Ticket to Ride: Nederland
When Ticket to Ride visits the Netherlands, the stakes are high.
Loot
Loot is the official convention game of the 2004 Essen game fair. It is a roll-and-write game.
Tiger & Dragon
A clever shedding game which you might be able to con grandma into playing by saying it’s based on a traditional game of some obscure Asian culture.
Panda Panda
It seems I can’t get enough of clever little card games from Japan. Here’s another one.
Ketupat Rendang
What’s your favourite food for Raya? Mine is satay. This is a clever little game from the makers of Drama Pukul 7.
Point Salad
A point salad game cheekily called Point Salad. If you are sick of point salad games, this one might offer something a little different.
ito
A popular cooperative party game from Japan that will have you arguing which is better – Middle-Earth or Hogwarts.
JinxO
A party game in which you experience either great minds think alike, or your friends are all uncultured barbarians.
Kariba
A clever little card game from Reiner Knizia.
Happy Fox
Going on a wild goose chase has never been this exciting. This is a clever and minimalistic card game from Wolfgang Kramer and Manfred Reindl.
Mission Impractical
You’re on a mission. You bring a sponge, a hairclip, an onion and a French-English dictionary. What mission are you on?
Finca
Finca from 2009 came back into print in 2024, and I’m glad this time I gave it a go.
Nine Tiles
A speed game with Hello Kitty!
Betakkuma’s Fart & Furious
I bet you’ve never played a game about farting in the lift.
The World Game
A simple card game which teaches you about countries around the world.
My Rainforest
Visit all the national parks in Malaysia in 20 minutes!
Hippo Crates
Kind of a card game version of hungry hungry hippos, but it’s more like Category 5 / 6 Nimmt.
Short takes: Counter Spy, Co Ca Ngua, That’s You
Three games from Vietnam and Indonesia you may not have heard of.
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