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rules× 396
Objective questions about a game's official rules.
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magic-the-gathering× 314
a collectible card game for 2 or more players, set in a variety of fantastical realms. The cards represent the player's resources and available spells and their interactions le…
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strategy× 180
about planning a sequence of moves ahead over a long period of time, such as a whole game.
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dominion× 107
a card game released in 2008 where each player starts with a small identical deck and builds it up by purchasing action, treasure, and victory cards. A subset of …
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house-rules× 102
House rules! We love house rules.
Rule changes, additions and options proposed by players for players.
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settlers-of-catan× 77
Up to 4 players (6 with the extension) play against each other to create the most prestigious settlement on the island of Catan by building roads, towns, cities and other advancements.
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go× 56
An ancient strategy game for 2 players who try to outwit each other by placing stones on the board to simulate the capturing of territory.
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bridge× 55
A 2 against 2 card trick-taking game where partners try to either fulfill the number of tricks they bid or prevent their opponents from doing so.
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chess× 53
one of the most popular two-player strategy games. It has survived centuries of strategical analysis and continues to thrive amongst players of all skills and ages.
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recommendations× 50
Suggestions for games that meet specific requirements. Note that this kind of question is generally deprecated on this site.
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axis-and-allies× 44
a franchise of World War II simulation board games that pit the Axis powers of Germany and Japan against the Allied powers of the United States, United Kingdom, and Russia.
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tactics× 41
the art of responding to specific situations as they appear and choosing the best course of action
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game-design× 39
The process of designing a game to be played, such as the creation of the game mechanics and theme and the associated rules, board, map, cards, tokens and/or other playing implements. Also includes th…
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openings× 38
The opening refers to the beginning of a game, specifically the strategy and tactics involved in making the initial deployments and early moves that set the tone for the rest of the game and constrain…
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carcassonne× 37
a tile-laying game where players score points by completing cities, roads, and other features on the tiles. It is published by Hans im Glück and Rio Grande Games. 2-5 players, 30-45 min…
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battlestar-galactica× 34
a 3 to 6 (7 with Pegasus expansion) player game based on the SyFy series published by Fantasy Flight Games. It features a "hidden traitor" mechanic. Players select characters…
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deck-building× 34
Deck building includes discussion of games where you build decks and strategies and methods to build decks. Generally a tag for another game should be included with this tag.
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agricola× 31
A man and wife, a wooden shack, and an empty field. Get to work! Agricola is a deeply strategic farming simulation game.
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arkham-horror× 30
an atmospheric, cooperative adventure game set in the Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.
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mansions-of-madness× 28
a boardgame from Fantasy Flight Games set in the same Cthulhu Mythos universe as Arkham Horror. Unlike Arkham Horror, it is an asymmetrical game in which one player takes the an…
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ticket-to-ride× 26
a simple yet engaging train route building game. Players collect train carriage cards, then spend them to place routes on the shared map.
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identify-this-game× 24
this game? (Details please!)
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puerto-rico× 24
A strategic colony building game for 3-5 players where they they build a Caribbean plantation and gain victory points for shipping goods back to the old world. The game revolves around the "variable p…
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dominion-intrigue× 24
The second installment in the Dominion series adding multi-type "Action - Victory" cards and more complex actions and attacks. Also includes the common cards from the base set like copper and province…
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online× 23
Board games with implementations that can be played within a web browser.
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pandemic× 22
a cooperative game in which players work together, racing against time to combat the spread of four deadly diseases before they overwhelm the planet. Each player brings a distinct skill to…
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poker× 22
a family of card-games involving one or more rounds of betting over who holds the best ranked hand of cards. Hand ranks are shared across most variations of Poker and generally determine whet…
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variants× 21
Officially sanctioned optional rules
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mtg-drafting× 20
when a group of people take 3 booster packs and pick one card at a time to build a 40 card deck.
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bidding× 19
an auction mechanic common to a variety of board and card games where two or more players or teams compete for a right or privilege. Bidding is common in trick-taking card game such as brid…
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untagged× 18
appears every now and then, when tags are deleted off of a question by automatic means. It means what it says, and indicates that those questions need editing.
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mahjong× 17
A Chinese rummy-like game played with tiles. Depending on the version being played the tiles consist of suits (Bamboo, Crack, and Dots) of 10 tiles each, Winds (North, South, East, and West), Dragons …
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monopoly× 15
A classic game where players roll dice to move around a board. Players buy properties, charge rent, and upgrade their assets to try to bankrupt other players and own everything on the board.
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poker-texas-holdem× 15
A popular poker game in which each player has 2 cards of their own that they must combine with 5 communal cards to make the best hand possible.
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playing-cards× 15
refers to questions specifically about playing cards themselves, covering topics such as shuffling, construction, lamination, deck sizes etc. It *is not* a meta tag for adding to any card gam…
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small-world× 15
A conquer-the-world game set in a fantasy realm. Players must take control of various different races and use their special abilities to dominate their opponents.
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