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Building a railroad network and eventually parasitizing other people's efforts. House rule: you must bitch about the cards you randomly selected.
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Maximum players: 6,
Good for: 3, 4, 5, 6,
Best for: 5, 6
Pros: Learn the name of European cities in their native language.
Cons: None. This is a fun game.
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Last time played 2 month 18 day ago. Played 33 times in total.
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Another one of those simple, bluffing, gambling Japanese card games. The HFG does not own it.
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Maximum players: 5,
Good for: 3, 4, 5,
Best for: 5
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Last time played 10 year 2 month 12 day ago. Played 2 times in total.
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Usually, trolls wait underneath bridges to attack travelers, but here they take the role of vikings going from island to island in search of plunder. A set collection game.
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Maximum players: 4,
Good for: 2, 3, 4,
Best for: 3
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Worker placement and area control in medieval France.
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Maximum players: 4,
Good for: 2, 3, 4,
Best for: 3
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A good tile-laying game.
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Maximum players: 8,
Good for: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8+,
Best for: 4, 5, 6
Pros: Plays very quickly. Good with any number of players.
Cons: Often results in multiple winners.
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Last time played 3 month 23 day ago. Played 107 times in total.
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A game with a neat mechanism: we all start with different hands (at random) but sooner or later we'll have to play with the other players' hands, see if we can do any better than them.
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Maximum players: 5,
Good for: 3, 4, 5,
Best for: 4, 5
Pros: Confirms that you cannot hold back the tides.
Cons: Sheep may drown.
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Last time played 8 year 1 month 11 day ago. Played 2 times in total.
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Part of the GIPF project, a series of two-players abstract strategy games.
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Maximum players: 2,
Good for: 2,
Best for: 2
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A classic, but the HFG does not own it.
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Maximum players: 10,
Good for: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8+,
Best for: 4, 5, 6
Pros: Good with lots of players.
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Last time played 10 year 7 month 9 day ago. Played only once.
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An economic game of island colonization.
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Maximum players: 4,
Good for: 2, 3, 4,
Best for: 3
Cons: The vikings are peace-loving: no pillaging!
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A good worker placement and set collection game.
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Maximum players: 4,
Good for: 2, 3, 4,
Best for: 4
Pros: Your workers keep giving you points even after they die.
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Stephan have compiled the lists of his favorite Top 10 Games, grouped by common themes: Stephan's Top Tens (2019).
Theme months for games (2020).
