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Roll for It!

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Roll For It! is a casual, family-friendly dice and card game. Each player starts the game with six dice of a single color, and three target cards are laid face-up on the table.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
15 min.
Roll for It!

Ricochet Robots

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Ricochet Robots is less of a game and more of a puzzle, which explains why there's such an odd number of solutions possible. There's a four-piece modular board that forms a large room with walls spread around the board. There are also color-coded targets on boards.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
25 min.
Ricochet Robots

Evolution

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In Evolution, players adapt their species in a dynamic ecosystem where food is scarce and predators lurk. Traits like Hard Shell and Horns will protect your species from Carnivores, while a Long Neck will help them get food that others cannot reach.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
60 min.
Evolution

Imperial

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Europe in the age of imperialism. International investors try to achieve the greatest influence in Europe. With their bonds, they control the politics of the six imperial nations: Austria-Hungary, Italy, France, Great Britain, the German Empire, and Russia.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
120 min.
Imperial

Nations

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From the humble beginnings of civilization through the historical ages of progress, mankind has lived, fought and built together in nations. Great nations protect and provide for their own, while fighting and competing against both other nations and nature itself.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
180 min.
Nations

Scrabble Slam!

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In this fast-paced card game based on Scrabble, each player is dealt a hand of two-sided cards: each one has a different letter on each side, and a pair of letters in the corners that note which letters are on each face.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
15 min.
Scrabble Slam!

Fox and Chicken

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The party game Werewolf has been popular for many years, but now it's time to put the cat amongst the pigeons – or the fox amongst the chickens, anyway.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
ELA
Other
Play Time: 
20 min.
Fox and Chicken

7 Wonders

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You are the leader of one of the 7 great cities of the Ancient World. Gather resources, develop commercial routes, and affirm your military supremacy. Build your city and erect an architectural wonder which will transcend future times.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
30 min.
7 Wonders

Compounded

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Compounded is a game about building chemical compounds through careful management of elements, a fair bit of social play and trading, and just a bit of luck.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
90 min.
Compounded

Tokaido

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In Tokaido, each player is a traveler crossing the "East sea road", one of the most magnificent roads of Japan.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
45 min.
Tokaido

My First Bohnanza

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My First Bohnanza serves as both an introduction to Bohnanza and as a children's game in its own right, with the goal of the game being the same as its parent: Have the most Talers at the end of play.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Library
Play Time: 
30 min.
My First Bohnanza

Sushi Go!

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In the super-fast sushi card game Sushi Go!, you are eating at a sushi restaurant and trying to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whiz by. Score points for collecting the most sushi rolls or making a full set of sashimi. Dip your favorite nigiri in wasabi to triple its value!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Library
Other
Play Time: 
15 min.
Sushi Go!

Qwixx

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Qwixx is a quick-playing dice game in which everyone participates, no matter whose turn it is. Each player has a scoresheet with the numbers 2-12 in rows of red and yellow and the numbers 12-2 in rows of green and blue.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Library
Play Time: 
15 min.
Qwixx

Smash Up

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The "shufflebuilding" game Smash Up starts with a simple premise: Take the twenty-card decks of two factions, shuffle them into a forty-card deck, then compete to smash more Bases than your opponents!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
45 min.
Smash Up

Coconuts

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Coconuts is a dexterity game based on the "Monkey King" character from Chinese mythology.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
20 min.
Coconuts

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