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49 entries, in the order the knowledge base holds them.

roll and move curated not checked yet
You roll a dice, then move your piece that many spaces along a path. Like Snakes and Ladders or Monopoly.
drafting curated not checked yet
You pick one card from your hand, then pass the rest to the next player. Everyone keeps choosing the best one left, like sharing snacks but for cards.
bidding curated not checked yet
Players offer money or things to buy something. Whoever offers the most wins it. Like an auction at a market.
push your luck curated not checked yet
Keep risking for more points — but if you go too far, you lose what you had. Like saying "one more dive!" when you should have stopped.
area control curated not checked yet
Players fight to have the most pieces in different parts of a map. Whoever holds the most spots wins that area.
worker placement curated not checked yet
You put your little workers on different jobs on the board. If someone takes a spot, no one else can use it that turn.
pattern building curated not checked yet
You match colours or shapes to make patterns — straight lines, mosaics, sets. Like building with bright tiles.
hand management curated not checked yet
You hold a hand of cards and decide which to play, when, and which to keep for later. Choosing carefully matters most.
trick-taking curated not checked yet
Everyone plays one card. The highest card wins all of them — that's a "trick". Whoever wins leads next.
negotiation curated not checked yet
Players talk to each other and make deals. "I'll give you wood if you give me wheat." Trades and promises shape the game.
set collection curated not checked yet
You gather groups of matching things — three of one colour, four of one type — to score points. Like collecting stamp sets.
tile placement curated not checked yet
You lay tiles down to build a shared map — connecting roads, cities, fields. Like Carcassonne.
race to finish curated not checked yet
First player to reach the end wins. The whole game is a race.
most points curated not checked yet
Whoever has the highest score at the end wins. Points come from many sources — sets, places, cards.
last standing curated not checked yet
Knock out other players one by one. The last one alive wins.
cooperative survival curated not checked yet
Everyone wins or loses together. The game tries to beat all of you. Stay alive long enough and you all win.
shared objective curated not checked yet
All players work together to reach a goal — a score, a final state, a saved world.
hidden personal goal curated not checked yet
Each player has a secret goal. No one knows what the others are trying to do. Win without giving yourself away.
narrative completion curated not checked yet
You play through a story. The game ends when the story does — happy ending, tragic ending, your choice.
solo in parallel curated not checked yet
Everyone plays at the same time but doesn't really affect each other. You build your own thing while others build theirs.
direct confrontation curated not checked yet
Players attack, steal, or sabotage each other on purpose. "Take that!" — they target you, you target them.
indirect via board curated not checked yet
You don't attack each other directly — you change the board, take spots, build walls. They feel it through the game state.
fully cooperative curated not checked yet
Everyone is on the same team, against the game itself. You all win together, or you all lose together.
semi-cooperative curated not checked yet
Mostly working together, but each player has a small private reason to win more than the others.
team vs team curated not checked yet
Two teams play against each other. You and your teammates work together, against the other side.
traitor curated not checked yet
Most players are on the same team — but one (or more) is secretly playing against everyone else. Can you spot them?
mostly chance curated not checked yet
Dice and random draws decide most of what happens. Skill barely matters. Snakes and Ladders is mostly chance.
chance with mitigation curated not checked yet
There IS dice and randomness, but you have ways to soften bad luck — re-rolls, cards, choices. You're not helpless.
skill with luck curated not checked yet
Mostly your choices matter, but a small bit of luck adds spice. Catan and Carcassonne sit here.
mostly skill curated not checked yet
Pure brain-work. No dice, no surprises. The smartest player wins. Chess and Go are mostly skill.
abstract curated not checked yet
No story — just shapes, colours, patterns. Like Chess or Go. The game is the game.
historical curated not checked yet
Set in real history — wars, empires, trade routes. Real places, real times.
fantasy curated not checked yet
Magic, dragons, wizards, quests. Things that don't exist in real life.
science fiction curated not checked yet
Space, robots, distant futures. Aliens, lasers, planets.
everyday life curated not checked yet
Farms, kitchens, trains, cities — places and things you recognise from real life.
absurd curated not checked yet
Weird, silly, nonsense — exploding kittens, unstable unicorns. Made to make you laugh.
educational curated not checked yet
Teaches you something while you play — history facts, words, maths.
real-world issue curated not checked yet
About something happening now — climate, justice, migration. The game makes you think about it.
full information curated not checked yet
Everything is visible. Every player sees every card, every move. No secrets. Like Chess.
hidden hands curated not checked yet
Each player holds cards no one else can see. You bluff, hint, and guess.
hidden identity curated not checked yet
Some players have a secret role — like a spy or a villain. Nobody knows who is who at the start.
deduction curated not checked yet
Use clues to figure out hidden facts — who, what, where. Like Cluedo or a mystery.
bluffing curated not checked yet
Lie about what you have. Pretend you're stronger or weaker than you are. Other players have to guess.
model a system curated not checked yet
The board works like a real system, such as how water moves between a village's wells and fields, so a move has the effect it would have in real life.
stakeholder roles curated not checked yet
Each player plays a real group with its own needs, such as farmers, a village council or a shopkeeper. You see the problem from where they stand.
shared resource curated not checked yet
Everyone draws from one limited thing, such as the water under a village. If players take too much, it runs out for everyone. Villages in Andhra Pradesh have played games like this about their own groundwater.
delayed effects curated not checked yet
What you do now shows its effect only a few rounds later, the way a choice made this year shows up years later in real life.
try a rule curated not checked yet
Players agree a new rule for everyone, then play on to see what it changes. It is a safe way to test a rule before trying it for real.
debrief curated not checked yet
After the game, everyone talks it through: What happened? Why? How is it like the real problem? What would happen if we changed something?