Salamandra

It is the festival of Litha and the scholars are scrambling: send your apprentices into the sacred groves to harvest resources that vanish at the end of each round, restore the vegetation, and earn the favour of the goddess Salamandra to be named Grand Druid. Once an apprentice is placed it stays put, flipping between day and night across four rounds, so every placement builds a chain that pays off later. Clean rules, a solo mode and an engine that grows every turn make this a proper medium-weight Euro you can teach in ten minutes. Co-designed by Johannes Goupy, the mind behind the award-winning Faraway.

• Players: 1–4
• Play time: 45–60 min
• Ages: 10+
• Publisher: Grrre Games
• Year: 2025