From digital to multimedial

Play Sir Ocelot’s Cave online on Board Game Arena

A collage of a detail shot of the game where one of the gemstone tokens stands upright in focus and the rest is blurred in the background. On the picture is the box of the game and the logo of Board Game Arena with the text: play online on. On top is the title saying: Now on Board Game Arena.

You want to shorten the waiting time for our autumn novelties? We’ve got you covered! Our spring releases Great Western Trail: El Paso and Sir Ocelot’s Cave have already arrived at your FLGS and also in some of your shelves. And while you can already play the former online on Board Game Arena , we’ve good news for Sir Ocelot’s Cave:

You can now play Sir Ocelot’s Cave online on Board Game Arena !

Happy gaming!

Cooperation with the German Architecture Museum

A collage of two pictures. The left one is showing the game Plan.Spiel.Stadt from above, all setup on a black table. The right one shows the same table from afar. Next to it are two persons in business casual style clothes, smiling at the camera and putting their hand on the game’s box. In the background there’s the exhibition. There are two texts on the collage. The title says: Plan.Spiel.Stadt. The subtitle says: A special cooperation.

What could the urban district of the future look like? What do its residents need? What are the effects of climate protection, mobility, social integration and demographic change? These are not questions that usually occupy us as a small board game publisher. But when the German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt asked us in spring 2024 whether we wanted to work through these and other questions together with them in a board game, we were thrilled.

The occasion for this is the exhibition „Stadt Bauen Heute?“ , which can be seen at the DAM from 28 June to 2 November 2025. Instead of an exhibition catalogue, you can slip into the role of the city administration, investors or environmentalists thanks to the accompanying board game „Plan.Spiel.Stadt“.

Plan.Spiel.Stadt, published by the German Architecture Museum, was created in cooperation between the Department of Education and Lookout. It complements the exhibition and offers an insight into the complex process of modern district planning and its challenges. The game is only available in German in the course of the exhibition at the DAM.

The Lookout team

Vanessa Written by | 04.07.2025

Forest Shuffle: Card replacement service ends

Cover: Forest Shuffle

As announced in January on the Forest Shuffle card replacement page, the replacement service for the color mismatched cards has ended today. We thank you all for your patience and understanding.

The Lookout team

Sören Written by | 27.06.2025

What’s new in May?

Explore some new paths with Forest Shuffle: Exploration

A collage of a 3D mockup of the games' box. In the background is an illustration of one of the caves of the game with a shadow of a bat. The collage is titled: Explore new forest paths. In the bottom right corner is another text saying: Coming May 2025.

Forest Shuffle continues to bring joy to the board game community, and we couldn't be happier to hear all the stories that you have shared with us. Soon it will be time for even more of them! With the latest expansion, Forest Shuffle: Exploration, we're sending you down new forest paths. They are made to be enjoyed:

  • alone in Solo Mode,
  • from different starting points with asymmetrical caves,
  • or in different parts of the world with 15 new and rare cards.

Forest Shuffle: Exploration will hit the markets at the end of May!

Sir Ocelot's or Professor Penguin's Cave?

A picture of the game mat with some gemstone tokens blurred in the background. In focus is another gemstone token siting upright in the mat surrounded by 3 tool tokens. Put on the picture is the box of the game and a text saying: Coming May 2025. On top of it is the title: A duell among friends!

Explore a newly discovered cave system as Sir Ocelot or Professor Penguin and compete for precious gemstones found inside. The prize for this little friendly competition is nothing less than the right to name this newly discovered location.

On your side are your tools and your trusty companion. Place them around the perimeter of the caves. Once the visual axis of three different tools 'encircles' a valuable item, you can retrieve the treasure. Who will gather the most valuable collection of gemstones and win the game?

Sir Ocelot's Cave is the latest entry in our series of Games for Two. The game, designed by Chis Dahlmann and illustrated by Marion Sonet, will send you on an adventure at the end of May.

The Lookout team

Vanessa Written by | 15.05.2025

What's new in March?

The Gnomes are coming! We need your help!

A collage with the preview cover of the game where you can see a bunch of Nirds with a shadow of a gnome underneath, both seperated by the logo of the game. Next to it is a gnome with a sigh saying GO AWAY and two Nirds (birds), all in a comic style. There's also the logo of Board Game Arena with the text: Play online on. The collage is titled with: We need YOU in Nirds vs. Gnomes! The background consists of two toned green stripes going out from the middle like lightbeams.

Nirds vs. Gnomes is a cooperative dice game where you command an army of nerdy birds (Nirds) to survive incoming waves of garden gnomes and their boss.

The rules are straight forward but winning takes some teamwork! Yes, this game is highly cooperative. And we want to bring this game to the next level by adding YOU to the team.

This game sounds right up your alley? Dive into Nirds vs. Gnomes auf Board Game Arena and let us know your thoughts and honest opinion on the game. Of course, our team will join games here and there. And we'd like to discuss ideas with you in the BGA-Forum .

We'll share more on that project over the next months here, on BGA and on our social media channels. We’re looking forward to your feedback and to a lot of wild games of Nirds vs. Gnomes with you!

Great Western Trail: El Paso live on BGA

A picture of the play mat of Great Western Trail: El Paso. In focus is the building tile of El Paso. On the picture is the game box and the logo of Board Game Arena with the addition: Play online on. Above that is the title: Now on Board Game Arena.

It’s only a few weeks until Great Western Trail: El Paso will hit the shops. We know you’re at least as excited about that as we are. That’s why we have good news for you:

Great Western Trail: El Paso is live on Board Game Arena with today!

So, gather your Simmentals, Shortshorns and Galloways and start your trip to Great Western Trail: El Paso!

The Lookout team

Vanessa Written by | 12.03.2025

Announcement: El Paso & the Board Game Road

The foundation for the Lookout Forest has been laid!

A picture of several people standing behind a small truck in a lush green environment. On the left on a tree a sigh says BOARD GAME ROAD. On the picture are the logos of Lookout Games and Click a Tree and a text saying: Lookout joins the the BOARD GAME ROAD

We, the whole Lookout team, are very grateful for 2024 as it was a good year for us! New colleagues joined the team, we met so many of you at various events and, of course, brought some new board games to your tables. And we're particularly proud that part of them expanded our Lookout GreenLine! We want to give something back.

That's why Lookout Games is joining the Board Game Road!

The Board Game Road is a project of Click a Tree in cooperation with several companies and persons of the board game industry. The goal is to create a healthy forest along a rural road in Ghana, the eponymous Board Game Road, and invest in the local community.

We know that planting a forest isn't done in a day. That's why this forest is supposed to be growing over time. Each year new trees will be planted. The first trees for the Lookout Forest are on their way!

We’re spotting on the horizon… El Paso!

A collage with the box of El Paso and two text inserts. Insert 1: There is a new game in town!, insert 2: Coming April 2025. In the background is a picure with a red and a yellow meeple of the game and a blurred card and the box.

Attention hobby ranchers! Get your cattle to El Paso. It’s worth it! At least, if, instead of real cows, you bring your Shorthorns, Simmentals and Galloways of Great Western Trail: El Paso to town there. Fans of the Great Western Trail series and all of you who feel that the bigger siblings are (sometimes) a tad too big, can look forward to spring. In El Paso, we have packed the well-known Great Western Trail feeling into a compact package. For an introduction to the series, a shorter game night, or to take anywhere.

You want to know more about the game?

We will share a look into the box and many more interesting details on our social media channels over the coming weeks.

When will you be able to collect your first cattle?

Great Western Trail: El Paso will hit the European markets in the second half of April. Shipping to the US and Asia will take a little longer. Sales in the US and Canada will start with Gen Con in Indianapolis from July 31 to August 3, 2025.

The Lookout-Team

Vanessa Written by | 31.01.2025