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KIAR

KIAR

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
5–10 min
Min. Age:
7
NECNON

NECNON

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
15–150 min
Min. Age:
7
Genius Loci

Genius Loci

boardgame

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

Medo

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
15–40 min
Min. Age:
8
Linear Pursuit

Linear Pursuit

boardgame

Players:
1–2
Time:
10–60 min
Min. Age:
9
Sum On

Sum On

boardgame

Sum On is an abstract 2-player strategy game. Players move numbered pieces (1-8) forward and trigger bonus moves by summing piece values along any axis, including opponent pieces. The game ends when a player cannot make an initial move. Victory goes to the player with the highest sum of pieces that reached the opposite side. Includes two variants.

Players:
2
Time:
20–40 min
Min. Age:
8
Jungle

Jungle

boardgame

Dou Shou Qi, or Animal Chess, is a traditional Chinese board game. Players move eight animals to capture the opponent's den. Stronger animals defeat weaker ones, though the rat can beat the elephant. Rivers and traps add strategic depth to the family-friendly game.

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
6
Brandubh

Brandubh

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
0
Tintas

Tintas

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
15–20 min
Min. Age:
8
Brazilian Checkers

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
Themiscyra

Themiscyra

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
25–35 min
Min. Age:
8
Gekitai

Gekitai

boardgame

Gekitai is a tactical 3-in-a-row game played on a 6x6 grid. Players take turns placing eight colored markers. Each placed marker pushes adjacent pieces one space outward or off the board. The first player to align three of their color in a row or place all eight markers on the board wins.

Players:
2
Time:
5–20 min
Min. Age:
8
Boxes

Boxes

boardgame

Invented in 1889 by François Édouard Anatole Lucas, players alternately draw lines on a grid. Completing a square claims it and grants another turn. The player who successfully captures the most squares by the end of the game wins.

Players:
2
Time:
15 min
Min. Age:
7
Volo

Volo

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
10
Delta

Delta

boardgame

Delta is a tactical board game for two players by Erich Brunner. Players alternate moving pieces and placing new ones on a small board. The goal is to form a line of four or stalemate the opponent to win.

Players:
2
Time:
15 min
Min. Age:
8
Slidestone

Slidestone

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
5–30 min
Min. Age:
7
inpHeXion

inpHeXion

boardgame

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

Camelot

boardgame

Originally published as Chivalry in 1888, the game was renamed Camelot in 1930 by Parker Brothers. The objective is to move two pieces into the opponent's goal or eliminate all opposing pieces.

Players:
2
Time:
15 min
Min. Age:
8
Meridians

Meridians

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
20–40 min
Min. Age:
10
Fivalath

Fivalath

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
10–30 min
Min. Age:
8
Bide

Bide

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
5–30 min
Min. Age:
5
International Checkers

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
Clobber

Clobber

boardgame

Clobber is an abstract strategy game for two players on a grid board. Players alternately move white or black stones onto adjacent opponent-occupied squares to capture them. The game ends when a player cannot move and loses.

Players:
2
Time:
15 min
Min. Age:
0
Glaisher

Glaisher

boardgame

Players:
2
Time:
15–45 min
Min. Age:
10