Volo
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Arimaa
boardgame
Arimaa is an abstract strategy game played on an 8x8 board with animals of varying strength. Stronger animals can pull or push weaker ones. The goal is to maneuver one of your rabbits to the opposite side. The rules are simple, yet the tactical depth is exceptionally deep.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Ordo
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Khet: The Laser Game
boardgame
Khet is a chess-like board game for two players featuring built-in lasers and Egyptian-themed pieces embedded with mirrors. Players strategically move their pieces to bounce the laser beam around the board and eliminate the opponent's pharaoh to win.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 9
Quinamid
boardgame
Quinamid is an abstract 2-player game where the goal is to align 5 counters. The unique twist involves 5 pyramid-shaped boards of varying sizes that can be placed, rotated, or shifted. Games are fast, requiring memory and spatial tactics.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Iro
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 10–30 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
Breaking Away
boardgame
Breaking Away is a luck-free cycling board game where players control four-rider teams. By wisely spending movement points and drafting opponents, players must balance slipstreaming benefits with securing sprint points.
- Players:
- 2–9
- Time:
- 60–90 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
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
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
Trike
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 15–30 min
- Min. Age:
- 6
WYPS
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
One Day in London
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Gyges
boardgame
Gygès is a strategic board game featuring neutral pieces with one to three rings. The ring count determines the exact movement distance. The goal is to advance any piece into your opponent's starting row to secure victory.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
MOD X
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 25 min
- Min. Age:
- 15
Cannon
boardgame
Cannon is an abstract war game. Players first place a city on the back row. Pieces move to capture the opposing city or shoot it with a cannon, formed by a special arrangement of three pieces in a row.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Hnefatafl
boardgame
Hnefatafl is an ancient two-player Viking board game featuring asymmetric forces. 24 attackers try to capture a fleeing king defended by 12 soldiers. Pieces move like chess rooks and are captured by sandwiching them between friendly pieces.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 7
YINSH
boardgame
In YINSH, players move rings, leaving markers that flip when jumped. Form a row of five markers of your color to remove one ring. The first player to remove three rings wins. Each completed row brings victory closer, but reduces your available movement options strategically.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30–60 min
- Min. Age:
- 9
Hex
boardgame
The strategy game Hex was invented in 1942 by Piet Hein and independently in 1947 by John Nash. Players connect opposite edges with stones. Parker Brothers commercialized it in 1952. Its simple rules allow for easy homemade sets and paper play.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Nine Men's Morris
boardgame
Nine Men's Morris is an ancient board game for two players with nine pieces each. Players form lines of three to capture opponent pieces. The first player to reduce their opponent down to only two pieces wins the game immediately.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 6
Army of Frogs
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 7
Diagonal Blocks
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Syzygy
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Yspahan
boardgame
In 1598, Yspahan thrives as the Persian capital. Players act as merchants competing to score points by placing goods in shops, sending off caravans, and constructing buildings over three weeks of strategic planning.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 45–60 min
- Min. Age:
- 8