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Components: 17 x 17 Grids

Lingua

Lingua

boardgame

Lingua is a tactical Scrabble variant on a 17x17 board. Players form crossword words using colored tiles, earning bonuses for matching board colors. The game ends through blocked plays or by reaching the finish squares on the board.

Players:
2–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Duoword: the thinking person's word game

Duoword: the thinking person's word game

boardgame

In this board game, players use 14 letters each to form two words per turn. Special squares allow extra plays. All letters are worth one point, with certain tiles offering score bonuses. The player with the highest total score at the end of the game wins.

Players:
1–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
0
Palenque

Palenque

boardgame

Four rival archaeologists travel to the tropical rainforest of Central America to find Mayan treasures in the ruins of Palenque. Whoever recovers specific artifacts and returns to the Great Palace first wins the game. This requires a sharp memory and a poker face to outwit your opponents successfully.

Players:
2–4
Time:
120 min
Min. Age:
10
Coloration

Coloration

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Gnosis

Gnosis

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
0
Monsterpocalypse

Monsterpocalypse

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
12
Castello

Castello

boardgame

In this tactical board game with a castle and knights theme, players try to cleverly move their knights to the Castello fortress. The goal is to capture opponent pieces while protecting your own from capture.

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Mingle

Mingle

boardgame

Players:
1
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Toscana

Toscana

boardgame

In Toscana, two players take turns placing tiles with red roofs or gray plazas on a grid. The goal is to form the largest connected area of your own color. Each player also has a single-use veto to discard an opponent's upcoming tile, aiming for the highest score.

Players:
2
Time:
45–60 min
Min. Age:
10
Conspirateurs

Conspirateurs

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Morphos

Morphos

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20–60 min
Min. Age:
5
O Desafio

O Desafio

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
8
Christopher's Crossing

Christopher's Crossing

boardgame

Players:
0
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Double Trouble

Double Trouble

boardgame

Double Trouble is an abstract strategy game featuring a hilariously fun box cover of an angry farmer sending his dog to bite the pants off a boy stealing apples.

Players:
2–4
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Le zug

Le zug

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
15–40 min
Min. Age:
8
Criss Cross

Criss Cross

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
War-Chess: The Game of Battle

War-Chess: The Game of Battle

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Kreuz und Quer

Kreuz und Quer

boardgame

Kreuz und Quer is a 2-player board game on a 17x17 grid. Players aim to move three musketeers and eight soldiers to the opposite side using two dice. Red dice dictate mandatory backward or sideways moves, followed by green dice for forward moves.

Players:
2
Time:
10 min
Min. Age:
10
Das beliebte Wortspiel

Das beliebte Wortspiel

boardgame

Similar to Scrabble, you must extend existing characters with your own letters to build long words. The longer the words you build, the more points you score at the end of the game.

Players:
2–6
Time:
30–45 min
Min. Age:
6
San Guo Yan Yi Qi

San Guo Yan Yi Qi

boardgame

Players:
3
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Patrolis

Patrolis

boardgame

This tactical route-planning game for two to six players from the Bütehorn small box series involves cleverly placing road tiles. The objective is to score the most points by successfully reaching valuable goal markers.

Players:
2–6
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
6
Suffragetto

Suffragetto

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Dai-Dai Shogi

Dai-Dai Shogi

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
900 min
Min. Age:
12
Funetically Correct

Funetically Correct

boardgame

Funetically Correct is a creative board game for at least two players or teams aged seven and up. Participants spell words and phrases the way they sound using letters, numbers, and symbols, challenging others to guess them.

Players:
2–4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
0