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Publisher
Grey Fox Games
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Players find themselves in a scenario of intrigue and murder, deduction and deception. One player is the Murderer, secretly choosing their weapon and the evidence they leave behind. Another is the Forensic Scientist who holds the key to convincing the criminal but is only able to to express their knowledge through analysis of the scene. The rest are investigators, interpreting the clues to solve the crime - and the killer is among them. Investigators...
2) Point salad
Author
Publisher
Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"Point Salad is a fast and fun card-drafting game for the whole family! There are over 100 ways to score points. Players may use a variety of strategies and every game of Point Salad is unique! Draft the best combinations of veggie and point cards from an ever-shifting market. Combine veggie cards with the right point types to create the best salad."--Container
3) UNO
Publisher
Mattel
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
To be the first player to score 500 points. Points are scored by getting rid of all the cards in your hand before your opponent(s). You score points for cards left in your opponents' hands.
Author
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
This irreverent and humorous card game takes place during the French Revolution. Players represent rival guillotine operators vying for the best collection of noble heads over three rounds. Each round, twelve nobles are lined up for the guillotine. The nobles are worth varying points, depending on their notoriety. During your turn, you play action cards to change the order of the line so you can collect the best nobles. The player with the most points...
Author
Series
True colors (Annabeth Albert) volume 2
Language
English
Description
"When Milo Lionetti loses his brother's prized deck of Odyssey cards, he'll do anything to replace them-including begging for help from his ex-best friend, Jasper Quigley. Jasper's got bigger things to worry about than the boy who broke his young heart, and if Milo wants his help, he's going to have to join Jasper in making the children's hospital charity ball the best ever. But as the two boys don cosplay for the kids and hunt for rare cards, nostalgia...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers;...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Card games are a classic source of entertainment, great for family night or some post-dinner-party fun. This lively book provides rules and tips for more than 20 card games that will keep you, your family, and your friends entertained for hours! From fun games for your kids all the way to winning strategies for Texas Hold ‘Em, this is your guide to learning the rules and improving your skills. Whether you’re into serious Contract Bridge...
Author
Publisher
Dolphin Hat Games LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Come play the newest game in the Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza universe: 800 pound gorilla! Spin the spinner, find the right-size gorilla, and race to take the coconut and bananas. Your family will love how easy it is to learn and how quick the laughs start - but your eyes may deceive you in finding the 800 pound gorilla! The spinner decides what everyone has to do! Complete an action, yell a phrase, or find the right size gorilla! But you must be quick...
Author
Publisher
Libellud
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Dixit is a card game using a deck of cards illustrated with dreamlike images. Players select cards that match a title or theme suggested by the "storyteller", and attempt to guess which card the "storyteller" selected.
The players have hands of oversized cards with various artistic pictures. The active player secretly selects one of his cards and gives a very brief description. The other players secretly select their own cards which match the description....
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em with Card Night, a compendium of 52 classic card games, including Hearts and Bridge, Rummy and Go Fish. At various points in history, playing cards were also used as currency, tools for propaganda, and even as a means for sending coded messages. In addition to providing the rules of standard game play, Card Night also details the fascinating stories and peculiarities behind some of the world's most famous...
15) Aurum
Author
Publisher
Pandasaurus Games
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the competitive trick-taking game Aurum, you play as an Alchemist melding base metals into gold. Earn points by collecting Gold or by correctly bidding how many tricks you can win."--Container.
16) Queenslayer
Author
Series
Spellslinger volume 5
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Kellen Argos is an outlaw spellslinger with a bad reputation, a long list of enemies, and zero luck. When he accidentally smears blood on the Daroman flag, he's dragged before the queen to be executed for his act of treason. Face-to-face with the young monarch, Kellen is offered a chance to save himself. If he can defeat the queen at a game of cards, he'll walk free... if not, his life is forfeit. But what begins as a game reveals a conspiracy against...
Author
Series
True colors (Annabeth Albert) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Conrad Stewart and Alden Parks are enemies, and that's the way it's always been. But when they're stuck together on a cross-country road trip to the biggest fan convention of their lives, the competition takes a backseat as unexpected feelings blossom. Yet each boy has a reason why they have to win the upcoming con tournament and neither is willing to let emotion get in the way--even if it means giving up their one chance at something truly magical."--...
18) Hanabi
Author
Publisher
R&R Games, Inc
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
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Description
"Hanabi is a cooperative game, i.e. a game where the players do not play against each other but work together towards a common goal. In this case they are absent-minded firework manufacturers who accidentally mixed up powders, fuses and rockets from a firework display. The show is about to start and panic is setting in. They have to work together to stop the show from becoming a disaster! The pyrotechnicians have to put together 5 fireworks, (1 white,...
Author
Publisher
Gamewright
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Trash is treasure! In this raucous card game, paw through the deck to find sets of day-old pizza, half-eaten candy, and other luscious leftovers. Roll the die to tip over the garbage or raid a rival's rubbish, if there's no Doggos standing guard. The more you roll, the more actions you can take - but get too greedy and your turn is scrapped! Stash the most trash and you're pick of the litter!
Author
Publisher
Hasbro
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Your fear will grow with each tile you place as you investigate a house filled with dreadful monsters and deadly secrests. As you brave your way through each unique room, you and the other explorers must rely on each other to survive the horrors that await. But beware: The house will turn one of you against the rest. It will take all of your strengths and skills to defeat the traitor and escape the Betrayal at House on the Hill.
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