Category: Board Games

Automobiles

Automobiles by AEG is a deck-building game that uses the collection of different cubes to propel your car toward the finish line first. Your crew and your racecar itself is represented by unique cubes that come to you in a number of different ways. As you build upon your cube collection, you enhance your performance, help keep your pit crew well trained and help push your car to run at the best it can be. The objective is to be the first car of all of the players to cross the finish line.Number of players:2-5
Recommended ages:14+
Estimated playtime:45 minutes

Airlines Europe

Airlines Europe by Rio Grande Games is set in the dawning age of passengers being able to fly in planes. Players play as entrepreneurs hoping to bring about the first airlines available and grow in the competitive market, establishing licenses for the airspace in Europe. Players must use the influence of powerful investors wisely, along with their cash, in order to ensure that their investments are only going into what will become the most successful and profitable airlines. This strategy game is built for two to five players and will take around 75 minutes to complete.Number of players:2-5
Recommended ages:13+
Estimated playtime:60-75 minutes

Arctic Scavengers

Arctic Scavengers by Rio Grande Games is set in the year 2097 in a post-apocalyptic world after a horrible climate change event. Every player is a leader of a small surviving team who must fight for survival by gathering tools, resources, medicine and fighters. These tribes must fight against other tribes for these resources and can even outsmart them on their way to victory. This game includes a plastic insert that makes organizing all of your belongings simple. It can be played by two to six players and takes around an hour to complete.Number of players:2-5
Recommended ages:13+
Estimated playtime:30-60 minutes

Agents of SMERSH

Agents of SMERSH by 8th Summit is a cooperative game that puts players in conflict with the UN Secret Service Spies. This game is set in an alternative timeline in the 1970s against a new organization, SMERSH. This game has over 1,500 encounters in its Encounter book to be used by players, or they can choose to use encounter cards that have shorter interactions. This game comes with custom dice that determine the failure or success of different encounters and offers strategic gameplay that storytelling games often lack. It is suitable for one to four players.Number of players:1-4
Recommended ages:13+
Estimated playtime:90-120 minutes

Aeon’s End

Aeon’s End by Indie Boards & Cards is a cooperative deck-building game that puts a twist on the typical gameplay style. This includes a turn order that varies to simulate the chaotic nature of an attack along with deck rules that require careful planning of each card discarded. Players have to defend their holds from hordes by way of using robust spells, unique abilities and wit. Suitable for one to four players, this fantasy cooperative game takes an approximate time of 45 to 60 minutes in order to build a deck and win the game.Number of players:1-4
Recommended ages:14+
Estimated playtime:45-60 minutes

1846: The Race to the Midwest

1846: The Race to the Midwest by GMT Games is a game that is centered in the 1800s and is located in the Midwestern United States. In this game, players act as railroad tycoons operating and investing in railroads to try to become the most successful company around. Players can scale corporations, private companies and the sizes of banks down to the number of players. Raise money, use private power from companies and pay for your builds to become a successful tycoon. This game takes approximately two to four hours in order for a player to win.Number of players:3-5
Recommended ages:14+
Estimated playtime:2-4 hours

Warhammer Quest

Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games is a co-op card game that is based upon the classic dungeon crawl, Warhammer Quest. In this game, one to four players joins forces with heroes in order to make their way through a dangerous dungeon. Magical items and strong weapons are a central theme as you conquer hordes of monsters like giant bats, goblins, Skaven, ghouls, rats and others while you collect wondrous treasures all at the same time. Play as some of the most iconic heroes of the game and try to survive the onslaught to get deeper into the dungeon to slay the evil that compels these beasts.Number of players:1-4
Recommended ages:13+
Estimated playtime:30-60 minutes

Twilight Struggle

Twilight Struggle by GMT Games is a two-player game that takes around three hours to complete. It is a simulation game that showcases the 45-year struggle and occasional warfare between the United States of America and the Soviet Union. This game brings to life the conflict between these two powerful nations, covering the entire world as it was in the year 1945. The objective of Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition is for each of the two players to move their units and influence other locations to get allies and to control the world.Number of players:2
Recommended ages:13+
Estimated playtime:3 hours

Tokaido

From Passport Game Studios, the designer of the popular 7 Wonders game, comes Tokaido, a beautiful game that can accommodate two to five players. It features a point to point movement game style that serves to take players crossing the East Sea Road, a marvelous road found in Japan. While they travel, players will meet new friends, eat new foods, discover beautiful views, collect unique items and explore temples. Once everyone has reached the end of the road, the goal is to be the most initiated traveler, meaning that you need to have discovered the most unique things to win.Number of players:2-5
Recommended ages:8+
Estimated playtime:45 minutes

Ticket to Ride

Ticket To Ride by Days of Wonder is an adventure game that takes you on a train around the country, celebrating “Around the World in 80 Days.” The objective of this game is to find out which of the two to five players can make it to the most North American cities in only seven days. Each game lasts around 30 to 60 minutes and comes complete with 225 colored train cars. Players must collect cards that let them ride the different railway routes so that they can make their way to a number of different cities in order to win the game.Number of players:2-5
Recommended ages:8+
Estimated playtime:30-60 minutes