The Big Cheese
boardgame
In this auction game, players bid worker rats on corporate projects. Winning workers are assigned to projects and leave gradually. Numbered project values are determined by dice rolls at completion. Two special projects allow unique actions during the game.
- Players:
- 3–6
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Light Speed
boardgame
Light Speed is a fast card game about space combat. In a rapid phase, players position ships to mine asteroids and damage opponents. Afterwards, ships fire in order of their ranks. The player with the most points at the end wins the game.
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Steam Tunnel
boardgame
Steam Tunnel is an abstract card game by James Ernest from the Hip Pocket Games series. On a grid of 36 cards, players compete for control of tunnel networks, capturing cards and connecting high-scoring end-caps to score points through strategy and luck.
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
The Very Clever Pipe Game
boardgame
In this card game, players take turns placing cards featuring pipe networks. Completing a closed pipe section in your color lets you collect those cards. The player with the most cards at the end wins. A 2002 re-release features a reduced deck of 48 cards.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Cube Farm
boardgame
In this card game from the Hip Pocket Games series, players redesign the tedious office cubicle farm. The goal is to secure a desirable desk near the elevators or copier rather than being lost in endless maze-like corridors.
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Camden
boardgame
Camden is a tactical card-laying game where players build a flexible street market, acquire stores, and collect revenue. Special card effects influence the gameplay. The first player to reach 50 points wins. This interactive, cutthroat title is a classic from Cheapass Games.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
TimeLine
boardgame
In TimeLine, players travel through history to buy commodities cheaply and sell them for profit. However, every transaction alters the timeline and the market, shifting pathways on the cards. The goal is to be the first to reach 21 points through smart trading.
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Safari Jack
boardgame
Safari Jack features 60 cards and a rulebook. Players build and explore a safari landscape while attempting to hunt endangered species. The participant with the most successful hunts at the end wins.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Nexus
boardgame
In Nexus, a title from the Hip Pocket Games series, players place cards in a basket-weave pattern to form and control networks of nodes. By marking these nodes, players compete for dominance, scoring points when a network is completed and sealed.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 10