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Board Game Collection

Learn about the board games that are available for checkout on the main floor of Thomas Library!

100 Classic Games

 

Includes: Chess, Racing Game, Chinese Checkers, Snakes & Ladders, Nine-Men Morris, Checkers/Draughts, Ludo/Pachisi, Solitaire, Goose Game, Backgammon, Instructions for a number of dice games and matchstick puzzles

 

 

Players Variable 
Length Variable         
Difficulty Variable

Apples to Apples

 

Apples to Apples

Choose silly or clever word matches to win this popular party game.

 

 

Players 4-10
Length 20-30 minutes
Difficulty Very easy

Azul

 Azul

Artfully embellish the walls of your palace by drafting the most beautiful tiles.

 

Players 2-4
Length 30-45 minutes
Difficulty Medium

Bananagrams

Bananagrams   

Race to arrange your letter tiles into a crossword before anyone else.

 

Players 1-8
Length 15 minutes
Difficulty Very easy

Bicycle Playing Cards (Standard 52-Card Deck)

   

Standard 52-Card Deck. The library has 2 copies.

Find rules for many card games here: https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play

 

 

Players Variable
Length Variable
Difficulty Variable

Butts in Space

Butts in Space   

A simple and silly card game of set collection, hand management, and take that mechanics. 

Players 2-4
Length 30-45 minutes
Difficulty Very easy

Carcassonne

 

Carcassonne

Shape the medieval landscape of France, claiming cities, monasteries and farms.

 

 

Players 2-5
Length 30-45 minutes
Difficulty Medium

Catan Junior

Catan Junior   

Classic game of island development redesigned for families and a younger audience.

 

Players 2-4
Length 30 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Choose Your Own Adventure: War with the Evil Power Master

Choose Your Own Adventure: War with the Evil Power Master   

Explore a brand new co-operative narrative adventure with the next entry in the Choose Your Own Adventure game series: War with the Evil Power Master! Travel to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, make risky choices, collect items, and face off against dire challenges.

 

 

 

Players 1-99
Length 60 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Clue

Clue

Catch the culprit of a crime by identifying who did it, with what, and where.

 

Players 2-6
Length 45 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Codenames

Codenames

Give your team clever one-word clues to help them spot their agents in the field.

 

 

Players 2-8
Length 15 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Concept

   

Concept

Select icons to help your team guess a secret word or phrase.

 

Players 4-12
Length 40 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Croak!

   

Croak!

Eat up other frogs, but if your queen is eaten, you're out!

 

Players 2-4
Length 20 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Exploding Kittens

Exploding Kittens

Ask for favors, attack friends, see the future- whatever it takes to avoid exploding

Players 2-5
Length 15 minutes
Difficulty Very easy

Five Crowns

Five Crowns 

Send everyone scrambling as you go out first in this 5-suit Rummy-like game!

Players 1-7
Length 30 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Four in a Row (AKA Connect Four)

Four in a Row (Connect Four)   

Take turns dropping pieces to be the first player to connect four in a row!

 

 

Players 2
Length 10 minutes
Difficulty Very easy