KOSMOS
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. is a media publishing house based in Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 1822 by Johann Friedrich Franckh. In the nineteenth century, the company published the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff as well as works by Wilhelm Waiblinger and Eduard Mörike.
The "Friends of Nature Club" (Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde) was set up in 1903 in response to booming public interest in science and technology, and by 1912 100,000 members were receiving its monthly magazine "Cosmos" (Kosmos). The company moved into publishing books on popular science topics under the brands Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung and KOSMOS, including successful non-fiction guidebooks by Hanns Günther and Heinz Richter. Children's fiction and Kosmos-branded science experimentation kits were introduced in the 1920s.
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Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung
Thames & Kosmos
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Founded in 1822 by Johann Friedrich Franckh as Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co.
In 1912, they published a monthly magazine under the name "Cosmos" (Kosmos).
Circa 1920s, the company moved into publishing books on popular science topics under the brands Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung and KOSMOS.
In 2001, the subsidiary Thames & Kosmos was formed in North America.
In 2015, Thames & Kosmos UK LP was formed to publish games in the United Kingdom.
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[2018]
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Lost Cities: To Go
[2018]
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Happy Salmon
[2016]
Description from the publisher:
Happy Salmon is a simple, ultra-fast, very silly card game.
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Kodama: The Tree Spirits
[2016]
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Catan Junior
[2014]
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Kashgar: Merchants of the Silk Road
[2013]
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Catan: Explorers & Pirates
[2013]
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Catan: Explorers & Pirates – 5-6 Player Extension
[2013]
This extension for Catan: Explorers & Pirates allows a fifth and sixth player to join in the building, trading, colonizing, fishing, sailing, pirate battling, and spice trading fun. Catan: Explorers & Pirates - 5-6 Player Extension adds components fo...
Hanamikoji
[2013]
Welcome to the most well-known geisha street in the old capital, Hanamikoji. Geisha — the graceful women elegantly mastering in art, music, dance, and a variety of artistic performances after years of training — are greatly respected and adored. Geis...
Machi Koro
[2012]
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Targi
[2012]
Theme and overview:
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The Rivals for Catan: Age of Enlightenment
[2012]
Game description from the publisher:
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Legends of Andor
[2012]
Game description from the publisher:
Legends of Andor is a cooperative adventure board game for two to four players in which a band of heroes must work together to defend a fantasy realm from invading hordes. To secure Andor's borders, the h...
The Rivals for Catan: Age of Darkness
[2011]
The Rivals for Catan: Age of Darkness, a 90-card expansion for The Rivals for Catan, includes three separate theme sets that can be used with the base game:
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Struggle for Catan
[2011]
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Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
[2011]
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The Rivals for Catan
[2010]
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[2008]
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Catan: Traders & Barbarians – 5-6 Player Extension
[2008]
Now five to six players jump in on the new adventures taking place on the island of Catan. The expansion includes new scenarios and opens up roads to even greater wealth or bitter poverty for up to six players.
Belongs to the Catan series.
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[2007]
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[2007]
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[2006]
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[2005]
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Pentago
[2005]
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[2004]
From the back of the box:
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Tsuro
[2004]
From the publisher:
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Nautilus
[2002]
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Catan: Cities & Knights – 5-6 Player Extension
[2000]
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Catan: Seafarers – 5-6 Player Extension
[1999]
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Lost Cities
[1999]
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[1998]
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Through the Desert
[1998]
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Publisher's Description
From the aw...
Kahuna
[1998]
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[1997]
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Catan: 5-6 Player Extension
[1996]
Allows you to add up to two more opponents to The Settlers of Catan. The only change in the rules is that there is a building round at the end of each turn in which any player can build.
Belongs to the Catan Series.
Expands:
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[1996]
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[1995]
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[1968]
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