On a scale of 1 to 10: how useful would gold-plated barbecue tongs be in a shipwreck? These are the absurd scenarios players are asked to contemplate in the creative party game “Top Ten.” To help guide you, all players each receive a secret number card with a value between 1 and 10. Players then
You have eight square cards, each with four different words, arranged randomly on a plastic four-leaf clover to make four unusual word pairings. You need to come up with an umbrella term that connects these pairs, without using translations, abbreviations or parts of the words. So for the combination of “apple” and “man” you might
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In traditional Indian teachings, the seven energy centres that link the physical body with the astral form are known as chakras. These chakras are depicted on players’ tableaus as coloured circles, each with three spaces. Competing against their opponents, players must fill these spaces with energy stones of the matching colour. The simple rule set
Carrots, tomatoes, onions, cabbages or peppers? Let’s not argue about which of these are healthy and tasty ingredients for a salad – and which don’t belong at all… Let’s instead discuss which vegetable or scoring card from the draw piles fits best with our platter of culinary delights. The key is that each of the
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A tear in the world has awoken elemental beings of fire, lightning, ice and shadow. These creatures form our guild decks, consisting of 36 cards, which we lead into battle over the magical Riftforce. While the rules of this card game may be simple, it draws tactical depth from the different abilities of the ten
Building blocks, shoe laces, symbol cards and more. At first glance, the five sets of materials included in “Pictures” couldn’t be more different. Nevertheless they will all be used for the same purpose: players must recreate a photograph so that their opponents are able to identify it amongst all the other photos displayed. This might
In “My City” players will be building cities and – as you can guess from the title – each will build their own. Everyone gets a personal landscape board and a supply of building tiles in different colours and shapes. A deck of cards determines the order in which the buildings can be placed. What
“Nova Luna” is an abstract tile-laying game in astral form. The objective: place square tiles to complete the highest number of goals depicted on them as efficiently as possible. For instance, a tile could require that two turquoise and two red tiles are placed adjacent to it. To tick off multiple goals at once, you’re
“Der Fuchs im Wald” (“The Fox in the Forest”) is a storybook trick-taking game for two players that has several interesting hooks. The winner of a round isn’t always the player who takes the most tricks: like in a fairytale excessive greed is punished harshly. Also some card values bring special abilities into play, so
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