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The Legend of Landlock

The Legend of Landlock

boardgame

In this quick 2-player tile-placement game, participants take turns laying bridge and stream tiles to form a 6x6 square. Points are scored by connecting paths to the board edges and isolating the opposing player's network.

Players:
2–4
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
8
Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game

Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game

boardgame

Players:
1–5
Time:
45–90 min
Min. Age:
14
Dominion (Second Edition)

Dominion (Second Edition)

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
14
Quiddler

Quiddler

boardgame

Quiddler is a card game where players form words from an increasing number of hand cards over eight rounds. Drawing and discarding each turn, players score points for valid words. The highest total score after eight rounds wins the game.

Players:
1–8
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition

Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition

boardgame

Players:
1–5
Time:
60–90 min
Min. Age:
13
The Great Dalmuti

The Great Dalmuti

boardgame

This card game is based on the traditional classic President. The goal is to shed all your cards as quickly as possible to achieve the highest social rank in the upcoming round.

Players:
4–8
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
8
Dragonwood

Dragonwood

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
8
Stripes

Stripes

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
10–20 min
Min. Age:
8
Stops: North American Edition

Stops: North American Edition

boardgame

STOPS is an award-winning geography trivia game for both novices and experts. The colorful game board lists 50 US states, 10 provinces, and two territories. Players use provided clues to identify the correct regions printed on the board.

Players:
2–16
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
0
Tribond

Tribond

boardgame

Teams deduce common bonds among items. Pawn collisions trigger challenges where the winner stays and the loser retreats. The first team to successfully navigate all three of their pawns around the triangles wins the game.

Players:
2–15
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
12
Scattergories

Scattergories

boardgame

Scattergories is a 1988 commercial word game by Milton Bradley based on the parlour game Categories. Over three rounds, players fill out category lists with answers starting with the same letter. Only unique answers score points, and the highest total wins the game.

Players:
2–6
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
12
Pylos

Pylos

boardgame

Pylos is a strategic board game where two players take turns placing spheres on a 4x4 grid to build a pyramid. The player who places the final ball on the very top wins. Forming squares allows players to reclaim pieces from the board or stack them strategically to gain an advantage.

Players:
2
Time:
10 min
Min. Age:
8
Quixo

Quixo

boardgame

Quixo resembles Tic-Tac-Toe but differs fundamentally. On a 5x5 grid, players slide cubes featuring symbols and blank faces. The objective is to be the first to form a straight line of five cubes displaying your own symbol.

Players:
2–4
Time:
15 min
Min. Age:
8
Qwixx

Qwixx

boardgame

Players:
2–5
Time:
15 min
Min. Age:
8
Ghooost!

Ghooost!

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
8
Trekking the National Parks: Second Edition

Trekking the National Parks: Second Edition

boardgame

Players:
2–5
Time:
30–60 min
Min. Age:
10
Village Pillage: Big Box

Village Pillage: Big Box

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
20–40 min
Min. Age:
10
Mental Blocks

Mental Blocks

boardgame

Players:
2–9
Time:
10–20 min
Min. Age:
10
Doubles Wild

Doubles Wild

boardgame

A strategic dice game where players use blue and red dice to place marbles on a grid. By building rows of three or four in any direction, they score points, block opponents, and fight for contested spaces until all marbles are played. Doubles act as wild.

Players:
2–4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Cube Checkers

Cube Checkers

boardgame

This board game resembles standard checkers with short jumps, but uses twelve dice as pieces. After non-capturing moves, the value of another die increases. Sixes become kings which can also move backwards. Invented by Robert Burroughs.

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
6
Curses!

Curses!

boardgame

In the party game Curses!, players collect fun behavioral rules. On your turn, you draw a challenge and pass a curse to a rival. Everyone must obey active curses at all times. Violators are caught, penalized, and eliminated after three breaches. The last remaining player wins this lighthearted competition.

Players:
3–6
Time:
25 min
Min. Age:
12
Apples to Apples

Apples to Apples

boardgame

Apples to Apples is a party game using Things and Descriptions decks. An active player reveals an adjective card, others secretly play a matching thing card, and the active player chooses the best match to win.

Players:
4–10
Time:
20–30 min
Min. Age:
12
HUTAN: Life in the Rainforest

HUTAN: Life in the Rainforest

boardgame

Players:
1–4
Time:
30–45 min
Min. Age:
8
Pastiche: Expansion Pack #2

Pastiche: Expansion Pack #2

boardgameexpansion

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