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Cascadia box art

Cascadia

Draft habitat tiles and wildlife tokens into spatial scoring patterns.

Year2021 Players1-4 Time30-45 Weight1.84 Age10+
Animals Environmental Puzzle End Game Bonuses Hexagon Grid Open Drafting Animals: Bears Animals: Eagles
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Azul

Draft tiles into pattern rows while timing placement and denial.

Year2017 Players2-4 Time30-45 Weight1.76 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle Renaissance End Game Bonuses Open Drafting Pattern Building Components: 5 x 5 Grids Country: Portugal
Patchwork box art

Patchwork

Buy puzzle pieces with time and buttons to fill a personal quilt.

Year2014 Players2 Time15-30 Weight1.6 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Economic Puzzle Grid Coverage Income Open Drafting Theme: Sewing / Knitting / Cloth-Making
Azul: Summer Pavilion box art

Azul: Summer Pavilion

Draft tiles into star patterns with timing and bonus placement.

Year2019 Players2-4 Time30-45 Weight2.05 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle End Game Bonuses Open Drafting Pattern Building Country: Portugal Game: Azul
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Sagrada

Draft dice by color and value into a stained-glass puzzle.

Year2017 Players1-4 Time30-45 Weight1.92 Age14+
Dice Puzzle Contracts Dice Rolling End Game Bonuses Game: Sagrada Mechanism: Dice Drafting
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Calico

Cover spaces on a grid to build a spatial scoring plan.

Year2020 Players1-4 Time30-45 Weight2.18 Age10+
Animals Puzzle Enclosure End Game Bonuses Grid Coverage Animals: Cats Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
Project L box art

Project L

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year2020 Players1-4 Time20-40 Weight1.56 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle Video Game Theme Action Points Open Drafting Pattern Building Components: Polyominoes Crowdfunding: Gamefound
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Tiny Towns

Cover spaces on a grid to build a spatial scoring plan.

Year2019 Players1-6 Time45-60 Weight2.07 Age14+
Abstract Strategy Animals City Building End Game Bonuses Follow Grid Coverage Components: 4 x 4 Grids Components: Wooden pieces & boards
Azul: Stained Glass Of Sintra box art

Azul: Stained Glass Of Sintra

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year2018 Players2-4 Time30-45 Weight2 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle Renaissance End Game Bonuses Modular Board Open Drafting Admin: Better Description Needed! Country: Portugal
Nova Luna box art

Nova Luna

Place tiles carefully to build spatial scoring patterns.

Year2019 Players1-4 Time30-60 Weight1.88 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle Contracts Race Tile Placement Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena Digital Implementations: Tabletopia
Azul: Queen's Garden box art

Azul: Queen's Garden

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year2021 Players2-4 Time45-60 Weight2.96 Age10+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle Renaissance End Game Bonuses Pattern Building Set Collection Country: Portugal Game: Azul
Verdant box art

Verdant

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year2022 Players1-5 Time45-60 Weight2.06 Age10+
Card Game Environmental Puzzle Open Drafting Pattern Building Set Collection Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Digital Implementations: Tabletopia
Paris: La Cité De La Lumière box art

Paris: La Cité De La Lumière

Cover spaces on a grid to build a spatial scoring plan.

Year2019 Players2 Time?-? Weight2.04 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle Territory Building Action Drafting Area Majority / Influence Grid Coverage Cities: Paris (France) Components: Game Box Used In Play
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Ricochet Robots

Make decisions quickly while the game unfolds in real time.

Year1999 Players1-99 Time?-? Weight2.39 Age10+
Abstract Strategy Maze Puzzle Grid Movement Modular Board Real-Time Components: 16 x 16 Grids Components: Sand Timers
Azul: Master Chocolatier box art

Azul: Master Chocolatier

Build patterns from chosen pieces to unlock scoring opportunities.

Year2022 Players2-4 Time30-45 Weight1.75 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Puzzle End Game Bonuses Open Drafting Pattern Building Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena Food & Drink: Chocolate
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NMBR 9

Reveal one number card for everyone, fit that tile into your own structure, and stack later digits on fully supported levels for multiplying points.

Year2017 Players1-4 Time20 Weight1.22 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Number Puzzle Bingo Layering Pattern Building
Ubongo box art

Ubongo

Cover spaces on a grid to build a spatial scoring plan.

Year2003 Players1-4 Time?-? Weight1.51 Age8+
Puzzle Real-time Grid Coverage Pattern Building Real-Time Components: Gems/Crystals Components: Polyominoes
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Zendo

A Moderator marks example structures as matching or not matching a secret rule; Students build controlled tests, earn guesses, and race to express that rule exactly.

Year2001 Players2-6 Time15-60 Weight2.52 Age12+
Abstract Strategy Deduction Puzzle Induction Pattern Recognition Simultaneous Action Selection
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Land Vs Sea

Cover spaces on a grid to build a spatial scoring plan.

Year2021 Players2-4 Time?-? Weight1.71 Age14+
Medieval Puzzle Territory Building Enclosure Map Addition Network and Route Building Digital Implementations: TableTop Simulator Mod (TTS) Misc: LongPack Games
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Set

Make decisions quickly while the game unfolds in real time.

Year1988 Players1-20 Time?-? Weight1.66 Age6+
Card Game Puzzle Pattern Recognition Real-Time Speed Matching Game: Set Misc: Mensa Select
Adventure Games: The Dungeon box art

Adventure Games: The Dungeon

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

Year2019 Players1-4 Time?-? Weight1.69 Age12+
Fantasy Puzzle Cooperative Game Narrative Choice / Paragraph Misc: Limited Replayability Series: Adventure Games (Kosmos)
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Orapa Mine

Hide colored mineral shapes, fire waves from the grid edge, record exits and color changes, eliminate impossible layouts, and be first to identify every mineral exactly.

Year2024 Players2-5 Time20-30 Weight1.93 Age8+
Deduction Puzzle Deduction Paper-and-Pencil
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Metro X

Mark choices on a sheet to build patterns and complete objectives.

Year2018 Players1-6 Time?-? Weight1.74 Age8+
Number Puzzle Trains Bingo Network and Route Building Paper-and-Pencil Cities: Osaka (Japan) Cities: Tokyo (Japan)
Noctiluca box art

Noctiluca

Collect matching sets while timing when to score or trade them.

Year2019 Players1-4 Time?-? Weight1.3 Age8+
Abstract Strategy Dice Puzzle Contracts End Game Bonuses Hexagon Grid Digital Implementations: Tabletopia Mechanism: Dice Drafting