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Gizmos
Draft from shared options to assemble a plan over successive turns.
Year2018
Players2-4
Time40-50
Weight2
Age14+
Card Game
Science Fiction
Action Queue
Contracts
Open Drafting
Components: Drop Tower
Components: Marbles
Forbidden Desert
Coordinate with teammates to solve the game's shared challenge.
Year2013
Players2-5
Time?-?
Weight2.04
Age10+
Adventure
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Action Points
Bias
Cooperative Game
Components: Meeples
Components: Dynamic Event Boards
Forbidden Island
Coordinate with teammates to solve the game's shared challenge.
Year2010
Players2-4
Time?-?
Weight1.74
Age10+
Adventure
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Action Points
Cooperative Game
Grid Movement
Components: Meeples
Components: Dynamic Event Boards
Qwixx
Mark choices on a sheet to build patterns and complete objectives.
Year2012
Players2-5
Time?-?
Weight1.11
Age8+
Dice
Math
Number
Bingo
Dice Rolling
Paper-and-Pencil
Game: Qwixx
Mechanism: Roll-and-Write
Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game
Collect matching sets while timing when to score or trade them.
Year2021
Players1-5
Time45-90
Weight2.8
Age14+
Dice
Educational
Contracts
Dice Rolling
Market
Components: Dice with Icons
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
Gravwell: Escape From The 9th Dimension
Solve a self-contained solo challenge against the game system.
Year2013
Players1-4
Time20-45
Weight1.73
Age10+
Card Game
Science Fiction
Action Queue
Simultaneous Action Selection
Solo / Solitaire Game
Misc: Mensa Select
Players: Games with Solitaire Rules
Planet
Place tiles carefully to build spatial scoring patterns.
Year2018
Players2-4
Time30-45
Weight1.6
Age8+
Environmental
Puzzle
Science Fiction
Open Drafting
Tile Placement
Turn Order: Progressive
Components: 3-Dimensional (3D)
Misc: LongPack Games
Favor Of The Pharaoh
Build a deck or pool that turns small actions into stronger combos.
Year2015
Players2-4
Time?-?
Weight2
Age13+
Dice
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
Dice Rolling
Re-rolling and Locking
Country: Egypt
Misc: Mensa Select
Dragonwood
Push your luck for bigger rewards while risk keeps building.
Year2015
Players2-4
Time?-?
Weight1.34
Age8+
Adventure
Card Game
Dice
Dice Rolling
Hand Management
Push Your Luck
Creatures: Dragons
Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena
Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype
Move pieces across a map while planning position and timing.
Year2010
Players2-4
Time?-?
Weight2
Age8+
Abstract Strategy
Dice
Dice Rolling
Point to Point Movement
Components: 10 x 10 Grids
Misc: Mensa Select
Doubles Wild
Spot patterns quickly and react before opponents do.
Year2001
Players2-4
Time?-?
Weight1
Age8+
Abstract Strategy
Dice
Dice Rolling
Pattern Building
Pattern Recognition
Components: 9 x 9 Grids
Components: Marbles
Quadwrangle
Year1983
Players2
Time?-?
Weight1.3
Age6+
Dice
Magazine: Spielbox
Misc: Mensa Select