DAGGER currently owns 73 card and board games. We also have a collection of Nerf guns for Nerf Wars. On top of this, members who have their own games can, and sometimes do, bring them to DAGGER to share with the rest of us.
7 Wonders
Abalone is a two-player strategy board game in which each player is represented by marbles of opposing colors. The objective is to push six of the opponent's marbles off the edge of the board (Wikipedia).
All Things Zombie enables players to play a wargame against zombies or looters and lawless bandits (Wikipedia).
Amyitis is a board game in which players embody noble Babylonians in quest of prestige. All along the game, they strive to raise their status by building gardens and their irrigation network, and by trading and recruiting. At the end of the game, the player with the highest prestige is the winner (Ystari).
Attack! is a light wargame that is midway between Risk and Axis and Allies in complexity. The game is loosely set in the 1930s and includes plastic pieces featuring tanks, planes, infantry, and artillery (Wikipedia).
Attack! Deluxe Expansion is an expansion for Attack! that has new Action cards, a new technology development system, a victory point system, 3 lengths of game play and a new naval combat system with never before seen Naval Combat Dice.
Augsburg 1520 is about Jakob Fugger, who was probably the wealthiest man of his time. “Jakob the Rich,” as he was named in his time, owned so much money that he loaned money to a host of counts and kings. Often, they were not able to repay him in cash, so they awarded him special privileges, such as trade rights and offices. 2 to 5 players ages 12 and up assume the role of the merchants from Augsburg and try to get what they can -- by means of auctions -- from the nobility, thus increasing their wealth and particularly their social status.
Bacchus is a card game. As a player, you are one of Bacchus' satyrs. Your task is to gather together as many like-dressed nymphs as possible, driving up the point value and scoring as much as possible in the process (Funagain).
Bang! The Bullet! includes all three of the official expansions, High Noon, Dodge City, and A Fistful of Cards, along with several extras (Wikipedia).
Battleship: Electronic is the electronic version of the classic game Battleship. Players place ships on a grid. Then, in each round, each player's turn consists of announcing a target square in the opponents' grid which is to be shot at. If a ship occupies the square, then it takes a hit. When all of the squares of a ship have been hit, the ship is sunk. After all of one player's ships have been sunk, the game ends and the other player wins (Wikipedia).
Betrayal at House on the Hill is a board game published by Avalon Hill. Players all begin as allies, exploring a haunted house filled with dangers, traps, items and Omens. As players explore the mansion, new room tiles are chosen at random; accordingly, the game board is different each session. Whenever an Omen is revealed there is a chance that "the Haunt" will begin: one of the players will change allegiance and combat the other players in some horror scenario. Each scenario is different—the traitor may end up controlling (or becoming) zombies, cannibals, dragons, vampires, the house itself, or almost any other monster imaginable (Wikipedia).
Birds on a Wire gives players their own power lines on which they arrange birds into sets of three trying to match the same color the same size all different colors or all different sizes.
Blazing Aces! A Fistful of Family Card Games is a book of fifteen original card games. Each game is demonstrated using detailed illustrated examples, along with playing hints and many variations. There are games here for just one player, many for groups of two to seven players, and even one for up to twenty (Funagain games).
Bohnanza is a German-style card game of trading and politics. It is played with a deck of cards with comical illustrations of eight different types of beans (of varying scarcities), which the players are trying to plant and sell in order to raise money. The principal restriction is that players may only be farming two or three types of bean at once, but they obtain beans of all different types randomly from the deck, and so must engage in trading with the other players to be successful (Wikipedia).
Carcassonne
Bohnanza is a German-style card game of trading and politics. It is played with a deck of cards with comical illustrations of eight different types of beans (of varying scarcities), which the players are trying to plant and sell in order to raise money. The principal restriction is that players may only be farming two or three types of bean at once, but they obtain beans of all different types randomly from the deck, and so must engage in trading with the other players to be successful (Wikipedia).
Carcassonne
Citadels is a German-style card game. Citadels was a finalist for the 2000 Spiel des Jahres award (Wikipedia).
Cleopatra and the Society of Architects is a board game. In the game, players attempt to become the richest architect that survives the building of Cleopatra's palace (Wikipedia).
The Club is a slightly satirical game about life in the fast lane - a board game about love and about people's need to meet one another. The whole game takes place in a nightclub and the game board is the dance floor. On their turn players push three new dancers to the dance floor from their own bar counter (edge of the game board) and as they come into play they push others towards the center of the dance floor.
The Club is a slightly satirical game about life in the fast lane - a board game about love and about people's need to meet one another. The whole game takes place in a nightclub and the game board is the dance floor. On their turn players push three new dancers to the dance floor from their own bar counter (edge of the game board) and as they come into play they push others towards the center of the dance floor.
Conquest of the Empire is a military strategy game set in the Roman Empire after the death of Marcus Aurelius. 2 to 6 players pit their armies against each other in an attempt to become the ruler of Rome (Wikipedia).
Cornucopia is a card game. Your goal is to fill your basket with a bountiful collection of fruits and vegetables, while at the same time correctly predicting how long it will take you to fill your basket. You can try to assemble a basket with only one type of fruit or vegetable, which is difficult to do; or you can try to collect the entire range of harvest products. In either case, you want to complete your harvest as efficiently as possible to earn the most coins.
Cranium is a party game. On each turn, a team has a chance to complete an activity on one card and advance along the board. If the team successfully completes a color card they have chosen, the die is then rolled to determine what space the team moves to. Whether the activity is completed successfully or not, the turn always ends after one card (Wikipedia).
Cranium is a party game. On each turn, a team has a chance to complete an activity on one card and advance along the board. If the team successfully completes a color card they have chosen, the die is then rolled to determine what space the team moves to. Whether the activity is completed successfully or not, the turn always ends after one card (Wikipedia).
Desperados takes place in a mine. There are nine mine-opening cards and nine mine-closing cards. To score any points you've got to play gold, silver or copper cards onto the corresponding open mine and then close it. Trouble is, your opponents can close your mine before you want or even try to steal it with bandit cards -- a tough gauntlet to run, but here and there a few points trickle through and into the scoring column.
Dirty Minds: The Game of Naughty Clues
Dixit: Odyssey
Dirty Minds: The Game of Naughty Clues
Dixit: Odyssey
Domain is a simple game played on a 9x9 square grid. Players take turn placing coloured plastic pieces onto the board. The pieces have different areas and shapes. The aim of the game is to have the largest area at the end of the game. When pieces are placed, they may cause adjacent pieces on the board to flip over, depending on the variant played.
Dominion is a deck-building card game in which the players compete to gather the most valuable deck of cards, representing a Kingdom. There are 4 kinds of cards: Treasure cards (Copper, Silver, Gold - worth 1/2/3 coins each), Victory cards (Estate, Duchy, Province - worth 1/3/6 Victory points), Kingdom cards (various cards, mostly actions) and Curses (worth -1 Victory point and which are normally only used as a result of Kingdom cards). Each card has a cost to purchase, which is paid in coins gained from a combination of Kingdom and/or Treasure cards (Wikipedia).
Dominion: Alchemy is a smaller expansion requiring one of the standalone releases to play (Wikipedia).
Dominion: Alchemy is a smaller expansion requiring one of the standalone releases to play (Wikipedia).
Dominion: Intrigue is an expansion to Dominion which can be played standalone or as an expansion with the original game (Wikipedia).
Dominion: Seaside is an expansion to Dominion which requires one of the standalone releases (Wikipedia).
Dos de Mayo is a bilingual (English and Spanish) boardgame for two players, in which each player controls the forces of one side, either Spanish or French. The game lasts 10 turns and takes about 20-30 minutes to play.
Elchfest is a game in which players attempt to help their moose across a river by flicking wooden disks into position so as to create 'stepping stones' from one end of the table to the other. If you flick well, you'll be able to move your moose quicker than your opponent. But you must be careful not to make the gap too large, as the miniature wooden moose can only span a relatively small distance.
En Garde is a two-player game in which tactics, skill, and a little bit of luck will determine the best fencer. Cards fly back and forth as the fencers attack, and parry-riposte. Who will be bold enough to attack first? Is it possible to win with that initial attack or has your opponent beguiled you into an attack while waiting to mount a parry-riposte?
Express
Fluxx, and random additional Fluxx!
Flash Duel is similar to En Garde(see above), except with the addition of crazy abilities and 2-vs-2 action.
Express
Fluxx, and random additional Fluxx!
Flash Duel is similar to En Garde(see above), except with the addition of crazy abilities and 2-vs-2 action.
For Sale is a quick, fun game nominally about buying and selling real estate. During the game's two distinct phases players first bid for several buildings, then, after all buildings have been bought, sell the buildings for the greatest profit possible.
Gem Dealer is a game of strategy in which players collect priceless gems through a bidding process that involves cunning, calculation and a bit of bluffing. But bidders beware! The risks you take might pay off, or they could cost you a fortune.
Guesstures is like Charades on 'Speed'. The active player gets four cards. Each card has two words on it, one easy, one difficult. The harder the word, the more points it's worth. The player picks one word from each card and loads them into the timer device. S/he then has about a minute to communicate the words to teammates; when a word is guessed correctly, the card must be snatched out of the timer. The timer, meanwhile, will "eat" the cards, one at a time, if they aren't snatched. You get points for each card successfully rescued from the timer.
Hacienda has players competing for space on the South American pampas, aiming to bring their livestock to the most markets. You get three actions a turn to buy cards which then let you lay tiles to control land and herds, or you may buy extras, such as waterholes or the haciendas of the title to get bonus points.
High Society
Illuminati: Bavarian Fire Drill is an expansion to Illuminati that adds 110 new cards, including Artifacts (a new type of card) and several new groups (Wikipedia).
Illuminati: Deluxe Edition is the deluxe edition of the standalone card game Illuminati. The game has ominous secret societies competing with each other to control the world through sinister means, including legal, illegal, and even mystical. It was designed as a "tongue-in-cheek rather than serious" take on conspiracy theories. It contains groups named similarly to real world organizations, such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. It can be played by two to eight players. Depending on the number of players, a game can take between one and six hours (Wikipedia).
High Society
Illuminati: Bavarian Fire Drill is an expansion to Illuminati that adds 110 new cards, including Artifacts (a new type of card) and several new groups (Wikipedia).
Illuminati: Deluxe Edition is the deluxe edition of the standalone card game Illuminati. The game has ominous secret societies competing with each other to control the world through sinister means, including legal, illegal, and even mystical. It was designed as a "tongue-in-cheek rather than serious" take on conspiracy theories. It contains groups named similarly to real world organizations, such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. It can be played by two to eight players. Depending on the number of players, a game can take between one and six hours (Wikipedia).
Incan Gold is the English-language edition of Diamant. Players take on the role of adventurers looking for treasure in a temple. Players search for jewels while trying to avoid various hazards such as spiders and snakes. Fearful players can run out of the temple, while daring players can choose to venture on, push their luck, and risk losing the treasure they have found. After five rounds, the player with the most treasure is the winner (Wikipedia).
Jenga
Jeopardy! Simpsons Edition is a board game which takes the popular game show Jeopardy! and themes it to the long-running animated series "The Simpsons" (Wikipedia).
Jenga
Jeopardy! Simpsons Edition is a board game which takes the popular game show Jeopardy! and themes it to the long-running animated series "The Simpsons" (Wikipedia).
Key Harvest is a game whose object is to score the most points. Players score points by placing tiles on their own country board. Each player has the same board, but there is only one of each tile, so there is competition when two players want the same tile. One point is scored for each field tile in the player’s largest group of connected field tiles and two points for each tile in their second largest connected group (Rio Grande).
Khronos - Time Civilization. Really. It's a bit hard to understand the first time through, but fans of strategy games should love this.
Khronos - Time Civilization. Really. It's a bit hard to understand the first time through, but fans of strategy games should love this.
Looting London turns players into famous London sleuths. Five of London's rarest treasures have been stolen on the same night: one of the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, gold reserves from the Bank of England, top secret files from Big Ben, a priceless Incan artifact from the British Museum, and a Van Gogh from the National Gallery. Can you interview the four witnesses, gather their clues, apprehend the thieves and recover the loot?
Louis XIV is about power and influence in the French court at the end of the 17th Century. The players take on the roles of members of the Court, where they carry out their missions and goals at Versailles. By using cards and influence markers, they influence high-ranking Court attendants, such as the King's Mother or one of the countless Royal mistresses. Naturally, the Sun King himself has a special role here too.
Masquerade is a Japanese fantasy card game. Each player take control of a powerful entity that tries to take over a fantasy/manga-themed world. Each player assumes a secret mask with hidden VP-bonus and sends out a "dancer" to fulfill various functions at 6 different "stages" (or rather "adventure places"). Players can try to accumulate spell cards, heal, trigger events, fight monsters for treasure, or fight other players for VP's. The spell cards are musically themed with names like "Nocturne" or "Fugue".
Masters Gallery is a card game in which players are art critics and gallery owners at the same time, trying to pump up the value of certain artists before cashing in their works. The works of five artists Vermeer, Degas, Renoir, Monet and Van Gogh are in play. Each player starts with a hand of masterpiece cards, and on a turn you play one on the table to show a stake in the fate of that artist; some masterpiece cards include special actions that allow you to play a second card, draw an extra card, increase the value of a certain artist, or have everyone play a masterpiece card at once.
Ming Dynasty has each player take the role of an imperial prince and tries to gain influence with his family members at the growth of the Chinese people during the Ming dynasty. Place your fellow men securely into the 6 Chinese provinces, which are divided each into 3 prefectures. In order where your own family members get majorities into the administration you will be recompensed during the election rounds with gifts from the emperor. Only the player with the most balanced collection of influence chips will be able to continue as next emperor of the Ming dynasty.
Money is a card game whose object is to collect as many of one type of currency as possible. Players bid cards from their hands to exchange for 'lots' of cards, with the order being determined by whoever put out the highest valued cards. The cards themselves are renditions of currencies from around the world.
Mountain of Inferno
Mountain of Inferno
Musketeers is a card game. Players select 3 cards to place face down; these are their potential rewards (Pay cards) this fight. Reveal the top Guard. Players simultaneously select a card, then reveal. If the sum is lower than the Guard strength, the player playing the lowest card places a Prison card on one of his Pay cards. Otherwise, the player with the highest card either places a Gem card on one of his Pay cards, or returns one of his Prison cards to the center. If center area doesn't have a card you need, take it from another player. If all you have 3 Prison cards, your played card doesn't add to the other players' cards. The round ends after 9 fights. Players earn silver for their Pay cards, doubled if a Gem is on top and reduced to 0 if a Prison is on top. The player with the most coins wins.
Notre Dame has players take on the roles of the heads of influential families in Paris at the end of the 14th century. In the shadow of the Notre Dame cathedral, the players compete for prosperity and reputation. Each family controls one of the 3 -5 boroughs that surround the site of Notre Dame. As head of his family, each player tries, through clever use of his action cards, to advance the power and prestige of his family, but penalties are assessed those who do not take care of the health of the people who live in their borough. The player with the most prestige at the end is the winner.
Oregon is a family/strategy game with a colonization-theme and a card-driven placement mechanism. The aim of the game is to position farmers and point-giving buildings in the best possible locations on the board.
Pacific Typhoon
Pacific Typhoon
Palazzo is set in the age of the late renaissance. The players slip on the roles of wealthy landowners, who compete against each other to build the most valuable palaces. As their constructions grow, the players must choose from the available palace modules from the quarries, so they can add to their palaces. Of course, none of this building can be done without money, so sometimes players must take time out to earn some money so they can afford to continue their building projects.
Pandemic
Pandemic: On the Brink
Pandemic
Pandemic: On the Brink
Pictionary is a guessing word game, played with teams with players trying to identify specific words from their teammates' drawings (Wikipedia).
Ponte del Diavolo is a tactical and strategic 2-player placement game in which players place wooden squares and bridges with the goal of building the most efficient network of "islands" (Wikipedia).
Race for the Galaxy
Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium
Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm
Race for the Galaxy
Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium
Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm
Railways of Europe is an expansion for Railways of the World. It uses the original game's pieces, tiles, money, trains, shares and rules, along with a new map and card deck. There are some rules changed and added for the expansion to reflect the new setting of the expansion.
Railways of the World is the base game for the Railways of the World series. It includes engine placards, railroad tiles, train tokens, money, bonds, and other items that will be needed in most of the series. A gameboard depicting the eastern half of the United States is included in the base game, as well as a mounted map of Mexico.
Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age has players roll dice to obtain commodities and workers to build up their civilizations. Dice can be rerolled twice unless they come up as a hazard. Players use their workers to build infrastructure to support additional works or to build monuments that are worth points. At the same time commodities are gathered which allow your civilization to develop. Once all monuments or five developments are achieved by a player the game ends at the end of the round, points are counted, and a victor is declared.
San Juan
San Juan
Scrabble Sentence Cube Game has players roll the 21 word cubes, set the timer and form sentences with the words appearing on the tops of the cubes in a crossword puzzle-like fashion (one word may be part of two sentences - one running vertically and one running horizontally). Turns end when the egg timer runs out. Players score 50 points for each sentence of 7 words or more. All other sentences score the square of the number of words in the sentence (i.e. a 4-word sentence scores 4 X 4, or 16 points). A bonus of 50 points is awarded if all 21 cubes are used. Two points are deducted for each unused cube.
Seasons - A short card game draft followed by generating a massive hoard of crystals while destroying everyone else's crystals.
The Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer board game. The players in the game represent settlers establishing colonies on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the island is composed of hexagonal tiles (hexes) of different land types which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game (Wikipedia). Now with 5-6 player extension.
Shadow Hunters with Expansion
Shadows Over Camelot is an Arthurian-themed board game. Players take on the roles of Knights of the Round Table (with the possibility that one player takes the role of traitor) and play the game by fulfilling quests. The game is cooperative in that a shared victory or loss is possible in the absence of a traitor, and a traitor does not benefit by revealing himself too early. The endgame with a revealed traitor is, by contrast, a competitive game of asymmetric teams (Wikipedia).
Seasons - A short card game draft followed by generating a massive hoard of crystals while destroying everyone else's crystals.
The Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer board game. The players in the game represent settlers establishing colonies on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the island is composed of hexagonal tiles (hexes) of different land types which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game (Wikipedia). Now with 5-6 player extension.
Shadow Hunters with Expansion
Shadows Over Camelot is an Arthurian-themed board game. Players take on the roles of Knights of the Round Table (with the possibility that one player takes the role of traitor) and play the game by fulfilling quests. The game is cooperative in that a shared victory or loss is possible in the absence of a traitor, and a traitor does not benefit by revealing himself too early. The endgame with a revealed traitor is, by contrast, a competitive game of asymmetric teams (Wikipedia).
Shakespeare: The Bard Game is a game where each player is a play manager who must put on plays at various theaters. The game lasts the span of time agreed upon before the game starts by the other players. The object of the game is to collect acclaim points by putting on a play. To put on a play, you must buy a script from Shakespeare and collect the correct number of props, actors, and patrons for that script.
Smash Up - Fast, and fun. Pick two types of decks, smash them up, and then fight each other for different bases. Expect zombie dinosaurs, robot wizards, alien tricksters, etc.
Smash Up - Fast, and fun. Pick two types of decks, smash them up, and then fight each other for different bases. Expect zombie dinosaurs, robot wizards, alien tricksters, etc.
SWAT! is about capturing cards. A dealer turns over cards one-by-one, until someone decides he wants the exposed cards and hits the colorful "SWAT!" board. That player then becomes the dealer and the same process continues until all players have "swatted" three times or the deck runs out. Your challenge is to remember what you have already swatted and decide how far you can push your luck before another player swats the stack.
Take it Easy! is an abstract strategy board game. Each player gets a board with places for 19 hexagon tiles to place in a hexagon shape. Additionally, players get identical sets of tiles which have different types of colored/numbered lines crossing in three directions. One player draws a tile randomly and then tells the others which he drew. Each player then puts their matching tile on their board in any available spot. This is repeated until the board is filled. The object is to complete same colored/numbered lines across your board, for which points are scored according to the numbers on those lines. The maximum score possible is 307 (Wikipedia).
Tally Ho! has one player take the role of the hunters and the lumberjacks while the other takes the role of the foxes and bears. Both players hunt each other! At first the forest lies peacefully under the face down tiles. As the players turn the tiles over and move them on the board, the forest awakens and the hunt destroys the serenity of the forest. The lumberjacks cut swaths through the forest to provide hunting fields for the hunters. The bears then use these same aisles to track the hunters and lumberjacks.
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization is a civilization building game. The goal is to develop your civilization, not to destroy other ones. Military strength is just one aspect of your nation, as well as population, production or science. It is up to you which aspect you will concentrate on, more or less, but you should not underestimate any of them while building your civilization.
Thunderstone
Tichu is a multi-genre card game; primarily a shedding game that includes elements of Bridge and Poker played between two teams of two players each. Teams work to accumulate points; the first team to reach 1000 points is the winner (Wikipedia).
Thunderstone
Tichu is a multi-genre card game; primarily a shedding game that includes elements of Bridge and Poker played between two teams of two players each. Teams work to accumulate points; the first team to reach 1000 points is the winner (Wikipedia).
Titan is a fantasy board game for two to six players. Each player controls an army of mythological creatures such as gargoyles, unicorns, and griffons, led by a single titan (Wikipedia).
TransAmerica is a railroad board game centered on the construction of railroad track in the United States (Wikipedia).
Ultimate Outburst is an expanded version of Outburst. Outburst is played with two teams, using cards on each side of which a topic heading is printed, followed by a list of 10 items that fall under the given topic. The object is to guess the items that were chosen for inclusion on the card, given the topic (Wikipedia).
Uptown has players take turns placing one of their five tiles on a 9x9 grid and then draw another tile to replace it. There are three tiles which each player can place on each space: a letter, a number, or the item which represents the 3x3 sector of the board the space is in. If another player has placed a tile it may be captured by playing a legal tile in its place, only if removing the tile doesn't break a group of tiles belonging to the player into more than one group. If players tie for the fewest number of groups at the end of the game, then the winner is the one who captured the fewest opponents' tiles.
Wench is a fast paced social game. Cards have 3 different categories, Stein (table cards), Barley (played only on a player's turn) and Wing (which can fly out of a player's hand at any time. The game involves remembering what cards your opponents have that they may have shown during the game, or tricking them into breaking one of your rules or a rule that is in play so they must pay a penalty, and you can remove a card from your hand. The object of the game is to remove all cards from your hand and go 'out,' thereby making the player at the end of the night, who accumulated the most points, The Wench of the evening.
Yspahan is a game of camels and trading. Yspahan is about collecting points. There are two main ways of getting points: filling souks with your cubes and getting your cubes on the caravan. In addition there are buildings, which grant points and useful benefits. To get all these, you need resources, and here lies the neat part of Yspahan (Mikkos Game Blog).
Our game library ends here, but fellow Daggerites own quite a few of their own games, such as:
Arkham Horror
Arkham Horror: Dunwich Horror
Arkham Horror: The Lurker at the Threshold
Chrononauts
Cthulhu 500
Fury of Dracula
Gamma World 4th Edition
Mansions of Madness
The Resistance
Space Alert
Thurn and Taxis
We Didn't Playtest This At All
We Didn't Playtest This At All: Chaos Pack
Wise and Otherwise
Our game library ends here, but fellow Daggerites own quite a few of their own games, such as:
Arkham Horror
Arkham Horror: Dunwich Horror
Arkham Horror: The Lurker at the Threshold
Chrononauts
Cthulhu 500
Fury of Dracula
Gamma World 4th Edition
Mansions of Madness
The Resistance
Space Alert
Thurn and Taxis
We Didn't Playtest This At All
We Didn't Playtest This At All: Chaos Pack
Wise and Otherwise
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