your opponents to get the types of cake (chocolate or vanilla) and frosting flavors (five fruits, plus a wild) you need to win ribbons in six categories.

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Only one player may win each ribbon, so you’ll have to swipe, swap, and squeeze your way to victory. Some ribbons are worth more than others. Choose carefully which ones you go for in this race to outmaneuver other contestants.

The American Tabletop Awards are an award given to various board games released over the previous calendar year by a committee of tabletop media professionals all based in the United States. Today, the 4 winners for 2021 were announced, representing a wide variety of excellent games that span genres, player counts, and themes.

All 4 of these games are available to play on Tabletopia if you want to see what all the fuss is about, and we'd like to offer a massive congratulations to all the winners as well as the recommended and nominated games!



Designer: Emma Larkins
Artist: Bonnie Pang
Publisher: Gamewright





Designer: Thomas Sing
Artist: Marco Armbruster
Publisher: KOSMOS





Designer: Kevin Russ
Artist: Beth Sobel
Publisher: Flatout Games





Designer: Éric Dubus, Olivier Melison
Artist: Loïc Muzy, Agathe Pitié, Amber Scharf, Florian Stitz
Publisher: Holy Grail Games

In Dealt!, first released as Krass Kariert (Checkered Combos), you don't necessarily win by going out first, but at least you don't lose the game.

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To start, each player receives three life tokens and two reserve cards at random, which they place face up in front of themselves. They then receive a hand of cards, the order of which they cannot change. The start player for a round leads by playing a combination of up to three cards, and these cards must be next to one another in that player's hand. A player can lay down a single card, a pair, a triple, or a run of two or three consecutive cards. Each player in turn must beat the combination, with a pair being beaten by a higher pair or a triple. If you cannot or will not play, you instead pick up one of your reserve cards, placing it where you choose within your hand. If you have no more reserve cards, then you must discard a life token.

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Once each player has played or passed, whoever played the highest combination wins that round and begins the next round. If a player must discard a life token but has none, this player loses the game and everyone else wins.

The Old Ones have risen. Monsters walk the Earth. Humanity is finished, but the struggle continues. Which Great Old One will rule the ruins of Earth? Now, you take charge!

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Cthulhu Wars: Duel is a fast-moving two-player strategy game in which you play as Great Cthulhu himself or the Black Goat, a cosmic goddess of hideous fertility. Each side is strikingly different with unique units, abilities, and strategies available.

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In Cthulhu Wars: Duel, the giant plastic miniatures have been replaced with cardboard standees. This not only allows the game to be more affordable but also makes it travel-friendly and saves table space. This means you can drop a box of Cthulhu Wars: Duel in a bag and take it to your game night with minimal space requirements. Cthulhu Wars: Duel also doesn't take up as much table space as the original, allowing it to be played in smaller spaces. In short, this is the most accessible version of Cthulhu wars ever made!

The year is 2104. The machines dominate the planet Earth trying to wipe out the human race. You have been chosen to stop them.



Cyberdoom Tower is a solo and co-op futuristic dungeon delve experience where you try to collect the pass-codes to unlock the top floor of the Cyberdoom Tower and defeat the AI who controls the machines. Only you can save the world!



Explore the Cyberdoom Tower by moving your piece between the different floors of the tower. Fight the sentries guarding her by spending AP and rolling dice to determine your skills. Upgrade your gear deck to be ready for the final fight. The more time you spend collecting access codes, the harder it becomes.