What's new in March?
The Gnomes are coming! We need your help!
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
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
Announcement: El Paso & the Board Game Road
The foundation for the Lookout Forest has been laid!
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!
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
Advent at Lookout
THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS IN RETAIL!
In October you had the chance to play our latest game Treos at Spiel in Essen. It seems that Sophie, Urs and the other heroes of Treos took a little detour from there to the shops. But now they have arrived!
TREOS is now available at your FLGS!
And what about Forest Shuffle? We're very pleased that Forest Shuffle is still gaining fans more than a year after its release. Despite regular reprints, most retailers are currently out of stock. But we've got good news! The latest print runs of the base game and the first expansion Forest Shuffle: Alpine are printed and on their way to you.
If Santa arrives late at your FLGS, our retailers will be happy to take your pre-orders. That way, you'll be able to put the first forests on your table in the early days of the new year.
TIME FOR A BREAK!
After a gaming year full of events it's getting quiet here at Lookout. We'll be taking a short winter break to relax, recharge our batteries and, surely, play a few rounds with our loved ones.
We will therefore be unavailable from the 16th of December 2024 until the 6th of January 2025.
The year 2025 will bring many highlights. We're looking forward to it. Until then, we wish you relaxing holidays and a good start to the new year!
the Lookout team
More fun for your online play
FIVE NEW LOOKOUT GAMES ON BOARD GAME ARENA
Board Game Arena is a wonderful alternative if your favorite board game circle is not available at the moment. Our Lookout team, spread across three countries, also meets regularly around the digital gaming table. Over the past few months, several of our games have contributed to the wide range of games available on BGA:
- Before hitting the markets, Treos , our autumn release, invited you on an adventure.
- The award-winning Forest Shuffle got its second expansion Forest Shuffle: Woodland Edge.
- The Mandala series has been expanded with Flowers: a Mandala game . This entry is now for up to 4 players.
- The Lookout classic Neom now also lets you prove your knack for urban architecture online.
- And with Piepmatz another classic joins the feeder… ahem… platform ;-)
See you at the virtual gaming table!
PS: Even if it's not new on BGA, it's worth taking a look at Patchwork . You can now also choose its beautiful birthday robe as a design.
the Lookout team
Autumn 2024: SPIEL'24 and a Lookout classic
MEET US AT SPIEL IN ESSEN FROM 3. - 6. OCT 2024
Soon we’ll be packing our bags for SPIEL'24 . And with us we’ll have not only the three novelties we’ve already announced, but one more!
- Hunt for the luck potion in our new adventure Treos.
- Take another dive into the colorful world of Mandala with Flowers: A Mandala game. Now with up to four people!
- Visit an old classic which, celebrating its 10th birthday, put on a new robe: Patchwork Specials: 10-year Anniversary Edition.
- And bring even more biodiversity to your forest with the Forest Shuffle: Woodland Edge expansion.
Looking forward to welcome you at our demo tables at Hall 6-B102!
Planning to do some shopping at the fair?
For the first time in Lookouts history, we will not have our own sales booth at SPIEL'24 . But you don’t have to leave empty handed. Just a few meters away from us, at booth D102, Asmodee Germany will provide you with our novelties. Attention, international customers: English copies only available for Treos and Forest Shuffle: Woodland Edge while stocks last.
Our Tip: The official SPIEL app!
Let it guide you to our booth, find interesting events and plan your visit at the fair with the official Spiel app .
See you there!
A LONG-AWAITED SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED!
Nusfjord surely is one of our beloved classics. That’s why we’ve now packed the big box for you. The Nusfjord Big Box not only contains the base game, but four expansions. Two of them newly developed for you:
- Nusfjord: Plaice Deck
- Nusfjord: Salmon Deck
- New: Nusfjord: Trout Deck
- New: Nusfjord: Besøkende Deck, introducing guest meeples.
For all of you that want to keep their beloved base game we’ve packed two nice expansion packs. The already released expansions Nusfjord: Plaice Deck and Nusfjord: Salmon Deck can be found in the Nusfjord: Expansion Pack #1 (Plaice & Salmon Deck). Who only needs the new expansions will be happy with the Nusfjord: Expansion Pack #2 (Trout & Besøkende Deck).
The Big Box and both expansion packs are available now at your FLGS. The expansion packs are NOT available in the US. Please have a look at your neighboring Canadian FLGS.
A DIGITAL FRIEND FOR YOUR FOREST
Do you enjoy a beautifully biodiverse forest at the end of a Forest Shuffle game, the calculation of points at the end, however, not quite so? Then we have just the thing for you!
Thanks to the brand-new Forest Shuffle Smart Counter App you’ll find the highest scoring forest more quickly. Simply scan all the cards, compare them with the neighboring forests and done!
- Now available for free
- For Android and iOS
- In English and German
- Scan option is language independent
- Including all expansions and all published promo cards
Get the app in the Google Play Store and Apple Store .
The Lookout Team