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Moirai

Build toward two Fate patterns at once before chasing the third. A large discard pile is valuable only when its cards can be woven without breaking the structures already scoring well.

Year2025 Players2-4 Time20-30 Weight1.5 Age10+
Card Game Mythology Pattern Building Variable Set-up
Munchkin The Nightmare Before Christmas box art

Munchkin The Nightmare Before Christmas

Roll dice and choose how to use the results for tactical outcomes.

Year2015 Players3-6 Time60-120 Weight1.8 Age10+
Fantasy Fighting Movies / TV / Radio theme Dice Rolling Trading Variable Player Powers Brands: Disney Game: Munchkin
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Belle Of The Ball

Push your luck for bigger rewards while risk keeps building.

Year2014 Players2-5 Time30-45 Weight1.5 Age13+
Card Game Humor Set Collection Hand Management Open Drafting Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Organizations: Game Designers of North Carolina
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Darkrock Ventures

Place workers to claim actions and turn resources into plans.

Year2016 Players1-5 Time30-45 Weight2.27 Age14+
Farming Science Fiction Space Exploration Area Majority / Influence Dice Rolling Pick-up and Deliver Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Digital Implementations: TableTop Simulator Mod (TTS)
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Entropy

Use clues and contradictions to deduce hidden information.

Year2015 Players2-6 Time?-? Weight1.89 Age12+
Science Fiction Bluffing Card Game Hand Management Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Player Powers Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Components: Official Music Soundtrack
The Great Barrier Reef Card Game box art

The Great Barrier Reef Card Game

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year2020 Players1-5 Time15-45 Weight2 Age14+
Environmental Nautical Puzzle Hand Management Layering Pattern Building Animals: Coral / Jellyfish / Anemones Digital Implementations: Tabletopia
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Scandaroon

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year2007 Players3-4 Time?-? Weight2 Age10+
Card Game Number Pattern Building Variable Player Powers
Talisman: Batman – Super-villains Edition box art

Talisman: Batman – Super-villains Edition

Roll dice and choose how to use the results for tactical outcomes.

Year2019 Players2-6 Time60-90 Weight2 Age13+
Adventure Comic Book / Strip Exploration Dice Rolling Roll / Spin and Move Variable Player Powers Comic Books: Batman Comic Books: DC Universe
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Albion's Legacy

Coordinate with teammates to solve the game's shared challenge.

Year2015 Players1-4 Time?-? Weight3.46 Age14+
Adventure Fantasy Medieval Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Modular Board Admin: Better Description Needed! Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
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Hyle

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year1979 Players2 Time?-? Weight2.86 Age10+
Abstract Strategy Grid Movement Pattern Building Square Grid Category: Combinatorial Components: 19 x 19 Grids
Runika And The Six-sided Spellbooks box art

Runika And The Six-sided Spellbooks

Place workers to claim actions and turn resources into plans.

Year2020 Players1-4 Time60-90 Weight2 Age14+
Dice Fantasy Puzzle Dice Rolling Pattern Building Pattern Recognition Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Digital Implementations: Tabletopia
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Discover: Lands Unknown

Year2018 Players1-4 Time60-120 Weight2.46 Age12+
Adventure Exploration Modular Board Player Elimination Variable Player Powers Components: Unique Game Theme: Survival
Nightfall: Eastern Skies box art

Nightfall: Eastern Skies

Build a deck or pool that turns small actions into stronger combos.

Year2013 Players2-5 Time?-? Weight2.67 Age12+
Bluffing Card Game Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Hand Management Open Drafting Game: Nightfall Organizations: Game Designers of North Carolina
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Small Railroad Empires

Move goods between locations while optimizing routes and timing.

Year2021 Players1-4 Time30-60 Weight2.43 Age13+
Trains Transportation Hexagon Grid Modular Board Open Drafting Digital Implementations: Tabletopia Series: Small Empires (Archona Games)
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Who Should We Eat?

Vote, persuade, and read the table to push group decisions.

Year2017 Players4-10 Time?-? Weight1.67 Age14+
Party Game Hand Management Semi-Cooperative Game Simultaneous Action Selection Theme: Cannibals / Cannibalism
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Gruff

Play event cards to drive map pressure and long-term timing.

Year2015 Players2-4 Time?-? Weight3 Age11+
Card Game Fantasy Fighting Campaign / Battle Card Driven Variable Player Powers Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Folk Tales & Fairy Tales: Three Billy Goats Gruff
Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Warcry – Catacombs box art

Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Warcry – Catacombs

Roll dice and choose how to use the results for tactical outcomes.

Year2020 Players2 Time60-180 Weight3 Age12+
Fantasy Miniatures Wargame Dice Rolling Variable Player Powers Variable Set-up Players: Two-Player Only Games Setting: Age of Sigmar
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Tricktakers

Play suited cards to win tricks and manage timing.

Year2021 Players2-5 Time30-40 Weight3.13 Age10+
Card Game Hand Management Open Drafting Trick-taking Misc: LongPack Games
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Twisted Cryptids

Do not reveal your hidden trait through perfect efficiency too early. Score steadily in public while keeping enough action flexibility to pivot when another cryptid moves the humans.

Year2025 Players2-4 Time60 Weight1.94 Age10+
Card Game Events Variable Player Powers Variable Set-up
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City Of Chaos

Use clues and contradictions to deduce hidden information.

Year1996 Players1-6 Time?-? Weight2.79 Age12+
City Building Deduction Exploration Variable Player Powers Modular Board Role Playing Creatures: Vampires Animals: Rats
Exceed: Red Horizon – Alice, Zoey, Gabrek, And Ulrik box art

Exceed: Red Horizon – Alice, Zoey, Gabrek, And Ulrik

Move pieces across a map while planning position and timing.

Year2016 Players2 Time10-20 Weight2 Age10+
Card Game Fighting Hand Management Point to Point Movement Variable Player Powers Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Game: Exceed Fighting System
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Earth Under Siege: Flashpoint

Treat the alarm as a resource, not merely a failure state. Complete quiet objectives first, preserve focus for decisive checks, and trigger open combat only when the team is positioned to survive the escalation.

Year2024 Players1-4 Time60-90 Weight3.95 Age14+
Adventure Fighting Miniatures Area Movement Cooperative Game Dice Rolling
Devil May Cry: The Bloody Palace box art

Devil May Cry: The Bloody Palace

Push your luck for bigger rewards while risk keeps building.

Year2021 Players1-4 Time60-90 Weight2.64 Age14+
Video Game Theme Pattern Building Push Your Luck Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
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Dadaocheng

Spot patterns quickly and react before opponents do.

Year2015 Players1-4 Time?-? Weight2.6 Age10+
Dice Economic Puzzle Dice Rolling Pattern Building Pattern Recognition Admin: Better Description Needed! Cities: Taipei (Taiwan)