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Ponte del Diavolo

Ponte del Diavolo

boardgame

Ponte del Diavolo is a two-player abstract tactical game by Martin Ebel honoring Alex Randolph. Players place wooden pieces as islands and connect them with bridges, requiring precise planning and strategic foresight to outmaneuver opponents.

Players:
2
Time:
25 min
Min. Age:
10
Tammany Hall

Tammany Hall

boardgame

In Tammany Hall, players compete for political power in 19th-century New York. By managing immigrants, collecting favors, and slandering rivals, participants strive to win mayoral elections and distribute influential offices.

Players:
3–5
Time:
90 min
Min. Age:
12
WYPS

WYPS

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
10
Che

Che

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Six Making

Six Making

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
25 min
Min. Age:
12
Morelli

Morelli

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
8
Gobblet

Gobblet

boardgame

Gobblet is an abstract strategy game for two players on a 4x4 grid. Players place and move nesting pieces in three sizes to align four in a row. Larger pieces gobble smaller ones, blending spatial control, tactical depth, and memory as hidden pieces shift board dynamics.

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
7
Veletas

Veletas

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
5
Medina

Medina

boardgame

In 1822, architects and engineers rebuild the decayed medina near the Atlas mountains. Players take turns placing wooden pieces to expand palaces, start new buildings, and renovate the city wall to score points.

Players:
3–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Crossfire

Crossfire

boardgame

Crossfire is a stacking abstract game on a hexagonal grid, inspired by Focus. Players move or place piece stacks with limits based on neighbors. The game is won when the opponent is forced into a position where they cannot make any move.

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Lines of Action

Lines of Action

boardgame

Lines of Action is a strategic board game for two players played on a checkerboard. The objective is to connect all your pieces into a single unbroken group horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
10
Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
2–200 min
Min. Age:
10
King's Colour

King's Colour

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
10–60 min
Min. Age:
12
Army of Frogs

Army of Frogs

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
7
Rithmomachy

Rithmomachy

boardgame

Rhythmomachia is a complex historical European abstract strategy game illustrating the number theory of Boëthius. Played by intellectuals between the 10th and 16th centuries, it once rivaled chess as a premier game.

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
7
TZAAR

TZAAR

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30–60 min
Min. Age:
13
Crosswords

Crosswords

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
30–60 min
Min. Age:
12
Breaking Away

Breaking Away

boardgame

Breaking Away is a luck-free cycling board game where players control four-rider teams. By wisely spending movement points and drafting opponents, players must balance slipstreaming benefits with securing sprint points.

Players:
2–9
Time:
60–90 min
Min. Age:
10
LYNGK

LYNGK

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30–60 min
Min. Age:
13
Epaminondas

Epaminondas

boardgame

Epaminondas is a pure abstract strategy game for two players by Bob Abbott. On a 14x12 board, White and Black maneuver lines of pieces called phalanxes. The objective is to cross the board to the opponent's back rank while capturing enemy pieces.

Players:
2
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Arimaa

Arimaa

boardgame

Arimaa is an abstract strategy game played on an 8x8 board with animals of varying strength. Stronger animals can pull or push weaker ones. The goal is to maneuver one of your rabbits to the opposite side. The rules are simple, yet the tactical depth is exceptionally deep.

Players:
2
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Go

Go

boardgame

Go is a traditional board game where two players alternately place stones on a 19x19 grid. The goal is to enclose territory and capture enemy stones. When both players pass, the higher score wins after counting territory and captured pieces.

Players:
2
Time:
30–180 min
Min. Age:
8
Colorito

Colorito

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
0
Circle of Life

Circle of Life

boardgame

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