Questions tagged [identify-this-game]
For questions on which game the described game is. Include as many details as possible, so we aren't left guessing! Pictures are very helpful in most cases.
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Help me find the name of this collectible card game with unusual mechanics
I remember watching a video a while back about a (I think it is a collectible) card game that had some really strange and interesting mechanics. I can't find the video anymore so I was wondering if ...
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70's tic-tac-toe 'like' game with a pendulum
I remember receiving a game in the early 70's for Christmas that came in a pretty big box (about 18"-24" square). There was a pole that had a tether-ball with about a foot of cord and a ball ...
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I want to know the correct name of this cards game
I played a card game.
My teacher told me how to play it, but she said "it is good not to say at school" didn't tell me the correctly name. she just tell me she call it "Oh no".
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Finding a 90s mystery/haunted house game
I’ve been trying to remember the name of a game I used to play as a kid that would have come out in the 90s. Unfortunately my memory is hazy but here are the details I remember:
Portrait oriented ...
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What card game is this, my mom taught me
It’s a single player game, where you place a card face up and continue dealing the cards one by one. The goal is to get the entire deck in one stack. As you deal the cards you match by suit or number ...
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What's the name of this card game (using a standard deck but each suit has abilities)?
So, I believe I read about this roughly two years ago.
Someone created a ruleset to play with a standard deck of cards. I think every suit represented a specific class and had certain abilities. The ...
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2 Player Grid Based Strategy Game Identification
I came across a strategy game in my feed yesterday, but can't seem to find the name.
The game is 2 players and a grid of X by X. Small grid as it seemed like a quick game. It wasn't a board but a grid ...
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Why can I no longer find the "Big Deal" card game under that name?
Why can't I find the card game "BIG DEAL"? I used to have it several years ago but can't find it anywhere since? It had cards with images of different valuables a person might own- 'Gold ...
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Does this game "Doomsday" have an alternate name?
This is a photo I found but when I search online for the name of that game I can't find anything online: no store, no product pages, no reviews, ... nothing.
Does the game has an alternate name or ...
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Looking for the name of this patience game
In this variant, 4 cards are dealt face up. 13 cards are dealt face down initially to the left of these, and then the top card is turned over (let's call this the reserve).
The rest of the pack is ...
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What game do these tiles belong to?
Black letters with 20 in the bottom right corner. The backs are blank
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What is "Suzy's Game"? A playing card game passed down my family for three generations
My whole family plays this card game which we call Suzy's game. We call it that because a girl named Suzy taught it to my grandma. We don't know what the game is actually called or what the real rules ...
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Backgammon like game - for which I can't find the English name
The game is very similar to backgammon, here we call it mahbusa (هو سجين, jail in Arabic).
The game is the same but
you start with all the stones out (in the jail/on the bar)
when captured, pieces ...
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Game Identification: some air elemental called something like Zzyzzx
I remember playing some customizable card game with a friend back sometime between ~1998-2004. I don't really remember much of anything about the game except that I think it was element based, and ...
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Help identifying a card game with 8 or more decks
I remember playing this game as a child (3 decades back) with my grandparents. This was played with 4 or more players (usually even number of players). These two teams are then supposed to race to 10,...
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Please help me identify a board game!
I bought the pictured board game with no instructions and can't even find what it is. Does anybody know?
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What is the name of this 90's Planechase-like Magic format?
I have a vague memory of an unofficial Magic format from the 90's, that was similar in some ways to Planechase or Vanguard. In addition to the players' regular decks, there were cards that applied ...
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Name of Solitaire that is similar to Carpet
Looking for name of solitaire game my mom taught me in the 70's.
I think it was 2 decks.
Deal cards in a grid form, maybe 5x5 not sure of size:
First card face up, rest down,
repeat with 2nd card ...
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Card game possibly called kings
I'm looking for the name or instructions for a card game. This is what I've been told but feels like I'm missing something.
Looking for a card game apparently called "kings".
Everyone is ...
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Can't remember the name of tactical board game
I've played a board game on a digital platform (Tabletopia) 3 years ago, but can't remember the name. I have searched for it a long time but found nothing.
The game was a tactical board game in which ...
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What was this game I played with friends about 10 years ago
I'd like to get some help identifying a game I played with some friends about 10-12 years ago but solely based on my rough memory. Any help is appreciated!
The game was played on a pretty big "...
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Which game is this die with a tornado or spiral on half its sides from?
Please identify the game this die (shown in the picture below) comes from.
The die has 3 blank faces, and this tornado (or spring?) design on the other 3 faces.
I don't have any other information. The ...
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Looking for the name of this two player patience game
The game is played with a single shuffled deck. Cards are dealt face down to each player in turn until all the cards have been dealt. The non-dealer goes first and puts a card face up onto what ...
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Solitaire with cards triplets which sum to 9,19 or 29?
My Dad taught me the following solitaire game:
Deal: remove all face cards, putting down 5 rows.
Play: one card at a time, try to get 3 cards to a total of 9, 19, or 29. If they do, discard them and ...
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Patience/solitaire-style competitive game for two players
I have learnt a (Dutch?) competitive two-player card game similar to Solitaire from my grandparents, who call it 'Stapello'. I am a bit unsure about the spelling because this name returns no results! ...
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Identifying a game: Wizard Tower Defense card based game
I recall playing this one back in the 80s-90s. You played a Wizard defending his tower from various enemies, one of whom was definitely called Lord Mort. It was card based and multiplayer where the ...
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Environmental protection board game from 80's or 90's
So I've been racking my brain and the internet to find this game I used to play as a kid. It was an environmental cleanup game where you have to clean up oil spills, pick up garbage, prevent air ...
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Looking for the name of a little known solitaire card game
My aunt taught me this form of solitaire game, she was from the west coast state of Washington and taught it to me some 40 yrs ago. Here are the rules:
Single player,
Single deck,
No jokers,
Shuffle ...
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What board game is this with octagonal Chinese pieces sitting on grid intersections?
Will anyone tell me what kind of game this is
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6 / 8 / 10 / 12 Sided Dice Identification
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Any help with what these dice might go to? Can't find them in the dice ID questions here or anywhere online.
The 16 six sided dice show most of the symbols found on these dice.
The 3 larger six ...
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What's this circular board game with dice and pegs?
I have this game but don't know what it is. My grandmother had it on the bar in her tavern/candy store around the 1920's in Baltimore. The customers used it as a bar game to play for drinks, etc. My ...
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Card game name search
I am looking for the name of a card game I used to play at home.
Any help in finding the name of this game would be appreciated!
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It uses a card deck of 52 cards(or more than 1 deck if there ...
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a board game with a pirate skull?
I remember playing it as a kid with my family (I’m 21 now)! It had a skull as the centerpiece & we remember there being plastic bones that would have either dots or numbers on them. You would ...
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How to play a card game we called Queens
We used to play a game we called Queens - 3+ players. Everyone was dealt a hand of 7 cards, plus a dummy hand was dealt, after all the Queens were taken out and put into the main deck.
We started with ...
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Name of solitaire game with layout like US flag?
The layout is as shown in the picture. I call it the “flag version”of solitaire, but that is my own made up name. My grandmother taught it to me.
Stacks are moved to make descending order stacks but ...
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Identifying barricade-looking game
When my parents moved, they gave
my old games from their place and there was this game (pieces are just putted like this, no idea if it's supposed to be like that, neither if the orientation is right):...
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What is this game with a wooden fish board and many little pinholes?
I bought this in a thrift store in Sitka, Alaska, in 2014. I assume it's a 2-player game with little pins that go in the holes.
Does anyone know what game this might be?
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Identification: moving and stacking black and white pieces, packed in a tube
My parents had this game, all I can remember:
It was stored in a brownish cardboard tube, about 10 cm in diameter and 50 cm long.
It consists of a playing mat (might have been artificial leather) and ...
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Identify these dice with letters
Cleaning up our board games at my rental and found these four dice. They have kind of a Rubberized feel to them.
Die 1:
Blue C
Red D
Purple S
Yellow R
Orange M
Green N
Die 2:
Blue H
Red T
Purple N
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Name of fast card game with penalties?
Goal: First player to run out of cards wins.
Deal: Divide cards evenly and place face down in a deck in front of each player.
Play is fast.
Penalties:
If a player takes too long, opponents can ...
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What card game is this?
Dealer deals 3 cards to each player first, they’re not supposed to look at those. Then another three that you can look at but don’t touch go above them when the deck runs out of cards.
So the general ...
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Boardgame similar to Talisman but with an end-boss
I recently played Talisman, revised 4th Edition, and it brought up some memories of a game that I played around 2010. The game belonged to the father of a friend of mine and was not new (if I had to ...
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Can anyone identify this Yukon solitaire variant?
So since I was a kid my grandma has always been playing the same kind of solitaire. But no one knows the name. After some digging I found out it must be some form of Yukon.
Deck:
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What is this Solitaire games name
There are 7 rows:
Row 1 7 Face up
Row 2 1 down 6 up
Row 3 2 down 5 up
Row 4 3 down 4 up
Row 5 4 down 3 up
Row 6 5 down 2 up
Row 7 6 down 1 up
Any of the 3 remaining cards can be played to ...
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What was this game with different symbols on puzzle pieces
I am trying to identify this game from memory. When I was a kid, me and some extended family members would often play this game at an elderly neighbor’s house. I remember always wanting to play the ...
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Codenames Pictures but with more surreal, colourful paintings
We all know Codenames and Codenames: Pictures.
A few years ago at a Snakes & Lattes, I and a few others played a version of Codenames that was like Codenames: Pictures, but the images were very ...
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Identify this 10 Column Solitaire
A few days ago the person next to me on the plane was playing a solitaire game I had never seen, and I have been looking for the game name without success.
What I could figure out is:
Deal:
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Identifying a cooperative escape game
Setup: Maps are generated by placing provided tiles next to each other, which were either shuffled or placed according to some guide (don't remember). I remember there were distinct tile types with ...
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Are the cards in these videos cards from a real TCG, or just props?
The video game Inscryption has a few segments where in-game videos depicting a fictional Youtuber opening card packs of what are supposed to be fictional card games are played. In these videos, the ...
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Name this variant of Rummy with mystery cards
Any idea what it is variant of Rummy?
2 decks
10 cards dealt per player
Mystery card can help to complete a set
Meld all 10 of your cards.
Example would be 8c,9c,Jc and the mystery card being 10 of ...
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