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When you think board games do you really think BORED games? Not with Eurogames! These designer or Eurogames from Germany and other parts of Europe leave you wanting more, rather than wishing it would end. In fact, after you've played a few Eurogames, you may never play Monopoly again!
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Carcassonne
3 people recommended this item
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This is the one that hooked me into eurogaming!!! The classic "gateway game" for nongamers and gamers alike... who knew that putting tiles together to build cities and roads could be so much fun? It's different every time you play, there is plenty of opportunity to strategize, it's easy to learn, can be played by 2 to 5 people.... We are addicted to this game at my house!!!!
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Winner of the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) for 2001.
A clever tile-laying game. The southern French city of Carcassonne is famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications. The players develop the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the cities, in the cloisters, and in the fields. The skill of the players to develop the area will determine who is victorious.
Special rules for the 12 river tiles (River Expansion I included): Remove the special starting tile from the game. Instead, begin the game by laying the spring that starts the river. Set aside the lake tile and schuffle the remaining 10 river tiles face down and draw from these before drawing from the tiles from the normal game. These tiles ae played and followers may be played as in the normal game with one exception: a river tile may not be placed so that the river makes a "U" turn. Followers may not be placed on rivers. Once these 10 river tiles have been played, the next player plays the lake and then play continues with the normal tiles.
Author: Klaus-Juergen Wrede
Updated Feb 26, 2008
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Balloon Cup
First to recommend
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Another great card game for 2 people from the Kosmos 2 Player series of eurogames. Simple to understand, but with plenty of room for competition and strategy. We play this game a lot at my house!
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In Balloon Cup, the players compete in several short balloon flights (hops) to collect the colored cubes associated with each hop. When a player has collected enough cubes of a given color, he earns the trophy card for that color. Players may even trade 3 otherwise useless cubes for 1 they can use. The first player to earn 3 trophy cards is the winner!
Each player has a hand of eight balloon cards. The players play their balloons on mountain or plain hops. Players play their high-valued balloons on the mountains and their low-valued balloons on the plains. Players usually play their balloons on their side of the hops, but winds (and cunning) can cause them to play on their opponent’s side, a move that can ruin their opponent’s plans.
Updated Feb 26, 2008
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Blokus
6 people recommended this item
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this game is absolutely awesome!!! A great blend of strategy and lucky breaks. It's great because it is abstract enough to really challenge you and no two games are ever going to be exactly the same.
I love it!!!! and the Blokus Trigon (triangle shaped pieces instead of squares) is also a blast.
Updated Feb 26, 2008
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Ticket To Ride Europe - Board Game
First to recommend
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I've just gotten introduced to Eurogames and I'm having a blast!!!! Who knew board games could be so much fun??? This is quickly becoming one of the favorites at my house. It is easy to learn and still challenging, the game components are well made, the board is beautifully done.... I give it 5 stars!!!!!!!!
I've only played the Ticket to Ride -Europe version, but I'm sure the other's are just as much fun! There are several versions, each covering a different geographical area.
Description:
With elegantly simple game play, Ticket to Ride can be learned in 3 minutes, yet players face strategic and tactical decisions that vary with every turn. Players collect cards of various types of train cars that are then used to claim railway routes connecting various cities across a map of North America. The longer the routes the more points they earn."
Updated Mar 17, 2008
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Settlers of Catan
13 people recommended this item
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great fun for gamers and non-gamers alike (Although really, aren't all non-gamers just folks who haven't yet discovered the games they love?) (via gateplay.com)
Updated Mar 17, 2008
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Odin's Ravens
First to recommend
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A beautiful edition to the great Kosmos 2 player game series, Odin's Ravens is an entertaining card game with interestingly different game mechanics.
Updated Mar 17, 2008
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Lost Cities Game by Reiner Knizia
First to recommend
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Lost Cities is one of Reiner Knizia's designer games - he is one of the most well known designers of Eurogames. Lost Cities takes simple game play mechanics and creates an interesting and challenging game that is easy to learn and fun to play.
This is also part of the Kosmos 2 player game series.
Updated Mar 17, 2008
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Ingenious
First to recommend
Description
this is a fun and clever tile laying game. A great eurogame by Reiner Knizia.
Updated Mar 17, 2008
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Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers
First to recommend
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This is the prehistoric version of Carcassonne, but uses the same wonderful tile laying mechanics. You get to hunt, gather, build camps and fish in this version. Always a hit - you'll want to play again and again.
Updated Mar 17, 2008
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Pandemic | BoardGame
First to recommend
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An interesting game with the goal is to stop the spread of 4 diseases that threaten to wipe out mankind. Players have to cooperate to use each of their strengths to plan the eradication of the pandemic as ever increasing outbreaks continue to occur.
Updated Mar 17, 2008
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