Brain Baseball
boardgame
Brain Baseball is a 1998 card game simulating the sport using leftover cards from Give Me the Brain!. Players take turns pitching, batting, and fielding with numbered cards to score runs and start the next round.
- Players:
- 3–7
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Hey, Bartender!
boardgame
In the card game Hey, Bartender!, players trade cards with a bartender to score the most points. The goal is to make advantageous exchanges. Once all hands are exhausted, the player with the highest score wins the game based on smart trades.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Penniless and Insane
boardgame
Penniless and Insane is a simple auction game with a twist: the lowest bid gets the best art. The goal, however, is to run out of money and go insane. Players compete over multiple rounds until the first person reaches 300 points to win.
- Players:
- 3–7
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Barcelona
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Abandon Ship!
boardgame
A card game from Dragon Magazine 273 set on a sinking pirate ship. Cards are used for combat or discarded. When the deck empties, a lifeboat showdown begins. Players gather treasure to secure the best escape and win the game.
- Players:
- 3–8
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Caribbean Star
boardgame
Caribbean Star is a card game by James Ernest from the textbook Rules of Play. Players are competing magicians on a cruise ship striving to perform the best magic shows. Cards represent magic tricks, mistakes, and determine when shows are performed.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 8
Boneyard
boardgame
- Players:
- 4–8
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Following Suit
boardgame
Following Suit is a simple trick-taking game where players collect points in a single suit across multiple rounds. The first player to reach 400 points wins. It is part of a series of simultaneous-play games originating in the late 1990s.
- Players:
- 3–6
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
The Lost Pueblo of Doctor Green
boardgame
The Lost Pueblo of Doctor Green is a free card-passing game from Cheapass Games featuring a strong bluffing mechanic. Players must figure out who among them has stolen the pueblo through deduction and deceit.
- Players:
- 4–10
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Last Man Standing
boardgame
Last Man Standing is a simultaneous-play gambling game over five rounds. Players deploy fighter cards, paying with and collecting coins through victories. Survivors share a pot in round five, and the player with the most money at the end wins.
- Players:
- 4–8
- Time:
- 5 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Spots
boardgame
Spots is a card game for two or more players based on Pennywise. Players exchange hand cards with a shared pool. The participant who has accumulated the lowest score after all cards have been played wins the game.
- Players:
- 2–8
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Lamarckian Poker
boardgame
In Lamarckian Poker, players evolve an initial hand over multiple generations to build the best poker hand. Cards are played to capture matching values or suits from a shared pool. The player with the strongest final five-card hand wins the game.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Seven-Handed Poker
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Willow
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–10
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0