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GameMakers

11 hours ago

The first day of the Paris Olympics seems like a good day to talk about Ticket to Ride: Paris. This is one of the games from the Ticket to Ride Cities series, which means it plays like the original, big game but it only takes about 15 minutes.

Build your own route through the city and race to visit its most iconic locations.

10-15 minutes playtime, 2-4 players, Ages 8+

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GameMakers

1 day ago

Ansagrams is a quick, portable game that combines trivia, anagrams and a race to construct a valid 3 letter word. We played Ansagrams at Compulsory Merriment and Chris the Trivia King won (of course.)

One player reads a clue card and everybody else writes the first letter of the answer. For example, the question is: "The director of Pulp Fiction is ____ Tarrantino?" or "What is the opposite of overstating?" With any luck, you'll write down "Q" for Quentin and "U" for understating.

After 5 clues, you'll end up with a mess of 5 letters. The first person to unscramble the letters into a word gets the letter card. The first person to get 3 letter cards that spell a word wins the game.

There were enough questions about the British Royal Family that we stopped and said, "Huh. Is this a UK game?" It is. But there are plenty of general knowledge cards so you don't need to be an Anglophile to win!

30 minutes playtime, 3-10 players, Ages 12+

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GameMakers

3 days ago

Two Player Tuesday! Welcome to Hip Town, where we ask the important question: Who is the trendiest of them all?

The game starts with a blank canvas. Then fill your streetscape with niche businesses of your choice, from craft pickleries to modern speakeasies. Will you construct a culinary empire? A nightlife epicenter? Or something else entirely, marked with your own brand of wit and wisdom? Buy, sell, build and bid your way to the neighborhood of your dreams.

This one plays with two or up to 6 players if you have more aspiring developers in the mix.

60 minutes playtime, 2-6 players, Ages 13+ ... See MoreSee Less