Abstract Games, Page 4

Humans are curious creatures. Even when cards are randomly lined up, we can't help but find patterns...and ideally we're thinking along the same lines.

You've been murdered! Well, almost, you're not dead yet, so you want to communicate the identity of who the killer is, but you have a limited number of tools to make that happen: a small number of cards with obscure marks on them and...yourself. Yes, your dying body. Maybe you can arrange the cards in some manner to convey information. Maybe your still fingers can point to — or obscure — parts...

In Wriggle Roulette, players take turns reaching into a bag filled with eel- and snake-shaped wooden pieces, trying to pull out as many eels as possible — but if the number of snakes grabbed by all players exceeds the limit, a "snake outbreak" occurs, and the player who grabbed the most pieces loses all of their eels.

Tropichaos is a game about collecting and selling fruit in a world where the seasons are out of control, with winter being completely absent and the other seasons coming and going at random. Players take on the role of fruit sellers and try to get points by selling fruits at the right time during their peak season. The player who earns the most points wins.

In Azure, players position their stones to gather qi (cards) and wisdom (points) from the realm. They also compete to bring the Auspicious Beasts to their aid. The first player to reach the end of the path of wisdom wins.  

Four unicorns—Glitterluck, Stardust, Marvel Flower, and Magic Swirl—live in the distant Land of Clouds. They playfully gallop across fluffy clouds, glide along colorful rainbows, and play with cloud crystals. Suddenly, however, a threatening storm begins to brew. Who will help the unicorns get to the sun as quickly as possible and save as many cloud crystals as they can? The player who...

The battle of Moytura has begun. As a leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann, spread your influence across the land to succeed in your quest to become High Ruler of Ireland, invoking the powerful deities of the Tuatha Dé Danann to aid you in your cause with their command of water, travel, war, and creation — but the road will not be easy for in your path to legend stand the sinister Fomorians and other...

An educational game that helps children aged 3 and up discover the English alphabet and learn to read. The letters are easy for children to remember thanks to associations. The game encourages children to come up with their own riddles and discover the meanings of English words. The game develops hand-eye coordination and memory. The game helps children learn while playing. It is designed for...

This game teaches children how to feel, name, and express emotions in different ways—with their voice, whole body, movement, words, or facial expressions. Children learn how important feelings are in their everyday lives and why it is so important to express them. The game develops social skills and supports emotional development. It is important that there are no bad or unwanted emotions in...

A creative family game for 2 or more players aged 3 and up. Make funny faces, strange sounds, doodle, and communicate with gestures! Collect points and become a master of communication! Choose one of up to 110 picture cards. Describe the symbol on the card using words, sounds, gestures, movements, or drawings.    

In Link City, build a city by matching ideas!  

On your turn, pick up a Bead from your channel and place it on the end of your Wand. Holding the Wand by the other end, carefully place the Bead on top of the cluster of Colored Balls.  

Win by creating triangles with rubber bands and occupying them with your stones!  

Ukiyo is a tactical puzzle-based 18-card game for 1-4 players. Players lay cards down horizontally or vertically to create patterns of symbols within a 6x6 grid.

Counting Sheep is a clever logic game for one player in which you must place all the pieces with sheep on four islands so that they fulfill the puzzle's requirements. Make sure that each sheep is standing on dry land and figure out how many sheep should be on each island. With many tasks of varying difficulty, you can give your brain and logical thinking a great workout.

IQ Noodles is a compact puzzle game for one player in which you must place all the pieces on the board so that their free ends connect to form closed loops. Challenge your logic in tasks ranging from the starting position to the MASTER level, where you only have the outline of the solution available. Each task has only one correct solution!

IQ Mini Hexpert is a smart puzzle game for one player that you can take with you anywhere. You can create an infinite number of tasks simply by moving the white blockers. Your goal is to place all 6 puzzle pieces on the board and fill the designated space. A great and compact challenge for your logic and spatial imagination!

Q Bubbles is a fun puzzle game for one player in which you have to place all the double-sided pieces on a checkerboard-style board. Be careful, the pieces consist of bubbles of two sizes, and each bubble only fits on a square of the corresponding size. It's a real challenge for your spatial thinking – each task has only one solution!

Genius Connection is a clever puzzle game that combines an exciting race for two players with a relaxing brain teaser for one. Roll the dice, set the start and finish points, and try to be the first to connect both points with a track while filling the entire board with the remaining pieces. Choose from four difficulty levels, or let yourself be surprised by the random mode.

The soccer ball is a catchy 3D puzzle for one player, in which you try to assemble the entire ball from 7 white pieces on a black core. You choose the starting position for the two-piece piece from 24 options and must follow the rule of alternating indentations. Snap on the remaining 6 pieces and find one of the many possible solutions to complete the ball!

In Wonky, players try to get rid of the cards in their hand by stacking blocks on top of one another, ideally setting up the blocks so that someone else takes a spill and gets stuck with more cards in hand. The trick to doing this are the special blocks in the game: nine blocks — with three each in small, medium and large sizes — with three of the block sides being flat and three being curved....

The LUDOS Collection was born to preserve games of the past, for the generations of the future. The first volume, LUDOS Asia features four, 2-player ancient strategy games from Japan (Hasami Shogi), Mongolia (Jarmo), Nepal (Bagh Chal) and Korea (Yut). 2500+ backers supported this project on Kickstarter.