Game | No of Players | Playing Time | Age | Categories | Mechanisms | Designers | Publishers |
Carcassonne | 2-5 | 30-45 mins | 7+ | City Building, Medieval, Territory Building | Area Majority / Influence, Map Addition, Tile Placement | Klaus-Jürgen Wrede | Hans im Glück and others |
Catan | 3-4 | 60-120 mins | 10+ | Economic, Negotiation | Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Income, Modular Board, Network and Route Building, Race, Random Production, Trading, Variable Setup |
Klaus Teuber |
KOSMOS, 999 Games, and others |
Checkers | 2 | 30 mins | 6+ | Abstract Strategy, Comic Book / Strip | Grid Movement, Pattern Movement, Square Grid, Static Capture | Uncredited, released in 1150 AD | Public Domain |
Chess | 2 | 60 mins | 6+ | Abstract Strategy | Grid Movement, Pattern Movement, Square Grid, Static Capture | Uncredited, released in 1475 AD | Public Domain |
Clue | 2-6 | 40 mins | 8+ | Bluffing, Deduction, Murder / Mystery | Dice Rolling, Roll / Spin and Move | Patrick Otley | Hasbro, Parker Spiele |
Coup | 2-6 | 15 mins | 13+ | Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Party Game, Political | Hidden Roles, Memory, Player Elimination, Take That, Variable Player Powers | Rikki Tahta | Indie Boards & Games, La Mame Games, and others |
Downfall of Pompeii | 2-4 | 45 mins | 10+ | Ancient | Grid Movement, Hand Management, Tile Placement | Klaus-Jürgen Wrede |
AMIGO, Maldito Games, Mayfair Games |
Forbidden Island | 2-4 | 30 mins | 10+ | Adventure, Fantasy | Action Points, Cooperation Game, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Map Reduction, Modular Board, Pick-up and Deliver, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game, Variable Player Powers | Matt Leacock | Gamewright and others |
Gloom | 2-4 | 60 mins | 13+ | Card Game, Horror, Humor | Hand Management, Layering, Lose a Turn, Storytelling, Take That | Keith Baker |
Atlas Games, Black Monk, Edge Entertainment, uplay.it edizioni |
Jenga | 1-8 | 20 mins | 6+ | Action / Dexterity, Party Game | Physical Removal, Single Loser Game, Stacking and Balancing | Leslie Scott | Barnes & Noble and others |
Monopoly | 2-8 | 60-180 mins | 8+ | Economic, Negotiation | Auction/Bidding, Income, Loans, Lose a Turn, Player Elimination, Roll / Spin and Move, Set Collection, Stock Holding, Track Movement, Trading | (Uncredited), Charles Darrow, Elizabeth J. Magie (Phillips) - released in 1933 | Parker Brothers and others |
Munchkin Deluxe | 3-6 | 60-120 mins | 10+ | Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Humor | Hand Management, Take That, Variable Player Powers | Steve Jackson | Steve Jackson Games and others |
Risk | 2-6 | 120 mins | 10+ | Territory Building, Wargame | Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Player Elimination, Set Collection | Albert Lamorisse, Michael I. Levin, first release in 1959 | Alga and others |
Rook | 2-6 | 45 mins | 8+ | Card Game | Auction/Bidding, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Team-Based Game, Trick-taking | George S. Parker, Grace Parker, first released in 1906 |
Hasbro, Parker Brothers, Rook Card Company, and others |
Pandemic | 2-4 | 45 mins | 8+ | Medical | Action Points, Cooperation Game, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection, Trading, Variable Player Powers | Matt Leacock | Z-Man Games and others |
Scrabble | 2-4 | 90 mins | 10+ | Word Game | End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Square Grid, Tile Placement | Alfred Mosher Butts, first released in 1948 | Hasbro and others |
Splendor | 2-4 | 30 mins | 10+ | Card Game, Economic, Renaissance | Card Drafting, Contracts, Race, Set Collection | Marc André |
Space Cowboys, Asmodee, and others |
Takenoko | 2-4 | 45 mins | 8+ | Animals, Environmental, Farming, Territory Building | Action Points, Contracts, Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board, Network and Route Building, Pattern Building, Set Collection, Tile Placement | Antoine Bauza | Bombyx, Matagot, and others |
Ticket to Ride | 2-5 | 30-60 mins | 8+ | Trains | Card Drafting, Connections, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Network and Route Building, Push Your Luck, Set Collection | Alan R. Moon | Days of Wonder and others |
UNO | 2-10 | 30 mins | 6+ | Card Game, Number, Comic Book / Strip, Movie / TV / Radio Theme | Hand Management, Lose a Turn, Matching, Take That | Merle Robbins, first published in 1971 | AMIGO and others |
Unstable Unicorns | 2-8 | 30-45 mins | 14+ | Card Game, Humor, Party Game | Hand Management, Set Collection, Take That | Ramy Badie |
(Self-Published), Breaking Games, and others |
What do you MEME | 3-20 | 30-90 mins | 17+ | Card Game, Humor, Mature / Adult, Party Game | Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection | Elie Ballas, Ben Kaplan, Elliot Tebele | (Self-Published), and others |
Yahtzee | 2-10 | 30 mins | 6+ | Children's Game, Comic Book / Strip, Dice, Movie / TV / Radio theme, Music, Sports, Travel | Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, Push Your Luck, Re-rolling and Locking, Set collection | Edwin S. Lowe, first released in 1956 | Public Domain and others |
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