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Components: 16 x 16 Grids

Pegity

Pegity

boardgame

Pegity is an early 20th-century board game derived from Go-Moku. Players insert colored wooden pegs into a punch board to get five in a row. Included paper designs also allow younger children to create pictures instead of playing the standard game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
12
The Amusing Game of Kilkenny Cats

The Amusing Game of Kilkenny Cats

boardgame

Players move eight pieces on a grid using die rolls. Opposing pieces are captured by landing on them. The objective of the game is to occupy the two goal squares located on the opposite side of the board from your starting area.

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
8
Chess on a really big board

Chess on a really big board

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Stampede!!!

Stampede!!!

boardgame

Escaped barnyard animals must be rounded up or surrounded on a grid using fences with specific patterns. Different animals are worth varying points. Once all critters are caught or escape, the player with the most points wins the game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
8
Cover Up

Cover Up

boardgame

Cover-Up is a family game where players place colored tiles on a 16x16 board. The goal is to cover as many squares and numbers as possible to score points. Black spaces cannot be covered, and played tiles must touch existing ones.

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

Quinio

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Warmaster Chess 2000

Warmaster Chess 2000

boardgame

This controversial insert game in Command Magazine #49 hastily replaced a cancelled main feature. It is a chess variant played on an expanded 12x12 or 16x16 board. Poor quality control and mismatched themes drew heavy subscriber backlash.

Players:
2
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Chase-Bots

Chase-Bots

boardgame

Competing corporations fight for a multi-trillion-dollar contract. Players program robot squads, infiltrate rival stations, and use upgrades and special cards to sabotage opponents and evade the intercepting robot.

Players:
2–4
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
10
Tenjiku Shogi

Tenjiku Shogi

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
5 min
Min. Age:
12
Pinnacle

Pinnacle

boardgame

Pinnacle is a rummy-style card game using a 52-card deck. Players form melds to score points and move pawns across a molded plastic board. The objective is to be the first person to successfully maneuver all of your pawns into the central goal area to win.

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
0
Gliss

Gliss

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30–120 min
Min. Age:
9
Hollywood Go

Hollywood Go

boardgame

Players take turns blindly drawing and placing numbered pieces on a 16x16 grid. The first to align five of their own pieces wins. Opponent pieces can be removed and replaced by drawing a matching numbered piece.

Players:
2–4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Road Block

Road Block

boardgame

An educational game teaching map reading and directions. Players move across the board, answer questions, and set up roadblocks to hinder opponents. The first player to successfully accumulate thirty dollars wins the game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
6
Alien Galaxy

Alien Galaxy

boardgame

In this board game, commanders navigate spacecraft through a perilous galaxy. An included audio cassette dictates the moves. The objective is to avoid lasers, meteors, and black holes. The last surviving player wins the game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
10
Weft

Weft

boardgame

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

Blox

boardgame

Blox is a strategy game played with building blocks. The goal is to be the first to construct a chain of your own blocks connecting all four edges of the board. Very simple rules lead to a surprisingly complex gameplay experience.

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

Orbit

boardgame

Orbit is a territory board game similar to Go, differing in how living groups are defined through orbits and how stone capturing works. The turn-based game is available for online play via web or email.

Players:
2
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
8
Kaminett

Kaminett

boardgame

Kaminett is a hybrid of backgammon and Chinese checkers. Players move six different-sized 3D pieces across the board by flipping them 90 degrees. The objective is to transfer all your pieces to the opposite side, moving only onto completely unoccupied squares.

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
0
Knight-mare Chess

Knight-mare Chess

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
30–45 min
Min. Age:
10
Letter

Letter

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
0
Grand Camelot

Grand Camelot

boardgame

Players:
4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
30
Rin

Rin

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
30–180 min
Min. Age:
8
Conquer the Kings

Conquer the Kings

boardgame

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

Cogsburg

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0