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GAME TITLE DESCRIPTION SUBMIT REVIEW
1849 The Game of Sicilian Railways from 1849 to 1922. You play the role of a railroad baron. Submit a Review
Age of Exploration: 1492-1543 Players are famous explorers who outfit their expeditions and set sail in search of the New World. Many dangers await. Submit a Review
Andromeda The Planetary Union of the Andromeda galaxy wants wealthy traders from Earth to invest in their economy. Submit a Review
Assassin Players travel across Europe, scoring points for visiting as many cities as possible. But look out for the unknown assassin! Submit a Review
Ben Hvrt Players compete in chariot races in ancient Rome -- with deadly weapons and ruthless chariot jockeys. Submit a Review
Beyond Balderdash Players come up with outrageous answers to various questions, winning points by fooling other players. Submit a Review
Big City Players compete to build the city of their dreams. Each building earns points for the builder. Submit a Review
Bitin' Off Hedz Players are dinosaurs involved in a suicide race across Skull Island. First one into the volcano wins! Submit a Review
Bosworth Players compete to control a battlefield, placing and capturing cards that move like chess pieces. Submit a Review
Button Men A fast-paced dice game in which players compete using characters and statistics found on the buttons. Small dice mean speed, large dice mean power. Submit a Review
Caesar Players are Roman Senators vying to be crowned Caesar. Cut the best deals and bribe the right officials to emerge victorious. Submit a Review
Carrier Strike! Be the first to destroy both of your opponent's aircraft carriers or all of his planes. Submit a Review
Chief Herman's Holiday Fun Pack Almost three dozen games, including four board games, packed into one small and inexpensive package. Submit a Review
Consequential A fast-paced word game in which players try to guess five words in consecutive order. Submit a Review
Cosmic Encounter In this classic game of colonization, negotiation, concilliation, and misrepresentation, players each taken on the role of an alien primed to colonize the galaxy. Submit a Review
Cults Across America Players control cults, attempting to take over the U.S. Submit a Review
Deadwood Players are struggling actors trying to make more money than their colleagues in the world's worst motion picture backlot. Submit a Review
Devil Bunny Needs a Ham Players attempt to scale a skyscraper as Devil Bunny tries to knock them off, convinced that doing so will help him get a ham. Submit a Review
Don't Wake the Dragon Players are penguins who need to take back their eggs from Big Snore, a sleeping dragon. Submit a Review
Double Quick! Players try to make crosswords using letter tiles before the buzzer goes off. Submit a Review
Edison & Co. A game that gives you the chance to drive innovative prototpye vehicles like the Zeppelin Car and Turbine Yacht. Submit a Review
El Grande Players represent one of five races and attempt to spread their influence across 15th century Spain. Submit a Review
Escape from Elba Every player believes he or she is Napoleon; the goal is to be the first to escape from his island exile. You do so by collecting letters and spelling words. Submit a Review
Euphrat & Tigris Four kingdoms attempt to develop commerce, religion, political might and food. In the end, only one kingdom will reign supreme. Submit a Review
Free Parking Players try to accumulate points by keeping their parking meter out of violation and avoiding Officer Jones when it is. Submit a Review
Get Out Players compete for jobs and apartments as they try to move out of their parents' homes. Submit a Review
Hail to the Chief History, politics, U.S. geography and strategy merge in this game, where knowing the answers to tough questions will bring you victory. Submit a Review
Hong Kong Spree! Players compete in an all-night looting race using chopping carts, flashlights and guns. Submit a Review
Huzzah! The Renaissance Faire season hasn't been good this year, and the Faire Director is looking for people to fire. You don't want it to be you. Submit a Review
Infection Players begin the game with a variety of ilnesses, racing to be the first one to get healthy. Submit a Review
Kahuna Fight to see who will win control of the most islands by building bridges in strategic locations. Submit a Review
Key Whiz Be the first to get all of your pieces through the "doors" by completing sets of cards. Submit a Review
Kill Doctor Lucky Think "Clue with a twist" -- players wander the rooms of a mansion trying to kill a lucky physician. Submit a Review
Lovers and Liars Consider it Scruples for lovers: players ask and answer tough moral questions related to their love life. Submit a Review
Mad About Movies! Players compete by answering movie trivia questions. The movies tend to be more recent (1970s and later) than classic. Submit a Review
Magalon Players are wizards racing to find three treasures -- and casting spells to prevent their opponents from doing the same. Submit a Review
Moonshot A race game based on the U.S. space program, combining board game strategy with elements of collectible card games. Submit a Review
Octi Players compete to be the first to occupy the special squares on the opponent's side of the board. A simple-to-learn abstract game with incredible strategic depth. Submit a Review
Overthrone A card game in which players try to wrest control of 17th century France. Submit a Review
Parts Unkown Wacko scientists want to raise the dead. You want to make a profit -- by supplying them with quality body parts. Submit a Review
Pictionary 15th Anniversary Edition The same party game we've all come to know and love, but with a few new twists. Submit a Review
Pond Checkers The classic game of checkers set on a pond with frogs in place of traditional playing pieces. Submit a Review
Ra An auction game set in ancient Egypt. Players seek to expand their power and fame over three epochs. Submit a Review
Ricochet Robot Players bid on the number of moves it will take them to have robots perform certain tasks. The robots have no brakes and can only stop or turn if they hit an obstacle. Submit a Review
Riddles & Riches Players race through a mansion, solving riddles to be the first one to locate hidden treasure. Submit a Review
Rules of the Game Players answer trivia questions based on the rules of football, baseball, basketball and golf. Submit a Review
Scotland Yard One player is master criminal Mr. X; other players are the detectives who have to track him down within 24 turns. Submit a Review
Scruples Players predict how each other will answer various questions, each posing a serious moral dilemma. Submit a Review
Sold! Players compete to collect the most valuable antiques and collectibles, buying and selling 120 different items. Submit a Review
Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit This game recreates the ending of The Phantom Menace with four different battles happening on four different boards at the same time. Submit a Review
Taj Mahal Players vie for control of 18th century India, competing to earn influence and establish palaces. Submit a Review
Tal der Konige Players bid for building blocks in order to construct the most valuable pyramids. Submit a Review
Tantrix Lay out tiles with various colored lines, making your lines longer while cutting your opponents' lines short. Submit a Review
Tikal Each player directs an expedition in search of secret paths leading to temples and precious treasures. Submit a Review
Time Pirates Players search the past to collect the most valuable pieces for the art dealers who employ them. Submit a Review
Torres Players compete to have their knights control the largest castles. Submit a Review
Twilight Imperium An empire-building game; each player is vying for galactic domination through trade, warfare, political intrigue and technological progress. Submit a Review
Web of Power By building cloisters along major roads and placing advisors in the courts of kings, orders of clerics try to increase their influence in 12th century Europe. Submit a Review
Zobmondo!! Subtitled "That Crazy 'Would You Rather' Game" -- players ask and answer sometimes outrageous, sometimes philosophical questions. Submit a Review

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