Breakthrough
boardgame
Breakthrough, designed by Dan Troyka in 2000, is an abstract strategy game for two players. The objective is to be the first to advance one of your pieces to the opposite side of the board. Following a size adjustment, it won the 2001 design competition.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Backgammon
boardgame
Backgammon is an ancient strategic board game where two players move 15 checkers based on dice rolls, aiming to bear them all off first. Capturing opponent stones adds depth. Despite the dice, success relies heavily on tactical choices, probability, and risk management.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Bestemshe
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Mini Xiang Qi
boardgame
Mini XiangQi is a compact Chinese Chess variant featuring 12 pieces per side without guards or elephants. The Leopard variant adds two leopards capable of orthogonal movement or diagonal jumping to enhance tactical options.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 6
Racing Kings
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 10–45 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Chess
boardgame
Chess is a global two-player strategy game on an 8x8 board, aiming to checkmate the opponent's king. Each of the six piece types moves uniquely. With ancient roots, chess is now an internationally recognized sport featuring competitive tournaments, world champions, and deep cultural significance worldwide.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 6
Shashki
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 6
Chess960
boardgame
Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant where the back-row pieces are randomized into one of 960 starting positions, with the king placed between the rooks. Proposed by Bobby Fischer, this system eliminates the need to memorize standard opening theories.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 10–180 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Abalone
boardgame
Abalone is a tactical board game for two teams. Players move marbles across the board in six directions. The objective is to push six opposing marbles off the edge. The weight of marble lines determines who can successfully push whom.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 7
Crazyhouse
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 7
Spanish Checkers
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
International Checkers
boardgame
International Checkers is played on a 10x10 board with 20 pieces each. Men move forward and capture in all directions. Mandatory maximum captures and flying kings shape this globally popular strategic board game.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 40 min
- Min. Age:
- 5
Xiangqi
boardgame
XiangQi is a traditional Chinese board game for two players, based on Chaturanga. The objective is to capture the opponent's general within the palace. Played on a grid of intersections, it features unique pieces and a central river.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Amazons
boardgame
This strategy game is played on a 10x10 grid. Players take turns moving an amazon like a chess queen and then firing an arrow that creates a permanent obstacle. The first player unable to make a legal move loses the game.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Shogi
boardgame
Shogi is a Japanese chess variant played on a 9x9 board. Most pieces promote upon reaching the enemy camp. Crucially, captured pieces can be dropped back onto the board as reinforcements. Draws are very rare due to fast, tactical endgames.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Oware
boardgame
Oware is a traditional Ghanaian Mancala game and national pastime. The objective is to capture more seeds than your opponent by skillfully sowing them into pits. Often hand-carved, the game holds deep cultural roots and develops mathematical skills.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Mini Shogi
boardgame
Mini Shogi is a variant invented by Shigeo Kusumoto in 1970, played on a 5x5 board. It features standard pieces, promotion on the final rank, and the traditional drop rule, serving as a simple introduction.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Atomic Chess
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
Toğızqumalaq
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Brazilian Checkers
boardgame
Brazilian Checkers is a popular Brazilian draughts variant played on an 8x8 board with 12 pieces per player. It follows international rules, including mandatory captures and maximum capture priority. Men capture in both directions, and kings are flying kings. Winning requires capturing all enemy pieces or blocking them completely.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 6
Frisian Checkers
boardgame
Frisian draughts is a traditional regional variant from the Netherlands known since the 17th century. The main difference to standard draughts is that playing pieces can capture opponents in all eight directions, horizontally and vertically.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Othello
boardgame
Othello, based on Reversi, is a strategic board game for two players. Trapping opponent pieces causes them to flip colors. The player with the most pieces remaining when no moves are left wins the game.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Go
boardgame
Go is a traditional board game where two players alternately place stones on a 19x19 grid. The goal is to enclose territory and capture enemy stones. When both players pass, the higher score wins after counting territory and captured pieces.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30–180 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Lines of Action
boardgame
Lines of Action is a strategic board game for two players played on a checkerboard. The objective is to connect all your pieces into a single unbroken group horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 10