Settlers of Catan

Players are recent immigrants to the newly populated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements, roads, and villages by harvesting commodities from the land around you.

Trade sheep, lumber ,bricks and grain for a settlement, bricks and wood for a road, or try to complete other combinations for more advanced buildings, services and specials. Trade with other players, or at local seaports to get resources you might lack.

Ticket to Ride

October 2, 1900 - 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a £20,000 bet that he could travel "Around the World in 80 Days".

Now at the dawn of the century it was time for a new "impossible journey". Some old friends have gathered to celebrate Fogg's impetuous and lucrative gamble - and to propose a new wager of their own.

The stakes: $1 Million in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see which of them can travel by rail to the most cities in North America - in just 7 days. The journey begins immediately...

Rumis

There’ll be no stone left unturned in this challenging strategy game.Inspired by Incan architecture, RUMIS (meaning “stones”) sharpens spatial awareness and critical thinking skills as players strategize to outwit their opponents while reconstructing historical Incan structures (pyramid, tower, stairs, and wall).

Each player receives eleven Rumis stones of one color. Players begin, one stone at a time, strategically placing their stones to prevent opponents from having the most visible colored stones.

The player with the most stones visible from above wins! Rumis comes with four beautifully designed game boards, a unique custom turntable, 44 wooden Rumis “stones,” and instructions for variations on the game, including a habit-forming version of solitaire.

 

Mensa Select Award Winner

 

 

Blokus

 

Grades K and up. Europe's 2003 game of the year! Develops logic and spacial perception while kids learn to be tactical.

Players take turns placing pieces on their board, each starting from their corner. Each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners!

The goal is to get rid of all your pieces. The game ends when all players are blocked from laying down any more of their pieces. Includes one gameboard with 400 squares, 84 game pieces in four bright translucent colors, and an instruction guide.

• MENSA Select winner

• ASTRA 2003 Good Toy Award

• Dr. Toy 2003 100 Best

• Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2004 Platinum Award

• 2004 Teacher's Choice Award

2003 Parent's Choice Gold Award

 

Travel Blokus

 

The travel version of award-winning Blokus ®, Travel Blokus is the perfect on-the-go strategy game for two!
The simple rules take less than a minute to learn, yet the game has the depth to challenge both beginners and experts alike.
Set includes gameboard with 196 recessed squares, 42 game pieces in vibrant, translucent purple and orange in a storage tray, and guide. This a compact, two player edition.

 

 

 

 

Empire Builder

 

Players draw tracks with crayons on an erasable board and operate a rail empire in an effort to accumulate the most money. 

 

The new revision of Empire Builder's map now has all of Mexico included and more of Canada, with corresponding loads and events.

 

 

 

Empire Builder is continually captivating and challenging. Every game is different, with players creating a new strategy and delivering a variety of goods across the continent.

 

 

Players learn the locations of cities, states, mountains and rivers of the United States and southern Canada

 

 

 

 

Go mental

 

Each GO mental question contains 4 apparently unconnected things - they may be people, places, events, objects, or just plain things. 

Some will be instantly familiar, others down right strange. The point is, 1 of the 4 is the odd one out. 

The other 3 are somehow connected. First you must correctly identify which of the 4 things is the odd one out. 

Get this bit right and you move 1 space forward. Second, and providing you've got the odd one out right, correctly state how the other 3 are connected. 

Get this bit right and you move an additional 3 spaces forward.

 

 

 

Puerto Rico

 

Ages 12 and up- For 3-5 players

Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or builder? Which roles will you play in the new world? 

Will you own the most prosperous plantations? Will you build the most valuable buildings? 

You have but one goal: achieve the greatest prosperity and highest respect! This is shown by the player who earns the most victory points. He will win the game!