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Pub. Date
c2015
Description
"Your adventurous settlers seek to tame the remote but rich isle of Catan. Start by revealing Catan's many harbors and regions: pastures, fields, mountains, hills, forests, and desert. The random mix creates a different board virtually every game. No two games are the same! Embark on a quest to settle the isle of Catan"--Container.
3) Quoridor
Pub. Date
©1997
Description
Purpose of the game is to be the first player to reach the opposite side of the board. Your opponents are putting up fences to block your chances and slow you down. Can you find the shortest route in this game of mazes and madness?
Pub. Date
©1982
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Go is a 2-player abstract strategy game in which players compete to occupy the most space on the board, while surrending the fewest stones to the other player. At the end of the game, the players count up the open spaces enclosed by their stones and subtract from this the number of their stones captured by their opponent. The player with the higher amount wins the game.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Arkham Horror is a cooperative game of mystery and terror for up to six players. Inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, each unique scenario puts you in the shoes of one of Arkham's investigators as they explore the streets of the city and work together to save humanity from unknowable horrors." -- container.
"The end is near! Massachusetts. 1926. Too long has the city of Arkham lived on its placid island of ignorance in the midst of the black...
8) Tortuga 1667
Series
Dark Cities volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The year is 1667 and you are a pirate sailing the waters of the Caribbean. A Spanish Galleon floats nearby, and you've talked your crewmates into working together to steal all of its treasure. What you haven't told your fellow pirates is that you have no intention to share the treasure once you have it. Each player holds a secret loyalty to the British or French and is trying to have the most treasure in their team's holds before the Spanish Armada...
9) Coup
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
In a future where the government is run for profit, all but a priviledged few live lives of poverty and desperation. The Resistance rises out of these oppressed masses in revolt and throws the government into chaos. Many see hope for a brighter future for the first time in their lives. Others see opportunity for absolute power. To take command, you must destroy the influence of your rivals and drive them into exile. Only one can survive.
11) Twister
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Twister, the game that ties you up in knots!
Get moving with the Twister game! It's the on-the-floor party game where the spinner calls the shots and you make the moves. The Twister spots and laugh-out-loud action will have you and your friends tangled up in fun in no time.
Pub. Date
[1999]
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Description
From Mata Hari to James Bond, spies and secret agents have filled our imaginations. Now you get the chance to play spy and counter spy in a dark alley - Spy Alley. Deceptively simple and surprisingly intense, Spy Alley keeps you on the edge of your seat. Players become a spy for their given country and try to uncover their opponents' identity while keeping their own identity a secret. Players use deductive reasoning to expose other spies while attempting...
13) Splendor
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Players take on the role of a rich merchant during the Renaissance. Players choose tokens, purchase development cards, earns bonuses, and receive visits from noblemen in order to earn prestige points. Games ends when a player reaches 15 prestige points.
14) Wordsmithery
Author
Pub. Date
©2018
Description
Wordsmithery is dead easy. Guess the meaning of a word. All 700 of our words are exactly the kind of words that you pretend to understand... when you don't. Words like egregious, phalanx, and salubrious. Don't worry. You'll get three possible- and fun- definitions to chose from. First to ten points wins. Over to you.
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Players are challenged to explore the world with us! The object is to travel around the world by answering questions correctly and gaining tokens to fill up your global score card. Players need to correctly answer three questions in each category to win. The first player to "travel around the world" and fill in their global score card wins. The more places you travel the more fun it is to play!
Pub. Date
©2015.
Description
This updated version includes all new word challenges. Each round starts with a word and phrase--for instance, the card says ROAD TRIP and "Names of Cities." You have two minutes to list as many cities as you can that start with the letters in the words ROAD TRIP. Score points if no other player matches the answers. To win the game, score the most points.
18) Othello: classic
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Description
The internationally acclaimed two player strategy game. A minute to learn...a lifetime to master! Trap and capture your opponent by placing your disks on the board. "Sandwich" at least one of your opponent's pieces to turn their disk to your colour..but look out, your opponent will do the same to you. The lead can change with a flip of a disk in this classic fast-paced strategy game--container.
Pub. Date
c2017
Description
Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. If the judge picks your card, you win that round. Everyone gets a chance to be the judge. Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events.
Author
Pub. Date
©2015.
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Description
"One Night Ultimate Werewolf is a fast game for 3-10 players where everyone gets a role: One of the dastardly Werewolves, the tricky Troublemaker, the helpful Seer or one of a dozen different characters, each with a special ability. In the course of a single morning, your village will decide who is a werewolf ... because all it takes is finding one werewolf to win!"--Container.