Each player starts with a hand of five cards, which they hold backwards , exposing the suits and values to the other players while keeping them hidden from the owner. On a turn a player may either provide someone else with a hint about the cards they hold, or play one from their own hand. As cards must be played in a specific order, a player must rely on the scant information they receive from others, as well as their deductive reasoning and a dash of luck, to pick the correct card to play—assuming they have it at all.
Hanabi is not only unique in the field of cooperative games, its central mechanism is unlike anything I have seen before. No Dungeon Master required. Credit: Paizo Publishing. Pathfinder Adventure Card Game meets approximately 0 of the Good Gift Game Guide criteria—it is complicated, it takes 90 to minutes to play, and it costs 70 bucks when you factor in the borderline-obligatory expansion.
Even so, I would be remiss to omit it. Not only is it the game I have played the most this year, but it is the highest rated game of in the BoardgameGeek database. More to the point, it would be an amazing gift for the right person.
Based on the wildly popular Pathfinder tabletop RPG, the adventure card game casts players as wizards and warriors and rogues, searching locations for a villain and his henchmen. If you find a sword while playing a scenario, for instance, you can start the next game with it in your possession. The game provides a narrative arc designed to offer years of rich, ever-changing play.
The forces of light and darkness. Credit: Tasty Minstrel Games. Or, if the page rulebook and months-long campaign time of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game strikes you as excessive, you can head to the opposite end of the Dungeon Crawl spectrum and pick up Dungeon Roll , a super light dicefest from Tasty Minstrel Games.
First form a party of adventurers by rolling a handful of specialized dice, giving you fighters, wizards, clerics, and thieves; then descend into a dungeon and battle goblins, oozes, and possibly even a dragon. Dice cancel each other out a cleric, for instance, will negate one or more skeletons , allowing you to delve ever deeper.
But if your party is wiped out before you opt to flee, you lose all of the experience points you have accumulated thus far. Dungeon Roll is a near-perfect bar game and even works well as solitaire, allowing you to take down a tribe of skeletons in the 10 minutes before you hit the hay.
Identity theft has never been so fun. Credit: Indie Boards and Cards. One of the most popular light card games in recent years is The Resistance , a streamlined version of Werewolf from Indie Boards and Cards. Each player secretly controls two members of the ruling class, with each character having its own unique power. Like its predecessor, Coup is the sort of game that can be played in 15 minutes, but will ruin friendships that were forged over a lifetime. Horse with no name not included.
The Resistance: Avalon pits the forces of Good and Evil in a battle to control the future of civilization. Arthur represents the future of Britain, a promise of prosperity and honor, yet hidden among his brave warriors are Mordred's unscrupulous minions.
These forces of evil are few in number but have knowledge of each other and remain hidden from all but one of Arthur's servants. Merlin alone knows the agents of evil, but he must speak of this only in riddles. If his true identity is discovered, all will be lost.
The Resistance: Avalon is a standalone game and revision of The Resistance. The games are compatible and can be combined. Looking for a quick strategic game? You've come to the right place with Hive!
In this highly addictive game, the board takes shape as you and your opponent lay down your pieces. Each player controls an identical army of bugs, each with its own unique movement. Can you place and move your pieces so that you surround your opponent's queen bee before he surrounds yours?
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game is a tactical ship-to-ship combat game in which players take control of powerful Rebel X-Wings and nimble Imperial TIE fighters, facing them against each other in fast-paced space combat.
Featuring stunningly detailed and painted miniatures, the X-Wing Miniatures Game recreates exciting Star Wars space combat throughout its several included scenarios.
Select your crew, plan your maneuvers, and complete your mission! Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small is a new take on Uwe Rosenberg's Agricola designed for exactly two players and focused only on the animal husbandry aspect of that game. So long plows and veggies! In Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small, you become an animal breeder of horses, cows, sheep and pigs and try to make the most of your pastures.
Players start with a 3x2 game board that can be expanded during play to give more room for players to grow and animals to run free. Sixteen possible actions are available for players to take, with each player taking three actions total in each of the eight rounds. The player who amasses the most victory points through enclosing space with fences and acquiring the largest number and variety of animals and victory point-generating buildings will be the winner.
Four Standard Buildings and 4 special buildings are available in the base game. Balancing the tension between building infrastructure fenced pastures and buildings and acquiring animals the single biggest source of end-game scoring is the key to success! Summoner Wars is a fast-playing, action-packed game for 2 players in which they take on the role of Summoners: powerful beings who harness the power of mysterious Summoning Stones to lead their race to conquest on the war-torn planet of Itharia.
These Summoners wield terrible magic on the battlefield, freezing their foes in place, draining their enemies of power, and even bringing rains of fire down from the heavens. But most notoriously, they summon their great race's hordes of warriors to the battlefield, to clash in the never-ending struggle for supremacy. A Summoner is both mage and general, and must combine their wizardly might with clever tactics to defeat the enemy Summoner on the opposite side of the battle.
The units you summon and command as Summoner are represented by decks of detailed cards on the battlefield. Each deck brings uniqueness to units and factions, allowing for repeated play as you pit different factions against each other.
The Master Set comes with 6 of these factions and there are several expansions to add to your pool Summoner Wars Family. 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? Where to Buy? Many of these games can be found at your local specialty game store. For others, including many outside the USA, see our full list of online vendors.
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