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board games to borrow

Need a new challenge for game night? Borrow one of ours free with your library card! 

If a game looks fun but you want to know more details about how the game is played and see reviews, use the link for boardgamegeek.com to see comprehensive information and ratings. Click on the game photo to find the game in our catalog and reserve it.

You can borrow board games for two weeks with one renewal. When you return games, you must return them to staff inside. Please do not return them in the book drops as it may damage the game for the next borrower. RML board games can only be borrowed and returned to RML.

Azul

2–4 Players
In the game Azul, you have been challenged to embellish the walls of the Royal Palace of Evora. Players take turns drafting colored tiles from suppliers to their player board.

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Animal Upon Animal

2-4 Players, Ages 4+
The animals want to show how good they are at making tall pyramids! They must be skillfully careful: Who will position the penguin on top of the crocodile, the sheep on top of the penguin, the serpent on the sheep?

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Battleship

2 Players

Sink Ships and crash Planes: with this edition, fans of the battleship game can crash enemy Planes in addition to sinking Ships to win. The battleship game includes 2 portable battle cases so players can take it with them, and Dive into an instant game on the go.

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Bingo

2 or more Players

Get 5 in a row to win! In this classic, mark down what's called out on your board.

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Blokus

2-4 Players
Fit your tiles on a shared board with not enough space for everyone.

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Boggle

1-8 Players

A great game for vacations, Boggle is a timed word game in which players have 3 minutes to find as many connected words as possible from the face up letters resting in a 16 cube grid. When the timer runs out, players compare their lists of words and remove any words found by multiple players.

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Boop

2 Players, Ages 10+

A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging strategy game for two players. Every time you place a kitten on the bed, it goes “boop.” and pushes every other kitten on the board one space away. With both you AND your opponent constantly “booping” kittens around. It’s like… herding cats! Line up three kittens in a row to graduate them into cats. Get three cats in a row to win.

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Boop board game

Boss Monster

2-4 Players
Inspired by classic video games, Boss Monster challenges you to Build the ultimate side-scrolling dungeon to lure and defeat Heroes for their souls.

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Calico

1-4 Players
In Calico, players compete to sew the coziest quilt as they collect and place patches of different colors and patterns. Calico is a puzzly tile-laying game of quilts and cats.

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Campy Creatures

2-5 Players
The definitive board game for monster lovers, Players are mad scientists in need of precious mortals for future experiments. Rather than getting your hands dirty, your army of campy creatures awaits to do your bidding. Capture the most valuable mortals over the course of three nights to win. But be warned — the mortals won't go down without a fight.

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campy creatures board game

Candy Land

2-4 Players
Players race down a rainbow-colored track to be the first to find the lost King Kandy at Candy Castle, but watch out for obstacles like the sticky Molasses Swamp!

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candy land board game

Chess

2 Players, Ages 6+

Chess is the classic 2 player strategy board game that represents medieval warfare.

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Chutes & Ladders

2-4 Players, Ages 3+

The Classic game that originated in India but was made popular in the United States. Players travel the board using ladders when they do good deeds and chutes when they do bad deeds.

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Chutes and Ladders game

Clue:  The Classic Edition

2-6 Players
The classic detective game! In Clue, players move from room to room in a mansion to solve the mystery of: who done it, with what, and where?

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Codenames

2-8 Players
Give your team clever one-word clues to help them spot their agents in the field.

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Crocodile Dentist

2-4 Players, Ages 4+

Don't get chomped! Crocodile has a toothache and it's up to the dentists to help him out. Careful! If you pull the tooth that makes him snap you're out. Be the best dentist and help this croc without riling up his temper.

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Crocodile Dentist board game

Dominoes

2-10 Players

A timeless game of strategy for the whole crew.

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Donner Dinner Party

4-10 Players

Who's safe when there are cannibals hiding among you? That's the question at the heart of this fast-paced game of social deduction in which cannibals and pioneers face off in a fight for survival. Set in the winter of 1846, players are members of the ill-fated Donner Party wagon train, stranded atop a mountain with no food. Who will avoid becoming tonight's dinner and make it off the mountain alive?

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Downton Abbey

2-6 Players
The fast moving game that transports you in to the world of Downton Abbey.

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Everdell

1-4 Players

Within the charming valley of Everdell, a civilization of forest critters is thriving and expanding. From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a year have come and gone, but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities established. You will be the leader of a group of critters intent on just such a task. There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, events to host—you have a busy year ahead of yourself. Will the sun shine brightest on your city before the winter moon rises?

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Exploding Kittens

2-5 Players, Ages 7+

A feline version of russian roulette. Take turns drawing cards, but watch out for the exploding kitten!

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Feed the Woozle

2-5 Players

Chocolate-covered flies and hairy pickles? Yummy! The big-mouthed Woozle is hungry. Can you feed him 12 silly snacks from the spoon before all the snacks are gone? Play together, work together and have some monstrous fun.

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The Fox in the Forest

2 Players, Ages 10+

In this fantasy card game for two, Use the special abilities of fairy tale characters to play cards and win tricks against your opponent.

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Fox in the Forest game

The Game of Life

2-6 Players

Buckle up and take a spin! In this fun family board game, every crossroad brings exciting twists, turns, and adventures. Players get to make some big life decisions They can choose whether or not to go to college, to get married, grow their family, or retire early

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Godsforge

2-4 Players
Once, Etherium was plentiful and the land was peaceful. Now, its presence in the world has dwindled, and elite spellcasters battle to control the last place this primal resource can be harnessed — the Godsforge.

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Gravwell

1-4 Players
In Gravwell, players command spaceships that have been pulled through a black hole, transporting them into a different dimension. With each ship lacking fuel to get home, each player must collect basic elements from surrounding asteroids, using the gravity of the dimension and what little resources they have in order to reach the warp gate that will take them home.

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Guillotine

2-5 Players
As executioners pandering to the masses, the players are trying to behead the least popular nobles. Players manipulate the line to collect the most valuable heads.

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Happy Salmon

3-8 Players, Ages 6+

A simple, fast, and silly card game for small groups. No turns will be taken with this game, players just call out the action on their card as quickly as possible and when there's a match - they celebrate and perform the action on the card.

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Hive

2 Players
Use your insects to trap your opponent's Queen Bee in this board-less abstract game.

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Hoot Owl Hoot!

2 Players
In Hoot Owl Hoot! the players want to move all the owls back to their nest before the sun rises and the new days begins.

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Hoot Owl Hoot board game 

Hi Ho! Cherry - O!

2-4 Players, Ages 3-6

In Hi Ho! Cherry-O, Players spin a central spinner to find out if they'll win or lose cherries. The winner is the first player to get 10 cherries into their bucket.

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Hi Ho Cherry O board game

Hoot Owl Hoot!

2-4 Players, Ages 4+

In Hoot Owl Hoot! the players want to move all the owls back to their nest before the sun rises and the new days begins.

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Hues and Cues

3-10 Players
What hue do you think of when we say “apple”? Hues and Cues is a vibrant game of colorful communication where players are challenged to make connections to colors with one to two word clues. The closer the guesses are to the target, the more points you earn. Since everyone imagines colors differently, connecting colors and clues has never been this much fun!

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Jaipur

3 Players
Trade and sell goods to become the most wealthy merchant in this short game for two.

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Jaws

2-4 Players
Hunt down the killer shark terrorizing Amity Island. Then battle it out on the Orca.

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Jumanji

2-4 Players

The Game That Pursues You! Stalking lions, charging rhinos, lunging, snapping crocodiles, and more. In the wild world of Jumanji, they're only a dice roll away. Choose your pawn and set out on a deadly journey. Decode rhyming card messages that could spell disaster! Roll 8-sided dice together to rescue a fellow player in danger! Fail to escape, and the jungle could swallow you whole! The only way out is to finish the game. Only then will the terrors of the jungle disappear…

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Keys to the Castle

2-4 Players
Keys to the Castle is a tile-based game of strategy and luck. Players must open and close doors (the tiles) to move along a path and be the first to cross to the other side.

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King of Tokyo

2-6 Players
It's a fight to the death when giant monsters battle over Tokyo in this dice-roller.

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Kites

2-6 Players, Ages 10+

A cooperative game where everyone works together to keep all their kites in the air. Take turns playing and coordinating with other players to ensure none of the timers run out. If it does, a kite has crashed! Play all of the kite cards in the deck and everybody wins!

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kites board game

Loch Ness

2-5 Players
For decades, reporters from around the world have been on the hunt for the Loch Ness monster. But lately reports of sightings of Nessie have been increasing. In Loch Ness, players compete to get pictures of Nessie.

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Love Letter

2-4 Players
All of the eligible young men (and many of the not-so-young) seek to woo the princess of Tempest. Unfortunately, she has locked herself in the palace, and you must rely on others to take your romantic letters to her. Will yours reach her first?

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Machi Koro

2-4 Players
Develop a city, complete with impressive landmarks, as the Mayor of Machi Koro.

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Mancala

2 Players

Mancala is a game where players "sow" and "capture" seeds. There are hundreds of variations of this traditional African game. The objective is usually to capture all or some set of the opponent's pieces.

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Milennial Loteria

2-10 Players

Millennial Lotería is a hilarious and insightful parody of the classic “Mexican Bingo” game called Lotería, but this time, it’s like way more millennial! A classic game of chance, commonly called “Mexican Bingo,” where players compete to fill their playing boards. But instead of just numbers, Loteria uses a combination of images, words, and numbers in each card.

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Monopoly 

2-8 Players
It’s a Family Game Night staple! Players buy, sell, dream, and scheme their way to riches with the Monopoly board game.

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The Muddles

2-4 Players, Ages 6+

Make your own funky creatures by collecting cards and combining two real animals to make a brand new one. The rarer the Muddle, the more points you win. May the best Bellyfish win!

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Muddles board game

Mysterium

2-7 Players

Mysterium Manor is haunted by a ghost. The circumstances of its death are shrouded in mystery. Psychics gather to reconstruct the events of the crime’s night. They won’t make it without the ghost’s help, whose visions are the only clues they have to discover the truth. The clock is ticking: at dawn, the ghost will disappear!

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Nefarious

2-6 Players
Nefarious is a quick-playing game in which the players race to build inventions like a freeze ray, cloaking device, or robotic pet before their opponents can do the same.

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Obscurio

2-8 Players
Obscurio is a family game in which players work together to steal the evil wizard's grimoire--but watch out for the traitor

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Once Upon a Time

2-6 Players
Once Upon A Time is a game in which the players create a story together, using cards that show typical elements from fairy tales.

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One Night Ultimate Werewolf

3-10 Players
One Night Ultimate Werewolf is a fast game for 3-10 players in which everyone gets a role. In the course of a single morning, your village will decide who is a werewolf...because all it takes is lynching one werewolf to win!

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Operation

1-6 Players
It's time to operate! The patient needs their funny bone, spare ribs, and more removed by your expert hands. But be careful! Don't touch the sides or you might hurt the patient.

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Organ Attack

2-6 Players

We need 50 CCs of fun STAT! In the game, each player is dealt a set of organs. The players use immunity, affliction, and other tactical cards to protect themselves while inflicting disease & bodily harm on their opponents. The last person with at least one organ remaining wins.

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P for Pizza

2-4 Players

The aim of the game is to build your giant slice of pizza by winning small triangles. Be the first player to shout out a word that links the category and the letter on the cards, and you've got the next piece in your cheesy slice! Each round there are three letters and three categories on the table, so you can link any letter to any category. You just need to be super quick!

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Pandemic

2–4 Players
In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! Your team of experts must prevent the world from succumbing to a viral pandemic.

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Paperback

2-5 Players
You are a paperback author trying to finish novels for your editor. Complete Westerns, Science Fiction, Romance or even the rare Best-Seller. Live the dream — and maybe pay the bills.

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Parks

1-5 Players
Enjoy our National Parks from the comfort of your own home! In PARKS, players will take on the role of two hikers as they trek through different trails across four seasons of the year. While on the trail, these hikers will take actions and collect memories of the places your hikers visit. Collecting these memories in sets will allow players to trade them in to visit a National Park at the end of each hike.

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Planted

2-5 Players, Ages 10+

Whether you have a green thumb or not, in this game you make your home beautiful by caring for your houseplants. The more your plants thrive, the more points you win!

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Point Salad

2-6 Players
Point Salad is a fast and fun card drafting game for the whole family. There are over 100 ways to score points. Players may use a variety of strategies and every game of Point Salad is unique!

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Qawale

2 Players 8+

Inspired by stacking stones in nature, Qawale is a Simple yet tactical strategy game. Lay stones on the path and try to line up four stones in your color. Win by being the first player to get 4 of their stones in a row, looking at the board from above.

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Qawale board game

Qwixx Deluxe

2-8 Players, Ages 8+

A quick-playing dice game in which everyone participates, no matter whose turn it is.

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Qwirkle

2-4 Players, Ages 6+

Players of this addictive game score points by building rows and columns of brightly-colored tiles that are either all the same color or all the same shape, without creating duplicates. Look for opportunities to score big by placing a tile that touches multiple pieces; create a line of all six in a row, and you score a "Qwirkle".

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Qwirkle board game

Race to the Treasure

1-4 Players

The race is on! Can you beat the Ogre to the treasure? It's your job to make a path from START to the treasure and collect the three keys that will open the treasure's locks before the Ogre gets there.

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Rack-o

2-4 Players, Ages 8+

A fun filled 1950s game! The first player to get all of their cards in a sequential order wins.

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Root

2-4 Players

Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 players battle for control of a vast wilderness. The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.

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Scrabble

2-4 Players
In this classic word game, players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the gameboard.

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Secret Hitler

5-10 Players

Secret Hitler is a social deduction game for 5-10 people about finding and stopping a fascist takeover.

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Settlers of Catan

3-4 Players
Collect and trade resources to build up the island of Catan in this modern classic.

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Sequence

2-12 Players

A quick and challenging game! Play a card from your hand, and place a chip on a corresponding space on the game board when you have five in a row, it’s a Sequence!

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Sheriff of Nottingham

3-6 Players, Ages 14+

We all love Robin Hood but have you ever thought about being the Sheriff of Nottingham? The bustling market in Nottingham is filled with goods from all over the kingdom. Most of it is entirely legal, however, Prince John is looking to make sure no contraband gets sold. He’s tasked the Sheriff to inspect Merchant’s wares, looking for any illicit goods. The Sheriff’s shrewd, but not above taking a bribe to look the other way. Which Merchant will end up getting the best goods through and make the largest profits in the market stalls?

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Slamwich

2-6 Players
Grab your friends or family and stack this loaf of cards to build slamwiches and double-deckers. Keep an eye out for any munchers who are looking to steal your slamwich! Fast hands and sharp eyes are your best tools in making big slamwiches. The player with all the cards wins.

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Snug as a Bug in a Rug

2-4 Players

All the colorful bugs love to play under the rug! Help all of the bugs get snug under the rug before the 3 stink bugs stink up the place! In other words, the object of the game is get all the colorful bugs under the board before the 3 stink bugs are on top of the board.

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Sorry!

2-4 Players
Race your four game pieces from Start around the board to your Home in this game. By turning over a card from the draw deck and following its instructions, players move their pieces around the game board, switch places with players, and knock opponents' pieces off the track and back to their Start position, Sorry!

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Space Park

1-4 Players
Ride a rocket to extraordinary destinations across our galaxy. During your travels you will gather exotic crystals that further our understanding of what’s out there. Use these crystals to complete exploration badges and turn them in at the mysterious Outpost 13 to prove yourself as the galaxy’s next great space explorer!

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Splendor

2-4 Players

Splendor is a game of prestige. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. If you're wealthy enough, you might even receive a visit from a noble at some point, which will further increase your prestige.

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Sushi Go Party!

2-8 Players

It's a party! This party platter of Mega make, super sashimi, and endless edamame in this expanded version of the best-selling card game. The goal is to grab the best combination of Sushi dishes as they fly by.

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Terra

2-6 Players
It‘s likely that you don‘t know any of these facts. But you might have a rough idea, and that‘s good enough because Terra is the party game where being close counts. And if you have absolutely no idea what the answer is? Take advantage of your friends who do know!

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Ticket to Ride

2–5 Players
Become a railroad by building railroad routes across North America! The longer the route, the more points you earn.

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Tinderblox

2-6 Players, Ages 6+

Big fun in a small tin! Combining the strategy of Jenga and the cozyness of campfires - Tinderblox puts players in a campfire setting where they take rurns buidling the fire. But be careful! One misplaced piece and the fire will get out of control.

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Tinderblox game

Tortuga 1667

2-9 Players
The year is 1667, you're a pirate sailing the Caribbean. A Spanish Galleon floats nearby, weighed down with treasure, and you’ve talked your crewmates into working together to steal all of it. But whispers of mutiny are on the wind and you haven’t told your crew that you have no intention of sharing the treasure once you have it. You’ve seen your friends’ loaded pistols. You know that nobody can be trusted.

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Tsuro

2-8 Players
A beautiful and beautifully simple game of laying a tile before your own token to continue its path on each turn. The goal is to keep your token on the board longer than anyone else's as the board fills up.

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Twister

2-4 Players

The Classic twisty game of coordination! Twister works with one player spinning the spinner and 2-4 players doing their best to match body parts to colors without sharing spots, touching each other or falling

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Uno: Show 'Em No Mercy

2-10 Players, Ages 7+

UNO Show ‘em No Mercy is an exciting twist on the classic UNO card game that adds new special rules and tougher penalties to make it even more fun and challenging.

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Wavelength

2-12 Players

Read your teammates’ minds in this pinpoint party game of infinite possibilities. A social guessing game in which two teams compete to read each other's minds. Teams take turns rotating a dial to where they think a hidden bullseye is located on a spectrum.

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What Next?

1-4 Players, Ages 10+

A Choose Your Own Adventure game where you never know what's around the corner. Work together with the rest of the players to navigate through the adventure and make it to the end without toppling the Tower of Peril!

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What Next? game

Yahtzee

2-10 Players
Shake, Score, and Shout your way to Yahtzee! in this dice rolling game.

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