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Ideology: 2nd Edition
Ideology is a 2-5 player game where each player symbolizes one of the 20th Century's most powerful Ideologies -- Capitalism, Islamic Fundamentalism, Imperialism, Communism, or Fascism. Starting with one global region completely under its sway, each Ideology attempts to influence and control the independent regions of the earth.
Each Ideology will use economic, cultural, and military influence to bring countries under control. If a player has influence in a country in which you have influence, you can both engage in economic, cultural, and military conflict (depending on your diplomatic stance toward each other) to knock out your opponent's influence. You can also purchase Advancements like Propaganda, Tactics, etc. to make it harder for an opponent to conflict you or to make it easier for you to influence a country.
The goal is to posses a Global Influence of 12 or more.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Political |
2003 |
1 |
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Ghost Blitz Board Game
Balduin, the house ghost, found an old camera in the castle cellar. Immediately he photographed everything that he loves to make disappear when he is haunting including himself, of course. Unfortunately, the enchanted camera takes many photos in the wrong colors. Sometimes the green bottle is white, at other times it's blue. Looking at the photos, Balduin doesn't really remember any more what he wanted to make disappear next. Can you help him with his haunting and quickly name the right item, or even make it disappear by yourself? If you grab the right items quickly, you have a good chance of winning. In Geistesblitz, five wooden items sit on the table waiting to be caught: a white ghost, a green bottle, a cute grey mouse, a blue book and a comfortable red chair. Each card in the deck shows pictures of two objects, with one or both objects colored the wrong way. With all players playing at the same time, someone reveals a card, then players grab for the "right" object but which object is right? If one object is colored correctly say, a green bottle and a red mouse then players need to grab that correctly colored object. If both objects are colored incorrectly say, a green ghost and a red mouse then you look for the object and color not represented among the four details shown. In this case you see green, red, ghost and mouse, so players need to grab the blue book. The first player to grab the correct object keeps the card, then reveals the next card from the deck. If a…
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 8
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Lion Rampant Imports Ltd |
Action, Dexterity, Card Game, Children's Game, Real-time |
2010 |
1 |
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Myrmes
In Myrmes, players control ant colonies and use their ants to explore the land (leaving pheromones in their wake); harvest "crops" like stone, earth and aphids; fight with other ants; complete requests from the Queen; birth new ants; and otherwise dominate their tiny patch of dirt, all in a quest to score points and prove that they belong at the top of the heap, er, anthill. After three seasons of scrabbling and foraging, each ant colony faces a harsh winter that will test its colonial strength.
In game terms, each player has an individual game board to track what's going on inside his colony – that is, whether the nurses are tending to larvae or doing other things, where the larvae are in their growth process, what resources the colony has, which actions are available to workers when they leave the colony, and so on. The shared game board shows the landscape outside the exit tunnel that all colonies share; after exiting this tunnel, workers ants can move over the terrain to place pheromones (which gives them access to resource cubes), clean up empty pheromones (to make space), hunt prey (by discarding soldiers) or place special tiles (but only if they've developed the ant colony).
The game lasts three years, and at the start of each year three season dice are rolled to determine the event for each season: extra larvae or soldiers, more VPs for actions, and so on. Within each season, players can spend larvae to adjust the event…
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Ystari Games |
Animals, Environmental, Farming |
2012 |
1 |
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Orléans
During the medieval goings-on around Orléans, you must assemble a following of farmers, merchants, knights, monks, etc. to gain supremacy through trade, construction and science in medieval France.
In the city of Orléans and the area of the Loire, you can take trade trips to other cities to acquire coveted goods and build trading posts. You need followers and their abilities to expand your dominance by putting them to work as traders, builders, and scientists. Knights expand your scope of action and secure your mercantile expeditions. Craftsmen build trading stations and tools to facilitate work. Scholars make progress in science, and last but not least it cannot hurt to get active in monasteries since with monks on your side you are much less likely to fall prey to fate.
In Orléans, you will always want to take more actions than possible, and there are many paths to victory. The challenge is to combine all elements as best as possible with regard to your strategy.
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Tasty Minstrel Games |
Medieval, Religious, Travel |
2014 |
1 |
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Scythe
Scythe gives players almost complete control over their fate. Other than each player's individual hidden objective card, the only elements of luck or variability are "Encounter" cards that players will draw as they interact with the citizens of newly explored lands. Each encounter card provides the player with several options, allowing them to mitigate the luck of the draw through their selection. Combat is also driven by choices, not luck or randomness.
Scythe uses a streamlined action-selection mechanism (no rounds or phases) to keep gameplay moving at a brisk pace and reduce downtime between turns. While there is plenty of direct conflict for players who seek it, there is no player elimination.
Every part of Scythe has an aspect of engine-building to it. Players can upgrade actions to become more efficient, build structures that improve their position on the map, enlist new recruits to enhance character abilities, activate mechs to deter opponents from invading, and expand their borders to reap greater types and quantities of resources. These engine-building aspects create a sense of momentum and progress throughout the game. The order in which players improve their engine adds to the unique feel of each game, even when playing one faction multiple times.
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stonemaier Games |
4x, Alternate History, Eurogame, Resource Management, Sci-Fi, Strategy, Territory Building |
2016 |
1 |
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Star Wars: Empire vs. Rebellion
Take command of the unlimited resources of the Galactic Empire or the heroic men and women of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars?: Empire vs. Rebellion, a card game for two players. In every round, you and your opponent match wits and resources in a struggle during a key event from the Galactic Civil War. You'll need to stretch your resources to the limit to outmaneuver your opponent and end up on top of the struggle.
As you employ your resources, iconic characters from the Star Wars saga can have powerful effects on the outcome of a struggle. Whether you leap to the rescue with Luke Skywalker, or scheme in the shadows with Jabba the Hutt, these characters shape every struggle they enter. At the same time, overarching strategies give you a way to surprise your opponent. Secretly chosen at the beginning of each round, strategy cards can help you claim victory from the most unlikely scenarios. By winning enough struggles for the Empire or the Rebellion, you are victorious.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Fantasy Flight Games |
Bluffing, Card Game, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Science Fiction |
2014 |
1 |
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Time 'N' Space
Here, where space is endless and time is precious, you face the challenges of a true space commander. From the bustling hub that is your control center, you coordinate your planet's production, transport, and demand.
However, each of your actions requires the flip of a one-minute sandtimer, and you only have two of these timers. In exactly 30 minutes you must manage as many deliveries as possible, while, simultaneously, the other players do the same. So keep a cool head and your communication channels wide open to arrange opportune deals with each of the other players!
Time 'N' Space is a game for game for 3-4 players, and plays in exactly 30 minutes. An introductory game is also provided that plays in 12 minutes. The sandtimer mechanic in this game makes Time 'N' Space a unique game experience!
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stronghold Games |
Economic, Negotiation, Real-time, Science Fiction, Transportation |
2013 |
1 |
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Welcome to the Dungeon
Welcome to the Dungeon is a micro dungeon crawler by Masato Uesugi and Paul Mafayon for 2 to 4 players with push-your-luck elements and disappearing equipment.
Dare your opponents to tackle the dungeon with less-and-less equipment to fend off the increasing horde of monsters.
This push-your-luck dungeon delve tests your courage and shrewd choices.
Beat the dungeon twice or be the last warrior standing to win the game.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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IELLO |
Bluffing, Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting |
2013 |
1 |
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Modern Art
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in the high-stakes world of fine art auctions, there's nothing more beautiful than making a buck.
In Modern Art, players take on the role of curators, buying and selling paintings for their museum. Over the course of four rounds, they take part in a number of auctions, trying to get the best value for the pieces in their collection. Whoever makes the most money wins the game (and keeps their job).
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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CMON |
Card Game, Economic |
1992 |
1 |
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Spirit Island
Powerful Spirits have existed on this isolated island for time immemorial. They are both part of the natural world and - at the same time - something beyond nature. Native Islanders, known as the Dahan, have learned how to co-exist with the spirits, but with a healthy dose of fear and reverence. However, now, the island has been "discovered" by invaders from a far-off land. These would-be colonists are taking over the land and upsetting the natural balance, destroying the presence of Spirits as they go. As Spirits, you must grow in power and work together to drive the invaders from your island... before it's too late!
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Greater Than Games |
Alternate History, Environmental, Fantasy, Fighting, Mythology, Renaissance, Strategy, Territory Building |
2016 |
1 |
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Nagaraja
Twin temples of two forgotten divinities containing ancient relics have been discovered in India. You set off on a treasure hunt, racing to find them before your rival, but your progress is slowed by a constantly shifting maze of paths… And eternal damnation awaits anyone foolish enough to uncover the three cursed relics of the evil god Garuda!
MOVE QUICKLY...CHOOSE WISELY! A treasure race packed with tough choices, twists & turns!
In this 2-players game, each player moves around their own temple, which has spaces for room tiles and hiding places for 9 sacred and cursed relics around. These relics are placed randomly, facedown, around the temples and worth victory points once flipped face up. The first player to score 25 victory points wins the game. However, a player loses if they reveal all three cursed relics! Each round, the players compete to win a new room tile by using cards allowing them to throw fate sticks. The player with the most fate points showing on their sticks wins the room tile and places it in their temple. Each player attempts to create paths leading to their relics, enabling them to flip them face up and score victory points. Yet, Naga symbols on some sticks let you activate cards with powerful effects, so that you can never take anything for granted…
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Hurrican |
Adventure, Bluffing, Exploration, Maze |
2019 |
1 |
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Sheriff of Nottingham
The Sheriff of Nottingham is a fun and engaging game for all where each player will have the chance to be the Sheriff himself! As peasants, players will declare goods they wish to bring into the city and it will be up to the Sheriff to decide who is telling the truth and who is secretly trying to smuggle in contraband!
Experience Nottingham in a whole new way! Declare your goods, deal with the Sheriff and secure victory in a fun-filled and exciting adventure!
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Arcane Wonders |
Bluffing, Card Game, Humor, Medieval, Negotiation, Party Game |
2014 |
1 |
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Mutants
In Mutants, 2-4 players have to mix and match genetics to create the ultimate warriors and demonstrate their prowess in the arena. By dominating in the arena and freezing the most valuable mutants, you gain prestige — and whoever collects the most prestige wins.
In each round, players take turns until all players have used every card in their hand. At the end of the round, the player whose token is closest to the top space of the arena track scores prestige based on the round track. The game proceeds in this way for five rounds, after which players reveal their archives and gain additional prestige based on the freeze value of the mutants they have placed there.
In more detail, on your turn you perform three steps. First, you check to see whether you crushed the competition, then you ready your mutants in play, then you take one action from the following three:
- Breed: Gain a new mutant card to use in battle this round.
- Incubate: Prepare a new mutant card to use in battle next round.
- Deploy mutant: Play a mutant from your hand to your active mutant slot.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Lucky Duck Games |
Card Game, Fighting, Video Game Theme |
2019 |
1 |
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Acquire
In Acquire, each player strategically invests in businesses, trying to retain a majority of stock. As the businesses grow with tile placements, they also start merging, giving the majority stockholders of the acquired business sizable bonuses, which can then be used to reinvest into other chains. All of the investors in the acquired company can then cash in their stocks for current value or trade them 2-for-1 for shares of the newer, larger business. The game is a race to acquire the greatest wealth.
This Sid Sackson classic has taken many different forms over the years depending on the publisher. Some versions of the 3M bookshelf edition included rules for a 2-player variant. The original version is part of the 3M Bookshelf Series.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Avalon Hill |
Economic |
2016 |
1 |
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Camel Up: Supercup Expansion
Witness the craziest camel race of all time get EVEN CRAZIER! As the season continues, the cursed pyramid unleashes its magic power and incites the camels to get a move on!
Meanwhile, international reporters and photographers are on the spot, patiently waiting for the craziest camel-towers to stack up. Even the Egyptian high society has developed new betting techniques to profiteer.
Can you make the most of these new assets and surprise the other players with the craziest bets imaginable? There's only one way to find out: Let's start the race!
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 10
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Animals, Dice, Expansion, Racing |
2015 |
1 |
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Chinatown
New York in the 1960s. A new wave of Chinese immigrants is moving into Chinatown. The adoption of the new immigration act has launched the district into a demographic boom! It now reaches Canal Street to the north and Bowery Street to the east. Arriving by the thousands, the immigrants seek to buy buildings, establish businesses, and fulfill the American Dream! Take a bite of the Big Apple and use your talents to acquire the most extraordinary fortune in America in Chinatown!
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
City Building, Economic |
1999 |
1 |
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Enigma
In Enigma, players are exploring an ancient temple, solving different problems to make their way from room to room.
Problem solving is done simultaneously in four different categories — tangrams, block-stacking, canal-building and balance problems — and those who succeed expand the temple with the problem tile they solved, thus adding a new chain of rooms inside the temple or extending an existing chain of rooms. After placing a tile, a player can occupy a room on that tile with one of his three archaeologists as long as no other room of the same color is already occupied in that chain. When the chain is closed — that is, when the chain has no "loose ends" that can be expanded upon — any archaeologists in that chain's room return to their players, and players score 1 point for each archaeologist they receive. The game ends when somebody reaches 15 points, and the player who has the most points wins.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Adventure, Puzzle, Real-time |
2012 |
1 |
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Shadow of the Emperor Board Game
In the Shadow of the Emperor is a tactical game for 2-4 players. Players represent aristocratic families at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor. Players seek to get their family members into influential positions with the various electorships of the Empire. Once there they accumulate votes towards being elected to be Holy Roman Emperor. Players choose actions for their family members to take, which allow them to wrest control of the various Elector States (each of which has a special ability in addition to its voting power) whilst displacing their opponents. However, family members age and die and the number of action cards is limited, restricting the tactical options. As players build their influence they collect victory points and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Rio Grande Games |
Medieval, Political |
2004 |
1 |
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Good Cop Bad Cop
Good Cop Bad Cop is a hidden identity, bluffing, and deduction game about a corrupted police district.
Corruption has infiltrated your agency. The Kingpin must be taken down before the crooked cops take out the Agent. You won't be able to do it alone, but there's no knowing who's honest and who's crooked. Do some investigating to discover who's who, but act fast; there aren't enough guns for everyone!
Good Cop Bad Cop plays 4-8 players, can be learned and played in 10 to 20 minutes, and is suitable for ages 12+. It comes with 54 cards, each with a linen finish, in a tuck box.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 4
Maximum Players: 8
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Overworld Games |
Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Party Game, Spies/Secret Agents |
2014 |
1 |
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Mystic Vale
"I really love this one. It's fantastic! If you like Dominion, you're going to love this game. Into my collection!"
- Tom Vasel, The Dice Tower
A curse has been placed on the Valley of Life. Hearing the spirits of nature cry out for aid, clans of druids have arrived, determined to use their blessings to heal the land and rescue the spirits. It will require courage and also caution, as the curse can overwhelm the careless who wield too much power.
In Mystic Vale, players take on the role of druidic 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!
Mystic Vale features an innovative Card Crafting System that creates a game experience like you've never played before!
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Alderac Entertainment Group |
Card Game, Fantasy |
2016 |
1 |
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Orléans: Invasion
Orléans: Invasion, the first large expansion for the award-winning game 'Orléans', contains six scenarios, new buildings, and several new event-cards. The scenarios were designed by Reiner Stockhausen and Inka and Markus Brand: 'Prosperity': A classic expansion for 2-5 players including new buildings and introducing the carpenter, designed by Inka and Markus Brand. 'Invasion': A co-operative scenario for 2-5 players in which the players have to fend off an invasion and fulfill personal goals to win, designed by Inka and Markus Brand. 'The Duel': A scenario for two players in which both opponents have to complete four objectives to win, designed by Reiner Stockhausen. In addition, Orléans: Invasion contains three solo-challenges by Reiner Stockhausen.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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DLP Games |
Expansion, Medieval, Religious, Travel |
2015 |
1 |
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Seasons
Assuming the role of one of the greatest sorceress of the time, you will be participating in the legendary tournament of the 12 Seasons. Your goal is to raise the most victory points by gathering energy, summoning familiars and magic items. If you amass enough crystals and symbols of prestige, you will become the kingdom's most illustrious mage. Optimize the cards through skillful combinations, using the seasons wisely to access the energies of crystals and become the new Archmage of the kingdom of Xidit.
In a first phase, select 9 power cards at the same time as your opponents. Do the right choices, because they will determine the rest of the game. Acclimatize to the season to make the most of the actions proposed by each roll of the dice! Collect energies, invoke magical and familiar objects, and collect enough crystals, the symbol of prestige.
The time is now magician!
Features:
* Superior artwork
* Tons of different strategies
* Mix cards to create unique combinations to give you more chances to win.
* Manage your energy between seasons and adapt your gameplay
* 3 different difficulty levels in one game!
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Asmodee Editions |
Card Game, Dice, Fantasy |
2012 |
1 |
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Steam
In Steam you build railroads and deliver goods along an ever changing network of tracks and stations. You build the tracks, upgrade towns, improve your train, and grab the right goods to make the longest, most profitable deliveries. Score your deliveries and add to your income or victory points, balancing your need to invest against your quest to win the game.
Steam contains a beautiful, double-sided game board. The map on each side depicts terrain, towns, and cities at the start of the railway age. The map of the northeastern USA and neighboring Canada is ideal for 3 or 4 players. Use the map of Europe's lower Rhine and Ruhr region when playing a 4 or 5 player game. You can play Steam on any number of current and future variant and expansion maps, so we include pieces for 6 players.
The game plays very similarly to Age of Steam but with modifications to some of its mechanics and artwork. Tracks for income, train level, etc. are all printed on the board around the map such that alternate maps can be overlaid on the board and the necessary tracks will still be able to be used.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 3
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Mayfair Games |
Economic, Trains, Transportation |
2009 |
1 |
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Tokaido
Each player is a traveler crossing the "East sea road", one of the most magnificent roads of Japan. While traveling, players will meet people, taste fine meals, collect beautiful items, discover great panoramas and visit temples and wild places. At the end of the day, when everyone has arrived at the end of the road you'll have to be the most initiated traveler – which means that you'll have to be the one who discovered the most interesting and varied things.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Flat River Group |
Travel |
2012 |
1 |
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Zeppelin Attack!
Take over the world in Zeppelin Attack, a deck building game set in the world of Evil Hat Productions' Spirit of the Century. You play villainous masterminds bent on world domination. To win, you must build a powerful deck of Zeppelin cards, weapons, defenses and operatives, and then use these to fight your opponent’s Zeppelins. The player who gets the most points from winning battles and acquiring valuable cards will win the game. There’s only room for one ultimate criminal overlord: you. Bring your zeppelins.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Evil Hat Productions |
Aviation, Flight, Card Game, Fighting |
2014 |
1 |
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Onitama
Onitama is a two-player, perfect information abstract game with a random starting set-up. On a 5x5 board, both players start with five pawns on their side, with the main pawn in the middle.
Each player has two open cards that each display a possible move for any of his pieces. There is a fifth card that cannot be used by either player. On a player's turn, he chooses one of his cards, moves one of his pieces according to the chosen card, then replaces the card he used with the fifth card. The other player then chooses one of his cards, moves accordingly, and exchanges that card with this fifth card — which is, of course, the card the first player just used.
Moving onto one of the opponent's pawns removes that pawn from the game. Taking the opponent's main pawn, or moving your main pawn into your opponent's main pawn's starting space, wins you the game.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Arcane Wonders |
Abstract, Ancient |
2014 |
1 |
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Root
Find adventure in this marvelous asymmetric game. Root provides limitless replay value as you and your friends explore the unique factions all wanting to rule a fantastic forest kingdom. Play as the Marquise de Cat and dominate the woods, extracting its riches and policing its inhabitants, as the Woodland Alliance, gathering supporters and coordinate revolts against the ruling regime, the Eyrie Dynasties, regaining control of the woods while keeping your squabbling court at bay, or as the Vagabond, seeking fame and fortune as you forge alliances and rivalries with the other players. Each faction has its own play style and paths to victory, providing an immersive game experience you will want to play again and again.
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Leder Games |
Adventure, Animals, Fantasy, Wargame |
2018 |
1 |
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Planet
In Planet, spread your mountain ranges and your deserts, expand your forests, oceans and glaciers. Strategically position your continents to form hospitable environments for animal life to develop and try to create the most populated and diverse Planet!
Each Player receive a planet core without anything on it, at each turn players will chose a tile with mountain/ice/forest/desert on it and place it on the planet. Then the player who fulfill the most the condition of apparition of some animals, gain its card.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Blue Orange |
Environmental, Science Fiction |
2018 |
1 |
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SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD
SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing board game in which one to four players explore and develop outer space over three eras. Each player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and beyond. During the game you earn profit from exploration discoveries, by conducting production at resource sites, and by completing contracts. For example, a contract in the Mariners era rewards the first player to build a base on Mars. The player with the most profit at the end of the game wins but there are many ways to get there.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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GMT Games |
Economic, Science Fiction, Space Exploration |
2018 |
1 |
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Innovation
This game by Carl Chudyk is a journey through innovations from the stone age through modern times. Each player builds a civilization based on various technologies, ideas, and cultural advancements, all represented by cards. Each of these cards has a unique power which will allow further advancement, point scoring, or even attacking other civilizations. Be careful though, as other civilizations may be able to benefit from your ideas as well!
To win, you must score achievements, which you can attain by amassing points or by meeting certain criteria with the innovations you have built. Plan your civilization well, and outmaneuver your opponents, and with some luck you will achieve victory!
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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IELLO |
Card Game |
2010 |
1 |
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Age of War
Can you unite the clans amidst the tumult of war? Age of War is a fast-paced dice game for two to six players by world renowned game designer Reiner Knizia. You and your fellow players assume the roles of daimyos competing to unite the warring clans of feudal Japan and assume control of the nation.
During play, you muster troops by rolling seven custom dice, and you use. these troops to lay siege to one of fourteen different castles, each of which requires you to assemble a unique combination of troops in order to conquer it. Castles grant points towards your victory, and you can gain more points by uniting an entire clan. The daimyo with the most support at the game's end is the victor!
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Fantasy Flight Games |
Dice, Medieval |
2014 |
1 |
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Captain Sonar
Captain Sonar is packed with over three dozen high quality components!
24 role sheets
2 transparent radio operator sheets
8 erasable marker pens
2 screens
Rulebook
Choose Your Role Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the First Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer.
All the members of a team sit on one side of the table, and they each take a particular role on the submarine, with the division of labor for these roles being dependent on the number of players in the game: One player might be the captain, who is responsible for moving the submarine and announcing some details of this movement; another player is manning the sonar in order to listen to the opposing captain's orders and try to decipher where that sub might be in the water; a third player might be working in the munitions room to prepare torpedoes, mines and other devices that will allow for combat.
Five Maps Included Multiple maps are included with varying levels of difficulty.
Use the option best suited for your playgroup, or try more difficult maps to increase the challenge!
Two Modes of Play Captain Sonar can be played in two modes: turn-by-turn or simultaneous. In the latter set-up, all the members of a team take their actions simultaneously while trying to track what the opponents are…
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 8
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Asmodee Editions |
Deduction, Fighting, Puzzle, Strategy |
2016 |
1 |
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Codenames
The two rival spymasters know the secret identities of 25 agents. Their teammates know the agents only by their CODENAMES.
The teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Spymasters give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. Their teammates try to guess words of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team. And everyone wants to avoid the assassin.
Codenames: win or lose, it's fun to figure out the clues.
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 8
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Czech Games Edition |
Card Game, Party Game |
2015 |
1 |
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The Castles of Burgundy
15th century princes from the Loire Valley devote their efforts to strategic trading and building in order to bring their estates to prosperity and prominence. Over the course of 5 rounds, collect the most points by trading, live stock farming, city building and scientific research to win!
The Hundred Years? war is over and the Renaissance is looming. Conditions are perfect for the princes of the Loire Valley to propel their estates to prosperity and prominence. Through strategic trading and building, clever planning, and careful thought, players add settlements and castles, practice trade along the river, exploit silver mines, farm livestock, and more in this classic Stefan Feld Eurogame.
How to Play: 1. Players take turns rolling two dice and choosing to move goods tiles from the game board to their player boards; from their player boards onto corresponding numbered and colored regions of their playing fields; to deliver goods in exchange for silverlings; or to take worker tiles. 2. Play continues, with players completing additional actions and noting victory points for each tile placed. 3. Five turns are taken per round, with additional victory points awarded for unused money and workers, undelivered goods, and percentage of settlement complete. The player with the most victory points after five rounds wins the game.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Ravensburger |
Eurogame, Medieval, Territory Building |
2011 |
1 |
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In the Year of the Dragon
Players take on the role of Chinese rulers around the year 1000. The game plays out in twelve rounds, with each round representing one month in a year that seems to go from bad to worse. Disease, drought, and attacks from the Mongols may claim lives, but make sure you have enough money to offer a tribute to the Emperor.
The game play is easier than it may appear. Every player has a set of "person" cards. Each round, you choose one action (most of which call on your workers' abilities) to help you prepare for the months ahead. Then you play one person card, recruiting that person and placing him into one of your palaces. Each person brings different skills and abilities to help you ride out the year. (Farmers help you gain rice to survive a drought month, Tax Collectors raise money, etc.) At the end of each round, that month's event is triggered, which may cost you some of your workers, some money, or give you points.
Careful planning is the key to surviving "the year of the dragon," but survival alone may not win you the game.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Alea |
Economic, Medieval |
2007 |
1 |
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Gridstones
Gridstones is an elegant, gripping game of strategy and visualization.
Designed by Toronto native Tim W. K. Brown, this critically-acclaimed abstract strategy and puzzle game is quick, fun, easy-to-learn and great for the whole family.
Simply place or remove STONES on or from the GRID to create a match to the cards in your hand - but be careful, your opponents will be trying to match their cards too, and the grid will change with every turn.
So if you’re up to the challenge, grab a friend, or six, and get hooked on this engaging, strategic game of pattern matching.
Minimum Age: 7
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 7
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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CSE Games |
Abstract, Card Game, Puzzle |
2008 |
1 |
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Nexus Ops
Nexus Ops is a light-medium science fiction war game. The game boasts a hexagonal board that is set up differently every time, as well as (in the Avalon Hill edition) cool "glow" miniatures and lots of combat. Players control competing futuristic corporations that battle each other for control of the moon's Rubium Ore. By winning battles and fulfilling Secret Missions, you can obtain victory points.
Units are composed of various alien races and have stats similar to those used in the Axis & Allies series. Combat is also similar. Players who lose battles are compensated with Energize cards which grant them special powers later. Players can also obtain Energize cards by controlling the Monolith, a raised structure in the center of the grid. The first person to reach the required number of victory points wins the game.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Fantasy Flight Publishing |
Exploration, Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame |
2005 |
1 |
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Parade
The characters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are having a Parade!
All players are producers of this parade. Characters from Lewis Carroll's books such as Alice, The White Rabbit, and The Hatter are steadily invited to join this weird procession. On your turn, you play a card (from your hand of five) to the end of the parade. Unfortunately, that card might cause other cards to walk off the parade. These cards count as negative points in the end. The length of the parade line is important. If the number of the card you just played is less than the line length, you may receive the excess cards (counting from last played to the first of the line). But you don't take all the relevant cards, only the cards that meet one of these requirements:
1. the color is the same as color of the card just played, or
2. the number is the same or lower than the card just played
The game ends when the draw deck is exhausted or when one player has collected all six colors in their point piles. Then everyone plays one last card. From the four cards remaining in their hand, players choose two cards to add to his or her point piles. The player who has the least negative points after this is the winner.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Z-Man Games |
Card Game, Novel-based |
2007 |
1 |
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Sellswords
Draft your Guild, Plan your Attack, and Seize Victory!
Take to the field of battle in this intense head-to-head contest of wits and strategy. Use the diverse assortment of mercenaries at your disposal to capture strategic terrain and exploit your enemy's weaknesses. With 50 different sellswords to compose your guild, no two battles will be the same!
Sellswords is a tile placement game for two players where heroes gather for the battle of a lifetime! Each of the 50 heroes has their own ability to help turn the tiles of battle in your favor!
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Level 99 Games |
Mythology |
2014 |
1 |
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Steam Park
As owners of a fantastic steam park, you're to build gigantic, coal-powered rides to attract as many visitors as you can – but building attractions won't be enough. You'll also need to manage your employees, invest in advertising in order to attract and please the different kinds of guests visiting your park, and, above all, keep the dirt that your park produces under strict control!
Steam Park is an easy-to-learn game with two difficulty levels: one for the less experienced gamers and a more strategic one for those who want a more exciting challenge. In this management game, you'll have to build your own amusement park and make it the largest and most profitable in the region. By constructing the three-dimensional, wonderful rides designed by Marie Cardouat, you will see your park grow right before your eyes. Choose your strategy! Build Stands to attract more Visitors, or Toilets to keep the Dirt under control. Whatever decision you take, take it quickly: The less time you spend planning, the more time you'll have to maintain your park. Thanks to a clever, original action-choosing mechanism, winning in Steam Park is as much a matter of being the best as of being the fastest!
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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IELLO |
City Building, Dice, Real-time, Science Fiction |
2013 |
1 |
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Tokaido: Crossroads Expansion
The First Expansion
The Tokaido road is ready to unveil a few more treasures for the most faithful travelers: Cherry trees in full bloom, luxurious bathhouses, goodluck charms, calligraphy, legendary objects, and even clandestine gambling rooms are now part of the journey!
Crossroads will open up new doors and many new possibilities to make the journey even richer and more strategic.
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 5
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Funforge |
Expansion, Travel |
2013 |
1 |
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Zeppelin Attack!: Doomsday Weapons
Take over the world in Zeppelin Attack, a deck building game set in the world of Evil Hat Productions' Spirit of the Century. You play villainous masterminds bent on world domination. To win, you must build a powerful deck of Zeppelin cards, weapons, defenses and operatives, and then use these to fight your opponent’s Zeppelins. The player who gets the most points from winning battles and acquiring valuable cards will win the game. There’s only room for one ultimate criminal overlord: you. Bring your zeppelins.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Evil Hat Productions |
Aviation, Flight, Card Game, Fighting |
2014 |
1 |
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Panamax
In Panamax each player manages a shipping company established in the Colón Free Trade Zone. Companies accept contracts from both US coasts, China and Europe and deliver cargo in order to make money, attract investment and pay dividends. At the same time the players accumulate their own stock investments and try to make as much money as possible in an effort to have the largest personal fortune and win the game.
Panamax features several original mechanisms that blend together; an original dice (action) selection table, pickup-and-deliver along a single bi-directional route, a chain reaction movement system—“pushing” ships to make room throughout the Canal and a level of player interaction that is part self-interest, part mutual advantage and the freedom to choose how you play.
On their turn, players remove a die from the Action table to select Contracts and Load Cargo or Move ships until the pool of dice is emptied ending the Round. Over the course of three rounds these actions are blended during the turn to create a logistics network which the players use to ship their cargo, minimize transportation fees and increase the net worth of their Companies. Each Company has a limited amount of Stock that the players can purchase in exchange for investing—receiving a dividend each round. The questions for the players will be which companies are likely to yield higher dividends?
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Stronghold Games |
Economic, Nautical, Transportation |
2014 |
1 |
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The Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains
You and your wicked companions have spent the day pillaging the countryside and "dealing" with meddlesome adventurers. It's about time you kicked back with a pint at the evil equivalent of The Red Dragon Inn — The Black Dragon Depths, a nefarious tavern hidden deep in the catacombs below Greyport. No more heroes this time. Now you get to play as the bad guys!
The Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains is a standalone expansion to The Red Dragon Inn series of games. In this game, you and up to three of your friends play as evil villains celebrating the defeat of your archenemies at a wild fantasy party. You gamble, brawl, and drink the night away as you compete to be the last villain standing at the end of the night.
Minimum Age: 13
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Slugfest Games |
Card Game, Fantasy, Humor, Party Game |
2017 |
1 |
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Raiders of the North Sea
Do you have what it takes to be a Viking? There's only one way to find out in ... Raiders of the North Sea. Your rewards await you as you assemble a crew, grab a ship and set out to claim victory in this fun game for 2-4 players!
Your choices lie before you - work or raid? The key to any Vikings' successful attack on a harbor or fortress, is making sure you have enough provisions and crew. Place workers throughout the town to collect supplies and build your crew. And of course, what's more fun than raiding, pillaging and stealing plunder? Throughout the game, you'll be immersed in the Viking age with beautiful artwork and amazing quality components. Win the game through military strength, plunder and Valkyrie (victory points).
Will the Chieftain be impressed with your conquest? Grab your war ax and put on your helmet, the North Sea awaits! Raiders of the North Sea uses hand management, set collection and worker placement mechanics in this great Garphill Games, 2-4 player game.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Garphill Games |
Medieval, Nautical |
2015 |
1 |
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Valletta
The year is 1566. The Order of Malta has placed the first stone of what will become a powerful city in the Mediterranean. It is up to you to undertake the building projects that will complete the city and make Valletta the future capital of Malta. Procure raw materials from craftsmen and hire builders, masons, and woodworkers to construct the mighty bastions and beautiful baroque buildings of the capital. As your projects progress, enlist the aid of historical figures such as Emperor Charles V or Jean Parisot de Vallette himself to score even more points and become a master builder. Hire the help you need, manage your resources, and leave your mark on the city!
Minimum Age: 10
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Hans im Gluck (Germany) |
City Building, Renaissance |
2017 |
1 |
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Innovation: Echoes Expansion
Civilizations have never competed so fiercely to leave their mark on history! Add a fifth player, new Innovations, and effects that bring even more unexpected developments to your games!
Benefit from past abilities thanks to Echo effects, gain Influence directly through your Innovations, and anticipate the discovery of Innovations by researching cards from upcoming Periods.
Contents:
105 Innovation Cards
5 Domain Cards
1 Set of Rules
Minimum Age: 14
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 2
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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IELLO |
Card Game, Civilization, Expansion |
2011 |
1 |
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Amyitis
In Amyitis the players are rival architects competing to earn the most prestige building one of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The game is named after the daughter (or granddaughter) of Cyaxares, the king of the Medes, who married King Nebuchadnezzar II, ruler of Babylon. The myth says that Amytis' homesickness for the forested mountains of the Median Empire led to the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, as Nebuchadnezzar attempted to please her by planting the trees and plants of her homeland.
The players embody noble Babylonians in quest of prestige. All along the game, they strive to raise their status by building gardens and their irrigation network, and by trading and recruiting. At the end of the game, the player with the highest prestige is the winner.
In this game the players compete to build gardens, acquire plants, hire craftsmen, build irrigation and trade with ancient cities. Points can also be gained from building your palace and controlling the temples. On a turn the players chose one of the following actions: a) Recruit a craftsman, that grants an action (priest on temple, resource, irrigation or camel) b) Move the caravan (to purchase plant or court card or trade) c) Pass to potentially gain income. It is an interactive game where a player's actions directly affect the other players.
Minimum Age: 12
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Rio Grande |
Ancient |
2007 |
1 |
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Connections
Take it Easy-like puzzle game with players laying down tiles on a individual player grid to connect everything as well as they can.
Each player starts the game with an identical set of different tiles showing various combinations of thick and thin pipe and a 5x5 player board that has a "plus" connection of pipes in the center square and numbered "exit" pipes on most of the edges. One player shuffles her tiles face down and will be the caller for the game.
The caller draws a tile, names the object on it (so that other players may locate the same tile), then each player places the tile on her own player board. A tile must be placed next to the midfield or to other tiles, and pipes must connect only to pipes of the appropriate width; exit pipes are considered to be both widths. Pipes can't connect to empty edges, and if you can't lay a tile (or don't want to), you can place it on the board face-down with the spiral back showing.
After 24 tiles have been placed, players score points: 1 point for each spiral tile showing, and 1-3 points for each exit pipe not connected to the grid. The player with the fewest points wins!
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 1
Maximum Players: 4
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH |
Abstract, Puzzle |
2012 |
1 |
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Fandooble
Fandooble is a wildly fun and fast party game. Race against your opponents to steal all of the gold from the fearsome dragon. Wizards and knights will help you along the way, but your never know when they'll show up.
Keep and eye on that rascally scoundrel Fandooble though; he'll steal your hard stolen gold and give it to someone else before you can say, "Don't steal my gold, rascally scoundrel Fandooble."
Watch out, though – roll three dragons and you lose the gold you just stole; roll three red fire-breathing dragons, and you are really out of luck!
Minimum Age: 8
Minimum Players: 2
Maximum Players: 6
Boardgame Atlas: Link
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Mindtwister USA |
Fantasy |
2011 |
1 |