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Overview
It's that time of the year again and you're wondering, "What gift can I get for someone who likes games?"
In your gift search, you've landed here, at BoardGameGeek.com's Gift Guide. There are literally hundreds of fantastic new games being published every year! We've played them, and want to share what we've found with you.
Deciding what games you want to play relies on personal taste like buying a new car, selecting a movie at the video store, or picking out a novel at the book store. With this guide, the gaming community here at BoardGameGeek hope to help you with this decision.
Games for EveryoneThese games have broad appeal to casual and hard core gamers alike. Anyone who enjoys board games will most likely enjoy playing these.
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Blokus
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A fun four player game for 8 years+, though most 6 years olds can easily grasp the rules of the game. Extremely simple rules, but with complex strategies. Includes 2 and 3 player variants.
There is also a travel version of blokus for only 2 players, Blokus Duo. Blokus Trigon is yet another version of Blokus based around a triagonal board and pieces.
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- Players: 2 to 4
- Time: 20 minutes
- Ages: 8 and up
- Availability: Target, Game Stores, Online
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Ticket to Ride
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Great game with a fun train theme, easy to understand, and fast playing. Claim routes between North American cities by playing cards with matching colors, and try to connect the longest train.
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- Players: 2 to 5
- Time: 45 minutes
- Ages: 8 and up
- Availability: Game Stores, Online
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Loot
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Who doesn't love a good pirate theme? This multi-player card game combines great gameplay with terrific artwork. Try to gather more treasure ships than your opponents, but watch out for the other pirate captains! Very portable, easy to learn and replayable. Best with at least 3 players.
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- Players: 2 to 8
- Time: 20 minutes
- Ages: 10 and up
- Availability: Target, Wal*Mart, Online
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Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
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Many people are fascinated by Egyptian culture and their ancient structures. Now you can help build a palace for Queen Cleopatra. Using cards, you will gather and spend resources to build her palace, earning money and avoiding corruption in the process. In the end, the most corrupt architect is thrown to the crocodiles and the winner is the wealthiest remaining player. As you play, you add real plastic structures (sphinxes, statues, obelisks, etc.) to the palace that really make you feel as though you are constructing a palace fit for a Queen.
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- Players: 3 to 5
- Time: 60 minutes
- Ages: 10 and up
- Availability: Online, Local Game Stores
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Party GamesParty games are fun, light games designed to be played by a festive, boisterous group.
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Wits & Wagers
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Not a trivia buff? It doesn’t matter. Wits & Wagers brings out the excitement of a Vegas-style casino by letting you bet on anyone’s answer. You can win by making educated guesses, by playing the odds, or by knowing the interests of your friends. Strike it big with one of the high payout answers and you’ll be cheering like you just hit the jackpot!
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- Players: x to y
- Time: x minutes
- Ages: x and up
- Availability: Target, Game Stores, Online
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Apples to Apples
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Apples to Apples consists of two decks of cards: Things and Descriptions. Each turn, the current referee selects a Description and players try to pick, from the cards in their hands, the Things that best match that Description. The referee then chooses the Thing that appeals most and awards the card to the player who played it. The unusual combinations of Things and Descriptions are humorous to the extreme, and will quickly have the entire room in an uproar. The first player to earn the specified number of cards wins.
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- Players: x to y
- Time: x minutes
- Ages: x and up
- Availability: Target, Toys R Us, Game Stores, Online
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