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Board games I own, photographed at the table and rated after playing.

12 games

Azul
Azul is about decorating the walls of a Portuguese royal palace with tiles. Each turn you take all tiles of one color from a display and place them on a row of your board. A full row moves one tile to your wall, and tiles next to other tiles score more. Tiles you cannot use fall to the floor line and cost you points.
Players
2–4
Duration
30–45 min
Complexity
2/5
Catan
In Catan you build settlements, cities, and roads on an island. Each turn a dice roll decides which lands produce resources: wood, brick, wool, grain, or ore. You trade with the other players to get what you need. The first player to reach 10 points wins.
Players
3–4
Duration
60–120 min
Complexity
2/5
Farms Race
Farms Race is a strategy game that makes fun of peaceful farming games like Catan and Agricola. Radioactive waste has made the farm animals smart and hungry for power. You lead one species: build barns and armories, recruit spies, build nukes, and send your herds to take your rivals' land. The first player to reach 10 victory points wins.
Players
2–4
Duration
60–120 min
Complexity
2/5
7 Wonders
7 Wonders puts you in charge of a great city of the ancient world. Over three ages, you pick one card from your hand and pass the rest to your neighbor. The cards build your city: resources, trade, science, army, and the stages of your wonder. Everyone plays at the same time, so even a game with 7 players stays short.
Players
2–7
Duration
30 min
Complexity
2/5
Flip 7
Flip 7 is a quick press-your-luck card game. You flip cards one by one and can stop at any time to keep your points. If you flip a number you already have, you lose all your points for the round. Collect seven different numbers and you get a big bonus.
Players
3–99
Duration
20 min
Complexity
1/5
Number Trap
Players
2–5
Duration
15 min
Complexity
1/5
Trio
Trio is a quick memory card game about finding three cards with the same number. On your turn you reveal cards one by one: the lowest or highest card from any player's hand, or a face-down card from the middle. If a card does not match, your turn ends. The first player to collect three trios wins, and the trio of 7s wins at once.
Players
3–6
Duration
15 min
Complexity
1/5
Harmonies
In Harmonies you build a landscape of mountains, forests, rivers, and fields on your own board. Each turn you take three colored tokens and place or stack them on your board. Animal cards ask for a certain landscape shape, and when you build it, an animal can live there. You score for your landscape and for the animals you settle.
Players
1–4
Duration
30–45 min
Complexity
2/5
Tacta
Tacta is a quick card game about shapes. Each card has squares, triangles, and rectangles in your color. On your turn you play one card so that one of its shapes exactly covers a matching shape on the table, often an opponent's. When all cards are out, you score the dots still visible in your color.
Players
2–6
Duration
20 min
Complexity
1/5
Sea Salt & Paper
Sea Salt & Paper is a small card game with art made of folded paper. You draw cards, play pairs for their effects, and collect sets for points. Once you have 7 points, you can end the round at once, or give everyone one more turn and bet that you stay ahead.
Players
2–4
Duration
30–45 min
Complexity
1/5
Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride is a train game on a map of North America. On your turn you draw train cards, claim a route with them, or take new destination tickets. Long routes and finished tickets give points, but a ticket you do not finish costs you points. The rules are simple, so new players learn it in minutes.
Players
2–5
Duration
30–60 min
Complexity
2/5
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea is a cooperative trick-taking card game. As a deep-sea crew looking for the lost continent of Mu, you play through 32 missions together. Each mission gives players tasks, such as winning a certain card, but you can hardly talk about your cards. You all win or lose together.
Players
2–5
Duration
20 min
Complexity
2/5