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Abstract strategy games typically exhibit the following characteristics:

  1. Absence of a specific theme or storyline.
  2. Utilize uncomplicated and clear-cut design and mechanics.
  3. Rely on perfect information, where all game elements are known.
  4. Encourage players to outmaneuver their opponents.
  5. Incorporate minimal or no elements of luck, chance, or randomness.
  • Portals

    The great wizard Dominick Dey discovered a way to travel between different worlds using elemental magic, and spent centuries bringing back amazing…

    Age 10+ Best 2–4 players By Maxim Istomin

    CrowD Games

    Portals

    1–4 players1–2 h

    Medium

    Regular price$50.95 CAD
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  • Power Plants (Standard Edition)

    Every wizard in the neighborhood knows that the best spell components are grown fresh. Unfortunately, only one particular plot of fertile soil in…

    Age 8+ Best 1–4 players By Adam E. Daulton

    Kids Table BG

    Power Plants (Standard Edition)

    1–5 players30–60 min

    MediumBGG 7.1 Mensa 2023 recommended

    Regular price$29.95 CAD
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  • Project L: Finesse (Standard Edition)

    The Finesse expansion brings extra strategic depth to Project L through an addition of goals which require each player to fulfill different…

    Age 13+ Best 2–3 players By Filip Daňhel

    Boardcubator

    Project L: Finesse (Standard Edition)

    1–4 players30–60 min
    (1)

    MediumBGG 7.7

    Regular price$17.95 CAD
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  • Project L: Ghost Piece (Standard Edition)

    The Ghost Piece expansion introduces puzzles with new reward mechanics, special level-5 Ghost Pieces, and 6-player games. —description from the…

    Age 13+ Best 3–4 players By Michal Mikeš

    Boardcubator

    Project L: Ghost Piece (Standard Edition)

    1–6 players30–60 min
    (2)

    LightBGG 7.8

    Regular price$27.95 CAD
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  • Proteus

    Taken from the website: From the folks who brought you Knightmare Chess comes Proteus - a dice game that plays a little like chess and a lot like…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Francis K. Lalumiere

    Steve Jackson Games

    Proteus

    2 players30–60 min

    Heavier

    Regular price$25.95 CAD
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  • Played by the Ketchi Indians of Guatemala. The game is played on a board of 21 spaces in a straight row. Each player has five warrior pieces. The…

    Best 2 players By Jorge Yañez

    Lemery Games

    Puluc

    2 players

    Light

    Regular price$14.95 CAD
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  • Puppies or Poop

    The morning walk has gotten messy. As the puppies run to play in the leaves, they’re dropping surprises along the way. In this quick game of memory…

    Age 14+ Best 2 players By Seppy Yoon

    Fight in a Box

    Puppies or Poop

    2–4 players<30 min

    LightBGG 7.6

    Regular price$13.95 CAD
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  • Pyrotechnics

    Meet Pyrotechnics, the two‑player card duel that fits in your pocket and delivers ten minute bursts of lightly strategic gameplay. With just…

    Age 14+ Best 2 players By Michael Byron Sprague

    The Seahorse and The Hummingbird

    Pyrotechnics

    2 players30–60 min

    Medium

    Regular price$14.95 CAD
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  • Q-bitz
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    In Q•bitz players use their special blocks to recreate patterns, claim cards and win the game. In the first round, someone reveals a Q•bitz card…

    Age 8+ Best 2–4 players By Peggy Brown

    MindWare

    Q-bitz

    2–4 players<30 min

    Light

    Sale price$36.95 CAD Regular price $49.95 CAD 26% off
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  • Quarto!

    Quarto! has a 4x4 board and 16 pieces. Each piece has four dichotomous attributes – color, height, shape and consistency – so each piece is either…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Blaise Muller

    Gigamic

    Quarto!

    2 players<30 min
    (3)

    Light Mensa Select 1993 winner Spiel des Jahres 1993 recommended Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year 2001 winner 1993/Spring Parents' Choice Gold Award winner Årets Spel Best Family Game 2013 nominee

    Regular price$45.95 CAD
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  • Quoridor

    The abstract strategy game Quoridor is surprisingly deep for its simple rules. The object of the game is to advance your pawn to the opposite edge…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Mirko Marchesi

    Gigamic

    Quoridor

    2–4 players<30 min
    (5)

    Light Mensa Select 1997 winner Games Magazine Game of the Year 1998 winner Meeples Choice Award 1997 nominee

    Regular price$41.95 CAD
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  • Quoridor Mini

    The abstract strategy game Quoridor is surprisingly deep for its simple rules. The object of the game is to advance your pawn to the opposite edge…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Mirko Marchesi

    Gigamic

    Quoridor Mini

    2–4 players<30 min
    (1)

    Light Mensa Select 1997 winner Games Magazine Game of the Year 1998 winner Meeples Choice Award 1997 nominee

    Regular price$27.95 CAD
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  • Quoridor Pac-Man
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    Embark on a new adventure with Quoridor Pac-Man, an exclusive edition of Quoridor that allows you to play as either PAC-MAN or one of the four…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Mirko Marchesi

    Gigamic

    Quoridor Pac-Man

    2–5 players<30 min

    Light

    Sale price$43.95 CAD Regular price $54.95 CAD 20% off
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  • Qwirkle Flex
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    Take your Qwirkle strategy in a whole new direction! Tiles with three different backgrounds create surprising opportunities to score diagonally.…

    Age 8+ Best 2–3 players By Reiner Knizia

    MindWare

    Qwirkle Flex

    2–4 players1–2 h

    MediumBGG 7.4

    Sale price$30.95 CAD Regular price $34.95 CAD 11% off
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  • Qwirkle: Collector's Edition
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    This collector's edition offers silky smooth acrylic tiles and wood tile racks.

    Age 6+ Best 4 players By Susan McKinley Ross

    MindWare

    Qwirkle: Collector's Edition

    2–4 players30–60 min
    (3)

    Light Spiel des Jahres 2011 winner Mensa Select 2007 winner Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game 2007 nominee Golden Geek Best Family Board Game 2007 nominee As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année 2011 nominee Gouden Ludo 2015 nominee Guldbrikken Best Family Game 2013 nominee Hungarian Board Game Award 2012 nominee Jocul Anului în România Best Game in Romanian 2011 finalist Kinderspielexperten "5-to-9-year-olds" 2011 nominee Kinderspielexperten "8-to-13-year-olds" 2011 nominee Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game 2008 nominee Vuoden Peli Family Game of the Year 2008 nominee Meeples Choice Award 2006 nominee

    Sale price$65.95 CAD Regular price $89.95 CAD 27% off
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  • Q•bitz Jr.
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    Description from the publisher: Q-bitz Jr. is a fun way to introduce your child to pattern matching, spatial reasoning, problem solving,…

    Age 3+ Best 3–4 players By Peggy Brown

    MindWare

    Q•bitz Jr.

    1–4 players

    Light 2017/Spring Parents' Choice Gold Award winner

    Sale price$25.95 CAD Regular price $34.95 CAD 26% off
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  • Ragnarocks

    Ragnarocks is a 2-player area control game designed by Gord! - the designer of Santorini and Santorini: New York. In Norse mythology, humans exist…

    Age 14+ Best 2 players By Gord!

    Grey Fox Games

    Ragnarocks

    2–6 players30–60 min

    Light

    Regular price$45.95 CAD
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  • In Dragon Delta, you want to move your pawn over a system of bridge-like planks to the other side of the board. An easy task! Or at least it would…

    Age 8+ Best 4 or 6 players By Roberto Fraga

    Matagot

    River Dragons

    2–6 players30–60 min

    Light Spiel des Jahres 2001 recommended Gouden Ludo 2013 nominee Juego del Año 2013 finalist

    Regular price$59.95 CAD
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  • Rummikub (Standard Edition)
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    Rummikub is similar to several central European card games which are played with two decks of playing cards, including Machiavelli and Vatikan.…

    Age 8+ Best 4 players By Ephraim Hertzano

    Pressman Toy Corp.

    Rummikub (Standard Edition)

    2–4 players1–2 h

    Light Spiel des Jahres 1980 winner Gra Roku Game of the Year 1993 winner

    Sale price$28.95 CAD Regular price $33.99 CAD 15% off
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  • Sagani
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    Welcome to Sagani where achieving harmony between the natural elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire is the central goal of the spirits that…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Uwe Rosenberg

    Eagle-Gryphon Games

    Sagani

    1–4 players1–2 h
    (1)

    LightBGG 7.1

    Sale price$31.95 CAD Regular price $52.95 CAD 40% off
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  • Sagrada

    Draft dice & use the tools-of-the-trade to carefully construct your stained glass window masterpiece. Each player will build a stained glass window…

    Age 14+ Best 2 players By Adrian Adamescu

    Floodgate Games

    Sagrada

    1–4 players30–60 min
    (26)

    LightBGG 7.5 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation 2017 nominee Golden Geek Best Family Board Game 2017 nominee Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game 2017 nominee Golden Geek Board Game of the Year 2017 nominee Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game 2017 nominee Origins Awards Best Board Game 2018 nominee Origins Awards Best Family Game 2018 nominee Årets Spel Best Adult Game 2022 nominee Guldbrikken Best Family Game 2022 nominee GEEKS d'OURO Board Game of the Year 2019 nominee Gra Roku Family Game of the Year 2019 nominee Juego del Año 2018 finalist JUGuinho Families Game of the Year 2018 finalist Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel 2017 nominee Meeples Choice Award 2017 nominee

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  • Draft dice and use the tools-of-the-trade in Sagrada to carefully construct your stained glass window masterpiece. In more detail, each player…

    Age 14+ Best 2 players By Adrian Adamescu

    Floodgate Games

    Sagrada (2026 Edition)

    1–4 players30–60 min
    (3)

    LightBGG 7.5 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation 2017 nominee Golden Geek Best Family Board Game 2017 nominee Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game 2017 nominee Golden Geek Board Game of the Year 2017 nominee Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game 2017 nominee Origins Awards Best Board Game 2018 nominee Origins Awards Best Family Game 2018 nominee Årets Spel Best Adult Game 2022 nominee Guldbrikken Best Family Game 2022 nominee GEEKS d'OURO Board Game of the Year 2019 nominee Gra Roku Family Game of the Year 2019 nominee Juego del Año 2018 finalist JUGuinho Families Game of the Year 2018 finalist Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel 2017 nominee Meeples Choice Award 2017 nominee

    Regular price$48.95 CAD
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  • The expansion introduces several new mechanics and components to the dice-drafting puzzle: Expanded Player Capacity: Includes everything needed to…

    Best 1–6 players By Adrian Adamescu

    Floodgate Games

    Sagrada: Panorama

    1–6 players
    (1)

    HeavierBGG 8.0

    Regular price$36.95 CAD
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  • Sagrada: The Great Facades – Glory
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    Return to the famous Sagrada Familia cathedral in Sagrada: Glory, the third and final of the Great Facades expansions. This modular expansion…

    Age 10+ Best 3 players By Adrian Adamescu

    Floodgate Games

    Sagrada: The Great Facades – Glory

    2–4 players30–60 min
    (1)

    MediumBGG 7.8

    Sale price$21.95 CAD Regular price $24.95 CAD 12% off
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  • Samarkand Bazaar

    Sid Sackson's classics Samarkand & Bazaar are now combined as two games in one box with this new edition of both games. Samarkand is a fast-paced…

    Age 9+ Best 3–4 players By Sid Sackson

    Eagle-Gryphon Games

    Samarkand Bazaar

    2–5 players30–60 min

    Medium

    Regular price$54.17 CAD
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  • Sauros

    Sauros is a dinosaur themed trick-taking, puzzle game where players win tiles to then place on their player mats to align suits and symbols for…

    Age 10+ Best 4 players By Cole Smith

    Tangerine Games

    Sauros

    2–5 players1–2 h
    (1)

    MediumBGG 7.2

    Regular price$44.95 CAD
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  • Scandinavian Big Box

    Scandinavian Big Box includes Copenhagen and Helsinki in their Deluxe Edition including two expansions each! The Danish city of Copenhagen is…

    Age 8+ Best 2–4 players By Asger Aleksandrov Granerud

    Queen Games

    Scandinavian Big Box

    2–4 players30–60 min
    Regular price$115.95 CAD
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  • Schooled

    Welcome to Schooled — the ultimate underwater strategy showdown! Inspired by nature’s own survival tactic, where fish band together in schools for…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Cecil Oakton

    Analog Game Studios

    Schooled

    2 players30–60 min
    Regular price$29.95 CAD
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  • Seashells

    It's a beautiful day for a walk on the beach! In Seashells, you explore the oceanside competing with other players to assemble the best collection…

    Age 6+ Best 5 players By Bruno Faidutti

    KTBG

    Seashells

    2–5 players<30 min
    Regular price$19.95 CAD
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  • Seaside

    Seaside is a game that features only wooden tokens, and being lightweight and super portable, can be played everywhere. Bring it along on your next…

    Age 8+ Best 2–5 players By Bryan Burgoyne

    Randolph

    Seaside

    1–5 players<30 min
    (4)

    LightBGG 7.1 Origins Awards Best Gateway Game 2024 winner Board Game Quest Awards Most Innovative Game 2024 winner

    Regular price$34.95 CAD
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  • Seasons of Arcadia

    Once every year, the high faerie lords of Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring gather around the first Stones at the heart of the mystical realm of…

    Age 14+ Best 2–3 players By Mike Richie

    Rather Dashing Games

    Seasons of Arcadia

    2–4 players30–60 min
    (1)

    LightBGG 7.0

    Regular price$37.95 CAD
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  • Sector 6 is an abstract strategy game for 1 to 4 players, with a playing time of 30 minutes. Each player controls two prisoners as they make their…

    Age 8+ Best 2 or 4 players By Jaime González García

    Draco Ideas

    Sector 6

    1–6 players1–2 h

    Medium

    Regular price$54.95 CAD
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  • Sneferu: Builders of the Pyramids
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    Sneferu was an Egyptian pharaoh who reigned circa between 2543 and 2510 BC. He was the only pharaoh who had three pyramids built. The first attempt…

    Age 10+ Best 1–4 players By Adam Španěl

    TLAMA games

    Sneferu: Builders of the Pyramids

    1–4 players1–2 h

    Medium

    Sale price$40.95 CAD Regular price $42.95 CAD 5% off
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  • Spring

    Spring bursts forth in all its splendor: the meadows bloom, water irrigates the grass, and life returns to the air. But in this garden, only those…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Maria Blasco Arnandis

    Devir

    Spring

    2 players<30 min

    Light

    Regular price$13.95 CAD
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  • Squirrel or Die

    Squirrel life is not all nuts and games. In Squirrel or Die, we explore the mental rigors of surviving the hide-or-go-starve-to-death dilemmas of…

    Age 11+ Best 3 players By Seppy Yoon

    Fight in a Box

    Squirrel or Die

    2–4 players<30 min

    Light

    Regular price$13.95 CAD
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  • STAKD+: Stack. Block. Win.

    Experience the thrill of creative competition with this unique board game, where players strategically stack premium game pieces to craft a…

    Friendly Rabbit Inc

    STAKD+: Stack. Block. Win.

    Regular price$54.95 CAD
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    From the box: The gameboard is your battlefield. You have an army of men at your disposal and six bombs. Your mission--protect your flag and capture…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Jacques Johan Mogendorff

    Jumbo

    Stratego 65th Anniversary Edition

    2 players30–60 min

    Light 2016/Fall Parents' Choice Classic Award winner

    Sale price$89.95 CAD Regular price $99.95 CAD 10% off
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  • 26% off

    STRATEGO CLASSIC, all the strategic fun in a shorter game. This Classic version is thirty red vs. thirty blue pieces (whereas, the Original Edition…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Jacques Johan Mogendorff

    Jumbo

    Stratego Classic

    2 players30–60 min

    Light 2016/Fall Parents' Choice Classic Award winner

    Sale price$25.95 CAD Regular price $34.95 CAD 26% off
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  • Stratego Original - Bilingual (With Battle Cards)
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    Stratego Original now has a battle card twist! This Stratego Original board game retains all the classic qualities one loves with an extra layer of…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Jacques Johan Mogendorff

    Jumbo

    Stratego Original - Bilingual (With Battle Cards)

    2 players30–60 min

    Light 2016/Fall Parents' Choice Classic Award winner

    Sale price$32.95 CAD Regular price $39.95 CAD 18% off
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  • Stratego Quick Battle
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    On a planet far, far away, two platoons are locked in battle. Two platoons of 10 elite Galactic Marines. The commander who makes the best use of his…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players

    Jumbo

    Stratego Quick Battle

    2 players<30 min

    Light

    Sale price$15.95 CAD Regular price $19.95 CAD 20% off
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  • Street Blooms of Monga (Import)

    Note: This game is in Chinese language. Step into the prosperity and chaos of "Monga Flower Alley" and play the role of a gangster driver. Fight and…

    Age 8+ Best 2–5 players By Pibo

    Driftwood Creations

    Street Blooms of Monga (Import)

    2–5 players30–60 min

    BGG 8.0

    Regular price$44.95 CAD
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  • Tacta

    It’s all connected! In this sneakily strategic card game, players flip, twist, and turn their cards to align and cover their opponents’ shapes with…

    Age 7+ Best 4 players By Jason Tremblay

    The Op Games

    Tacta

    2–6 players
    (1)

    Light

    Regular price$17.95 CAD
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  • Tanis
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    TANIS, named after the ancient city in Lower Egypt, is a unique tile-digging game for 2 players. The game begins with 40 beautiful wooden…

    Age 14+ Best 2 players By Phil Walker-Harding

    Eagle-Gryphon Games

    Tanis

    2 players30–60 min

    Light

    Sale price$29.95 CAD Regular price $48.01 CAD 38% off
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  • Tantrix

    Tantrix is a strategy game using painted synthetic resin hexagons (often mistakenly thought to be Bakelite). It was invented in New Zealand, and is…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Mike McManaway

    Hachette Boardgames USA

    Tantrix

    1–6 players30–60 min

    Medium MinD-Spieletipp 2010 nominee

    Regular price$24.95 CAD
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  • Tapas

    Tapas is an abstract board game on the theme of gluttony (like its big brother Donuts) in which players use their Tapas tokens to push their…

    Age 8+ Best 2 players By Ludovic Lepine

    Funforge

    Tapas

    2 players<30 min

    Medium

    Regular price$24.95 CAD
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  • Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends

    Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends is a game played by masters of magic. Two to four summoners encounter each other in the Tash-Kalar arena, either in…

    Age 13+ Best 2 players By Vlaada Chvátil

    Czech Games Edition

    Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends

    2–4 players30–60 min
    (1)

    MediumBGG 7.1 Golden Geek Best Abstract Board Game 2013 winner Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game 2013 nominee Jocul Anului în România Beginners 2013 finalist

    Regular price$35.95 CAD
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  • Tatsumi

    In Tatsumi, the island celebrates you as their guardian dragon, their Tatsu. Your calling is to restore the elements on your island and renew good…

    Age 10+ Best 4 players By Jeremy Rozenhart

    Adam's Apple Games, LLC

    Tatsumi

    1–4 players30–60 min

    MediumBGG 7.1

    Regular price$51.95 CAD
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  • The Mire
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    Outmaneuver your opponent in a mysterious swamp that Shifts with every glance and sinks with every step. The Mire is a 2 person strategy game in…

    Age 10+ Best 2 players By Shadoe Konicek

    Waterbear Workshop

    The Mire

    2 players<30 min

    MediumBGG 8.9

    Sale price$20.95 CAD Regular price $29.95 CAD 30% off
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  • The Shadow Planet: The Board Game

    In strange and remote regions of space, death may not be the worst end… A group of astronauts on a rescue mission lands on a desolate planet to…

    Age 13+ Best 5 players By Giacomo Santopietro

    Galakta

    The Shadow Planet: The Board Game

    3–5 players1–2 h

    Heavier

    Regular price$54.95 CAD
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  • Thrive

    Thrive is a two-player abstract strategy game with incredibly simple rules that grows in complexity as you play. You play as one of two lotus…

    Age 6+ Best 2 players By Martin Grider

    Adam's Apple Games, LLC

    Thrive

    2 players30–60 min

    Light

    Regular price$33.95 CAD
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