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Thumbnail image | Title | Geek Rating | Avg Rating | Num Voters | Shop |
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Azul
(2017)
Artfully embellish the walls of your palace by drafting the most beautiful tiles. |
7.684 | 7.83 | 53648 | [Shop] |
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Azul: Summer Pavilion
(2019)
You're an artisan working on creating striking patterns within a king's palace. |
7.573 | 7.83 | 7057 | [Shop] |
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YINSH
(2003)
Move rings over pieces to flip them, creating rows of five in your color. |
7.558 | 7.69 | 7342 | [Shop] |
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Patchwork
(2014)
Piece together a quilt and leave no holes to become the button master. |
7.540 | 7.66 | 46547 | [Shop] |
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TZAAR
(2007)
Capture all of an opponent's type of pieces or make them unable to capture yours. |
7.464 | 7.66 | 3223 | [Shop] |
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Calico
(2020)
Sew a quilt, collect buttons, attract cats! |
7.456 | 8.00 | 2999 | [Shop] |
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War Chest
(2018)
Recruit, bolster and maneuver your way to controlling the hex-grid battlefield. |
7.424 | 7.94 | 3873 | [Shop] |
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Mandala
(2019)
Create and destroy mandalas in this beautifully tense abstract game for two. |
7.388 | 7.71 | 2342 | [Shop] |
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Santorini
(2016)
Use different divine powers to build and climb the towers! |
7.321 | 7.48 | 27884 | [Shop] |
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DVONN
(2001)
Avoid being disconnected from the three DVONN pieces on an ever-shrinking board. |
7.313 | 7.44 | 4458 | [Shop] |
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Sagrada
(2017)
Craft the best stained-glass windows by carefully placing colorful transparent dice. |
7.308 | 7.53 | 26072 | [Shop] |
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Go
(-2200)
Use stones to control space in this ancient game with simple rules. |
7.210 | 7.64 | 14844 | [Shop] |
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Onitama
(2014)
Assert your martial prowess as you harness the power of the Animal spirits. |
7.184 | 7.40 | 15165 | [Shop] |
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Hive
(2000)
Use your insects to trap your opponent's Queen Bee in this board-less abstract game. |
7.149 | 7.32 | 29599 | [Shop] |
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Nova Luna
(2019)
Draft tiles to complete adjacency combos in this beautiful, abstract tableau builder. |
7.138 | 7.45 | 2772 | [Shop] |
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LYNGK
(2017)
Pick your two colors wisely while moving and capturing multicolored stacks. |
7.136 | 7.60 | 888 | [Shop] |
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ZÈRTZ
(1999)
Sacrifice pieces to your opponent in order to win this counterintuitive game. |
7.115 | 7.29 | 3914 | [Shop] |
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The Duke
(2013)
Draw, place, move and flip tiles to capture the enemy Duke. |
7.069 | 7.38 | 3782 | [Shop] |
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Ingenious
(2004)
Place hexagonal tiles to score lines of colors. |
7.061 | 7.12 | 15635 | [Shop] |
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Tak
(2017)
Be first to build a complete road using tiles that can stack or stand on edge. |
7.058 | 7.65 | 2073 | [Shop] |
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Through the Desert
(1998)
Pretty pastel camels belie the intensity of this tight area-control classic. |
7.040 | 7.07 | 12716 | [Shop] |
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Torres
(1999)
Build towers and populate them with your knights to make it big in the Middle Ages. |
7.024 | 7.12 | 8732 | [Shop] |
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SHŌBU
(2019)
Use your stones to push all your opponent's stones off any one of four boards to win! |
7.022 | 7.68 | 835 | [Shop] |
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Taluva
(2006)
Race to build temples and towers or tribal supremacy on an active volcanic island. |
7.001 | 7.17 | 7799 | [Shop] |
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Blue Lagoon
(2018)
Explore an unsettled archipelago and connect your villages by land and sea...twice! |
6.992 | 7.22 | 2957 | [Shop] |
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Zendo
(2001)
Students look to the Master to deduce the true Buddha-nature of their works. |
6.979 | 7.25 | 2690 | [Shop] |
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Dragon Castle
(2017)
Draft Mahjong-like tiles and place them carefully to create the best castle. |
6.976 | 7.21 | 5628 | [Shop] |
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Paris: La Cité de la Lumière
(2019)
Players compete for their moment in the light by placing oddly shaped building tiles. |
6.963 | 7.54 | 1338 | [Shop] |
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Medina (Second Edition)
(2014)
Place colorful wooden places to build beautiful palaces in a desert city. |
6.945 | 7.25 | 1657 | [Shop] |
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GIPF
(1996)
Cycle your own pieces while slowly depleting your opponent's reserve. |
6.944 | 7.10 | 2943 | [Shop] |
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Reef
(2018)
Grow your reef, and arrange it beautifully on your seafloor to score more points. |
6.943 | 7.10 | 6828 | [Shop] |
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Photosynthesis
(2017)
Trees compete for sunlight to grow taller, as the sun moves around the board. |
6.938 | 7.13 | 16762 | [Shop] |
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Bridge
(1925)
Bid to communicate and to set trump. Then take tricks to fulfill your bid. |
6.931 | 7.46 | 2891 | [Shop] |
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Medina
(2001)
Collaboratively build a desert city of palaces, but claim the best ones for yourself. |
6.896 | 7.04 | 2941 | [Shop] |
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Shogi
(1587)
Deploy captured pieces for rapid checkmates in Japan's traditional "general's game." |
6.890 | 7.37 | 1546 | [Shop] |
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Ubongo 3D
(2009)
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6.884 | 7.14 | 1507 | [Shop] |
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Create the most fruitful micro orchard, but beware of rotten fruit! |
6.882 | 7.51 | 1133 | [Shop] |
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Ingenious: Travel Edition
(2006)
Match double sided hexes and your lowest scored shape is your final score. |
6.875 | 7.09 | 1916 | [Shop] |
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Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends
(2013)
Place units in 2D shapes to summon powerful beings and claim a rotating set of goals. |
6.875 | 7.18 | 6074 | [Shop] |
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Ricochet Robots
(1999)
Be the first to solve a spatial puzzle using hard-controlled robots to win! |
6.815 | 7.00 | 8013 | [Shop] |
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Blokus
(2000)
Fit your tiles on a shared board with not enough space for everyone. |
6.798 | 6.88 | 22893 | [Shop] |
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Glüx
(2016)
Cleverly place your lights to illuminate the rooms most effectively. |
6.792 | 7.13 | 1239 | [Shop] |
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Pueblo
(2002)
You are a master builder! Cleverly disguise your coloured stones within your village. |
6.768 | 6.92 | 2394 | [Shop] |
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Chess
(1475)
Warring kings send subjects to capture the enemy's forces in this classic abstract. |
6.764 | 7.13 | 28746 | [Shop] |
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In this abstract spy game, players only see how their opponent’s pieces can move. |
6.762 | 7.09 | 1333 | [Shop] |
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Blokus Duo
(2005)
Play geometric shapes from your hand for points -- but don't get blocked in! |
6.752 | 6.84 | 5107 | [Shop] |
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NMBR 9
(2017)
Cleverly stack number-based polyminos on top of one another without leaving any gaps. |
6.751 | 6.91 | 5706 | [Shop] |
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Xiangqi
(762)
Use cannons and more to defeat the enemy General in his Palace across the River. |
6.748 | 7.12 | 1884 | [Shop] |
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Cribbage
(1630)
Sum to 15, peg to 121 and score the crib in this classic and unique card game. |
6.742 | 7.05 | 8301 | [Shop] |
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Seikatsu
(2017)
Outwit your rivals as you design a garden together to ensure you have the best view. |
6.726 | 7.22 | 1188 | [Shop] |
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Blokus Trigon
(2006)
Fit all your tiles onto the board while blocking your neighbor into a corner. |
6.720 | 6.91 | 2915 | [Shop] |
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Aton
(2005)
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6.714 | 6.86 | 3355 | [Shop] |
53 |
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Ta Yü
(1999)
Divert water to your two sides of the board and away from the sides of your opponent. |
6.709 | 6.96 | 1475 | [Shop] |
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Kamisado
(2008)
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6.701 | 6.92 | 2122 | [Shop] |
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Dokmus
(2016)
Discover temples & invoke the power of the gods in the fantasy land of Dokmus. |
6.693 | 7.07 | 1007 | [Shop] |
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Mahjong
(1850)
Use the Winds, Dragons and suit tiles you draw to finish with the best hand! |
6.688 | 7.02 | 6458 | [Shop] |
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Blokus 3D
(2003)
Construct 3-D structures with your opponents while also trying out outwit them. |
6.684 | 6.79 | 3820 | [Shop] |
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The Rose King
(1992)
Tense positional battle where seeing a few moves ahead is crucial. |
6.684 | 6.80 | 3158 | [Shop] |
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Hey, That's My Fish!
(2003)
Quest for the most fish, but don't get stranded as ice disappears beneath your feet. |
6.658 | 6.70 | 19370 | [Shop] |
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The Climbers
(2008)
Use the blocks to build your way to the top! |
6.644 | 6.85 | 2799 | [Shop] |
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Quarto
(1991)
You choose the piece your opponent plays next. 4-in-a-row of the same attribute wins! |
6.637 | 6.86 | 5876 | [Shop] |
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Indigo
(2012)
Create tangled paths and move gemstones to your advantage. |
6.636 | 6.84 | 2907 | [Shop] |
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Bosk
(2019)
Navigate the four seasons and lay claim to the land with your trees and their leaves. |
6.632 | 7.09 | 1013 | [Shop] |
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Gunkimono
(2018)
Match tiles colours to score points now or raise your track to gain points later. |
6.627 | 7.08 | 853 | [Shop] |
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Noctiluca
(2019)
Noctiluca shine beautifully at night. Become the best diver and collect the most! |
6.624 | 7.14 | 994 | [Shop] |
66 |
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Qwirkle
(2006)
Complete a set of shapes or colors among the criss-crossing tiles for big points! |
6.623 | 6.78 | 16121 | [Shop] |
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Ubongo: Duel
(2008)
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6.611 | 6.85 | 1036 | [Shop] |
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Ubongo
(2003)
Race to fill the target shape using a set of polyominoes before your opponents do. |
6.598 | 6.71 | 7805 | [Shop] |
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Cóatl
(2020)
Combine pattern cards, create Coatls with astonishing pieces, please the Aztec gods. |
6.596 | 7.52 | 598 | [Shop] |
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PÜNCT
(2005)
Use pieces—and cover opponent's pieces—to connect opposing sides of the board. |
6.593 | 6.80 | 1660 | [Shop] |
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Qin
(2012)
Control areas in the grid with your tiles to place your pagodas and win. |
6.587 | 6.82 | 2151 | [Shop] |
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Ubongo Extreme
(2007)
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6.575 | 6.80 | 1301 | [Shop] |
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Code 777
(1985)
Deduce your three numbers while seeing only your opponents’ racks. |
6.554 | 6.73 | 1945 | [Shop] |
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Lines of Action
(1969)
Be the first to connect all your pieces by moving them along their lines of action. |
6.550 | 7.15 | 452 | [Shop] |
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Fjords
(2005)
Build the game board and place your huts. Claim the land based on placement of huts. |
6.550 | 6.74 | 2977 | [Shop] |
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Billabong
(1992)
Use your opponents' kangaroos to enable big hops and get your own home first. |
6.547 | 6.87 | 798 | [Shop] |
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TAMSK
(1998)
A unique abstract where you are running against time. |
6.541 | 6.77 | 1353 | [Shop] |
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Topoum
(2016)
Lead your moles to conquer territory during World War I. |
6.540 | 7.30 | 627 | [Shop] |
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Blockers!
(2007)
Get the fewest contiguous groups of blocks on the board to win. |
6.532 | 6.69 | 1924 | [Shop] |
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Gemblo
(2003)
Be the first to place all your hexagon pieces on the board. |
6.529 | 6.81 | 1409 | [Shop] |
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Pave beautiful pathways of colored tiles to celebrate the elephants of Kerala. |
6.527 | 6.87 | 972 | [Shop] |
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Element
(2017)
Master the elements of fire, water, earth, wind to outwit rival sages. |
6.525 | 7.29 | 792 | [Shop] |
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Arimaa
(2002)
Avoid trap squares and manipulate enemy pieces to reach the other side first. |
6.524 | 7.24 | 639 | [Shop] |
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Spirits of the Forest
(2018)
Collect spirits and garner the most points by nourishing the many forces of nature. |
6.516 | 6.94 | 2043 | [Shop] |
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Call "Riichi" ('Reach') to commit to a winning hand in this intense Mahjong variant. |
6.513 | 8.36 | 306 | [Shop] |
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Ninety-Nine
(1974)
Discard cards from your hand as a bid to win an exact number of tricks. |
6.509 | 7.21 | 365 | [Shop] |
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Kahuna
(1998)
Place your bridges and destroy your opponent's via card-play to control 12 islands. |
6.509 | 6.63 | 8426 | [Shop] |
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Bughouse Chess
(1960)
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6.508 | 7.40 | 335 | [Shop] |
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Kingdoms
(1994)
Vie for dominance by tactically placing tiles and castles over 3 epochs. |
6.503 | 6.63 | 4649 | [Shop] |
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Santorini
(2004)
Out-think your opponent and use your godlike powers in this abstract chess-like game. |
6.501 | 7.28 | 332 | [Shop] |
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Homeworlds
(2001)
A complex intergalactic space battle game. No luck, no hidden info, pure strategy. |
6.497 | 7.53 | 304 | [Shop] |
92 |
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Quoridor
(1997)
Either move your pawn or place a wall to cross the board first. |
6.493 | 6.67 | 6394 | [Shop] |
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Take it Easy!
(1983)
The quick playing tile laying game for 1-100 people. |
6.489 | 6.62 | 2758 | [Shop] |
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FITS
(2009)
Place your tetrominoes on your game board to cover the scoring squares. |
6.485 | 6.59 | 3088 | [Shop] |
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Kulami
(2011)
Get your area majority groove on in this abstract marble game. |
6.469 | 7.15 | 455 | [Shop] |
96 |
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Ekö
(2015)
Conquer your shorter enemies and build structures to 12pts for victory. |
6.464 | 6.91 | 833 | [Shop] |
97 |
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Tintas
(2016)
Collect all seven pieces of one color with a common pawn. |
6.462 | 7.71 | 172 | [Shop] |
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Songbirds
(2016)
Birds of a feather flock together in this gentle game of tactics and card placement. |
6.461 | 6.88 | 975 | [Shop] |
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Navia Dratp
(2004)
Select a team of bizarre fighting creatures and out-strategize your opponent. |
6.455 | 7.17 | 571 | [Shop] |
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Battle Sheep
(2010)
Move and spread your flock to claim pastures while you block. |
6.452 | 6.64 | 3852 | [Shop] |