ALDERAC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Alderac Enterainment Group, abbreviated at AEG, were formed in 1993 by Jolly Blackburn. At the time, the company focused on hobby gaming magazines such as Shadis - winner of the 1994,1995 and 1996 Origin Awards for best professional gaming magazine. The company released the popular Legend of the Five Rings card game in 1995, however they didn't enter the 'board game' market until 2009. Since then we have been treated to some amazing board game franchises, including top sellers such as Smash Up, Love Letter, Valley of the Kings, Mystic Vale and Dice City. According to their official website, Alderac Entertainment Group has a virtual workforce distributed all over the world. This includes France, Canada and several US states.

THE AEG FRANCHISE

The Alderac Entertainment Group has released a number of card, board and miniature games over the years. Some of their most successful franchises include Smash Up, Love Letter and Valley of the Kings. All of these games have several different expansions, adding new and exciting aspects to the respective series.

Alongside their main franchise games, AEG also has a wide range of innovative games like Mystic Vale, Dice City, Automobiles and Istanbul. They are also known for the hit game Junta.

See the full range!

ALDERAC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Alderac Enterainment Group, abbreviated at AEG, were formed in 1993 by Jolly Blackburn. At the time, the company focused on hobby gaming magazines such as Shadis - winner of the 1994,1995 and 1996 Origin Awards for best professional gaming magazine. The company released the popular Legend of the Five Rings card game in 1995, however they didn't enter the 'board game' market until 2009. Since then we have been treated to some amazing board game franchises, including top sellers such as Smash Up, Love Letter, Valley of the Kings, Mystic Vale and Dice City. According to their official website, Alderac Entertainment Group has a virtual workforce distributed all over the world. This includes France, Canada and several US states.

THE AEG FRANCHISE

The Alderac Entertainment Group has released a number of card, board and miniature games over the years. Some of their most successful franchises include Smash Up, Love Letter and Valley of the Kings. All of these games have several different expansions, adding new and exciting aspects to the respective series.

Alongside their main franchise games, AEG also has a wide range of innovative games like Mystic Vale, Dice City, Automobiles and Istanbul. They are also known for the hit game Junta.

See the full range!

Junta: Las Cartas Review

By David Molyneux | 09/10/2018

Junta: Las Cartas has been streamlined into a card game format,with emphasis on a more single-minded approach to the wheeling’s and dealings of a government

Dice City Board Game Review

By Matthew Thomasson | 25/04/2018

The capital of Rolldovia has been destroyed by bandits and the Queen is looking for a new capital! In Dice City you’re are a leader of a noble family.

Confessions of a Modern Day Tyrant – Junta

By Iain Gaskin | 02/11/2017

In Junta, the objective is to end up as the player with the fattest swiss bank account. Find out our fancy-dress play-through of this game went down.

The Captain Is Dead Review

By Robert Wilde | 21/07/2021

The Captain is Dead; you and your crewmates have to step forward to save your enterprising space ship from alien attack in this fun and panic driven game.

Valley of the Kings Review

By The Game Shelf | 21/12/2017

Valley of the Kings in a deck-building game for 2-4 players. The goal of the game is to collect sets of burial items to place into your tomb before you die.

Smash Up Review

By Luke Hector | 28/03/2018

Smash Up shouldn’t be taken seriously; it’s a fun, light interactive, combat game where you can indulge your “nerd” spirit within. Read more in our review.

Deck Building Innovation – Mystic Vale Review

By Luke Hector | 04/12/2017

Innovation is something I want to see more of in games. Well AEG have taken the popular deck building mechanic and added a new twist in Mystic Vale.

TOP TITLES FROM ALDERAC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

SMASH UP

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The “shufflebuilding” game Smash Up starts with a simple premise: Take the twenty-card decks of two factions, shuffle them into a forty-card deck, then compete to smash more Bases than your opponents! Each unique faction brings a different game mechanism into play. Play as unique combinations such as the Pirate-Aliens and the Wizard-Zombies.

LOVE LETTER PREMIUM

£20.85Out Of Stock

Love Letter might not come with a stack of components, its theme might not fire your imagination, but gameplay is king and thanks to its elegant design, it’s great fun. Players are constantly engaged, trying to bluff convincingly or deduce what their rivals are hiding, and because it’s so fast there’s little time for anyone to get bored, even in a four-player game.

DICE CITY

£37.00Out Of Stock

The Kingdom of Rolldovia is in turmoil. Her royal highness, the Queen, has decreed that there will be a new capital after the old one was sacked by hordes of barbarians and bandits from the south. As leaders of one of the country’s influential noble families, players vie with each other to establish their provincial city as the best home for Rolldovia’s new capital.

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THE CAPTAIN IS DEAD

£40.99Add to basket

The Captain Is Dead is a co-op game for 2 to 7 players. All you have to do is get the ship's engines (aka "Jump Core") back online and you win, but because there is a hostile alien ship trying to destroy you, that is easier said than done.Each member of your crew has special abilities and skills, and you're going to need to work as a team to maximise potential.

SPACE BASE

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Space Base is a quick-to-learn, quick-to-play dice game using the core "I roll, everyone gets stuff" mechanism seen in other games. It's also a strategic engine builder using a player board (your space base) and tableaus of ship cards that you can purchase and add to your board. This is a game you can pick up and teach within the first round or two!

MYSTIC VALE

£42.00Out Of Stock

In Mystic Vale, layers take on the role of druid clans trying to cleanse the curse upon the land. Each turn, you play cards into your field to gain powerful advancements and useful vale cards. Use your power wisely, or decay will end your turn prematurely. Score the most victory points to win the game! Will you be able to overcome the viscous curse?

SAKURA ARMS

£22.24Out Of Stock

Sakura Arms is a two-player duelling game in which players first choose two of seven megami (Japanese goddesses), each of which has a different keyword which empowers some of their cards. The gameplay at its core is simple, and due to its limited environment, it is relatively easy to learn the cards for a deck building game. Will you be victorious?

THINK IT UP

£16.85Add to basket

How many professions starting with the letter “M” can you name in a minute? Who can come up with the longest first name starting with “U”? Who can call the shortest drink starting with “R”? Think It Up! is a game for parties and family get-togethers. Each turn you draw letter and category cards, then show your great skills of reaction - can you find the correct word?

THE MASTERS' TRIALS

Original price was: £39.89.Current price is: £31.69.Add to basket

The Masters’ Trials: Wrath of Magmaroth is a cooperative dice-crafting game in which players represent the masters from the orders that have banded together to face the evil elemental. It uses the dice-crafting mechanism made popular in the game Dice City but in a new and exciting way. Can you master the technique and defeat Magmaroth before it's too late.

£22.24Out Of Stock

£16.85Add to basket

Original price was: £39.89.Current price is: £31.69.Add to basket

SMASH UP

£27.79Add to basket

The “shufflebuilding” game Smash Up starts with a simple premise: Take the twenty-card decks of two factions, shuffle them into a forty-card deck, then compete to smash more Bases than your opponents! Each unique faction brings a different game mechanism into play. Play as unique combinations such as the Pirate-Aliens and the Wizard-Zombies.

£27.79Add to basket

LOVE LETTER PREMIUM

£20.85Out Of Stock

Love Letter might not come with a stack of components, its theme might not fire your imagination, but gameplay is king and thanks to its elegant design, it’s great fun. Players are constantly engaged, trying to bluff convincingly or deduce what their rivals are hiding, and because it’s so fast there’s little time for anyone to get bored, even in a four-player game.

£20.85Out Of Stock

DICE CITY

£37.00Out Of Stock

The Kingdom of Rolldovia is in turmoil. Her royal highness, the Queen, has decreed that there will be a new capital after the old one was sacked by hordes of barbarians and bandits from the south. As leaders of one of the country’s influential noble families, players vie with each other to establish their provincial city as the best home for Rolldovia’s new capital.

£37.00Out Of Stock

THE KING IS DEAD

£40.99Add to basket

The Captain Is Dead is a co-op game for 2 to 7 players. All you have to do is get the ship's engines (aka "Jump Core") back online and you win, but because there is a hostile alien ship trying to destroy you, that is easier said than done.Each member of your crew has special abilities and skills, and you're going to need to work as a team to maximise potential.

£40.99Add to basket

SPACE BASE

£35.59Add to basket

Space Base is a quick-to-learn, quick-to-play dice game using the core "I roll, everyone gets stuff" mechanism seen in other games. It's also a strategic engine builder using a player board (your space base) and tableaus of ship cards that you can purchase and add to your board. This is a game you can pick up and teach within the first round or two!

MYSTIC VALE

£42.00Out Of Stock

In Mystic Vale, layers take on the role of druid clans trying to cleanse the curse upon the land. Each turn, you play cards into your field to gain powerful advancements and useful vale cards. Use your power wisely, or decay will end your turn prematurely. Score the most victory points to win the game! Will you be able to overcome the viscous curse?

£42.00Out Of Stock

SAKURA ARMS

£22.24Out Of Stock

Sakura Arms is a two-player duelling game in which players first choose two of seven megami (Japanese goddesses), each of which has a different keyword which empowers some of their cards. The gameplay at its core is simple, and due to its limited environment, it is relatively easy to learn the cards for a deck building game. Will you be victorious?

£22.24Out Of Stock

THINK IT UP

£16.85Add to basket

How many professions starting with the letter “M” can you name in a minute? Who can come up with the longest first name starting with “U”? Who can call the shortest drink starting with “R”? Think It Up! is a game for parties and family get-togethers. Each turn you draw letter and category cards, then show your great skills of reaction - can you find the correct word?

£16.85Add to basket

THE MASTERS' TRIALS

Original price was: £39.89.Current price is: £31.69.Add to basket

The Masters’ Trials: Wrath of Magmaroth is a cooperative dice-crafting game in which players represent the masters from the orders that have banded together to face the evil elemental. It uses the dice-crafting mechanism made popular in the game Dice City but in a new and exciting way. Can you master the technique and defeat Magmaroth before it's too late.