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

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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!

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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

Advent at Lookout

THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS IN RETAIL!

A collage split in two with the title: Games in retail! Left half: The box of Treos and the text: Available now. In the background a close-up of the board of Treos with some of the meeples. Right half: The boxes of the base game of Forest Shuffle und the alpine expansion and the text: available soon. In the background the background graphic of the cover of the alpine expansion.

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!

A collage with the title: Winter break! Next to it a Christmas card with a stylised sledge of Santa Clause, drawn by a colorful illustrated cowboy on a jumping horse. On plus the text: From here to El Paso we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The background is fading from light blue to white with white snow flakes and a stylised string of lights.

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

Vanessa Written by | 04.12.2024

More fun for your online play

FIVE NEW LOOKOUT GAMES ON BOARD GAME ARENA

A collage of all the boxes of the games mentioned below with the headline: New on Board Game Arena. The background is a close-up of the board and some figures of Treos.

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:

Want to try one of these games, but have never played it in real life? No worries! All of them come with a tutorial on BGA. Many thanks to the developers and tutorial makers for their great work!

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

Vanessa Written by | 30.10.2024