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Thames & Kosmos expands its range of Alternative Energy kits with the arrival of Solar Powered Rovers

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14th July 2020

Thames & Kosmos are excited to announce the arrival of the hotly anticipated Solar Powered Rovers.This kit which is suitable for children aged 8+ has been eagerly anticipated by the company’s trade customers but sadly, due to COVID-19, the production of this kit was delay...

Board Game News

The Crew is in the winning orbit again.

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Nicky Thomas

10th July 2020

We are pleased to announce that The Crew has won the 2019 Meeples Choice Award in a close run battle.The Spielfrieks Group announced the winners and wrote 'Congratulations to designers Thomas Sing (The Crew), Tom Lehmann (Res Arcana), and Alexander Pfister (Maracaibo). It’...

Board Game News, General

New games alert – Aqualin & Crazy Fishing have hit the warehouse!

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Jane

9th July 2020

Aqualin, is a visually delightful addition to the company’s two-player strategy range. It is easy to learn but challenging to master. During the game, each player attempts to group together as many matching tiles as possible and form the most groups. One player works to create gr...

Science Kits News, General

We have a little bit of magic for you….

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Jane

11th June 2020

Some exciting new pocket money magic toys have entered our warehouse, just in time for next week's retail reopening week.The new Rabbit's Hat Ten-Trick Magic Wands retail at £3 each and are what every aspiring magician from the age of 6+ needs. With this special magic wan...

General

Back in business with a little helping hand from us….

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Jane

10th June 2020

Next week finally marks the day where “non-essential” retail shops can reopen their doors to the public (we don’t quite agree with the term non-essential, after all, playing board games most surely kept a lot of us sane during these uncertain times). It’s been a very long 2 ½ mon...

General, Science Kits News

The Gyrobot and Simple Machines have arrived in the warehouse!

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Jane

5th June 2020

We are extremely excited about the arrival of The Amazing Tightrope-Walking Gyrobot and the Simple Machines kit which have hit the Thames & Kosmos warehouse today.The Amazing Tightrope-Walking Gyrobot is a robot fit for the circus! The Thames & Kosmos Junior team has ...

General

The New Website is live!

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Nicky Thomas

3rd June 2020

Have you arrived here via our social media? Then you will have seen our special opening offer. If not, what are you waiting for?! Head over to @thamesandkosmosuk or @kosmosgamesuk on Insta or Twitter, follow us and grab your bargain code.

General

Spiel des Jahres nominations

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Nicky Thomas

18th May 2020

We were thrilled to find out today that My City has been nominated for Spiel des Jahres and that The Crew has been nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres. To have two games in the running for such prestigious awards is staggering and we are honoured to be considered.We will b...

Board Game News

The award-winning co-op game The Crew is back in stock!

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Jane

14th May 2020

We are extremely excited that The Crew – Quest for Planet Nine has finally made its way back to our warehouse. This co-operative strategy game sold out within days when it first hit earlier this year, as this new twist on a classic trick-taking card game hit a nerve with the gami...

Board Game News

Board Game Geek award success.

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Nicky Thomas

14th May 2020

We are thrilled to announce that The Crew – Quest for Planet Nine, has won the coveted Board Game Geek award for Best Co-operative Game of the year. Crew also won runner up in both Most Innovative game and Best Card game awards.Crew has been a huge hit around the world since ...