Universal board game box icons we'd like to see
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Board game manufacturers courteously provide universal icons on their game boxes to show number of players, recommended player ages, and estimated playtimes.

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These icons not only describe the game, they also serve as a warning of sorts not to expect that the game will play more quickly than we'd guess, or play with less or more players, etc.

To that same end, here are a few more ideas for universal icons to put on board game boxes to describe the game and warn us not to have unrealistic expectations.
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As the image suggests, can be applied to countless games.
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