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Author
Publisher
Aconyte
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The annual Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) Awards are like the Oscars of the tabletop. Acclaimed British author and games expert James Wallis investigates the winners and losers of each year’s contest to track the incredible explosion in amazing new board games. From modern classics like CATAN, Ticket to Ride, and Dixit to once-lauded games that have now been forgotten (not to mention several popular hits that somehow missed a nomination),...
Publisher
Kosmos Verlag / Rio Grande Games ; 1999
Language
English
Description
"Lost Cities is a card game in the Kosmos two-player series. The game consists of a single deck of cards of rank 2-10 in five different colors with three special "handshakes ("HS" in scoring examples below) in each suit. A game board is included to organize discarded cards and help players organize their card collections.
The object of the game is to gain points by mounting profitable archaeological expeditions to the different sites represented by...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming community"--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why-and how-we play them. Checkers, Backgammon, Chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the behavioral design that make them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors,...
9) Pandemic
Author
Publisher
Z-MAN games
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
From website: "As skilled members of a disease-fighting team, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay while discovering their cures. You and your teammates will travel across the globe, treating infections while finding resources for cures. You must work as a team to succeed. Pandemic is a cooperative game, all players win or lose together. The clock is ticking as outbreaks and epidemics fuel the spreading plagues. Can you find all four cures in...
Publisher
Thinkfun Inc
Language
English
Description
"Help! The Ice Cream Truck is stuck in traffic. Just like the classic Rush Hour game, you shift blocking cars and trucks out of your way to clear a path to the exit. The 40 leveled brainteaser challenges are a fun way to build problem solving skills. Rush Hour Jr. is ideal for younger ages but still plenty of fun for an adult brain!
You get 40 challenges with four levels of play: Easy, Medium, Hard, Super Hard.
Have Fun & Learn: Sequential Reasoning,...
11) Indigo
Author
Publisher
Ravensburger Spieleverlag
Language
English
Description
From website: "In this exotically fun, family board game, players created twisting pathways for gathering gems and moving them along to an exit. Not every exit may belong to just one player; building occassional alliances with your opponents could be the key to ultimate success. Simple rules let everyone be a part of this intriguing adventure."
12) Wingspan
Publisher
Stonemaier
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"You are bird enthusiasts--researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors--seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your aviary. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower; lay eggs using egg miniatures in a variety of colors; draw from hundreds of unique bird cards and play...
13) Candy land
Publisher
Hasbro
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
2-4 players.
"Players encounter all kinds of "delicious" surprises as they move their cute gingerbread man pawn around the path in a race to the castle"--Publisher.
Ages 3 and up.
Author
Publisher
Mattel, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Wacky wordplay! Crazy combos! Family fun! It's as easy as comparing "apples to apples!"
1. The Judge plays a Green Apple Card. Two words on every Green Apple Card! Judge chooses which to play.
2. Everyone else plays a Red Apple Card. Which one of these is the most Amusing? The judge picks the best combination!
Over 1000 cards!
With its hilarious mix of family-friendly cards, Apples to Apples is perfect for every apple on your family tree!"--Container....
15) Kaiju crush
Publisher
Fireside Games, LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Kaiju Crush is a light strategy game with limited grid movement, shared objectives, and intransitive combat on a modular board.
In the game, players choose one of four giant monsters to play and proceed to crush buildings and fight other kaiju for victory points. On each player's turn, they choose to play either their own movement card or the shared movement card to land on and crush a city tile (a.k.a. a building). The player picks up the city...
16) Abandon planet
Publisher
Orange Machine Games, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"From the creator of The Resistance and Avalon, Abandon Planet is a new game about escaping the meteor apocalypse. It's an experience of survival, betrayal, and fragile alliances in the moments before Earth is annihilated. Anyone who doesn't want to die on the soon-to-be-burning rock will have to team up with a partner to outfit their janky rocket transport for the interplanetary jump. But everyone's looking out for number one, and alliances can change...
17) Carcassonne
Publisher
Z-Man Games
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Players place land tiles to develop roads, cities, fields, and cloisters, and deploy their followers to earn points. The player with the most points after the final scoring is the winner.
18) Scotland Yard
Author
Publisher
Ravensburger Spieleverlag
Language
English
Description
From website: "t’s a covert game of cat and mouse set on the streets of London! Criminal mastermind Mr. X has escaped Scotland Yard and it’s up to you, the detectives, to catch him! Use your travel tickets to anticipate his movements, chasing him by taxi, bus, and underground, around Picadilly Circus, along the River Thames, and through Paddington Station. Will you apprehend this dangerous criminal or will he disappear in the London fog?"
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